That's right.
Madam Mega collapsed to the ground, her face ashen.
Deep down, she knew Mr. Mega was right.
Neither her father nor her family would recklessly go to war with the Mega family for the sake of a daughter who had been married off decades ago.
And now that they had already accepted the Mega family's compensation, it was even less likely.
She had been abandoned.
The realization struck her like a bolt of lightning, and suddenly, she let out a bitter laugh, her body trembling with the force of it.
In that moment, she felt an overwhelming sorrow—not just for herself, but for the vast majority of women in this world.
After marriage, a woman's marital home was never truly hers, and neither was her birth family.
"We've lived under the same roof for over twenty years, after all.
The Mega family won't be completely heartless," Grandma Mega said coolly, her gaze fixed on Madam Mega's disheveled state.
