Sitting in Gilberto's car, Zoey turned her face away from the window, her eyes devoid of focus and any trace of vitality.
"Do you particularly hate me?"
Gilberto couldn't bear the silence and oppressive atmosphere any longer, so he cleared his throat and asked.
Zoey did not answer the man's question; silence was the best response.
Gilberto clenched the steering wheel, and suddenly changed lanes, heading towards a large tree on the side of the street.
Just as they were about to collide, he abruptly slammed on the brakes.
The car barely stopped ten centimeters away from the big tree, and he looked at Zoey with an expressionless face, still gazing out of the window.
He grabbed Zoey by the back of her head and turned her towards him, anger filling his eyes. "Tell me, do you really hate me?"
Zoey chuckled lightly, "And what if not? Your grandfather wanted to possess things that didn't belong to him, to kill others, and felt that eve
Russell fell silent. He didn't care about his own life or death, but he cared about Zoey and the child.Roland, who had been silent all along, spoke up, "Zoey actually hinted at me when she was getting in the car. She said if a blizzard is coming within two weeks, we should enjoy this beautiful scenery while we can."Madeleine asked, "Zoey said this, but I didn't think much about it. What does it mean exactly?"Roland sighed lightly, "The antidote still has half a month of experimental time. Zoey's suggestion is to inject Mr. Maddox with the antidote in case of an emergency. Although there may be some side effects, it is still better than being controlled by Gilberto's drugs. As for Zoey, I believe she has her own plan."Russell's thin lips were trembling, "Her plan was to save me, and she was working hard to find a solution to the chip. If it didn't work, she would go down with Gilberto. I can't let anything happen to her."Roland said, "The probl
Zoey stared at the woman intently, watching as she took out a syringe and a vial from the silver box.The woman extracted the liquid from the medicine bottle using a syringe, expelled the air inside, and grabbed Zoey's hand to inject it into her bloodstream.Zoey grabbed the woman's hand and snatched the syringe, pushing the liquid away, then leaped up and pushed the woman towards Gilberto.Gilberto stumbled as he watched Zoey run out of the cage, his eyes filled with a sinister glare.His lips curled into a sinister arc as he pushed the woman to the ground and walked out of the cage, heading towards the outside.Meanwhile, Zoey ran downstairs and saw that there were many mercenaries in the living room aiming heavy weapons at her."Could you run out?"The man's voice sounded behind her.Zoey clenched the needle against her own neck and turned her head. "Gilberto, you're just using me to threaten Russell. If I die, I'd like to s
A private airport in the suburbs.When Gilberto arrived, Zackary had just gotten off the plane.The old man had gray hair on both sides of his temples, with a serious expression on his face. When he saw Gilberto approaching briskly, his cloudy eyes squinted slightly.He tightened his grip on the dragon-headed cane in his hand and scolded, "I thought you were bewitched by that woman, not even recognizing your own grandfather!""I dare not," Gilberto lowered his gaze."You dare not?" Zackary sneered, "You dare to confine me, what else do you not dare to do?"Gilberto glanced at the man supporting Sir and said, "Didn't you contact Uncle and bring him out to Lochcliff?"The man's name was Ernest Maddox, and he was Zackary's nephew.Due to health reasons, Gilberto had no children throughout his life. There were high expectations for him, but he disappointed everyone by keeping the old master under house arrest and showing leniency t
A dim basement.Gilberto watched as Brock's tendons in his hands and feet were severed on the ground. He wiped his bayonet with a white cloth.He suddenly lifted his eyelids and said, "Why did you repeatedly defy me again and again?"Brock looked up at him and said with a bitter smile, "Because I was only doing it for your own good, Gilberto. I was only doing it for your own good!"Gilberto stared at him with a fierce gaze and said, "I have given you several chances already, and you have not appreciated them. The thing I hate the most is when someone defies me."Brock's eyes were red, and blood dripped from the corner of his mouth. "And what about Zoey? She has defied you not just once or twice!""Did you compare yourself with her?""Yeah, how can I compare to her? You like her! But does she like you?" Brock was unwilling, "Gilberto, I love you, I have loved you for many years!""Your love disgusted me!" Gilberto gritted his te
Zoey squinted her eyes and scrutinized her, "Would you be so kind as to help deliver the message?""Oh, indeed, I wasn't that kind-hearted, it was just a transaction. He helped me obtain the antidote, and I helped him deliver a message.""What antidote?""Gilberto poisoned me, and I had to take medicine every month, or else my whole body would rot and die."Zoey suddenly grabbed her wrist. Abigail was not lying. Her pulse was very irregular.She asked, "What words?"Abigail said, "He asked me to tell you that he was strong and well."Zoey furrowed her brows, doubting the truthfulness of this statement. It was a sentence devoid of any substance.Does this statement have any meaning?Abigail shrugged, "Maybe he wanted to put your mind at ease."She looked at the cage, reaching out to touch the hard steel bars. "The gaps are so small, are they that afraid you'll escape? It seems my cousin wants you to be a canary! I'
Alonso raised his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth, "How did I perform just now?""You performed well, but you need to be humble," Russell held his forehead to prevent him from moving.Alonso pushed away his hand, quite displeased, "Where does a son pat his father's head?""If you press it, just bear with it for a while.""..." Alonso looked at him, "What do we do next?""You were admitted to the hospital, and Mom took care of you. The rest was left to us."Alonso was a bit worried, "What did you want to do?""Hold a funeral for me."Alonso said, "...Then I showed up."Then you can shed tears and faint again, go to the hospital, and tell mom to also pay attention to her emotions."Okay, your mother could definitely act well."Russell patted his shoulder and said, "Take a nap, you have been having bigger eye bags lately.""You brat, you've been too repressed these days, haven't you? Making fun o
Emilee looked at the man on the ground, his mouth and neck covered in blood. After shouting for help, she rushed in to check and found that the man had already passed away.Emilee, who watched Abigail grow up, was deeply saddened. She started hitting Abigail."It's all because of you, you despicable woman! You harmed Mr. Russell and also harmed Mrs. Maddox! I will kill you!"Abigail resisted, but she couldn't beat Emilee, who was used to rough work.Her face was covered with many fingerprints.Brent rushed up and, upon seeing this scene, he too was filled with grief and anger.However, he was very rational and immediately dialed 120 and 110.They took Abigail to the living room, tied her hands, and made her kneel on the ground.For Russell's crime scene, they did not allow anyone to enter.Soon, medical staff and police officers arrived.The doctor examined Russell and declared his death on the spot, preliminarily
There was a loud bang as the door slammed into the wall, and Gilberto turned around to see Zoey approaching quickly.Her eyes were filled with shock, "What did you just say? Say it again!"Gilberto lowered his gaze and said, "It was just an idea I had.""No, Russell had an accident, right?" Zoey asked the man, her eyes turning red as she sought confirmation. At that moment, she felt like a knife had been plunged into her heart, slowly and painfully.As she watched the man in silence, Zoey clenched the man's collar with both hands, her eyes filled with hatred and despair. On the verge of breaking down, she shouted, "What did you do to him? Tell me! Say it!""He died, died thoroughly," the man said, word by word, in a very cruel manner.Zoey trembled all over. The overwhelming sadness in her chest made her feel suffocated, and her hatred towards Gilberto reached its peak. "It was you who killed him, wasn't it?"Gilberto reached out and
As time went by, those girls who gave gifts came to know that the things Layne liked were actually the things Evelin liked.They were very angry and, after discussing it, they had a very honest girl call Evelin out.The girl nodded and said to Evelin, "I'm sorry, really sorry."Evelin sensed something was wrong and wanted to turn around and leave, but she was surrounded by twenty girls.Among them were the short hair, long hair, and curly hair that blocked her in the bathroom last time.Long hair stood up, arms crossed, "Evelin, how shameless you are! You actually told us that Layne likes to eat fried chicken and french fries, when in fact they all went into your stomach!"Short hair snorted, "Evelin, how could you be so cheap! How could you come up with such a rotten idea? Aren't you afraid of choking on those things you eat?"Curly hair rolled up his sleeves and said, "You really deserve a beating! With twenty people present, if you
The girls started to show their figures when they entered junior high school. They didn't like wearing plain school uniforms and clothes. They believed that showing off their slim waists was beautiful.The three girls surrounding Evelin were dressed like this, with makeup on their faces and pierced ears."Are you Evelin?" the person with short hair asked.Evelin glanced at the three people and did not show any fear. "I am, is there something wrong?"The girl with long hair sighed and looked her up and down, "You, ate all the delicious food we sent to Layne?"Evelin blinked and immediately understood the intention of the three people. It turned out that they were Layne's suitors.She nodded, "Yes, you guys gave it to him, so it's his. He can give it to whoever he wants to eat, and you have no right to interfere!"The three of them instantly got angry and rolled up their sleeves, all ready to get physical.Evelin raised her hand
Just as Nancy was about to cut her own cheek, blood started to seep from Elliott's forehead.The knife in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and he toppled backwards.Dalton acted swiftly and quickly stepped forward to save Nacy.Nacy tightly clung to the man's neck, her voice choked with tears, "Dad!"Nancy dropped the dagger and ran over, "Nancy, are you okay?"Nacy hugged her again, "I'm fine! Is mom okay?"Nancy shook her head, "I was fine too."She looked at Elliott, who was lying motionless on the ground, and asked, "Was he shot?"Dalton glanced at the deceased man and said, "Yes."He looked up at the sky and said, "It was a robot drone designed by Russell."Nancy had a feeling of surviving a disaster, "I am so grateful to Russell and Zoey."Dalton sighed and said, "Yeah, if it weren't for them, we would have really perished here."Nacy asked, "Dad, were you stabbed by a knife? Are you
The evening sun's afterglow shone through the broken glass into the factory.Nancy knelt on the ground, pleading desperately, "Elliott, please don't hurt her, okay? She's just a five-year-old child."Elliott sneered, "Child? So what? Amiya is sad, none of you can be happy! Amiya is in jail, you all will be buried with her! It's all because of your existence that Dalton lost his mind! What can you compare to Amiya? Dalton is truly blind! What have you all turned Amiya into, such a good, innocent and kind person? Tell me, are you all wrong or not?"Nancy couldn't argue with him, afraid of angering him, as he would do something to harm Nancy."We were wrong, all of us. Elliott, could you please put the knife down? Calm down a bit, what you're doing is not worth it."Elliott pointed a knife at Nancy and said, "Not worth it? It's definitely worth it! I'm going to kill all three of you today, oh wait, it's actually four of you, because you're pregnant! M
Dalton was afraid of making Nancy dizzy, so he quickly stopped.In the midst of joy, it is essential to ensure safety and not get carried away.The two of them looked at each other and smiled, their eyes couldn't help but become moist.It was really not easy to come this far.Dalton held Nancy tightly, a 6'2" man burying his face in the crook of her neck, and cried out in suppressed sobs.Nancy patted the man's sturdy back and said, "All the hardships have passed, and we will only get better."Dalton nodded, "It would be fine."Chelsea's call interrupted the two of them. Dalton and Nancy looked over and saw a woman, tears streaming down her face, filled with guilt.Chelsea said, "Nancy, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."Nancy laughed and said, "Whether there were misunderstandings or not, at that moment, we were expressing our normal and true thoughts."Chelsea asked, "Are you blaming me?"Nancy raised an ey
Dalton looked past her indifferently and gave her an affirmative answer, "Yes!"Amiya simply couldn't accept the fact that she had gone from being a hunter to being the hunted, being manipulated by others."How could this happen? How? Where did it go wrong?" She couldn't believe that her perfect plan had failed.She looked down at the baby in her arms, and it was not Dalton's child at all. Whose child was it?She looked at Sam abruptly, "Whose sperm is this? Whose?"Sam's mouth twitched, "I just randomly picked one, it shouldn't be too bad, right?"There were three types of people who stored sperm in the sperm bank in the past. One type was the highly educated individuals, another type was the wealthy individuals, and the third type was the lower-class individuals.Those low-level workers who couldn't afford to marry a wife, but still wanted to have descendants everywhere, would adopt such a way of behavior.Dalton smirked, "Wo
The Jenkins family invited the big shots from the upper class circle to their full moon banquet, and most of them came to the party with the intention of just watching the excitement.After all, who doesn't love to eat the melon of a wealthy family?The Blevins family, who were once expelled from overseas by Dalton, have also become honored guests and have risen in status, all because the wife who couldn't conceive was abandoned and the mistress, with the birth of a child, managed to turn her life around.People who used to sneer at them in the past, now when they see them, they can't help but nod and flatter them.The banquet hall was lavishly decorated, with photos and videos of the little baby playing on the LED big screen. Dalton was greeting the guests with Amiya, going around.Everyone treated her politely and called her Mrs. Jenkins.Only the Jenkins family and the Blevins family knew that Dalton and Nancy had not yet obtained a divorce certificate.Dalton's excuse was that Nan
Nancy held Nacy in her arms, watching all of this coldly. Chelsea, who had once treated her like a daughter, became hysterical in that moment.The people around kept pointing and whispering."This woman actually targeted a pregnant woman. She is truly wicked!"Anyway, the child was innocent!"You saw how she hurt the pregnant woman, and she didn't feel any guilt at all. This kind of person should be cyberbullied!""That's right! Send photos, send videos to her and upload them online!"***Nacy tightly held onto Nancy's neck, fear evident in her eyes. "Mom, I'm scared.""Don't be afraid, I would protect you."Chelsea looked as Amiya's skirt became stained with blood, and she felt a sense of unease. She directed her anger towards Nancy and said, "Nancy, you wanted to exterminate the Jenkins family, didn't you? You and this bastard have truly destroyed the Jenkins family!"Bastard?As soon as this word came out, the onlookers all imagined a grand drama of a wealthy family."Could it be t
Nancy looked at Dalton and asked, "Did your mother have any thoughts of divorcing me now?"Dalton didn't want any rift between the two of them, so he spoke honestly, "There's something, I guess Amiya did some brainwashing on her. But it doesn't matter what anyone thinks, because no one can influence me. The reason why my parents are acting this way is also because Amiya is really good at manipulating people. Nancy, you are in my eyes and in my heart."Nancy sighed lightly, "I know, I won't run away or be cowardly like before. I loved you, and I fought for us, unless one day you didn't want me anymore."Dalton's thin lips curved up, "I was really afraid that you would bring up the child and say that you wanted to leave me, and all that. We don't want to reach that point, you know?"Nancy nodded, "We could give it a try first, and if it doesn't work, we can go for in vitro fertilization."Dalton was glad that she was able to open up, and he embraced her in his arms. "Good. It's coming s