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Keira shook her head, struggling.”

She didn’t want to rot there forever!

She didn’t want to live in the filthy ditch either!

So, with the little time she had, she studied hard, striving to work her way up. She was determined to change her own fate!

At the age of four, she had never been to kindergarten. She secretly observed Isla, learning a foreign language. When Isla stumbled over a word, Keira was quick to respond. She thought she would receive praise from her mother. However, she never ever expected that what was about to occur was almost a complete

disaster!

Poppy praised her and unexpectedly, gave her a piece

of cake.

The sweet and rich cream in her mouth gave her a

sense of satisfaction. She was reluctant to swallow it.

She thought her life was going to change. Poppy held her hand with a smile and took her out, only to hand

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her over to a human trafficker.

She didn’t cry or make a fuss. After all, the human traffickers at least gave her tasty candy, showed her kindness, and smiled at her.

Until they locked her in a basement with a bunch of

other children.

There, she met an older boy.

They spent a month together, having a good time…

In the beginning, the boy didn’t talk much. Later, he asked her, “Don’t you want to escape?”

She said happily, “I don’t.”

Although there was no freedom, she got enough to eat, had warm clothes, and didn’t have to see her mother. She felt that was the happiest time in her life.

The boy was puzzled and asked, “Why?”

She said, “Because no one hits me here.”

The boy pondered her words before asking, “What’s

your name?”

She shook her head.

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didn’t have a name and didn’t have a household

registration number…

All the other children would cry and make a fuss, while she smiled every day. The human trafficker was the least guarded against her. So in the end, the boy handed her a bag of sleeping drugs to put in the trafficker’s food.

She did it.

As the children were running haphazardly away, she just stood there.

The boy asked her, “Why don’t you leave?”

She shook her head. “I don’t know where to go.”

“Then, come home with me.”

The boy extended a hand toward her, and she took his

hand.

She didn’t go home with him in the end. Because they were so young, they were rescued by the police as soon as they descended the mountain. Her identity was confirmed, and she was sent back to the Olsen

family.

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Before parting, she held onto the boy’s leg and asked him in confusion, “Didn’t you say you would take me

home?”

A police officer beside them chuckled. “Little girl, you aren’t his kin. You can’t go to his home.”

She had tears in her eyes. “But I don’t want to go home! I want to be with him forever!”

The boy stroked her head and asked her, “Is it because you’ll be beaten when you go home?”

The police officer didn’t take note of this. After all, children of their age often made a big fuss at home, and getting spanked was just a part of life.

However, the boy took her seriously and said, “Wait for me. When we grow up, I’ll come and marry you, and take you to my home.”

Keira woke up abruptly.

The scenes from her dream passed by like a fast-forwarded slideshow, leaving her momentarily confused about what was real and what was a dream…

She didn’t know about others. but she remembered

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clearly everything that happened when she was four.

She remembered that the boy gave her a nickname, Eleven, because she was the eleventh child who was

trafficked there.

She remembered the taste of chocolate.

She remembered the sunlight pouring into the dark

basement, and the dust dancing in the light.

That was the happiest time when she was a kid.

And this year, she turned 22, yet, that boy still hasn’t come to marry her.

A bitter smile emerged on Keira’s face.

It wasn’t that she was really fond of him. A

four-year-old child knew nothing about love, but his existence was the pillar that supported her through countless episodes of abuse and assault.

For other children, their light was Ultraman.

Her Ultraman was that boy…

Unfortunately, the boy was only a kid. He must have long forgotten about her.

Keira blinked and finally realized the strange

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atmosphere in the room.

She turned her head and saw Lewis sitting next to her, asking, “Do you want some water?”

Before Keira could react, Matthew’s voice came from

the other side. “Irrelevant people should leave now. I have to examine the patient.

He picked up the stethoscope and came to the bedside, looking at Lewis.

Lewis’s face was gloomy. “I’m not an irrelevant person.”

Matthew continued. “Apart from the patient and the doctor, everyone else is irrelevant. Moreover, I have to examine the patient, which requires removing her clothes. It’s not appropriate for you to be here.”

Lewis frowned, “It’s appropriate for you to do it?”

Matthew walked to Keira and lifted her blouse. “I’m a

doctor. In my eyes, there is no distinction of gender.”

Lewis wanted to say something more, but when he saw the segment of her slender waist beneath her blouse, he blushed and immediately left the room.

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After leaving the room, Tom, who was waiting outside, subconsciously peeked inside.

Lewis immediately blocked the doorway, shut the door, and scolded, “What are you looking at?”

Tom was perplexed.

He cleared his throat and said, “Boss, Miss Olsen’s

name is a trending topic.”

Then he handed over his mobile phone.

Lewis took it and saw the top trends showing a journalist conducting an interview.

The interviewee was Finley Hill’s son, Connor Hill, who was wearing his school uniform, his face

characteristically filled with discomfort and caution.

The journalist enquired, “About your father’s murder case, what do you have to say?”

Connor seemed somewhat not used to face the

camera, so he faltered. “My cousin…she didn’t do it intentionally. It was an accident…”

“Your father was a gambler. Didn’t you hate him too?”

Connor hesitated for a moment. “Sometimes yes, but

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there’s nothing much to do about it. You can’t change

who you are born to, but I would lik

to say one thing

for my cousin. Over the years, my father has been constantly going to her for money, and what happened was indeed manslaughter. I’m ready to issue a letter of understanding for my cousin, and hope that the police will deal with her leniently.”

This interview was initially unremarkable, but after these words, someone in the crowd shouted, “Did you know that your good cousin has been released on bail for a ridiculous reason? Anemia is said to have affected her health! Is she going to evade the crime?”

With these words, the whole news suddenly heated up.

Hashtags such as

#SecondGenerationRichEligibleForBail#, #RichBratGetsAwayWithMurder#, and #MoneyBuysInnocenceForTheRich# immediately

went onto the trending list.

Everyone questioned Keira’s eligibility for bail.

At a glance, it was clear someone was behind this and paid for the top trends.

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Lewis’s face darkened. “Go find out who paid for it.”

“Yes,”

After that, Tom surveyed the surroundings. “I just discovered that some reporters have sneaked in.”

Lewis’s face suddenly turned cold. “Find some people

and secure the area.”

Keira was physically weak and shouldn’t be disturbed

now.

Inside the ward.

When Lewis left the room, Matthew put the stethoscope aside and sat next to Keira.

Keira asked, “Matthew, why are you teasing him?”

Matthew sneered. “You didn’t even tell me you got married. Am I still your brother?”

Keira said indifferently, “I didn’t want to disturb you.”

Matthew seemed to perceive something and changed the topic. “What dream did you just have? You kept calling someone ‘Brother…”

Keira smiled. “I dreamt of when I was three or four

years old…”

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If it weren’t for this, she wouldn’t have felt anything, but bringing it up like this, she suddenly remembered the conversation in the dream…

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Apart from being abducted by traffickers at the age of four, she also remembered being beaten at three.

In reality, most children at the age of three should have little memory. She vaguely remembered being beaten at that age, but perhaps the memory was too profound that in her dreams, she could clearly hear Poppy’s scolding.

and you, you

Keira smiled bitterly.

have such a dream

thoughts. She often dreamed of being Isla and

mother…

when

four?”

“Nothing”

want to talk about the

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introduced into her system, all symptoms of anemia gradually disappeared, and she

more iron, so she had to stay on an IV for a couple more

her phone and found a message on

Twitter.

username was “Ms. S”, and she was fairly well

who sent her the message was named Josh, who had been following her

won’t back down this time! I want to be like you, fearless in the face of authority, and brave enough to expose the truth to the public! If you can see this message, I hope you can

blessing.”

Keira was perplexed.

was puzzling over it, there was a knock

walked in with Connor

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down,

ward, he first glanced at Keira and then

Keira…”

to the Hill family

of hers was quiet and

still courteous toward

I came to

Keira was taken aback.

“I consulted with a lawyer. By

“Keira, I was terrified

person. He got what he deserved…

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Lincoln frowned. “Even if he was a bad person, he should have been

house, my mom ran off with someone else, and I had no place to live… I had no choice but to work my hardest. He even took my scholarship money! Even his own son was treated like

know I shouldn’t say this, but when

this, he covered his face and squatted down slowly. “I’m such a jerk. My dad’s dead, and I can finally breathe. Even though I have to

choked his

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stiffened but remained

the room was

Keira said nothing.

might think she had lived a comfortable life, but the truth was, her life hadn’t been any better

Connor’s.

Finley Hill had never starved

crying, wiped his tears, and stood up. “I’m sorry. I, I lost my

Captain Lincoln patted

understand.”

“Thank you for your letter of forgiveness, but… I don’t need

killer.”

If you plead guilty and show remorse, you’ll at most be sentenced to three years, but if you insist on being innocent, you

“I know.

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kill them, I can’t admit to anything,”

turned toward Captain Lincoln to ask a stupid

matter?”

Even if you don’t pursue it, we

looked at Keira. “Then

her head.

“Keira, get some rest. I… I have to leave

“Okay.”

was found at the scene, could

of it was stained with blood, so it was

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at

its rules. It’s evidence, and we can’t give it to you for now. Only

head. “But that’s next month’s living expenses of my dorm mates…I promised them

of them had worked part-time before, and they knew that the students needed their

hard-earned penny.

losing twenty thousand was bound to cause strain among these

Keira narrowed her eyes.

of a sudden, she said,

Connor then turned back.

her phone. “I’ll have Samuel give

you, Keira. As soon as the money at the police station is returned,

to you.”

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a message

in with twenty thousand in cash and

Connor’s eyes stung.

the money. “Keira, my father has borrowed a lot of money from you

it. He is he, and

saying that, there was a

click at the door.

to see a thin, unfamiliar man, nervously clutching

him, the man immediately charged in. “Connor Hill, I knew there must be a financial transaction when

a son!”

he finished speaking, he turned his

without any signs of anemia. he scoffed. “What’s all this about being on

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near-death condition? Is this

people have privileges, right? They can find a

this

and declared sternly, “Journalists

very agitated as he directed his

procedures are being broadcast live,

expose you!”

move to stop the man. “You

not clear enough, many people are getting away with it. As a citizen, I have the

young journalist was

already taken his mobile phone,

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furious. “What’s your name? Which newspaper are you from? I’ll

young journalist lifted his chin and sneered. “Don’t try to scare me. My idol is Ms. S, who bravely reported on a certain company’s pollution discharge despite the strong power at the time. I’m afraid of nothing

these words, Keira was

earlier, she was

young journalist was surprised. “How

that?”

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Josh’s homepage, and sure

my

took a step forward and

journalist is looking out for their own safety, then many truths in this world

are millions of journalists who will stand out! Don’t think that you can hide what

didn’t know what to

clichéd speech, she chuckled. “You

nodded, “Yes,

you’re so

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Josh was dumbfounded.

at Keira. It was as if she

his arm. “Enough.

grabbed

until then that Keira turned

and she seemed rather uncomfortable. Only then did she say, “Well… I have things to do. I’ll step

left the

Keira chuckled.

so straightforward in character and was remorseful after doing something

she didn’t

a rare condition. When she first

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looked perfectly

test for her, which

would do.

asked, “Boss, do you know

raised an eyebrow but

“Hey, Josh Josh is live

again!”

and looked at Samuel’s

live-streaming on Twitter just now,

was still on there.

talking to the camera. “My livestream was interrupted earlier. I’m back to say hi to everyone. I’m OK. They haven’t lost all conscience. They didn’t kill me because I saw

transaction…”

left comments below the

because of the perseverance of

No matter how terrible

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family. How could a son provide a letter of forgiveness

money disregard human life? Claiming

people must be brought to justice. I don’t understand. The evidence is clear. Why aren’t they

as Josh was making light of himself, and everyone was

in her police uniform, walking toward him authoritatively. “I can accept your

Sims, they told me earlier that you are a forensic

“I can.”

looked at

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is the murder suspect Miss Olsen really out on bail

adjusted her uniform and

hat.

severe anemia, which is threatening her life! I signed her

that and sneered. “Officer Sims, how can

Holly paused.

her upright gaze fixed on the screen,

uniform!”

that if Miss Olsen’s bail is to escape, I’ll take off this uniform for

was stunned by her

“Sometimes, the truth

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beings can be

short-sightedness and narrow-mindedness affect your

irreversible mistakes.”

be talking to Josh and

same time.

said that, Holly

phone and

police

told Holly that Keira would apply for bail. Holly made a guarantee with her uniform. Even though Keira indeed applied for bail now, Holly was

although a bit

tall figure made the room seem rather small. He sat

a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. “Yes, although she’s a bit

She looked at Lewis.

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Poppy, she was going to send Keira to

her up

held by him then, she could smell his fresh scent. His tall and burly figure

it was because she was ill then, she felt extremely weak. Now that she

felt…

He was so bold!

kind of place was that? Who did

the spot by the armed

even more

in thought,

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you.”

he wanted to say, “If anything happens

his face softening

welcome.”

reminded Keira of

memories, the boy she met when she was four would also rub

boy was

suddenly asked: “Were you

paused, his eyes instantly darkening. “Why would

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asked the question, she

wanted to talk about their childhood, especially

that boy wasn’t from Oceanion back then, otherwise, he would have been brought

chances of

world?

smile and was just about to brush it off when the door to her room opened again. Holly walked in, and Keira and

looked a bit uncomfortable, but she approached

nonchalant.

then averted her gaze and awkwardly said, “I misunderstand you.

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Lincoln and the others. Everything

sighed, looked at Lewis, and after seeing him nod, she said, “Don’t worry. Mr. Horton and I won’t press

taken aback,

that, no ordinary person would let them off

Captain Lincoln and might even compensate them

faintly but

someone else, she wouldn’t have

fooled Holly

“Don’t worry. I’ll help you catch the murderer and clear your

she noticed that Keira and Lewis’s expressions remained unchanged. There was no sign of surprise

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who the murderer

eyebrows

had her suspicions and had

Did Lewis also know?

nod, “I’ve already

Connor Hill.”

a sudden realization. “So, Connor Hill is

murderer?”

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