"What!"
"...What did you say?!"
Inside the Wang family residence on Capital Star, a young woman stood utterly stunned. The joy on her face when she had first entered the house had completely frozen, and she now asked in disbelief.
"Sit down first." Wang Lingfeng's voice was as gentle as ever, but Wang Nuonuo stubbornly remained where she was, staring coldly at her father with her lips pressed tightly together, refusing to say a word.
"I said I arranged a marriage for you. The other party is Shuang Ming, the sole heir of the Bauhinia Family. I called you back this time to complete the engagement ceremony."
"Impossible!"
An unnatural flush rose to Wang Nuonuo's face as she rejected it without hesitation.
"I don't even know any Shuang Ming, and I have no need to know him. What right do you have to arrange my marriage?" Tears welled in Wang Nuonuo's eyes. "You're my father. How could you disrespect your daughter like this?"
"Precisely because I am your father, everything I do comes from wanting what is best for you."
"I'm not well. I'm terribly unhappy! The person I like is Mu Fan, not some Shuang Ming. Even at my hardest times, I never relied on these families. And now you want me to cling to them? Impossible!"
After saying that, Wang Nuonuo's eyes filled with disappointment. She grabbed her coat and stormed toward the door.
"Stop her."
With his back to his daughter, Wang Lingfeng suddenly shouted.
Several Wang family guards silently blocked Wang Nuonuo's path.
"Let me out!"
"You are not allowed to go anywhere tonight." Anger surged onto Wang Lingfeng's face. Beyond his duties in the Federation military, he also bore another glorious mission.
That mission was the most important reason he had made today's decision.
"Then