A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"Come on, let's go inside." Seeing that Estelle seemed to be looking a little pensive, Ethan couldn't help but feel worried. "What's wrong?" he asked softly.

She shook her head at him. "It's nothing. Let's just go inside." Estelle looked up slightly and tried to fight back her tears. She wanted to assure Ethan that she was fine, so she acted as if nothing had happened.

They opened the door and went inside the house to grab shovels. After they found some, they went to the backyard.

"Here it is," Estelle murmured. She stopped near a swing and pointed at the ground under it.

The two of them got to work immediately and started to dig out the soil. It took them a long time but eventually, they dug out a box.

The box was made of wood, and it had a lock that looked like it had rusted over time. Ethan found a tool and broke the lock without difficulty.

He opened the box excitedly and found a dress, a jade pendant, and a black bow hairpin inside.

As he stared at the objects in front of him, Ethan realized that Estelle was indeed the girl he had been looking for. With the pendant and hairpin in his hands, he suddenly came at Estelle with a hug.

"I have finally found you," he said in a choked voice. He held her tightly in his arms with no desire to let go.

He considered himself a tough gentleman. It wasn't as if he was an emotional person. However, he couldn't help but tear up a little because of his excitement.

The little girl in his memories had had a very serious illness in the past. Bill had cast her away because he had thought that she was useless. After that, Ethan had always thought that the little girl might have passed away from her illness but he hadn't been able to confirm it. He hadn't expected that the little girl would really turn out to be Estelle, who was alive and well in his arms.

Estelle was shocked and didn't know what to do. She hadn't expected that Ethan would be so emotional about it.

If the little girl that Ethan had been searching for was truly her, then her decision to break up with him had been just a waste of both time and energy. All this time, she had just been jealous of herself.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel several emotions about it.

a substitute for somebody else. She hadn't expected

embarrassed of his actions. However, he

let go of me, I can't breathe," Estelle told him, her voice a little breathless from the hug. She patted his back to comfort him.

Gently, Ethan let go of Estelle. He felt as if he had just woken

let her go, they both fell to the ground.

at

if he wanted to memorize every part of her.

had a good rest, they finally stood up.

can tell you the answer right now," Ethan said

heard him say that, she tried to keep her expression neutral and listened intently to

time, she couldn't help but feel as if she was nothing more than just a substitute. In a fit of rage, she had decided to end her relationship with him. However, now that she thought about it, her sister was the main reason why she had started thinking that way

enough to believe Ellen's words without doing any investigation of her own. Maybe if she had been more inquisitive, then they wouldn't have

go of her hand, Ethan led

On the

angry and he attempted to hit her. As a man, I thought it was my duty to protect her, so I took the

She bandaged

be with you because you looked so similar to that little girl. However, the more I got to know you, the more I noticed that you also had similar habits and mannerisms. I couldn't help but start wondering if you were really that little girl from all those

confirmed her previous sentiments about being a substitute. As she realized this, she couldn't help but feel a little appalled but she let him continue

real you, Estelle. When I found out that you were not the biological daughter of Mr. Wang, I sent someone to investigate this matter. Many of the traces already disappeared though, so it was a difficult investigation.

through you, but there was nothing on you that could show your true identity. What your father said earlier confirmed my suspicions, but I still needed

bent over so he could gently hold Estelle in his arms. He held her as if she was

of what had happened in their childhood. She looked at Ethan curiously. But even though she

Ethan somewhere before. His presence felt both familiar and strange at the same time.

had met before. She just couldn't