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.”

you give me so much meat?” Haylan asked.

just came back. It’s our duty to feed you well no

so short of money?

don’t have to worry. I’ll get paid in two days,

the couple had bought for

Haylan would feel guilty because of this, so she did not

at Felicia and remained silent. He felt extremely uncomfortable as if a boulder

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on his

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

understand the extent of his family’s poverty until

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

moment, Haylan felt a mixture of guilt, discomfort, and anger toward Declan.

about two miles

Haylan’s younger sister, Queenie, went. She was in her

to spend her time more effectively. Since she also did not want to waste time queueing for meals in the

time Haylan arrived, lessons had already ended.

reading through some

to pay for the canteen food. Hence, she would study. while waiting for her mother to deliver meals to her daily.

hair in a ponytail. She was wearing her school

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

mended

frown was very deep. There seemed to be a look of

Queenie and saw how thin his sister looked, he felt

grown into a very thin-looking woman. should have enjoyed a good life without

She

not have enough food

was being torn apart. He

now needed money more urgently than ever, and he needed

of a mother

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

you know that the last time I saw her mother, I was taken aback? Her hair was all white. I thought it was her grandmother

poor. Why do you

matter how much you study, you are doomed to live in poverty. What’s the point of learning all these

were two other male and female students, all of whom

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

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He was also a notorious bully in school. He was a domineering person who bullied many students, which naturally made

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