The Invincible Mercenary King

Chapter 16

“What happened to her?” Haylan asked.

“Well, she just hasn’t been doing too well. Don’t ask questions. You’ll understand when you see her over the weekend, Felicia said with a shake of her head. Tears glistened in her eyes again.

Haylan frowned slightly.

Since his mother refused to tell him anything else, it was obvious that she was afraid he would be too worried or get agitated and do something excessive.

It was clear that his sister was in bad shape.

At that moment, Haylan’s rage was directed toward Declan Jackett.

Every time he asked Declan to deliver money to his family, he would also give Declan a generous reward.

However. Declan grew greedy and pocketed all of the money. He also did not do anything that Havian had asked of him.

Declan’s greed caused so many problems for Haylan’s family.

At the thought. Haylan wished he could slap himself.

He thought. “Why was I so naive in the past? Why did I trust someone like Declan?”

Still holding the lunch box. Haylan said in a deep voice, “Mom, everything will be fine.”

“Yeah, as long as we still have each other, everything will be fine.” Felicia smiled and wiped the tears. from her eyes.

Haylan nodded. “Mom, I’ll go deliver the lunch box now.”

Felicia was right. As long as they still had each other, everything would be fine.

Haylan would get his money back from Declan in two days, and life would improve.

Before Haylan left the house, he opened the lunch box and looked inside.

However, he discovered that there were only a few pieces of meat.

He went back to the kitchen and asked with a frown, “Mom, why is there so little meat?”

There was still so much meat when Haylan and his father were eating earlier.

Felicia looked a little embarrassed and said in a low voice, “I already divided the rest of the meat. equally. Don’t forget that besides your little sister, you still have two younger brothers who also need.

to eat.”

why did you give me so much meat?”

came back. It’s our duty to feed you

so short

You don’t have to worry. I’ll get paid in two days, then I’ll buy you whatever you want to eat, Felicia

worth of food that the couple had bought for Haylan already exceeded the cost of

that Haylan would feel guilty because of this, so she did not want to tell

felt

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his

those words with a smile, he could see the embarrassment and sadness beneath her façade. It was obvious that

truly understand the extent of his family’s poverty

turned out that they had spent a lot of money on his meals over

a moment, Haylan felt a mixture of guilt, discomfort, and anger

City, a school was located about two miles away

went. She was

to stay on campus to spend her time more effectively. Since she also did not want to waste time queueing for meals in the canteen, Felicia. delivered food to her

time Haylan arrived, lessons

at the gate reading through some study materials while waiting

poverty, she had no money to pay for the canteen food. Hence, she would study. while waiting for

school

the prolonged lack of sufficient nutrition, Queenie looked slightly sallow and thin. She was

were heavily mended and had

to be a look of melancholy plastered to her

Haylan approached Queenie and saw how thin his

everywhere had grown into a very thin-looking woman. should have enjoyed a good

She

enough food and could

his heart ached so badly that it felt like it was being torn apart. He thought, “I must make Declan cough up the money

needed money more urgently than ever, and he needed a lot

beggar of a mother to deliver her disgusting food to you?”

his sister with the food, a male student, who had dyed hair and was wearing a school uniform, appeared. He looked Queenie up and down with mocking

know that the last time I saw her mother, I was taken aback? Her hair was all

Why do you bother studying?”

doomed to live in poverty. What’s the

him were two other male and female students, all of whom

Queenie’s eyes when she looked up at the student with blond hair. “Lucas Lynch,

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principal’s son. He came from a rich and influential family. He was also a notorious bully in school. He was a domineering person who bullied many students, which naturally made