The moment Vandy finished speaking, the ancestral hall fell into a stunned silence. None of them could believe or accept what he had just said.
A few seconds later, the hall erupted into chaos. Voices rose in heated, disjointed discussions. The family's head turned dark with anger as he rebuked, "Unfilial child, how dare you speak such words? Have you forgotten the teachings of our family?"
Vandy smiled faintly, seemingly unbothered, and reminded them coolly, "You witnessed the day I severed all ties with the Singers family."
The noisy ancestral hall became silent once more. No one spoke for a long time. Vandy stood before them, unhurried, watching as his father leaned towards the family head and whispered a few words. The family head cleared his throat and then said, "That was when you
