He thought about his father, who disregarded his own fate, and his siblings, who only wanted him gone.


    Orrin sun, aware of everything that had transpired, could guess what charlie Wade was thinking. With a light sigh, he said sincerely, “charlie, some people aren’t born to live for themselves. Your father’s lifelong mission was to care for his family. Whether it was the Wade family or your mother and you, he fulfilled his duty remarkably.”


    charlie Wade nodded gently.


    He agreed with Orrin sun’s words.


    During his years at the orphanage, he had encountered many unfortunate children.<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    Some had been gravely ill since birth.


    Despite the orphanage’s best efforts to treat them, some did not survive past early childhood.


    Aunt Li had once spoken to the children with tears in her eyes, saying that some people are born either to suffer or to enjoy life.


    Some children were born with illnesses, abandoned by their parents, and spent their short lives battling disease. When they passed away, they didn’t even know what their original surnames were.


    Although his father had not endured such hardships, he had carried the weight of the Wade family’s future on his shoulders from a young age. He had dedicated himself to relentless study and traveled the world, all in preparation for elevating the Wade family to the top.


    After severing ties with the Wade family, he arranged a safe future for his son and chose to perish alongside his wife.


    This alone proved that, until his final moments, he never thought about himself—everything he did was for his family.


    charlie Wade couldn’t help but wonder: If his father were still alive, how would he feel about the Wade family now?


    Would he harbor the same resentment as charlie Wade, or would he, as before, continue to protect this family without expecting anything in return?


    charlie Wade believed his father would likely choose thetter.


    But he couldn’t do the same—at least, not yet.


    Whether it was Lord Wade, Cynthia Wade, or Corran and Myles on Yeling Mountain, he could choose not to expel them from the Wade family. However, he couldn’t bring himself to protect or care for them either.


    Perhaps this was the fundamental difference between him and his father.


    Yet, the more charlie Wade thought about the Wade family’s selfish nature, the more disgusted he felt.


    It seemed that this family only united when it was in their best interest—when his father was at his peak.<fn7b07> Fresh chapters posted on f?i?n?d?n?o?v?e?l?</fn7b07>


    That needed to change.


    As he recalled that the Qingming Festival would arrive shortly after the New Year, he turned to Lord Wade and said, “Grandfather, this Qingming Festival, notify all Wade family members to gather at Yeling Mountain for the ancestral rites. It’s time to reinforce the family’s values. If the Wade family can achieve true unity, I will continue investing resources into it. Otherwise, the Wade family will be dissolved on the spot. All partnerships and financial dealings with the coteral branches will be severed. As for other core members, including my eldest uncle, third uncle, and aunt, they will leave the Wade family. I will establish a trust to provide them and their children with a monthly stipend, but none of them will have any authority over the family’s management moving forward.”