Moreover, this isn’t the original; it’s just a counterfeit holy sword [Lake Light].
Since he always had access to the real [Lake Light] to use, honestly, he didn’t care much about the loss of this counterfeit.
Lauren had no experience with breaking engagements.
After all, in his previous life, he was just an ordinary office worker, never married, and had nothing to do with marriages arranged by traditional families.
His knowledge of engagement breakups came entirely from web novels, so whenever he thought about it, his first reaction was that formalities must be handled properly.
In both reality and web novels, it’s definitely very rude to the one being broken up with.
No, it’s more than rude—it’s being resented by the other party for years, planting the seeds for future trouble.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t have created the classic scene—the Three-Year Agreement from Battle Through the Heavens.
“Thirty years east, thirty years west, don’t bully the young poor.”
This slogan, which once made countless youths’ blood boil, was still fresh in Lauren’s memory.
As a transmigrator who knew the original game’s plot, in order not to blindly oppose the original arrogant female protagonist, and to avoid ending up like the scorned fiancée from Battle Through the Heavens who regretted her clownish fate later, Lauren personally chose this sword as a gift for breaking the engagement.
After all, the title of family heirloom was precious enough, right?
He was giving her the most important thing in the family.
He thought, ‘As the head of the family, I came in person, bowed my head sincerely in apology, and did my best in etiquette and compensation.
How could Yuli still refuse and hold a grudge against me?’
Seeing Kaer’s attitude now, Lauren thought to himself, ‘Thank goodness my choice was absolutely right. If I had listened to Anne, we might have already flipped the table by now.’
At that time, in the underground treasury of Skomet Mansion, the situation was roughly like this:
“Boss! Please don’t do this, meow…”
“Don’t take the Star Tears, meow!”
“Don’t take the Dragon Blood, meow!”
“Don’t take the Holy Sword, meow!”
“We don’t want this! Breaking an engagement doesn’t need these things, meow! Just pull a few baskets of radishes and sweet potatoes to give them, meow!”
“What a sin! These are treasures passed down through generations! How can you give them to those bad women outside, meow!”
“No, no, our treasures! Wuwuwu…”
Anne couldn’t help but lie on the ground in the treasury, wailing loudly, trying to stop his steps.
However, Lauren didn’t even blink, completely unmoved.
This was truly an upside-down world.
How could she call them her treasures?
They were clearly his family’s assets!
Acting like the lady of the house, she was like a cat hissing at the mistress Lauren kept outside.
She forbade giving the family’s property to freeloaders outside.
Lauren directly exerted his authority as the head of the family.
Ignoring Anne’s dissuasion and her tantrums and cuteness, he insisted on taking the holy sword.
He thought that surely Yuli, seeing such a precious holy sword before her, would gladly accept his proposal to break the engagement.
Lauren nodded smugly, praising his own thoughtful planning.
Therefore, he calmly faced his father-in-law Kaer, who was flattered and as nervous as a startled bird, and said consolingly:
“Uncle Kaer, there’s no need to be so alarmed!”
“I haven’t come to discuss anything major. I only hope you can help me solve a small matter; it only requires a promise from you.”
“Young Master, please speak! Whatever it is, this old vassal is willing to go through fire and water for you, sparing no effort!”
Hearing her father’s words, Yuli, who had been eavesdropping at the staircase, couldn’t sit still.
She widened her eyes and didn’t even consult Li An.
Almost as a reflex, her body moved before she could think.
She grabbed Li An’s hand and hurried down to the first-floor living room.
Annoying footsteps came from the stairs, crisp but disorderly, breaking the morning silence and causing Lauren, who was sitting upright in the living room, to turn his head.
Following Lauren’s gaze, Anne and Kaer also turned their heads toward the staircase.
This was the reunion of Lauren Scotmart and Yuli Floren after a ten-year separation.
Before anyone else’s gaze, their eyes met first, taking in each other’s current appearance.
The moment their eyes met, they both saw admiration in the other’s eyes.
In Yuli’s eyes, she no longer saw the gloomy little boy from childhood. Instead, she saw a well-dressed, handsome, confident, and cold-looking blonde youth.
She keenly realized that the current Lauren Scotmart seemed like a completely different person from when he was a child.
But! Yuli frowned.
‘So what?
‘The engagement still has to be broken!
‘I can’t spend the rest of my life with someone I don’t like!’
In Lauren’s sight, a silver-haired beauty appeared.
She looked like she had just woken up.
Her beautiful hair was still uncombed, and the scattered strands shimmered under the morning light like flowing starlight, radiating charm.
There were petals swirling in her light blue eyes, showing her uniqueness.
Perhaps because she was a little angry, her cheeks were faintly red like a just-ripe apple, yet it didn’t hide the natural fair skin of a young girl.
She wore a light blue floral pajama.
The small clothes clearly couldn’t conceal the girl’s beautiful figure and abundant charms.
Although he had seen various illustrations of Yuli in different outfits in the game, seeing her in person still gave him that fluttering feeling.
Really, it was love at first sight!
It was captivating and infatuating!
Whether it was the young Lauren or the current Lauren, both felt in their hearts that she was the most beautiful person they had ever seen in their lives.
Lauren could only exclaim to himself, ‘As expected of the absolute C-position heroine of [Floral Fantasy Poem]; the word “Flowers” is definitely a sincere praise for her!’
However, he was not so blinded by her beauty that he forgot his purpose.
He immediately wanted to express his intention.
To his long-unseen acquaintance and fiancée, he first made a polite greeting.
“Miss Yuli, long time no see. I am Lauren Scotmart. Do you still remember me?”
‘Of course I remember. How could I not?
‘My status as your fiancée reminds me of you all the time!’
In response to Lauren’s greeting, Yuli just snorted, turned her head away, expressing her contempt for him.
She quickly pulled out the blonde girl, Li An, who had been hiding beside her, wearing the same matching friend pajamas as Yuli.
Now, under everyone’s gaze, Li An looked very embarrassed.
Yuli affectionately linked one arm with Li An’s, and with the other hand pointed at Lauren.
In a resisting tone and with a firm attitude, she stated her claim word by word:
“Lauren Scotmart! I! Yuli Floren! Do not! Want! To marry! You!”
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