Ch. 2251..2260

Chapter 2251 vireo tossed and turned in bed, so Isadora was not able to fall asleep as well. Isadora leaned on his shoulder and asked him softly, "What's the matter, Holden? Are you still worried? Don't worry. Both Sabrina and Mister Ford are the ones who had set this up. The setup this time is done on a very large scale, so the Payne family will no longer be able to make a comeback. They'll never be able to make a comeback. Everybody in the Payne family may rot in prison. It Isadora did not like the Payne family one bit. After she heard Vireo retold his own experience, Isadora has been thinking of having the entire Payne family killed at all times! They were too detestable! She looked at Vireo. "Holden, I can help you. I'm not a good person anyway!"

Vireo immediately put Isadora in his arms and covered her lips. " You're not allowed to talk about yourself like this. You're a good girl. You should be enjoying your happiness for the rest of your life. Do you understand?"

Isadora gently nodded. "Mm-hmm. You're the best to me, Holden. II Vireo sighed. "Isadora, maybe you don't understand the feelings I have for my adoptive parents. Even if they were bad, bad to the bones, something my adoptive mother said was right, when I was still a baby, she had really been through a lot of hardship to raise me. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have survived."

Isadora raised her head and looked at Vireo. "Holden, I understand. My father had abandoned me when I was two years old. He got together with a fashion designer and they even had a child. My father had never been nice to me. He was only nice to me once, and he was using me then. However, I still felt extremely warm and fuzzy. Holden, do you want to show mercy to your adoptive parents?" 1 Holden shook his head. "That's not it. Some mistakes just can't be rectified, and we can't go against the law. I only wanted to make the process less severe. Do you understand, Isadora?"

Isadora nodded. "I understand. I can understand anything that you do. If you were truly that heartless toward your adoptive parents, I really won't like you. I can't live together with a heartless man."

While saying that, Isadora laughed. She was laughing because she had found such a reliable man. Isadora then hugged vireo even tighter. That night, both of them were deeply connected to each other. While having great chemistry with each other, there was a sense of them healing each others' wounds and keeping each other warm. Both of their hearts were once severely wounded. They had both once been so miserable. At that moment, both of their hearts were united as one and both of them felt warm and safe like they had never before.

After all, the woman was not as strong and as lasting as the man. Also, Isadora was not very experienced in that aspect, so in the end, Isadora was so exhausted that she fell asleep. Before she fell asleep, she said softly, "Holden, no matter what decision you make. I will support you. I know you've already been extremely kind to your adoptive father and his family. No matter if you're going to let them go or severely punish them, we will all support you. My heart will forever be close to you."

Holden hugged his wife in his arms in relief. "I will no longer be lonely now that I have you. I will not care too much about the past anymore. After all, my adoptive parents are already very old. They are already in their seventies. Even if they were to stay alive, how long can they live? My three sisters are addicted to gambling. This is something nobody could help them with. I will just let them fend forthemselves."

vireo said that to Isadora, but he was also saying that to himself. That meant that he had already made a decision. He has decided not to pursue the matter of his adoptive parents buying him from someone else back then anymore. If he did not pursue the matter, his adoptive parents may be able to avoid jail time.

The following morning, when vireo, who was neatly dressed, was about to go to the prison, he received a call from the prison. "

Mister Payne, could you make a trip here? Your...adoptive parents want to see you," said the staff.

Chapter 2252 "Did they say anything?" Vireo calmly asked.

On the other end, the guard said reluctantly, "The old couple kept going on and on that you're their son, you're their son, they were the ones who had raised you and they ask you to have a heart. In the end, they kept going on and on about wanting to meet you once. As long as you're willing to meet them, they will reveal everything they know."

Vireo could not help but laugh.

That was the kind of people his adoptive parents were. He actually had already decided to not press charges against them.

However, as expected of his adoptive parents, even after they had been imprisoned, they still did not forget to emotionally blackmail him. The last bit of compassion vireo had for his adoptive parents was gone as well. All that was left in his heart was sadness and misery. However, even if he no longer felt compassionate for his adoptive parents, Vireo still had the tolerance that he should have. "Alright, I will be here in two hours."

Since they were already in prison, theoretically speaking, Vireo was no longer able to see his adoptive parents anymore. After he arrived at the prison, he explained the situation to the guards who were watching his adoptive parents. 2 "I have already decided not to press charges against them for abduction," Vireo said seriously.

After all, more than thirty years had already passed since that incident. Vireo had already been registered as a resident in that small county, and not much evidence relating to the financial transaction made by his parents back then was left behind.

Therefore, as long as Vireo himself no longer pursued the matter, it would basically be impossible for his adoptive parents to be convicted.

"Mister Payne, you're truly a good man," said the guard.

"Can I pick them up?" asked Vireo.

"You can once all the paperwork is completed."

"Alright."

The paperwork was not simple, and there were too many procedures to go through. Everything was considered to be going smoothly for vireo, but it still took him the whole day. It was not until the afternoon that all the procedures were finally completed, and Vireo was also able to see his adoptive parents.

After being held up for a whole day, the arrogance his adoptive parents and his three sisters had were completely gone. Through the glass, Vireo was able to see that they were dispirited. However, at that moment when the door opened, which is also the moment Lucius and his wife saw Vireo, both of them immediately got arrogant again because they had already heard that they were acquitted. Also, the person who came to pick them up was their adopted son, Vireo.

"You ungrateful son of bitch! I'll beat you to a pulp today! I am not a Payne and I am not a father if I don't beat you to a pulp!"

Lucius raised his arms and was going to beat Holden up, but he was restrained by two law enforcement officers.

Right at that critical moment, Vireo received a call from Sabrina. The care that Sabrina showed to Vireo over the phone made Vireo feel the love from a family. That also made vireo confirm once again that his family was the ones in South City. He had never had any family in that small county as well. He was no longer Vireo Payne. At that moment, he was Holden Payne. Initially, he did not intend to have any more compassion for his adoptive parents, and he only wanted to let them go and fend for themselves. At that moment, after he received Sabrina's call, and when he looked at his adoptive parents' expression of wanting to eat him alive again, Vireo became even more determined. He wanted to sever all ties with his adoptive parents from then on.

"Dad, Mom," vireo called out calmly. There was a pause before he smiled miserably. "You're free now. From now on, nobody will pursue the matter of whether you had abducted a child or not."

Hearing Vireo saying that, Lucius felt that he was even more justified. The two law enforcement officers were restraining his arms, but he was still struggling and shouting angrily. "You ungrateful jerk and heartless asshole! If you think you're so capable, don't call US mom and dad! If you think you're so capable, don't let us out! We're really not going to leave! We'll sit in prison for the rest of our lives! Hmph! Now, it's not you who does not acknowledge US as your parents!

Chapter 2253 "We're the ones who are not acknowledging you! Even if you were to shout to let us out, we will still not acknowledge you! You're simply not our son! We are not related by blood!"

Lucius originally wanted to play hard to get in exchange for his son's conscience, as well as the respect that his son was getting from the people outside. After all, it was a fact that they had raised Vireo. At that moment when they saw their son coming to set them free, they knew that he had gone soft. Therefore, they had nothing to lose and they were fearless.

After he was done scolding Vireo and venting his anger, Lucius looked at Vireo from the corner of his eyes. He was thinking that immediately after that, Vireo would certainly kneel before him and his wife and beg for their forgiveness. It was a fact that they had raised him. If someone did not even acknowledge the people who had raised him, then how could that person gain a foothold in society, and how could he gain a foothold in the hospital?

However, what Lucius never ever expected was that vireo only one word very calmly, "Alright."

Lucius thought that he had heard it wrong. He no longer rolled his eyes and looked askance anymore. He immediately glared at Vireo. "What did you say? Say it again."

"Didn't you say that I am not your son and we are not related by blood? You have already admitted it yourself," Vireo said again.

Lucius was speechless. His wife next to him also looked at their son with panic in her eyes. "Vireo..."

Lucius held his wife's hand and then continued to glare at Vireo. " What do you mean? Explain yourself! Could it be that you're not here to pick US up, bring US home, and let US live a comfortable and happy life?"

vireo shook his head. "You have already admitted it yourself that we're not related by blood. It's even better then. We indeed are not related by blood. Our relationship ends here. I will no longer care about everything in the past anymore. From now on, we really don't have anything to do with each other anymore. You guys can leave."

He did not want to explain anything any further nor did he want to get angry at two seventy-year-old people. After saying that, vireo turned around and left. His adoptive parents were thoroughly stunned. They were almost frozen in place. They just watched vireo walk out with their eyes wide open. Through the window, they were even able to see vireo was already opening his own car door. It was only then that the couple regained their senses.

Lucius' wife was the first to shout in tears. "My son..."

Lucius was slower to react but he was in slightly better shape than his wife, so he immediately rushed forward. "My son, are you really going to abandon US? You can't just not care about US, son..."

Lucius was already more than seventy years old, but at the critical moment, he actually ran faster than a rabbit. He rushed to the front of vireo’s car and slammed his car with both his hands. "My son, my son, you can't abandon us! You can't! If you abandon and do not care about US now, the two of US and also your sisters, we will be homeless. Son..." He cried miserably.

"To tell you the truth, your sisters have picked up some bad habits in the past few years. No, no, no, they were tricked. They actually crossed the border to go for a gamble, and they had lost all of the family's fortune. If you don't care about US, we'll be screwed!" Vireo laughed coldly. Lucius finally told the truth. Great! Vireo opened the car door and got out of the car, then he looked at his adoptive parents calmly. "Because you're homeless, you came to South City to look for me. It's best if I can't get married and have children because that way, everything of mine in South city will be yours again, right?"

Chapter 2254 "S-Son.." Lucius stuttered.

"I am not your son." Vireo's tone was still very calm.

At that moment, Lucius' wife had also arrived in front of Vireo. She also looked eagerly at vireo. Originally, she also wanted to call out her son just like Lucius did, but before she was able to do so, she was interrupted by Vireo.

vireo sighed. "There's actually only one reason I came here today, submitted an entire day's worth of paperwork, and handed assurance letters to all the departments, which is that both of you are already very old. If I were to take a million steps back, I still owe it to you for raising me. Therefore, this is considered the last thing I'm going for you. As for the things that you said, we are indeed not related by blood, and I am not your son. Even if you didn't say that to me, I will also tell you that today.

"Now, both of you, please listen carefully. I am Holden Payne! I am the son of Sean Ford, who was the former director of the Ford family in South city. I am not your son. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other anymore. This is the prison and the law enforcement officers here can have you heavily surrounded. If you were to lean on the front of my car and don't let me leave, the officers will deal with you. of course, if you don't want to leave, at best, I'll just go and change my statement. My mother, myself, and our neighbors in the county can all come and testify that both of you had bought a baby back then."

He was extremely calm when he said that, and he was also extremely merciless. Lucius and his wife were both crying uncontrollably when they heard what he said.

"Son, you...are you really going to be so heartless? We had taken you home once as soon as you were born. We cradled you at night, cleaned your wastes, fed you milk..." Lucius' wife was still saying the same thing as she cried.

What she said was certainly a tearjerker, but if it was said too much, it would also become like she was rambling. People often say that something will lose its meaning if it was said too much, and this was exactly what they meant. However, speaking of that, since Vireo was hellbent on severing all ties with his adoptive parents, then he had to make himself clear.

"Nicely said." vireo smiled miserably. "You had been through so many hardships to raise me, and you're a very loving mother.

However, you have never thought about it this way. That kind of motherly love of yours is something you had gotten by depriving the love of a twenty-year-old mother, who had just given birth and had nobody to lean on. You're not a loving mother because of how much you love me! Rather, it's because you needed a son!

Your love as a mother itself is selfish! It's all for your own sake!"

The old lady was at a loss for words after hearing what he said, she was dumbfounded for a long time, and then she argued unreasonably, "Who said that I don't love you? You're my son.

How could I not love you? Which mother in this world wouldn't love their son?"

"Yes, that's right. Which parents would not love their own son?" Lucius said in agreement with his wife.

"Love me?" vireo asked in return. "If you love me, would you have not given a shit when watching Abigail beat me up when I was still a very young child? I wouldn't have been so upset if you were indifferent to all of your children. After all, children grow up by playing and fighting with each other. However, you were only indifferent toward me. when I was bleeding out of my nose and mouth from being beaten up by Abigail, once I fought back, even if I had only punched Abigail once, both of you would beat me up.

"Of course, the reason you had beaten me up was that boys have to be like gentlemen, and boys can't beat girls up. However, after I had given it some thought, later on, the true reason both of you beat me up was not that boys are not supposed to beat girls up. The true reason you had beaten me up was that I had punched your biological daughter, right? otherwise, after I had married Mira, why would you often urge me to beat Mira up? Fortunately, I didn't listen to you at that time, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to clear the charge of me threatening Mira with a knife at all."

Chapter 2255 vireo smiled miserably. "Also, ever since I could remember when I was about seven years old, I had to cook for myself, whenever the family has any good food, it's all for my three sisters. There was never any for me. My sisters will have money for breakfast every morning when we go to school, but not me. The feeling of hunger was unbearable, so what could I do? I had to get up very early to cook for myself in the kitchen. Even so, grandma would still beat me up with her walking stick as she said I was wasting the gas. If I were your son, and if you had cared for me even a little, would you have let your son go without food in the morning?

He continued. "When I was eight, and I was only in second grade, you sent me to a cannery at the south border of our county during the two months of my summer break. You let me, an eight-year- old child, work for them and wash the cans. At that time, washing a can will only earn me a single penny. I was only able to make thirty cents after washing thirty cans. I was only able to make eight dollars after washing from seven in the morning to eight at night. Ĩ made five hundred dollars in the two months of my summer break when I was eight. But, what happened in the end? You didn't even give me five dollars, and you took everything.

At that time, my tuition only cost ten dollars a semester! My books, tuition, and also the money for my clothes were less than five hundred dollars a semester. The money for my tuition and food were all earned by me that summer! You, as my parents, did not even give me a single penny! Ever since I was in second grade, I had to work as a child labor every summer and winter! Every summer, I went to work at the cannery nearby, and my feet were all covered in ulcers after soaking in the liquid waste, but have you ever helped me buy any disinfectant to clean them? Which parent in this world is able to bear with their child looking like that? You may have never understood why I had chosen to study medicine in college. That's because when I was working as a child, my feet were all covered in ulcers from soaking in the liquid waste, but nobody helped me and I had no money for treatment, when I was still a child, I swore that I would become a doctor! At the very least, I would be able to treat my own sickness! 2 He sighed. "One of the reasons why I am with the person I love, Isadora, now is that she had also worked as a temporary worker when she was a child, and her feet had also once been covered in ulcers! Do any of you, all seven of you from the Payne family, know what kind of feeling is that? You kept saying that you had treated me like your son, had given me a father and a mother's love, and had raised me. Have you ever, in good conscience, thought about how I pulled through since childhood? You have no idea! But, I do! Since childhood, the only thing I knew is that my parents didn't like me and my grandparents always beat me up.

All four adults did not love me like how they loved my sisters. It must be because I was not good enough and hardworking enough! I was the one who was not obedient and good enough! I was the one who was not good at making money to support the family! If I could have good grades and let my sisters have their way with everything. If I could do all the house chores, be extremely obedient to my parents, and not fight back when my sisters beat me up. If I could make money to support the family, and give my parents all the money that I have earned. If I could do all that, my parents and grandparents would certainly like me, right? However, how did you treat me even after I have done all that?"

Speaking of that, Vireo looked at his parents with tears welled up in his eyes. "What kind of attitude did you have toward me?"

Chapter 2256 Lucius and his wife were really unable to answer him. Both of their faces turned red and then turned white, when their faces were red, they were as red as blood. When their faces turned pale, they were as white as sheets. 2 vireo raised his head and looked at the sky, and then he continuously sneered. Only then did he say again, "When I was almost finishing high school and was about to go to college, you didn't allow me to apply for college. You were afraid that I would leave and never return after getting into college. It was at that time that I finally understood everything. I was not your biological son.

You only had one purpose for buying me—to let me take care of all of you until the day you die. Because in our county, a family would be deemed as a family with no heir if there were no sons in the family. A family without an heir was considered to be inferior to others in status. 2 "All of you did not mean to care for a child that you had bought. Not only could you not invest in this child, not let your money be spent in vain, but you also had to get back the money you had spent to buy that baby, as well as earn interest from it. At the same time, you also had to let that baby be responsible to support all four of the elder people's basic needs after he had grown up! Only then would it be the best deal for all of you! Isn't it?" 2 "No...it's not like that," the old lady firmly denied it. Her face got redder and redder.

Her face was reddened because vireo had said everything that they had on their minds. That was indeed what the couple was thinking. They simply did not want to suffer any losses. They wanted to get back their money and also earn interest. However, when all of their scheming intentions were revealed by their son, both the couple were more or less a little embarrassed. Lucius opened his mouth a few times but he was unable to produce a single word at all.

Vireo continued, "Originally, all of these could be disregarded because no matter what, you were my adoptive parents, after all. It was fortunate that I grew up fine and I even went to a medical school. However, what happened after I returned to the county? All of you insulted and attacked me. I had to pay rent to my sisters every month for using our own stores to open a clinic. Do you know how that made me feel? Forget about all that as well! I can disregard that! However, that clinic was a business I had poured my heart and soul in! That was a business that I had originally planned to fight for the rest of my life! That was a business that I had built with all my heart and soul, as well as all my might! All of you did not help me all, but you and my sisters actually wanted to take it for your own! You said that the clinic is yours! I, on the other hand, can only work for your family! I didn't agree, so you got me into prison. Dad! Mom! More than ten years ago, I was once put in prison by you, the Payne family. Do you still remember that? Just like you right now. You were only in prison for one day, and you already couldn't take it anymore. However, don't forget that I was locked up for fifteen days in prison back then! By the time I got out, I had already become a public enemy in that small county. If I were your biological son, would you treat your own son like that? Forget about sons for a moment, even if it was your own daughter, could you bear to treat her like that? Have you seen anybody in this world who treats their son like how you did?"

1 He sobbed. "You have never treated me like a son, but you've only treated me like your source of wealth, right? You wanted to leech off me for life, while I'm being leeched off by you, I still have to take care of you for the rest of your life. Isn't that true? If it weren't for the incident I had in the provincial capital, perhaps all of you would have still been very pleased with yourself now. You might still be thinking that the most successful deal you've invested in this life is spending a few thousand dollars buying that boy.

It only cost you a few thousand dollars!"

Chapter 2257 "You had never spent much money raising this child since his childhood. You had not spent any money supporting his education. However, you were able to get a lifetime of inexhaustible wealth from him. Not only that, but all of you, the four elderly people, also would be well taken care of for the rest of your lives. Not only will you benefit from him, but even your three daughters will also be able to squander his inexhaustible wealth. Is that not it?"

Vireo had never spoken to his parents so frankly about all that before this. However, at that moment, since he wanted to completely cut all ties with them and never be involved with them anymore, he had to tell them everything!

"Originally, I could ignore all of these. Since I, Vireo Payne, am the Payne family's child, I didn't intend to pursue the matters anymore. There's something very good about me. I am very optimistic. As long as the world could give me a little smile, I will be able to beam like the sun. Later on, I got together with Mira, and I went to the provincial capital to build my career. Originally, I thought that I would have a bright future there. However, I have never expected that Mira was the woman who made my life even worse. At that moment, when I was in despair, and when I needed my family the most, what have you done? In the four years of marriage I had with Mira, you had taken more than tens of millions of dollars from both me and the Turner family! You may have gotten one hundred million dollars! My life with Mira would have gone in a good direction. Even if she had hidden a lot of things from me, she still had some feelings for me.

However, the reason Mira, as well as her father, did not treat me as a human and had kept calling me a greedy man from a lowly background was that you had taken tens of millions from them in those four years. You had gotten all that money, but you had never thought of giving me a single penny! Is that how you treat your son?"

He continued, "Never mind that you have not given me a single penny! I have never cared for money that much.

However, I had a fall out with Mira later on. when I was forced into a dead end, and when I held a knife to Mira, that was when I needed the comfort of my family the most. At that time, I was having a complete breakdown. If my family was able to reach out and pull me out at that time, I wouldn't have done that kind of thing. However, as my family, who had leeched off tens of millions from me, what have you done to me back then? You openly sever all ties with me!

when I was arrested, not only did you not comfort me, but you even made false accusations against me! You listed all kinds of crimes that I had committed, which were all made up by you, to the police. You even reported to the police that I was once detained in prison for half a month in that small county! Was that something that you as my parents should do? If I were your biological son, would you have done that? When I was a hair's breadth away from death and was in a coma in the provincial city, what did you take me for then? Dad! Mom? May I ask what did you take me for when I was a hair's breadth away from death in the provincial capital four years ago? If I guessed it right, at that time, you wanted very badly for me to be sentenced to death, right?"

Lucius and his wife looked at Vireo with immense embarrassment, vireo sneered. It was very obvious that he had hit the nail on the head! He had always known that they had that kind of mindset back then, anyway.

"So, do you understand why I didn't contact you again after my mentor saved me, pleaded mercy for me, and finally got me out of that misery, but I chose to go abroad to further my studies? That never be in contact with you anymore in this life. I will never be in contact with the Payne family anymore in this life! I no longer have adoptive parents and three sisters anymore in my life! So, please leave. Don't ever bother me again in the future. If you were to do so in the future, my biological parents will take you to court with the proof of the DNA paternity test and let you rot in prison! Now, please get out of the way. If you don't, the law enforcement officers will have a way to let you get out of the way."

After saying that, vireo did not take another look at the two old people from the Payne family anymore. He turned around to open his car door.

Lucius suddenly burst out howling from behind him. "Vireo, we... we have no way out anymore."

Chapter 2258 Vireo was not surprised at all. He already knew that they were already at a dead end. He turned his head around, laughed coldly, and said, "You’re already at a dead end, so you came to South City to ask me for help. However, you still didn't forget to make trouble for me! You were either accusing the people by my side as scammers or saying that I am an ungrateful jerk. But, how were you planning to set me up behind my back? You wanted to not let me get married because you're afraid that I will have children. That way, all of my fortunes and my house in South city would be yours.

Not just you, but even your daughter's children would be able to move to South City because of my position in South City. You simply wanted to leech off everything from him until I am bone dry, isn't it? Am I not the unluckiest adopted son in this world to have such adoptive parents like you? since I have solid evidence proving that you're not my biological parents, and you can't produce the adoption papers, then why should I still be involved with you? What does it matter to me if you're at a dead end, alive, or whatnot?

Upon saying that, Vireo went to open the car door again.

"vireo!" Lucius called out to vireo again.

Vireo looked at Lucius. "If you have something to say, say it before I get in the car. Once I get in the car and drive away, we will become strangers!"

"Vireo, speaking of setups. Isn't what your relatives in South City and your rich father have done to US even more merciless? They are rich and powerful, and they actually went to the county, and notified our neighbors in the county one by one, asking them not to pick up my call. Later, I used your sister-in-law's phone to call the neighbors. They then picked up the call once they saw that it was an unfamiliar number. However, all of them did not testify that you were my adopted son. We had been neighbors for decades, but they were all bribed by your biological father, your brother, and his wife. Aren't your relatives from the Ford family merciless to us? Didn't they set US up?" 1 Things have already developed to that point, anyway, Lucius also had nothing to lose anymore. He just wanted to grab onto the last bit of hope. He hoped that he could convince vireo. However, he never expected that vireo smiled contemptuously again. "You have taken everyone else to be just like you! Do you think the Ford family is rich and powerful, so they have bribed all of your neighbors? Let me tell you the truth then! The Ford family indeed has a brilliant approach to the matter. On the day all of you came to my house to make trouble, to have a thorough method of cutting all ties with you, my brother, Sebastian, sent someone on a plane to that small county to speak to the people there. Originally, they also wanted to bribe the people with money. However, what my brother and my sister-in-law did not expect was that those neighbors did not want a single penny, and they were willing to testify that you indeed had spent money to buy me No only were they able to testify that you had made illegal transaction back then, they were also able to testify that you had abused me since childhood! It was all out of their own will! Do you know why? That is because, for so many years, you had been insufferably arrogant, unreasonable, and domineering. The neighbors have long bitterly hated you beyond measure! You had brought this onto yourself! You've gone too far, so you've also backed yourself into a dead end! II After saying that, vireo opened the car door to get in.

"No, don't... Vireo, don't leave US behind. We know that we're wrong." Lucius laid on top of the front of his car while crying. "We really know that we're wrong. We will never stop you from getting married and having children anymore.

We will no longer leech off you and destroy you again. We will just be with you in the future. After you and your wife have children, your mother and I will help you take care of them. In the future, we will just live an honest life with you.

Vireo..."

Lucius sneered. "There's no need. Mister Payne, Missus Payne, I really can't leave my children in your care because I'm afraid you'll teach them the wrong things. You should just help your three daughters to take care of their children.

From now on, we no longer have anything to do with each other anymore."

Chapter 2259 "If you were to come looking for me again and behave like a lunatic in the hospital, then what awaits you is a lifetime in prison.

Mister Payne, please get out of my way. If you don’t, I'll call the law enforcement officers."

Vireo was very calm when he said that. He no longer has any feelings for the Payne family anymore. It was already good enough that he did not resent them. Seeing that Lucius did not get up, Vireo had no choice but to call the law enforcement offices. Within a few minutes, the law enforcement officers came over. They forcefully restrained Lucius and his wife and made way for vireo.

"Sir and Madam, just be content with what you have. We've been working for decades, and this is the first time we see a person who was abducted let the people who had abducted him back then off the hook. Hurry up and go back. If you make trouble here, then I'm sorry, you will have to go back to prison!"

While the law enforcement officer was talking, Vireo's car slowly started as well, when he slowly drove out, Lucius could still be heard shouting in tears behind him, "Vireo, we already have no way out anymore. If you don't help US, we'll be screwed! Vireo, we know that we're wrong. Could you lend US a hand..."

vireo, who was in the car, only said one word softly. "No."

He was not the person who had caused them to be cornered at the dead end. There were plenty of people in this world who led themself to their doom because of gambling and their insatiable greed. Should Vireo be footing the bill for all of them?

The car left the entrance, drove onto the main road, and sped off. He was filled with mixed feelings and he did not feel too good.

After all, he was cutting off a relationship. However, he also felt relaxed. It was as if a malignant tumor in her body had finally been cut off. In the future, he would be living his new life. He had someone he loved, and he would be having a bunch of children with the person he loved. Also, he had his mother with him, and he would accompany her for the rest of her life.

While Vireo was driving, he started imagining a scene like that. Three or five children were running in a lively little courtyard.

Their elderly grandmother was sitting on a lawn chair watching everything while smiling. Isadora and himself were busy in the kitchen. What a beautiful scene that was!

Beautiful music could be heard in the car, and vireo drove all the way back home.

The moment he opened the door, he smelled the fragrance of food. It was that smell of the home-cooked meal that was enough to make him hungry.

"Isadora, I'm home. Mom, I'm home," Vireo called out.

A figure instantly came running out of the room. Isadora looked at Vireo lovingly. "Vireo, you're home."

Immediately after that, his mother, who was wearing an apron, walked out behind Isadora. Elsa looked at Vireo with a kind expression. "Vireo, has everything been settled? Were they released?"

vireo nodded. "Mm-hmm. They have been released."

There was a pause before he looked at Isadora again and asked cautiously, "Isadora, you have always been calling me Holden, why did you suddenly change and call me Vireo today?"

Isadora blushed a little, and then she said softly. "I was talking to your mother today, and whenever I called you Holden, she would call you Vireo. Our conversion kept getting interrupted because both of us were not using the same name. Later on, I figured it out. Whether you're Holden or Vireo, it's just a name. You're my man.

That's all. So, I'll just follow your mother and call you vireo then."

However, vireo shook his head. He solemnly looked at his mother and his wife, then he solemnly said, "From now on, I'm going to say goodbye to Vireo Payne. My name is Holden Payne!"

Chapter 2260

"Holden." Isadora called out.

She found that it was easier for her to call him Holden, to begin with. Elsa, even more so, did not have much of an opinion on her

son's name because her son had been stolen from her before she had the time to name him back then. As long as she was still

able to see her child, why did it not matter what her son's name was?

"Holden, my child, wash your hands and let's eat," Elsa gently called out.

"Alright, Mom," Holden said with a smile. He felt very relieved. From then on, he would no longer have any more worries. He

would no longer have those nightmares of being entangled, blackmailed, slandered, and defamed. However, he really had to

thank a person, even though that person was the true culprit.

While they were eating, Holden said to his mother, "Mom, I have a request, and I hope you don't blame me for it."

His mother smiled calmly. "My child, I understand. That man and I are not fated, but he is your biological father, after all. If he

didn't step in and testify this time, it wouldn't be that easy for US to deal with the Payne family. So, you should go and thank your

father."

Vireo nodded. "Mom, you're the most understanding woman in this world. Don't worry, I will only be going to thank him. I still have

a grudge against him, and it's impossible for me to get close to him in this life. That's because he is the culprit and everything

started with him."

"Mm-hmm." Elsa also nodded. "I'll respect your opinion."

She would not stop her child from getting to know his biological father. She also would not put her child in a difficult position and

force him to admit that the powerful man was his father. It would be best for everything to develop naturally.

Holden went to Sean's house early in the morning the following day. He was working the afternoon shift that day, and he did not

have any operations scheduled as well. After he had breakfast early in the morning, he left the house in his car. It took him an

hour and a half to drive from the upscale neighborhood downtown where he was staying to the Ford family's luxurious mansion in

the suburbs. He had to go through several places along the way, and one of them was the largest train station in South city.

It was such a coincidence that when he drove by the train station, Vireo saw the five members of the Payne family standing at the

intersection leading to the train station. Each of them was looking incomparably hopeless. At that moment, it was right in the

middle of the morning rush hour, and Vireo's car was also right at the intersection.

As he sat in the car with his window slightly opened, he was even able to hear what the five members of the Payne family were

talking about.

"Chloe, what should we do now? We didn't even have the money to stay in the hotel yesterday. The debt collectors in our

hometown are also aggressively on our tails. We're at the train station now. The three of you should make a decision on whether

we're going home or going somewhere else." That was Lucius' voice.

Overnight, his voice got a lot older.

The eldest sister in the Payne family, Chloe, had also lost the arrogance she had in the past. While her pale lips were trembling,

she said, "Dad, we didn't stay at a hotel yesterday, and we just spent the night at the train station. I am going to be frozen to

death. I seem to be having a fever, Dad."

"Chloe, I didn't mean to criticize you, but the person who urged everyone to come looking for our brother to drive him to a dead

end, and the first person who came up with the idea was you." The second sister, Ashnah, already started to turn on her own

kind.

Immediately after that, the third sister, Abigail, mumbled, "I was the closest to our brother when we were children. We were

similar in age, but our whole family was very hostile to him. We treated him like an outsider, and we were cautious of him as if he

was a thief. I was the youngest in the family, so I did whatever you said, and I had no say in everything. I only followed along and

did whatever you guys had done. He has such strong support in South City now. Who would have thought that he was really the

son of the Ford family in South city? Do you know who the Ford family of South City is? The Ford Group is the strongest

company in the country! They are very famous around the world!"