“Yes, Mr Lisa,” Scarlet replied with a lowered head. Though she felt reluctant, she didn’t dare to argue at that moment.

“Cecilia always listened to you since she was young. The way forward depended on your guidance.” Mr Lisa said.

“I will guide her well, Mr Lisa,” Scarlet assured.

Lisa was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something and stopped.

“Isa is my biological sister,” he said.

Upon hearing this, Scarlet felt even more uneasy.

“Don’t cause her any more trouble in the future,” Lisa added.

“Yes…” Scarlet hadn’t expected Mr Lisa to say such words. As she watched his figure walking away, her anger grew.

Who was causing trouble for whom?

The thought of making Miss Cecilia apologize to Isabella the next day filled Scarlet with intense anger and heartache.

The next morning.

Isabella discovered a message she had received from Silvia–Freda’s mother, the previous night.

“Isa, thank you for doing everything you could to save Freda. Today was her funeral. Did you come?” Silvia asked.

“Yes,” Isabella quickly replied.

“Freda liked you a lot when she was alive. I believe she would have been pleased to have you accompany her on her final journey,” Silvia expressed.

Isabella thought of replying with just one word, “Condolences.” But the loss of a beloved daughter could not be comforted with just two simple words.

she replied, “I arrived shortly.”

Heilig Family Cemetery. According to the geomancer, the best time for the burial was ten o’clock in the morning, considering the excellent location of the Heilig Family and the date of the deceased’s birth, ensuring her future prosperity and

the funeral had to be hastily arranged.

was grand and majestic,

arrived, they saw a sea of mourners dressed in black, demonstrating the extensive network of

elegiac couplets surrounded the entire cemetery outside the Heilig Family Cemetery like blooming

formal attire, including distant and close relatives, were

Benjamin and Isabella approached the

and standing side by side attracted

of Freda and the coffin placed beneath it, recalling Freda’s cheerful and

Family members crying in her ears as if she

their tearful appearance, Tel and Silvia, who were leading the ceremony, still bent down to thank Benjamin and Isabella for their presence.

Tel hugged Benjamin but couldn’t hold back

Benjamin patted his back to console him.

The feeling of the sky collapsing after losing

Silvia and said, “Freda’s biggest concern before she left must have been all of you.”

but I couldn’t calm down… I only had one daughter… Why did fate cruelly take her away? What was

the sadness of the

these feelings, like falling into a deep sea with no hope of rescue, even desperate enough to close her eyes and

could talk to me. She was my only daughter, growing from a helpless baby to a beautiful young lady. I had imagined countless possibilities for Freda’s future, but I never imagined she would die in such a tragic

of the surrounding relatives and mourners. They had never

looked up through her tears to see a path being cleared. Dressed in a black suit, Mathew walked into the memorial hall

instantly agitated. “What are you doing here? The Heilig Family didn’t invite you.

wanted to say something to Mathew.

Silvia interrupted her, saying, “You saved Freda, and she liked you when she was alive. I do not object to you

to see Freda,” Mathew

to bid Freda farewell on her final journey. Freda died while trying to save Nora, her adoptive parents. How could he live with

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