Beyond the Divorce

The people in the hall suddenly fell silent as we waited for Arthur's speech.

Like us, everyone here was speculating about the purpose of the Morgan family's invitation.

Arthur cheerfully said, "Everyone here at this Morgan family gathering today are my dear friends and relatives. Perhaps you're curious about why I invited you all here today?"

We all looked at each other, and someone loudly said, "Yes! Stop keeping us in suspense, Mr. Arthur! We've been trying to guess what this is all about!"

Arthur laughed heartily. He was clearly very happy.

Then he loudly declared, "I have some good news to announce! This is the engagement banquet of my daughter Mia Morgan and the son of the President of the Monora Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Leonard's son, Ernest Tomlinson!" There was instantly an uproar, with people complaining, "This isn't right, Mr. Arthur! You should have told us this was such a big event. Look, we..."

"That's right, Mr. Arthur, you were wrong to do this!"

gifts! This is a big

hand to silence the crowd, "Thank you all! This is the first happy

little banquet for my friends and relatives to witness and share the Morgan family's happiness!" "Those who are here are my trusted confidants and family members. We won't accept any gifts, of course. Let's just gather,

praising Arthur's integrity and congratulating

at Lauren and said, "So

shouted again, "Now, let's welcome the

today. Otherwise, he wouldn't have personally presided over such an occasion. At this moment, he was a kind and respectable patriarch, and a good father figure. Arthur was clearly

planning a small, low-key engagement dinner, treating it like a private party,

and sophisticated. Although he seemed low-key, his

family?" Lauren peered up at the staircase with great anticipation, waiting for

over and said, "Not just anyone can catch