Gu Yan and Wen Yi discussed the matter late into the night, weighing all options, and concluded that the critical situation boiled down to two main fronts.
First, the romantic relationship—and future marriage—between their elder daughter, Gu Lingyi, and Lu Man was practically a settled matter, essentially beyond their ability to interfere with or alter. If it were solely a matter of their elder daughter sharing a lifelong bond with him, the couple would have given Lu Man their wholehearted approval as a son-in-law.
However, the lingering, tangled connection between their younger daughter, Gu Jiashuo, and Lu Man—or rather, the fact that the knot hadn't been untied at all—demanded urgent action. Before the two of them could foolishly commit some irreversible folly, the couple needed to find a sharp blade swift enough to cut through this messy web.
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