Ch. 2231..2240

Chapter 2231 All Vireo could do was endure it. There was even a moment when vireo desperately hoped that his adoptive parents could be killed in a traffic accident. That would have been the best! while looking at his three sisters, who were all looking dumbfounded, vireo was actually gloating. Following behind his adoptive parents, vireo said extremely apologetically, "I'm sorry, Madam Gloria, for causing you trouble."

Gloria smiled pleasantly at Vireo. "Vireo, I finally knew how difficult your life was in the past. Don't worry. You have loved ones in South City. These loved ones certainly will not let you go through the hardships you've once been through in the past anymore.

Don't worry, son."

Video instantly felt moved. "Thankyou, Madam Gloria. It's already enough that you didn't blame me. They..."

Speaking of that, Vireo looked at his adoptive parents and his three sisters. He originally wanted to say that everything that they had done had nothing to do with him, so if they had harmed Madam Gloria, then she would ask Madam Gloria to tell the police about everything that they had done. Let the police handle this matter. In the end, before Vireo said anything, his adoptive father, Lucius, spoke first instead and his tone was very aggressive. 1 "Do you think I'm afraid of you? Is the King staying in your house? Let me tell you something! My son's friend is the richest and most powerful man in South City. He is the director of the Ford Group, Mister Ford! He will back US up! He is going to come over soon! It's impossible for you guys, the people of South city, to not have heard of the director of the Ford Group, Mister Ford, right? You're all so arrogant! Each and every one of you is so arrogant! But, which of you could possibly compete with Mister Ford?" 1 Lucius kept mentioning Mister Ford when in fact, Lucius had no clue who was Mister Ford at all. He had only heard from his daughter while they were on their way over that Mister Ford was the most powerful man in South city. No one in South city dared to say no to Mister Ford, and there was nothing that Mister Ford could not do in South city as well! Mister Ford was simply the King of South City. That was the information that her daughters had passed to Lucius. Lucius did not care how great the people here were, much less take old Master Shaw, who had a dignified and mighty expression, seriously. That was because he knew that the person that would be baking them up was Mister Ford, the King of South City.

Vireo was first stunned when he heard his adoptive father mention Mister Ford. Immediately after that, he looked at Sabrina.

Sabrina responded to him with a smile, she meant to tell him not to worry and everything was in control. Sabrina's eyes were telling Vireo that his troubles would soon be resolved. Also, it would be resolved in such a way that there would not be any more lingering issues after that. This time, everything would be severed in one fell swoop. Even though Sabrina did not say a single word, Vireo understood her. vireo felt moved beyond words.

However, vireo was also indeed a man with a conscience. He suddenly looked at his adoptive parents, as well as his three sisters, with a forlorn gaze. "Dad, Mom, Chloe, Ashnah, and Abigail, I want to ask you a question and you have to be honest with me. My friend, Mister Ford, and I can only help you after you have told me the truth. Since the police are here as well, we can also resolve our issues at any time. I want to know, is the purpose of you guys coming to South city this time to move my three sisters' children to South City and then let me support them?"

Abigail was the first to answer and his tone was very firm. "Vireo, you're considered an observant person. You immediately know what we want. Think about it, you're not married, so the people who are closest to you are, of course, your three nephews. If you do not love your nephews, then who are you supposed to love?"

"Great! But, you must first see if vireo is my brother or your brother!" A voice could suddenly be heard coming from behind them.

Chapter 2232 Everyone turned their heads around and saw that a man in a suit had just gotten out of a car from not far away, and he was walking slowly toward them. The man was dignified and mighty, and he had two followers following behind him. The two followers were wearing glasses with golden frames and they were also carrying file folders in their hands. Even someone who did not know these three people were able to distinguish at a glance that they were big shots. What did that big shot say? vireo was his brother? Many onlookers were confused. The Payne sisters, as well as their parents, were even more confused as they looked at that man who was slowly walking toward them.

The second Payne sister, Ashnah, has the sharpest eyes. "Hey, Chloe, isn't this the man we saw at our brother's house the day before yesterday?"

"That's right. It is that man, but he seemed more of a dignified air to him today. Also, why did he say that our brother is his brother? How ridiculous!" Chloe immediately said.

As soon as Chloe said that, the police officer next to her suddenly asked, "Miss Payne, didn't you say just now that the director of South City's Ford Group is your brother's friend?"

Chloe nodded. "That’s right! Mister Ford is our brother’s friend. Not only is he our brother's friend, but he is also the most powerful II Before Chloe finished her words, the police officer cut her off. " Then why don't you know who Mister Ford is?" 1 "Why?" Chloe asked.

"The man walking over now is exactly the man you had spoken of, who is the highest authority of the Ford Group, your brother's friend, and also the Payne family's friend!" It was already extremely obvious that the police officer was mocking the Payne family with his sarcastic remark.

Even though the few police officers did not understand the full story, they were able to tell from the Payne sisters' arrogant attitude that they were especially unreasonable. Not only were the police officers able to tell that the sisters were being unreasonable, but they were also able to tell that the sisters were emotionally blackmailing their brother. No, it should be more precise to say that they were emotionally blackmailing the adopted son of the Payne family instead. This doctor, who had just come from the hospital and still looked exhausted, clearly was against his family's behavior. He simply did not get angry because they were his family.

However, everyone in the Payne family, including the parents, was burning their youngest brother, who is also the doctor, at the stake. It was already putting it nicely to say that they were emotionally blackmailing him and burning him at the stake. To put it bluntly, the Payne family was leaching off their adopted son in the name of family ties and morality. Never mind if they were just leeching off him, but they actually even disallow their adopted son to have his own life and make friends in South City. All the people in his social circle were taken as scammers and criminals by his adoptive parents and their family, what a joke!

The police were not idiots. They were able to tell what was going on and were incredibly clear about that. However, since the adopted son did not say anything as he was saving face, and the Payne family had yet broken any laws, all the police could do was anxiously watch on. That was because they were unable to handle the dispute within a family, much less use the law to judge the dispute involving familial ties. It so happened that Mister Ford had appeared at that moment. He was obviously the most suitable person to redress the balance and handle such a case related to family disputes. 1 The few police officers were looking at the entire Payne family with contempt. However, as expected of the Payne family, they had always been used to having the wind at their backs and also being bossy. Back then when they were still in their small county, almost everyone was at their mercy. Later on, when their son went to the provincial capital, the Payne family was able to achieve great gains every time they went to the provincial capital. The Payne family had summed up some tricks that would guarantee their success. Firstly, they had to control the adopted son of the Payne family, vireo. Secondly, they had to be crafty and flexible in trimming their sails. It was not as if the Payne sisters, as well as their parents, were unable to tell that the police were treating them with contempt. They simply did not care, what they wanted was to seize the opportunity immediately!

Chapter 2233 At that moment, as long as they were able to be friends with the most powerful person in South city, would the Payne sisters still need to worry about not being able to be successful? Ha! The Payne family was always blessed with opportunities! That should be the benefits of Lucius and his wife adopting the abandoned child, Vireo, back then. It was only natural that good people were rewarded!

The eldest sister, Chloe, was the first to rush in front of Sebastian. She looked at Sebastian with her fat face covered with a big smile. " Hello, Mister Ford. I have heard so much about you, but I have never been able to meet you. We've always wanted to meet you, Mister Ford. It just couldn't be helped that you're indeed extremely busy every day, so we were afraid that we might disturb you."

As expected of the eldest of the Payne sisters, she was rather classy when she spoke.

Sebastian looked at Chloe. "Were you...the person who went to make trouble at my brother's house the day before?"

Chloe was so embarrassed that her face turned red for a moment. However, her face was only reddened for a moment before she immediately regained her senses, "oh, it was all a misunderstanding as we didn't know that we're a family.

That's right! We were the few people who went to make trouble the day before yesterday. However, we're not outsiders.

Mister Ford, you said that Vireo is your brother, but what you didn't know is that vireo is also our brother. He is our biological brother, vireo's last name is Payne. Our last name is also Payne. We share the same parents. This is our parents."

While saying that, Chloe even pointed to her biological parents and introduced them to Sebastian. After the introduction, she smiled. " Mister Ford, when we were at the hospital, the person in charge of the hospital told US that you're our brother's friend and both of you were so close as if you were brothers. It turned out that it was true. The person in charge told US then that you would personally seek justice for my brother. Haha. We initially thought that the person in charge was just simply saying it. We didn't expect that you would be here so soon. It's great that you're here.

It's really great that you're here. Hurry up and have a look, Mister Ford. This group of people, which consists of people of all genders and age groups, had joined forces to trick my brother. They are criminals. Mister Ford, you have to explain to the police and let them take all these people away for interrogation!"

After saying that, Chloe did not look at Sebastian, instead, she looked at the few police officers with a victorious expression. "I'm sorry, sir. Mister Ford indeed is our friend. He and my brother were like brothers! Mister Ford would certainly seek justice for us!"

The police were so exasperated that they laughed. They had seen confident people, but they had never seen such a family who was so confident that they forgot themselves. Seeing the police looking at his eldest sister with such contemptuous gaze, Vireo said with an incredibly calm tone that had a kind of coldness as if he no longer had a heart.

"Chloe, since Mister Ford is here. You should first listen to what Mister Ford has to say!"

Chloe smiled. "Alright. This way, Mister Ford."

Sebastian nodded slightly, and then he came quickly to the front of Vireo with big strides. "Hello, sir. I have to clarify something with you. This is my biological brother. We share the same father. A DNA paternity test could confirm this.

My biological brother has no relations with the Payne family at all."

The Payne family was all stunned. The Payne sisters, as well as their parents, looked at Sebastian in disbelief, and then asked in unison, "What did you say?"

Sebastian's tone suddenly became cold. "My biological brother has no relations with all of you at all. Please don't harass him anymore in the future!"

Chapter 2234 All eyes were on Sebastian. Sebastian looked at the Payne sisters, as well as their parents, with a sharp gaze. The Payne sisters were so shocked that they were frozen in place. At that very moment, the person who was least able to believe this truth was Lucius, "what did y-you say? Vireo is my son. I had raised him since he was a baby. How could he be the child of your family?"

"Dad! This is the director of the Ford Group!" Chloe scolded her father.

No matter how slow she was to respond and understand the situation, Chloe also knew that this director of the Ford Group was formidable. After she scolded her father, she looked at her brother, Vireo. "Vireo, what's going on? The person in charge of the hospital told us that the director of the Ford Group is your friend. We're very happy for you that you're able to make such a friend.

But, your friend, Mister Ford, seemed to have some misunderstandings about US. vireo, did you tell Mister Ford that we're your family, these are your biological parents, and the three of us are your biological sisters?"

Chloe had always been impatient, without waiting for her brother to have any response at all, she looked at Sebastian again.

"Mister Ford, Ĩ have seen you. The man at my brother's house the day before yesterday was you. I know. You must have admired my brother's skills as a doctor very much, so you had taken him as your brother. My brother is like that. He had always been very loved by others. He used to be like that back in the county as well. However, Mister Ford, there's one thing that you may not know. The group of people who were together as guests with you at my brother's house that day are criminals. Mister Ford, shouldn't y- you first make sense of the situation?"

What Chloe had said truly made Sabrina, who was behind her, so angry that she laughed. "Miss Payne, you're truly very confident, and also very bold."

Chloe turned around to look at Sabrina. Her tone was still a little aggressive. "Woman! You're already on the brink of dying, and you're still arguing? The police are here, and Mister Ford is also here. Even if we don't report you to the police, it would be impossible for all of you to escape today! what else do you have to argue! Do all of you want to make my brother miserable?"

Sabrina shook her head. "Miss Payne, Before we are deemed as criminals by the police, I have to tell you something!"

"I have no interest in what you have to say!"

"The director, Mister Ford, that you speak of is my husband!" Sabrina said slowly.

"What?" Chloe asked.

She thought that she had heard it wrong, so she subconsciously cleaned her ears. Her ears were clean and unobstructed, and she heard it right. Sabrina came to Sebastian and took her husband's arm. After that, she shrugged her shoulders and looked at Chloe very innocently. "This Mister Ford is my husband."

"Oh..." Chloe continuously took a few steps back. Her face suddenly became as white as a sheet. Ashnah and Abigail, who were behind her, held onto Chloe to support her.

"Chloe, what's going on?" Ashnah's voice was already trembling as she spoke.

"Chloe, we...are we in trouble? Chloe, I am a little scared..." Abigail was usually the most domineering and spoiled, but she was the timidest. Whenever they encountered any trouble, she always was the best at running away. At that moment, Abigail was so frightened that her lips turned blue. "I've got n-nothing to do with this."

Chloe and Ashnah were so pissed that they glared at Abigail at the same time. No matter how much they glared at Abigail, there was absolutely nothing the Payne family was able to do at all at that moment. Chloe turned around and looked at his parents.

After all, they were also vireo's parents. The sisters knew that since vireo had such a good relationship with Mister Ford, he would then be able to put in a good word for the Payne family. However, at that moment, their parents were also frozen in place.

Like the Payne sisters, they were also incredibly afraid. They were afraid of none other than the fact that the Payne sisters had taken the Ford Group's director's wife as a criminal, what should they do?

Chapter 2235 After all, they were still his daughters, so Lucius came to Vireo while trembling, "vireo, you...at least say something, my son. They are your sisters. That's an undeniable fact. You are friends with Mister Ford. Plead with Mister Ford for them. Your sisters did not mean it. It was because they were worried about your situation that they had taken Mister Ford's wife as a criminal. Besides, perhaps Mister Ford's wife was also tricked, and maybe those people were all criminals? Then, we would also be considered to have saved Mister Ford’s wife in time this way."

The older man was indeed the wiser man. At the critical moment, Lucius did not panic, and he also spoke in an orderly manner.

Sabrina, who was behind him, smiled. "Sir, you are right. When the situation is unclear, it is possible that I have also been tricked.

Thank you for your attentiveness and concern."

Lucius immediately smiled. "Missus Ford, you're such a forgiving person—"

"However!" Sabrina immediately cut Lucius off and said while articulating every word, "This criminal that the Payne sisters spoke of is my mother, my biological mother, who is also Mister Ford's mother-in-law."

Sabrina pointed at her mother, and then laughed while looking at the Payne family. Many of the onlookers in the surroundings also laughed at them softly.

"Gosh, these three sisters truly had asked for it, didn't they? They reported someone without any evidence. They truly have shot themselves in the foot this time!"

"I think they deserved it! Look at how arrogant the sisters were just now!"

"Why do I feel that these three sisters are like criminals? Could it be that they are deliberately accusing others to cover up the fact that they were the criminals themselves?" 1 "It's great that the police are also here. They can then directly take the three sisters to the police station later!"

"Pfft! People who insult others in public like these should be imprisoned!"

"Sir, you guys have to properly punish them!"

The Payne family were all speechless when they heard the people in their surroundings condemning them like that. They were in South City, not a small county, or even the provincial capital. The only family the entire Payne family had on that piece of land was Vireo. At that very moment, the Payne family was very regretful for being too reckless and too impatient at the beginning.

They had shot themselves in the foot at that moment, have they not?

vireo looked at his son for help. After all, his son and Mister Ford were blood brothers. At that moment, only his son was able to plead for mercy for them. However, before he opened his mouth, Sabrina said, "Mister Payne, you didn't come to my husband's brother's house last weekend, but your three daughters had seen everything. Let me tell you this now, there was not a single outsider at my husband's brother's house last weekend! The people present that day were my family of four and also my mother.

Also, my husband's brother's wife and their niece were there. My brother's family was also there. We're all his relatives!"

Sabrina kept talking about her husband's brother, which made Lucius panic very badly when he heard that. He was finally able to tell that Mister Ford really took Vireo as his brother. How could that be?

Lucius did not dare to offend Mister Ford and his wife. He continued looking at vireo for help, "vireo, tell...t - tell Mister Ford that we are all your family. Son, we are your parents and these are your three sisters."

"You're a bunch of lunatics! Holden clearly is my biological son! How could he be your son?" An old, dignified, and mighty voice could be heard coming from behind them.

Chapter 2236 The Payne family, who were already trembling in fear, turned their heads around together to look behind them, and they saw an old man getting out of the car that Mister Ford had come out of earlier. This old man looked slightly younger than the old man from earlier. He should be around Lucius' age, and he seemed like he was in his seventies. However, that old man's mightiness and solemnity were something that Lucius would never be able to be compared to. Lucius absolutely was not even worthy to be nobody in the face of the old man.

The old man with a cold expression came to Lucius and his wife, as well as the Payne sister, and looked at them with a gaze as sharp as a knife. "I, Sean Ford, have lived more than seventy years old, and I unexpectedly am able to witness such a strange thing at this very moment. He clearly is my biological son! Why are there suddenly so many lunatics going to the hospital to make trouble and snatch my son? What is your purpose in snatching my son away from me? Could it be that all of you belong to a criminal gang? Are you deliberately accusing others to cover up your own true identity?"

After saying that, Sean looked at a few police. "I would like you, members of the law enforcement, to investigate this properly."

"Don't worry, Mister Ford. As long as they are criminals, we will not let any of them go," the police immediately said.

"Good!"

Sean looked at Lucius and his wife, as well as the Payne sisters, again. "Tell me, why are you targeting my son and not letting them go? Do you think that my youngest son is easy to bully?" Sean asked loudly.

The Payne family was all dumbfounded. They did not even dare to cry. What the hell was going on? Why did their own adopted son suddenly become the biological son of the most powerful and richest family in South city? How could that be possible?

Lucius absolutely could not believe it. Vireo was the child of the Payne family. Just an hour and a half ago, when Vireo came out of the operating room, he even called them, "Dad, Mom." That was absolutely true!

"Vireo, you...my son, we are your parents. We are not criminals. Vireo, clarify this with Mister Ford and Mister Ford Senior.

Otherwise, your parents and your sisters would be treated as criminals and captured."

At that moment, Lucius already did not care about glory, wealth, and whatnot anymore. He was simply thinking that it was already not bad if the Payne family were able to walk away from this situation unharmed. Even if he were any stupider or any more ignorant, Lucius was also vaguely able to sense that his entire family seemed to be going to fail this time. They were going to be failing badly. That kind of panic and fear were eroding his entire body little by little, within a short span of two minutes, the seventy -year-old man's head unexpectedly was beaded with sweat. When he turned around to look at his wife, his wife was already so frightened that her legs turned to jelly. If the Payne sisters had not been holding onto their mother, the old lady probably would have collapsed on the ground. 1 "Vireo, we're your sisters." Chloe no longer was as arrogant as earlier on, and she looked at vireo in tears.

Ashah immediately called out. "Vireo, I am your second sister. When you were still a child, I often carried you on my back."

"Me as well, Vireo. I am your third sister. You and I are the closest in age. We grew up together as children, Vireo. whenever I had anything delicious, T would save everything for you. Do you still remember? Vireo, we are all your family." Abigail looked at Vireo eagerly.

However, at that moment, vireo did not even look at the Payne family at all. He only looked at Sean with surprise, vireo had no intention of having anything to do with Sean in this life and also visiting him. Even if it was the day that Sean died, Vireo was not going to go see him as well. The words he said to Sean that day when vireo found his mother and brought her back home from the mountains were very cruel.

Chapter 2237 However, he never expected that Sean would step up and help him deal with the Payne family at that moment. Sean was also the only one that was the most convincing. After all, they were indeed a pair of biological father and son. At that moment, Sean already slowly came to Vireo and he raised his head to look at Vireo. This son of Sean's was half a head taller than him and he had inherited all of the Ford family's good qualities. Like his brothers, he was tall and handsome. However, he was the kindest person among all of Sean's sons. He had never been involved in business and had poured all of his heart and soul into his career in medicine. Even if this son never were to acknowledge Sean for life, it was also what Sean deserved. Sean did not blame his son. He only wanted to save him from the hot waters. 1 "Son." Sean was covered in tears as he raised his hand to touch his son's cheeks. "It's my fault. Your mother and I were too busy back then, so we had left you with the Payne family on star Island. Your mother and I truly were helpless. Son, I didn't know you had so many troubles. I can't help you with other things, but I can produce the proof of the DNA paternity test." 1 Proof of DNA paternity test? When the Payne family heard that, their hearts sank altogether.

At that moment, Sean turned around to look at the Payne family, who were scared silly, again. "You bunch of people from the Payne family, listen to me carefully! This is my son, Holden Payne! since he was born till he was in his thirties, he had always been living on Star Island. He went to elementary, middle, and high school on Star Island, and he went to college abroad. The schools and teachers on star Island can testify to this! After he graduated from college, my son, Holden, opened up a private hospital on star Island. Later on, because star Island was too small, his skills as a doctor were not fully utilized there, and he also wanted to move on to bigger things, he moved from star Island to South city. In the years that followed, my son had been living with US. I have pictures to prove it!

"After Holden had lived with US for almost more than a year, he wanted to further his studies abroad, so his mother and I paid for him to do so for several years. Originally, Holden intended to stay abroad for the rest of his life. However, Holden is a kind soul who is also very devoted. He was unable to leave his lover, who is now his wife, behind. Therefore, Holden returned to the country. Although his last name is also Payne, he indeed is my son. My blood is running in his veins. I just can't quite understand since when did my son become the son of the Payen family from a distant small county?"

Speaking of that, Sean stared straight at the Payne family with an incredibly cold and serious gaze.

The faces of the Payne family were already as white as a sheet.

What Sean said was perfectly seamless as if it was true. However, that was not right! Vireo was really their child. There was also a moment when Lucius suspected that vireo was really Sean's biological son, but he felt that there absolutely would not be such coincidences in the world. Besides, if Vireo truly were the son of a big wealthy family, then why would they abandon him? It was impossible! On top of that, the place Lucius and his wife had paid to buy this child was extremely far away from South City, and the child had only been born for a day. That child certainly could not be Sean's child!

"No! Impossible! Vireo is our son. We also have proof. We have proof from his childhood to his college days!" At that moment, Lucius had already forgotten about his fear. He started to argue strongly about what was right.

Sean laughed coldly. "Then, Mister Payne, may I know if you can produce the proof of the DNA paternity test

Chapter 2238 Proof? The proof of the DNA paternity test? That was the Payne family's shortcoming. Lucius was unable to produce that. He stuttered. "I...I..."

Sean sneered. "What's the matter? You can't produce it? Are you guys really a group of criminals?"

"No! I am unable to produce the proof of the DNA paternity test, but Vireo indeed is our son! Our neighbors, Vireo's teachers, and classmates in school can testify to this!" Lucius said loudly.

"Great!" Sean calmly smiled. "You may invite your neighbors, your son's classmates, and teachers out here to testify!"

"Alright! I'll give them a call now." while saying that, Lucius started to take out his phone.

However, Lucius was still unable to forget Sean and Sebastian's power in South City. No matter what was the result that day, Lucius also knew that the Payne family could not afford to offend the Ford family from South city. Therefore, while he dialed a set of numbers on his phone, he also looked at Sean with a smile at the same time.

"Sir, we may have some misunderstandings between US. If everyone is able to testify for me after I've made the calls, don't be angry. We, the Payne family, absolutely have no intentions of offending you. It's a misunderstanding. It's certainly a misunderstanding! Even if all of the people from our county are able to testify for US that Vireo is indeed our son after I've made the phone calls, we don't have any ulterior intentions as well. We simply want to tell the police that we are not criminals. As for whose son Vireo is, we understand if you would like to take Vireo as your godson. We can understand that. After all, you're already at such an old age, if you were to lose a son, it would be a huge blow to you. We are willing to let our son be your godson. It would also be appropriate for US to let vireo care for you in the future. In the future, we'll be like a family by bond."

At that moment, Lucius still did not forget to fawn over Sean whenever he had the chance. It was only if the Payne family was able to be friends with the Ford family from South City that their time to be successful truly came. However, while he was talking about all that, the dial tone on his phone was already disconnected. Unexpectedly, nobody from the other end of the phone picked up his call. Lucius was a little embarrassed. "Wh-what's going on? My neighbor usually has a good relationship with US.

Why isn't he picking up? He certainly must be busy at the moment. Please hold on. I will call again."

Lucius called his neighbor again, while repeatedly calling his neighbor's number, he kept looking at Sean with a smile. He even glanced at his three daughters from time to time. His daughters immediately understood what he meant. Vireo was their brother.There was no doubt about that. The entire county also knew that the Payne family had an outstanding son, let alone their neighbors. Who would not have known? It could be said that their entire county was able to testify that Vireo was the Payne family's son. Even if they were not related by blood, Viero being Lucius' adopted son was still a fact. While thinking of that, the Payne sisters felt more assured.

Chloe was the first to look at Sean with a smile. "Mister Ford Senior," she called endearingly. "It's like this. I generally could tell that you may have once lost a son. It so happened that your son and my brother looked very alike, so you, who missed your son so much, have taken my brother as your son, right? Don't worry, sir. Our brother is your son. He certainly will care for you in the future. Not only will my brother care for you, but my sisters and I will also care for you. You definitely won't be lonely for the rest of your life.

Chapter 2239 "That's right, Mister Ford Senior. Don't worry. We don't have any bad intentions at all. We only want to prove that we are not criminals," Ashnah said at once.

Abigail was the timidest. she trembled. "Mister Ford Senior, i-in the future, we'll be your relatives. Hahaha. Relatives..."

Seeing the Payne family embarrassing themselves like that, Sean was even more disdainful. No matter how he was in bad shape and how his sons disliked him, he still had the ability to crush the Payne family's imposing manners. Even if he did not get angry, his calm expression was enough to frighten the Payne sisters so much that they did not dare to make a sound. The Payne sisters smiled awkwardly.

It was indeed too awkward, so the eldest sister, Chloe, then looked at her father. "Dad, why isn't...your calls going through? If you can't get through to Mister Lewis, who lived next door, then first give vireo's teacher in middle school, Mister Wayne, a call. Aren't you quite close with Mister Wayne?"

Lucius was already so anxious that he was beaded with sweat all over his body, when his three daughters took turns fawning over Sean, Lucius already made phone calls. However, none of his calls were picked up. what was going on?

Maybe one or two of them did not have their phones with them, but could all five of them not have their phones at their sides? That was too much of a coincidence! Lucius had a sense of foreboding that things were not that simple. He was in such a panic that he dropped his phone on the ground.

At that moment, Sabrina came to Lucius' side. "Mister Payne, I'm guessing that there's an issue with your phone, right?

If your phone doesn't work, I have a solution for you."

"Wh-what solution?" Lucius immediately asked.

Sabrina handed her phone to Lucius. "Use my phone to make the calls."

Lucius immediately snatched Sabrina's phone away from her hand. Then, the first thing he did was to give his neighbor, Lex Lewis, a call. As soon as the dial tone started, a familiar voice could be heard coming from the other end of the phone. "Who is this? It's not a local number. I don't know you. why are you calling me?"

Lucius was extremely disappointed. It turned out that Lex's phone was with him. He simply deliberately did not pick up Lucius' call from earlier. Lucius wiped off the sweat on his head and said with a trembling voice, "Lex, it's me. I'm Lucius from next door..."

Lex, who was on the other end of the call, was speechless.

"Lex, we've been neighbors for a few decades. No matter what, you have to testify for me. I'm not asking you to make a false statement. I really am asking you to testify for me. You only have to tell the truth. This is about whether I had committed a crime or not. Lex, people often say that it's better to look to your neighbors for help than a family who is far away." Lucius even had a catch in his throat as he spoke.

On the other end of the call, Lex's voice was very deep and very serious as he said, "Lucius, your entire family is really too much. You've ruined your son! You killed him, and you are still trying to leech off him now. I can't testify for you for anything else. The only thing that I can testify is that you did not go through the legal procedures to adopt your son back then! Not only that, but you had killed such a good child. His body was not even found!"

Lucius was speechless. Once again, he dropped the phone on the ground. It was fortunate that Sabrina's phone was not branded. It was not a good phone, but it was able to withstand the fall. Even if her phone was dropped on the ground, it was not broken. It was still able to work. Sabrina picked up the phone from the ground and handed it to Lucius. "Do you want to continue?"

Lucius immediately called the second person, the third person, the tenth person, but all of the testimony was the same —the Payne family did not go through the legal adoption procedure and they even killed the son that they had adopted.

At that moment, the police came to Lucius and said very seriously, "I did not expect this, Could it be that a case that was unsolved for decades actually has a possible lead today?"

Chapter 2240 Lucius was so frightened that his face turned pale. "No, how could this be? How could it be like this?"

The police officer was very serious. "I have already figured out the general gist of the matter from what I heard! Your family did have a son. You had brought him back from another place, but you did not go through the adoption procedures, right? Not only did you not go through the adoption procedures, but you even did not love and care for the son that you had brought home. It seems that what your neighbors wanted to say is you were involved in child abuse, right? You actually abused and killed the son that you had brought back?"

Lucius continuously took a few straps back. " No, it's not like that. Listen to me. Listen to me. It's not like that. Our son is not dead. H- He is right in front of our eyes, vireo, say something. You're our son. We've raised you since you were a baby, son." At that moment, Lucius desperately wanted to kneel before vireo while vireo was unexpectedly covered in tears.

It was time to say goodbye. From then on, he truly had to bid farewell to the Payne family. The entire family was a bunch of leeches! They were leeches! Since childhood, Vireo had never felt any warmth from his family. The only feeling that was engraved on his heart was that the Payne family was all leeching off him! While they were leeching off them, they also oppressed him at the same time.

vireo took a long breath, then said with a calm and a little miserable tone, "I'm sorry, Mister Payne. I know that you're missing your son, but with great regrets, I have to tell you that I am not your son. I just look a little bit like your son. That's all. 1 "My father is Sean Ford. My brother is Sebastian Ford. They are the former and the current director of the Ford Group in South City. I indeed have a pair of adoptive parents, but they had died a long time ago. They are the chief of star Island. I have been living in a well-to-do family since childhood, and I had never lived in a small county before. The name that my adoptive parents gave me is Holden Payne. I am not your son, vireo Payne. I am Holden Payne."

While he said that loudly, a voice suddenly echoed in his head.' Good job. You're the best. Both of US co-exist together. You're truly my good brother.' Vireo knew that that voice was the true Holden's voice. The entire Ford family, as well as the late Holden, were helping him. They were all doing their best to create a chance for him to have a new life. He wanted to break away from the Payne family. He had to break away from the Payne family!

Even though he felt heartbroken and also felt it was too cruel for a second, if Vireo was not cruel at that moment, then the Payne family would be even crueler when they leech off him. Not only would they be cruel, but if Vireo did not completely get rid of the Payne family at that moment, there would be a great possibility that the Payne family would come to South city to harass the Ford family in the future. Not only would they harass the Ford family, but they would even go around proclaiming that they are related to the Ford family and they are their relatives. By then, the Payne family's behavior of bullying others because they had powerful people to back them up may even become even more aggressive. By then, maybe even more people would be bullied by the Payne family. Therefore, since the opportunity had arisen at that moment, and since he had the chance to get rid of the Payne family for life, Vireo had to be decisive! He absolutely could not be merciful!

He looked at Lucius and his wife extremely calmly. Lucius' wife was already extremely ashen-faced. In fact, Vireo's adoptive mother was the only one in the entire Payne family who loved him just a little bit. However, she still was of one mind with his adoptive father and sisters, in the end, and harmed vireo.

At that moment, Lucius's wife was regretting it immensely. Why?