Eevonne smiled and said miserably, "Actually, I have long wanted to argue with my mother. I never understood why she loved my cousins more than my brother and I since we were children. I don't understand why she would look down on her own children. Since she looked down on me so much, why was I the one who needed to take care of all her expenses when she got sick? Why didn't your nephew and nieces pay for you? My family was so poor when I was still a child! We were so poor that we couldn't even have enough to eat. However, when my cousin came over, my mother would purposely go out to buy ham for him. Later, I asked my mother and I told her that my brother and I really wanted to have ham as well. But my mother raised her hand and slapped me until my face was swollen. While she slapped me, she kept scolding me for being a glutton! However, Kingston, do you know? My mother had been looking down on us since childhood, and when she brought us to my grandmother's house, she would treat us wi
"The reason she didn't divorce him was that they had my brother and me. Which meant that both of us are a burden to her. She has been instilling this idea in us since childhood. She let my brother and I feel deep down that we are redundant. She had been instilling such ideas in us from a very young age. After we slowly grew up, my brother and I felt that my mother should be loving her niece and nephews, and both of us were just sinners in front of them. My brother and I had never been able to hold up our heads in front of those relatives at all. We've always been inferior to others. No matter what, my aunts would still support their children and let them study more. But what about my brother and me? We could barely afford to pay for education since elementary school. We still couldn't afford to study when we were in middle school. We had just learned to read a few words, but we had to drop out. How could my brother and I have great capabilities? My so-called capabilities, the decent jo
Eevonne hung her head. "Because I was too angry, I just blurted out at that time."Kingston opened his mouth as if he hesitating to say something, but he still decided to say it out loud. "Eevonne, after listening to what you've told me, I feel that even though your mother has a bad temper and she often looked down on you guys, the responsibility that she was actually shouldering in this family still a little more than your father. Don't you think? I don't know your father nor do I know your mother. I only knew them through your words."Eevonne nodded heavily. "I know. I understood all that. If we were to take a million steps back, my mother is still the one who contributed more to my family. If I wasn't considerate to my mother, I wouldn't have sent money to her every month for so many years. My mother is in charge of all the money in the family. I willingly took cash advances on my credit card to give it to her because she indeed had it rough. She has truly done plenty for this fam
Kingston sighed. "Did you ask her so bluntly? That indeed is a little too much. She is your mother, after all."Eevonne's tears were streaming down her face. "I know. I also regretted it as soon as I said those words at that time. I apologized to her as soon as I talked back to her. However, my mother has always been very strict with my brother and me. Also, we have never talked back to her before when we were growing up. She certainly could not stand it when I suddenly talked back to her. She then cried, beat me up, and scolded me at the same time like she had gone crazy. She said I have no conscience. My uncle's family had been feeding me and providing for me since I was a child. In the end, after I grew up, I lost my conscience. She said she wouldn't be as selfish as the York family. It doesn't matter if her children have better food, worse food, or live any kind of life. No matter what, we are still her own children. However, she can't mistreat other people's children. She said ev
Eevonne smiled miserably for a moment. "To be honest with you, Kingston, I am still one hundred thousand dollars in debt. You didn't expect that, did you? You originally thought that you had saved a very simple girl from a village. In the end, however, you've saved a person with a huge debt instead. Don't worry, Kingston. I won't borrow money from you. I won't ask you for a single cent at all. I've finally met someone who is so willing to listen to me, who doesn't look down on me, and even treats me as a friend. I certainly won't ruin this kind of relationship. The fact that you're willing to take me as a friend and not think of me as a psycho already made me feel very touched."Hearing her words, Kingston felt quite saddened. "What do you plan to do next then?"Eevonne smiled miserably. "What plans can I have? Even my mother doesn't want me anymore. The thirty thousand dollars that I've saved in the past two years are in her hands. The house is also hers. She can give them to whoeve
"As long as you're able to not take things to heart," Kingston said gently.Eevonne wiped her tears while looking at Kingston. "Do you think that I will really take a knife and kill my cousin?"Kingston laughed. "No. You're not that silly, aren't you?"Eevonne sighed. "My reputation in my village is ruined anyway. There's no going to be any man that wants me anymore. I'm already in this state, so I might as well just treat myself as a laborer. The first thing to do is to clear my debt. As for everything else, I'll just wait and see. Oh, Kingston, the payment for the hospitalization, could you…"She looked at Kingston in embarrassment while biting her lips. All she had on her was only a thousand dollars at best. She had to use that money to travel to her temporary jobs and also to find a permanent job. She also had to use that for a month's living expenses. Therefore, she truly has no money to pay for the hospitalization expenses anymore.Kingston smiled. "Eevonne! It's because you
Eevonne threw herself into Kingston's arms immediately and cried in extreme fear. "They beat me up. I'm in pain all over my body. My head was rubbed on the concrete pavement and it hurts like hell. It's so painful…""I know. I know it all," Kingston said while feeling heartbroken.When the doctor was administering antivenom to Eevonne, he did a full body check for her as well. Her organs were fine, but there were quite a few soft tissue injuries. There were injuries all over her scalp. Kingston could not help but feel emotional that both parties are families, they were cousins, but her cousin unexpectedly could beat her up so violently. However, when he gave it another thought, was this not how it has always been? Master Sebastian's brothers had also exhausted all the ways to kill him back then, had they not? Humans have always had an evil side."Get some sleep. Nobody would come and beat you up again," Kingston coaxed Eevonne gently. She then closed her eyes again. This time, she s
"Kingston, we actually barely knew each other, but I…I truly have spilled my guts too much to you yesterday. I am sorry, Kingston. I've embarrassed myself. Also, I am actually fine. I just…owe a little money. I am able to clear it. Just pretend that everything I've said yesterday is nonsense. Don't put it on your mind. After we've both recovered, you should…hurry up and look for your cousin. Don't have your business delayed."Kingston nodded. "I got it. I will. Hmm…"After he thought about it, he said, "I'm very honored that you treat me as your friend. I'm even more honored that you spilled your guts to me. I feel that I can carry out another profession in the future.""What profession?" Eevonne asked in confusion."Agony aunt," Kingston said very seriously.Eevonne laughed extremely happily."Hurry up and eat or it won't be as tasty anymore.""Mm-hmm." The girl lowered her head and wolfed her food down.Both of them were hospitalized for a week. It was after they had complete
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