Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 849: A Hundred Ways to Appease a Daughter Ruud saw lan fuming with rage and quickly tried to smooth things over. "No, Dad, you've misunderstood! From now on, I'm your son!" He couldn't figure it out. On the battlefield, he was decisive and commanding, yet in front of his future father-in- law, he could barely string a sentence together.

lan was completely livid. If this continued, lan might actually get sick from anger, and if that happened, how would Natalie ever be able to marry him? No, no, Ruud had to calm lan down as soon as possible.

But just as he finished speaking, Brandon and his brothers immediately objected.

"Ruud, do you have no shame? If you're going to call our dad yours, then what does that make us?" "You're General Praevion for crying out loud, and now you're here trying to steal someone else's father? Does your own dad know about this?" Ruud waved dismissively. "Don't worry about him; he has plenty of kids. He won't miss me." Leo, from a distance: This ungrateful son, he'll be the death of me! lan snorted angrily. "I have plenty of sons as well. I don't need you!" "But none of them are General Praevion!" Ruud replied earnestly. "Wouldn't it be impressive to have a General Praevion as your son?" Brandon and his brothers exchanged incredulous looks.

Was this man shameless or just completely delusional? lan roared, "Someone, throw him out!" A group of Brookes family staff stormed in. Ruud, unwilling to fight back, was quickly carried out by the servants and thrown out the gates.

Outside the Brookes Family Estate Gabe and Armel were waiting outside when they saw Ruud being tossed out. Their eyes widened in disbelief, and they rushed over.

"Ruud, are you alright?" Gabe asked.

Ruud stood up smoothly, brushing the dirt off his clothes. "I'm fine. My future father-in-law just doesn't likeand threwout." Gabe and Armel exchanged a look.

Ruud glanced at the tightly shut gates of the Brookes family estate and sighed. "It seems winning over my father-in-law and daughter is going to take sreal effort." "Wait, are you saying lan doesn't accept you as his son-in-law?" Gabe asked, still struggling to believe what he was hearing.

To be fair, both he and Armel had been suspicious ever since Ruud revealed that he had a daughter. When they couldn't shake the feeling something was off, they decided to confront him about it. They'd called Ruud earlier. He had only said, "The paternity test results are out. Tina is my daughter. I'm heading to the Brookes family now," before abruptly hanging up.

Unsettled, Gabe and Armel followed him to the Brookes estate, only to arrive too late. All they could do was wait outside-until they saw Ruud being unceremoniously tossed out.

Ruud was General Praevion, for heaven's sake! How could the Brookes family reject someone like him? "Isn't this perfectly normal?" Ruud shot a glance at Gabe and said flatly, "If someone slept with your daughter, abandoned her for over twenty years, and left her to raise a child alone, how would you feel?" "Of course I'd break his legs!" Gabe replied without hesitation.

Ruud: "..." || Gabe suddenly thought of something. "Wait, is lan planning to break your legs too?" "More than that," Ruud said with a helpless shrug. "He wants to kill me." Gabe: "... So, what are you going to do?" "What else can I do? I have to earn their forgiveness and get them to accept me!" Ruud said firmly, his mind already racing with ideas on how to appease his daughter.

But no matter how he thought about it, nothing seemed to work.

After a moment, he turned to Gabe and Armel, hooking his arms around their shoulders and pulling them close. With a serious expression, he said, "You two are going to submit a report to our superiors requesting leave. Then, I'm assigning you a mission." Gabe had a bad feeling about this. Grimacing, he asked, "Can I refuse?" "You can't," Ruud said decisively.

With a resigned sigh, Gabe asked, "Alright, what's the mission?" "Research and brainstorm. Compile a list of one hundred ways to appease a daughter and another one hundred ways to appease a father-in-law," Ruud ordered. "I want it by tonight." Gabe and Armel: "..." Their minds were trained for strategy and battle, not for coming up with ways to win people over! Besides, where were they supposed to find the brainpower to cup with two hundred ideas? Seeing their hesitation, Ruud's expression darkened. "What? Can't handle it?" Gabe and Armel hurriedly forced smiles. "Of course we can, Ruud. Don't worry, you'll have it by tonight!" Deep down, both of them sighed heavily.

Their General Praevion had changed drastically ever since learning he had a daughter.

The grim, battle-hardened aura he'd built over the years had completely vanished.

The transformation was so abrupt that they almost wondered if someone had impersonated him.

But the voice was unmistakably his.

Gabe glanced at Armel and silently suggested with his eyes: Should we report this to HQ and have them verify if he's been replaced by an imposter? Armel nodded in agreement: Sounds like a plan to me.

Ruud remained blissfully unaware that his two loyal brothers were already plotting to report him.

Inside the Brookes Family Estate After Ruud was thrown out, lan set a knife on the table and slumped into a chair, breathing heavily. It was clear he was still furious.

Scarlett, seeing the knife on the table, quickly picked it up and put it away. Her children were bid enough to climb tables now, and the last thing she wanted was for them to get hurt. Brandon and the others were equally angry, sitting in silence.

Only Tina and Jared seemed unfazed, quietly sipping their tea.

After a long while, lan finally calmed down. He turned to Tina and asked, "Tina, what do you think about Ruud being your father?" Tina set her teacup down and replied coldly, "He's not my father."

lan sighed. "I don't want to accept it either, but it's the truth. He's your biological father You've lived a hard life without him all these years. Now, as General Praevion, he can offer you a lot of support." In other words, Ruud could provide far more for Tina and Jared than the Brookes family ever could.

Though the Brookes family was a hidden clan and the Pace family was merely a noble house, Ruud's position as General Praevion far surpassed both.

Isaac chimed in, "He's right, Tina. None of us want to admit it, but he is your father. That's a bond you can't sever."

Brandon, however, had a different view. "So what? Tina already has a dad! Hasn't Hugo treated her like his own daughter all these Years? He's NO done as much, if not more, than Ruud ever could. Besides, Ruud hurt Alina so deeply. If Tina acknowledges him as her father, what will Alina say when she wakes up? Won't she blTina?" Just then, Angela walked into the room. Hearing Brandon's words, she asked, "BlTina for what?" Since Natalie had been transferred to Tina's lab, where Wraith was personally overseeing things, Angela had taken stto travel.

Now, with lan's birthday approaching, she'd returned early.