To marry into the family in place of his brother? Impossible!

Jiang Jinhuan stopped Luo Qingyi, saying, "It's alright."

Then he turned to Jiang Guodong, "I agree. You can have your lawyer draft a formal agreement based on this."

"Okay!" Jiang Guodong nodded in agreement.

Jiang Zhe sat opposite him, watching this scene, and could no longer suppress the smile on his face.

He admired his own ingenuity for coming up with this idea.

Even after the marriage alliance with the Song family is successful, Song Qingci will most likely still not allow him to touch her.

But he still has Luo Qingyi.

If he can get Luo Qingyi pregnant before the marriage, then the child will naturally be raised by the Jiang family.

In this way, everything in the Jiang family would still belong to him.

Even if Luo Qingyi weren't involved, couldn't he find other women?

There will always be a woman who is willing to have a child with him.

He picked up the wine glass in front of him, drank it all in one gulp, and slammed the glass down on the table with a loud thud.

In this lifetime, he will absolutely not allow Jiang Jinhuan to receive a single penny from his family.

"Jin Huan," his voice carried a triumphant air, "don't worry, I will manage the Jiang family's business well and won't let it fall into ruin."

As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Luo Qingyi beside him, a fleeting look of greed in them.

Jiang Jinhuan looked at him, "The contract might not be finalized today. Just let me know when it's ready tomorrow, and I'll sign it!"

Jiang Jinhuan stood up, preparing to leave.

There is no reluctance, only a sense of relief in letting go.

The familial love he longed for no longer seemed so important to him at that moment.

Her father never liked her; he didn't even come to see her when her grandfather died.

Why should I, someone who is superfluous in his eyes, expect him to have any affection for me?

"A pipe dream, it's all just a pipe dream after all!"

"Wait a minute," Jiang Zhe suddenly said.

Jiang Jinhuan stopped and turned to look at him: "Is there anything else?"

Jiang Zhe stood up, walked to his side, and circled around to face him.

Jiang Zhe's eyes held smugness, provocation, and an almost morbid satisfaction.

"Since you've agreed to leave with nothing, there's no need to wait until tomorrow to sign the contract!"

Jiang Jin Huan asked curiously, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Zhe sneered and said, "Since so many elders from the Chamber of Commerce are here today, why don't we let them be witnesses?"

"Didn't you want to sever ties with the Jiang family? Then sever them completely, let everyone know that from today onwards, you have nothing to do with the Jiang family."

Jiang Jinhuan looked at him for two seconds.

Then he nodded, "Okay!"

Jiang Zhe looked at Jiang Guodong: "Dad, what do you think?"

Jiang Guodong nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it that way!"

Jiang Zhe turned around and strode quickly toward the center of the banquet hall.

His steps were light and hurried, as if he were afraid that Jiang Jinhuan would change his mind.

He walked up to Elder Chen and several other chamber of commerce elders and said a few words.

Old Chen's expression changed, and his brows furrowed tightly.

He glanced at Jiang Zhe, then turned to look at Jiang Jinhuan in the corner, his gaze filled with an indescribable complex emotion.

Then they looked at Jiang Guodong.

Jiang Guodong began, "We would like to ask Elder Chen to be our witness!"

"Are you sure?" Old Chen's voice wasn't loud, but everyone around him heard it.

"Confirmed, confirmed!" Jiang Zhe shouted before Jiang Guodong could answer, as if announcing something momentous.

Seeing this, the people around them looked on with disdain.

The Song family, in particular, had long known about Jiang Jinhuan's treatment at home.

However, unexpectedly, their delay directly resulted in Jiang Jin Huan being forced to leave with nothing.

Song's mother felt a little reluctant, as she actually thought highly of Jiang Jin Huan.

Unfortunately, his own daughter didn't like it.

"What a good child, and so pitiful!" said Song's mother, her voice filled with sorrow.

Mr. Song said, "Actually, it's better for him to leave such a family. You've heard about the awful things Jiang Zhe did to Jiang Jin Huan. Leaving might be a good thing for him!"

Old Chen remained silent for a few seconds, then sighed.

He stood up and walked towards the high platform in the center of the banquet hall.

Jiang Zhe followed behind, unable to suppress the smile on his face.

His smug, petty expression made those around him sneer.

After confirming the matter with Jiang Guodong, Old Chen looked at Jiang Jinhuan.

Jiang Jin Huan quickly added, "I'd be so grateful if Elder Chen could be my witness!"

Old Chen patted Jiang Jinhuan on the shoulder.

"Little guy, have you thought this through? This is no small matter!"

Jiang Jin Huan said, "I've thought it through very clearly!"

Old Chen said, "This matter isn't something he can decide alone. I'm here, and as long as you don't agree, they won't dare to go too far!"

The noise in the hall gradually subsided.

All eyes turned to the high platform.

Jiang Guodong's expression was not good, but he did not stop it.

He didn't say anything to explain.

He had already agreed to Jiang Zhe's offer because he felt that Jiang Zhe's words made sense.

If you're going to cut ties, cut them cleanly and decisively. Leaving things ambiguous will only cause trouble later.

At worst, I can help Jiang Jinhuan out in the future; giving him two months' worth of pocket money will be enough to keep him from starving.

Everyone then looked at Jiang Jinhuan.

Jiang Jinhuan stood still, looking towards the high platform.

His expression remained calm, so calm that it didn't seem like someone about to sever ties with their family.

Luo Qingyi stood beside him, her fingers clenched tightly at her sides.

She wanted to stop him, to tell him not to do this, but she knew she had no right to do so.

She wasn't his family, nor his lover; she was just... just what? She herself couldn't explain it.

But without the identity of being a member of the Jiang family, all the things she did back then would have been in vain.

She was willing to let Jiang Zhe marry in place of Jiang Jinhuan, but she did not want Jiang Jinhuan to leave the Jiang family.

He thought that without the Jiang family identity, how could he inherit the family business?

However, given the Jiang family's attitude towards Jiang Jinhuan, even if Jiang Jinhuan hadn't been driven away, he probably wouldn't have been able to inherit the Jiang family's business.

In that case, perhaps she should change her plans.

A cold glint flashed in Luo Qingyi's eyes as she thought this: "Jiang family, since you can't tolerate Jin Huan, then you have no reason to exist!"

Jiang Zhe felt a little flustered when he saw Old Chen's attitude towards Jiang Jinhuan.

He quickly took the microphone from the waiter next to him and cleared his throat.

"Dear elders and friends, I have something to announce in front of you all today."

His voice echoed in the banquet hall, carrying a smug tone.

"My younger brother, Jiang Jinhuan, voluntarily relinquishes all inheritance rights to the Jiang family's property and severs all ties with the Jiang family, effective today."

From that moment on, all his actions were unrelated to the Jiang family, and all the affairs of the Jiang family were also unrelated to him.

A commotion erupted in the hall.

"What? Cut ties?"

"Voluntarily relinquishing property? Is this for real?"

"They were just talking about a marriage alliance, and now they're severing ties? What is the Jiang family trying to do?"

"Didn't you guys realize? The Jiang family is going to use Jiang Zhe to replace Jiang Jinhuan in a marriage alliance with the Song family. Since they're changing people, the original one needs to be dealt with cleanly, otherwise there will be trouble later."

"That's too cruel! He's still his own son, after all."

"So what if he's my own son? Didn't you see how Jiang Guodong treats that younger son? From the moment we started until now, has he said a single word in his defense?"