The two of them returned to The tropolis Residences. Sophie Thorne kept looking at lody Sumrs, clearly wanting to say sothing but hesitating.
Just as they were about to get out of the car, she finally spoke up. "lody, are you going to call the police? If what we suspect is true, then Lily Adler switched you and then abandoned you. That constitutes human trafficking."
But lody Sumrs just shook her head. She had no intention of calling the police.
First, they were in an era of natural disasters. Robberies and kidnappings were rampant. Why waste police resources on a cold case from so long ago?
Second, lody Sumrs found the current situation quite amusing. Clara Hayes was so fond of Sylvia Lancaster, always defending her and accusing lody of stealing Sylvia’s family.
Now, Sylvia Lancaster had turned out to be Hector Hayes’s daughter and had also gotten involved with Clara Hayes’s fiancé, Flynn Adler. lody wondered what kind of expression Clara would have when she found out Sylvia had stolen her family *and* her fiancé.
Hector Hayes, the triad boss; Lily Adler, the mistress who skipped town while pregnant; Clara Hayes, whose fiancé was stolen by her illegitimate half-sister; Sylvia Lancaster, who had been pregnant with her good friend’s fiancé’s child; Flynn Adler, who was playing both sisters; and Raymond Hayes, the legitimate son and heir...
With a group like that, all festering in the Hayes Family like vipers in a pit, lody Sumrs was rather curious to see which one would be the last one standing.
She almost regretted killing Hugh Hayes so soon. With his talent for stirring up trouble, he could have really fanned the flas in that viper’s pit!
Since lody put it that way, Sophie Thorne didn’t press the issue. She even thought that perhaps lody didn’t hate Lily Adler. After all, compared to the freakshow that was the Lancaster Family, the Sumrs Family were clearly a much better family to have.
Suddenly, as if rembering sothing, Sophie Thorne said, "Oh, right... I only heard this a while ago, but Sylvia Lancaster’s miscarriage... I’m afraid Ethan Sutton’s parents had sothing to do with it."
lody Sumrs was taken aback. "What do you an?"
Sophie Thorne answered, "The Sutton Family fired so of their maids, and the story ca from them. They said that ever since Ethan Sutton’s younger brother, Elias Sutton, died, Ethan’s parents invited a charlatan into their ho. He perford rituals over Sylvia Lancaster every day, trying to get Elias to reincarnate in her womb."
Seeing lody’s shocked expression, Sophie Thorne added, "According to the Suttons’ maids, the charlatan claid he could make a dead soul reincarnate. So they tornted Sylvia Lancaster day after day, even forcing her to drink Talismanic Water daily."
lody Sumrs was so stunned she was speechless for a long mont. She mumbled in disbelief, "Have the Suttons gone completely mad...?"
The whole thing was so outrageous that lody Sumrs almost felt a flicker of gratitude toward Lily Adler. ’If she hadn’t swapped with Sylvia Lancaster, I might have been the one who married into the Sutton Family and endured that torture...’
After saying goodbye to Sophie Thorne, lody Sumrs was about to head ho when a notification sound echoed in her mind:
[Peach Blossom Value 1. Current Peach Blossom Value: 22.]
lody Sumrs: "???"
Seeing no one around, Albus leaped out from the pocket dinsion, landing lightly on lody Sumrs’s shoulder.
lody Sumrs scooped Albus up in her arms, asking in astonishnt, "What was that for??"
’All I did was listen to so juicy gossip. Why did my Peach Blossom Value inexplicably increase by one?’
Albus tilted its head, looking at her. It didn’t know, either.
’Could it be because I found out about Hector Hayes and Lily Adler’s sordid affair?’
lody Sumrs shuddered and imdiately shook her head, dismissing the disgusting thought.
She thought about the day’s events...
’Was it because I used the Far Sea Secret dicine to save Brianna White, and her condition has now stabilized, so my Peach Blossom Value went up?’
’Or was it because the specialized dicine for volcanic ash I helped develop was launched, so my Peach Blossom Value went up?’
lody Sumrs was completely baffled. But either way, an increase in her Peach Blossom Value was a good thing. It ant she was one step closer to unlocking a new space.
******
「Inside a luxury suite on the 13th floor of The Crestview Hotel.」
On the king-size bed, the once pristine sheets were now a ravaged, chaotic ss, every wrinkle a testant to the previous night’s wild abandon.
The light in the room was dim and soft, as if veiled by a thin gauze, lending the entire space a hazy, ambiguous atmosphere that stirred one’s deepest desires.
Beside the luxurious leather sofa, several empty liquor bottles lay strewn about. The pungent stench of alcohol still perated the air, not having fully dissipated overnight.
Ethan Sutton had an arm around each of the two won beside him. His usually refined and handso face was now puffy with drunkenness.
He had been drunk all night, rambling incessantly to the two won beside him and letting out the occasional drunken burp.
The stench of alcohol on his breath washed over the won’s faces. They were utterly disgusted. That, combined with the foul reek of cigarettes, was enough to make them gag.
But they suppressed their nausea and leaned ekly against Ethan Sutton. Their expressions were gentle and demure, and their eyes, fixed on his, were filled with a tenderness as deep as a pool of spring water.
The won’s sweet, gentle act successfully soothed Ethan Sutton. He slurred intermittently, "I... I’m gonna buy your freedom... You... you girls are too pure... You sh-shouldn’t be in this line of work..."
Then he let out another drunken burp, and as if rembering sothing, he scowled and cursed, "Fuck... Th-this world... Won are all unfaithful... They should all be out selling themselves... *BURP*..."
The two won beside him showed no reaction, but inwardly, they both rolled their eyes.
’n like Ethan Sutton are just so disgusting,’ the two won thought.
’On the one hand, they urge won of the night to go straight, showing off their magnanimity, acting like they’re so kind of savior rescuing won from the darkness. They completely forget that this whole market only exists because of n like them.’
’On the other hand, they curse all won as no-good whores, saying decent won should be out selling themselves.’
’It’s their own inability to control their desires, their brains nothing more than puppets for their dicks. Yet they have to put on this act, pretending they’ve beco depraved because of a broken heart—as if won were the ones forcing them to co out and pay for sex.’
They had been listening to Ethan Sutton whine for days about how heartbroken he was and how his true love had been betrayed. Their ears were about to bleed.
’They really didn’t get it. Why did these n insist on coming to a brothel to play the romantic martyr? Was there no other stage for their performance?’
After finishing his complaints, Ethan Sutton planted a kiss on the rosy lips of each girl beside him, letting out a sigh of satisfaction.
Ever since the paternity test revealed that Sylvia Lancaster’s child wasn’t his, he had been wallowing in sorrow.
He was convinced he had been completely devoted to Sylvia Lancaster, head over heels in love, but he never imagined she would betray him and even try to trick him into raising another man’s child.
He was hurt. He was sad. He felt wronged. He just couldn’t understand it.
Ethan Sutton felt that his life as a rare, great romantic had co to an end. He had to let loose. He had to take revenge on all won. And so, he had been frequenting places like this ever since.
What’s more, after learning the paternity test results, Mr. Sutton had fallen ill with rage, and Mrs. Sutton had been busy taking care of him. Not only were they in no mood to comfort Ethan Sutton, but they also constantly blad him for choosing a wife like Sylvia Lancaster.
Mr. Sutton even called him an unfilial son, saying it was all his fault for insisting on marrying Sylvia Lancaster in the first place, which had caused this whole ss.
Ethan Sutton pinched the bridge of his nose and draped himself over the two won. "D’you... d’you know... That... that bitch... Every single cent of my money she spent, I’m gonna make her cough it all back up... She’s not getting a single damn penny from ..."
"A-Amy... Louise... You wait for . When I get my money back, I’ll buy both of your freedoms... I’ll get you out of here..."
He planted one sloppy kiss after another on the won’s faces, and then, before long, he passed out completely.
Seeing that he was dead to the world, Amy and Louise shoved him away in disgust.
The two of them exchanged a look. Their ti was up anyway. They hurriedly got dressed, opened the door, and walked out.
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