Tessa had originally come to the village with resentment. She had originally wanted to condemn that woman that she hated so much that she desperately wanted to rip her apart in an instant. However, at that moment, the whole village was scolding her.“Every mouthful of milk you had was paid with the money your mother earned for you!”“Your mother was tricked into following your father back! She was still a child when she gave birth to you. She was not even eighteen yet! When your mother was giving birth to you on the delivery bed, your father was following around with a widow!”“We sent your mother tomato soup, but your mother did not even get to have a bite. It was all taken by your father to exchange for money, and then he went to gamble with that money!”“Your mother was so thin that she had no breast milk at all. You were so hungry that you wailed!”“It has not yet been a month since giving birth to you, your mother had to carry you and wash dishes for others in the winter. She
It actually was not just a liver disease! It actually was a dirty disease!“You’re all talking nonsense! All of you are talking nonsense! My dad clearly contracted the disease from exhaustion! He brought me up by himself. He had to play the role of a father and a mother. It was truly hard for him! He got sick because of exhaustion!” Tessa yelled at the crowd in tears.Everyone there sneered, especially those slightly younger ones.“You’re just fooling yourself, right? You’ll be able to know what condition your father has if you go to the hospital to check! Don’t forget, your father has the condition, but your mother doesn’t! The reason why your father was infected was that he caught it while fooling around outside while your mother was pregnant with you!”“If you want to talk about putting thoughts on another person outside, your father had done it way earlier than your mother! Your father had brought it on himself!”“Your mother is truly pitiful. If she doesn’t look for a man out
Hector averted her gaze. “You…what nonsense did you hear from those people?”“Dad!” Tessa’s tears instantly streamed down. “The truth will come to light sooner or later. This is something that the entire village knew. Do you think I will never find out in this life just because you brought me with you and we have moved away?”Hector’s voice was trembling and there was a catch in his throat. He simply confessed. “I moved away taking you with me not because I wanted to hide anything from you. It was because I wanted to give you a good learning environment. You know about the quality of education offered in that village of ours. I-I’m already a useless person. I can no longer do that business with women in this life anymore. It’s also impossible for me to have a second child., You are my everything. Of course, I don’t wish for you to study in the village. I wish you’ll be well and can have happiness for life. I know that I am a selfish person with extremely bad character, and I am a per
Tessa smiled in tears. “Dad, other children have their mothers by their side when they wake up, but I always had you by my bedside when I wake up. It was my dad who read me bedtime stories every night. My first braid was very ugly, but I loved it very much. That’s because you have spent more than an hour braiding it for me. Till this day, I still remember the time when I first started menstruating. You were afraid that I would be embarassed, so you purposely asked the lady next door to keep me accompanied for a few days. She was not very willing to do as she needed to go to work, so you gave her a month’s worth of her salary as repayment. You were the one who researched online on the many things to pay attention to when one first got their menstruation, and then you told them to the lady next now. After that, you asked the lady not to tell me that you did that. Although I only have a dad, my first menstruation was very smooth.She sobbed. “All my classmates envied that I have a good d
“Tessa, what do you mean?” Hector asked.“She snatched my boyfriend away from me! Of course, she has to compensate me! Besides, she also has to pay me back for everything she owed me for so many years in the past! She is living a good life now, anyway! She is married to a rich man now! She would have an endless amount of money to spend! Both of you and I are living in the abyss of suffering. Why does she get to marry a rich man?” said Tessa.Both Tessa and her father are the same. She would not consider how many injustices had Hana once suffered because Tessa could not feel it. However, Tessa indeed felt her father’s pain and all that he had done for her. Tessa was set on wanting Hana to pay for it. Even if Hana died, what has that got to do with Tessa and her father?Just like her father, Tessa would not consider how many injustices had Hana once suffered because Tessa could not feel it. However, Tessa indeed felt her father’s pain and all that he had done for her. Tessa had her mi
“Oh, I see. Missus Smith’s daughter came to look for Director Zayn. She…she addressed him as Uncle Zayn. Okay. Okay.”After the receptionist hung up the call, she looked at Tessa respectfully., “M-Miss, please wait here for a moment. Director Zayn’s assistant, Gary, will be right out.”“Alright!” Tessa did not even look at the receptionist. She sneered. It seemed that she was treated as a very important person here for being the stepdaughter.Within a few minutes, a beauty with mature temperature walked out in heels. When she saw Tessa, she immediately greeted her with a smile. “You’re the lady, right?”“I am looking for Uncle Zayn!” Tessa immediately said.“Miss, Director Zayn is not in today. He had just left half an hour ago. It seems that his wife…your mother is unwell. She had been sent to the hospital by the maid at home early in the morning today. Director Zayn heard that his wife was sick, so he left in a hurry.”Tessa was speechless. ‘Sick? Serves her right!’“Miss, if
Tessa was so shocked that she took a few steps back and her lips instantly turned pale. “You…What did you say?”Hana did not answer Tessa. She just looked calmly at Tessa. “You came to my wedding five days ago, right?”“You…how did you know?” Tessa asked.“It was my first wedding in my life, so of course, I had to invite all the people who had helped me in the past. I don’t really have any families, so the people from the village back then are my family. A few of the representatives from the village came to the wedding that day. Many of them knew you.”Tessa was speechless.“You have been to the village and made an inquiry, right?” asked Hana.Tessa did not answer. That was because she did not know how she should answer. She did not expect that Hana would find out that she had gone to the village and inquired about the past that quickly!Seeing that Tessa did not answer her, Hana just continued, “The whole village knew about it, so it’s actually not a secret. You will know what
“You slapping my face was more difficult to bear than your father threatening me with the photos of me in bed with another man. I was utterly disappointed after you slapped me twice. Tessa, I’m beyond disappointed with you. I have raised you for twenty-two years. According to civil law, the parents have an obligation to support their children until they are eighteen years old. You are now twenty-two years old. I have fulfilled my obligations. As for the financial support that you were supposed to be giving me in the future, I’ll make it clear to you now that I don’t need it! We have already broken off all ties and bonds between us. I now declare that I don’t need you to support me! Originally, your Uncle Zayn, my husband, had persuaded me that no matter what, you are still my biological daughter. However, Tessa, after you’ve gone to the village and learned all about your father’s behavior, you still came to blackmail me and your Uncle Zayn. Do you know that you’re committing a crime?”