Chapter 17: Identity Exposed! She Controls Half the World's Wealth

As Sylvie’s words fell,

a complete silence settled over the room.

No one dared to question her, nor did anyone dare to talk back.

Only boundless terror spread through the crowd.

Theodore raised his hand to signal.

The assistant behind him immediately stepped forward, opening the document in his hands.

At the same time, the giant screen in the banquet hall lit up once more.

An officially verified document of identity was displayed in high definition before everyone's eyes.

The name on the document was strikingly clear—Sylvie Tang.

Immediately following it was a long list of titles:

Sole Legitimate Heir to the Astral Global Conglomerate.

Global Top Hidden Wealthholder.

Multinational Financial Helmsman.

...

Every single title was enough to shock the world.

Information began scrolling across the giant screen.

The business empire of the Astral Conglomerate spanned the entire globe:

finance, technology, energy, high-end luxury...

They held a near-monopoly over half of the world's top industries.

Their assets were an astronomical figure, far beyond anyone's imagination,

crushing the White family and the Owen family by more than ten thousand times over.

It was no exaggeration to say

that a single sentence from Sylvie could shake the entire economy of Luxwell,

deciding the life or death of any family.

Dead silence fell over the room.

Everyone stared blankly at the giant screen,

their brains going entirely blank, losing the capacity to think.

So...

So she wasn't some low-class orphan girl at all.

She was the supreme queen who controlled half of the world's wealth.

The person they had mocked was an entity they could never look up to in their entire lives.

This engagement party wasn't a farce about a poor girl trying to climb the social ladder;

it was a top-tier heiress stepping into the mortal world to test a man's heart in a gamble.

And all of them had become the clowns in the joke.

The entire internet exploded completely.

Trending topics changed every second, sweeping the charts with insane heat:

#SylvieHeirToAstralConglomerate #InsanePlotTwist!CheapFianceeIsTopBillionaire

The servers crashed several times over.

Netizens went completely wild:

"HOLY CRAP! What kind of legendary plot twist is this?!"

"To all those people who insulted her earlier, are your faces swollen yet?!"

"That scumbag Luke is probably regretting this until his intestines turn green."

"Hiding her identity for three years to gamble on true love—that's so badass!"

Discussions swept across the entire internet.

Inside the banquet hall, however, it was terrifyingly quiet.

Elders of the Owen family burst into tears on the spot from sheer terror,

their bodies slumping to the floor, trembling violently.

Just moments ago, they had actually called the heir to the conglomerate a low-class parasite?

Even ten lives wouldn't be enough to pay for that!

Members of the White family were ashen-faced as well.

The family business they were so proud of

was less than an ant before the Astral Conglomerate.

Having offended this Young Mistress, the White family was completely finished.

Luke knelt on the floor, his face devoid of life.

Immense regret overwhelmed him.

He could have had all of this.

He could have stood at the very top of the world.

Yet with his own hands, he had destroyed it all.