Rue instinctively curled up. “Who… Who are you?” “Me?” The woman guffawed loudly. “I’m your future mother-in-law. You’re now my little daughter-in-law. After a year or two, you’ll be getting married to Hound. When the time comes, you’ll have to give birth to a few plump kids for our family, alright?” Rue’s heart lurched in shock. Had she become the child bride of this family?“I’m still so young. How can I get married, let alone give birth to children?!” She was still a child herself.The woman’s expression changed after hearing her words. “After a year or two, you’ll no longer be young anymore. Back then, I gave birth to Hound when I was 13 or 14 years old. Besides, we spent most of our money buying you so that you’ll be our family’s daughter-in-law. You must bear us children.” Rue’s small body trembled in fear. “Who sold me to you guys? Do you guys need money? My parents have money. Let me go and I’ll give you a large sum of money.” “Money? We need money, but we need a
“President Eugene, we’ve looked through the surveillance footage from the school entrance and it seems like your mother-in-law brought the young miss away,” Wyatt said. Eugene’s gaze darkened. “It was her?” “Her? Why did she bring Rue away?” Fern instantly began to panic. Did Mrs. Neal intend to use Rue to threaten her because her previous tactics did not work against her? “Where’s she? I want to see her right now!” She wanted to look for Mrs. Neal at once. Wyatt said, “She’s at home with Ma’am.” Fern could no longer wait. She turned around and proceeded to head toward Eugene’s villa at once. “Wait,” Eugene called out after her. “Follow me,” he said in a low voice. After that, he took large strides and walked in front of her. After being momentarily stunned, Fern followed him. Was he afraid that she would make things difficult for his mother-in-law? Sydney was in her room. She lowered her voice and asked her mother in a distracted manner, “Mom, did you really send t
Mrs. Neal was shocked by Eugene’s cold and hostile stance. She stuttered, “She… wasn’t willing to come back and insisted on getting down. It’s not like I could force her to come back.” “She’s missing now. If anything happens to her, I’ll make you pay for it!” Eugene’s eyes and brows were overcast. There was a murderous glint in his gaze. When he loosened his hold on her, she felt her legs turn to jelly. She almost fell down, but Sydney supported her just in time. “Eugene, what are you doing? My mother did it for our sake. She just wanted the child to help out—” “Rue isn’t involved in anything that happened between us!” Eugene glared at the mother and daughter coldly. His voice turned icier than it was before. He stared at Mrs. Neal and said, “You’d better be telling the truth!” After that, he grabbed Fern’s arm and left. “Eugene…” Sydney’s face paled. Did he come back just for Rue? “Let him look for the child.” Mrs. Neal held her daughter back. Although she was still sha
“Wifey, are you alright?” Hound saw her lying motionlessly on the floor. Her clothes were torn from the whipping and there were bloody gashes on her back.He felt extremely pitiful. “My little cutie, why are you being so disobedient? Let me see your wounds.” He had finally gotten a wife with much difficulty. He could not allow her to get beaten to death. He inched closer. Rue, who had been motionless all along, suddenly moved. She endured the pain and evaded him. “Go away! Don’t come close to me!”“Look at you. This isn’t right. You’re hurt, and I’m your man. Why can’t I take a look at your wounds?” Hound then thought of something. Suddenly, he smiled lustfully. “Are you shy?” He approached her again. Rue was hiding from him in the corner. There was nowhere else she could hide. She kicked him with all her might. “Don’t come over. Scram…”“You little thing, you’re already hurt but you’re still capable of causing such a ruckus. It’s no wonder you got beaten up by my mother. If y
“Where’s Rue?” Eugene asked as he entered the room.“The young miss is over there.”Eugene looked in the direction that Wyatt was pointing and caught sight of the little girl. She was trembling all over while hiding in a corner of the room. His heart instantly lurched.“Rue!” He walked over in a few steps as his gaze darkened. “Daddy!” Rue cried loudly as she threw herself into his arms.Eugene noticed his daughter’s ragged clothes and the gashes on her skin that were caused by the whipping. The urge to murder someone instantly arose within him! He glanced at the bleeding man, who had fallen at the side, and the woman the bodyguards were holding onto. He was able to guess what had happened. A terrifying cold glint flashed across his gaze. He took off his suit jacket and wrapped it around Rue. He then carried Rue, who was still trembling in fear. He turned around and spoke to Wyatt in an emotionless voice, “You should know how to handle this situation, right?” Wyatt looked
Fern rushed over to the hospital as soon as she received Eugene’s call. She saw Eugene standing outside a ward in the hospital corridor. She took a few steps over and grabbed his arm. “Where’s Rue? How is she?” Eugene looked at her and spoke to her in a heavy tone, “She’s inside. The doctor is inspecting her and carrying out treatment.” “Treatment? Is she injured? Where is she injured?” She bombarded him with a few questions at one go. She wanted to go in to see Rue at once. “She has some injuries, but they aren’t very serious.” He only told her that because he did not want her to worry too much. Actually, he was not sure about Rue’s condition as well. “How did she get hurt?” Fern still did not know that Rue had been sold to a family in the mountains. She simply received a call from Eugene, who told her that he had found Rue. She then rushed over immediately. Eugene’s gaze darkened as he looked into her eyes. He pursed his lips without replying to her question. The e
Fern caressed her daughter’s head pitifully. She then asked Eugene to leave the ward with her. When they were in the hospital corridor, she asked, “Tell me. What happened to Rue?” “Some human traffickers sold her to a family in a poor mountainous district. The family bought her to be their child bride,” he told her about the horrendous incident with the simplest words he could think of. “What? She was sold…” Fern was shocked. The next moment, she was filled with extreme anger. “How did she become the target of human traffickers?” She could not imagine how frightened Rue must have been after being sold like that. Were the injuries on her body inflicted by the person who bought her?It was no wonder that her emotions were highly unstable now. She was even suffering from psychological trauma! Eugene’s expression suddenly hardened. He spoke to her in an icy tone, “She wasn’t targeted by human traffickers… Sydney’s mother was the one who sold her to the human traffickers.”
At this moment, Eugene resembled a cold-faced gladiator. He emanated a terrifying sense of iciness and hostility. It seemed that he would take Mrs. Neal’s life the very next second! Mrs. Neal had been confident that Eugene would never be able to find Rue after the human traffickers sold her to an isolated mountainous area. However, she had underestimated Eugene’s capability and the Newton household’s authority. “I… I…” Mrs. Neal started to panic as her face paled. She stuttered and said, “Who told you such nonsense? How could I have done something like that? You’re accusing me!” Flames of anger burned in his gaze. If she were not Sydney’s mother, he would not even bother wasting time talking to her. He would send her to the police station straight away. “The two human traffickers you worked with are now being detained in the police station. Do you want me to bring you to see them? Shall I ask them if they know their seller?” Right then, Mrs. Neal’s legs turned wobbly. She f