In the room.

Oliver was helping old Mrs. Horton to the bathroom.

Midway there, she suddenly stopped and looked at him."Do you know why I like Lewis and not you?" she asked.

Oliver was taken aback. "Grandma, what are you talking about? Have you remembered Lewis now?"

Old Mrs. Horton smiled. "How could I ever forget Lewis?"

Oliver stared at her in disbelief. "What do you mean?"

Realization dawned on him, and he became angry. "So, you've been pretending all this time?"

"Ha!"

Old Mrs. Horton chuckled and let go of his arm. She sighed. "I used to question myself whether it was wrong not to give you and the others a chance for Lewis's sake."

She shakily reached for her cane. "So, recently, I gave you all a chance."

with you. Since you've given us a chance,

can tell

Oliver was taken aback.

in our intentions! You, as the elder, shouldn't be so

Lewis looks at me, there's sincerity in his eyes. All he sees is me, not my shares. But you, your mistress, and that illegitimate daughter of yours, you're all driven by greed. You only see my shares. I'm not so blind that

anger flared. "What do

the moment you entered the house at fourteen, I knew we were never meant to be close. Your gaze was too

"You only care about the Horton family's wealth but not about the people. You have no real feelings for your father… Even though

"Shut up!"

care about me? If he cared, he wouldn't have abandoned my mother when the

sighed. "Your parents didn't divorce because of

"Forget about 'incompatible'!"

refer to his fourteen-year-old self as opportunistic, his restraint

to divorce? It was all to clear the way for that woman from the Ye family! My mom left feeling so bitter. She took me abroad, and we lived in misery for fourteen

looked at him calmly. "When your mother and father

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