Married At First Sight 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.

figures like him and created rules to prevent them from seizing

It was maddening.

back later,"

chasing his

return, stop by the jewelry store and pick up the set I ordered

long will you be in Wiltspoon,

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

"Who could be so powerful that even we can't compare? Dad, when you become the real head of the family,

only the acting head. The true elites and the most formidable bodyguards of the Labbe family only followed orders from the legitimate leader. Without the proper token and totem, they wouldn't

had been hidden by the previous head. The only person who might have them was

child only had one of the artifacts, it would be even

been dead for years. They had