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The seven-year-old Cynthia behaved like an adult and showed signs of a mature child. She knew there was no such thing as a free lunch and knew how to protect herself. "My kids are about the same age as Caden. When I see Caden hurt, I can't resist wanting to help. Taking Caden to the doctor is something I can do to help," Serenity explained in a matter-of-fact tone with no intention of intimidating the little girl by getting too close.Cynthia fell silent. She turned around and looked at the little boy, still hesitant and unsure.Caden said, "Sis, it doesn't hurt." "I know it doesn't hurt, but you're still injured. Look at how you walk! You're still limping!" Cynthia said and finally made up her mind."Aunt Serene," Cynthia glanced up at Serenity, "Please wait for me. I'll be back in a while. We'll go to the hospital with you." Cynthia said something to Caden after that and told him to wait for her in front of the store.Caden grabbed the hem of Cynthia's shirt, refusing to let
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"Who knows? Adoption for unusual reasons can be pretty common. I've heard about some families that adopt children for pretty strange reasons," Lisa said, pouting.Serenity pursed her lips, pondering something. Just then, Cynthia came running back carrying a small satchel instead of a school bag this time. She took Caden's hand and said to Serenity, "Aunt Serene, let's take Caden to the hospital.""Alright. Let's go," Serenity said, smiling. Lisa shrugged. When everyone got into the car, Serenity asked Cynthia, "Did you talk to your parents when you got home?""Well, I left a note," Cynthia said, but she knew it did not really matter. Her father would not care if she and Caden were out all night, let alone her stepmother. Besides, her stepmother would love to see her and Caden gone.Lisa drove the car to the hospital. While they were on the way, Serenity saw Cynthia holding Caden's hand tightly. The siblings were very close, and it seemed like they only had each other to rely on.
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After the doctor's consultation, the group went to pick up the medication. The doctor prescribed a couple of ointments and a pain-relieving spray for Caden. Serenity handed the medication to Cynthia. "Here, these are Caden's medicine. You have to apply the ointment a couple of times a day. There are instructions written on the label. Can you read them?""I can!" Cynthia agreed readily."From now on, I’ll have to trouble you to help Caden with his medication," Serenity said."It's no trouble! Caden is my brother!" After putting the medications into her small satchel, Cynthia pulled out several crumpled rolls of money ranging from a dollar or two to as much as fifty dollars. "Here is 93 dollars. I know it's not enough for the bill today. Once I've saved enough, I'll give you the rest!" Cynthia said, behaving like a grown adult. She took out her stash of money all at once, giving Serenity all her savings.Serenity smiled at the stash of crumpled money but refused to accept it. "No
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Cynthia tried stuffing the pile of crumpled money into Serenity's hands again. Serenity accepted the 'special' money this time. "Okay, I'll take this. You can pay me back the rest when you have enough. Now, let's get you two home."Lisa drove and took the kids to their home. When they arrived at their destination, Lisa and Serenity dropped off the kids at the door. Cynthia's stepmother, Yara Jenkins, opened the door. When she saw the kids, she immediately yelled at Cynthia, "Where have you been? If you don't like staying in this house, take this leech with you and get out of there!""I left a note. I took Caden to the hospital," Cynthia said calmly."You left a note? Hmph! The hospital? The both of you must have been fooling around! Did you damage someone's property? Do you need me to pay for it? I'm telling you, the family's money has nothing to do with your short-lived mom. It all belongs to me and your father!" Yara scolded, assuming that Serenity and Lisa had come to their house
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Jackson stared at Serenity, feeling puzzled. "Why are you suddenly thinking of adopting a child?""Remember that boy I met when we were at the amusement park? I went to Clara's place today, and I saw the kid again. His name is Caden..." Serenity then told Jackson about what had happened in the day."The boy isn't blood-related to his current family. He was adopted, and his adoptive parents were unkind to him. I think they'll continue to abuse him, maybe frequently." Serenity had talked to Caden's parents earlier, but she did not think they would stop after what she had said. After all, it would be hard to change when abusing the kid became a habit."The kid was adopted by his current family. If that's the case, can we get his current family to dissolve the adoption and let us adopt him?" Serenity suggested.Jackson smiled. "You seem to care about the child a lot. Do you like him that much?""Maybe because he's about the same age as Micah and Jackie," Serenity explained and hesitat
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"Yeah. I’ll never get back together with him. Not now, not ever," Clara said frankly. "We'll never go back to how we were before.""Is it true you'll never love him again? He was wrong, but he's trying to make up for it. Will it never change your mind?" Jackson asked straightforwardly."Jack!" Serenity exclaimed, worried Jackson's questions would make Clara uncomfortable. Wanting to hear Clara's answer, Jackson continued staring at Clara uncharacteristically. "Yes. I won't love him again, even if he spends the rest of his life making up for his mistakes, even if he lives in regret," Clara answered in a calm and decisive way.Jackson furrowed his brow. "But why? He hurt you because he was blinded. He didn't hurt you on purpose." "No. He was the one who approached me in the beginning and intentionally made me fall in love with him. He had many opportunities to investigate the truth, but he never did. He was wired to believe what he wanted to believe and preferred to treat me as
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Caden saw no difference between a wound that healed quickly and one that healed slowly. The pain never bothered him, after all. "You should get your injuries treated even if it doesn't hurt. If you don't, it may affect your health in the future. I know you don't feel much pain this time, but what if you hurt your bone? If you don't get it treated, you'll walk with a limp forever," Serenity explained as simply as possible.Caden remained silent, pondering Serenity's words. Serenity added, "Do you want to live in a different home? Would you like to come and live with us? No one will hurt you again, and you won't get these injuries again."Caden grew wary, showing a defensive look on his face. The way he looked at Serenity changed. He was full of hostility, like a small animal ready to fight back, attacking its predator. Serenity's heart ached at the change in Caden's eyes. Was Caden treating her like an enemy? Jackson took a step forward and stood between the little boy and Seren
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Jackson took a last look at the boy before leaving, lost in thought. He remained silent the whole time, even after getting into the car. "Something on your mind?" Serenity asked, finally bringing Jackson back to his senses. "No, it's nothing. Let's go home," he said, a small smile forming on his lips.At night, Jackson wandered to the memorial hall. He walked in, staring at his late father's black and white photo on the wall. His father had a smiling face with smiling eyes and a gentle smile spreading across his face like sunshine.Jackson observed his father's eyes and realized the shape of his eyes was similar to the boy he had seen earlier, Caden. Jackson had met the boy at the playground before, but he had only taken a brief glance at him. Serenity had told him a lot about Caden, but he did not get a good look at the boy until this day. Jackson had not noticed the similarities at first, but then he realized the child's eyes were like his father's, except for the look in his e
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“……” Morgan suddenly found himself unable to retort. She... wasn't wrong. “But when you play house, you can pretend to be parents with one person today and another person tomorrow. Real marriage is different; you can’t choose someone else.”Renee widened her eyes, listening intently.“The only person you can choose is me. Do you understand, Renee?” he continued.She nodded vigorously. “I understand!”“Do you really?” Morgan asked, a little skeptical. He was already fifteen, so he could grasp the concept of marriage, but she was only eight. Could she truly comprehend it?“So, in the future, I can only marry Morgan and be your bride, right? I can't be someone else's bride, right?” she asked. “I don’t want to marry other boys anyway. I like you the most, Morgan. Of course I’ll only be your bride!” she happily declared, her worries fading away.So she could be Morgan's bride when she grew up! That's great!After finishing another piece of snack, Renee thought of something. She put o
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Despite her unease, she couldn’t resist when she saw the sweet desserts. She indulged herself.However, as she ate, her eyes remained fixed on Morgan, clearly still waiting for him to clarify Lucy’s claims.“You want to know if you’re a child bride, right?” Morgan began.Renee nodded.“Do you know what a child bride is?” he asked.She blinked. She had a vague idea, but not enough for her to articulate it.“To put it simply, a child bride is a girl raised by a boy's family. The girl will marry the boy when she comes of age. In the old days, some families were too poor to raise their daughters, so they would sell their daughters to become child brides for richer families,” Morgan explained.Renee blinked. “But my parents aren’t poor, and I'm raised by them, not by other people. That means I’m not a child bride, right?”“Correct, you are not,” Morgan affirmed.She breathed a sigh of relief, and a bright smile spread across her face. “I knew it! My parents would never sell me! The
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"Morgan!" Renee turned to Morgan, unease etched on her face."The Moon family, eh? I'll remember this," Morgan replied calmly, then lowered his head to meet Renee's anxious and confused face. "Let's go, Renee. I’ll tell you what you want to know later."He led her away holding her hand.Benson looked worried. "Miss Lucy, how could you say that?""It's the truth!" Lucy shook off her fear and spoke defiantly. "Daddy and Mommy said she’s a child bride. A child bride is a girl sold by her own parents!""But the White family is not like that. Those things only happened to daughters of poor families in the old days," Benson explained. "You really shouldn’t have said that, Miss Lucy. You shouldn’t do that again.""Why do I have to listen to you?" Lucy retorted, displeased.Benson was too ashamed to tell Lucy in front of others that the Moon family simply couldn’t afford to offend Morgan. Dealing with the White family was already a headache, and Morgan's background was even more formi
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Benson and Lucy were also dumbfounded. Benson started getting anxious. He felt like things were starting to unfold in ways that he did not expect."Mr. Grimes, I..." Benson stepped forward, intending to speak to Mr. Grimes.However, Mr. Grimes moved past Benson without so much as a glance at him. He went up to Morgan and said, "Master Morgan, I apologize for the oversight!"Everyone was stunned to hear that, including the security guards who had been called over. They were secretly relieved they hadn't forcibly removed anyone yet. If they had offended someone Mr. Grimes was showing so much respect to, it would have been really bad for them!Morgan regarded Mr. Grimes with an unreadable expression. He calmly recounted the situation to Mr. Grimes.After hearing about what happened, Mr. Grimes responded, "This set of stamps was not pre-ordered. If you like it, please take it. Feel free to take anything else in the exhibition that catches your eye."This declaration shocked every
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"Who are you?!" Benson exclaimed, astonished. The mysterious figure remained silent, simply looking at Morgan.Morgan calmly reiterated to Benson, "I said, wait for Mr. Grimes." He then pulled out his phone and dialed a number. "I'm Morgan Wood. Please have Mr. Grimes from Lazy Cat Culture come to the Sleepy Cat Exhibition in Solaria. He should be in the area, right?"After ending the call, the person on the other end stared at the phone in disbelief.The Sleepy Cat Exhibition? What's going on?Benson, Lucy, and the staff stared at Morgan in shock, but the look in their eyes quickly turned to ridicule."Ah, a young man's naive bravado – how impudent!" Benson scoffed."Sir, please don't cause trouble," the staff member warned. "Or I'll have to call security."Morgan simply lowered his head to say to Renee, "Looks like we'll be here for a while. If you're bored, I can ask someone to walk around with you."Renee shook her head. "Morgan, what if this stamp set has really been p
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Benson's words were not only meant to exert pressure on the staff, but also to inform him that they were on the same side.As expected, when the staff heard what he said, there was an instant change in his expression. He turned to Morgan and Renee and said, "I'm sorry, but it turns out this stamp set has already been pre-ordered by this customer."Morgan saw through the so-called pre-order as nothing more than an act. "When I asked you to wrap it up earlier, I didn’t hear you mention it was pre-ordered.""We forgot to mention that. Our apologies," the staff replied.Lucy, wearing a smug expression, raised her chin at Renee, causing Renee to puff out her cheeks in frustration.Benson calmly observed Morgan and Renee. The White family's White Maple Group had numerous overlapping businesses with the Moon Group. They were often competing with each other. Originally, the White Maple Group’s business activities weren't concentrated in Solaria, so even though there was competition wi
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But before Morgan had even finished speaking, a girl's voice piped up, "I want this stamp set!"He turned to the voice and, upon seeing who it was, narrowed his eyes slightly. It was Lucy Moon, the girl Renee mentioned earlier. At the sight of Lucy, Renee immediately reacted like an angry little kitten. "Lucy Moon, why do you always try to take my stuff away?""Your stuff? How is this your stuff? You haven't paid yet!" Lucy shot back, her eyes fixed on Morgan.Morgan was well-known in their class, admired by many girls who claimed he was even more handsome than movie stars. If only Lucy had a big brother like that! She would be the envy of all the girls in class... no, all the girls in school!Unfortunately, her own big brother was not as good-looking.Last time, Lucy had tried to give Renee Sleepy Cat toys, asking for Morgan's email address in return. However, Renee accepted gifts from everyone but her, which infuriated Lucy."But if you want, I can give this stamp set to Re
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Unlike many wealthy kids, Renee was quite restrained with her spending. She had never spent recklessly and often saved leftover money. Of course, when she wanted something beyond her budget, she would act cute and ask her Daddy or Morgan to buy it for her.Lisa was the least susceptible to her charms, so Renee didn’t dare to bother her!When they arrived at the exhibition, Renee’s eyes sparkled with excitement. There were so many adorable Sleepy Cat merchandise! They're all so cute! She wanted a lot of them, but realizing her limited budget, she knew she needed a sponsor! The best one was right beside her: Morgan!"Morgan," she said, flashing him a super bright smile.Seeing her like this, Morgan immediately knew she wanted to ask him for something. "What is it? Do you want me to buy you Sleepy Cat merchandise?""You’re so smart, Morgan! No wonder so many girls in our class like you and asked me for your phone number!" Renee praised him.As soon as she mentioned it, Morgan'
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"Okay," Renee replied obediently, snuggling up to Morgan and acting cute. "Take me to the exhibition, Morgan! I know you’re the best. You’ll definitely take me, right?"Morgan pursed his lips. At 15, he was no longer a little boy. Although Renee was only 8, she was his destined wife.He had been protecting her since the day she was born. At first, he thought that he would only marry her because according to the family prophecy, she was the one most suitable for him. Over the years, however, he realized that his feelings for her ran deeper than he had initially thought.He found himself wanting to help her fulfill her wishes, and would clean up the mess when she caused trouble. Things had become different from what he had expected, but he welcomed them. He felt grateful that she was the one who was destined for him!With her by his side for the rest of his life, he would never feel lonely."Will you get into fights again?" Morgan asked."No more fighting, I promise!" Renee quickly
