A slap rang out, plunging the room into complete silence.

Su Ming held his burning cheek, his mind still buzzing. He stared dumbfounded at Su Xiao Qing, then snapped back to reality.

“You actually dared to hit me!”

“I absolutely did—what a disgrace you are. Do you even deserve to be called a father?”

Su Xiao Qing sneered, her voice calm as she continued.

“I may be unfortunate, mistreated for years, but I won’t allow my daughter to suffer like that. Everyone here has witnessed it—I, Su Xiao Qing, have done nothing wrong to the Su family.

“Half of the Su family business was built by me, and even the old matriarch never said a word against me.

“And you, Su Ming, I have never wronged you.

“But you and your precious daughter have repeatedly crossed my line.”

“If you two want to be a family, go ahead.

“We’re getting a divorce.”

With her words, the room erupted in stunned murmurs as guests exchanged shocked glances at this explosive revelation.

Friends and relatives from both the Su and Su families rushed forward, trying to talk her out of it.

Su Wan, holding firmly onto her mother’s hand, calmly said to the group of elders, “Aunties, uncles—advising my mother to stay in this family and suffer is something that heaven itself would condemn.”

The elders froze, exchanging uneasy looks. They wanted to reprimand Su Wan, but with Su Xiao Qing so enraged, no one dared to cross her by scolding her daughter. Plus, Su Wan wasn’t wrong—Su Ming had utterly humiliated himself today.

They awkwardly fell silent, unable to continue their persuasion.

The hotel was already in chaos, with everyone engrossed in this dramatic spectacle.

Su Qin had expected Su Ming to defend her, but things only worsened. The thought of tomorrow’s headlines describing this event made her anxious.

Through teary eyes, she looked toward Li Yang.

“Brother Li Yang, please talk to Su Wan! Stop her madness!”

But Li Yang’s gaze remained on the divorce papers, his expression dark.

Now he finally understood—Su Wan was truly determined to divorce him, speaking so definitively in front of everyone.

She had once begged to marry him, and now she was the one demanding a divorce.

Why?

He stood there dazed, completely ignoring Su Qin’s plea.

Su Qin noticed cameras among the crowd—some were guests, but some were likely paparazzi. She had to stop this!

“Big sister, why are you doing this to me…?” She sobbed, looking fragile and pitiful.

Her heart ached, her frail body swaying as though she might collapse at any moment.

Su Wan, watching Su Qin closely, saw her eyes roll back, seemingly about to faint.

If Su Qin collapsed here, things would become impossible to clarify. The media might even report that she and her mother had driven Su Qin to faint.

Feigning weakness? Two could play that game.

“I also want to know why you’d treat me this way. And Li Yang, Father, all of them…”

Su Wan suddenly clutched her chest, her face pale as she knelt, trembling.

Su Qin froze in shock, nearly fainting from anger herself.

How did she get ahead of her in pretending to faint?!

The commotion over Su Wan’s collapse threw the crowd into chaos. Alarmed, Su Xiao Qing held her daughter and called for an ambulance.

Su Qin was about to call it out as an act, but then a dark figure darted past her, rushing to Su Wan’s side.

He knelt and tried to lift Su Wan, only to be met with Su Xiao Qing’s tear-filled, furious rebuke.

“Stay away from my daughter from now on! She owes you nothing!”