Vireo was speechless.After a long while, he coldly asked, "Dad, am I you and Mom's biological son?""Why are you not? Are you making blind guesses again? Who do you take after to have such a suspicious character!""I think I didn't take after you for that. You're not suspicious of anything!" Vireo was so angry that he started to talk back to his father."You! You're talking back to me now?" his father said."If your biological son had been accepted by a college, would you have gotten in the way of his future?""Of course, not!" Lucius blurted out.Vireo laughed. "Haha!"He cried. "And yet, you said I am your biological son?""You're very capable now, aren't you? You play tricks to get words out of my mouth and you even talk back to me. Don't pull all this nonsense on me! No matter what, your mother and I are the ones who raised you. We have raised you since the day you were born! The kindness of raising a child is greater than just delivering the child! Has it been easy for
When Vireo heard his parents saying those words, he was extremely saddened. His heart felt as if it had been sliced by a knife. Fortunately, he was no longer a child. He knew how to conceal his broken heart. There were many things that he had to endure by himself.He found it very amusing when he thought about it. This family wanted to keep him around to care for the elderly til the day they die, but they were not going to let him inherit a single penny of the properties? Vireo was very tempted to barge in the door and fiercely question his parents, 'Where is my share of the properties? What of the properties do you intend to let me inherit?' His hand was already going to knock on the door, but he stopped.His ambition was not in this small county. If he were to barge in and question his parents like that, because his parents' actions were unjustifiable, they would promise to give him a portion of the family's properties. At the very best, his parents would divide the family properti
"I promise you that I will not fight with my sisters for any of the family properties. Also, I will care for you for the remaining years of your life."Their son had already said it so sincerely, how heartless must they be to not allow their son to go to college? His parents then agreed on the spot. Vireo's grandmother, who had always been very frugal with her love for him, even took out two thousand dollars for him. His three sisters also forked out a thousand dollars each. Vireo, who was about to go to college, even left the house with a warm and fuzzy feeling.Vireo spent seven years in college. In those years, he did not dare to date anybody in college. Even though many girls liked him because he was handsome, he was working and studying very diligently, and also because he was calm and sensible, Vireo knew that he had to return to the small county. Therefore, if he dated someone in college, he would hurt the girl.Seven years of college life flew by very quickly. Vireo had also
Vireo was speechless. If the people standing in front of him were not his parents, he truly wanted to just throw a punch. Perhaps if he made up his mind, he might just dismember his parents' limbs. However, at that moment, Vireo could only be so pissed off, but he had no way to retort at all.He did his best to calm his anger and then said to his parents calmly. "Mom and dad, I also have a little savings from my internship while I was in college in the past few years. That also includes the years that I have been working while studying. I had never used a single penny from this family, but I have saved some instead."Vireo took out the bankbook with the records of the money he had worked hard to save in the past eight years and handed it to his father."There are ten thousand dollars in there," said Vireo. "I'll use these ten thousand dollars to rent two of your stores. I know the money is not enough, but I will first let you have these. I still have a little money on me, but that i
That wound has been cleaned by himself in the dead of the nights when he was growing up without the help of anyone. He needed affection from family. He was afraid of being abandoned. He had already made the most absolute decision. He did not want the family's properties and he did not want anything. As long as his parents were willing to care for him and acknowledge that he was a part of the family, he was willing to compromise.He was a firm and unyielding man. He has good grades and good character and has a great talent in arts. He was gentle, calm, kind, and reliable on the surface, but no one knew how fragile he was in his heart.How desperate was he for his family's affection? If his grandparents, parents, and his three sisters were able to give him a little bit of warmth, just a tiny would do, and true affection, Vireo would have given his heart to the Payne family. He would have done it even if he were to die. However, when Vireo needed affection and care the most, he did not
Both of his adoptive parents did not expect that Vireo's reaction this time would be so intense. In fact, they did not have any ideas. They were just thinking they could not let Vireo be more successful than before. What if he had risen up in the world and become uncontrollable by them. What should they do if their son ran away?Therefore, the whole family got together and came up with one solution, which was that the clinic still had to remain open to generate income for the whole Payne family. The Payne family's business on the street was really prospering more and more. However, this business could not be owned by the fourth child of the Payne family, Vireo Payne. This business had to be owned by the Payne family. It would have been best if the business could be co-owned by all three daughters. That way, not only would the benefits of the business stay within the family, but they could also better tie their son down. Without money in his pockets, he would not be able to go far. He
Although they were a family without a son as their direct descendant, their adopted son was very outstanding. How great was it that their whole family could be together? Their business was also doing so well.Anybody would be jealous of them to their bones. Anybody would be secretly wishing for the Payne family to be a little unlucky. Therefore, when the Payne family ranted about their son's shortcomings like mad to others and when they said that he was an ungrateful son, every one of these people actually went along with what the Payne family had said. All of them were fanning the flames, and each of them had managed to stir up the feelings of the Payne family.After the Payne family had heard about the comments the others had about Vireo, the grandparents, in particular, actually burst out bawling."What is happening to our Payne family? We've not committed any sins, and we even raised someone else's child very well. How come our family ended up with such a bad ending?"Vireo's g
"What are you…saying?" Vireo asked.The girl raised her eyebrows. "Doctor Payne, do you still remember that I had spent a week receiving infusion therapy here a month ago?"Vireo gave it a thought and he recalled who she was. That was a girl with a stylish appearance and was dressed in a style like someone from the big city. She had been here in the small county on a trip, but in the end, she was injured when she fell down on a hike. She was originally sent to the hospital in the county, but it turned out the county hospital suddenly received many patients from a certain village, so they were overcrowded. Without a choice, the girl came to his small clinic for treatment.Originally, she had a few scrapes on her leg that needed stitches. The girl was worried to death as she thought that the doctor in a small clinic was not able to handle it well. She was so scared that she cried. In the end, it was after the stitches were completed that the girl learned how professional this doctor w
In a blink of an eye, Aino was already 18.She was already going to college.Her husband, Mister Ford, already had gray hairs on his sideburns and was already a man who was pushing 50.Both Sebastian and her had gone through thick and thin together for almost twenty years.That was so fast."Old man," Sabrina called out.Sebastian turned her head to the side and looked at Sabrina. "What did you just call me?"Sabrina smiled. "Isn't that right? You're going to be fifty next year, and I'm only in my early forties. I'm not an old lady, but you are a proper old man! Let me ask you something. Your sideburns have turned gray, are you going to dye your hair on our wedding day?""I'm not going to! I simply want others to say that an old man like me is marrying a young wife! Listen to me. You'd better stop dressing up and putting on makeup in the future!" Sebastian said to his wife, who looked ten years younger than him.How unreasonable!This old lady simply has not aged a day since
Yvonne hugged her children and lifted her head to look at her mother. At that moment, she was incredibly excited. She was both excited and aggrieved, which made her cry inconsolably. She rushed into her mother's arms. Immediately after, her father also hugged both her and her mother. The family of three was finally reunited. No, it should be a family of five at that moment. It would be a family of six with Marcus included. The family of six hugged each other and cried so much that the people at the side could not help but cry as well. Even the nurse also teared up.It was after a long while that Yvonne's parents let go of her."Alright, my child, let's go home. Let's go home."Helena raised her head and looked at Yvonne. Her child did not have her original face anymore, but she was truly her child. After her child went missing for five years, she finally got her child back. During that time, Yvonne got a rare condition that was hard to cure in any part of the world, but she was cure
After everything, all of it, was handled, Marcus suddenly burst out in tears."What's the matter, my son?" Missus Shaw has lost three sons and he was the only son left by her side. When she saw her son crying like that, it was only natural that she felt very saddened."Mom…I just feel that karma really is a funny thing. It's really making a fool of all of us! It turned out that everything was already destined. Everything was destined!" Marcus was covered in tears.Missus Shaw was confused. "What's the matter, my child?"Marcus cried and then he smiled. "Mom, I've finally understood why God let Yvonne go through this disaster that lasted for five years. It turned out that God had given her the biggest hardship which seemed so inhumane, but God had given her the best reward. Otherwise, the person who truly died would've been my Yvonne, wouldn't it? I would've been my Yvonne."Hearing him saying that, Missus Shaw said extremely emotionally as well, "That's right. At the end of it all
The fake Yvonne was still conscious the second before she died. She watched herself fall over with her eyes widened. She never would have expected it. After she had plotted everything, she was only one step away from the wedding, and then she could have replaced the real Yvonne and truly be a part of the high society of South City and be the wife of a rich man. However, she was fatally shot. Who was it?There was no time for her to look into it in detail before she fell to the ground. All of her regrets were forever sealed in her body. Without even a cry or shouting, she fell to the ground. She was feeling so reluctant to accept defeat that her heart had already stopped beating but her eyes were still wide open.Marcus was also stunned. He did intend to have Bonnie's entire gang arrested in one go, and he had already done it. The police were simply there that day to have this group of people surrounded. However, never in a million years would Marcus expect that someone would kill Bon
Two female attendants wheeled out a completely sealed glass cart. The ring that was carefully kept inside the glass cart was truly colorful and dazzling. Every side of the gem was radiating in different colors as the light shone upon it through the glass chart. The fake Yvonne was stunned silly when she saw it. Another person who was also stunned silly was the tan and fat man holding a pair of binoculars while sitting in a car across from the jewelry store.The tan and fat man muttered, "Gosh! This man must love her so much. He actually is willing to spend so much on her! This woman really deserves to die! She deserves to die too much!"Inside the jewelry store, Marcus looked at the fake Yvonne gently. "Do you like the ring I'm giving you?"The fake Yvonne was so excited that tears streamed down her face. "I like it. I love it too much! I truly love it so much!""I should've given you this ring four years ago. It was such a pity that at that time…""It's fine, hubby, it's fine. Is
All thirty people in the banquet hall were stunned. At that moment, they still have not made sense of what the hell has happened. How come a group of police came in once Yvonne left? Did they arrest the wrong people?"No, officer, we're…friends of Master Marcus of the Shaw family in South City. We've saved his wife. Master Marcus even said he is going to give me two apartments as gifts. Did you…have the wrong place?" Bella boldly asked the police at that moment.Nobody answered Bella. A few police officers came up and confiscated all of their phones. Not a single one was left behind.Bella could not hold herself back anymore and said while trembling, "We're Marcus' friends. He is not an ordinary person in South City. If Marcus knew that you've arrested us, when the time comes…"A police officer sneered. "The people we're arresting are all of you, the group of Marcus' friends!""Huh? Why?" Bella did not understand. Actually, she was not too familiar with the law. She just knew tha
"A billion dollars! Isn't he just insulting us, the three Shaw brothers? Marcus loves this bitch so much! When I see her looking so happy, I just want to kill her immediately! I have to have her killed!"At this end of the call, the tan and fat man asked Marcus' eldest brother very respectfully, "Sir, as long as you give an order. Just tell me, how do you want to get this woman killed? Why don't I kill her now?""No!" Marcus' brother stopped him and said. "It's not the best time now. There are too many people in there, so it's not going to be easy for you to escape. I only have a loyal servant like you. I can't let you die. You have to find a place outside that you can easily run away after getting the deed done. Now is not the right time!"The tan and fat man instantly said, "Alright, Sir, whatever you say. I'll find an even messier place and have this woman killed! I'll be hanging up now, sir!"After he hung up the call, the tan and fat man continued watching everything inside th
When Bella heard Marcus saying that, she immediately said shyly, "Gosh, how can I trouble Master Marcus in everything? No…there's nothing else.""Come on, Bella, whatever difficulties you have, just say it. My husband is the second most powerful person in South City anyway. There's really nothing he can't do." The fake Yvonne lifted her head and looked at Marcus coquettishly. "Am I right, hubby?"Marcus looked at the fake Yvonne very dotingly. "Baby, what do you think? I'm a husband that you've picked, so could you have been mistaken?""That's right!" The fake Yvonne happily leaned her head on Marcus' shoulder. Marcus hugged the fake Yvonne and was feeling so disgusted that he almost threw up. This Yvonne and his Yvonne indeed look very alike. They looked extremely alike! If this Yvonne did not speak and remained quiet, Marcus would feel that this is his Yvonne and his wife whom he had been thinking of all day and all night. However, the real Yvonne would never make such a request o
Of course, the fake Yvonne agreed. Three days later, they held a banquet for the fake Yvonne's benefactors at the most luxurious hotel in South City. Some of them were out-of-towners. There were also some from South City. Marcus roughly scanned them and surely, the middle-aged woman was there. She was the woman who was staying in the same area with Mila back then and the one who suggested letting Mile do a DNA test.Marcus held the fake Yvonne's hand and came to the middle-aged woman. "Miss, do you still recognize me?"The fake Yvonne immediately introduced her to him. "Darling, let me tell you, this is the lady who had helped me the most. Her name is Bella Hughes. She has always been taking great care of me, including the time I had a miscarriage. She was the one who took care of me. I feel we should give her two apartments!"The middle-aged woman named Bella immediately waved. "No need, no need. There's really no need for that. To be able to escort you back to your husband's side