Chapter 26: Siblings Stunned into Silence

Upon hearing their father’s words, the siblings rose one after another, their eyes filled with curiosity as they quickened their pace toward the room.

Yi Zhongxiang glanced at his eldest daughter-in-law, who was sitting at the table stitching a shoe sole, and beckoned to her, "Decong, you come along too."

"We are all one family; there is no reason to leave you out."

Both Yi Zhongxiang and his wife held their eldest daughter-in-law’s character and her family background in high regard. Naturally, they would not want her to harbor any ill feelings at such a critical moment.

"Oh?"