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 much

to feed you well no

short of money? Haylan

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

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

would feel guilty because of this, so

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

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his

had 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

the extent of his family’s poverty until

had spent a lot of money on his meals over the

mixture of guilt, discomfort, and anger toward Declan.

a school was located about two

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

to spend her time more effectively. Since she also

Haylan arrived,

at the gate reading through

money to pay for the canteen food. Hence, she would study. while waiting for

was wearing her school uniform. She looked very youthful while

looked slightly sallow and thin. She

heavily mended and

frown was very deep. There seemed to be a look

saw how thin his sister looked, he

used to follow him everywhere had grown into a very thin-looking woman. should have enjoyed a

She

the fact was that Queenie did not have enough food

ached so badly that it felt like it was being torn apart. He thought, “I

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

you waiting for your beggar of a mother to deliver her

dyed hair and was wearing a school uniform, appeared. He looked Queenie up and down

I was taken aback? Her hair was all white. I thought it was her grandmother

is so poor. Why do you bother studying?”

you study, you are doomed to live in poverty. What’s the

two other male and female students, all of whom were looking at Queenie with disdain.

flashed across Queenie’s eyes when she looked up at the student

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school 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

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