The Payne family, who were already trembling in fear, turned their heads around together to look behind them, and they saw an old man getting out of the car that Mister Ford had come out of earlier. This old man looked slightly younger than the old man from earlier. He should be around Lucius' age, and he seemed like he was in his seventies. However, that old man's mightiness and solemnity were something that Lucius would never be able to be compared to. Lucius absolutely was not even worthy to be nobody in the face of the old man.The old man with a cold expression came to Lucius and his wife, as well as the Payne sister, and looked at them with a gaze as sharp as a knife. "I, Sean Ford, have lived more than seventy years old, and I unexpectedly am able to witness such a strange thing at this very moment. He clearly is my biological son! Why are there suddenly so many lunatics going to the hospital to make trouble and snatch my son? What is your purpose in snatching my son away from
However, he never expected that Sean would step up and help him deal with the Payne family at that moment. Sean was also the only one that was the most convincing. After all, they were indeed a pair of biological father and son. At that moment, Sean already slowly came to Vireo and he raised his head to look at Vireo. This son of Sean's was half a head taller than him and he had inherited all of the Ford family's good qualities. Like his brothers, he was tall and handsome. However, he was the kindest person among all of Sean's sons. He had never been involved in business and had poured all of his heart and soul into his career in medicine. Even if this son never were to acknowledge Sean for life, it was also what Sean deserved. Sean did not blame his son. He only wanted to save him from the hot waters."Son." Sean was covered in tears as he raised his hand to touch his son's cheeks. "It's my fault. Your mother and I were too busy back then, so we had left you with the Payne family on
Proof? The proof of the DNA paternity test? That was the Payne family's shortcoming. Lucius was unable to produce that. He stuttered. "I…I…"Sean sneered. "What's the matter? You can't produce it? Are you guys really a group of criminals?""No! I am unable to produce the proof of the DNA paternity test, but Vireo indeed is our son! Our neighbors, Vireo's teachers, and classmates in school can testify to this!" Lucius said loudly."Great!" Sean calmly smiled. "You may invite your neighbors, your son's classmates, and teachers out here to testify!""Alright! I'll give them a call now." While saying that, Lucius started to take out his phone.However, Lucius was still unable to forget Sean and Sebastian's power in South City. No matter what was the result that day, Lucius also knew that the Payne family could not afford to offend the Ford family from South City. Therefore, while he dialed a set of numbers on his phone, he also looked at Sean with a smile at the same time."Sir, we m
"That's right, Mister Ford Senior. Don't worry. We don't have any bad intentions at all. We only want to prove that we are not criminals," Ashnah said at once.Abigail was the timidest. She trembled. "Mister Ford Senior, i-in the future, we'll be your relatives. Hahaha. Relatives…"Seeing the Payne family embarrassing themselves like that, Sean was even more disdainful. No matter how he was in bad shape and how his sons disliked him, he still had the ability to crush the Payne family's imposing manners. Even if he did not get angry, his calm expression was enough to frighten the Payne sisters so much that they did not dare to make a sound. The Payne sisters smiled awkwardly.It was indeed too awkward, so the eldest sister, Chloe, then looked at her father. "Dad, why isn't…your calls going through? If you can't get through to Mister Lewis, who lived next door, then first give Vireo's teacher in middle school, Mister Wayne, a call. Aren't you quite close with Mister Wayne?"Lucius wa
Lucius was so frightened that his face turned pale. "No, how could this be? How could it be like this?"The police officer was very serious. "I have already figured out the general gist of the matter from what I heard! Your family did have a son. You had brought him back from another place, but you did not go through the adoption procedures, right? Not only did you not go through the adoption procedures, but you even did not love and care for the son that you had brought home. It seems that what your neighbors wanted to say is you were involved in child abuse, right? You actually abused and killed the son that you had brought back?"Lucius continuously took a few straps back. "No, it's not like that. Listen to me. Listen to me. It's not like that. Our son is not dead. H-He is right in front of our eyes. Vireo, say something. You're our son. We've raised you since you were a baby, son." At that moment, Lucius desperately wanted to kneel before Vireo while Vireo was unexpectedly covere
Why did she not be nicer to her adopted son? He was such a good child. Since childhood, he had been smart, studious, and never let others be worried about him. Also, he cared for his parents and had never competed and fought for the family's properties. How great he was! Why did the Payne family repeatedly harm their adopted son? They have shot themselves in the foot at that moment! They deserved it! It served them right!Vireo's adoptive mother never resisted anymore. The Payne sisters had also turned to jelly like soft and rotten tomatoes, and they were not even able to stand up anymore. At that moment, Lucius was the one who still had a little bit of courage and was able to hold himself up. However, no matter how courageous he was, it was also of no help. The police would never let them go. "Mister Lucius Payne, right? Please come with us to the police station together with your entire family."Lucius continuously retreated. "No, no, no. I'm already so old. I can't go to prison. I
The Payne family were not the only ones who were shocked. The onlookers who had gathered around were also shocked. Why were there so many people coming over one after another? It was very clear that this was set up. The Payne family, however, clearly was already set up by others, yet they still acted in such an arrogant and domineering manner. Even if they died, they really would not even have known how they died.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Elsa came in front of Lucius. She had a thin face, and she looked very calm. She was so calm as if she had nothing to do with this world at all, but not, at the same time. Elsa's face had that kind of calmness from being disillusioned with the world, or perhaps she was a person who had once lost all hope. Of course, that was exactly the case!After she had given birth to her son back then when she was twenty years old, the only loved ones she had were her son and her grandmother. Her grandmother passed away, and her son was taken away an
"I do love Vireo."Elsa shook her head. "I know. You are his adoptive mother, so you indeed had loved him. However, that was you loving your adopted son. That has nothing to do with me at all. I will not look into the matter of you buying your son anymore. We have nothing to do with each other anymore from now on. My son's name is Holden Payne. He was the child that I had with the man I once loved. As for your adopted son, whether you had abused him to death or not, it's up to the police to solve the case. It has nothing to do with me. I am here today because I want to see my son. He had just finished performing an operation. He truly has worked very hard. I want to take him home. I've already made some food, and I'm waiting for him to come home to have dinner."After that, Elsa raised her gaze and looked at Vireo with an affectionate expression. "Holden, let's go home. You're tired and you need rest. From now on, you're Holden. There will not be any so-called adoptive mother coming
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