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?"

surname. What's that got to do with me? He slept with my daughter and then deserted her. I haven't even settled

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

on him, and he turned to Arthur in shock. "The

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

prompting Yorick to leverage his resources to

Linklater lineage was in jeopardy. If Winnie could be found and marry Arthur, perhaps it would set a precedent for

had changed his surname to 'South' and moved to the Perez residence with the intention of staying there permanently, Yorick was livid. He couldn't understand Arthur's decision, but

even bore me a

towards Vivienne, "A remarkable

that moment, Arthur's past prejudices against Vivienne seemed a distant

blurted

hopes for her; I wanted to introduce her to you myself. Who

Vivienne, he beamed, "Vivienne, I knew there was a special connection between us. You saved me, and you're my granddaughter! This is news I'll be laughing about for

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

Vivienne remained silent.

but as Yorick's joy seemed boundless, Arthur calmly interjected, "My father-in-law disapproves of my marriage to Karen. So, I changed my surname. Dad, you should head back. You don't need to bother with our

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

seems you're just exploiting my son's love for Karen to make things difficult for him! And now, a change of surname? Ridiculous! I barely have a grandchild to speak of, and now you want

take on the Linklater name!

your yelling! He got my daughter pregnant and disappeared for

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