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
However, Vireo, who had just been released from prison, was in such despair that the sky above him was gray. He was thinking that in the next moment, he may be going to live under the bridge, and from then on, he would join the band of homeless vagrants for the rest of his life. Because what was home? Did he have a home? Who should he blame? Should he blame his biological father who made him? Since he did not want him, why did he have him? Should he blame his biological mother? Since she did not want him, why did she give birth to him? He did not willingly come into this world. Why did she give birth to him, but so heartlessly sold him off? What had he done wrong? He just needed a home. A home with family. Was that too much? But, why?His adoptive parents had never been willing to give him affection. What they had given him was either them guarding against him or exploiting him. They had also given him deception. However, who else could he, Vireo Payne, look for? Could he look for his
"You! How could you say such words, young man!" Phil said.Vireo already had nothing to lose. At that point, who on this earth was he still afraid of? What son-in-law? What father-in-law? Has the world been drunk? How amusing! He turned his head around an unruly, and heartless manner. "I'm sorry, sir and miss, do we know each other?"Both Phil and Mira were speechless."I know that you were a patient whom I've treated. However, do you know how many ordinary patients I've accepted in the past two years? It's no less than a few dozen every day, alright? Who do you think you are? To put it bluntly, I don't have the slightest bit of impression of you at all, alright! That's right, you remembered me and you valued my skills as a doctor, but you want to marry me just because I've treated you once. Tell me, if you're not boy-crazy, then what are you? Huh? If you're not boy-crazy, then what are you?"Vireo's interrogative voice gave Mira such a fright that she suddenly shuddered.Vireo sn
However, such a family had never given him any opportunities as well. Vireo had to pour his own blood, sweat, and tears into obtaining everything he wanted. If that was not a man from a lowly background who had to earn his place with his might and main, then what was it? If he was labeled as that, then so be it. Vireo was originally an illegitimate child who did not even know his own name, to begin with, so being given the title of a diligent man from a lowly background was already a compliment to him.Within a blink of an eye, Vireo had already accepted being called a man from a lowly background by Mira, and he had also already accepted the fact that Mira was here looking for him to give him an opportunity because he had no other way out anymore. When he turned his head back, the hostility on him had vanished. What was left in him was a dispirited sense and also helplessness.He looked at his future father-in-law, Phil, with a helpless smile. "I am so sorry, Mister Turner. I was rud
Not only did such a miserable cry shock Phil and his daughter, but it even attracted the neighbors.Vireo's mother cried incomparably miserably as she sat on the ground and slapped her legs. "Has it been easy for me to bring you up since you were a baby? I did not even have any breast milk, but I still let you chew on it, so much so that I was trembling in pain from being bitten by you. You're one without a conscience."I had raised you with such difficulty since you were a baby. When you had a fever at night, I was unable to sleep the whole night. I originally was a person without bags under my eyes. However, for the sake of raising you, the bags under my eyes had formed. Now that you've become a fully independent and capable adult, you want to cut connections with me?"His mother was weeping. Vireo also did not feel good either. Which part of the kindness shown to him by the Payne family for raising him had he forgotten? How desperate was he for affection? If the Payne family was
"You will never be lonely again in the future. You'll also never be so passive anymore. I know that everyone has misunderstood you and they don't know you, right? I know and I understand everything. Don't worry. If you follow me to the provincial capital, there'll certainly be room for you to shine. You won't be relying on anybody because you are a capable person yourself, and you will be the best surgeon!"Mira said it so beautifully and emotionally. She had given him so much warmth. Perhaps Vireo had no idea who Mira was before that, even though he had bandaged her wounds for her, but at that moment, Vireo had committed Mira to his memory. Mira, on the other hand, had also opened up Vireo's heart.Not only that, but Mira even turned around and looked at Vireo's parents and said very gently and sensibly, "You're Doctor Payne's parents. In the future, after I've married Doctor Payne, you'll be my parents-in-law, so I will care for both of you like the best daughter-in-law in the whol
The eldest daughter of the Payne family, Chloe, had a very sonorous voice, and it also had a prideful tone. Chloe was dressed in bejeweled and luxurious clothing. In a general sense, she was considered a woman from the high society of the small county. Her husband's family owned a bathhouse and it was able to fetch them around two thousand dollars in income every day. In a month, the bathhouse was able to generate an income of sixty thousand dollars. Chloe was working in a cotton mill herself, so she was considered to be a worker with a stable income.Not only that, but Chloe also had two stores that her own family had given her when she got married. Those two stores were also able to fetch Chloe a few thousand dollars of income every month. Therefore, Chloe had always been living comfortably like a wealthy woman in the small county.When fur coats were fashionable in the county, she was willing to spend a few thousand dollars to buy fur coats to wear. When it was trendy among the wo
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