"You had never spent much money raising this child since his childhood. You had not spent any money supporting his education. However, you were able to get a lifetime of inexhaustible wealth from him. Not only that, but all of you, the four elderly people, also would be well taken care of for the rest of your lives. Not only will you benefit from him, but even your three daughters will also be able to squander his inexhaustible wealth. Is that not it?"Vireo had never spoken to his parents so frankly about all that before this. However, at that moment, since he wanted to completely cut all ties with them and never be involved with them anymore, he had to tell them everything!"Originally, I could ignore all of these. Since I, Vireo Payne, am the Payne family's child, I didn't intend to pursue the matters anymore. There's something very good about me. I am very optimistic. As long as the world could give me a little smile, I will be able to beam like the sun. Later on, I got together
Vireo was not surprised at all. He already knew that they were already at a dead end. He turned his head around, laughed coldly, and said, "You're already at a dead end, so you came to South City to ask me for help. However, you still didn't forget to make trouble for me! You were either accusing the people by my side as scammers or saying that I am an ungrateful jerk. But, how were you planning to set me up behind my back? You wanted to not let me get married because you're afraid that I will have children. That way, all of my fortunes and my house in South City would be yours. Not just you, but even your daughter's children would be able to move to South City because of my position in South City. You simply wanted to leech off everything from him until I am bone dry, isn't it? Am I not the unluckiest adopted son in this world to have such adoptive parents like you? Since I have solid evidence proving that you're not my biological parents, and you can't produce the adoption papers, th
"If you were to come looking for me again and behave like a lunatic in the hospital, then what awaits you is a lifetime in prison. Mister Payne, please get out of my way. If you don't, I'll call the law enforcement officers."Vireo was very calm when he said that. He no longer has any feelings for the Payne family anymore. It was already good enough that he did not resent them. Seeing that Lucius did not get up, Vireo had no choice but to call the law enforcement offices. Within a few minutes, the law enforcement officers came over. They forcefully restrained Lucius and his wife and made way for Vireo."Sir and Madam, just be content with what you have. We've been working for decades, and this is the first time we see a person who was abducted let the people who had abducted him back then off the hook. Hurry up and go back. If you make trouble here, then I'm sorry, you will have to go back to prison!"While the law enforcement officer was talking, Vireo's car slowly started as well.
"Holden." Isadora called out.She found that it was easier for her to call him Holden, to begin with. Elsa, even more so, did not have much of an opinion on her son's name because her son had been stolen from her before she had the time to name him back then. As long as she was still able to see her child, why did it not matter what her son's name was?"Holden, my child, wash your hands and let's eat," Elsa gently called out."Alright, Mom," Holden said with a smile. He felt very relieved. From then on, he would no longer have any more worries. He would no longer have those nightmares of being entangled, blackmailed, slandered, and defamed. However, he really had to thank a person, even though that person was the true culprit.While they were eating, Holden said to his mother, "Mom, I have a request, and I hope you don't blame me for it."His mother smiled calmly. "My child, I understand. That man and I are not fated, but he is your biological father, after all. If he didn't step
"We could have been the relatives of the richest man in the country. What happened in the end? Everything is now screwed because of you bunch of greedy people. We're going to be homeless! We are being chased by debt collectors! We may even die in the streets tomorrow…" Abigail sobbed.Abigail, being the youngest daughter, had always been used to being a spoiled and wilful person. When things have developed to such a state, she would be the best at pointing fingers at the others. She even had the cheek to say that she was the closest to her brother growing up. Since childhood, Abigail had beaten up Vireo countless times. She had always bullied her brother as she wished. Nobody knew how she still dared to say such things without a sense of guilt at all at that moment. Hmph! She could say whatever she wanted to because her days were numbered, anyway. They were homeless and they had a crushing debt from gambling. These were enough for the Payne family to be stuck at a dead end with no way
As soon as they heard their mother's miserable cry, as well as her asking them to look who was behind them, the three sisters stopped fighting at the same time. They looked toward their mother altogether."How could you still have the mind to fight? First, take a look at who is behind you!" Their mother's cries became even more miserable and hopeless.The three sisters turned around and looked behind them at the same time. There were six tall and strong men dressed in all black standing behind them. One of the men, who was the leader, said coldly, "You said your brother is the most outstanding and the youngest doctor at the best hospital in South City, and he also has a property here. Not only does your brother have a property, but he also has many friends in South City, who were all the wealthy relatives of his patients. Your family has truly made such exaggerated empty promises to us. At first, we didn't even believe you. We then followed you to South City. After we saw your brothe
She truly was not considered young and beautiful anymore. At the age of forty-six, she was asked to earn fifty thousand dollars a month to pay off her debt. Would she still make it out alive?"Could it be less…""Sixty thousand dollars a month, then." The man dressed in black was still as calm."I'll go, I'll go, I'll go…" Ashnah knew that if she were to continue bargaining there, the amount may be raised to two thousand dollars a night. She then frantically crawled over to that black car not far away from her.Abigail was the only one left on the ground. She lifted her tearful face and smiled as she looked at that man dressed in black. "Sir, I-I am only one year shy of forty. With my figure and my looks, I…""Mm-hmm. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars a month." The man did not even look at Abigail."No…" Abigail was so frightened that her face was as white as a sheet."Three hundred thousand dollars then.""I can…I can accompany the…" Abigail was very tempted to say that w
That scene was truly tragic. Even though Vireo had made up his mind to cut off all ties with the Payne family, he had never expected that things would end up being like that. Vireo teared up. "Mom."However, calling out to her was all that he did because he knew he had already done his best for the Payne family a long time ago. He had long paid them back a hundredfold and even a thousandfold of whatever he owed them. The reason why the Payne family was in such a state where they had no way out was indeed their own fault. They only had themselves to blame for this. Therefore, even if Vireo was covered in tears, he still remained seated in his car without making a move at all.The traffic got worse. Many people, who had great guts, got out of their car and went to have a closer look, so the traffic got worse.Lucius was on the ground hugging his wife and was shouting at the top of his lungs in tears. "My dear, o-our family is going to be broken. What was even our point in this? I know
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