If she rely scamd money, that could still be tolerated. Money could always be earned again.
But if she scamd away the family’s feelings... that kind of emotional scar would remain forever.
Because of this, Conrad secretly created a private group chat and personally summoned the core Peterson family mbers.
He asked Thompson, lody, and his second brother, Phillips to gather imdiately.
When Thompson and lody received the ssage, they were genuinely stunned.
After all, Conrad almost never made such sudden and serious requests unless sothing extrely important had happened.
Naturally, they assud it involved business matters.
Even Phillips thought the sa.
Because of this, none of them inford Thessy about the eting.
After all, why unnecessarily worry her?
Soon afterward, Thompson, lody, and Phillips arrived at a private room inside one of Xila City’s upscale restaurants.
However, despite the room itself being luxurious, they still looked slightly surprised.
From their perspective, Xila City was relatively backward compared to the cities they usually frequented.
Phillips casually glanced around before asking, "Big Brother, why did you specifically choose this place?"
Conrad ignored the question completely. Instead, he calmly placed a thick folder onto the table.
Then he looked directly at everyone present.
"What I’m about to say may sound unbelievable."
Conrad’s expression remained calm as he finally spoke.
"Thessy is not your biological daughter."
The mont those words fell, silence filled the room briefly.
Then lody suddenly burst into laughter.
Even Thompson looked completely speechless.
lody wiped away tears forming at the corner of her eyes from laughing too hard.
Her strawberry-blonde hair cascaded loosely over her shoulders while her deep green eyes looked toward Conrad helplessly.
"Your son has gone crazy," she laughed while looking toward Thompson.
Even Phillips thought the sa.
He imdiately frowned before staring at Conrad.
"Even if you fought with Thessy recently, you shouldn’t joke about sothing like this."
anwhile, Phillips suddenly chuckled mockingly.
"I always knew Thessy wasn’t truly my biological sister."
He leaned lazily against the chair while grinning mischievously.
"How could soone as elegant as her possibly be related to a monkey like ?"
Conrad simply opened the folder silently and pushed it toward them.
Inside... was a DNA report.
The mont Thompson saw the report clearly, his expression froze completely.
His silver hair reflected faintly beneath the chandelier light while his blue eyes slowly narrowed in disbelief.
According to the report... Thessy was not biologically related to the Peterson family.
Instead... Lana was their real daughter.
Not only that, the folder also contained detailed information regarding Lana’s life and everything she had suffered over the years.
The room beca deathly silent afterward.
After a long mont, Phillips suddenly pushed the folder away violently. "Impossible."
His voice sounded filled with disbelief. "I don’t believe this."
anwhile, Thompson remained far calr than everyone else.
After silently processing the information for a while, he finally spoke heavily.
"If this is true... then we need to tell Thessy carefully."
His brows furrowed deeply. "She’ll be heartbroken."
anwhile, lody finally broke down emotionally. "How is this possible...?"
Tears slowly rolled down her cheeks. "My daughter..."
Her voice trembled violently.
"Why would sothing like this happen?"
Seeing her crying, Conrad quietly closed his eyes briefly before asking calmly, "What are your opinions?"
The mont he asked that question, Phillips imdiately responded.
"Of course we should protect Thessy."
His tone sounded firm without hesitation.
"Even if this Lana girl is biologically related to us, so what?"
He frowned deeply.
"At most, she can receive so compensation money. But don’t even think about officially acknowledging her."
Phillips was not speaking out of cruelty.
Rather... he genuinely loved Thessy deeply as his sister.
To him, blood relations simply could not erase twenty years of emotional bonds overnight.
And because of this emotional attachnt, he instinctively opposed Lana’s return. However, Conrad calmly looked directly at him before speaking coldly.
"If that’s truly your opinion..."
His voice beca sharper. "Then perhaps you should leave the Peterson family yourself."
The mont those words fell, Phillips instantly stood up furiously. "How can you even think about bringing her back?"
His voice rose emotionally.
"Have you considered how hurt Thessy will beco?"
However, Conrad ignored him completely afterward.
Instead, he turned toward Thompson. anwhile, Thompson remained unusually quiet.
After a very long silence, he finally sighed deeply.
"This situation is becoming extrely complicated."
Unlike the others, Thompson was already thinking logically.
There were countless business matters involved.
Various company shares and inheritance rights had already been arranged under the assumption that the family only had three children.
If another child suddenly appeared officially, then wealth distribution would drastically change.
What was originally ant to be divided into three portions would now beco four.
That alone would create endless disputes. And beyond business matters... there was society itself.
Lana would need to be introduced publicly. She would need etiquette training and many more things...
Thompson slowly rubbed his forehead tiredly.
"Lana is already twenty years old."
His expression beca increasingly heavy.
"Even if she starts learning high society etiquette now, her proper debut into elite circles would probably take another five or six years."
That ant Lana would already be around twenty-six by then.
And by that age... Marriage discussions would naturally begin.
Since Lana was not as talented as Thessy, the marriage proposals will be lacking too!
There were simply too many things to consider. Then there were Conrad’s grandparents.
The elderly couple adored Thessy endlessly.
If they suddenly discovered that Thessy was not biologically related to them... the emotional shock alone might genuinely cause serious health problems.
The more Thompson thought about the situation, the more exhausted he beca.
Unlike the others, he was no longer thinking emotionally.
He was already calculating the countless consequences logically.
anwhile, lody’s mind remained entirely focused on Thessy.
From beginning to end, she simply could not emotionally accept the truth so easily.
Her fingers trembled slightly while she tightly held the folder containing the DNA report.
Tears started to flow freely from her eyes.
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