Chapter 1775"It's you. I didn't expect those poor people to save you.""That's thanks to you. The villagers are all kind and hospitable." Catelyn saw her in a black dress and surrounded by people. "My name is Catelyn."Evelyn put her nose in the air and snorted, "You're not so good-looking. What is your relationship with the man who broke into the village with you?"Catelyn was annoyed by her attitude, but in this situation, she had to swallow her pride."He's my husband," she replied.Evelyn furrowed her brow and said in disbelief, "You're married?""Yes, we even have several children."Over the years, Catelyn had seen too many women who fantasized about Cedrick. At a glance, she could tell that Evelyn's attitude toward Cedrick was extraordinary, so she directly declared her dominance.A man being too handsome wasn't necessarily a good thing. He would constantly attract attention."Thank you very much for saving my husband, Miss, but I'm afraid his humble presence will dist
Chapter 1776Evelyn beckoned a maid over.The maid served a cup of tea to Catelyn. Something black was immersed in the water, and its smell was more unpleasant than Nathan’s potions.The maid said slightly, “Ms. Clark, please have some tea.”Catelyn picked up the cup of tea, smelled it, and praised it hypocritically, but she didn’t drink it.‘Who knows what is it?‘It looks disgusting. Of course, I won’t drink it.’Seth might feel annoyed that Evelyn enslaved his grandson and thus reminded Catelyn kindly, “Catelyn, you’d better thank Miss Swan.”Catelyn looked at Seth in confusion.‘Isn’t serving tea to me a formality? Why should I thank Evelyn?’Catelyn didn’t think much about it. Seth looked kind. Anyway, he looked more easy-going than the arrogant Evelyn, Catelyn’s “rival in love”.Thus, Catelyn listened to Seth’s words and was about to thank Evelyn. However, Seth added, “You must have misunderstood me. The flowers on the table in front of you are psychedelic and endemic
Chapter 1777Evelyn asked Catelyn to drink the tea but didn’t remind her how much she should drink in advance. Evelyn did so on purpose to make Catelyn look like a fool.Seth frowned and said, “The tea and the flowers are all poisonous, but they can neutralize each other. Now that you have drunk the whole cup of tea, you can't stop smelling the flowers until four hours later. At that time, the poison in your body will be neutralized.”Catelyn was stuck for words and had the impulse to scold Evelyn.'The flowers are so unpleasant to smell, but I need to smell them for four hours.'Keven is right.'The villagers here are good with medicine and poisons.'They’re crazy to think of such a way to smell the flowers and drink the tea.'Evelyn sneered, "If you can't stand the scent of the flowers, you can kneel for mercy. I may help you for the sake of that man."Hearing that, Catelyn was sure that Evelyn was attracted by Cedrick's face. Thus, Evelyn regarded Catelyn as her rival in lo
Chapter 1778Evelyn stuck out her tongue and apologized to Seth.Seth frowned. “Miss Swan has become an adult today and isn’t a kid anymore. She’d better not joke like that again!”“Mr. Gale, you’re right.” Slade waved his hand, looked around, and fixed his eyes on Catelyn, who he didn’t know. “Are you the girl from outside?”Catelyn greeted Slade. Slade wasn’t as arrogant as Evenly. On the contrary, he was easygoing.Evelyn gave the host seat to Slade. Then they announced that the party had started.The servants started to serve dishes, and beautiful dancing girls started to dance.These middle-aged men whispered to each other. When they saw the beautiful dancing girls, they would make comments. They were lecherous.Catelyn had been teased by Evelyn. Thus, she didn’t eat. She had eaten in Dana’s home and wasn’t hungry now.“There are so many delicious dishes. You must haven’t seen them before. Seize the chance and taste them!” However, Evelyn continued to provoke Catelyn and
Chapter 1779However, Slade’s expression became more serious. “Do you know the origin of the virus?”Catelyn shook her head.“I only know that a woman developed it to take revenge on a man.”Slade suddenly sneered, “To be honest with you, my ancestor developed it! About several decades ago, when I was just a little kid, a woman fell into our village by accident. After she heard that my father had such a kind of virus that could be inherited and adapt to new environments, she stole it!”‘What? The origin of the virus is here!’Catelyn felt a sudden surge of anger. “Now that the virus is so dangerous, why did you develop it and didn’t keep it well? If it’s spread widely and many people are infected, it will be a catastrophe!”Slade had been the chief of the village for many years. No one had dared challenge his authority and speak to him like that before.Catelyn realized that her attitude was too drastic.“I’m sorry that I’m too drastic because my husband is suffering from the
Chapter 1780Slade frowned but was persuaded by Evelyn. He was the village head, and everyone obeyed his orders, but the outsiders didn’t. After all, the wealth accumulated for more than a hundred years seemed huge, but it was still far worse than the money possessed by those rich people outside the village. If he could have a rich son-in-law... "Ms. Clark, it's not that I don't help you, but that I have only one daughter, and I've always met all her needs. If my condition for saving him is to let him marry my daughter, will you divorce him?" Catelyn sneered in her heart and just said calmly, "Sorry, I can't give you an accurate answer now." "Didn't you keep saying that you would do anything to save him?" Evelyn showed a ferocious face and stared at Catelyn. "Yes, I said that. I would do anything for him, but that doesn't mean I will unilaterally abandon our relationship and make such a cruel decision for him." Catelyn’s tone was neither humble nor arrogant. Evelyn want
Chapter 1781This place was really disgusting!"Since the rule over the eastern area is so dark, why didn't you guys escape?""The village head says the people in the outside world are fiercer. They often kill, set fire, kidnap, and rob. It's better to stay in the village, but that's unfair for those families with beautiful girls and handsome boys," Dana explained. Catelyn immediately clenched the hands on the sides of her legs. "That's a lie. The society is now ruled by law. No one can kill others at will. Everyone is equal and enjoys all the rights a normal person has."In order to sustain the centralized rule, Sebastian Swan even lied to these people? The development of the eastern area showed that they had begun communicating with the outside world a long time ago, but they kept telling those in the western area that violence was everywhere outside. How ridiculous!Dana looked at her with disbelief, "Isn't it a world of ganglands?""That was decades ago. The ganglands h
Chapter 1782"Mr. Mason, I heard from Mrs. Mason that you were hoping that we could help you detoxify a virus that has been passed down through generations in your family and your body. Is that true?" Cedrick was honest. With a dominant look on his handsome face, he replied, "Yes, I can give you whatever you want if you can cure me of the virus." 'Wow! This guy is so confident!' Evelyn's heart pounded violently and her cheeks began to blush. In the village, she was the princess. No matter how handsome the men in the village were, they were all her servants. This was the first time she'd met a man as honorable as Cedrick. "I see. I can cure the virus for you, but what if I want you to divorce your wife and marry me?" Evelyn was direct. Evelyn had always been treated like the apple of Slade's eye, not only because she was the only daughter, but more importantly, Evelyn had shown amazing talent in medicine and toxicology! Technically, she was more accomplished i