"Freya, have you thought this through?" Xu Yi asked Freya with a serious expression.
Freya showed little hesitation and nodded at Xu Yi, her expression equally serious.
"Yes, Father. I've thought it through."
"Then what have you decided?" Xu Yi asked again.
Freya took a deep breath and looked at Stille, who stood nearby with a trace of concern on her face. Her gaze swept over the equally worried Anise and the others before finally returning to Xu Yi. Meeting his calm gaze, she answered, "Father, my decision... is to take over the Xinfei Merchant Guild."
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone gathered around them let out a breath, their expressions instantly relaxing.
Before this, everyone had assumed that Freya would succeed Xu Yi as president of the Xinfei Merchant Guild and take over its leadership.
But Xu Yi had repeatedly stressed that when Freya turned twenty-five, he would give her a chance to make her own choice.
That had worried many people.
Their concern was not only for Freya, but even more for the Xinfei Merchant Guild.
If Freya unexpectedly refused to take over the Xinfei Merchant Guild, where would Xu Yi find another suitable successor?
Xu Yi had decided long ago that Freya was his sole heir, so only she was eligible to succeed him as president of the Xinfei Merchant Guild.
None of his other children, not even the younger son Stille had borne him, had that right.
If Freya refused, wouldn't that mean the next president of the Xinfei Merchant Guild would be someone outside the Xu Family?
Although no one doubted that Xu Yi would retain tremendous influence over the Xinfei Merchant Guild, that prospect still gave them cause for concern.
To many people, then, Freya naturally succeeding him as president of the Xinfei