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.”

me so

feed you well no inatter how poor we

short of money? Haylan was startled.

two days, then I’ll buy you whatever you want to eat, Felicia

past two days’ worth of food that the couple had bought for Haylan already exceeded the cost of the family’s food for

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

remained silent. He felt extremely uncomfortable as if a boulder was

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on his chest.

words with a smile, he could see the embarrassment and sadness

did not truly understand the extent of his

of money

of guilt, discomfort, and anger toward

about two

where Haylan’s younger sister, Queenie, went. She

intense school curriculum, Queenie had chosen to stay on campus to spend her time more effectively. Since she also did not want to waste time queueing for meals

Haylan arrived, lessons had already ended.

gate reading through some

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

She was wearing her school uniform. She looked very

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

shoes were heavily mended and had many patches.

to be a look of melancholy plastered to

saw how thin his sister looked,

him everywhere had grown into a very thin-looking woman. should have enjoyed a good life without having to worry about food and clothing.

She

the fact was that Queenie did not have enough

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

money more urgently than ever, and he needed a lot of it.

waiting for your beggar of a mother to deliver her

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

time I saw her mother, I was taken aback? Her hair was all white.

is so poor. Why do you bother studying?”

you are doomed to live in poverty. What’s

male and female students, all of whom were looking at Queenie

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

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also a notorious bully in school. He was a domineering person who