At the mention of it, Jasper couldn't help but grimace.

He knew it was coming!

Yorick was on a warpath!

And Arthur, always stirring the pot!

Rising to his feet, Jasper cast a cold glance at Arthur. "Aren't you going to deal with this?"

Arthur, ever so calmly, picked up his fork. "Dad, I'm now Arthur South. Your son. And a son's problems? That's for a father to solve."

Bold as brass, he was!

Jasper was speechless.

Outside, Yorick had waited for quite some time without seeing Arthur emerge and decided to storm in.

Seeing Arthur still calmly eating his meal infuriated Yorick to the brink of explosion!

"You ungrateful wretch! How dare you still eat? Who gave you the right to change your surname? Is 'Linklater' too shabby for you?" Before Arthur could respond, Yorick turned to Jasper, fuming, "And changing it to 'South'? Jasper Perez, playing smart, are you? With all your sons, and now you're poaching mine? Think I'm too old to fight back?"

but seeing the latter's rage, he simply sat down and responded indifferently, "Your son insisted on changing his surname. What's that got to do with me? He slept with my daughter and then deserted her. I haven't even

family doesn't wield power in court, you think you can trample all over us?" "Rubbish!" Yorick bellowed. "He's been on the battlefield; when did he have time to sleep with your daughter? Your lies

turned to Arthur in shock. "The person

Arthur had a girlfriend named Winnie, but they had separated due to his

difficult, prompting Yorick to leverage his resources to help in

sons all in their forties and none married, the Linklater lineage was in jeopardy. If Winnie could be found and marry Arthur, perhaps it would set a precedent for the younger brothers. Moreover,

learning that Arthur had changed his surname to 'South' and moved to the Perez residence with the intention of staying there permanently,

even bore me a

gestured towards Vivienne, "A remarkable

Arthur's past prejudices

blurted out,

into laughter, he exclaimed, "Haha! The Linklater bloodline continues! Good on you, Karen! I always had high hopes for her; I wanted to introduce her to you myself. Who knew

and you're my granddaughter! This is news I'll be laughing about for years. Let's not

to her condition, but worry not. We'll make it up to her with a magnificent wedding. She'll have a

Vivienne remained silent.

surname. Dad, you should head back. You don't need to bother with our wedding.

dare object to my son marrying Karen? What's wrong with him? Why do

my son's love for Karen to make things difficult for him! And now, a change of surname? Ridiculous! I barely

it! Arthur must retain his surname! And Vivienne must take on the Linklater name! Over my dead body will I

pregnant and disappeared for over twenty years. You think you have the right to demand? I simply

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