Wilson turned to his son and said, "I'll take your mom home. I'm not going to hurt her. Even if I want to do anything, it won't matter if you're here. Who do you think saved you today? If I had gotten in there a little later, your injuries could've been worse.."Yannick clenched his hands into fists and pressed them against his sides to hide the embarrassment crossing his face, but in the end, he gave up and left with Mrs. Wells.After Yannick and Mrs. Wells left, Clara spoke up and looked straight into Wilson's eyes. "Why did you grab my arms? What do you want to talk about?" she said, pulling her arm out of Wilson's grasp. Wilson felt desperately empty with her arm gone from his grasp. Clara would resist whenever he came closer or touched her. It was always like this. But a long time ago, Clara was the first who took his hands and said, "Wilson, I want to hold hands with you like this forever." Clara wanted to be with Wilson for the rest of her life once upon a time, but by t
Clara suddenly burst into laughter, her eyes moistening with tears. She laughed so loud that she started choking with laughter. It took her moments to stop choking, tears still in the corners of her eyes.This was perhaps the biggest joke she had ever heard, Clara thought and said with her voice full of mockery, "Are you serious, Wilson? You want me to marry you?" The look on Wilson's face tensed. "Yes, I want you to marry me.""You… How could you say that so easily!" Clara forced the words through clenched teeth. Once upon a time, she had hoped to hear him propose to her the most, but how could he propose to her under such circumstances? How could he?! How could he be so shameless?!"Everything in the past was all my fault!" Wilson rasped, "Clara, I've been living in regret for the last five years. I-I'm not asking you to love me again, but… Please let me take care of you and Yanny, okay? I want to give you a better life. I want you to live freely and without worries!""No need,
Clara shook her head. "No. We just had a few words." Looking at the time, Clara told her son, "Alright, Yanny. Have you done your homework? Why don't you take an early rest? I'll go to the school and explain the situation to the teacher tomorrow. You can complete your homework after…"Yannick interrupted Clara before she could finish her sentence. "I'll do my homework!" He quickly grabbed the pencil case from his school bag and promised Clara, "Mom, I… I-I won't let anyone bully me again. Don't worry about me. I'm a boy! It doesn't hurt!"'Doesn't hurt?' Clara thought, watching her son doing his homework on the small table. Yannick's red and swollen face was so jarring on her nerves, and tears filled her eyes. How could it not hurt?!When she was at the police station, her mother told her how Yanny had gotten beaten by the other kids. Fearing that the hearing aid would break again, he could only protect the hearing aid on his ears and not fight back.It was bedtime, and Clara lay
Sandra was disappointed to see no trace of anger on Wilson's face, but she saw how his eyes were narrowed with apparent hatred."You seem to enjoy satisfying people a lot. Maybe I should arrange for you to increase your clientele," Wilson suggested. Sandra got a bad feeling, and her face changed. "Wilson?! What do you mean by that?""Well, Sandra. Do you really think you can wipe the slate clean and bury the past after spending five years in prison?" Wilson came forward, reaching his hand out.To her shock, he slapped her face so hard that she fell to the side, and that was when she started coughing blood, and her cheek quickly swelled from the impact. "Your coming days will be worse than when you were in prison, Sandra," Wilson announced.Sandra attempted to charge at him, but Wilson's men restrained her and brought her to her knees."And I'm warning you, don't think about messing with Clara. If you hurt her, I'll have to make sure you and your parents suffer the consequences
The redness and swelling on Yannick's face had not gone down. Serenity was relieved to know that Yanny was not terribly injured, but Jacqueline burst into tears upon seeing the bruises on Yanny's face.Everyone was startled by Jacqueline's sudden cry. Yanny's face was still swollen and red, but he never cried. Instead, the little girl who was not injured at all cried first. More tears dripped down Jacqueline's face as she grabbed Yannick's hands."Don't cry! Don't cry!" Yannick tried to calm Jacqeline.Serenity also got worried. "What's wrong, Jackie? Why are you crying?""I just think… Yanny must be in pain!" The little girl choked with sobs. She remembered how Mom had hit her on the palm for a mistake she had made in the past, and it had hurt like hell. Her palms had been a little red but nowhere as red as Yanny's bruises."I'm not in pain. Don't cry," Yannick comforted. Jacqueline blinked, tears still welling in her eyes. "Really?""Yeah. It looks red and swollen, but it
Serenity was well aware that Fred's status would change dramatically upon his return to Lanford, but she was still surprised that Weston let Fred stay here and not take his son back by force. Even so, she knew Fred would return to Lanford someday."Okay," Fred whispered, looking a little nervous. He thought Serenity knew about his Dad's visit, but he had not told anyone about it!After arriving at Valor Residence, Jacqueline dragged Fred to the piano room to practice. The huge piano room was now their private territory.Jacqueline and Fred played three music pieces in a row together. Such a playing style was difficult even for adults, let alone two children. However, Jacqueline and Fred had great cooperation. The four hands moved quickly, dancing on the piano keys and playing without a single mistake.The beautiful sound of music continued to echo in the room until the end of the performance.Jacqueline had a great time playing Beethoven pieces with Fred. She turned to Fred with a
Wilson's men stopped Yannick from leaving when school was over and took him to the car. Yannick stared at the tall man before him. He should be calling this man Dad, but he hated him!"You spoke with Mom alone the last time. What did you say to her?" Yannick questioned. His doubt was the only reason he got in the car to meet the man he hated.Wilson stared at his son in silence. His son was connected to him by blood and supposedly the closest person to him, but instead, he was staring at him with hostility."What I said to your Mom? I was talking about how you got bullied, naturally," Wilson scoffed.Yannick got angry. "Don't talk to Mom about me! Whether I get bullied or not is none of your business!"Yannick had witnessed how Wilson had treated Mom the way he did years ago. Since then, he told himself that he did not have a Dad. Mom was the only one he had."None of my business?" Wilson sneered. "You have my blood flowing in your veins. No matter how much you deny it, you're st
"Wilson!" Clara gasped in surprise. "Why is Yanny with you?! Where are you now?""I took Yanny elsewhere to show him something. I'll bring him back in a while," Wilson explained.Clara was silent for a while. Finally, she said, "Then hurry and bring him back!"Wilson saw the remorseful look on his son when the call was over. The little boy must have thought he should not have come here without permission and worried Clara."I'm going back!" Yannick said."Okay, then," Wilson responded. He had no intention of forcing the little boy to stay.Clara had been waiting for Yannick to come back. When she saw the car approaching and pulling up in front of her store, she quickly ran to the car and opened the door. Yannick got out of the car, and Clara took a good look at him, fearing that something had happened to him.Worried, Clara asked her son, "Did he...do anything to you?" Yannick shook his head, and Clara finally shifted her gaze to Wilson. "Mr. Birch, I hope you can inform me
“……” 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
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
"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
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
"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
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
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
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'
"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