By the time Lena and Margot came downstairs, Ashley, Elias, and Curtis had already returned. They were in the living room chatting with Anthony.Once the food was served, they proceeded to the dining room to take their seats.Ashley held the charm pouch from Lilac that Anthony had given. She absolutely adored the charm pouch and wouldn't let go."I never expected Lilac to be so talented and skillful. She can make these things by herself and even gave one to each of us. She's really thoughtful," she said.Elias also emotionally said, "We just need to wait a decade. Who knows what she will be like when that time comes?"Curtis looked at his parents and reassured them, "Mom, Dad, don't worry. With Branden by her side, he'll help take good care of Lilac for us. Soon enough, a decade will have flown by in the blink of an eye."He could also only comfort himself with the thought that time would pass in the blink of an eye. The truth was that he missed Lilac more than anyone else. But t
Anthony found a place to sit down. He looked at Lena, who had followed him in, and asked, "Just now, at the dining table, Ashley asked that question. Do you have anything you want to say?"It was about their marriage, after all. He wanted to hear what she thought.Lena thought that after she had skillfully handled the tricky situation at the meal just now, everything would be fine. But to her surprise, Anthony insisted on coming after her to ask more questions.She sat down beside Anthony and avoided looking directly into his eyes.After a moment, she called out, "Anthony.""Hmm?"Anthony kept his gaze fixed on her. He maintained a calm and composed facade, but inside, he was in a complete panic.He was afraid that Lena would turn him down. If she refused him again, he would really start to doubt whether she had ever sincerely loved him.It would be impossible to forget someone if it was true love. Even though they frequently argued before, they didn't break up for long.She c
"Let's go and take a look," Edna suggested."Be careful. Don't startle the baby," Rosa advised.Rosa quickly supported her.When they arrived at the west wing, they saw only a car, but no one was there. The door to the west wing was also locked, and since it required a code, they couldn't open it or get in.Since she didn't know who the other person was, Edna took out her cell phone and called Margot.Margot answered quickly and warmly said, "Hey, Edna! What's up?""Margot, I'm going to send you a photo of a car license plate. Can you check whose car it is? After this person entered the manor, they disappeared, and I have no idea where they might be hiding."The manor was too large, and there weren't many people around, so there was no way to search every place one by one.Margot was also worried that someone with bad intentions would break into the manor and harm Edna. She quickly replied, "Okay, take a picture and send it over."When Margot saw the license plate number that
Anthony remained in the lab for a long time. He only returned to the Crosby residence in the afternoon.During this time, he still hadn't noticed that two strangers had moved into Alice Manor.As soon as he stepped through into the Crosby residence, the people sitting on the living room couch all turned their gaze toward him.Margot asked, "Anthony, what were you doing at Alice Manor?"Upon hearing this, Anthony's expression changed.He looked at Margot with a curious gaze and asked, "How did you know I went to Alice Manor?"Margot laughed and said, "My friend told me about it. She didn't have a place to stay, so I let her stay over there. Then she saw you driving into the manor."Anthony was somewhat stunned to hear that. He sat down next to Lena with a frown. He figured that the lab was so hidden and had another exit, so it wasn't something that could be easily discovered by most people.There was really no need to worry.He smiled lightly and said, "I just went over to ta
Anthony didn't expect so much to happen at home while he was away.Unexpectedly, the plane hadn't exploded; instead, the windshield shattered.Royce clearly admitted to them that he had placed the explosive device on the plane. So why, in the end, did the windshield break instead?Looking at Natalie again, Anthony asked, "Still no news about Dad?"Natalie shook her head and said, "No."Anthony, feeling downcast, stood up and said, "Natalie, I'll go upstairs and check on Daniel.""Okay. You should go talk to him. As a man, he needs to take responsibility if he's married to someone.""Alright, I'll talk to him."Anthony walked upstairs and stopped before Daniel's study, then knocked on the door.He gently called out, "Daniel, it's me, Anthony."After waiting for a short while, Daniel finally opened the door.Standing before Anthony was an extremely thin Daniel with a scruffy beard and tired eyes. He looked very worn out.Anthony couldn't hold back and hugged him tightly. "It'
Hearing a noise, the person in front of the refrigerator suddenly turned around.Her eyes were glazed over, her expression was confused, and she still had a large piece of sausage in her mouth. Her appearance looked somewhat comical.She looked at Edna. Then, as if she was afraid that Edna would take her sausage, she held it tightly in her arms, scrunching up her face in a pitiful way, and said, "I'm hungry. Want to eat."Edna noticed that the girl seemed a bit strange and asked her once again, "Who are you?""Zyla. They call me Zyla."She spoke quietly before she retreated to a corner, crouched down, and quickly began nibbling on a sausage.She was devouring the food ravenously as if she hadn't eaten in ages.Edna was the kind of person who couldn't manage her own life well but couldn't bear to see others suffer.Zyla didn't seem to be dangerous, and given that the food was all unprocessed, she quickly raised her hand and said, "Don't eat that. It might upset your stomach. Giv
Edna thought, despite clearly being an adult, Zyla still behaved with the innocence of a three-year-old child.She also started laughing, feeding Zyla while asking, "Where do you live? Why are you here?""Zyla doesn't want to go home. Zyla is hungry. Let's eat something.""So why are you here?"Zyla shook her head. "I don't know. I just left that place and came straight here.""Where did you come from?" Edna asked.Zyla casually pointed in a direction.Edna wasn't sure where she was referring to. Knowing that Zyla might not be very sharp, she probably wasn't able to ask or get any useful information.They could check the surveillance cameras tomorrow to see where she came from.Zyla absolutely loved eating the noodles with eggs and meat. She finished off an entire bowl by herself.After eating and drinking to her heart's content, she suddenly hugged Edna tightly and affectionately called out to her, with her mouth still greasy."Mom, Zyla is sleepy and wants to go to sleep."
Anthony sat upright on the bed. His hands shook as he held his phone.Actually, he wasn't afraid at all of the others finding out that Zyla was still alive.He was just worried that people who knew her would see her and get startled. He was also worried about Margot, in particular. There was previously some discord between Margot and Zyla. If Margot found out that Anthony did something secretly to help Zyla, she would definitely think that he was playing favorites.But that wasn't the case at all.He wasn't biased; he just believed that Zyla didn't deserve such severe punishment.He was also using Zyla as a test subject to evaluate his medical and hypnosis skills.He just didn't realize that he actually had the ability to bring Zyla back to life.He hoped they could quickly find Zyla and take her back to the lab.He decided to wait for an appropriate moment, and then he would come and be honest with everyone.…Early the next morning at Alice Manor, Edna sat alone at the di