Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

"Dad, you should have gotten rid of them all from the start and built a network of people loyal only to you."

Timothy believed his father had made a mistake by keeping those people around.

Mr. Labbe shook his head. "There are too many of them. They're our relatives and friends. We share the same goal. We can't just eliminate them all at once."

He had rallied them to overthrow the head of the family, erasing the entire bloodline-men, women, children, even the elderly.

The reason? They were all from collateral branches, envious of the direct line that had always held power. With a shared ambition, his plan succeeded.

He had waited more than a decade for the right moment to strike. But even after wiping out the direct bloodline, he still couldn't claim the headship. The family seal, the sacred token, and the ancestral totem-without them, he was merely an acting head. Many loyalists still refused to obey him.

Even worse, he couldn't gain control over much of the Labbe family's wealth.

him and created rules to prevent them from seizing control. Even exterminating the direct lineage wouldn't make him the true

It was maddening.

I'll head back

affairs took priority over chasing his wife. He

pick up the set I ordered for your mother. It's a gift

long will you be

and want to establish a connection with him. The people backing him are incredibly powerful. Compared. them,our family is like

that even we can't compare? Dad, when you become the real head of the family,

was only the acting head. The true elites and the most formidable bodyguards of

was their biggest concern-those artifacts had been hidden by the previous head. The only person who might have

had one of the artifacts, it would be

dead for years. They had