Chapter 236

In Mala.

Gillian held the phone without saying a word.

After a long while, she suddenly scoffed.

“It turns out that for the past 20 years, what I eat, what I wear, and what I use are all bestowed upon me by Olivia.

“In that case, I should really thank her.

“Perhaps I should kneel down to her to express my gratitude.”

When Gillian was in the dining room, she managed to keep her emotions. under control in front of Jarron.

But when she was alone in her bedroom, her temper rose inside her like lava.

In a fit of rage, she threw the pillows, bolster, and blanket to the floor and stomped on them violently.

Only then did her anger quelled a little.

“Good, very good. Olivia is so selfless.

“You like to win people’s hearts with these small favors. No wonder Blake, Yanis, and Roland in the Smith family all take her side.

“This is the reason.

“In their eyes, they must think that Jarron and I are ungrateful. Olivia has been so good to us and sacrificed so much.

“We don’t appreciate her kindness. Instead, we bear a grudge against her. “But Roland and the others should know if Oliva really cares, why didn’t she teach me the miraculous treatments of the Smith family?

“She is such a hypocrite.

“If I master the miraculous treatments and possess superb medical skills, I could save those people and get those expensive clothes and premium foods myself.

Who needs Olivia’s self–righteous charity?

Olivia gets the entire pie and only gives us the crumbs. Yet, we have to be grateful for it

What kind of logic is this? This is so unfairl

At that moment, Gillian was smoldering with anger. She hated Olivia to the bone.

Her expression was cold and terrifying.

Sitting on the bed, it took her a while to cool off and regain her composure.

She then made a call to Tracy at the Smith Cuisine Hall, asking about the progress of the medicinal dishes.

Before she came to Mala, she had given Tracy two recipes, both of which were for nourishing health. Even though the recipes were incomplete, it should not affect the medicinal effect.

The phone rang for a long moment and no one answered.

Gillian puckered her brows and her face darkened.

After a while, the phone was picked up.

“Tracy.” Gillian suppressed her anger. “How’s the making of the medicinal dishes going?”

Tracy remained silent. After a long while, she sneered and said, “You still have the nerve to call me?”

Gillian was baffled and slightly stunned.

“Tracy?” She did not understand why Tracy was so angry.

Gillian softened her voice. Her tone was as gentle as a fresh breeze. “What’s wrong? If I’ve done something that upsets you, you can just criticize me. Please don’t keep it to yourself and not tell me.”

Tracy switched the phone to her other hand. While she had become calmer, she still pulled a long face.

Previously, she had decided to help Gillian because Gillian had a pleasant personality and treated others with respect, especially the elders of the Smith family.

On the contrary, Olivia was always occupied with all kinds of things. Tracy hadn’t even met her before. In other words, Olivia was no different from a stranger to her.

But the real reason she supported Gillian was to exchange for the Smith family’s medicinal recipes, not because Gillian had a gentle nature.

You still have the cheek to ask me?” Tracy was inflamed. The recipes Qugave me are garbage. It’s not the Smith family’s secret recipes hey felt embarrassed at the mention of it.

As soon as she had received the recipes from Gillian, she immediately had her two apprentices, Cynthia and Charlie, work on creating medicinal dishes.

Unfortunately, after pondering for a week, they still had no clue.

Cynthia lost her temper and said, “Maybe there’s a problem with the recipes.”

Even though Charlie did not say it out loud, he implied the same sentiment.

In order to reassure her two apprentices, Tracy showed the recipes to an expert. To her surprise, the doctor said that those were not precious medicinal recipes as there were many similar ones out there. Most importantly, the recipes were incomplete…

Therefore, it was impossible to make something that had medicinal effects.

Tracy’s face turned extremely red. She felt too embarrassed to face her apprentices.

Putting on a front, she asked, “If the recipes are complete, can they make. medicinal dishes?”

The old doctor adjusted his glasses and looked up at her. “Tracy, you’re an experienced chef. How can you ask such a question?

“If a recipe can be adapted so easily to make a medicinal dish, patients. won’t need medicine. They can just take medicinal cuisine.”

The doctor lowered his head and fiddled with the recipes. “Not all recipes. can be changed to make medicinal dishes.

“In a general sense, medicinal cuisine is basically made by cooking nutritious ingredients with herbs. It can nourish and protect the body and boost health, but it is not meant for treating illnesses. Many people are fooled by the fancy names of the dishes, but dietary alone cannot replace medicine.”

The old doctor provided an example. “Such as your family’s medicinal dishes healing chicken soup and wholesome lentil soup, are essentially just gimmicks. They have very little medicinal effect.

“However, your seared salmon with herbed couscous is totally different. The old doctor smacked his lips as if he was savoring the aftertaste.

ou’ve all made these dishes before, so you should know the difference

them Most medicinal dishes use meat or vegetables as main

ingredients and herbs as seasoning.

“However, seared salmon with herbed couscous is not the same. Its ingredients include fish, vegetables, carbs, berries, and your family’s special herbs. It is a well–balanced dish that offers a wide variety of nutrients and medicinal properties that are good for health.

“It’s because this dish is so amazing that your family becomes famous.” Seared salmon with herbed couscous was really different from the other dishes. The other medicinal dishes might have some effects on health, but very minimal. Whereas seared salmon with herbed couscous produced noticeable results.

And it could greatly boost the body’s immune system.

Moreover, it was not only effective but also incredibly delicious, so much so that it could be considered a gourmet dish.

Tracy did not know how she had left the old doctor’s place. All she remembered was that she felt terribly embarrassed.

However, she was unwilling to accept that and had called two other well–known experts to ask them about the recipes and medicinal cuisine.

The results were the same.

It was almost impossible to change the recipes to make medicinal dishes. that had the same effect as traditional medicine.

Tracy was in complete despair.

Hence, she had given up on finding the other medicinal recipes and decided to continue making seared salmon with herbed couscous. Although the recipe for the dish had been made public by Olivia, it was rarely cooked at home due to its precious ingredients and complex cooking steps. It demanded precise timing and a high level of skill in cooking, so very few people would attempt to make it at home. Most people would prefer to eat it at the Smith Cuisine Hall.

Tracy felt that as long as she continued to perfect seared salmon with herbed couscous, it would remain the signature dish of the restaurant She was no longer asking for anything else, nor was she willing to create unnecessary problems.

She did not want to believe the nonsense Gillian said.

Therefore, she had not been in contact with Gillian all this while

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bedsheets with her left hand and said anxiously, “Perhaps the doctor’s medical skills are not good enough?”

“He’s an expert in the city hospital.”

Tracy did not want to be too harsh since Gillian knew the Smith family’s miraculous treatments. Tracy would probably need it one day. “It’s impossible to change the recipes to make medicinal dishes. It’s my fault. I took it for granted and was blinded by the profits of seared salmon with herbed couscous.

“But don’t worry. Even though Olivia has revealed the recipe of the dish to the public, you were the one who gave it to me first. I’ll still share the profits with you, but it won’t be as much as before.”

Gillian gripped the phone tightly and moved her lips, wanting to say no.

But she couldn’t open her mouth.

During her time in Mala, she had been busy learning the Smith family’s miraculous treatments and had no income at all.

Apart from paying her living expenses in Mala, she had to purchase gowns to attend social events, All of this cost a lot of money.

If she did not have any income, she would soon not be able to make ends

meet.

“Five percent,” Tracy suggested.

The amount was significantly less than before. It was one–sixth of the previous thirty percent.

Gillian suddenly clenched her fists. After a long time, the icy expression. on her face finally softened.

She feigned reluctance and said, “Actually, I shouldn’t have asked for 5%. After all, this is the Smith family’s recipe. And now, I…”

Before Gillian could finish her words, Tracy immediately agreed. “Okay, I won’t give any to you then.”

Gillian’s mouth fell open but she was too shocked to say anything.

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Olivia had yet to decide whether to attend the International Medical Association conference or not.

But there was still plenty of time to think about that, as it was half a month away.

Before that, she had to make a trip back to the Hushe Republic. The research institute had been urging her for a while.

She had sent them some materials, but they still had many questions. related to the operational aspect.

After boarding the plane, Olivia sat in her seat and started reading a book.

Daniel sat beside her.

There were only four people in the first–class cabin. Unexpectedly, one of the passengers knew Daniel.

Someone turned around and greeted him.

“Mr. Sullivan?” came a soft voice.

Olivia looked up and saw a woman as exquisite as a doll.

Daniel directed his gaze from the book to the woman. When he saw her, he was slightly stunned and struggled to remember who she was.

The woman chuckled. “Mr. Sullivan, you’re a busy man. I don’t think you remember me. Let me introduce myself.”

The woman paused for a second and spoke again. Her voice was light and not as warm as before.

“I’m Freya Jensen. I was an ambassador of your jewelry brand.”

Daniel then remembered.

Freya was an actress who enjoyed immense popularity recently. She had great looks, high EQ, impressive educational and family background, and outstanding acting skills. It was said that her family was very rich.

Her fans often remarked that if Freya wasn’t so devoted to acting, she would have to go back home to inherit the family business.

Her image aligned with Daniel’s jewelry brand, so she was invited to be the ambassador.

Daniel had only met her once at a party with the business partners, so he

did not have a deep impression of her.

Freya was a woman with a great sense of humor. Although they didn’t know each other well, she was good at making conversation.

Unfortunately, Daniel did not pay much attention to her and maintained only superficial responses.

On the other hand, Olivia was very curious about the actress.

She stuck her head out and greeted her. “Hi, nice to meet you.”

Freya knew that someone was sitting beside Daniel, but she was seated a bit too far away to see the person clearly.

Surprisingly, Olivia leaned out to talk to her.

Freya was stunned for a moment. Her gaze fixated on Olivia for quite some time.

After a while, she said with a smile, “I’m sorry, you’re too beautiful. I was blown away.”

Olivia responded with a smile.

That smile took Frey’s breath away.

She turned around and took a moment to collect herself on her seat.

She had seen all kinds of gorgeous women in the entertainment industry, but she was mesmerized by Olivia’s beauty, which showed how exceptionally beautiful Olivia was.

After regaining her composure, Freya turned around again and looked at Olivia.

The two of them chatted about the movies Frey had starred in. One of which was particularly famous and carried a profound meaning. It had won many awards.

The movie told a story about the dilemma of saving or not saving a

person.

Olivia recognized Freya because she had watched the movie.

The two of them didn’t know each other well and had nothing much to talk about. In addition, it was the only movie of Freya that Olivia had seen, so their conversation revolved around it.

Freya was not very interested and only gave Olivia perfunctory

responses

Throughout the conversation, her eyes kept wandering between the black

hairpin on Olivia’s head and the black smartwatch on her wrist.

Then, she curled her lips in contempt.

“I see. She is just a sugar baby.”

Olivia saw through Freya’s thoughts.

Her enthusiasm waned in an instant. She realized that the resolute and courageous character in the movie was just a role Freya played. not a representation of her as a person.

So, Olivia ended the chat and resumed reading.

Freya had been trying to engage Daniel in a conversation.

For some reason, she felt that Daniel was much friendlier toward her than before and he seemed to be very interested in her acting career. It gladdened her heart.

There were rumors that Daniel avoided having romantic relationships. with women and did not even have a girlfriend. People said that he lived a clean and scandal–free life.

Freya used to believe it. But now she saw it as nothing more than an illusion.

It wasn’t that Daniel didn’t want a woman, but he had high standards.

Freya took out a mirror and looked at herself. She felt that she was not much inferior to Olivia. Although she didn’t have features as delicate as Olivia, she was also very attractive.

Most importantly, she came from a good family, though not as wealthy and prominent as the Sullivan family, her family was quite famous in the local cities.

“What’s so good about that sugar baby? She was just a plaything.

“I’m much better than her,” Freya thought.

Lunch was served on the plane.

The plain ready–prepared food made one lose their appetite at first glance.

Freya noticed that Daniel had barely touched his food. So she said gently, I ordered some food in advance and it came with a generous portion. If you don’t mind, you can try this.”

Daniel tilted his head slightly and wanted to say no. But when his gaze

to Freya’s lunch for a second, he immediately changed his ming

“Thank you very much.”

“You’re welcome, Mr. Sullivan.” Freya’s beautiful eyes flickered.

She raised her hand to stop the flight attendant. Then, she stood up and personally brought the food over.

Daniel didn’t think there was anything wrong with Freya’s behavior. Ever since he was young, he had gotten used to being flattered and served by others.

Nonetheless, as a man with a good upbringing, he nodded at Freya to express his gratitude.

Freya chuckled. Her gaze was gentle, warm, and intent, looking as if they were glued to Daniel’s face.

Just as she was about to turn around and leave, her gaze landed on Olivia. There was a faint provocation in her eyes.

Olivia was eating a salad that wasn’t quite to her taste. Sensing an intense gaze above her head, she subconsciously raised her head and saw Freya’s provocative look.

“Why is she looking at me in that way?” Olivia was puzzled.

Freya sneered with an arrogant expression.

“She is indeed a poor girl from a humble family. All she does is eat. She doesn’t care if her sugar daddy enjoys the food.

“Daniel will probably get tired of her soon.”

Just as Freya was thinking about it, Daniel placed the food she brought over in front of Olivia.

He said in a gentle voice, “I noticed that you didn’t eat much just now. So I thought you probably don’t like the in–flight meal. Try this and see if it suits your taste.”

Olivia picked up a piece of beef with a fork and tasted it. Her face lit up. “It’s delicious.”

Have some more then. Daniel even took a napkin and wiped the corners of her mouth.

When he turned around and saw Freya, he asked in surprise, “Why are you still here?”

Freya was dumbfounded.

A low and melodious laugh like the sound of cello was bear

Olivia looked over and realized that the laughter came from the seat in

front.

Freya freaked out and flew into a rage out of humiliation. “What are you laughing at?”

“Can’t I laugh?” The curtain in front was slowly drawn back, revealing a fair and exceptionally beautiful face.

Ernesto leaned against the armrest with one arm resting on the back of the seat. It was an unruly action.

However, when he did it, he exuded an enchanting charm that

mesmerized everyone.

Freya couldn’t take her eyes off him and was unable to think of anything to reproach him.

“What are you looking at?” The man who was laughing heartily just now suddenly took on a stern expression. His eyes were filled with hostility. “If you look again, I’ll gouge your eyeballs out!” His tone was calm, but his words carried extreme cruelty.

There seemed to be a vortex of danger in Ernesto’s eyes as he stared at. Freya motionlessly.

In just a moment, Freya looked as if she was in a trance. Then, she suddenly raised her hand to dig her eyes.

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Freya’s sudden reaction startled the flight attendant next to her. The flight attendant quickly went forward to stop her.

However, Freya only gently touched her eyelids with her fingertips and did not intend to dig her eyeballs out.

She blinked and smiled at the flight attendant. “I scared you, didn’t I? I was just teasing you.”

The flight attendant had no words for her.

Freya swayed her arms and walked back to her seat. Sitting on the chair, she muttered something to herself.

Olivia lowered her head to eat, seemingly uninterested in everything around her.

After taking a few bites, she felt an intense gaze above her head.

She looked up and happened to meet Ernesto’s eyes.

Ernesto propped up his chin in his palm. His blue eyes curved as he smiled at Oliva. “You’re so good–looking. You and I are a great match.” He pointed at himself, looking very interested in Olivia.

Olivia ignored him and quickly retracted her gaze. Then, she lowered her head and continued eating.

After finishing the meal, she took a napkin and slowly wiped her mouth.. Only then did she raise her head and size up the man seriously.

“So?” The man smiled. “Are you interested in me?”

Olivia nodded.

Ernesto wore a smug face and was about to speak.

Just then, Olivia asked in a cold yet slightly confident voice, “You are… Ernesto?”

The man was shocked and became even more interested in Olivia. “You know me?”

“Yes,” Olivia replied. “Mr. Smithson talked to me about the Wilcox family before. He said that Gillian had contacted the Wilcox family in

Fesmuowana and told me to be careful.

Ernesto raised his eyebrows:

Olivia went on in a low voice, “I’ve investigated you. The Wilcox family has a great influence in Fesmuowana. Your father is the head of the family, and your brother is his successor. However, the most intimidating person in the Wilcox family is you.

“Ernesto Wilcox, the world’s top hypnotist.”

“Snore.” Ernesto suddenly became uninterested. He thought that he had met an interesting beauty, but it turned out that she was a coward who immediately went to gather information about him after getting wind of something.

Olivia asked, “Are you back in the country to see Gillian?”

Ernesto raised his eyebrows and said, “You’ve investigated quite

thoroughly. Why are you so afraid of me? Are you afraid that I will make a move against you?”

“What else can it be?” Olivia nodded. Her gaze briefly swept over Ernesto and she suddenly smiled. “Mr. Wilcox, do you think I’ll just stand idly and wait for others to plot against me?”

Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to perpetual victory.

True wisdom is not about waiting for someone to launch an attack and repulse it brilliantly. Instead, it is about ensuring that you’ll never be in dangerous situations at the start. A wise man foresees and mitigates risks.. Olivia would never overestimate herself and always be fully prepared for everything.

That approach extended to how she treated the Taylor family. She had set up Skynet long ago to monitor the information about herself on the Internet. If there was any slanderous or defamatory content about her, she would review it immediately and delete it.

Using Skynet to monitor the Taylor family would be an abuse of power. Olivia would never do it, even if she had the authority.

However, monitoring herself was permissible.

After being deeply disappointed with the Taylor family, Olivia treated them like strangers and would never be soft–hearted again.

She had been hurt several times before by Amelia and Gillian because she cared about them.

But she didn’t care anymore, and no one could hurt her.

It’s for the prescription for insomnia, right? I can tell you clearly that I formulated the prescription. It has nothing to do with Gillian Olivia

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revealed Ernesto’s purpose for visiting Gillian directly.

Ernesto was stunned.

It was a little unexpected.

“She is so straightforward. I was expecting some dramas.”

Ernesto suffered from severe insomnia. When he couldn’t sleep in the night, he liked to watch dramas.

Based on his extensive experiences in watching dramas, a

misunderstanding would normally take dozens of episodes to resolve. The plot should be him thinking that Gillian made up the prescription for insomnia until the very end when he found out that it was a misunderstanding.

But the truth was unveiled so quickly that it bummed Ernesto out.

He felt rather upset.

He voiced his thoughts, “It is so boring to know the truth so soon. I’m expecting it to be as exciting as a TV series.”

“A TV series?”

Olivia tilted her head slightly and thought to herself, “This Ernesto is indeed as peculiar as described in the investigation file. He’s

temperamental and has wacky ideas. I can’t foresee his actions and predict them with common sense.”

Seeing that Olivia did not speak, Ernesto raised an eyebrow and a hint of wickedness flashed across his eyes.

“Why aren’t you saying anything?” Ernesto’s eyes flickered. “Why isn’t it like in movies and dramas where the truth is only revealed at the end. with many twists and turns?”

Olivia thought for a moment and said, “Probably because you’re not the main character.”

Ernesto was rendered speechless.

Olivia mercilessly ridiculed him, “You’re just a passer–by in the show. Just pass by quietly and leave. What makes you think you deserve to be treated as a male lead?”

Ernesto was stumped for words.

Why does it feel like I got stabbed in the heart?

Im not the male lead? I’m just a passer–by?

His heart sank.

Afterward, Olivia leaned back in her chair.

The flight attendant came over to serve her coffee. Olivia raised her hand and refused. Then, she pointed at Freya’s position and said calmly, “Pay more attention to her.”

The flight attendant turned back to glance at Freya, not understanding what Olivia meant.

Olivia explained. “Freya is probably hypnotized. Remember to call the police when you get off the plane.”

“How can this be?”

The flight attendant’s eyes widened in shock. She quickly turned back and presumably went to report to her supervisor.

In the front. Ernesto heard the conversation and slowly stuck his head out, between his between the back of the chair and the armrest.

From afar, one could only see a head pop up and down there.

Ernesto looked at Olivia with his big eyes and asked curiously, “How did you know she is hypnotized?”

Olivia replied, “I guess.”

Ernesto sneered. “Well, you’re lucky to have guessed it right.”

As he spoke, he raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.

After a loud slap, Freya seemed to have woken up from a nightmare and suddenly looked up. For a moment, she did not know where she was.

Ernesto was not pleased. He pouted slightly and said, “She was trying to seduce your man just now. Why did you help her?”

Olivia raised her head and said seriously, “We were rivals a while ago. But now, she and I are both the people of the Hushe Republic, and you are a foreigner. It’s my responsibility to protect my own kind.”

Ernesto became even more unhappy and muttered, “I’m not a foreigner. I’m from Fesmuowana.

His annoyance lasted only for a while, and soon Ernesto cheered up again.

He looked at Olivia and said proudly, “I have got her out of hypnosis. Let’s see how you are going to handle this when the flight attendant Comes back latere

Olivia ignored him and simply lowered her head to read.

Unfortunately, Ernesto could not stay quiet. He chattered, “Hey, say something. You haven’t replied to me.”

Olivia held her forehead and waved the fountain pen in her right hand, indicating for him to look.

Ernesto blinked in puzzlement.

Olivia sighed. “This is a voice recorder.”

Ernesto’s lips parted in silent surprise.

“How could someone be so well prepared and think ahead of others in everything?”

Ernesto’s intelligence was something he was most proud of. But someone outsmarted him. He lowered his head and looked depressed.

“Hmph, one day, I’ll hypnotize you into a dog and see how smart you can be.”

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Once Olivia returned to the Hushe Republic, she visited her grandfather at the hospital and then went straight to the research institute to study the life–saving prescription.

Meanwhile, Gillian was experiencing a string of setbacks in Mala.

First, she attended a ball with Yvonne, but no one bothered to talk to her.

Yvonne made a great effort to introduce Gillian as a renowned acupuncturist from the Hushe Republic, but nobody showed interest.

Finally, a doctor was curious about acupuncture and approached her for a discussion. In the end, he realized that she had less knowledge than a foreigner like him. So, he immediately lost interest.

Yvonne stared at Gillian. “I thought you’re very good at medicine?”

Gillian got nervous and quickly explained, “I’m a pediatrician. I’ve just learned the techniques of the Smith family’s miraculous treatments not long ago. I need time to master it.”

“How long will it take?” Yvonne was impatient, fearing that Gillian’s skills might not be improved in time for the upcoming medical association conference.

“The Smith family’s miraculous treatments are divided into three parts. I’ve learned the first part, and I’m about to start the second part which covers acupuncture techniques. It’s quite simple.“‘ Gillian swallowed and stated, “In about half a month, I’ll be able to master it.”

“Really?” Yvonne was not convinced.

Gillian nodded heavily. “Yes, I can do it.”

“Very well.” Yvonne nodded. “In a few days, I’ll get Jack to introduce you to the vice president of the International Medical Association. He’s very interested in acupuncture. You two can have a chat.”

After saying that, Yvonne was worried. “Don’t repeat what happened today. You need to improve your medical skills greatly.”

“Don’t worry. I will,” Gillian promised confidently.

After returning home from the ball, Gillian immediately started learning the Smith family’s miraculous

treatments.

It was her only hope and she had to master it as soon as possible.

Gillian had created a learning plan for herself.

She aimed to learn two acupuncture techniques every day which would allow her to cure at least five diseases.

However, when she opened the first page of the second part, she was at a loss.

“If the patient’s body is weak, the needle could only be inserted half. Run through the 40 acupuncture points by following the large intestine meridian. Depending on the severity of the patient’s symptoms, work on LI2, LI3, and so on. Adjust the duration according to the patient’s condition…”

All the acupuncture techniques were unclear and had no fixed rules.

The doctor could choose the acupuncture points according to the severity of the patient’s symptoms, or decide how long the needle was inserted based on the patient’s physical condition.

Gillian was completely dumbfounded.

The techniques were so complicated that even a genius wouldn’t be able to grasp them.

If she could assess a patient’s condition effectively, she would have become a famous physician long ago and wouldn’t need to learn the miraculous treatments.

Gillian scratched her head in frustration, overwhelmed by a feeling of helplessness.

“How could this be?”

Unwilling to give up, Gillian picked up the book and was no longer as careful as before, treating it as

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something sacred.

Instead, she quickly flipped through the pages, wanting to see what lay ahead.

The more she read, the more bewildered and anxious she became. It all looked gibberish to her.

The first page was actually the simplest.

The further she went, the more complex the content was. It was gobbledygook she could make heads or tails of it.

The third part was even worse. There were no acupuncture points and filled with mysterious and incomprehensible terms.

Gillian finally could not take it anymore. She raised her arm with all her might and threw the book to the ground.

Then, she stomped on it violently.

The book, which she had once dreamt of possessing, was now cast aside as if it were worthless.

“Why did this happen? Why?”

Gillian buried her head in her hands and cried bitterly.

On the other side, Yvonne was speaking highly of Gillian to Jack.

Jack seemed to be put on the spot. “Yvonne. The vice president is a big shot. I can hardly reach him. I’ve only met him a few times and I’m not on familiar terms with him. How am I going to introduce Ms. Dale to him?”

“Please help me. I know you must have a way.” Yvonne tugged at his sleeve. “Gillian has many prescriptions. She’s very important to me. I want to use her to enter the medical industry. Please.” “Alright.” Jack agreed reluctantly. “Tomorrow, I’m going to a family dinner. The vice president might be here. I’ll just mention her to him.”

Jack emphasized, “But I won’t recommend her strongly. I’ll just casually mention her. As for the can’t guarantee if the vice president wants to meet her.”

“That’s enough.” Yvonne nodded.

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The next day, Jack met Carlos Garcia and casually mentioned Gillian. He said that he knew a doctor from the Hushe Republic who was extremely skilled in acupuncture.

Carlos smiled and did not continue the conversation.

Ever since news of his interest in acupuncture spread, many people had introduced him to all kinds of so–called experts in acupuncture.

In the beginning, he had met them all one by one in person, only to discover that they were all quack doctors without real skills.

As time passed, his interest waned.

In fact, he was not interested in acupuncture at all. He only wanted to learn more about it because the president, Professor Ross, liked it.

When Carlos turned around and was about to leave, he suddenly heard Jack say Isaac’s name.

He was stunned for a moment and immediately asked, “Could you repeat what you’ve just said.” Jack was shocked when he saw the deputy president’s excited expression. And he took a moment to respond, “Ms. Gillian is Issac’s granddaughter. I heard that her medical skills are extraordinary.”

Carlos didn’t know many people from the Hushe Republic people and who Gillian was. He only knew that Professor Ross was very interested in a girl from the Hushe Republic.

That girl was Isaac’s granddaughter.

Unable to contain his excitement, Carlos grabbed Jack’s hand and said, “Hurry, take me to her now.”

When Yvonne called, Gillian was sitting at the head of the bed in a daze.

She had completely given up.

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When she saw Yvonne’s number, she subconsciously shivered.

She didn’t know how to face Yvonne.

“What should I do? What should I do? I couldn’t master the techniques of the miraculous treatments at

all.

“I’ve told a boastful lie. How am I supposed to cover it up?”

After shivering for a while, Gillian suddenly calmed down.

She comforted herself, “It’s alright, it’s alright. Without the miraculous treatments, I still have the prescriptions. These magical prescriptions are my last trump card.”

Gillian crawled over and picked up the phone.

Hearing Yvonne excitedly talk about the vice president wanting to see her, Gillian did not show a hint of joy. Instead, she looked a little terrified.

She dug her nails into her palms and forced herself to remain calm.

“I can’t go,” she said flatly.

Yvonne was puzzled. “Why?”

Gillian said in a low voice, “I’ll give you two prescriptions. Give them to the vice president and tell him that I have something on, so I can’t make it.”

“Oh.” Yvonne assumed that Gillian was trying to put on airs to raise her status.

“Sure,” Yvonne agreed. “I’ll have my driver go over to collect the prescriptions later.”

After handing over the prescriptions Gillian took out a secret manual.

It was a martial arts manual that she had practiced when she was young. It was divided into two parts. Isaac had only taught her the first part, and only Olivia had learned the second part by herself.

Previously, Gillian did not have time to take a look at it..

Since she didn’t need to learn the miraculous treatments anymore, she had time to read the manual.

When Gillian was young, she had always been envious of Olivia.

She envied Olivia for being able to learn the secret manual which had been passed down in the Smith family for more than a thousand years.

Not only could it strengthen the body, but it could also eliminate impurities in the body and improve skin health.

Olivia had smooth, delicate, and flawless skin. Ever since she was young, she had never had a single pimple.

It was all thanks to the martial arts manual.

With trembling hands, Gillian flipped to the first page of the second part.

There were no pictures, only cryptic text.

Gillian’s face became white. She could not believe it and continued to flip through the pages.

However, with every page she turned, her face grew paler.

The book was like the martial arts manual in television dramas

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all incomprehensible gibberish.

In it, there were references to transferring energy through great circulation, channeling Qi into the spine, breathing spiritually…

“Who the fuck could understand this?”

Gillian had a meltdown.

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These days, Gillian was too afraid to go out. She had been locking herself in her room and spending her days and nights in a daze.

Occasionally, when the phone rang, it would startle her.

Jarron asked her what was wrong, but she did not say anything. She just looked at the sky with a blank expression.

After a while, the phone rang again.

Gillian glanced at the caller ID. It was Yvonne.

Due to her inner turmoil, she was hesitant to answer the call.

After the phone rang for a long time, she carefully reached out and picked it up. “Hello…”

She had only said one word when Yvonne streamed angrily at her from the other end. “Gillian, you’re fucking messing with me! You gave me some incomplete prescriptions and made a fool out of me in front of the vice president. You even implicated Jack.”

Yvonne was so angry that her body kept trembling.

“Well, Gillian Dale, you’re quite something.

“You handed me a bunch of incomplete prescriptions, and this garbage was posted on the Internet more than ten years ago.

“It could be found with a simple search online.

“Online?” Gillian was perplexed.

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“Cut your pretense!” Yvonne’s jaw tightened. “Don’t tell me you haven’t seen Olivia’s blog. Even if you haven’t, many people have reposted it online. The prescriptions you gave me were published by her on the Internet over ten years ago.”

“Impossible!” Gillian exclaimed and hurriedly hung up the phone to search for Olivia’s blog.

As expected, it had been posted more than a decade ago.

Gillian was dumbfounded.

She called Olivia’s number in a hurry, but no one answered the phone.

Gillian refused to give up. From morning until evening, she had been persistently calling Olivia hundreds of times.

Finally, the call was picked up.

Olivia had just come out of the laboratory when she saw that there were numerous missed calls on her phone from Gillian.

She knitted her brows and picked it up.

“Olivia, did you… did you publish the prescriptions?” Gillian looked as if she had gone insane. “Those are the Smith family’s secret prescriptions. How could you publish them just like that? Does Grandpa know?”

“Not this again.”

Olivia sighed and said. “Who told you the Smith family has secret prescriptions?

“What’s wrong with you guys? You all think the same. When has Grandpa ever said that the Smith family had a secret prescription?”

After a busy day with no time for lunch, Olivia was too tired to keep her emotions in check. “Can you think about what a normal person will think? What era are you from? Do you think we’re living in ancient times, passing down knowledge from father to son, teacher to disciples?

“We’re living in the 21st century, Gillian. Please use your brain. If the Smith family has a secret

prescription, why didn’t they apply for a patent and make it available to the public? Why keep it? For a rainy day?”

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Olivia was furious and frustrated when talking about that.

In the past, Gillian had asked her multiple times about the secret prescriptions. She had explained over and over again that the Smith family did not have any secret prescriptions.

However, Gillian just wouldn’t believe it.

“Why do you think the Smith family has a secret prescription?” Olivia sat on the chair with a cold expression. “What exactly is going on in your brain? You keep fantasizing about all sorts of weird things, -like secret prescriptions and the strategy book that can develop wisdom?”

Gillian mumbled, “Grandpa told me that.”

She remembered that in the past, her illness would be cured very quickly after eating something. Her grandfather told her that it was the Smith family’s secret prescription and asked her to keep it confidential

There was also the strategy book. Her grandfather had said that Olivia studied the book, which was why she was so smart.

After hearing Gillian’s words, Olivia fell silent for a long time.

Then, she finally spoke, “Grandpa also said that if you don’t sleep, the baboons will eat you. He also said that Cinderella has glass slippers and that Tooth Fairy will visit you while you’re sleeping if you place your baby tooth under the pillow. Why don’t you believe in all of these?”

Those words were meant to coax children. Gillian was almost 30 years old, so how could she not differentiate between reality and fantasy?

The truth was she was paranoid and blinded by jealousy, only choosing to believe what benefited her. Gillian pinched the tassel charm on the phone and asked “Then what about seared salmon with herbed couscous? If there’s no secret recipe, where did this dish come from?”

“Ah.” Olivia leaned back in her chair and curled her lips into a self–mocking smile. “You’d rather believe that there’s a fictitious formula than accept that I specially made that dish for you?”

There were some things that Olivia did not want to emphasize because she didn’t want Gillian to think that she was seeking gratitude.

Hence, instead of saying more about the dish, Olivia only asked calmly, “If there was a secret recipe, wouldn’t Grandpa give it to you?”

Without any more words, Olivia simply said, “Take care of yourself,” and decisively hung up the phone.

In this world, no amount of family affection can withstand this kind of testing.

After hanging up the phone, Olivia went to the cafeteria to grab some food and forgot about Gillian.

Over in Mala.

Gillian held the phone in a daze and slumped on the bed dejectedly.

It turned out that everything was fake and all her effort was in vain.

“There’s no secret recipe? And I can’t understand and learn the complicated miraculous treatments. Even the secret manual is hard to comprehend.

“Then, why did I come to Mala?

“What do I have to do to prove myself?”

For the first time, Gillian felt regret. If she hadn’t been so stubborn and paranoid, she would still be in the Smith family.

Putting aside the Smith family’s assets, just being a pediatrician was good enough.

Many people in Layfield held her in high regard and specially requested her to treat their children.

However, she did not dare to regret it.

She had done too much to turn back.

Gillian lowered her head and covered her face as she sobbed.

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She didn’t know how long she had been crying.

Suddenly, the ringtone startled her.

She looked over and saw that it was an unknown number.

Pressing the answer button, she cleared her throat and asked in fluent Gorshish, “Who is it?”

There was a moment of hesitation on the other side, and then the person said in pure Husheni, “Ms. Gillian, I’m Saul Thornton, Mr. Wilcox’s assistant. Mr. Wilcox would like to meet you.”

“Mr. Wilcox?” Gillian furrowed her brows. It took her a while to remember who it was. “You’re from the Wilcox family? Where are you? How do I get there?”

“Don’t worry, Ms. Gillian. I’ll send someone to pick you up.”

After hanging up, Gillian sat by the bed and frowned.

“Why does someone from the Wilcox family suddenly want to meet me?

“I thought they didn’t believe me?” Gillian had always thought that they had lost contact with her. Unexpectedly, they called her all of a sudden.

But it was useless. She no longer had the prescription and couldn’t master the miraculous treatments. Gillian was making wild guesses about the Wilcox family’s intention of meeting her.

After meeting the man, she realized that he wanted the Smith family’s miraculous acupuncture techniques.

“What do you want this for?” Gillian examined Ernesto.

Although the man was from the Smith family’s lineal branch a few hundred years ago, he had been overseas for too long and didn’t preserve his Hushenian heritage well, so he did not look like a Hushenian

at all.

Ernesto leaned against the sofa, his fingertips moving up and down as he looked at Gillian intently. Gillian’s heart lurched when she saw his eyes which seemed like a black vortex. She quickly closed her eyes. “Don’t look at me. I know you’re a hypnotist.”

“You know that too?” Ernesto was truly surprised.

The Smith family had put him in an unfavorable situation twice in a row.

Last time, it was Olivia. And this time, it was Gillian.

Though Gillian was reluctant, she replied, “I have a younger sister who once told me not to work with people I don’t know. So, I checked information about the Wilcox family in advance.” Then, she paused, “It’s not very a detailed investigation, but you are quite famous.

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Gillian did not want to give the acupuncture manual to Ernesto.

She hated Olivia, not the Smith family. Even though she complained that her grandfather was biased, he did treat her well.

She couldn’t bring herself to turn her back on the Smith family.

Ernesto raised his eyebrows slightly and asked in a stern voice, “You’re not willing to?”

Gillian was not stupid. “Why would I give you the acupuncture manual for no reason?”

“What if I help you deal with Olivia?” Ernesto crossed his long legs and tapped his fingers on the armrest.

“No, thanks. I appreciate it.” Gillian refused. “I think you’ve misunderstood. I don’t want to deal with Olivia. I just want to surpass her.”

All along, Gillian had been unwilling to accept that she was inferior to Olivia. “That’s easy.” Ernesto flicked his finger. “I can help you take back the Smith family.”

Gillian’s heart skipped a beat. She was a little tempted.

But she mastered her emotions and said softly, “I’m not interested.”

Ernesto laughed. “You should know I’m the top hypnotist in the world, right?”

Gillian looked at him with a puzzled expression, not understanding why he mentioned this.

Ernesto licked his gums with the tip of his tongue, and traces of blood appeared in his eyes.

He suddenly leaned forward and looked at Gillian seriously. “I’ll hypnotize Olivia and let her go through the hardships you’ve suffered before. How about that?”

Gillian’s heart raced.

It was undeniable that she was tempted.

Ernesto laughed more happily, then he said slowly, “You can decide who you want me to hypnotize her into and let her suffer the pain of parental bias.”

Ernesto’s words moved Gillian completely.

“Deal!” Gillian looked up and stared at Ernesto with a burning gaze. “If it succeeds, I’ll give the acupuncture manual to you.”

Ernesto turned the phone in his hand and smiled like an evil demon.

No one could outdo him when it came to manipulating people’s emotions.

Hypnotizing a person to such an extent was not as easy as hypnotizing the actress.

Freya only needed a subtle hint. So Ernesto could easily hypnotize her as long as she looked into his eyes. But for someone like Olivia, as Gillian said, hypnotizing her into becoming another person required deep hypnosis and Olivia’s cooperation.

Even if she didn’t cooperate, it could only be carried out when she was unconscious or in an extremely relaxed state.

In other words, they need to abduct Olivia and knock her out.

This task wasn’t easy. But Ernesto was confident and wasted no time to head to the Hushe Republic to capture Olivia.

He brought a lot of people and lingered around the Smith family’s hospital. Once Olivia appeared, they would immediately take her away.

Ernesto gave his assistant Saul three days for the mission.

However, even three days seemed too long for Ernesto.

If he wasn’t in an unfamiliar place, half a day would have been more than enough.

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It was just abducting a woman.

Ernesto waited confidently in the hotel for three days. Unexpectedly, the person who came knocking on the door was the police.

“What are you doing?” Stefan Thornton, the bodyguard, quickly intervened and stood in front of Ernesto, saying loudly, “We are foreigners.

“We’re not Hushenian. You have no jurisdiction over us.”

The police officer in the lead sneered. “We don’t care whether you’re foreigners or aliens.”

With that, he waved his hand and ordered, “Take them away!”

And so, Ernesto was taken into custody.

The lawyer rushed over and explained the situation, only then was Ernesto released on bail.

Saul was set free with him as well.

After asking the assistant, Ernesto learned that when they were staking out near the hospital, they

immediately drew people’s attention because of their appearance.

It was as if putting a couple of red beans in a bowl of green beans.

Their actions were as obvious as a fly on a bald man’s head.

On the very first day, concerned locals had reported them, saying that there was a group of suspicious foreigners lurking around the hospital.

It was something big.

So, it alarmed the police and they immediately dispatched officers to arrest them for interrogation.

In the beginning, Saul was tight–lipped and refused to say anything, assuming an unyielding look on his face.

The police suspected that something serious was going on.

Hence, they paid closer attention to it and brought in several experts in psychology and criminal investigation.

Soon, Saul could not hold on anymore and disclosed Ernesto’s plan. However, he did not mention that they were there to abduct someone. He only said that they wanted to see Olivia.

After listening to Saul’s explanation, Ernesto pointed at him and rebuked furiously, “Idiots, you’re so stupid! Can’t you hire the locals to do that?”

Saul felt wronged. “There’s not enough time.”

Ernesto was worldless with rage and decided to leave immediately.

It wasn’t that he wanted to, but he had no choice. The Hushe Republic police were onto him.

Ernesto did not return to Fesmuowana but went to Mala instead.

When he arrived at his manor in Mala, Gillian, who had moved there, came out to welcome him and asked anxiously, “Where is she? Have you got her?”

Ernesto shook his head and glanced at Gillian. “The police of the Hushe Republic are too nosy.”

“So, you didn’t manage to catch her.”

Gillian looked concerned. “Then what should we do?”

“There’s no hurry.” Ernesto waved his hand, “Even though we failed to capture her, I’ve received an important piece of information.”

“What information?” Gillian was curious.

Ernesto smiled. “After a few days, Olivia will come to Mala to attend the International Medical Association conference.

He chuckled and continued, “This is Mala, not the Hushe Republic. No police will stand in my way.

“It’ll be a piece of cake to abduct Olivia here.”

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Ernesto reassured Gillian with confidence, “Don’t worry. I’ve worked out an ingenious plan. Once she arrives in Mala, I’ll immediately lure her into my trap.”

Gillian could not help but ask, “What plan?”

Ernesto gestured to Saul.

The assistant stepped forward and said, “Our people will be at the airport. after Olivia arrives in Mala, we’ll contact you right away.”

“Me?” Gillian pointed at herself.

“Yes.” Saul nodded. “You’ll call her and invite her to come here. If she agrees, that’s perfect. If she doesn’t, you can scream and pretend to be kidnapped. It will lure her over.”

The plan was impeccable and it was Ernesto’s idea.

He was very good at manipulating people’s emotions and had heard a lot about Olivia from Gillian. He could tell that Olivia was a loyal and soft–hearted person.

Although she had fallen out with Gillian, she would never stand idly if Gillian was in danger.

Ernesto was very satisfied with the plan and even came up with a name for it – end with force.

– Start with courtesy and

Back to the research institute in the Hushe Republic, with Olivia joining the team, they made tremendous progress on the life–saving medicine and it was completed in just a few days. Major newspapers in the country had reported the news.

The Smith family was shot to fame.

Olivia handed over the life–saving prescription to the research institute while she set off for Mala to attend the International Medical Association’s meeting.

Initially, she did not want to go, but after the news of the Smith family’s life–saving medicine came out, Professor Ross called her several times.

After careful consideration, Olivia decided to make a trip over as it would be a good opportunity to exchange views.

Daniel would join her a few days later because he needed to deal with something at the company.

Olivia thus embarked on the journey alone.

As soon as she got off the plane and was still feeling a little uncomfortable, she received a call from Gillian.

“Olivia.”

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The staff from the International Medical Association came to pick up Olivia.

She handed over her luggage, following the staff as she answered Gillian’s call.

“Is something the matter?” Olivia rubbed her forehead, feeling the fatigue that came from a long flight and the inability to rest adequately.

Gillian’s voice was frail and hesitant. “Olivia, I heard you’re in Mala now? I know I messed up before, but I’ve realized it. Can we meet? It’s at my current place, 23 Howell Street.”

Olivia, her tone cold and unwavering, responded without a hint of hesitation, “No, that’s not possible.”

Gillian, sensing the resolve in Olivia’s voice, hesitated for a moment before asking, “Why not? What’s changed?”

Olivia’s attitude remained detached as she explained, “I told you, you’re not right in the head. How did you even know I was in Mala? The timing is too coincidental. I just got off the plane, and you’re calling

me?

“To be honest, I do want to believe you, but there are too many inconsistencies in your story, and I can’t overlook them.”

Gillian, left pondering her own actions, found herself at a loss for words.

Ernesto, infuriated by the situation, couldn’t contain his frustration any longer and gave Saul a strong kick.

“You idiot messed it up again!” he growled, a mix of anger and disappointment in his voice.

Saul, on the other hand, hunched down in a corner, resembling a small, dejected balloon, as he realized the gravity of his mistake.

Stefan, observing the scene closely, quickly signaled Saul to leave the room, making it clear that they needed to change their approach. He then looked at Gillian, urging her to scream for help.

Gillian, shaken by it, hesitated for a moment and then cried out for help, quickly ending the call. After hanging up, Gillian nervously looked at Ernesto, her eyes filled with uncertainty, “Will she really

come?”

If it were in the past, Gillian was sure that Olivia would come to her rescue, even if it meant risking her life.

But now, Gillian was no longer certain.

She and Olivia had come to this point in their relationship, and there wasn’t much left of their former bond.

Ernesto nodded, trying to reassure her, “She will come. You know there’s no one more loyal and devoted than Olivia.”

Stefan immediately mobilized his team, planning to keep a close watch on Gillian’s previous residence, anticipating Olivia’s arrival.

They waited patiently from day to night and from night to day, but Olivia didn’t show up.

She didn’t even report the situation to the authorities.

Ernesto was so frustrated that he kicked a chair and asked Gillian to call Olivia once again.

Gillian quickly dialed, her heart pounding with anxiety, but the call couldn’t get through. It was clear she had been blocked.

She tried another phone, and this time, it connected.

“Why didn’t you come to rescue me?” Gillian questioned Olivia the moment she got through.

For some reason, this question came out almost instinctively.

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She felt wronged.

How could Olivia not come to rescue her? In the past, no matter what happened, Olivia would be there immediately, always by her side.

Gillian knew she could never go back to how things were with Olivia.

She understood this fact.

But when the situation really arose, and Olivia seemed to truly not care, Gillian realized that she couldn’t bear it.

“Olivia, how could you not care about me?” she thought.

Olivia was in the middle of eating, and she furrowed her brows after hearing Gillian’s words, her voice now tinged with impatience as she responded, “I have a lot of things to deal with, and I don’t have time for these make–believe games. Please don’t involve me in your childish games.”

Gillian chuckled softly and asked, “So, you’re not afraid that something might actually happen to me?” Olivia, growing impatient, replied, “You and Ernesto are together, right? Tell him my patience is running out, and he should stop provoking me.”

Before Gillian could respond, Ernesto snatched the phone. “How did you know I am here?”

Putting down her fork, Olivia calmly explained, “Back in the homeland, you had people loitering around the hospital, and then you suddenly flew to Mala. The logical connection was so obvious that only a fool wouldn’t notice.

“Besides, you’re one of the world’s top hypnotists. I’d appreciate it if you used your brain.

“Do you think this is some kind of idol drama where the female lead falls for everything without thinking?”

Ernesto was speechless.

“Damn! Why would I be exposed?” he wondered angrily.

He fumed, shouting, “You were following me!”

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Olivia confirmed with a nod, “Yes, I was tracking you. I also informed the head of the Medical Association about you, and Dr. Ross has already contacted your father. You’ll be brought back to Fesmuowana soon.”

Ernesto flared up.

For the first time in his life, Ernesto felt so frustrated.

He wondered if this annoying woman was some kind of mind reader. Why did this annoying woman. always predict his next action?

Frustrated and about to hang up, he heard Olivia’s perplexed voice from the other end, “I’m curious, what exactly do you want to do? Except for that one time on the plane, we have had no interactions. What is this all about?”

Ernesto chuckled.

Finally, there was something she didn’t know.

He suppressed his laughter and sat on the sofa. “I want to hypnotize you.”

Olivia responded, “Sure.”

Wait, what the heck!

Ernesto was dumbfounded. He had mentioned hypnotizing Olivia just to warn her to be cautious and that he would take further action.

He never expected her to agree.

What was going on?

Ernesto was a little stunned. “You agreed?”

Olivia nodded, “Yes, but I want something in return. We can make a deal. I’ll let you hypnotize me, and in exchange, you’ll give me the hypnotism book that’s been passed down in the Smith family.”

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Ernesto, initially surprised, burst into laughter.

He laughed louder and louder, almost falling off the sofa. Olivia had outsmarted him completely.

He had always thought that he was plotting against her behind her back, but in the end, he had fallen into a trap that she had already planned.

However, there was one thing Ernesto didn’t understand, “The first time we met on the plane, you already knew, didn’t you? And you were determined to set me up. But I’m curious, my decision to go to the Hushe Republic was spontaneous, so I took the first–class seat and didn’t charter a plane. How did you know I’d be going to the Hushe Republic that day?”

Olivia replied nonchalantly, “I didn’t know; I just happened to bump into you that day. It was merely a coincidence.”

“So….” Ernesto raised an eyebrow. “Were your words that day deliberate?”

Olivia paused for a moment before speaking, “It wasn’t necessarily deliberate. The circumstances were too random, and I couldn’t be certain that you were interested in me. I don’t like to do things with uncertain outcomes. However, later, when I saw your people at the hospital, that’s when I was sure you were interested in me.”

Ernesto, a top hypnotist who enjoyed delving into the human psyche, was intrigued by Olivia’s intelligence.

He had an insatiable curiosity about human nature. Although it seemed that he was unreliable at times, he had a pathological obsession with human nature.

Rarely did he encounter someone as smart as Olivia, and he couldn’t resist studying her.

Traveling to Mala to find Gillian was just a ruse. Asking for the Smith family’s miraculous treatments was a way to gauge Olivia’s reaction.

Finally, Ernesto asked a question, “Why do you want the hypnotism book? It’s centuries old, outdated, and extremely cryptic. It won’t be of much use even if I give it to you.”

Olivia, holding a water glass, gazed at the clear liquid within. Her voice, as gentle as the water, replied, “I’ve read the notes left by the Smith family over the centuries. There are records about treating vegetative states, and it’s said that the hypnotism book contains methods to awaken those in a vegetative

state.”

“Absurd!” Ernesto, a top hypnotist himself, was well–versed in hypnosis and knew that it couldn’t wake someone from a vegetative state.

Olivia smiled. “You’ll never know unless you try.”

Ernesto didn’t understand. “Why would you try something you know won’t work?”

Olivia’s voice held a rare touch of vulnerability, “My grandfather is getting old. If he remains in a vegetative state, he might never wake up. So, even if I know it may not work, I have to try my best.” Gillian couldn’t contain herself any longer and broke down, sobbing on the floor.

In comparison to Olivia, she felt utterly inadequate.

“Grandpa, I’m so sorry!” she thought sadly.

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For Ernesto, the book wasn’t particularly important; it was merely a family heirloom, making it somewhat precious.

So, when Olivia expressed interest in it, he agreed without hesitation.

“Alright, you set a time, and once the hypnosis is done, I’ll give you the book,” he said, a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

Olivia responded, “Give me the book first.”

Ernesto tapped his fingers on the table and nodded. “Sure, you set the time.”

Olivia suggested, “Let’s do it after the International Medical Association conference.” Olivia walked into the study, picking up a book on psychology.

Athene, her companion, expressed concern, “Olivia, are you sure about undergoing hypnosis? Ernesto is quite skilled.”

Upon learning of Olivia’s visit to Mala, Athene had flown in from Gorshire the same day. “What if… what if he has ill intentions? What will you do?” Athene was deeply worried. Contemporary medical hypnosis was primarily used for psychological therapy, aiding in comforting

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patients or unlocking their emotional knots. However, Ernesto was unlikely to employ comforting

methods on Olivia.

A powerful hypnotist like Ernesto could hypnotize a person into another person. He could even make the hypnotized person commit suicide without anyone knowing through constant hints.

Athene sat beside Olivia. “Olivia, what if he has bad intentions?”

Olivia turned a page as she reassured her, “Don’t worry; I won’t go into this unprepared.”

Athene looked up, puzzled.

Olivia scratched her nose and smiled. “Silly girl, someone will protect me in the dark. If I really encounter danger, they will protect me.”

Athene nodded. “That’s good.”

The conference at the International Medical Association concluded swiftly.

Olivia and Ernesto met, and Olivia made a single request, “During the hypnosis, I must be within the boundaries of the Hushe Republic.”

Ernesto nodded and said, “Alright.”

He remembered that the persona Gillian wanted also needed to be created in the Hushe Republic. After receiving the book, Olivia briefly flipped through a few pages and then looked up, saying, “Let’s

start now.”

Upon their arrival in the homeland, Olivia followed Ernesto to his residence in the Hushe Republic. Ernesto raised an eyebrow, concerned, “Aren’t you going to prepare anything before we start? After the hypnosis, you might not be able to handle your work normally for a while.” Olivia appeared calm and replied, “I’ve already taken care of everything.”

Then, she leaned back in a chair and said in a deep voice, “Let’s begin.”

Olivia woke up in a small village, her head throbbing as if it might split open.

What was even more bizarre was her complete lack of memory; she couldn’t recall anything.

Confused, she heard a rapid, heavy knock on the door from outside.

A woman’s voice with a strong accent called out, “Olivia, you lazy girl, get up and cook. Your sister will be

back soon.”

This voice seemed to be a hand tearing through the fog, instantly clarifying everything.

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Olivia remembered her name, age, education, and her role in a family of six, with a hardworking father, a nagging and biased mother, siblings running a business in town, and a sister studying in a boarding school.

Today, her sister was returning for summer vacation, and Olivia needed to prepare lunch before her arrival.

Once her memory returned, Olivia hurriedly got dressed.

Next door, in a beautiful three–story house adjacent to the Taylor family’s residence, Gillian sat by the window, staring blankly at Olivia’s room.

Ernesto sat on the couch, playing with an orange in one hand, and supporting his chin with the other, curiously observing Gillian.

“What are you looking at?” he asked.

Gillian lowered her gaze, concealing the craziness and resentment simmering beneath her eyes.

She had always been in Olivia’s shadow, with everyone openly favoring Olivia. It didn’t matter how hard Gillian worked, how dutiful she was to her grandfather, or how diligently she studied; it always amounted to nothing.

Gillian admitted that she had brought this upon herself by walking the path she had chosen.

But who could truly understand her or her struggles?

She couldn’t believe that in the same circumstances, Olivia would fare better than her, perhaps even worse!

She was determined to witness how Olivia would grapple with the ensuing challenges following her hypnotic transformation.

Dad, Mom, older brother, sister–in–law, everyone adored her intelligent, beautiful, college–bound younger sister, while they all ignored her, belittled her, and looked down upon her.

Gillian couldn’t believe that Olivia could maintain her composure amidst this!

Within the Taylor family’s residence, Olivia wrestled with ill–fitting attire. Her clothes were incongruent, her pants came up short, and her shoes felt oppressively tight.

How had this come to pass?

Olivia began to scour the room in search of a pair of shoes that offered a more accommodating fit. The air grew tense as her mother, Megan, entered. Megan’s expression was marred by annoyance, and her tone was curt. “What’s taking you so long? Why haven’t you started preparing the meal? Your sister is about to return, and that takes precedence.”

Olivia, sporting an innocent tone, replied while maintaining a modicum of grace, “My shoes are incredibly tight, and I thought about switching to a more comfortable pair.”

Megan’s patience waned; she admonished her daughter to endure the discomfort, warning of the potential dire consequences of ill–fitting footwear. Her message was clear, the imminent arrival of Olivia’s sister held greater importance than any of Olivia’s concerns.

She emphasized, “Your sister’s matter is ranked first in our family. Nothing could be more important than your sister’s meal.”

But then, something inexplicable happened. Olivia paused, her mind awash with recollections. Vivid memories of her mother’s unwavering partiality towards her sister resurfaced.

They flooded her consciousness, a stark reminder of the familial disparity she had always navigated. She refrained from speaking further, her silence was laden with understanding.

Megan, satisfied with her daughter’s response, left the room. Amid the stillness, Olivia resumed her quest for more comfortable footwear, her eyes scanning the room.

During this moment, a voice called out to her from the window across the street. Olivia raised her and was met by a warm and lovely face.

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It was her next–door neighbor, Gillian, who had taken care of her since childhood.

Olivia greeted Gillian with genuine happiness, “Gillian!”

As Olivia’s face blossomed with an unfeigned smile, Gillian’s gaze betrayed a tapestry of conflicting

emotions.

She swiftly concealed the sea of turmoil that churned within her. Extending empathy, Gillian lamented, “Your mom’s bias is excessive. What harm would it be to delay the meal slightly?”

Such blatant partiality could unnerve even the most steadfast of souls, and Gillian couldn’t fathom how Olivia managed to remain so composed amidst such discrimination.

Yet Olivia’s response was not what Gillian had anticipated. Olivia, still wearing that radiant smile, directed her gaze downward to her cramped shoes.

Undeterred, Gillian continued, her tone laced with empathy and reproach, “You needn’t search for alternative footwear, Olivia. The shoes you have, they’re all hand–me–downs from your sister, and they don’t fit properly because she has a smaller shoe size. Isn’t your mom displaying flagrant favoritism? She could at least buy you a new pair of shoes. After all, you’re her daughter as well, and the distinction is glaring.”

Olivia still did not say anything.

Gillian spoke for a long time, but there was no reaction from Olivia. She felt a little strange. “What’s wrong? Why aren’t you saying anything?”

Olivia chose to respond with care. Her words, although tender, were laced with wisdom, “Gillian, I- understand your intentions are pure, that you’re standing up for me. But what you said earlier, it felt like lines from a TV drama where a side character tries to sow discord and coax someone into wrongdoing.” Gillian blinked, taken aback. Olivia’s words caught her completely off guard.

Gillian’s expression underwent a rapid transformation. Stunned, found herself at a loss for words,

utterly unprepared for the unexpected turn the conversation had taken. She thought, “Oh, come on, I am standing by your side. Shouldn’t you badmouth your mom with me? Why the fucking TV drama line?”

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Gillian stood there silently for a while. Then, she returned to her room and sat in her chair in a daze.

She suddenly remembered an incident from her youth.

At that time. Olivia had just arrived in the Smith family.

When Olivia wanted to learn how to play the violin, Grandpa arranged a teacher for her. Gillian was envious and requested to learn how to play the violin too.

The two of them learned under the same teacher together, but only Olivia was praised for her efforts.

At that time, Gillian thought that Olivia was playing better than her because Olivia had learned the basics before.

Therefore, Gillian doubled her efforts and practiced the violin twice, thrice, or four times more than Olivia did a day.

Initially, she was very optimistic. She believed that if she worked hard, she would definitely surpass Olivia.

However, the reality was harsh.

Gillian and Olivia were their teacher’s only two students. Therefore, Gillian naively believed she would soon surpass Olivia because she only compared herself to the latter.

However, when they went to participate in competitions, Gillian soon realized how huge the gap between her and Olivia was.

Olivia was like the most lustrous pearl, blooming with dazzling light.

Olivia got first place every time they competed, with her scores far ahead of those in second place. She would receive praise from all the judges.

On the other hand, Gillian could not even get third place.

Gillian had always thought that she would soon surpass Olivia. However, as she participated in more competitions and encountered more violinists, she realized that the difference between her and Olivia was like night and day.

Gillian had to surpass those in third place first, then second place, and countless other violinists better than her before she could compete with Olivia.

Gillian worked even harder. Her violin practice time was ten times that of Olivia’s. She did not even sleep.

or rest.

After all her hard work, she finally surpassed third place and reached second place. She was ranked just behind Olivia.

Unfortunately, that was where she hit a wall.

She would never be able to compare to Olivia.

During that period, Gillian felt despair. She felt powerless. Why were there geniuses in this world? They were like a vast mountain that she could not conquer before her.

This feeling was so terrifying that Gillian had nightmares every night.

She wanted Olivia to experience this feeling as well. She wanted the latter to share her past obsession and despair.

Therefore, Gillian inserted Doris Taylor, a sister who was outstanding in everything she did, into Olivia’s

life.

Doris was beautiful, intelligent, and excelled in her studies. She studied at Maple Hills University and played the violin well. She also knew how to draw.

As for Olivia, she had only graduated from junior high school. Although she liked the violin, she was not

as talented as her sister in playing the violin and was not as good at drawing. She was clumsy in

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everything she did and was inferior to her sister in every way.

Gillian wanted to see how Olivia would face such inferiority.

The Taylor family was having dinner.

The entire family was there. Even Olivia’s brother and sister–in–law in town had returned to welcome their younger sister, Doris.

All of them praised Doris and ignored Olivia.

Their mother, Megan Taylor, said jokingly, “Back then, the two of them went to the teacher in town to

learn the violin together. Doris played very well, but Olivia’s playing sounded like she was sawing wood. It was so funny to watch.”

Their father, Julian Taylor, nodded in agreement. “Olivia is clumsy and untalented. She can’t hold a candle to Doris.”

Their older brother, Derek Taylor, chimed in, saying, “That’s right. Olivia and Doris are like polar opposites. Doris is good at everything, be it her studies, playing the violin, or drawing. As for Olivia, let alone playing the violin, she can’t even read well. She failed to get into high school. The difference between them is like night and day.”

Olivia listened as her family chatted while eating her favorite beef stew. She smiled innocently, without any sign of disappointment or jealousy.

Over the next few days, regardless of how much Olivia’s family belittled her and claimed that she was inferior to her sister, Olivia wore a bright smile on her face. She showed no trace of anger.

She worked diligently. Occasionally, she would study how to cook new dishes in her free time. She stayed in the kitchen all day long. She was covered in dust.

Gillian could not stand it anymore and pulled Olivia into her bedroom.

Gillian asked in disbelief, “What are you doing? Why aren’t you angry?”

Olivia was holding a sandwich she had freshly made in her hand. The sandwich looked appetizing. Hearing Gillian’s question, Olivia was very puzzled. Her eyes widened as she asked, “Why should I be angry?”

Gillian stomped her feet in frustration. “They’re bad–mouthing about you. They’re belittling you all day long. They’re saying that you’re inferior to your sister and that you’re clumsy.”

Olivia blinked, her eyes clear and bright. She instructed, “Gillian, have a seat.”

She carefully placed the sandwich on the table and guided Gillian to sit on the bed. In a serious tone, Olivia said, “What control do I have over what others say? Their mouths are their own.”

Her eyes twinkled as she said this. She exuded a confident aura.

Even though she was dressed in rags and her face was dirty and covered in dust, she was still as dazzling

as the sun.

Gillian was stunned and subconsciously took two steps back.

Then, she heard Olivia continue saying, “The only thing I can control is my own emotions.”

After saying this, Olivia beamed with joy.

“They can say whatever they want. I don’t care.”

Gillian shook her head in confusion. She questioned Olivia, saying, “Why don’t you study, learn the violin, and learn how to draw? You have to prove to them that you are capable!”

Olivia picked up the sandwich and showed it to Gillian. She said, “I make better sandwiches than them. I want to make the best sandwich in the world.”

“What’s so good about making sandwiches?” Gillian angrily slapped away the sandwich in Olivia’s hand. Furious, she shouted, “All you talk about is sandwiches. You’ve already made hundreds of sandwiches. Haven’t you made enough? Doris is a university student. She knows how to play the violin and draw. As for you, you only know how to make sandwiches. Who would think highly of you?”

Olivia squatted down and picked up up at Gillian.

Olivia’s gaze was calm. She explained, “Gillian, what’s wrong with making sandwiches? I don’t think it’s a lowly profession. No one will look down on your profession if you do things masterfully. Why must I play the violin? Why must I draw? Those are what Doris likes. It’s what she’s good at, not me.

“Why should I be like her? I like making sandwiches, and I’ll continue to do so. Other people can say whatever they want. They can look down on me for all I care. I’ll do what I want.

“My resolve is as firm as boulders and mountains. It won’t waver. Other people just like to gossip. I don’t take what they say seriously at all.”

With that, Olivia pushed the door open and left.

After washing her hands, she continued to make more sandwiches.

Gillian was left alone in the room. She sat on the bed with a stunned expression.

Olivia’s powerful words echoed in her ears. “My resolve is as firm as boulders and mountains. It won’t waver.”

When Gillian heard Olivia say this, she could not help but tremble.

How could this be? Why didn’t Olivia care what others say about her?

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Gillian returned to her room next door in a daze.

Ernesto was on the phone. When he turned around and saw Gillian, he hung up and said, “Something happened in Fesmuowana. I have to go over and will only return in about two weeks. Do you want to stay here?”

Gillian pondered for a moment and shook her head. “I’m going back to Mala.”

Ernesto raised his eyebrows quizzically.

Gillian explained, “Olivia has only been here for a short while. She has yet to experience the power of favoritism. Let her stay with her biased parents for a while first. Gradually, she will crumble under the weight of the bias she faces.”

Olivia was almost done making sandwiches.

She had suggested to her parents that she wanted to start a business in town.

Megan rejected her suggestion immediately. “Don’t you need capital to start a business? You don’t have any capital. We have used all our money to support Doris‘ studies. Doris will take her graduate entry test next year. We have to set aside money for that.”

After being rejected by her mother, Olivia was not angry. Instead, she explained gently, “Mom, I don’t need a lot of capital. Isn’t Derek running a barbecue business in the town? I can stay at Derek’s place and use his kitchen. After making sandwiches, I can sell them on a food truck.”

As Olivia said this, she held Megan’s hand.

Megan felt a little uncomfortable when her hand was suddenly held. She subconsciously wanted to pull her hand back.

Olivia’s hands were warm and slightly calloused. Her grip on Megan’s hand was gentle and delicate, as if she was caressing some precious treasure.

Megan could even sense that Olivia relied on her and respected her.

Megan’s heart softened.

She looked away but did not pull back her hand.

Olivia tilted her head and carefully sized up Megan’s slightly white sideburns. Her eyes glistened as she said, “Mom, I did some calculations. Doris‘ fee for graduate studies is affordable, but she’s playing the violin and taking drawing lessons. These are not insignificant expenses. It is too heavy a financial burden for you and Dad. I can run a small business to supplement our income.”

Megan still refused. “I don’t need your money. What if your business fails?”

“Mom.” Olivia’s gaze was gentle. Her fingertips caressed Megan’s thick and red knuckles. She said sadly, “I don’t want you to burden yourself anymore. Yesterday, when you returned from the fields, you couldn’t straighten your back. Also, you can’t straighten your fingers.”

Megan was stunned. She subconsciously lowered her head and looked at her own hands.

Although Ernesto hired her to play the role of Olivia’s mother, she was a real farmer. Derek and Doris were indeed her children. It was just that she had to pretend that Olivia was also her child now.

Every day, Megan still had to work in the fields.

To her surprise, something that even her children had overlooked was noticed by this pretend daughter of hers.

Megan was touched. She did not know how to reject Olivia’s kindness.

In the end, Julian ended their conversation by saying, “I’ll discuss it with your mother and tell you our decision tomorrow.”

After Olivia left, Julian immediately contacted Stefan next door to report this.

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Stefan said, “It’s alright. Let her do as she wants.”

Julian bowed and acknowledged. “Understood.”

After Julian hung up the phone, Megan frowned and asked, “What are the true intentions of these people? Will they hurt Olivia?”

Julian glanced at her. “What’s wrong? Have you actually accepted Olivia as our own daughter?”

Megan sighed. “Haven’t you noticed how adorable Olivia is and how nice she is to the two of us? She wakes up early daily to make breakfast and drinks for us to take to the fields. She makes sure to keep our meals fresh.”

Honestly, even her real daughter did not dote on her so much.

Julian and Megan had to go to the fields early before the sun rose. Usually, they went to the fields at three in the morning. They didn’t have time to make breakfast at all. They ate whatever they had from the previous night to keep themselves full.

Julian puffed his cigarette and said helplessly, “We can’t get too involved with Olivia. We can only try our best to protect her from a distance.”

“I know.” Megan felt terrible.

After getting Julian’s and Megan’s approval, Olivia brought the recipes she had developed and headed into town.

In the morning, the business in the barbecue restaurant was slow. Derek and his wife, Stella, were preparing the day’s ingredients together.

Stella was unhappy. “What are your parents thinking? Why did they send Olivia over to us?”

Derek muttered as he diced the vegetables, “Olivia wanted to come on her own accord.”

Stella slammed the onion in her hand onto the chopping board, complaining, “It’s weird enough to bring Olivia to the farm. Now, you guys even brought her to town. Other people might suspect us of human trafficking. In my opinion, your parents have gone too far. How could they do such a thing? They’re conspiring with others to deceive Olivia. They do not have a conscience!”

Derek frowned. “Stop talking. If we didn’t take this job, others would have done so. At least they’re paying us well. Doris is taking drawing lessons. She needs a lot of money to buy art supplies.”

Stella was curious. “I wonder what those people are scheming.”

“Stop speculating.” Derek placed the chopped ingredients in a box. “Olivia will be here soon.”

“What nonsense is this girl getting herself into?” Stella pouted. “She actually plans to sell sandwiches. Are

you kidding me? When Olivia first came to us, she couldn’t even make toast. It’s only been a few days, but she plans to sell sandwiches. Let’s pray that she doesn’t lose money from this.”

“Why do you care?” Derek frowned. “We’re not the ones paying for this anyway.”

When Olivia arrived, it was almost noon. Many customers were eating in the restaurant.

Olivia put down her things and began to help around the restaurant.

Stella looked at her while handling the cashier.

She thought to herself, “This girl is quite capable. She’s not a bad person.”

After lunch, Olivia went to buy ingredients for making sandwiches. She also took a walk around town. After getting everything she needed, she returned to the restaurant and organized them nicely. Stella pursed her lips and muttered to Derek, “She got all the equipment she needs, but I doubt she’ll be able to sell her sandwiches. It’s summer now, and schools are on break. Let’s see who she sells the sandwiches to.”

Olivia’s cutting skills were not bad. After deciding on what to sell, she streamlined her workflow to make sandwiches efficiently.

She was at the stage where she could make sandwiches nice and fast without much difficulty.

Olivia woke up at three in the morning and finished her preparations by six.

By the time she was preparing to leave, Stella and Derek had just woken up.

When Stella saw Olivia moving things onto her food truck, she pretended to ask, “Do you need any help?”

Olivia shook her head. “Thank you, Stella. I’ve already loaded everything. There’s a plate of sandwiches in the kitchen. You and Derek can have them for breakfast.”

“Oh, you didn’t have to do so. Although Stella said that, she headed straight into the kitchen.

She picked up a meat sandwich.

She took a bite and swallowed it. It was so delicious that she almost devoured her tongue.

She thought, “Oh my god! What kind of godly sandwich is this? It is so delicious.”

The bread was soft and tender. The texture was just right.

The filling was even better. The juices from the meat seeped into the bread. There was not much meat, but it was incredibly fresh, tender, and tasty.

Stella ate five bite–sized sandwiches in one go and burped.

She would have eaten the remaining three sandwiches if not for her tiny stomach.

When Derek woke up, he saw his wife sitting on a stool, staring at the sandwiches in a daze.

“What are you looking at?” he asked.

Stella slowly raised her head. “Could it be that Olivia used to be the King of Sandwiches?” Derek was speechless.

What nonsense was Stella spouting so early in the morning?

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Today was the first day of selling sandwiches.

Therefore, Olivia did not make much. She only made 300 of them with two types of fillings, one ham and one vegetable.

She drove the food truck to the nearby factory according to the location she scouted yesterday.

This area was filled with factories and there were more workers.

Olivia had already thought it through. She would start selling here at 6 a.m. If it didn’t sell well, she would wait until around 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. before going to government offices.

After parking the food truck, she hung up the sign that she had prepared in advance.

Olivia’s sandwich stall opened just like that.

After 6, the workers began to show up for work.

There was no place that sold food nearby. There was only Olivia herself.

To the workers, the sudden appearance of a person selling sandwiches was very strange. They kept looking back at her, but very few people bought from her.

As there was a canteen in the factory, the workers were used to eating in the canteen. They would be paid at the end of the month and the money for the food would be deducted from their salaries.

Simple and convenient.

It was almost seven o’clock and it was almost time for work, but there wasn’t a single person who bought sandwiches.

Olivia was a little anxious. She wondered if she had chosen a bad location.

It was better not to come here tomorrow.

Just as she was about to close the stall, a group of young men suddenly came from not far away. When they saw Olivia, they were stunned and their faces turned red.

A bold young man ran over and asked, “Are you selling sandwiches?”

Olivia nodded. “Yes, one dollar for the veggie and one dollar and fifty cents for the ham. Do you want to try some?”

The young man turned around and looked at his companions behind him. His companions all rushed over and took their phones. “Can I use contactless payment? I want two hams and three veggies.” In just a short while, she had sold 20 sandwiches.

The bold young man even said to Olivia, “You have to come tomorrow. I’ll still buy your sandwiches.” Olivia smiled and did not say anything.

A few young men carried the sandwiches into the factory area and bumped into a group of girls in front.

A woman in yellow looked at the sandwich in the young man’s hand and snorted. “Shameless. You went to buy sandwiches just because she’s pretty. Can you get full from sandwiches?”

“That’s right,” the girl in black agreed. “The sandwiches must taste bad.”

The tall young man replied with a smile, “I don’t know if it’s tasty or not, but this sandwich is for Zoey.”

As he spoke, he handed the sandwiches to the prettiest girl in the crowd.

Zoey didn’t want to take it, so the girls beside her egged her on. “Take it. Why don’t you take it? You can try this sandwich and see if it’s gone bad.”

The woman in yellow helped Zoey take the sandwiches. She took one out and took a bite. “I’ll help you try it.”

After taking a bite, the yellow–clothed woman’s eyes immediately widened.

The woman in black was shocked and quickly asked, “What’s wrong? Is it bad?”

The woman in yellow ignored the woman in black. She grabbed the sandwich and finished the rest in no time. When she swallowed it, she burped and said, “It’s too delicious. This sandwich is too delicious.” Olivia didn’t sell much of the sandwiches. Olivia was already prepared to close the stall and change places.

As soon as she was done, a group of young girls and boys rushed out of the factory and raised their phones. They all wanted to buy sandwiches.

Olivia was stunned at first. When she came to her senses, she immediately packed the sandwiches up for everyone.

In just a short while, she had actually sold more than 100 sandwiches.

A girl in yellow even approached her and asked her to sell it tomorrow.

“Miss, your sandwiches are too delicious. I’ve never eaten such a delicious sandwich in my life. It’s so delicious.”

“That’s right, that’s right,” the woman in black agreed. “It’s simply amazing. When you take a bite, the fragrance explodes between your lips and teeth. It’s so delicious that I want to swallow my tongue.” Zoey also came over and said gently, “Miss, your sandwich is really delicious. I want to buy more for my parents to try.”

Everyone was curious. When they saw a group of people surrounding her and saying that the sandwiches were delicious, they couldn’t help but want to try it.

People came in waves. Olivia didn’t even need to go to the government offices to sell sandwiches. Olivia rode her food truck back to the barbecue restaurant. Before she reached the door, Derek rushed over and asked, “Are there any more sandwiches?”

As he spoke, he couldn’t help but lick his lower lip.

He was not full at all from eating the three sandwiches in the morning. It was all that lazy woman’s fault. She clearly could not eat, but she forced herself to eat and ate five sandwiches. She was still hiccuping. Derek was filled with regret. He hated himself for waking up half an hour late.

Olivia blinked and spread out her hands. “It’s sold out.”

“Noooo!” Derek pounded his chest and stomped his feet. How could it be gone?

At this moment, Stella came out of the shop and said, “Make more tomorrow. Your brother and I will help you.”

Olivia smiled sweetly. “Alright.”

Her sandwiches sold out on the first day. It was a good start. Olivia was very confident. The next day, she made three different types of sandwiches.

Before she could even assemble it, just the smell of the ingredients alone was appetizing enough.

Stella leaned over and took a few deep breaths. “It smells so good.”

With the help of two people, Olivia made 600 sandwiches.

After assembling them, Stella looked at the room full of sandwiches and felt a little regretful. “Is it too much? What if we can’t finish selling it?”

“It’s fine. Let’s go to a few more places today. We’ll all go and help her sell it.” Derek’s thoughts were simple. How could no one buy such delicious sandwiches? There would definitely be people fighting to buy it.

The sandwiches were done and they filled two food trucks.

Olivia was in the front, while Taylor and Stella were behind.

“Where are we going? Are we still going to the industrial area?” Stella felt that it was not good for them to go to the industrial area. Although there were many factories there, there were only about 3,000 people. Moreover, many people ate in the canteen. It was impossible for them to all buy sandwiches. It was best to change places.

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Olivia nodded. “Let’s go over and sell it first. If we can’t sell it, we’ll go somewhere else.”

The town was not big. They arrived in less than half an hour after driving the food truck.

In the past, Stella was still worried that no one would buy the sandwiches.

When they arrived, they were stunned.

There was actually a circle of people at the entrance of the factory. There were more than a hundred men, women, old, and young.

When they saw Olivia, they all surrounded her and shouted, “Miss, why are you only here now? I’ve been waiting for half a day.”

“Miss, what flavors are there today?” The person beside him interrupted.

“Who cares about the flavors?” The person behind pushed the people in front away and raised his phone. “Boss, give me ten of each flavor. Please hurry up. My family is still waiting.

Stella’s eyes widened. “Oh my god, can you finish 30 sandwiches?”

The person behind laughed. “My family has a lot of people. There are seven or eight of them.” Olivia quickly stopped the car trucked quickly packed up the sandwiches for everyone.

The three of them were too busy to speak. They lowered their heads and busied themselves. They weren’t busy for long. In less than half an hour, the sandwiches were sold out.

“That’s it?” Stella looked at the empty thermos box and was a little stunned. “That’s fast.”

There were still many people who had yet to buy it.

Olivia packed her things and raised her voice. Tm sorry, the sandwiches are sold out. Everyone, come back tomorrow.”

“Sold out.” An old lady was unhappy. “I haven’t bought it yet.”

She had a little grandson who was very picky.

She fell in love with the sandwich he ate with his mother at the factory yesterday. This morning, he insisted on eating it.

Olivia’s smile was very warm. “Madam, don’t be anxious. There’ll be more tomorrow. I’ll make more and make a few more flavors.

“Alright.” The old lady sounded reluctant. “Then you must make more tomorrow.”

After saying that, she felt that it was not enough and added, “No, you can’t buy it today. What if it’s not available tomorrow? I’ll reserve two first. You must save them for me tomorrow.”

As soon as the old lady finished speaking, the surrounding people who did not manage to buy it looked at Olivia with burning eyes.

Olivia was stunned.

At this moment, Stella said, “No, you can’t reserve it. There are so many of you. If you reserve it, how can I remember?”

Hearing this, the old lady was unhappy.

She thought, “Who would do business like this? It was just a sandwich. How delicious could it be? Who cares?”

Hmph, she was going to fry fried cakes for her grandson and she wasn’t going to eat the sandwich. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she was stopped by Olivia.

Olivia’s lips curved into a smile. “Madam, we’re a small business. A sandwich costs less than two dollars. It’s not good to reserve it.”

Speaking of this, her tone changed. “However, you can come to our shop. I’ll reserve some in the shop every day. If you can’t buy it here, you can go there.”

The old lady was surprised. “You have a shop?”

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“Yes.” Olivia nodded. “It’s over at the food street. The Taylor family barbecue. That’s my brother and sister–in–law’s shop.”

Her attitude was not bad.

Satisfied, the old lady nodded. “Alright, I’ll go over later.”

The others also chimed in. “The Taylor family barbecue. I’ve eaten at that restaurant before.”

“I’ve tried it before. It tastes pretty good, but it’s not as good as the sandwiches. Miss, this sandwich is too delicious. I’ve never eaten such a delicious sandwich.”

On the way back, Stella asked Olivia, “How do we get them to go to the shop?”

Olivia smiled brightly. “Stella, we don’t have time now. After a while, we can get them to follow our socials. They can make large–scale reservations and get it delivered to their door.”

Before Stella could react.

Olivia had already said in a low voice, “I want to open the largest and best sandwich shop in town.

On the Taylor family’s side, Julian and Megan had been missing Olivia. After more than a week, they called.

He asked his son how Olivia’s business was doing.

Derek was too busy. He held the phone with his shoulder. “Here, 30 in total. Just scan the QR code on the wall.”

Julian was stunned. What was this?

He looked up at the clock on the wall. Wasn’t it only eight in the morning?

Wasn’t the barbecue restaurant not busy?

Megan also found it strange and asked, “Derek, what are you doing?”

“Mom, I’m busy here.” Derek said in a loud voice, “There’s a long queue outside.”

Stella snatched the phone and said in a hoarse voice, “Dad, Mom, come to town and help sell the sandwiches. We’re too busy.”

“What about the barbecues?” Julian asked.

Stella’s tone was straightforward. “We’re quitting. We’re all selling for sandwiches now.”

Julian and Megan were speechless.

Half a month later, Gillian returned from Mala. She put down her luggage and went next door.

In the end, the room next door was empty.

Where did she go?

Gillian’s face was as still as water, but her heart was pounding with excitement.

Could it be that Olivia couldn’t stand the Taylor family’s favoritism and her sister’s excellence, so she broke down and fled?

She quickly contacted Stefan to ask.

“Oh, you should ask Olivia. Their entire family went to town to sell sandwiches.”

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Gillian changed into simple clothes, carried her backpack, and took the bus to town.

There were many people on the bus, and it was almost full. Gillian walked to the last row before finding a

seat.

She threw her backpack aside and sat down.

It took 20 minutes to get from the village to the town. Gillian closed her eyes and took a short nap. There were people chatting in the front row.

“Hey, aren’t you from Maple Town? Why did you come to Peace Town?” A middle–aged woman shouted loudly as if she had discovered something revolutionary.

Gillian frowned and turned her face to the window. At the same time, she pulled down the brim of her cap to cover her face.

A rough man chuckled. “I’m going to the Taylor family to buy sandwiches.”

“You’re also going to the Taylor family to buy sandwiches?” The old lady was shocked. “I’m also going to the Taylor family to buy sandwiches.”

As soon as she finished speaking, almost half of the people on the bus turned around and said in unison, “I’m also going to the Taylor family to buy sandwiches.”

This time, Gillian could not sleep anymore.

She raised the brim of her hat and looked at everyone.

The old lady was originally quite happy to see someone she knew. She found it quite interesting that he was going to the Taylor family to buy sandwiches as well. However, when she realized that everyone in the car was going to buy sandwiches, her face instantly turned cold.

She slapped her thigh and complained, “Oh my god, the queue is already so long with people from our town. Now, both people from the village and other towns are here, how long will the queue be!” Taylor Family Sandwiches?

Gillian frowned. This name sounded very familiar.

Recalling that the Taylor family had all gone to town to sell sandwiches, she sent a few texts to Julian to confirm. “Is your shop called Taylor Family Sandwiches?”

There was no reply for a long time.

Gillian pinched the space between her eyebrows, feeling frustrated.

She could only talk to the person beside her. “Is that sandwich from the Taylor family really delicious?” Hearing this, the person beside her widened her eyes in shock. “Oh my god, you haven’t even eaten sandwiches from the Taylor family?”

The others also turned around and surrounded Gillian as if they were looking at a monkey. It was extremely strange.

Oh my god, there was actually someone who had not eaten sandwiches from the Taylor Family!

Their

gaze was as if they were looking at a country bumpkin.

A little girl in front of her even recited a rhyme.

After that, a little boy behind her also recited a doggerel poem about the sandwiches.

Back and forth, one after another, there were actually seven to eight rhymes about the sandwiches.

There were also two doggerel poems that included the Taylor family and the location of the shop.

It was catchy and easy to memorize.

It was as if the Taylor family’s sandwich had become popular throughout the entire town overnight and was now spreading to the surrounding villages.

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For a moment, Gillian felt that time was in chaos.

Wasn’t she only gone for half a month? Why did it seem like she had been gone for half a year?

It felt like Olivia had changed the entire village by herself!

After the little girl finished reciting the poem, she pouted her pink and moist little mouth and said, “The sandwich is delicious. It smells good.”

The mother sitting next to her was laughing uncontrollably. She raised her hand to touch her daughter’s little face and agreed. “Let’s go eat the sandwich. A lot of it”

Everyone’s life was good now. They didn’t lack this mouthful of food.

Moreover, the sandwiches were not expensive. It was one dollar for the veggie one, and the ones with meat were only one dollar and fifty cents. Not only was it delicious, but it was also filling. The shop looked clean as well.

Many people bought dozens or hundreds of them at once. When they went home, they put them in the fridge to freeze. When they wanted to eat them, they would reheat it them themselves.

However, the reheated sandwiches did not taste as good. The fresh and hot sandwiches in the shop tasted the best.

Therefore, there were often people who would buy a bunch of freshly made sandwiches from the shop. Everyone was praising the sandwich.

Gillian said, “Is it really that delicious?”

She was surrounded by everyone as if she didn’t know what was good for her.

The old lady added, “I’ve eaten too many delicious things in my life. I’ve never eaten anything better than the sandwiches from the Taylor family.”

In the beginning, she had the same thoughts as Gillian. She scoffed at other people’s praise.

How delicious could a sandwich be?

In the end, after taking a bite, she realized that it was really delicious!

It was too fragrant! It was fragrant and overpowering. After eating one, she still wanted to eat another. She would eat it every day and never get tired of it.

The reason why she went to town this time was because she saw the notification posted by the Taylor Family Sandwich social media account.

Today’s sandwiches are updated, there are two new fillings.

She wanted to try it.

Gillian was dumbfounded and in disbelief. “A sandwich shop has a social media account?”

Updates? That’s too classy.

“That’s right, that’s right.” Everyone agreed. The person beside her even took out his phone and gestured for her to take a look.

Gillian leaned over and saw that it said [Taylor Family Sandwiches, three posts, 178 mutuals].

Gillian was dumbfounded.

She thought to herself, “Madam, don’t tell me all your friends are following this account?”

Gillian swiped her fingertip and saw the number of friends this lady had.

178 friends.

All her friends did follow it.

She was a hardcore fan.

At the Taylor family sandwich shop.

After the busy morning, there were not many people left.

Olivia had not eaten or rested since morning. She was very tired.

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Her mother, Megan, pushed her upstairs to rest.

The shops in the town usually had two or three floors above.

The first floor was a shop, the second floor was for their own stay, and the third floor was filled with miscellaneous items.

In the past, only Derek and Stella lived here. The entire second floor belonged to the both of them, it was very spacious.

Now an entire family lived there, it seemed very cramped.

Especially for Doris. She had to draw and study. She needed a separate space.

Therefore, she was given the master bedroom on the second floor. Derek and Stella stayed in the

common room.

Julian and Megan were squeezed into a small room on the first floor.

Olivia could only stay in the storeroom on the third floor.

Initially, Stella suggested letting Olivia and Doris live together.

After all, they were both girls and sisters. It was normal for them to live together.

However, Doris only said lightly, “I don’t have a place to put my drawing board and paint.”

Stella gave up and did not dare to make a sound.

She had always been a little afraid of this genius.

Megan didn’t say anything. After Olivia left, she whispered to her youngest daughter, “Doris, Miss Dale’s request is that the rest of us are biased, but you’re not. You even treat Olivia very nicely and often help her.”

“Mom.” Doris put down her brush and looked up indifferently.

“Do you know Olivia? Do you know who she is? What’s her personality like?”

The three consecutive questions made Megan completely dumbfounded. She was completely at a loss.

Doris went forward and held her mother’s hand. She pointed at the exquisite and beautiful paintings in the room. “Mom, look, these are so beautiful”

Megan nodded.

Doris’s tone was indifferent and cold. “It’s so beautiful. Just by looking at it, she can’t help but feel jealous. Moreover, you deliberately praised me and belittled Olivia in front of her face.

“As time passes, who knows if she will have any thoughts that she shouldn’t have. It’s fine if she destroys these paintings, but if she destroys me…”

Megan was shocked and subconsciously shook her head. “I don’t think so.”

Julian also frowned. “Olivia doesn’t look like a petty person. If your Stella wants to learn how to make sandwiches from her, she has already taught her. She doesn’t hide anything at all.”

“Dad.” Doris reminded him coldly, “Don’t forget that Olivia isn’t our family at all. Think about it, she must have offended someone. That’s why she went through so much trouble to set up such a trap.”

Megan didn’t understand. “That’s right. Why do you think she would lie? If there’s really a grudge, wouldn’t it be better to beat her up to vent your anger?”

Stella also muttered, “How did Olivia offend them?”

“What else could it be?” Doris’s tone was disdainful. “Just look at how she looks. She must have been a mistress and was discovered by the original wife.”

Doris despised women like this the most.

She herself was a genius. She had gone from a small town to one of the top universities in the capital. She knew how to play the violin and drew well.

She was outstanding, so she looked down on those who sold their bodies.

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Doris reminded them coldly. “Be careful. Don’t let her get close to me

After saying that, she turned around and continued drawing Just as she picked up her painthe her right hand, she suddenly remembered something

Her tone was cold. “In the future, lower your volume when you make the sandwiches in the morning”

It was so notsy

She only knew how to make sandwiches all day long. She was happy every day. However, she was so happy because of such small profits.

She thought of her roommate’s parents, who were professors at Capital University, and then looked at Megan and Julian.

Doris’s heart was filled with frustration.

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Olivia was really too tired. She fell asleep the moment she returned to her room.

She only woke up in the afternoon.

When she opened her eyes, she realized that there were a few missed calls on her phone. They were all from Gillian.

She got up to wash her face and comb her hair. After saying goodbye to Megan, she left the house. Gillian was waiting for her in a private room in a restaurant.

As soon as Olivia entered, the restaurant owner welcomed him with a face full of joy. “Miss Sandwich, you’re here. Go up to the second floor. Your friend is waiting for you there.”

Olivia smiled politely and went upstairs.

“Gillian, long time no see.” Olivia was very happy to see her friend.

Gillian quietly sized up Olivia and realized that she had lost a lot of weight recently. There were also dark circles under her eyes.

However, she was very energetic. There was wind under her feet, and she was very happy.

Gillian lowered her head and took a sip of water, using the cup to hide the haze in her eyes.

It had been half a month, but Olivia was still so sunny and lively. There was no gloom in her eyes.

Could it be that the Taylor family did not do as she said and did not reject Olivia?

Gillian was dissatisfied. She decided that later on, she would give Megan and the others a piece of advice to remind them not to forget their business.

“How have you been recently?” Gillian smiled and said in a teasing tone, “Your sandwiches are selling well. I’ve heard seven or eight rhymes alone.”

Olivia smiled mysteriously like a kitten. “Gillian, let me tell you a secret. Actually, I made up those rhymes.”

“What?” Gillian’s hand that was holding the glass of water paused. “You made it up?”

“Yes, yes.” Olivia nodded. Then, she took out a wrinkled book from her bag. It was called “Manual for Marketing Success“.

“Look!” Olivia happily displayed her treasure. “I bought it at an old bookstall at the market. It’s only two dollars.”

Gillian looked at the blurry words on the book and fell into deep thought.

This thing was obviously a pirated book.

Moreover, the title of the book was too aspirational.

It was obvious that it was that kind of motivational speech to deceive noobs who don’t know anything. Gillian did not even know how to look at this thing. She felt that it was a waste of time to even glance at it.

She did not expect Olivia to read such things.

Gillian felt secretly pleased with herself.

It was a sense of superiority that made her feel superior to Olivia.

“Don’t read this kind of book.” Gillian’s tone was disdainful. “They’re all lying to ignorant noobs. They’re useless.”

Books like these were basically trash. It was useless.

It was for those who did not have time to focus on learning. The goal was to give these people the illusion that they had learned knowledge.

However, in the end, it was just an illusion. They would not learn the real thing.

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Hearing Gillian speak about the book she liked like this, Olivia was stunned.

She raised her hand and touched the book with a stunned expression.

Gillian took the book and flipped through it. She realized that Olivia had actually taken notes.

The notes were very detailed. There were almost a hundred words on every page.

Gillian’s gaze was filled with disdain. “Don’t look at these useless things. If you like to read, I’ll get you a few good books. These are all lies.”

“It’s a lie?” Olivia was really surprised. “But I think it’s useful. I followed the method taught here and managed the social media account. I already have a lot of fans.”

Gillian asked casually, “How many?”

“380 thousand.”

“Pili!”

Gillian spat. Fortunately, it was aimed at the side.

Otherwise, she would have spat all her saliva on the table.

Gillian placed her left hand on the table and coughed for a long time. Her face was red and he only looked up after a long time.

“What did you just say? Say it again?”

Olivia blinked her beautiful eyes and asked, “Gillian, are you asking how many fans the account has?” Gillian nodded.

“389,762.”

Gillian was so done.

Olivia must be teasing her.

It had only been two weeks since she left, but she had already sold sandwiches and started a social media account. She had 380 thousand fans.

Fuck. If she was in a marketing company, she would be considered a genius after gaining 380 thousand followers in two weeks.

However, Olivia actually learned it from a pirated book.

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Gillian did not believe it.

Olivia handed the phone over for her to look at the background data.

Gillian took a closer look.

Olivia was really lying. It was indeed not 389,762.

It was 389,788.

In just two minutes, she had gained 26 fans.

How was that possible?

Could it be like those fantasy novels? The secret manual for success is hidden in a small village! Gillian quickly flipped through the tattered book.

Now, her mentality when reading this book was different.

Previously, when she saw the title “Manual for Marketing Success“, she felt that it was so silly.

Looking at it now, it was simple and direct. It was obvious at a glance that it was written by an expert.

She immediately flipped it open.

The content inside was,

  1. What’s the benefit of having a social media account?

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  1. How to identify and accurately target audiences
  2. Typesetting is very important
  3. A Free Way
  4. Sincere Advice for Attracting Fans
  5. How to Retain Fans

They were more or less the same. It didn’t matter if it was said or not. It didn’t have any actual use.

Gillian looked at it again and again, but she did not see anything special.

She frowned and looked at Olivia. “Did you really learn from this?”

Olivia nodded. “Yes.”

She reached out and tapped it with her fingertip. “Look, I even took notes.”

Gillian read Olivia’s notes carefully.

She realized that she had written very carefully. Combined with the content taught in the book and the characteristics of her sandwich shop, she made a plan of action step by step. Every step was implementable.

The notes Olivia had written were indeed based on what was taught in the book, but she had purified them and combined them with reality to find the best solution.

Gillian read it and did not speak for a long time.

Seeing that she was silent, Olivia thought that Gillian was sad, so she explained, “Gillian, I know you’re doing this for my own good. You’re afraid that I’ll waste my time and not be able to learn anything after reading the books.”

She propped her chin on her hand and smiled cutely. “Actually, I don’t think there are any useless books. It’s just whether the person who studies it is serious or not. Even if it’s something common, as long as you’re serious, you can learn something.”

As she spoke, Olivia raised her hand and took the book back. She carefully closed it and put it in her bag. Gillian’s fingers that were holding the glass of water trembled a little. It took her a long time to stabilize them.

She thought of a question. “It’s okay in town, but most of the villagers are old people. Many of them don’t know how to use it. How did you get them to pay attention?”

Olivia chuckled. “I’ve thought of this problem, but they’re all using WhatsApp now, so this isn’t a problem. The key is how to use and protect them after they become fans. We can’t possibly have new sandwiches every day, right?”

Olivia had indeed thought about this problem. She could not sleep for a few days. She thought about it day and night and finally thought of a good idea.

She took out her phone and let Gillian look at the app on it. Her tone was light. “I realized that Amazon and the other apps will spend money to buy new members. It’s about ten dollars per member. As long as a new person registers and logs in, they will give commission.”

Olivia looked serious. “Many of the old people in the village have never used Amazon before. They are all new users. As long as they register on Amazon, they are new members and can get money.

“I’ll post such a link and let them register themselves. Then, I’ll give them a direct rebate.”

“Will they register?” Gillian frowned. “It’s easy to follow social media accounts, but it’s very difficult to register on an app. You still have to download it.”

“Look at this.” Olivia waved her phone and showed it to Gillian. “This is a comic I drew. It teaches the elderly how to register.”

The manga was simple and straightforward. Moreover, the process was clear and easy to understand. She didn’t need to read to understand.

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Olivia continued, “This is just one of the ways to retain fans. Not everyone will register. There are more messages about the sandwiches in the account.”

Olivia was really serious about her business. Painstaking effort has been put into every tiny detail.

She told Gillian, “I really intend to make turn my sandwiches into a big business.”

Gillian originally wanted to ask if Olivia was sad these few days and if she was jealous of her favored and outstanding sister.

However, looking at the dazzling Olivia, she suddenly could not bring herself to ask those words.

Olivia’s willpower was never limited to a small world. Her eyes were always focused on her heart and the vast world.

Chapter 249

The food in the restaurant was not bad.

Olivia found everything delicious. She only felt full after eating two platefuls of food in a row.

Gillian teased, “Why? Did your family starve you?”

The corners of Olivia’s lips curled up slightly. Her smile was faint, but it was just right.

“It’s not that they starve me. It’s just that I’ve eaten enough of the sandwiches. I eat it every day. I’m tired of it.”

Gillian smiled and did not reply.

She picked up the cup and took a sip of water. After a while, she said, “There’s something I have to tell

you.”

Olivia nodded.

“You built the sandwich shop. You have to watch it carefully. Don’t let anyone pick the fruit.”

Olivia looked up and thought seriously for a while. She did not say anything and only smiled.

After leaving the restaurant.

Gillian immediately called Megan and asked her to suggest that the restaurant would be reserved for Doris in the future in front of others.

She wouldn’t give Olivia a single cent.

After hanging up the phone, Gillian raised her hand and flipped her hair.

She thought of what her grandfather had said countless times.

He said that Olivia’s medical skills were good. In the future, the Smith family would have to be supported by Olivia. She and Jarron would support Olivia.

For what reason?

They were both granddaughters of the Smith family. Olivia was the youngest. Why should she take over? Gillian was unwilling.

Now, she also wanted Olivia to taste the bias she had once suffered.

“Let’s see how Olivia can remain calm when Julian and Megan hand the Taylor family over to Doris,” she thought.

After dinner, Olivia wandered outside for an entire afternoon before returning home.

Dinner was already prepared at home.

At the sight of Olivia’s return, Megan’s expression was a little unnatural.

The others also pursed their lips and pulled a long face. They didn’t look too happy.

Olivia raised her eyebrows.

She thought to herself, “Why did my family change in just one afternoon?”

They were still very close to her in the morning, but now they were cold.

“Olivia Megan cleared her throat. “I have something to tell you.”

Stella was easily embarrassed and could not bear to hear what Megan said next. She only said, “I’ll go to the kitchen to take a look.”

Then, she left in a hurry

Olivia sat on the chair and glanced at Stella’s back indifferently. Then, she lowered her eyes and seemed to be deep in thought.

“Here’s the thing. Megan sat on a stool, holding her phone in her hand.

Her phone was on, and she was having a call with Gillian

Gillian wanted to know Olivia’s reaction immediately. She wanted to see her shock, pain, and unwillingness… Just like what she had suffered in the past.

“The sandwich shop at home. Your father and I want to leave it to Doris in the future. We also want to give this building to Doris.”

When Megan first spoke, her tone was still not very smooth, but as she spoke, she became more and more fluent. “Doris is the smartest and most outstanding child in our family. After getting into Capital University, she will have to settle down in a big city in the future. As parents, we can’t help much. We can only leave her more assets.”

“Olivia, what do you think?” Megan deliberately asked Olivia.

Olivia held an orange in her hand and slowly peeled it. She broke off a piece and stuffed it into her mouth. before looking up at Megan. “Mom, isn’t it a little too early to talk about this?”

On the other side, Gillian was excited when she heard this.

“It’s coming. It’s coming!”

“Get angry, get angry, be indignant, get angry to your heart’s content!”

She would be filled with resentment, just like her in the past

Hearing Olivia’s indifferent words, Megan was a little angry. She questioned, “Are you unwilling? Let me tell you, whether you’re willing or not, this family has to be left to Doris.

“She’s the hope of our Taylor family. She’s a university student and will become a great painter in the future. We have to give all the money and things in the family to Doris!”

The orange was a little sour. Olivia frowned and swallowed it.

She was a little too lazy to speak.

It was a very strange feeling. Half a month ago, she was still close to Megan and the others. She wanted to treat them well and work hard for them.

But in the past few days, this feeling had suddenly faded a lot.

Sometimes, looking at these people, Olivia actually felt that they were unfamiliar.

She did not want to argue with Megan about this matter.

However, she thought that since she was her biological mother, there were still some things that she had

to say.

She pinched the orange and deliberated over her tone. “Mom, don’t you think you’re a little too short–sighted?”

“What the hell?” thought Megan.

Megan was dumbfounded, wondering, “Why did she turn against me?”

“What short–sightedness?” Megan asked subconsciously.

Olivia licked her lower lip, feeling more and more strange.

During this period of time, although she was always busy selling sandwiches, she rarely interacted with

Doris.

However, even after such a short interaction, she could sense that Doris was stupid.

Be it in terms of IQ, EQ, or the way she conducted herself, she was like a primary school student. She was childish, aloof, and looked down on others.

Such a person could get into Capital University?

Apart from Donis, Gillian was also very stupid.

The instigation was too obvious.

However, Olivia could sense that she did not have any bad intentions, so she did not pay much attention

to IL

Olivia threw the orange peel into the wastebasket. She looked at Megan and said in a puzzled tone, “Why

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are you bringing this up now? Can’t you wait a few years until I make the sandwiches into a big business?” God, Olivia really didn’t want to say it so bluntly.

It was just a sandwich shop. She had only managed it for half a month and it had already reached such a scale. When she expanded the sandwich business, wouldn’t it be better for Megan to come and snatch it then?

Why was she talking about this now?

Even Olivia didn’t covet over such a small sandwich shop in town, let alone others.

Moreover, Doris sat at the side without saying a word, tacitly agreeing to this matter.

If Megan was said to be a simple woman who was not so scheming, Doris was a student at Capital University.

Her thoughts were too shallow!

Olivia felt that if she played mind games, she could play them to death.

It was so strange. In her memory, everyone said that she was stupid and did not know anything, but why did she feel that she was not stupid?

“Mom” Olivia took Megan’s hand and suggested sincerely, “Give me another two years. At least let me expand sandwich’s business into the city before you want it! Aren’t you afraid that I’ll be wary of you if you bring it up now?”

Megan was dumbfounded.

Doris was stunned.

On the other end of the line, Gillian was also stunned.

Olivia continued, “Sigh, your idea is really not great. You see, I’m the one that makes the sandwiches. I run the sandwich shop. I also found a way to accumulate fans. In other words, everything is dependent on me alone.

“Under such circumstances, shouldn’t you guys please me? Then you can make me support my brothers and sisters. When I expand the sandwich business in the future, I’ll give my brothers and sisters some dividends.

“How about this? I’ll personally manage the business and bear the burden. Brother and sister can get dividends without doing anything. This is the way a smart person should do things.”

Olivia was really ignorant.

How could anyone be so short–sighted?

She actually wanted to chase away the most capable person when the business was rising.

She wanted to say something, but some images suddenly flashed through her mind.

It seemed that someone had once said that she would inherit the family business and be the pillar of the family. Her brothers and sisters would do nothing but enjoy the dividends.

Actually, this was not very fair, but because she liked her brother and sister, she agreed.

In the end, her brothers and sisters were unwilling and despised her for snatching away their assets. However, they did not think about it. With their own medical skills, could they support the Smith family? The memory was only a flash, and it quickly disappeared.

Olivia did not probe further. She just looked at Megan seriously and sincerely suggested, “I think my idea is not bad, but if you insist on leaving this sandwich shop to Doris, I’m also okay with that.

“I can do something else. It’s just a sandwich shop. If you like it, take it. It’s no big deal.” When she said this, Olivia’s tone was indifferent. She did not take the sandwich shop seriously at all. This kind of indifference and nonchalance instantly shocked the people of the Taylor family. In their opinion, the sandwich shop was a huge golden hen, and it was personally created by Olivia.

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She actually said that she didn’t want it. She didn’t have any hesitation at all.

Even Doris looked at Olivia in surprise.

Although she looked down on selling sandwiches, she occasionally heard her mother, Megan, nag about it. She knew how shocking the amount of money made was.

Olivia actually abandoned it just like that.

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Olivia seemed to be a man of her word.

After saying that she didn’t want the shop, she never interfered in the sandwich business ever again.

She didn’t even settle the accounts.

It was as if she really had no interest in money.

Megan was stunned. She was speechless for a long time.

Doris sat opposite her and pinched her fingertips. She looked at Olivia seriously and said in a surprised tone, “You really don’t want it anymore?”

Olivia nodded. “I don’t want the money in the account, but I’ll have to charge for the recipes. The three recipes I taught Stella are free. I’ll charge two thousand dollars for each recipe for the remaining seven recipes.”

“So expensive!” Megan exclaimed. “You might as well rob someone!”

Julian pulled a long face and looked at Olivia with dissatisfaction.

Doris sneered.

She had thought that she was really a noble and pure person who didn’t want anything. So she was scheming here?

She looked over and sized up Olivia for a while. She had an accurate guess in her heart.

Such an unscrupulous scheme, yet she still chose to retreat in order to advance. She must be someone’s mistress.

A person could lose their memory, but their temperament would never change.

As the saying went, mountains and rivers were easy to change, but nature was hard to change.

That was the logic.

Even though Olivia usually looked hardworking and down–to–earth, she instantly revealed her true nature at the critical moment.

Doris immediately didn’t want to interact with Olivia anymore.

She was afraid that she would be tainted by the cunning aura of a peddler.

This would affect her pure talent in painting.

Megan was very dissatisfied with the fact that Olivia wanted money for the recipes. She muttered, “How can you ask for money? It’s just a few recipes. Besides, your father and I have raised you for so many years, but we didn’t ask for money.”

Julian knocked on his cigarette and said, “You can ask for money for the recipes, but you have to return the child support we gave you for more than 20 years.”

“Alright,” Olivia agreed immediately. “It’s only right for me to return my parents‘ child support. However, I don’t have any money on hand now. I can’t get so much money in a short period of time. The few recipes are the only valuable thing I have. How about this? I’ll sell them publicly.

“Now that sandwich business is so popular, I’m sure many people are willing to buy it. I won’t sell too much. I’ll charge four thousand dollars for each recipe. Once I get the money, I’ll give it to you.”

“How can you do that?” Megan was dumbfounded. “This is our family’s recipe. If you sell it, others will also sell sandwiches. What should we do?”

Julian was also mute.

He only wanted to put pressure on Olivia and ask her to give them the recipe for free. He did not expect her to sell it.

His face immediately darkened.

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“Mom.” Olivia was reasonable. “As parents, you have to be reasonable. You said that sandwich shop will be

left to Doris, and I agreed. You said that you want me to pay for the child support, and I agreed. What else do you want from me?”

Megan was at a loss for words.

It was still Doris who spoke.

“Olivia, you can’t be scheming toward your relatives. You’re Mom’s child. Everything you have should belong to Mom, let alone a few recipes. How can you ask for money?”

Doris spoke righteously with disdain.

She despised Olivia’s scheme.

Olivia leaned back in her chair and tapped her fingertips on the back of the chair. “Of course I’ll be filial to my parents. If this shop belongs to my parents, I’ll definitely give it to them. But the problem now is that this shop is yours.

“Even if we’re biological sisters, there’s no reason for you to take advantage of me like this. Doris, you’re still a university student.”

Doris was instantly speechless.

She frowned and thought for a long time, but she could not think of anything to refute Olivia.

At this moment, Julian slammed his palm on the table and said angrily, “Alright, we’re all family. How can. you be so squabbly? Let’s not talk about today first. All of you go and rest. We’ll talk tomorrow.”

He chased them all away.

Julian quickly gestured for Megan to speak to Gillian.

The two of them were on the phone, so Gillian heard the situation clearly.

She had a headache.

The Taylor family’s situation was different from the Smith family’s. Whatever the Taylor family had was all from Olivia.

However, the Smith family belonged to her grandfather.

Therefore, she and Jarron were qualified to have a share.

Derek and Doris from the Taylor family were not qualified to get Olivia’s sandwich shop.

The two situations cannot be analogous.

“How about this?” Gillian said. “Let’s forget about this matter first and not mention it again. In a few days, you said that you have a high–ranking official in your family who can take care of your children. Then, you can bring Derek and Doris over, but not Olivia. I’ll give you the specifics in advance.”

There was always a knot in Gillian’s heart because of things similar to this.

Ever since she was young, every time her grandfather hosted a big shot from Capital City, he would only bring Olivia over. He only brought Olivia to visit Mr. Swift who was in the convalescence home.

Mr. Swift was such an extraordinary person.

That was a figure that could only be seen on television. He was the top leader of the country.

Why did he only bring Olivia to meet such a big shot?

Gillian felt that it was unfair.

Therefore, she wanted Olivia to feel it too.

A few days later, Megan said that she wanted to bring Doris to visit her relative.

That relative was a high–ranking official in the province and had power and influence.

She wanted him to take care Doris.

“Yes.” Olivia’s expression did not change as she skillfully made the sandwiches.

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stay at home and look after the shop. I’ll bring your brother and Doris over.”

Olivia nodded. “Got it.”

Megan could not understand what Olivia was thinking. She stared at her for a long time and realized that she was not angry or jealous at all. Her expression was calm.

How could this be?

Megan didn’t understand.

However, she did not need to figure it out. She just needed to follow Gillian’s instructions.

In the afternoon, the Taylor family’s shop was empty, leaving only Olivia.

Everyone else had gone to the province.

Today’s sandwiches were sold out early.

Olivia had nothing to do, so she sat on the chair and read.

After reading two pages, Gillian arrived.

“Gillian, come in quickly,” Olivia called out.

Gillian looked around and realized that there was only Olivia. She pretended to be curious. “Why are you the only one here? Where’s Mr. Taylor and the others?”

Olivia took a bottle of water and handed it to Gillian. “They brought Doris to the province.”

“Province?”

“Yes, yes.” Olivia nodded. “They went to the province to see my uncle. I have an uncle who is an official in the province. My mother said she’s bringing Doris around and she wants my uncle to guide Doris in the future.”

Gillian frowned. “Then why didn’t she bring you along?”

Olivia didn’t care at all. “That’s nothing.”

“Why aren’t you angry at all?” Gillian was disappointed. “This is such a good opportunity. He’ll be a connection in the future. How can they leave you behind? This is too much!”

Olivia could not help but laugh. “Gillian, you’re so cute.”

Gillian frowned. “What do you mean?”

Olivia held the glass of water and took a sip before saying, “Who said that someone you meet once will be a connection? Gillian, aren’t you thinking too simply about connections?

“I don’t study much and don’t know much, but I know that the essence of connections is the exchange of resources. You have to have the ability to be able to build connections. Otherwise, it’s useless.”

Gillian shook her head. “Just because you can’t use it now doesn’t mean you won’t be able to use it in the future.”

Olivia raised her eyebrows and suddenly smiled. “Ms. Gillian, if you don’t have any strength in your connections, it’s like a pavilion in the air. You’ll only consume yourself and won’t bring any actual benefits.”

How could it be consumption?

Gillian didn’t believe it.

“Olivia, let me tell you a story.”

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Gillian told a story.

In the story, there was an old gentleman with the surname Smith. He was a brilliant doctor.

He had two granddaughters. The elder granddaughter was gentle and quiet. She had a reserved and considerate personality and loved medicine a lot.

The younger granddaughter was lively and mischievous. She liked to join in the fun. She had learned to play the violin, paint, and play chess but could not settle down to study medicine.

However, the old gentleman was exceptionally partial towards his younger granddaughter.

Whenever a big shot came to the family to seek medical treatment, the old gentleman always brought his younger granddaughter over but never his elder granddaughter.

Over time, those big shots had an impression of his younger granddaughter and treated her very well.

Later, his elder granddaughter inherited the family business and invited these big shots to participate in the ceremony.

Unexpectedly, when these big shots heard that his younger granddaughter was not around, they didn’t want to come as invited.

They had already become his younger granddaughter’s connections.

Gillian was very emotional, but Olivia was not listening attentively.

She was fiddling with her phone.

Gillian was unhappy. “Why aren’t you saying anything?”

Olivia looked up. “What should I say?”

Gillian took a deep breath. “Don’t you think the old man is partial?”

Olivia tapped her fingertips on the table and sighed lightly. “Gillian, have you ever thought of one thing?”

“What?” Gillian tilted her head.

Olivia continued. “You said those big shots were there to seek medical treatment. Then why did the old gentleman take his younger granddaughter with him? Did he bring her over to make a mess? Or can a doctor bring a child into the operating room?”

Gillian was stunned by the question.

“You also said that the old gentleman is a miracle doctor. He won’t do meaningless things. Then why did he take his younger granddaughter with him?” Olivia held up one finger. “There’s only one reason that makes sense. His granddaughter appeared as his assistant.”

“No way!” Gillian exclaimed. “His younger granddaughter is very young. She’s only in her teens. How can she be his assistant?”

Olivia’s tone was calm as she asked, “Then why did the miracle doctor bring a teenage girl with him when he was curing his patients? Gillian, you’re a grown–up. You should know that one would never try to make connections when others are sick unless he’s lost his mind.

“For example, when you’re as sick as a dog and in unbearable pain, someone brings a child over and tells you how cute and smart the child is. At such a moment, will you like this child?”

Gillian’s entire body trembled violently as if she had suffered a big blow. She kept shaking her head and muttering, “No, it wasn’t true! No, no.”

“There’s another doubtful point.” Olivia continued, “You said those people are all big shots and elites in the industry. These people are smart cookies and won’t act recklessly merely based on their personal preferences. There must be a reason why they rejected the elder granddaughter and liked the younger

one.”

At this point, Olivia paused and voiced her thoughts. “I don’t think the elder granddaughter should

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and attention on the younger granddaughter because she’ll probably have psychological

to herself and strive to improve her strength. Why bother with those big shots? If her medical

shot.

she play up to others? Isn’t

elder granddaughter. Her grandfather was a miracle doctor, and she had

all out

would take the initiative to associate

it

why not work hard to improve herself and let others come and please

the end. “I don’t like to associate with big shots. I like to become a big shot myself.” Gillian was already speechless. She was

left as if she was escaping without saying

Taylor family returned at night, their faces were

a high–ranking official on this trip, Gillian had also given them

Association organized one

participants were all recommended by the association’s

for Doris.

it was not a large–scale

this competition, she could get to know many

taken in as a

a sudden

in a state of excitement. She had even stomped

Gillian returned to her residence. As soon as she entered the door, she saw another person in

Ernesto was back.

to have such a wide network. You even know the people from

of her mouth curled up into a

from the Painting Association. That teacher was also the president

Association

teacher was Olivia’s

she was nothing but Olivia’s

sadly. “No, I don’t

Ernesto raised his eyebrows.

was down in spirit. “Back then, I learned to paint together with Olivia. Grandpa hired Mrs. Rose Liebsig, the

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so he only

shoulders could not

remembered how disappointed she was at that time. It still stung her whenever she recalled

Olivia?” Ernesto raised his eyebrows. Your grandfather has indeed gone too far in this matter. You

That Mrs. Liebsig is also to blame. Why must she want one disciple only? So what harm

angry and

now.” Saul

almost a month, Saul had already had a grip

search.

any doubts, he would start

full name, and

was

family’s lineal

in surprise

this Mrs. Liebsig has gone too far. She said she would only want one disciple,

She’s a

hand holding the pen paused, and he subconsciously

red as if it

not know if she was

years

by only wanting one disciple? It was just Rose’s excuse that she looked down

take in another two disciples five years later if

side, angrily accusing Rose of not keeping her

word he said, Gillian looked more ashamed on

anymore and nudged Saul. “Enough! Stop it.” If he nagged again, Gillian would be furious in

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was listening for fun. She was not very interested in

the main character of the gossip came

was a very agile

for a second when she saw

I guess you’re

looking for Doris?

at the stairs, and a look of desire flashed across

“I’m not going up. I’ll leave Doris to finish her work

The painting competition?

How did Bettany know

It was an

mainly held to

was not the point. What mattered was whether any teacher took a

Bettany explained, “I’ve read Doris’s Facebook

Facebook status?

these two words, she immediately realized she had been blocked and could not check Doris’s

and gestured for Olivia to

was all Doris’s

of her participation in the competition, but she also

but told you what to do like a know–it–all. She was a sandwich maker the other day and now acts like a painter who knows how to mix colors. By

gaze swept

did not change, but her

of mockery and

tell the character of the person

Doris was superficial

phone to Bettany and asked her what

was carrying a lot

and color mixing. It’s not as good as the professional, but it should be helpful. Please give it to Doris for me. I hope it can be of some help

painted this. I hope Doris can

Bettany’s face. “Doris probably doesn’t have time. Well, forget about

person. When she

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D

the

frustration and said in a deep

did it mean a lot to

not

but she could feel that Doris’s work was far

the notebook to Doris and said, “Bettany told me to give you this. It’s some of her color mixing summaries. She

Doris sneered.

casually took it over and threw it on the desk

was just a junior high school student. What made her

was afraid that

bring these over again.” Doris

up and glanced at

and clear, but for some reason, Doris

Her fingertips trembled uncontrollably.

could not speak a single

fully recovered,

hell!” Doris was so mad

with the notebook and took it back

was across the street

less than two minutes, she

she saw

home?” Olivia put the notebook on

voice came from the door, and Talia

pale, and

“You’re from the Taylor

she pointed at the notebook on the table

hurriedly and started to show her the door. “Alright, I see. Thank

door. With her hand on the doorknob, she was halfway through the door when she suddenly turned around

all over and could

seemed it took her forever to speak out a word. Olivia frowned and took out

off. There were three

ground. Judging from its height and compared to the other two shadows, it should be leaning against something

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Olivia was very vigilant.

door of the small room, there was also a broken piece

had happened to

nothing had happened and

out. “Tucker, come out quickly.” Following Talia’s call, a middle–aged man in a suit and leather shoes walked out of the small room. The man did not look handsome

a smile on his face,

misunderstood. I’m Bettany’s father. I’m here to

a bad person. Talia echoed Tucker’s words and even walked to Tucker’s side, looking like she trusted and

She shifted her gaze to look at the shadow at the door of the

Tucker did not understand why Olivia asked

her head and gestured for them to look

What are you going to do?

a mentally strong person. When she heard this, she freaked out. “How did

“Shut up!” Tucker scolded.

wondering how she could admit it when others just said

looked at Olivia gloomily. His

Was he threatening her?

of threats. If the

compromise if

even bother to pay attention to Tucker. She directly pushed the door open

rushed over excitedly to the Taylor family for sandwiches but ended in disappointment, “Officer, I need

the room, witnessed everything. He was so angry that he clenched his

was covered

move or wasn’t damaged at all. On the contrary, he

it! He

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locked herself in the room and trembled as she

read the introduction of Rose on Wikipedia

introduction was

that Rose took in her fourth disciple that year, whose surname was Taylor. Five

was also an exclusive interview

admitted that when she took in her first disciple, she had already thought of taking in seven

was because she liked

ground and

immediately after the phone went through, “Mrs. Liebsig, you said you would only accept

call from

walked to the sofa and sat down, drinking water and

she listened, the more confused she

the end, she could not help but interrupt Gillian. “Wait, you said that

that true?”

didn’t think there was any

Painting Association and a current oil painting master. If her grandfather hadn’t invited her, Rose

misunderstood.” Rose smiled. “I don’t know your grandfather too well.

It wasn’t Grandpa who’d invited you?” Gillian didn’t believe it. “Then why did you

connections, and people from all walks of life would do him a favor. No one would turn

“I think you’ve thought too highly of Doctor Smith.

superb, but he’s just a doctor, after all. Why would everyone humor

why did you

Rose told the truth. “I happened to see Olivia’s painting at an art exhibition then. I spent a lot of effort

to waste her breath with Gillian. “I went

fists tightly and barely managed to calm herself down. “So, you’ve never considered taking

almost forgotten about what happened back then. It had been so many

time, she said, “Ms. Gillian, I’m very strict about choosing disciples. I don’t just go around taking

mention he’s only a

heart began to ache, and her scalp went numb. It took her quite a

you’ve praised me and

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just being polite. Do you understand

being polite by grading them for me every year?” Gillian was

never seen someone as insensible as you. Don’t you know how to read faces? Can’t you tell

Olivia to bring your mediocre paintings to me for grading again and again?

this, Rose got

feel that Gillian was too thick–skinned for having ordered Olivia without any gratitude and

paintings back then. She begged me again and again. Ms. Gillian, you owe it to Olivia. Because

Gillian would be an ordinary person among the millions. She would have no chance or be in no place to come into contact with those

the funny thing was that instead of being grateful for Olivia, she

be more

give you a recommended entry to participate in the painting

that, she hung up

shop, in order not to disturb Doris with her painting, everyone from the Taylor family dared not to speak

making sandwiches in the morning

had nothing much to do, Olivia

It was distant

happy with it. She felt the color of the sky could be better.

casually pointed. “Add a little

looked up and glanced

Olivia, can you please go to study the sandwich ingredients if you are

not feel attached

came up to watch

responsible person. Even if she had lost her memory, she would

heavy burden and think for

didn’t care, Olivia had no intention of sucking

turned around

a word, Doris’s expression looked more

from upstairs and heard a

over. “What’s

was sitting on a chair, eating almonds while watching the scene. When she saw Olivia, she pushed the bag of almonds to her side and replied, “Something happened

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came over and frowned. “It’s Bettany’s restaurant,

spat out a mouthful of almonds and

were classmates, but compared to Doris, she lived a much

out of junior high school and

had a better life and opened a fast food restaurant

Tucker Fulham, who had been missing for many years, suddenly came

left home to earn a living. But he had been away from home for twenty

family of three to

had started another family

time. He wanted Bettany to marry a paralyzed

terrible father he is!” Megan

nodded. “Fortunately, Bettany is tough. She made a scene at the engagement ceremony, broke away

not long after she were back, Tucker chased after her

were making a scene at

some reason, Tucker had convinced Bettany’s mother, Talia, who had also urged her daughter

if Talia was really stupid or just

so what? It still couldn’t change the fact that he

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Marco, was here to get some sandwiches, but unfortunately, the

back home

He was down.

Marco’s

Thank god!

Olivia was calling

and thought he was a lousy police officer. How could his mind be

Officer Wood

going on?”

parents have knocked her out and

god!

was a big case. Even the biological parents could not sell

call to

hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. “Misunderstanding! It’s just a misunderstanding. Officer. please listen to me. We’re Bettany’s parents. Why would we

was swayed and looked toward

doctor

small room and saw Bettany lying

several times, but

he realized that something

the room, Tucker stared at Olivia with a dark gaze. His tone was ruthless. “Mind your own business. We’re Bettany’s parents.

Olivia nodded. “I

call the police?” Olivia took out her phone and found a recording. She played it to Tucker. “So, I recorded it just in case. Even if Bettany is on your side, Talia has already admitted to having drugged her. This is the evidence.” “You recorded it!” Tucker’s eyes almost popped

would I talk nonsense to you for so long? I

meaningless things. Whatever she said and did had its meaning. Moreover, the prerequisite for

an old saying that

must be closer

if Bettany sided with her parents and turned

and watched a young girl get hurt,

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her in the lurch had broken

she got the evidence in advance before calling the police. This way, nothing

Tucker was furious.

to meet such a meticulous girl in such a small

genius

all of them away, and Bettany

went to the police station to

her, “How did you find out Bettany Fulham

the door. One of them seemed

was a small

colleagues looked

observation.

extremely curious. “What made you think Tucker Fulham and Talia Fulham have drugged her

explained, “It’s because of Talia’s behavior. The daughter was in trouble, but as a mother, Talia was only panicking. There was no worry or fear on her face. This didn’t make sense at all. Recalling the previous news, everyone said Tucker and Talia wanted to marry their daughter Bettany to a paralyzed guy for Tucker’s younger daughter, so I guessed Tucker and Talia had drugged

“Oh my god,

even become

something irrelevant. “Do you usually like to read detective

head. She didn’t

you’re good. You deduced everything just by sending a notebook

Wasn’t she good?

She did not think it was such a big

colleague at the side reminded Marco, “This is just a guess.

he almost forgot about

guess should be the fact, but they had

woke up, she might cover up

all, they were

parents. And this will probably end up with nothing definite.” Leaving things unsettled was the best outcome. But they were worried that Tucker and Talia would twist the facts and accuse

Marco was dumbfounded.

beside him widened their

She was so well–prepared!

Why did you record?” Marco

answered, “I was afraid they would make a

thumbs up. “Bravo! You’re too

indeed fine. When Bettany woke up, she admitted that her parents had

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her.

did not cause any harmful consequences, and they were her parents, so Bettany did not intend to pursue the

go home and settle it on

brought some

was a little embarrassed that she had only brought some food from the restaurant. She then fetched one of the paintings and gave

this myself. It’s for you.

and saw an oil painting

delicate, and the colors were clean. The entire painting looked amiable

surprised. “Did you

Bettany’s face brightened. She talked non–stop and said

had been fond of painting since she was young. When she was still a primary school student, an art teacher

was sick, and she dropped out of school. But she

Bettany smiled, showing two dimples on her cheeks. She looked cute. “I’ve read

what she liked, Bettany changed from her previous gloominess and unhappiness. She was in

is too thick. Not good.” Doris

a pen in her hand and directly poked at the

quiet and peaceful neck of the Virgin

are you doing?” Bettany subconsciously pushed Doris

“Why did

trembled. After a long time,

was disdainful.

tears. She frowned and said impatiently, “Fine. Fine. I’ll fix it for you,

Let’s use this one. I’ll enhance it for you.” Doris arrogantly raised her

and suppressed the anger in her chest. She hugged the

arms.

“I’m sorry, Olivia. This painting

that, she left

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dinner, Megan brought up

ruthless. She even

really pitiful to have such a pair of

call the police?” Olivia nodded. “Yes, I went to return the notebook and found Bettany unconscious on the ground, so I called the

he did not speak much, but this time, he could not help but lecture her. “Don’t interfere in such matters in the future. Bettany is her daughter. She can do

Don’t interfere in other

anything. She lowered her eyes and

feeling that something

Why would they despise her for meddling

massaged her temples and the suspicion

moment, her phone

It was Gillian.

at a hotel in town

phone in her hand. She looked frustrated. Ernesto sat opposite her. His gaze lingered on Gillian’s face. After a while, he

and unwillingness in her eyes. “This is the last time. I’ll hypnotize her one last time. I want to see how Olivia will face it when she knows that the person

in love

accept it calmly? Or would Olivia be like her? Would she fight for Jarron’s attention and push her sister off the

his phone. His eyes were deep, and

at Gillian and nodded. “Sure,

“Hypnosis alone is not enough.

to be injured and get her to bring me medicine. Then, I’ll take the opportunity to hypnotize

then?” Gillian was curious. He could not have gone through so much trouble to pretend to be injured just to

chuckled. His unusually flirtatious face immediately looked so

What happened next would be that I recognized

good idea?” Ernesto turned to

Gillian was silent.

was really evil. He actually

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a location and in such a situation. In the

watch helplessly as the person she liked treated her sister well because of

a moment, Gillian nodded.

hotel. Olivia received a call from Gillian. Gillian asked her to take

think too much about it.

not as prosperous as the city. There were no

path to the east was a little remote. It was only nine o’clock

to the

stopped in

of the path, could already hear Olivia’s footsteps. He pressed his shoulder

long legs also stretched into the middle of the road, trying to trip

have discovered him at all. Everything was ready. Ernesto

hell

He was going blind!

My eyes, my eyes!

as day. Ernesto covered his eyes tightly with his hands, but even so, the light revealed between his fingers was incomparably intense,

was too

flashlight and had a clear view of the situation in the

steps inside and was about two yards away from Ernesto. She asked curiously, “Why are you lying here? Isn’t the

not see Olivia at all. He could only determine where she was based on

Ernesto

at Ernesto’s wound and frowned. “That’s chicken blood.

Ernesto was speechless.

Was she a dog? She could even smell chicken

and immediately corrected himself. “The blood is fake.

a huge stick from behind her. She held the stick in her right

not open his eyes, so he could not see Olivia’s movements. He

He nodded. “Yes.”

call the police immediately and get someone to send you to the

his head and made a painful

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gun…”

phone. “There’s a gunshot wound. I

Ernesto was dumbfounded!

How did that happen?

that the plot in the novel was like this. The male lead was shot by a gun and could not go to the hospital, let alone call the police. Therefore, the kind

Olivia

have to call the police? I already

Ernesto thought that Olivia would be like the female protagonist in the novel. She would not call the police and

why Olivia

“You’re really interesting. What makes you think I’ll help a criminal? Of course, I’m on the same side as the

casually believe in a strange man one met on the street. Even if she

have any money now. If she was extorted, she

calling the police, Ernesto couldn’t

and 3 inches tall and had practiced boxing since he was young. His skills were excellent and his explosive

pounce would

And yet…

Olivia, his abdomen was

hurt so

struck in mid–air, Ernesto fell to the ground with a thud and rolled on the ground in

covering his face. He covered his stomach with

flashlight and shone it

exotic face, Olivia’s body shook

Then, countless memories returned.

She remembered!

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for self–defense and leaned forward. She easily restrained Ernesto and tapped a few acupoints on his

no longer felt

Oh! How magicall

he was still surprised, something even more

coldly. “Ernesto, have you had enough

expression changed drastically

He was stunned.

he said,

Then, she announced coldly, “The hypnosis

ground and looked at Olivia in disbelief. “Impossible, impossible. How can

could be removed from

in a low voice, “I woke up

do you mean?” Ernesto

I’ll hand myself over to someone else without

her, she had made all the necessary preparations in advance. Not only did she have to give a psychological hint, but as long as she saw Ernesto’s face, she

a time limit

had secretly arranged would immediately appear and take her away. They would also think of a

happened, the hypnosis

pressure Fesmuowana through the Hushe Republic, asking Ernesto to remove

not be under Emesto’s control,

was a

alley, Olivia threw the flashlight to Ernesto and pressed the button

on her left wrist

than three minutes

was Pets and

the raver of them

modded le due

as tw quickly ran a few

going to see Cullat as you want to and tren who

not log and track at

Ese and Does she

Regret of

walk

a cow how

get a

ducked

on her face, blurring

could still feel the coldness

mind, regret was the most meaningless

had already done those hurtful things. She had already hurt others.

was just to make herself feel at

in exchange for the Wilcox family’s hypnotism. Now that the hypnosis is

this point, Olivia paused and continued, “I’m not a good–tempered person, and my patience is limited.

with Ernesto, which made him

the threat in Olivia’s tone, but her attitude of leaving

if after tonight, they were

suddenly felt

to

not give him any time to speak. She got into the car and closed

were extremely cold and heartless. She did

time Ernesto came back to his senses, the black car had already left like an arrow and

was a thick, foul–smelling

What a hateful girl!

his feet in anger. How could there be such a woman? She

drove and asked Olivia where she was going and if she wanted to go back to the

looked out of the window. Her tone was even colder than the night wind. “There’s no need. You guys can go over later and take the notes I

“Where

looked at the lights not far away. She suddenly thought of

was only a faint light in

and knocked

while, Bettany

and

hesitated. After all, it was almost midnight. It was really not safe to get into

Olivia had helped

courage

already so late. What’s the

nervous and

I’m here to tell you

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give

surprised. “Where are

when a few clangs came from outside the

was knocking on the

window and frowned at Tucker outside the car. “What are you doing here?” Tucker curled his lips and looked past Bettany

him.

not to meddle in other people’s business in the future. Otherwise,

Tucker’s

hand to chase him

and looked embarrassed, finding

while, she said, “Olivia, during this period of

she finished speaking,

admit that their biological

calmly. “He can’t

that Bettany’s expression was still worried, Olivia added,

news that Olivia was leaving immediately, Bettany first heaved a sigh of relief and then was shocked. “You’re not coming back anymore? You’re not going

hand. “You’re mistaken. I’m not the Taylor family’s daughter. I just lived in the Taylor family for a period of

a little stunned, but she was very smart

reason.

ask further. She only looked at Olivia

and said casually, “Let’s leave it

“Wait for me here. I’ll be back

toward the door. After a while, she came back with a painting. ‘Olivia, this is for you.” Bettany looked

painting and looked at it. Suddenly, she smiled and said, “Then I’ll also give you a gift.” “Huh?” Bettany was

not far away. When he

this young lady was so lucky to be favored by

future, she might have some

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people in the sandwich shop found

panicked. “What should we do? Olivia

your time. Maybe she’s gone out.”

was, “There’s no need to look for her. She’s

hung

of the Taylor

a deep breath and said, “She has left

said in a dissatisfied tone, “She is really too much. She didn’t

was considerate and sensible, so Megan had already

She started to grumble.

and said mockingly, “Mother, you really

of Olivia. It was already good enough that Olivia was not angry and didn’t take revenge. How

Stella

suddenly shouted, “Oh no, we still don’t know the

was a

learned three of them, and she was not very good at making them.

should we do?” Stella was so anxious that she stomped

you panicking for?” Doris came down from upstairs and reprimanded, “It’s just a few sandwich–filling recipes. Don’t act like you haven’t seen the world. When I participate in this internal competition organized by the Painting Association, I’ll be chosen by one of the teachers of the Painting Association and taken in as a disciple. At that time, I’ll have everything I want. How can a few recipes compare?”

After hearing her daughter’s words, she suddenly felt more confident. “Yes, Doris’s painting is the most important.

affect Doris’s painting. We might

head and glared at Derek

frowned slightly. “Don’t be blinded by these small

from the Painting Association, I’ll be famous. Any random painting can be sold for thousands of dollars or even one hundred thousand dollars. You’re

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family doted on her and obeyed her. She was used to being domineering. Even when

was used to her attitude

Olivia’s sincere way of thinking for others. When she helped others, she would not make

Doris again,

say anything. He just turned around and went

was painting in her room when she suddenly received a

pen and looked

She

shoes and ran

at the counter and looked at Bettany’s back

nervous. She quickly explained for Bettany, “Bettany is still young. She hasn’t seen you for many years and is a little distant. She definitely isn’t on the side of outsiders.” Bettany received the package and opened it as she walked toward the

to me and marry into the Hall family. In the future, you can have whatever you want. Don’t

was tearing the package

at Tucker. Her tone was cold. “Tucker, I’m calling you Dad for the

“How can you talk to your

the sorrow in her heart. “Mom, I’m your daughter. Do

just an engagement. Your father said that the company is in danger now and only the Hall family can

take it anymore. “Why should I help him? Doesn’t he

can you be so heartless and not act like an elder sister at all? You really

his anger on Talia. “How did

Bettany is still young and hasn’t interacted with Missy before. She

grew impatient. “Bettany

Hall family. Even if you use despicable methods to knock me out and marry me, I won’t let

slapped Bettany and looked at Bettany angrily with

used to her

longer hurt. She just felt

Talia coldly. “Mom, you’re such

she ran

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called out to

to come from hell. “Ignore her. Let’s see how long she can hold on. A girl shouldn’t be too stubborn. Doesn’t she like to paint? Let’s break one of her hands and see

couldn’t help

flashed in the depths

Tucker. Bettany is too young

Talia and suddenly

His voice was gentle. “I knew it.

head

and washed her face with cold water to calm herself

didn’t understand. She

who had been relying on her for so many years and had always doted on her, suddenly change

mother even wanted to force her to

her face,

It should be a

that it should be

painting, so Olivia also gave her a

opened. Inside was not a painting, but

found it strange. Did people still write letters these

realized that it was not a letter but a thin

What exactly was it?

more confused. Was it

a thin golden paper shell and

was a line

over. The more she looked, the heavier her breathing became, and

was actually an invitation to

her wrist trembled slightly.

she suspected that she

hard and looked

It

given to her by Olivia. Who exactly

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invitation letter, her heart pounding so fast that it was about

and over again, feeling like she was

good thing really happen to her?

not a

young age, she had already taken on the burden of the family. This had trained her to

decisive person.

the invitation, she had to

she did not understand this

letter in her arms. After running a few steps, she turned

was in

so she had to give it

Bettany walk over, Doris was a little surprised. “Why are

letter. As she ran too

for

Her eyes were bright like the stars in the

Doris was instantly stunned.

seen such a bright and dazzling Bettany. It seemed that ever since she met Bettany, Bettany had always been depressed. Although she was energetic and decisive, there was always

in her eyes.

the competition with you!” Bettany couldn’t control

first, Doris did not react and thought that Bettany was joking. However, when she lowered her head, she saw

Bettany’s name written on

was too surprised and couldn’t believe it. “What’s wrong, Doris?”

time, it did not seem like a good idea for her

was a

moment she received the invitation, she was too excited. Her mind was

in this competition. The two of

participated in

Bettany with a

and carefully observed Doris’s expression. Seeing that Doris really did not seem

rubbed the words on the invitation letter lovingly. “Olivia?” Doris frowned. After reacting for a while, she realized who Olivia

sleeve and ask anxiously, “Are you talking

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second sister?”

“Doris, what’s the relationship between Olivia and your family? She told me that she’s only staying at your house temporarily. Actually, she has nothing

looked a little flustered. She stuttered, “Well, I can’t say for sure. Actually,

Bettany didn’t

out the painting she brought over and was a little embarrassed. “Doris, can you help me take a look? You know, I learned how

before today, Doris would definitely not waste

But…

on the invitation letter. Her eyes gradually

out to take the painting from Bettany’s hand. Doris’s hand that was holding the painting suddenly froze when her gaze landed on the oil painting. This painting… The concept of this painting was actually very similar to the one she was painting now. The difference

painting so tightly that

read it again and again, looking at the painting

color of

had already shocked her enough. She did not

How did that happen?

never learn how to

felt that she had suffered a

put the painting here first. I’ll take my time to look at it. I’ll

said in a worried

I’ve been drawing recently. I didn’t sleep

and bade

hung up the painting Smoke in

another

awkward and was not as good

became. In the end, she tore off the painting she had drawn,

impossible for her to be inferior to Bettany. She

her head like she

have a good month. He was like a

was unhappy all

secretly criticizing him, saying that his menopause had

could not hear Ellis’s criticism, he had a smart brain and sharp

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warm exterior of Ellis, there was a heart with evil

sent Ellis to the

everyone in the CEO’s office kept quiet out of fear that they

the CEO’s office was as obedient as

even vent his anger. He could only bury his

was really sad,

knew about Olivia’s plan to be hypnotized. He knew it very clearly from the beginning to the end. Olivia felt that he was her boyfriend and had the right to

agree to Olivia taking

did not dare to

were able to

he was timid

comparison was

day and didn’t

was completely

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always been afraid to tell Olivia

relationship with Olivia deepened, or after they got married, he

he was afraid that

her child, she would definitely fight with him for custody of the

Daniel

bear to compete with

past, he had accompanied Olivia to watch many idol dramas and dramatic romance

female lead until she was almost half dead and casually snatched the child away from the female

all fake. The male lead

the female lead, how could he bear to snatch her

her, even if Olivia

rather die in pain than make Olivia

night, Daniel went to

under the blanket. When he sensed that Daniel had come in. he

pretending

He only sighed softly. “Alas, why did he fall asleep? I was about to tell him

Olivia?

eyes widened. He suddenly lifted the blanket and

Daniel was so mean.

and turned the doorknob with his slender fingers. “Andrew!

his two soft fingers

and poked his chubby son with his fingertips. Andrew fell to bed. Then, he covered Andrew with the blanket lovingly

he was not dreaming. He argued, “I really

eyebrows and asked, “How can you be sure that you’re not dreaming?

be more anxious. He couldn’t care less about

Daniel crossed his arms in front of his chest. His lazy look

and looked up at Daniel for a long time before he

smart child panicked for a

Daniel must have found him

a very smart child. When he realized that he had been discovered, he immediately turned around

threw it on the ground with a thud and promised Daniel with a puffed–up face, “Daddy, I won’t watch

on the floor, so the iPad didn’t break when it fell to the ground. It only

moment.

the

for a

out of bed and hugged Daniel’s thigh. “I only watched for two

before. How should I punish you if you played with the iPad in

lowered his head and

nodded. He was very satisfied with his son’s

tears. He went forward and hugged Daniel’s thigh. “Don’t spank me.

were exactly the same as his mother’s. When he cried, he looked exceptionally

could not bring himself to

ask Andrew to make a promise with a

Daniel returned to his room, he felt sad when he saw the empty bed.

a kind of heartache of not having a wife.

blanket was

had acted like a father and a mother for so

He raised Andrew alone.

her

phone and slowly typed on Facebook

words and described how he found Andrew playing with

blanket.

not easy to discipline and that he was tired because he had

setup, only Olivia

he posted it,

It was Olivia!

began to tremble and he could not press the button

long time, he finally dialed

She felt a little dizzy, so she rubbed her temples again

the aftereffect of hypnosis. Even when she

Olivia casually flipped through it. Coincidentally, she saw the Facebook status of Daniel. Her

actions preceded her

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had always been afraid to tell Olivia that Andrew

married, he would slowly tell her that Andrew was her son in

because he was afraid that Olivia would snatch

that Andrew was her child, she would definitely

could Daniel

could not bear to compete

to watch many idol dramas and dramatic

male lead was domineering and arrogant. He bullied the female lead until she was almost half

television dramas and novels were all fake. The male lead did not love the

loved the female lead, how

to mention snatching Andrew from her, even if Olivia frowned slightly, Daniel

die in

at night, Daniel went to Andrew’s

the blanket. When he sensed that

actually pretending to

sighed softly. “Alas, why did he fall asleep? I was about

Olivia?

He suddenly lifted the

Daniel was so mean.

surprised and turned the doorknob with his slender fingers.

a little embarrassed. He poked his chubby little face with his two soft fingers and smiled obediently.

his fingertips. Andrew fell to bed. Then, he covered Andrew with the blanket lovingly and said

that he was not dreaming. He argued, “I really heard it. It’s not a

raised his eyebrows and asked, “How can you be sure that

less about pretending.

you” Daniel crossed his arms in front of his chest. His lazy look was especially

for a long time

a moment, he would still

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to give him a

she was feeling vexed,

them spoke. Only their rapid breathing could

rustle, rustle. It was

the color

never liked to put on makeup, but her lips were red and seductive, like the deepest color of rose petals, like

this moment, she must be biting

a bite mark on her lips, and the numbness could

tightened, and his right hand gripped

was right in front of him, he would definitely not be able to control himself. He

and sexy voice came out

blinked her eyes. She could barely suppress the

“Daniel.”

two of them did not speak. They just held

spread along

in front, and Peter, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, looked at each other and thought of the same thing. Absence made

Ha–ha!

never

was not tempted.

it weren’t for Andrew, Olivia wouldn’t have wanted to interact with

Olivia liked

and more pleasing to the

and understanding? His occasional pride was like

she liked. She was fond of everything about

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Olivia had

Daniel had bad intentions.

I’ll pick

her temples and could not help but laugh. “It’s almost ten o’clock at night now. I still have about two hours before I reach Evervale. Where are you going to pick

his eyebrows and chuckled. “Is

Olivia was speechless.

quickly found a reason that Olivia could not

cry?”

crying, she instantly became nervous. Indeed, she had forgotten her

felt a little

his child, “Alas, he always cried before he went to

instinctively. When she heard that he had cried, her heart immediately ached. She agreed immediately.

leave the door open for you.” Daniel smiled like a spring

happening, Daniel even came

send Olivia a voice message. It would be best if

and his

also hoped to see Olivia when he woke up in the morning, so he obediently agreed and sent

up at Daniel. “I can’t

and reminded him, “Do you remember what

hearing this, Andrew’s eyes widened. He looked at Daniel with dissatisfaction.

“You played with the iPad behind my back. I haven’t punished you yet.

was stunned at first, then he instantly pouted and cried,

pressed the voice transmitting button

shoulder and said in

Andrew was speechless.

kind of father was this?”

Andrew’s cries, Olivia’s

the Sullivan family to Tyson and asked him to

was already midnight. Andrew had already gone to

rooms. Tyson and Peter lived together, and Olivia had her

room.

she was really tired and prepared

when she heard someone

She asked, “Who is it?” Daniel stood tall at the door

milk.

her lips and smiled. “Thank you. Leave it for now. It’s not convenient for me to go out now. I’ll go out and get it

super considerate. “I’ll bring

“The door’s locked.”

ready. “I got the spare

Olivia was speechless.

to

she nodded. “Then come

door open and entered. He first looked around before placing

a shower. The sound of water seemed to drench his

and a little

Daniel was tempted.

couldn’t be said that he had ulterior motives. If a man didn’t even have any sexual desire for the

felt that he was very normal. After all, he had been holding it in for so many years. If he didn’t have sex now, he would wonder if

were many bad intentions in men

in a bath towel after taking a shower, she

do? The bed is wet. Where are you going

beautiful chin and pointed at the sofa. “I’ll

that do?” Daniel leaned over and pressed Olivia against

scent assaulted Olivia’s face,

almost hung on

she still refused to admit defeat. She raised her chin and glared at him. “What are you

his eyes. “Of course… I’ll

spoke, he picked up Olivia and threw her onto

sofa and her mind went blank for a moment. She blinked and before she could react, a muscular male body pressed against

gave her a passionate

Hmm…

next day, Olivia woke up in Daniel’s

opened her eyes, it was

had already gone to

not help but

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did not see

me?” Daniel flipped over and pressed her down.

another sex, it was almost one

were still Tyson, Peter, and two nannies at home, Olivia felt too ashamed to

anyone.

world what she had done last night by getting up so late? She quietly went downstairs, thinking that the others should go and

Peter, who were watching television

her footsteps and tiptoed around the two of them to go to the dining room to eat. However, Daniel appeared at this moment and looked at her worriedly.

Shut up!

was afraid that he would say something he shouldn’t. She quickly went forward and wanted

was wearing slippers, and because the ground was a little slippery, she

commotion was too loud.

to see Olivia throwing herself at

of them gasped and raised their thumbs

Taylor

Olivia was speechless.

to face anyone. Her reputation had

if he did not notice and

explained to Tyson and Peter, “Olivia is

Tyson and Peter

her head in Daniel’s

already so embarrassing. They could think whatever

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Olivia and Daniel went

way, Daniel

ago, when he was volunteering, he met a young man named Noah who was

only 29 years old. He has been married for seven

reached the legal age

what is your opinion?” Daniel

an opinion? Some people married young

one.” She shook

the car and turned to look at

Olivia frowned.

make out what

him what was going

mellow deep voice just beside her ear. “Olivia, let’s get married too.” Unexpected of such a question, Olivia looked

traffic light had turned green. Daniel turned around and looked ahead, pressed on the accelerator with

said

repeated his words in her

of what to

up this topic so soon.

to figure

haven’t made up your mind, we can

Engage?

a

Daniel

he was

it! That was

sophisticated person. He understood humans pretty well. He knew

had read a

dark room, if someone proposed to open the window, the proposal was very likely to be denied by a group of people, however, if another person

the

goal was to engage, not to

the three of them went to a nearby restaurant for

felt a little guilty for having hesitated when Daniel proposed to get married. She felt that she had hurt Daniel, so she was very cooperative and she agreed to whatever he said

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the initiative to mention

you think we need to

sat on the chair. He had already taken off his jacket and was only wearing a white shirt. The cuffs were rolled up, revealing a firm

words, he

said in his deep, cello–like

No need?

Olivia looked up,

beautiful eyes filled with

the table and said,

fork paused in the air. She looked over in shock. “A week

shook his head. “This is

but wasn’t it a bit of a rush? Would they have the time

many things to prepare. They needed to make arrangements for the venue and

Daniel said confidently. “I’ve prepared

took out his phone and showed the

It’s at the old residence of the Sullivan family. It’s already set

invite a lot of people.

them on and see if there’s anything

been customized. They would be delivered in a

Daniel was talking excitedly.

he saw Olivia

heart skipped

thought to himself, “Oh no, she found

said slowly, “Is this

call it a trick,” Daniel said righteously. “I am just insightful. I knew we would get engaged one day

to Olivia and whispered, “I

he gave

big eyes pitifully. “Olivia, don’t you want to marry my Daddy? Is

no. What are you saying?” Olivia’s heart softened. She held Andrew in her arms and shook him. Her

his face. “Then would

lowered her head and kissed the little boy’s

Daniel was very productive.

just agreed, he announced the engagement to the world the next

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also posted on Twitter: Dear Princess, I’ll see you on September

and posted at the same

instantly, This

the engagement of the richest man instantly hit

the top of the

major news outlet was

found in the financial column, entertainment

The netizens were dumbfounded.

going on. The news

couldn’t believe that in the blink of an eye, the richest man

netizens were

sudden. Oh no, how can he get engaged before I even grow

anyone know? I have never heard of

only one who’s curious? Look, I saw this piece of news on financial channels. entertainment channels and even scientific channels… What does it have to do with science, can anybody explain?” “Oh, come on, don’t

also a link behind

on it were all

Ms. Taylor is amazing. She got the Lasker Award at such a young

achievements in biology, I still don’t think Ms. Taylor is good enough for

money? How

arguing with each

team had controlled the

and

like it. He did not want to see any arguments. He wanted to see everyone congratulate

Hence…

group will pay the bill for 100 people who retweeted

“We will send out 100 computers to

reading department of Sullivan Group posted, “10,000 lucky netizens who retweeted would get

department posted on Twitter: “We will select 10,000 lucky netizens from those who retweeted,

Sullivan Group subsidiaries posted

them.

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109 a boon

“We will we buy the

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The nets went crazy

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netizens on the Internet were in

got countless

hoping to meet his

bent.

expression was nonchalant, as if nothing in

particular message, Daniel’s fingertips

slowly looked

Olivia in his arms, resting his chin on the top of her head. His voice was low and slightly husky as he asked, “A group

in

raised her hand to gently scratch Daniel’s chin as if teasing

Club was a place Daniel frequented during his youth. He used

busy with work, so he no longer stayed

ago. Standing at the entrance once more, Daniel felt like he was there in his past

club had become unfamiliar to

were all well–trained, and their observant eyes didn’t miss

tell at a glance who people

could tell from the way they dressed and walked that they

hastened to approach and extend a warm welcome

he inquired politely, “Is this

a gradual halt, his gaze languid as he cast a mild look at

His aura instantly rose.

at the staff.

his neck was stuck. He instantly lost his

the door was suddenly knocked open and two familiar figures rushed

staff member glanced over from the corner of his

actually appeared at the

one was male, named Steve Chandler and one

them had always

they appeared

The staff was dumbfounded!

pace and reached Daniel first. He bowed and apologized, “Mr. Sullivan, I’m sorry. Rowan is

Vivian also came over.

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undeniably beautiful, but her demeanor was not assertive. Instead, she exuded

were drawn to her, and women felt no envy in her

Daniel first, she turned her gentle gaze to Olivia and inquired with

identity, indicating that she was familiar with her. Notably, she didn’t

called

raised her eyebrows and

Her EQ is high.” Olivia nodded at her and turned to

“Yes,” Daniel replied.

and introduced them along the way. “Mr. Sheeran has booked Room 8888 on the third floor. Please come

exited the elevator, an inattentive waiter bumped into Olivia, causing her shoes to get soiled. Olivia had to make

waitress to escort Olivia to the

room.

turn back to pick up

to dwell on minor inconveniences. She nodded in resignation and acquiesced, saying,

that, she followed the waitress to

was quite irksome to Olivia. Olivia wanted

was going to get a wet towel, but she never came

remove her shoes and rinse them under running water. Afterward, she wiped them dry with a tissue and then put them back

out of

on either side, Olivia

similar. It was

her phone and planned to

her handbag, a red wine bottle

a supervisor suddenly materialized and gave her a nudge forward. “Why are you dawdling here?

pushed her into an unfamiliar

and introduced Olivia, saying,

wine to the gentlemen.” Olivia remained rooted in place and lightly touched the red wine bottle with her fingertips. She clarified, You’ve made a mistake. I’m not a waitress.”

faith in her statement and scolded her. “What

of rowdy older men in the private room let out loud, boisterous cheers. A lecherous

knowing

The middle–aged man chuckled.

the middle–aged man. Then, she turned back to the supervisor and calmly clarified, “I’m a guest here.

the supervisor could reply, the middle–aged man

guest. Young lady, you’re playing role–playing. Come,

suit and remarked, “I’ll play the role of the server to attend to our lovely guest here.” Someone scurried

few old men giggled and surrounded Olivia

were dim, and people’s

finger on the wine bottle. The dark red wine bottle

clearly

it for

his eyebrows and jeered, “Once you’ve stepped through this door, regardless

spoke, he was

was a hint

It was scarlet red.

to the side

All of a sudden, she swiftly raised her right hand and brought the wine bottle crashing down onto the

table was made of glass, and so were the wine

huge impact, the wine bottle instantly shattered, and wine sprayed everywhere along with broken

wine and the sudden burst of glass alarmed

of the timid ones even cried

astonishment, their gazes

massaged her wrist, her tone icy. “I told you, you’ve got the

that, she ignored the shocked crowd and walked straight to

securely locked with a combination lock. Olivia couldn’t unlock it herself, so she turned her head to the supervisor.

and

and her expression grew increasingly

couldn’t be bothered to waste her time on these people. She picked up a

Bam!

Crash!

glass door

moving deftly despite

people remained frozen in place like

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After Olivia left.

opened and

crafted from cotton linen and wore a silk

light was dim and blurry. Her face could not be seen clearly, but her temperament was

with a nervous expression. When he spoke, his voice was soft, trembling, and vaguely frightened. “I’m sorry,

woman glanced over indifferently

on the ground with a thud and stammered for mercy. “Ms.

tone remained gentle, making it difficult to discern her emotions.

was drenched in a cold sweat, as if

the surveillance room now

“Go,” the woman said.

left as

rooms. In addition to 8888, the room Daniel had entered,

without someone specifically guiding the way, it would be impossible for the occupants of the two

every private room had its own elevator

way, it would be impossible for

rooms to meet.

This was interesting.

each other, how did

the wall,

private room was noisy as if people

of cards. His demeanor appeared nonchalant, yet his regal presence set him apart, almost as if he were a wanderer amidst the throng.

casually laid the cards on the table and beckoned

instantly stood

to stand up,

palm pressed

“No, no,” she chimed in.

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away the two men sitting across from her and clearing a spot. Pointing towards the

those words, she wrinkled her nose at Daniel and offered him a charming smile. “Daniel, I’m

in, “Yes, yes, yes.

turned to look at Daniel and frowned. He took a piece

tradition.” Sarah pressed her palm firmly on the man who

was in a dilemma, not knowing if

  1. up.

Michael glared at Sarah

the end, he still stood up to smooth things over. “Alright, alright, alright. Let’s take this opportunity

walked up to Olivia and said respectfully, “Mrs. Sullivan, this

Olivia sat opposite Daniel.

didn’t know better, they would have thought that she was the one

pile of poker cards, she insisted

proposed that no one could skip their round

lie detector. Michael pulled her to her seat and said helplessly, “Oh my, that’s

Daniel also looked over.

devoid of any discernible fluctuations, yet

chill.

instantly felt a chill down

“Fine, we can skip the lie detector, but

threw the poker card to the waiter opposite

the person Sarah had enlisted. His card–playing abilities were exceptional, and he could discern the identity of each card in his hand with just a single

opposite Sarah with one hand

to

the last time she played cards was seven years ago. It was during Christmas, and the family of

Olivia had always won.

end, the three of them team

Olivia nodded and agreed.

still

already lost his temper. He held the cards and looked at them repeatedly. He suspected that Olivia had

was also very sad. He said, “I won’t play cards

was just a joke. However, it came true. They had really never played

Ace of Spades loses. They have to choose truth or dare, and the person who gets the big ace can

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Billionaires Missing Darling

it was opting for truth or dare, they refrained from taking things too far. The primary objective was to entertain

game, the dealer, who was a waiter, displayed subtle signs of nervousness. This time, Daniel got

shook the ace card in her hand and smiled playfully at Daniel. “Mr.

her hand and glanced at Olivia. Then, she smiled at Daniel. “Daniel, let me ask you something. I’m serious. If Winona hadn’t gone

his voice.

giggled. “That’s the rule.

up at Olivia and said seriously, “Ms. Taylor, are you also very curious? Do

did not say anything. She rubbed the glass with her fingertips. Her gaze was indifferent, making it impossible to read her

and wanted

moment,

casual and

a single sentence, Sarah’s countenance underwent a dramatic transformation, and her limbs

said, “Winona who?”

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far. How could he pretend that he didn’t

Sarah banged the table and rose

was gloomy and

so angry that she lost control of her

her tightly and gently pressed her down. “Enough now,” he said. “Don’t what

you

realize

the end,

changed. The present Daniel was no

Sarah’s parents and her grandfather treated Daniel with great respect, being cautious not

she was aware deep down that she shouldn’t have a falling out with

felt that Winona was treated

of the privileged youth, seemingly lacking any notable abilities. Winona

Winona, he wouldn’t have achieved

taken by Olivia. That

such an outstanding

filled with

all over and left with wounds all over

had matured and learned

with all his love and

the matter, the deeper

had been childhood friends, sharing countless memorable

they

Winona, a wealthy

rest. Despite her affluent upbringing, she had never been indulged

in the realm of oil painting at a tender

glided with elegance, beauty, nobility, and grace from the altar to join the cluster of less

days, Daniel had fervently pursued

help but feel that Daniel wasn’t quite up to

merely a wealthy youngster. Plus, with his

appeared to be nothing more than an arrogant affluent youth with no prospects of inheriting the family fortune. Therefore,

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make a wager with him, insisting that he would never be able to measure up to

the result far exceeded

it. He successfully made Winona date

that her eyes nearly bulged out of their

held onto the hope

time, Daniel was riddled with bad habits, and Winona had to endure

toward serious matters; he simply relished having a good time and little thought to

remained consistently careless. Ultimately, Winona felt disheartened and chose to depart

broke up. They separated

blow, causing him to disappear

came back, he became a

his family’s business, Daniel went on to establish the

gave

the pinnacle of wealth, making him the most

of this was

years, although Daniel had a child, he had never had any other women by his side. He

thought that he had been thinking

that he must be waiting for Winona

her great surprise, he was getting engaged to another

her

his tone tinged with a sense of helplessness, “Come on. let’s stop now. Olivia is here, and

head to hide

Olivia. “I’m genuinely sorry,” she confessed. “Today,

she picked up a glass of red wine

and coughed a few

to calm her down, he said to Daniel, “Daniel, to celebrate your

up and made way for Daniel to

a while, he

puzzled and

also poked his

did not get up and remained

his chin and looked at Olivia. He asked in a low voice. “Do you want to go

did not react

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realized what Daniel was doing, he

actually asking a woman for her opinion in a low voice! This was

was stunned, and so

“Yes.” Olivia nodded.

month of hypnosis, she was mentally and

to focus on studying or working during this

fun and was skilled in various forms of

off the cliff by

off and devoted all her energy to learning

and Gillian

repress herself; rather, she would begin to gradually open her heart and revert to her

was on the first

all wearing the same tuxedo, and the women were wearing

distinction was

brought Olivia to

Emily handed a sapphire blue fishtail dress to Olivia. “Try this one first. Change it if it’s

her eyes and glanced at the

“Don’t worry,

to the changing

to her outside. “Ms. Taylor, have you been to 2046 before? Why haven’t I

calmly, “It’s my first

Then, she exchanged glances with Sarah and

even visited

woman

Olivia’s first

She pursed her lips in front of the mirror and glanced at Olivia from

were filled with

thought that Daniel got a

was far inferior

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The blue fishtail

the golden lipstick tube back and turned to look

to say something

when her gaze landed on Olivia, she was

a cliché dress

same sapphire blue fishtail dress, every dress was still different because they were

tailored to fit the curves of the human body, promoting one’s strengths and hiding one’s weaknesses, which

Even if a Victoria’s Secret supermodel were to wear it,

chosen

every cut, and every decoration was

on a person than a

expect to be stunned. “Oh my god. Now that she put it on, the dress feels even more elevated!” she

room, did not hear the commotion outside. Listening around, she couldn’t help

in saying a few nasty words of ridicule toward Olivia. She then lifted her hands and zipped up the dress around

the

a master, which meant that it was

average, but after wearing this dress, her figure was instantly elevated, making

high heels, Sarah prepared to show off in front of Olivia, making

country bumpkin like her compare to me, let alone Winona!” she thought. With that in mind, Sarah puffed out

crush her

Sarah raised her eyebrows and

of a sudden, her powerful

be?” she

Sarah’s expression cracked.

extremely ugly clothes on Olivia made her look like she had been reborn. There was an unusual

soon as they met, Sarah was

ashen as she stared

reminded her quietly. Otherwise, Sarah might lose control and

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“Ramirez, that big liar!

this dress is the ugliest in the world? Why is it

“Ahhhhh!” she screamed inside.

about to

than her. She pinched her finger hard and looked at Olivia with an apologetic expression. “Ms.

what Emily was going to say next. However, she did not stop her. Instead,

said, “Sorry, I took the wrong dress. It belongs to another customer. I’ll find another one

dress belongs to someone else. Ms. Taylor,

not say anything. Instead, she lowered her eyebrows, unwilling

eyes around and suddenly smiled before saying in a mocking tone, “Ms. Taylor, don’t tell me you want to take someone else’s dress for yourself. You’re Mr. Sullivan’s

did it on purpose to provoke Olivia so that she

if word got out that she

looked up and glanced at Emily indifferently before smiling. “Whose dress is this? Call her

Emily was stumped.

this dress?” she thought while turning around and looking at

directly, “This dress is

was a little better than Emily’s. “I’m really sorry, Ms. Taylor. I like this dress very much. I really do like it. I didn’t expect Emily to take the wrong one. Give

this dress?” Olivia

nodded heavily. “Yes, I like it very much.” It was rare for her to soften her attitude as she wanted Olivia to take

Olivia looked too stunning in this dress, so

saying you want to

Sarah nodded. “Yes.”

frowned slightly. “But I’ve already worn it. Don’t you

like this

Emily nodded cooperatively.

a few more words to make Sarah like this dress so much that Olivia

the end, there was no

already

and saw the

not expect Olivia to

came out of the changing room, she even put on a huge shawl to cover her

glanced over and retracted her gaze, not taking it seriously

other hand, sized her up carefully. However, the shawl was too big for

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inside.

took a few glances before retracting her

walked over and handed the clothes to

calmly,

and took the clothes to the changing

she didn’t want to wear the clothes that Olivia had worn, she had no

was not a loss to wear it, and she might even be stunned by

outcome.

Sarah was really

ground. Then, she put on the sapphire blue fishtail dress

everything on, she looked at the

felt as though her shoulders were too low, her waist was too thick, her legs were too short, and her butt was

went numb

is this!”

ugly that

can’t go out in this. I will

to pull up the

slender arm reached

curtain of the changing room was

was completely exposed in front of

to take a

expression

“What the fuck…

this ugly thing?”

her left leg. Her fair feet floated in the air

clapped her hands and seemed to be in a good mood as the smile on her

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Sarah’s face darkened.

around and looked

already taken off her shawl, revealing her sapphire

It was even more dazzling than

was at this point

purpose. She had put on the

face was hideous. The anger in her heart was completely ignited and her temper was about

as it was about to burst out, she

lowered her head and took a deep breath to calm

and looked

fiery temper and was short–tempered.

and tapped a finger on

be something fishy

was afraid that Sarah would not be able to

you.” As she spoke, she handed Olivia

the mask and the three of them

the ball. Amidst the crowd, in the middle of the dance floor,

walk further

walked slowly by

the ball. In just a blink of an eye, Emily disappeared without

with the dim

moving. She found a corner and sat on a bar stool

about a dozen couples

as the music changed and the tempo increased, there were gradually people who

only a man and a woman left

the center. Everyone was wearing the same clothes

that the couple in the

man stood tall

long. Her half–length hair was tied into a bun on the lower left

like a lady

and the surrounding people couldn’t

even heard the people beside her sigh. “What a match

heaven.”

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are so compatible

someone

expect someone to talk to her.

when she did not respond. “Why aren’t you saying anything? Don’t you think the

Are they compatible?

did not say

middle took off his mask. From Olivia’s direction, most of his side profile could be seen. It was

wanted to walk

some reason, the crowd that was originally standing quietly suddenly surged and gathered

stopped Olivia in

center of the crowd. The woman also placed

revealed a beautiful and otherworldly

Daniel’s pupils constricted imperceptibly. A trace of surprise flashed in his deep

smiled lightly at Daniel. “Why? Am I not

subconsciously took a step back and distanced himself from Winona. His tone was less friendly than before. “Of course, I welcome you. How

immediately turned

was looking for her and waved

melted and was filled with

Olivia. He took her hand and introduced her to everyone. “This is my fiancée, Olivia. We’re about

and said gently, “Hello. My name is Winona

she patted Daniel’s shoulder with her right hand and smiled naturally. “I’m

nodded and glanced at Winona’s right

felt a

gaze, Winona

natural. “Don’t misunderstand. Daniel and I are old friends. We are

nudged him with her

Good buddies?

Olivia frowned.

leaned in and whispered

he turned to Winona and said in an extremely distant and indifferent tone, “Winona, since when

calm eyes

“You’re just an ex–girlfriend.

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held Olivia’s hand

standing on the spot alone. Her gaze grew profound and a trace of coldness flashed

her eyes.

for so long, everyone was a little

the second floor, and

went over

to the washroom

her clothes and was about to

overboard today. How could he leave with only

Emily and

felt that Daniel was too

did not have much of a reaction. She just touched up her makeup

you saying anything?”

the pancake and asked, “Say

her feet in anger. “Why aren’t you reacting at

you need?” Emily snorted softly. “I think you’re stupid. Didn’t you realize that Olivia is very similar

Sarah was stunned.

“The same height, the same hair length, and the same

their faces and only look at their backs, it’s

reacted. “Oh my god. I wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t mentioned

just a

of them had left for some time, Olivia still stood in

Sarah’s words. They clearly knew that she had gone to the washroom, but they

had clearly said this on purpose for her to

was

act, but her heart was still filled with jealousy. It felt like fine needles

that couldn’t be examined too

Daniel like

so quickly and violently, like a flood that had suddenly broken through the floodgates. There was

exactly did he like

of time, and they

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Olivia suddenly felt uncertain.

her

it possible for Olivia to

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prepared by Michael were not

really liked to eat the spicy grilled fish. She had always been fond of spicy food and liked to eat heavily

spicier the food was, the more satisfying it was to

up a piece for Daniel. She spoke as she placed it in

that was covered with a red pepper sauce

to ask him why he wasn’t eating it when Winona, who was sitting on the other side,

eats

and asked calmly, “Ms. Taylor,

grip on her fork with a

didn’t know that Daniel didn’t like

don’t even

the past, when we went out to eat, he didn’t touch spicy

she said this, Winona had a smile at the corner of her mouth. Her eyes were sparkling as if she was

in. “Daniel never eats spicy food. Whenever we used to eat out together, the table would be full

so domineering back then. He didn’t eat spicy food, and he didn’t allow anyone else to eat spicy food. He didn’t even allow me to smell the spicy food. I couldn’t even eat anything

of them

their youth, discussing

nothing to

familiar with each other, Olivia

she had

to move the spicy

at Michael and complained, “Michael, why did you order so

saying that he was

dishes were not ordered by

still curious as to

Now, he finally understood.

that Sarah had planted

Michael sighed inwardly.

women were really

raised his head and glanced at Olivia.

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girl had a good life and was ambitious. She was a new star in the science

Winona didn’t come back, Olivia

Unfortunately, Winona had returned.

Winona. She didn’t even know that Daniel didn’t like spicy food and foolishly picked up a

What a silly girl.

Daniel would definitely be angry and

lowered his head, unable to bear

haven’t used mine much, and it’s very clean.” Winona handed her plate to Daniel, then gestured to Gideon. “Hurry up and take

she placed her plate in

of vegetables, so her plate was very clean. It only

Hot

switched her plate with Daniel’s very naturally, as though she had done it countless

pupils constricted as she slammed her

Olivia could

fish on his plate and said in a puzzled tone, “Who

slowly ate the spicy grilled

looked at him in shock, especially Michael, whose eyes were about to pop

Daniel was actually eating

composure as she stared at him in a daze. “D–Daniel, when did you start eating

food. We’ve only met a few times and eaten a few times. Don’t pretend as

Daniel even moved to the side

that he

not help

his fork quickly and ate a

stew, black pepper steak. He ate at least a serving or

pinned down the hand that was holding

put down

let him eat it, he would

a

to everyone, “I’m going

left, a strange silence descended

widened their eyes and looked

were

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It was impressive!

plate and then at Olivia. He was as shocked as

fact, over the years, he had interacted more

did not eat spicy food and did not even

Daniel could not

the sake of Olivia, he finished half

of the self–control she had in her life to barely maintain her indifferent attitude. It took all her effort so

hidden under the table, clenched into a fist tightly. Her nails dug into her

Daniel!

spice in

been angry at

but he was

couldn’t help

much must

just as profoundly. He must have loved her to the core to eat half a plate of jalapenos

sat there for a long time and realized that Daniel was still not back. She was

found him by the

Olivia was about to speak when she

red, as though he had applied

moment before she quickly realized that Daniel could not eat spice at all. That was why

this, Olivia

shouldn’t eat it.” It

in his eyes. When he saw Olivia, he seemed to have found

“I want to do it for you. I can’t let you down, not in

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his head on Olivia’s shoulder and rubbed his forearm

felt like a kitten tickling and teasing

to what he was doing. She thought

and suddenly narrowed her

a smart person. Half of his brain was used to develop his career, while the other half was used to

slight movement from her, he understood

had stopped, he immediately

eyes instantly

big puppy wagging its

look

When she saw this, her

stomach hurt?” She frowned

must have hurt his stomach after eating so

his

Olivia raised an

did

sounded sexy, as though he had done something naughty in bed. “My

Olivia stared at him.

really wanted to push him off

cried out and hugged Olivia even tighter. “Oh no!

forehead and said in a helpless and doting tone, “Then,

such a tone. He looked up and glanced

felt

with pain, but there was also a ball of fire in

his head against Olivia’s neck and whispered, “Olivia, let’s go

the black watch on

was only

seen

can’t help but want to rest and sleep.” After saying that, he even looked at Olivia resentfully. “To think that you know medicine. You don’t care about me at all. I’m in so much pain, yet you’re still

He turned his head abruptly, looking as though he

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found

to find another topic. “Let’s go home. Andrew

ground and still

immediately became nervous. His

Because of fear, his voice was intermittent. “Olivia,

go. Don’t leave me behind!”

not say the last two sentences. He suppressed them in his heart, but

reaction was too drastic.

handsome face. Her voice was slightly

though he had woken

eyes stared straight at Olivia, as though

force. There was an

be angry with me. If I do anything wrong, tell me. You must tell me! Don’t hold it in and leave me

never seen such a fragile Daniel before. Her heart ached

back and said gently, “Why would I leave you? Have you forgotten that we’re about

was happy

told her everything that had happened in the day in a low and mellow voice. “That Winona was my classmate in university. At that time, we did spend some time together, but we weren’t really in love. It was just that we were young and frivolous. I

person’s heart. “Olivia, don’t be fooled by them, and don’t care about Winona. In my heart, she can’t even compare to a little finger of yours.

not give Olivia any chance to misunderstand

between him

he found out about it, he would

came over and pulled me into a dance. I didn’t react in time,” Daniel explained seriously. “At first, I didn’t react, but later, I recognized that it wasn’t you. However, the rhythm was too fast and the music didn’t stop. I didn’t have time to

her.

It was not in him to suddenly shake off his female companion. Moreover, there were too many people on

was he a saint.

do something that would hurt an unfamiliar female companion for

Winona, he

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against Olivia’s delicate face. He explained gently, “Sarah is a little

a good person, but her grandmother is really a kind and amiable

child without a home when he

the family only paid attention to his uncle, who

like an abandoned child. His parents did not dote on him and they did not love him. Daniel chose to

ignorant and incompetent. They despised him and compared him to his uncle. They

his biological parents

naughty and useless. The Sullivan family would be handed over to his uncle in the

so he

She said that Daniel was the best and smartest child in the world. It was just that those people had

to start his own

you can love yourself. If they don’t give it to you, you can start your own business. Don’t blame others and hate

They hope that you will hate them, that you will grow up crooked, and that you will become extreme and not become someone

must not

tirelessly. He was very eloquent and knew how to

completely taken in by what he

moment, she suddenly

to Sarah. I’ll tolerate her as much as

not!” Daniel immediately rejected it. He looked at Olivia as if she was a fool. “What

did

was a little

you have to deal with Sarah in the future, don’t

make things

Olivia stared at him.

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was that she had given him so much face that he bullied

saw the highly publicized engagement event trending on

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had a good

simplé engagement ceremony that would not

he made such a grand engagement, and that was to capture her attention.

returned from overseas

that he had a bad temper. He definitely

on purpose, and embarrass her in front of others. Before Winona returned to the country, she was already mentally prepared. She knew that she would be wronged

had already made up her mind to endure everything and do her best to appease

now, Daniel had gone too

and hadn’t returned for a

like this. She had to let him understand that her patience had

ignore her and tried to provoke her in this

stay any longer, so she got up and

after her. “Winona,

and her face was covered with frost. “Sarah, go and tell Daniel

that, she

came out of the restaurant and happened to see Winona’s departing figure. She

her feet in frustration. Daniel

engaged to Olivia, she thought he had

when Emily pointed it out, she realized that he was using Olivia

finally got what he wanted and forced Winona to

a tantrum and deliberately embarrassed Winona, driving

love, but they always hurt each other. I don’t

stomped her feet hard. “If it weren’t for Grandma, I wouldn’t have bothered with him. I’ll let him suffer alone for the

comforted Sarah and pulled her back

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already consumed quite a bit of

Emily returning, he was quite puzzled and asked, “Where’s

getting more and more

you talking about?”

thick–headed. You can’t even tell. Daniel is deliberately trying to provoke Winona. Didn’t you notice that Olivia looks very similar to Winona?” “Look similar to her?” Gideon frowned and looked

does look a little similar, and so does

a woman who looks just like Winona and then intentionally gets close to her to

see it, but Sarah was sure of

since Winona left, she had never seen any women around Daniel, and Olivia just

true; he might be doing it intentionally to have a quarrel with

had a lingering sense that

side, Samuel had disappeared without a trace since his arrest. Emma was

health had

getting weaker day by day, lacking in energy, and spending as much

to several hospitals, but none of them could

advice was for Amelia to relax

depression, so

felt that

news of Olivia’s engagement spread, William asked the servants to keep an eye on Amelia

times when

Amelia still saw it.

the same time. “Samuel is missing, Emma is in jail, yet Olivia is

her

eyes were red and her heart filled with

due to her excessive agitation,

woke

had looked for famous doctors, but they were all helpless against Amelia’s

together. Even Maddie was here, they were all thinking

Amelia’s hand as tears streamed down her

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useless. I’ve already invited the top medical team overseas to take a look,

do then?”

stood in the middle of the bedroom, dressing in the same suit as usual. Only his tie with a slightly crooked

his pocket, he tugged at his tie with

but his aura was calm

tie and threw it on the sofa. Suddenly, he raised his eyes and looked straight at

fell into silence as soon as

Cathy, who was most

said in a trembling voice, “Will she help us now that we’ve reached this

do my best to

all should not interfere, obstruct

that, he reached out his hand toward

looked at

not rested for a few days and

nephew had endured too much, with the entire Taylor family’s burdens

also had to take care of his erratic father, and his mentally ill mother,

a single person thought that

“Olivia hates you all. If you don’t look for her and just distance yourself from her, she might forgive you in

a way to force her to

very clear–minded and

were the

not actually do anything. At most, he just stood

One side was his parents, and the other was

these children could

her nieces and nephews, treating them as if they were her own and showing a high level of consideration for their

of William’s mouth twitched, and an ugly smile appeared on his face. “Parents can’t choose. This is my responsibility, my duty. I can’t just stand by and watch

this, William lowered his head, his eyes a little red. “I’ll go and beg. Even if she wants my life, I’ll do it.

Maddie stopped talking.

the entire burden of the

Maddie’s phone, William

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middle of drawing with Andrew

didn’t think too much and answered

up, she realized that it was

raised her eyebrows slightly with a hint

had some understanding of William. This person was very responsible, shrewd,

had reached

nothing important, he would have never called

why did he call

leaving her right hand free

not entirely focused on

Taylor.” William’s tone was very

curled her lips and sneered. “Mr. Taylor, no need to be so polite. If you

deep breath and looked out of the window into the distance. After a while, he

“Yeah,” she replied.

could turn back time to the day you first returned to the Taylor family, and there was a conflict between my mother and

of drawing a little turtle. When she heard his question, the tip of her colored pen paused, leaving a large

stroke, and the green spot slowly turned into

was stunned. He clapped his hands and

heart suddenly softened. She leaned over and kissed the little guy on the forehead and whispered, “Would you like

obediently nodded and ran upstairs with the drawing paper

frame the picture of the little turtle and hang it in

what Olivia

left, Olivia returned to her senses

William’s

between giving birth to

a little

inherently biased, just as each of the five fingers had its own length, let alone a child who was not raised by

exchange of emotions, how could she

He raised me and doted on me. How can

this. Therefore, our mother’s choice is not wrong. She just dotes on the child

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with that?”

I’ve never blamed her for

the beginning to the end, she never blamed Amelia

she couldn’t accept that her biological mother was

see the difference between good and bad, and did all kinds

don’t love her enough. That’s fair. But what right does she have to hurt me wantonly

me any love, what right does she have to ask me to give in? What right does she have to

said in an extremely fierce tone, “The first time, when Emma tried to have someone insult me, it was Amelia who asked

Was it because she gave birth to me, so she could make the decision for

stranger, even if she wanted to side with Emma, she would find a way to seek reconciliation, offer

so arrogant when it comes to me?

moment and continued, “Also, she helped Emma frame me, slander my reputation, and even wanted to use public opinion to intimidate me.

things were illegal? No matter how powerful the Taylor family is,

gave birth to me and I’m

don’t believe that you don’t understand this!” Olivia said coldly. “It’s you who went all out and told me that human nature is like this. Isn’t

nature would not

I’ve never seen anyone, let alone a mother, claim that human nature is so base that it justifies harming

she hurt

I’m her biological daughter, does that mean I have to forgive

were powerful and resonant. They were like sharp blades that pierced

made his

to hate them

jaw tightened and his lips trembled violently. He knew that every word

saw

the end, he

how do you think

suddenly wanted to laugh. “William, are you never–ending with

and stay in the Taylor

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“Emma has already

didn’t suffer any substantial harm. Instead, it was Mom who suffered a blow. This matter was indeed Mom’s fault, but it wasn’t

Dad was the mastermind behind it and has already received the punishment he deserves, while Mom was at best knowing and

Olivia was silent.

this, William softened his tone. “Olivia, I’m not forcing you. I just want to tell

months of pregnancy. That night, she bled profusely and her body was severely

not sleeping at night. Mom was so concerned that she didn’t trust the nanny. She stayed up with you every night, and during your postpartum period, she didn’t get a full night’s sleep.

crazy looking for you. The pain of losing her daughter made her suffer to the bone. She had a mental breakdown and went crazy for

that after you came back, Mom did a lot of wrong things and hurt you. I won’t hide this because this is the truth, but you can’t deny

love you for

she’s unconscious, I don’t want to force you. You can decide for yourself if you want to save

up the phone.Chapter

a mother–daughter relationship with Amelia Taylor for several months

of the Smith family, Olivia Taylor, is

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tradition of saving lives and helping the injured. She specially hired

news came out, everyone praised Olivia for having a conscience, and the Smith family was hailed as a model

in front of the world, no

accounts on various social networks, including Twitter,

flowers blooming

days, the Smith family’s reputation resounded throughout

who had never come into contact with the Smith family widened their eyes

They couldn’t believe it.

there was actually such an ancient

about the Hushe Republic’s medical skills in novels. Now that the Smith family had appeared, it completely fulfilled the netizens‘

all left

so excited that I can’t sleep. There’s really a medical family in our country.” “That’s right, that’s right. I didn’t know about it before. It’s

you all seen the

from Bruce

cardiovascular specialists‘ team from Dunwall is

surgery specialist in Mala, Dr. Moss, is heading to

pounding. Who is this the Smith family? They can actually invite so many big shots in the medical world. They’re too

Olivia Taylor. She’s the young female scientist who won the Lasker Award. So, she’s the head of the Smith family.

think the name Olivia Taylor sounds a little familiar? I feel like I’ve heard

fiancée of the richest man, Daniel Sullivan. It’s Miss Taylor, Olivia Taylor!” “Oh my god, oh my god. Indeed, outstanding people still

television dramas

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up the phone, William held the phone

said he

Olivia, he still used morality and the favor owed to manipulate her, despite the fact that outside newspapers and news reported that Olivia had no connection to the Taylor family by blood, and had

people who knew about Olivia’s

her background wouldn’t say anything on the surface, but they would still

having a questionable character

not long ago, which was renowned

leader was ruthless and heartless, refusing to save a family member, it would

did not care about Amelia, she

confident that Olivia would agree

The Sullivan family.

the sofa and stared at her phone in a daze. No one

downstairs and sat

on the phone

Daniel felt terrible

sour

back any longer, tears

was a person who was not afraid at all, no

thought of Olivia suffering made his

knife wound to himself, but he couldn’t stand Olivia losing

Daniel leaned on her shoulder and comforted her. “Andrew and I will always

Andrew ran over from upstairs and

with a

Olivia’s expression suddenly improved. She lowered her head and touched the little guy’s forehead. Her tone was gentle. “Andrew, you must keep your word. You have

agreement clear with a firm

came over and brought Andrew upstairs to do

and knew that she must be feeling

“Don’t be afraid. I’ll go to the Taylor

shoulder everything

said, “What are you talking about? Who said I’m

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took him a long time to recover

fast nor slow, yet it carried a coldness that was like wind and thunder. “Do you think I’ve

tone, “No matter what choice you

tell you. If you don’t save Mrs. Taylor, some people in the Evervale circle who know the inside story might say that you’re heartless. That won’t be good for

“What about you? Do you think I’m

firmly,

for the others and the rumors that say I’m heartless, it’s so easy to resolve.

from the source and not let the rumors

she was young.

knew how to plot and scheme, she just chose not to use them, but that

William think that a phone call to interrogate her about her humanity would provoke her to

person who could be

William asked politely and respectfully, she might be more

method she

threatened. She had her own way of doing things

save Amelia or not, she had her

one could threaten

in a large and comfortable chair and wrote two words

paper:

“Smith family”

a cold

a good opportunity and time for the Smith

few calls and passed down

famous doctors from all over the world

news began to spread

family used the Smith family’s connections to invite famous doctors from all over the world to the Hushe Republic to discuss the illness of Amelia

to the Taylor family by blood, she has shared a mother–daughter relationship with Amelia Taylor for several months because of

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of saving lives and helping the injured. She

out, everyone praised Olivia for having a conscience, and the Smith family

front of the world, no longer in its

hospital began to create accounts on various social networks, including Twitter, public accounts, short

were like flowers blooming

few days, the Smith family’s reputation resounded throughout

contact

They couldn’t believe it.

actually such

novels. Now that the Smith family had appeared, it completely

left s on

really a medical family in our

all seen the

from Bruce Hospital in Fesmuowana is

team from Dunwall is

surgery specialist in Mala, Dr. Moss, is heading to

god, I’m going crazy. I’m so excited that my heart is pounding. Who is this the Smith family?

Olivia Taylor. She’s the young female scientist who won the Lasker Award. So, she’s the head of the Smith family. No wonder

Taylor sounds a little familiar? I feel like I’ve heard

Indeed, outstanding people still have to be with outstanding

and television dramas aren’t

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topic. Those who

eyes, the Smith family

exceptionally skilled in acupuncture, and there was an elderly traditional doctor with

that Isaac Smith was actually the hidden miracle

were

Smith. It’s hard to get an appointment with him, and he’s often away. He only releases appointments on Wednesday mornings. I used to wonder why an old man like him was always going out, but now I think maybe he’s going to treat some big shots. I’m so excited! I never thought

suffer, so she brought me to Doctor Smith who prescribed a few sets of medicine. In less than half a month, the tumor shriveled. At that time, my mother even scolded the

about it, I’ve really misunderstood them. It’s not that they’re not good at medicine,

none. He’s already

respectable old

and turned into a vegetative state. How could such a

Doctor

hope Doctor Smith wakes

the s turned into prayers for Isaac to wake up as soon

her heart, “Grandpa, did you hear that? Everyone is looking forward to you waking up, so please wake

had reappeared, Olivia was also becoming more and more

was very

Peter were outstanding, as bodyguards and due to gender differences, it

someone with a legitimate identity, who won’t raise

Taylor, she’s already here. She’s on the way and will arrive in an hour.” Peter handed over a file at the same time. “This is her file and

not pay much attention

Olivia nearly dropped her

composure.

How is it

didn’t expect this, did you, Olivia?” The charming girl went to Olivia’s

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you so

was filled

in school? Why are you

here to protect you.” The girl’s voice was clear. “I’ve already transferred to the Drama Academy. In a few days, I’ll

“That’s too ridiculous! What

could she enter

identity was very

been kidnapped and sold to a couple who

this couple had a good character, but

what happened next, Olivia did

called her and said that she had

At that time, Kelly’s mother

she already had

mother did not take good care of her. Later, she realized that something was wrong, so she taught the little

was just a little suspicious. She told the little girl these things because she wanted her

Unexpectedly, it really worked.

mother was not at home. The little girl was sitting alone on a chair, holding a knife, with her hands covered

girl was

saw the man lying

she sent the little girl to the research institute through Augus Swift. There were the

traumatized after such a big incident, so she sent her to the

Kelly had a very high IQ but also suffered from severe psychological issues, including a tendency toward antisocial

still

girl’s willpower was unexpectedly strong, and she had a resilient spirit. The psychiatrist had to spend a lot of

was very disadvantageous for

young, but her body was already filled with a sense of

to communicate with Kelly and

tilted her head and asked her, “What’s the use of learning skills? Can I stay with you after learning

smiled and nodded. “That’s right. Once you learn skills, you can protect me and stay

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forever.

girl nodded heavily. “I’ll work hard to learn skills, protect you, and be with

forever.

hoped that she could find a stable job. Olivia sat on the sofa, and the joy of seeing Kelly had disappeared, leaving only coldness. Seeing this, Kelly did not dare to act coquettishly. She let go of Olivia and lowered her head

an adult. You said that when I became an adult, I could

a moment. Her eyes gradually

everyone was independent. No one could make decisions for

in the name of being

entertainment industry, then

would be able

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William,

he had been staying by Amelia’s bedside without sleep. His phone had been full of battery, afraid that he

phone was in

in less than three days, Olivia would definitely

Amelia’s room and saw William,

knew that William was waiting for Olivia to

Twitter, the world–famous doctors gathered around the Hushe

had guessed that Olivia would be angry at William’s coercion and moral pressure, but she did not

the reputation crisis and took this opportunity to make the Smith family reappear in

was originally a crisis, but in

she hadn’t gotten lost, with her in the Taylor family, their

Olivia

off at the same time due to a single statement from

side and patted his shoulder. “Don’t wait any longer; Olivia

turned to look at

over. She opened a page and

he received the phone and saw the messages on it, his pupils suddenly

around and looked at Maddie fixedly. When he spoke, his lips

This…”

a medical team here. Get

his eyes gradually became deathly still. “She… she’s really this heartless. How could she…

he could finish speaking,

due to her

Cathy said with a

was one thing that she could not figure out. Why did William have such high expectations

Isaac’s granddaughter, medicine was different from wealth and items. It could not be directly passed down to the next generation and had to be learned through education and experience. Olivia was still so young, and her major in university was not medicine either. Was her medical skills really

medical skill really that amazing? Can she

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asked.

said, “It was Isaac himself who said that his granddaughter’s medical skills are better

changed into joy. She could not help but reach out and grab

replied, “There’s an

nodded and turned to look at

was stunned for a

her expression and said, “Mom, do

I didn’t ask you to invite Olivia. I asked you

Maddie called out,

everything you can.” Cathy’s tone was sharp. “I know you must

did not want to save her sister but it wasn’t the right

from all over the world were about to arrive. Instead of confronting

might still be a

she could speak, Cathy had already

pointing at the door angrily. “Go,

staggered back a couple of steps from the slap before she could

did not raise her head. She just

bear to watch any longer and stepped forward to support Maddie. He then frowned and looked at Cathy. “Grandma, what

his aunt whenever something happened to his

to Amelia, he sometimes felt

to taking care of his mother. She had no personal life, no family, and no children of her

almost everything

chief manager of the Taylor family, especially for

She’s Amelia’s sister, and she should bear the

point, Cathy took a deep breath. “I’ll say this today. It’s fine if nothing happens to Amelia. But if something really happens, I won’t consider Maddie as my

firm tone made

was so harsh on his youngest

have to do with Maddie? How could everything

to speak up for his aunt when

It was Maddie’s hand.

patted William’s wrist and said, “During the previous head inauguration ceremony of the Smith

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“Aunt, you mean to use this reason to have Olivia treat Mom?”

Maddie nodded. “Yes.”

possible?”

She just doesn’t like being coerced. If you were magnanimous, humble, and put on an attitude of seeking her medical treatment, she might

everyone looked

of using an upright method, he chose to use

coercion.

could someone as proud and powerful as

William suddenly understood.

again. Halfway through, he suddenly thought of his aunt’s words

Blake Smith with a respectful tone and requested the Smith family head’s assistance in providing medical treatment

Seeing this, Maddie smiled.

Cathy. After hearing Blake’s positive response and his assurance to contact the

this time, she did not even

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had personally come from Layfield

on the chair in the study with her legs crossed and her arms on the table. She looked down and said calmly, “Did William come to beg

Taylor called. He said that he

the orchids beside the desk and nodded. Her tone was inexplicable, making it impossible to

not say

her eyes and sat on the stool opposite Olivia. She had her arms lowered respectfully and her hands placed on her

become more and more cautious when it came to Olivia.

lot after being hypnotized. She seemed to have become a much

the Smith family as intimately as before. Instead, she treated them coldly and

leaves on the table and suddenly thought of something. “Where did Zelen

Olivia and Gillian were young, there were two people responsible for taking care of them. One of them was Blake and

was a little

Gillian like her own daughters. She was very tolerant

the time, it was Blake who took

would remind the girls to wear more clothes when the weather was cold and keep hydrated when it

She was very young and lively. She always played with Olivia and

to Zelen when she

later on, Zelen suddenly

as if this person had never

was stunned. Her

“You remember now?”

force and instantly tore off a

took the leaf and rolled it between her fingers. Then,

Zelen?

it. Why hypnotize me and make me forget this

was calm, but Blake was scared out of her

say, “Miss, please don’t misunderstand. Zelen is a member of the main family. I don’t know why she came or why she suddenly disappeared. But I’m

her fingertips on the table and asked

very complicated. There are many things that I don’t know about. I only know a little. Every time the Smith family changes the head of the family, the previous head will personally tell the next about the

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Mr. Smith suddenly fainted, many things were left unexplained. Miss, please wait a little longer. After a while, the main family will send someone over. This way, you

frowned. After a while, she looked up and ordered,

left,

her temples. His voice was

said in a low voice, “I hate it when people

massaging for

opened her eyes and

he quickly returned to normal. He lowered his

sighed softly. “It’s strange. My memory has always been very good. I remember everything after I was five years old. However, before I was five years old, my memories of the Taylor family before I was lost were vague. Everything was unclear.

my family was, and

the Taylors would tell their daughter over and

not re these things no

Speaking of this, t

could not help but frown and continue, “All this while, I thought that I had forgotten because

after being hypnotized by Ernesto, I realized that my memories before I was five years old were not forgotten

amazed. “Can

Olivia nodded. “the Wilco

has a special

you so sure that

the

was firm. “I’ve already undone the hypnosis. I remember

it for you? Or was it because of the second hypnosis superposition that the five–year–old hypnosis

shook his head.

to do it too?” This time, Daniel

few hypnosis books and recalled

moment, Daniel didn’t know what to say. After a

isn’t that difficult. I just need

Olivia made sound easy.

if he said too much, it would

was still shocked by her intelligence

was at a

the richest man in the country. How come he still felt a little inferior and lack of confidence when he was

work harder. Otherwise, Olivia would

a single famous doctor from all over the world could treat Amelia. No matter what

William called Blake again.

phone to Olivia. This

voice was filled with pain and

please.”

realized that Olivia was no longer the Taylor family’s girl. She was not his sister or

She no longer had anything to do with the Taylor

Taylor

William’s voice was

layers of dark clouds in the distance. She nodded and agreed.

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the Taylor family herself.

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just finished wiping Amelia’s body. When Sophia came out of the room, she

sounded excited. “Okay, that’s great. I’ll pick

for a while, Sophia realized that

to herself, “William is so anxious that he lost his mind. What kind of medical skills could Olivia possibly

that Olivia was the most scheming kind of person. Taking

that Olivia couldn’t do a thing

to Cathy’s room and told Cathy that

about it. “She’s really coming! That’s great. That’s great. Amelia could be saved.” Sophia pulled a long face and did not

Sophia was not

But I’m not sure if

Sophia. Then, Cathy frowned and said, “Tell me about

door properly. After that, she approached Cathy and said, “Mrs. Taylor, you have to be

going on?” Cathy’s

said, “Mrs. Taylor, you don’t know this. But I’ve always been by Madam’s side, and I know everything

Cathy frowned in disbelief.

were still biological mother and daughter. Moreover, although she had not seen Olivia many times, he did

Think about it. That’s an awful lot of coincidences, don’t you think?” Upon hearing this, Cathy’s heart skipped a beat.

shocked. She quickly calmed her down and poured her a

before he recovered. He frowned and

“Then, are we still going to let Olivia

and she has

Olivia came with Kelly.

into a high ponytail at the back of her beautiful head, and she was wearing a

leisurely attire made her look less sexy and girly, but it added to

help but look

was shockingly

Kelly tilted her head and looked at him with

and subconsciously looked

looked away, Kelly’s charming eyes

like a flame falling into the water. The charm disappeared from Kelly’s eyes. without a

lowered her head. Her thick dark eyelashes covered her eyes, as well as the coldness

looked at her palm and warned herself that now was not

the right time. She had to wait until the day she became

the people who had bullied Olivia to death one

and a trace of bloodthirst

and Cathy were already waiting

middle of the living room with a walking stick in his hand. He thought he should be respected. He waited for Olivia to go over and

Olivia did not even look up. Her gaze did not turn in his direction for even a second. Olivia walked past

choked on Olivia’s actions. He was surprised that she ignored him just like

embarrassed and his

Olivia was

Olivia was in charge of the Smith family. She also had connections

seemed like that young people were too

glint flashed across Liam’s eyes. Every dog has its day. This girl had just succeeded and was already so arrogant.

themselves by their medical skills. Olivia was still young, so she was probably bragging too much. Maybe her actual medical skills were not good

even if Olivia’s medical skills were good, and she was proud of it, her

was the Sullivan

the man doted on her. When a better

that time, Olivia would be

day, Olivia

the butler to help him

did not care about these things

day that Olivia went down and came to

didn’t care, but Cathy

had waited here for Olivia. Cathy

“Stop

did not stop walking and continued to

couldn’t take it anymore and shouted,

only whisper to Olivia, “Ms. Taylor, please wait a

stopped and leaned against the handrail of the stairs. She turned her

had to raise her head to

down. It’s outrageous. I’m an older. How can

the armrest and tapped her fingertips on the circular decoration on the

sudden, Olivia grinned. “I’m trying to help you stay healthy.” “What do you mean?” Cathy said with

good for your

you look up.”

was furious about Olivia. Cathy said coldly, “I’m not going to argue with you about the

but she

about this. Cathy took a deep breath and said coldly, “Can you guarantee that you

had to ask Olivia for a promise. Otherwise, what if Amelia’s health worsened when Olivia treated

at ease

her head honestly.

She did not expect Olivia to say

“It’s fine if you

snorted. “Then you’re the one who harmed Amelia. Who knew what you wanted to do to Amelia? You hate her

tone, “What’s going on? Your family is going to cause trouble before we even

choked and was

said, “What kind of people would blame someone

she suddenly looked up and stared at William. “What a shameless group

this, Cathy was so angry that her chest heaved violently, and her face

looked more

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Olivia immediately walked outside.

thought to herself, “Who cares whether or not Cathy wants me to treat

want everything

voice and begged for a long time.

William rushed to speak before Cathy. He said, “Grandma, don’t add to the trouble.

not to speak the words she had in mind. She looked at Olivia without

floor in Amelia’s room, Olivia examined Amelia’s body. She took out a box of silver

he looked at the box of silver needles. He felt

silver needles were really too long. They were twice as long as normal silver

thought to himself, “This thing won’t end up

was very concerned, but he only raised his head and glanced

take it anymore. She was scared out of her wits and wanted

dragged her out. He pleaded in a

Cathy to the door and

Cathy knocked on the door, it

over. Upon seeing the situation, she could not help but exclaim, “Oh golly. Mrs. Green, Olivia is trying to kill Mrs.

pain in her chest and

the unconscious Cathy back to her room, while she hurriedly

is going to kill Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Green has already fainted. Please come quickly to save

quickly. In less than ten minutes, he arrived at the Taylor family’s home. Sophia immediately went

said as he strode in with

to make a comparison. “It’s this long,” she said. “The silver needle is longer than a cup. It looks like a nail.

William? He just watched and

idea what happened. Mr. William seems to be bewitched. He trusts Olivia very

muddle–headed!” Ronald said as he ran up the

Mr. William will surely stop you. Plus, there are so many servants in the

if he gets some servants to

in his

around to glance at Sophia, nodded, and said, “You’re right. This is the Taylor family’s territory. I don’t

of Ronald’s mouth curled up, and he gave Sophia

got a way to deal with this situation!” He thought to himself, “I can catch Olivia

Olivia using her hands to provide acupuncture therapy to Amelia? I’ll break

of cold malice flashed across Ronald’s

have

the stick she was about

he shook his head. “It’s too long. I want to catch

a rolling

okay,” Ronald replied, his eyes lighting up. “Hurry up

get it.”

brought out a rolling pin. It was about the size of a forearm, and it was very

gave it a

saying that, he concealed the rolling

room,

Ronald appraisingly and enjoined

nodded. “I’ll go in and take

over and squeezed in. While William was closing the door, he suddenly lunged

his right hand and fiercely struck toward

You want to hurt Amelia, huh? I’ll break your

of the Smith family, which has a long–standing reputation in the field of

around. He then saw

holding a wooden stick, moved

She was staring at Amelia with full concentration. Her forehead was covered in fine and closely spaced beads

could not be disturbed. This time, the acupuncture session was very risky. It required complete

William thought, “Oh crap!”

was furious. He wanted to intervene, but he

stood in front of Olivia

girl wore a pair of sneakers. Her movements were

been hit by a heavy hammer. He suddenly crashed toward the table

solid wood, but it was smashed

then saw Ronald

out and quickly

William, her tone was cold and indifferent as she said, “Go

eyes to glance at

said, “You…” He thought to himself, “How could such a simple kick be so

who was over 5 feet and 10 inches tall, while Kelly was not even 5 feet and 7 inches. “She’s slender,” William thought. “How could she kick Ronald and send him

eyes, saying, “He actually dares to lay hands on Olivia in front of me. He’s really courting death! I show mercy this time. If he were to lay hands on Olivia again, the outcome wouldn’t be as simple as breaking

soft–hearted and gives in to all of you, but I

ambulance arrived very quickly and carried Ronald

learned about the extent

the bones did not penetrate his lungs. needed to recuperate for a

He just

that Ronald had broken two ribs, William instinctively looked up and glanced at Kelly, feeling

himself, “She actually got it so accurate. This girl said two broken ribs, and it’s exactly two

the

day, and she should regain consciousness. After she regains consciousness, she still needs two more rounds of acupuncture therapy.” Olivia thought of something. She then continued, “Oh, by the way, I

thought, “Medicine that affects

He was surprised.

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time before Amelia regained consciousness. She was given acupuncture therapy during the day, and by evening, she gradually regained

was lying on the bed.

“Water,” she softly murmured.

consciousness, she

finally awake!”

down half a glass of water before she started to

me?” she asked

that she was looking at the news of Olivia’s engagement. Her emotions had fluctuated intensely, and a wave of

somehow, her vision went dark, and

know anything that happened

everything that had

unconscious.

She could not help

her to finally come.” “Oh,” Amelia replied as she nodded. She had a listless expression, appearing in a state of being stupefied. She thought

the mention of Olivia, Amelia was no longer as excited as before. Instead, she was calm

herself, “It’s so strange. Just before I lost consciousness, I mentioned Olivia with such

after waking up, am I so

is that I can’t understand my previous emotions, and I don’t know why I hated

my sanity and clouded my judgment. I’m completely not

Olivia may have played a role in causing Emma to be imprisoned, but ultimately, it’s Emma’s own actions that have led to her

all. He actually

more difficult for me to accept is that I

Amelia covered her forehead, wondering why she

Amelia’s heart. After all, Emma had been raised by her side

did not go so far as to hold extreme hatred for

Emma.

that she was somewhat abnormal as she often could not control

her emotional state. “Mrs. Taylor, Olivia

Olivia would come again, Amelia’s

to have a

or Samuel’s matter, she believed

matters had nothing to do with Olivia either. After all, if it weren’t for her,

She

eyes no longer held any

had already

Emma, and on the

let go

had more than thirty years of marital bond with Samuel. Although Samuel did not make something

only to the four major families. It even applies to those men who are somewhat affluent. They will also have affairs and

faithful and committed to

she had a mental breakdown, it was Samuel who watched over her day and night. To help alleviate her condition, he

Olivia. She thought to herself, “If it weren’t for Olivia, Samuel wouldn’t have gone missing, and we wouldn’t have lost all

genuine respect and care for me. She is always by

be a more

my condition.

not bring herself to act as if nothing had happened and maintain a peaceful relationship

was unfair to

not let Emma

give up on Olivia, even though Olivia was once the child she

open it. She merely looked at it in a daze. Daniel came in from outside. He was dressed in a soft grayish–white home outfit. The gentle fabric

Daniel, Olivia leaned her head on his shoulder and rubbed it against his shoulder affectionately.

took it, he opened it and found that it was filled with information about Emma and her biological

Emma and Samuel as well as how Samuel and Evelyn got to know each other and the development of their

the three of them inside. The three of

of them chatted and laughed, appearing to be a perfectly happy family. Those who

became profound like an endless starry sky, making it hard to discern

was very concerned

would not be able to

daughter of her father’s mistress. Just thinking

a spring breeze

Daniel felt that

do something more

took out his phone and called

his room when the

“It’s Daddy!” he thought.

out, huh?” Zoe was momentarily taken aback by the question. She replied, “No. He’s

thought, “He’s

really don’t understand. He’s at home, so why did

open the door, Daniel waved at him. There was a

no attention to his father. Instead,

instantly improved. She hugged the little

all done.” Andrew was incredibly well–behaved and sweet. He said, “I

“What a sweet–talking

and walked out of the study, saying, “How about we go paint

“Sure,” Andrew replied loudly.

left alone

“What’s

left behind,

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front, while Kelly sat beside Olivia, keeping her head lowered as she looked at the documents in the document folder. “Olivia, are you

Her gaze was indifferent,

moment, she said, “It’s not

the Taylor family, and she no longer had any expectations, so it did not matter whether or not Amelia

had

continuous arguments with Olivia after she regained consciousness. In the past, Olivia

Amelia started to argue, Olivia would

However, she could not

did not necessarily mean

“I’ll hold

Olivia nodded.

family’s house, they found it surprisingly quiet. Amelia did not

steadily

the acupuncture therapy on her, she even thanked

Taylor, thank you,” Amelia

was holding a silver needle stopped moving. She said in a low

looked at William and said, “William, go out first. I

was not at

something that could not be easily controlled, just

resolute in her attitude. She said, “William, you want to disobey me,

he gave in. He could only nod helplessly and say, “I’ll wait

“Got it,” Amelia said.

Seeing that Kelly had no intention of leaving, Amelia

was very gentle. “Can I call you

thoughtful expression. Others could not discern what was in her mind.

was gentle and her expression was unprecedentedly

that she was very clear–headed now. She had never been so clear–headed in

years.

Emma have

dark eyelashes trembled slightly. She did not

adorable. You’re very obedient and smart. You learn everything quickly and can

off, and it was faintly choked. She continued, “It’s a pity that our mother–daughter bond was short–lived. Perhaps God only granted us a brief

we, as mother and daughter, can reunite, but there are too many

makes you uncomfortable and unhappy, but to me, she is also my daughter. Although she didn’t come out of my womb, she lives in my heart. I know she has done many wrong things and has many flaws, but she is still my daughter. My love

I just want to stay away from you so that I can accompany her wholeheartedly. In a few years, after she is released

a deep breath and suppressed the intense emotions that welled up in her chest before she continued, “So, our previous mother–daughter

longer my daughter. Let’s just treat each other as strangers.” Olivia raised her gaze. Her attractive eyes, which were

anything. She just

“I gave birth to you and you saved me. We do not owe each other

Emma between them, Amelia could

have a short–lived connection, so there

that, Amelia held her fingers tightly

was waiting for Olivia to speak, but

long. Every minute and second passed

time,

then that she heard Olivia’s voice, which was soft and gentle, yet incredibly resolute. “As you wish,” Olivia

Her body suddenly

quickly, supporting her and stuffing a calming pill

case her emotions fluctuated dramatically

used

alright,” Olivia thought. “The preparation doesn’t go to

Amelia’s emotions stabilized, Olivia handed the medicine bottle to her and enjoined

harmless to the body. If you feel physically unwell or your emotions become

just held

quick. It was completed in less than an

required careful adherence. She then put away the silver needles

a daze, keeping her head lowered. One could not discern what she was thinking. It was not until she reached the door on the first floor that she realized that

from upstairs and explained as she ran, “I’m sorry, Olivia. I went

nodded and said, “Let’s

and asked if she wanted to eat yogurt that she recovered from her daze.

bed and put on her slippers. Just as she was about to drink some water,

was stunned for a moment. She lowered her head and glanced at it. It was

“What’s this?” she thought.

a moment. Suddenly, she thought of the beautiful girl who

like

must have

up, planning to call Olivia and have her come back to retrieve it. Unexpectedly, the string that was tied around the envelope’s seal

photo of Samuel, Emma, and

Amelia’s pupils contracted intensely.

Samuel used Olivia as a cover for his affair with Evelyn.

to the information, Samuel took advantage of Olivia going missing to bring his mistress’s daughter into the family. Not only did his mistress’s daughter take the name and identity of Amelia’s biological daughter, which was Olivia, but

there was a paternity test report between Samuel and

sentence. “The two of them are father and daughter” was the last sentence. Amelia thought to herself,

she had taken too much of her calming medication. Her emotions were remarkably tranquil at the moment. There was no shock and no anguish,

daughter. No wonder he treats her so well.” Amelia seemed to suddenly have an epiphany. She quickly rummaged through her drawers, wanting to find photos of Emma from her childhood to her present age to see if she bore a striking resemblance

to find all the

piled them on the floor. There were about a few

of them was

she went. It was only when she had looked at all the photos that her mind

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