Why?

Yoshua finally stopped. He stubbornly demanded, "Dad, I want an explanation. Why are you so cruel to Lucy? You drove your own daughter out of the house and cut off all ties with her just because of Zoey, who's not even related to us. Why?" Howard was so angry that he shot him a glare. "I'm your father. You don't have the right to question me!" The atmosphere became more and more tense. The servants on the side did not even dare to breathe too loudly. Zoey was choked with sobs and cried, "I'm sorry, Yoshua. I'll go. I'll go right now!" As she spoke, she was about to rush out. Lucille couldn't help laughing when she saw that. She was already quite familiar with Zoey's habit of running away to gain sympathy. Sure enough, Charles, who had been beaten until he was black and blue, became anxious and immediately rushed forward to stop Zoey. Things were becoming increasingly chaotic. Suddenly, they all heard a steady voice. "Stop this nonsense!" The power of those words was stronger than that