Ruth rubbed the little metal box with her hand and explained, her tone once again respectful. “Uhm, don’t think that this metal box looks old and dusty, but its contents are great. It’s…the oil made from baby mice.”Yvonne was shocked. “What…huh?”Sabrina was stunned too.Ruth gulped down a big spoonful of mushroom soup, chewing as she explained. “It’s made from baby nice, newly born ones, those that don’t even have fur yet. You soak them in oil for a few months, then filter the oil out.”Yvonne was confused. “What is this for? Say, Ruth, don’t tell me you eat such weird food! Most people put salt and pepper in their food, and you put oil made from baby mice!”Even if Yvonne said such words to her, Ruth didn’t grow angry. She didn’t have many friends either. The noble socialites like her cousin only saw her as a dog. But then in the past, Ruth didn’t take normal, everyday people like Yvonne seriously, so she never had any friends. Until yesterday, when her parents chased her out o
Sabrina laughed happily, proud of herself, revealing two dimples on her cheeks. “Hah, I do all kinds of things!”Yvonne was even more interested. “Tell us, tell us, what else do you do?”“Hmm…” Sabrina cocked her head to the side and thought for a moment, then said with a pleased expression on her face, like a little girl. “For example, when you’re out with your boyfriend, and your hands are all dirty from the food you ate but you don’t have any tissues, what should you do? You could just carelessly slip your hand into your jeans pocket and wipe off the dirt on the inner cloth of your pocket. Also, when you’re out shopping with your friend and you’re sweaty all over, then your crush calls you and says he’ll be here in five minutes, again, you have nothing to wipe off your sweat with, what do you do? Lift up the lining of your skirt and wipe your sweat off. These are all my little life hacks. No, silly tricks!”Yvonne and Ruth laughed out loud. At that moment, she suddenly realized S
Ryan didn’t pay him much attention. “I’m just taking a few photos, don’t worry! I’m not afraid of Master Sebastian.”“You’re not afraid, but I am! Sabrina is! I don’t want Master Sebastian to have any misunderstanding toward her, her life is finally improving now! Stop it, stop taking photos!” Marcus scolded.Ryan shrugged. “Ha! I already secretly took a couple before you stopped me. Marcus, you’re too righteous.”Marcus fumed. Ryan muttered as he continued taking photos. “All three of the girls are quite pretty. Why haven’t I noticed them before? Every time I came here, Ruth disgusted me, she’s nothing but a country bumpkin, and yet she insists on acting all high and mighty. But now look at her! Now that she’s with Sabrina, she looks prettier and cuter.”Marcus scoffed. “That’s because you’re judging her before you even know her. Ruth isn’t very fashionable and slightly silly, even a little cold on the surface, but her features have always been pretty. I noticed this a long time a
He lifted his eyes and looked at the tall skyscraper, it was a landmark of South City. Six years ago, before Sebastian successfully controlled the building, who would’ve thought an exiled illegitimate child could cause an overnight switch in power?Six years ago, the illegitimate child who was once exiled and suffered outside, was now leading the Ford Group to rise to the top in South City, its net-worth increasing several times over. It could even be called the top in the whole country. Now, Sebastian was rich enough that he could buy an island in the southeast, that was a thousand square kilometers wide. The island was not well-developed, with primitive indigenous people, cities, industry, agriculture, and those in power there. But this only increased Sebastian’s desire to conquer it.Recently, he had been planning this takeover. And today, the document that Ryan gave him was related to this plan. Whoever delivered such highly-secret documents, Sebastian would be worried about it l
The young woman in the photo was smiling cheerfully, like a sunflower that blossomed in summer. The dimples on her cheeks appeared when she grinned, her porcelain teeth between her plump lips were showing distinctively from the photo. Sabrina was born with monolids and expressive large eyes, so whenever she smiled, her thin lids would give her an impression of an innocent fairy. Sebastian had only seen her smile like she did in the photo once. It had been six years ago when Sabrina once rewarded him with her sweet smile during the limited time they had spent together. In a matter of days, he misunderstood her and thought that she was attempting to harm the Lynn Family and chased her out mercilessly. Since then, he had not seen the same smile on Sabrina's face again.She seemed to be having lunch with her colleagues when the photo was taken, and she was beaming like she didn't have a care in the world. She truly was beautiful, with a certain air of tranquilizing elegance and as natural
Since then, Sebastian had made it a habit to sign with the gold pen for private letters in between them. The gold pen had a smooth and thin finish that was unique, so much so that Alex would be able to notice if the top-secret documents had been forged by someone who tried to imitate Sebastian's signature.Ryan turned back after running off to retrieve his phone, only to find out that Sebastian had reached into his pocket for a gold pen."Uncle Sebastian... please don't scare me like that again, I was this close to getting a heart attack!" He smiled awkwardly.Sebastian did not look at him and remained focused on signing the document. "It's you who gets scared easily. When have I ever played around with you?"Ryan grinned with a nod and asked, "Uncle Sebastian, can I...have my phone back now?""Hang on!""Um...Uncle Sebastian, I...I was just fooling around. I did like Aunt Sabrina, but that was before I knew she was my aunt. Now that I do, I wouldn't dare to think of her in that k
Sean choked and came close to suffocating from Sebastian's words. He took a minute to recover before questioning sharply, "So you are saying that you want to make a public announcement to the entire city with regards to your marriage with Sabrina?""I already did," Sebastian deadpanned."About the wedding date, though, I will pick out another date for that," Sebastian added."Getting married is such an important affair, do you intend on excluding everyone here in the old residence including your grandparents, your stepmother and I?""Didn't I already bring Sabrina back to the old residence half a month ago and inform all of you? Grandmother even gave Sabrina those Chrismatite bracelets, which were supposed to be our family heirloom. You aren't even seventy yet, Father, are you already experiencing dementia?""Why you...!" Sean's voice was cut off for a moment as he struggled to remain calm. "Sure, you did inform close family members, but what about relatives and friends? You are t
Faint as the smile was, it was sufficient to warm the hearts of all employees in the entire Ford Group, especially the women."Hey, did you guys see the post on the official Ford Group social media accounts?""It's impossible not to notice it with all the chaos it stormed up! There hasn't been a new post for the past three years and the first post in such a long time turns out to be a photo of our self-restraining Director, who was never seen with a woman, with his wife. Aw, so sweet. The Director has shown me that when an unromantic chaste man starts showing his affection, all those men who drool over women everyday really cannot begin to compare.""I suddenly realize how much I love the Director!""What do you mean 'suddenly'? Haven't you always been into the Director?""Back then it was just a faint feeling, but right now I feel like I'm falling head over heels for him! I never knew the Director was capable of spoiling someone and now that I do, I...Oh, if only I get to sleep with h
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