"Sorry, Patrick asked me to have dinner with him. I probably can't have dinner with you." I apologized to him.Hearing my words, Oogway was silent for a moment then he said, "Okay. In that case, tell me the address. After I'm done with work, I'll go wait for you and send you back.""There's no need. I'll call a taxi and go back by myself after the dinner is over."Usually, at such a dinner, it would take a lot of time for the attendees to drink with another. I didn't know how long it would take before the dinner will be ended.I couldn't let Oogway wait for me there in vain but Oogway refused and said, "I am not relieved to let my girlfriend go home alone in the middle of the night."Hearing that he called me his girlfriend, my heart skipped a beat.Thinking of what had happened before, I hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, then I'll send you the address. You don't have to go there too early. I'll inform you when the dinner is almost over.""Alright." Oogway responded.The taxi dr
The private box of D24 was designed sophisticatedly as well.After I entered the private room, I noticed that I was farmiliar with all the others inside.Patrick was as enthusiastic as ever.There were only two empty seats in the private room. Dave took one of the seats first, leaving the one next to him unoccupied.Thinking I couldn't be so pretentious as to make others give their seat to me, I had no choice but to sit in the only unoccupied seat.After sitting down, I hesitated for a moment and texted Oogway, "Dave is also here but you can rest assured that I won't drink."The reason why I sent Oogway such a text was that even though Oogway and I hadn't clearly made it clear...From a certain point of view, we were a couple.Since that was the case, I should let him know of such instances to show my respect to him.Soon, I received a reply from Oogway, which read, 'Well, I know. I will pick you up when you done.'"Are you reporting to Uncle Oogway?" Dave's voice rang from the side.
Walking up to me step by step, Thomas grabbed my clothes with his hands, "Reed, we did everything wrong in the past. After I went home, I told your mother that I had seen you. She insisted that I should take you home for dinner. She even got dishes ready."Helen cooked?I wasn't convinced.Helen claimed herself to be a noble lady. She didn't know how to cook at all. How come she could cook after a few years? I doubted that.Oogway asked me with an umbrella in his hand, "What are you going to do with him?"If I ignored Thomas, Thomas probably would stand here for the entire night. After all, he was living a hard life now. If the news that he passed out at the door of his biological daughter's studio got out, he surely would attract others attention.I hesitated for a moment and asked Thomas, "Uncle, where do you live? We'll send you back. You indeed got the wrong person.""Uncle, her name is Alina Jetson. She's not the one you're looking for." Oogway spoke up for me as well."Alina Je
The light in the corridor, which was quite narrow, wasn't on.As I was about to put my hand on the armrest next to me, I felt that I had touched something furry...Then, the furry thing quickly moved.Without moving my hand away, I touched something thin and long.In the end, the thin and long thing moved.It took me a few seconds to realize that what I had touched just now...Was a rat!Taking a breath of cold air, I was so scared that tears welled up in my eyes. However, biting my lips, I held myself back from screaming out."What's wrong?" Oogway found that something was wrong with me."I'm fine..."It is just that I touched a rat.I suppressed the fear in my heart and rubbed my hands against each other frantically.It truly was hard for me to imagine how Thomas and Helen would spend their life in a place like this. In the past, Thomas and Helen claimed themselves to be nobles.We followed Thomas all the way to the fifth floor.He took out a key and opened the door.As soon as he o
"No, no, it's not like that." Helen hastily waved her hand and pulled me, "Reed, where do you live now?"I pulled my hand out of Helen's hand and said lightly, "Auntie, I'm not a native of this City. I am living in a house provided by my company. Now that I've finished my work, I'm leaving this city.""Where are you going?" Hearing my words, Helen was a little anxious."I've told you that I'm not a native here. I'm just here for a cooperation. It has nothing to do with you as for where I am going."Subconsciously, I was afraid that I would be pestered by Helen.Never would I forgive them because of what they had done to me before, including Lita. I would never forgive her.Since she was deceased, I would leave it behind.Thomas continued to ask, "Then... Then where are you living now?""It has nothing to do with you."Staying in this room, I gradually found the atmosphere strange.Thomas and Helen had their own purposes by doing so. It was just that they were too embarrassed to say it
The suit in the photo was the one I wore the day I arrived in the City. In other words, someone knew my whereabouts like the back of his hand and he reported it to Thomas and Helen."Who gave you the photo?" I stared at Helen and asked.As Helen noticed that I was nervous, she smiled proudly and said, "Why should I tell you?""If you give us the suite in No.1, we'll tell you." Thomas stood behind Helen for quiet a while.He was waiting for this moment to say this.I was not surprised because I already knew what they were up to. I stepped back and sat on the chair at the desk, saying, "Impossible. That's what my grandma left for me. I won't give it to anyone.""You won't give it to anyone?" Helen walked toward me step by step. Suddenly, she grabbed my neck with both hands."What are you doing?!"I was scared out of my wits! I tried to free myself from her grip with my hand however, Helen seemed to have a terrifying amount of strength because she had done a lot of physical work in the
When I thought of the fact that I couldn't die, I hesitated for a moment, grabbed Helen, and said, "I'll give you the apartment.""What?" Helen was stunned.I managed to stand up. "The premises permit of that apartment is now under the name of Oogway, and it is also with him. Please help me contact him."Helen heard me and started to panic."What? Why is the premises permit in his hand?""Anyway, the premises permit is now under his name. You, you call an ambulance to save me. I will write a note and give it to you!"I covered the wound on the back of my waist with my hand and felt the blood oozing out little by little. There was more and more sticky fluid on my hand. Besides, my body was getting colder and colder.I felt my life slipping away.After I said that, I got up slightly and took a piece of paper from the table with great pain. Then I took out a pen and wrote a note, saying I was willing to give the apartment to Helen and Thomas, with my left hand covering the wound and my r
I lay there, feeling my clothes almost utterly soaked.I'm doomed.Am I going to die?What shall Bryan do?If I die, he will be sad and heart broken.Who will save me now?I was in despair."Ding Dong." Outside the door, the doorbell rang.Is Oogway out there?A glimmer of hope rose in my heart.The moment the doorbell rang, I heard the silence outside. Helen and Thomas didn't say anything.My cell phone was ringing upstairs.The ringtone did not belong to my personal cell phone. The person outside the door was not Oogway."I'm finished."If it was someone else, no matter who he was, he would surely leave when no one answered.Lying there, I heard the ringtone of my cell phone upstairs ringing once more. After that, it never rang again.I couldn't be more hopeless.The sounds of the doorbell didn't ring again.Only then did Helen continue to clean up the scene.In the end, she arrived at the meeting room.Standing at the door of the meeting room, Helen looked at me. As always, there w
Soon, we arrived at the floor where Jessica's ward lay. When we went over, a nurse happened to come out of it. Upon seeing us, she greeted Oogway respectfully, "Dean Oogway.""Yes." Oogway nodded and asked, "How's Miss Jessica?"After Jessica was transferred here, Oogway completed the registration for her under the name of Jessica Drake.As for this, I didn't raise any objections about it. Because in my opinion, the Newman Family no longer regarded her as a family member.The nurse replied, "The patient has fallen asleep. I measured her temperature just now. It's normal. This afternoon, we examined her, only to find that she is seriously malnourished. She suffers from a low degree cataract in her eyes. More heinously, there are parasites inside her body. Besides..."Standing there, the nurse told us about the situation of Jessica roughly.Hearing the ins and outs, Kelvin looked serious on the side.Oogway asked, "Can we go in and have a look at her?""Yes. But she has fallen asleep. H
Kelvin spoke loudly over the phone.Moreover, it was pretty quiet inside the car. Oogway seemed to hear his words and glanced at me out of the corner of his eyes, "Is Mr. Kelvin coming over?"I nodded.Oogway immediately said, "Then I'll arrange a room for him on the top floor of the rehabilitation center.""Well, sorry to trouble you."I was grateful for Oogway's attentiveness.As we were about to arrive home. I suddenly remembered something and said to Oogway, "Can you take me somewhere?""Yes, I can." Oogway nodded.I got an address online and sent it to him.Oogway immediately turned the car around and drove there with me.As he turned the car around, he raised his hand and looked at me with some displeasure, saying, "In the future, wherever you want to go, just tell me directly. You don't have to ask my opinion first. I will always be available for you."I nodded. Only after that did I tell him where I was going.It was a light and textile market selling cloth and hand made craf
I went up and supported Jessica readily. Fearing that she wouldn't accept it, I said, "Aunt, can I bathe you? By the way... I can bathe your baby too.""It sounds good!" Jessica accepted it happily.All the nurses looked at me with strange looks.Ignoring the looks, I stepped forward and helped Jessica take a bath.The rehabilitation center of the Way Hospital was in a good condition. There was a Jacuzzi. After I finished pouring the water into the bath, I let Jessica sit inside.I cleaned up the doll first. Seeing that, Jessica became quite obedient.I bathed her with scented soap first and then rubbed her with a bath towel little by little.It had been a long time since Jessica took a bath, making her body covered with a layer of shell like and hard skin. Seeing so, I asked Oogway to fetch me some white vinegar. After that, I bathed her bits by bits.Sensing that the water turned cold, I scooped the cold water out with a basin and added hot water in.Because it had been years sinc
I stood still and said to her, "We won't do that. We... we'll transfer you and your child to a better place. She... She..." I hesitated for a moment and said, "She is all grown up. And she will have to go to school soon. It's not good for her to be here. She has to go to a better place where there are teachers to impart her knowledge, which is good for her."Upon hearing this, Jessica stared at me with her pair of clear and bright eyes as if she had understood my words and suddenly became as obedient as a child, saying, "Really? Is it true that someone will teach her?""Yes, it is true. The teacher is great and experienced. Any child who follows him can learn a lot and become smart." I tried to persuade her.Jessica nodded desperately, "Okay, okay. That will be so great." She looked at the doll in her arm, "Reed, did you hear that? You can learn soon.""Yes, yes." I echoed. And my tears kept falling.Oogway patted me on the shoulder and said, "Come on, let's go transfer her to another
The nurse took us inside and said, "To be honest, before you, nobody visited the patients here. Generally speaking, the reason why people send patients here is that they have a guilty conscience. They are too embarrassed to kill them and yet find them a burden. So they send them here and pay for their stay here to keep their conscience at bay."The more the nurse said, the more upset I felt.It was quiet on the fifth floor as well.I saw that there was a small window on the door of each ward. With the window high up on the door, someone my height couldn't see what was inside.However, Oogway was taller. He looked around with a frown and a dignified look on his face.Seeing him look like this, I was worried."Bang!" When we were going, a sound rang all of a sudden.I was so frightened that I shrank backward and looked at the door where the noise came from, only to find a face attached tightly to the window on the door.The face was black, dirty, and skinny.The pair of eyes above were
Oogway and I arrived at the gate together.As expected, there was a security guard at the gate . We went over and saw the old security guard laying there in a thick military green overcoat, listening to music.The sound of the music was quite loud.It wasn't until we called him for a long while that he heard us.Looking at us in discontent, the old guard got up and opened the window of the gatehouse, leaving it ajar."Hello, we want to...""No visit is allowed during the New Year."As soon as I opened my mouth, the guard snapped. After that, he closed the window.He was afraid that we would harass him. Then he locked the window from inside.I became anxious all of a sudden.Oogway beside me wasn't in a hurry at all.He reached out, took out his wallet from his pocket, and took out a stack of pink banknotes before putting them in front of the window.The security guard's eyes lit up as soon as he saw the money. Instead of opening the window, he came out directly from the gatehouse, o
I glanced at it and found that there seemed to be an inkstone in the first box.But what was different was that the inkstone wasn't black but red.I was confused. However, as soon as the Master of the Newman Family saw this, his hands began to tremble. Placing his hand a few meters away from the inkstone, he seemed to intend to touch it but dared not do so.After a long while, he asked, "Is this for me?""Of course, it is a red silk inkstone I got by chance. I don't know about this kind of inkstones. It will be a waste if I keep it by my side."Oogway said casually.Although he spoke lightly, I could tell that this inkstone should be quite rare."Thank you, Mr. Oogway." When the Master spoke, he had been staring at the inkstone. It wasn't until a long time later that he gently caressed it with his hands.His expression showed that he loved it so much that he couldn't bear to let it go.After that, Oogway said to the maid, "Open this too."Hearing his words, the maid opened the secon
There was a cold and determined look in his eyes. Confirming that he wouldn't say it, I wouldn't force him further.Moreover, I knew well that I couldn't control what they were going to do.What I could do was to protect Bryan well in case he would get hurt.I nodded lightly, "Okay. Then I'll go and accompany Bryan."As soon as I intended to open the door, Dave directly pulled me from behind with force. I was caught off guard and fell backward.The next second, I directly sat in Dave's arms.My face turned red. And I said, "No." I struggled to get up. However, Dave restrained me firmly in his arms and placed his other hand on my waist. Holding my waist with both hands, he said to me, "Turn around.""No. I'm leaving.""You can't." Dave refused.I closed my eyes, thinking about Oogway's words and my own identity.Although I wanted to be closer to Dave, I couldn't do it with my identity.I was Oogway's fiancee. Regardless of the excuse, the identity, or the reason. I made up my mind,
It was night. Even so, I could clearly feel Oogway kept staring at me closely with his pair of profound eyes.Oogway patted me on the shoulder and left.After he left, Bryan, who had been following Dave, suddenly ran over, "Mom, let's set off fireworks together!""Ah... Okay." I nodded.At this moment, Jamin, who had been standing outside all this while, turned around and entered the room.In the blink of an eye, only the three of us were outside the house.We set off most of the fireworks. By the time it was 1 a.m., Bryan was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes. Thus, we stopped setting off the fireworks.The maid took the fireworks into the room.Holding Bryan in my arms, I said to Dave, "Then we will go back."After that, I turned around, intending to ask the driver to drive us back, only to be suddenly pulled by Dave. Then, I heard his magnetic voice, "Stay here tonight."My heart thumped."Being here without Oogway.. Won't that mean..."In fact, I didn't want to leave a