Ch. 2321..2330

Chapter 2321 "He is not my father! I have never acknowledged him as my father! Why? Do you want me to acknowledge him as my father? You're a scammer, aren't you? You don't like me. what you like is actually my father's money, isn't it?"

"No, Gloria!" James got even more anxious.

"Listen to me. Listen to me first, alright? No matter if you admit that he is your father or not, he still exists. He is outside of your house every day. You can just not acknowledge him, but what about the outsiders? They can't just not acknowledge him. ĩf Ĩ want to continue to be in a relationship with you, I will have to do as he says. He doesn't ask for anything else. He just asked me to not get close to you. He is doing this for your own good."

Gloria cried at that moment. "Why? Why must he do this? He can't stand me doing great and can't stand me being happy, isn't it? He wants to force me to acknowledge him as my father with this, doesn't he? No! I just won't acknowledge him. I will never ever acknowledge him! Never in this life! I will never acknowledge him! Go and tell him that I just want to marry you!"

James was speechless. He truly felt that he was indeed in a tight spot to be in between old Master Shaw and Gloria.

He was sandwiched in between them! After he returned to his gang's lair, James was so irritated that he smashed cups and plates. The entire gang was incomparably restless. Even the leader of the gang was incredibly worried. "What should we do now? The father and daughter's relationship is such a wreck. They are polar opposites to each other. We really can't keep wasting our time and efforts on this anymore."

Someone was unwilling to accept defeat. "Could it be that we're going to give up?"

"We can't." James was the first one to object.

Everyone looked at James. "The old man values his daughter very much. Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept such a close eye on me. Since he cared about his own daughter, then no matter how much money it is, he certainly will not mind spending it on his daughter, even if he were to go bankrupt."

The leader's eyes instantly lit up as it occurred to him. "You mean to use his daughter to threaten him?"

"There is only one way at the moment. To make sure the plan goes perfectly, all of US will have to get involved this time. This is because the old sly fox, old Master Shaw, is not easy to deal with."

"Alright! As long as we are able to get our hands on his money! We have to get a few billion dollars from him!"

"After that, we'll sell his daughter for a good price!"

"How should we tackle this issue?" the leader asked James.

James smiled coldly. "Gloria has been urging me very badly recently, she already trusts me completely. I will first drive a wedge between her and her father. In any case, she already hates her father very much, to begin with. After I have driven a wedge between them to a certain point, I will urge her and ask her to run away with me to somewhere far away, when the time comes..."

Everyone looked happy after they heard him.

This was a good method. The entire gang was in agreement. After all, this was the quickest and most effective way to obtain a few billion dollars. After they had discussed everything, James came to look for Gloria.

Once the door was opened, the first thing Gloria said to him was, " James, let's leave this place. As long as we are out of my father's surveillance, I will be able to marry you. Alright, James?"

James absolutely could not believe it. "What ...what did you say?"

Chapter 2322 "Let's run away! I really don't want to have any relations with the Shaw family anymore. James, I just want to be together with you. Oh, right, James, I have something that I have been keeping from you. Don't blame me for it, alright? You also know that at my age, it's impossible for me to pour my heart out to you. However, now, I won't ever hide anything from you anymore." Gloria looked at James incomparably apologetically.

James was slightly surprised, "what's the matter? what are you hiding from me?"

Gloria's face turned slightly red. she mumbled for a while. "I have another house in the suburbs and I have kept a lot of jewelry there. It's the jewelry that was given to me by my daughter and also some that my mother had kept back then. Those jewelry are worth at least more than ten million dollars. We'll take that jewelry and run away. The jewelry is enough for US to use for the rest of our lives. Alright?"

James was stunned for a long while after hearing that. "You, yourself, actually still have more than ten million dollars worth of assets?"

Gloria nodded. "Mm-hmm."

In fact, she did not have it. she was a person that had never cared about money but only the relationship with her family. All this while, no matter if it was money that was given to her by her daughter or her nephew, Marcus, she basically refused them all. To Gloria, money was dispensable. She only wanted to have a relationship with her family, what mattered to Gloria the most was to be able to see her daughter have a very good life, have a husband that loves her very much, and have three healthy children.

Gloria had been living a very disciplined and frugal life. Even if she was teaching the children piano, she only collected a very small fee from them. That was because she did not teach the children from wealthy families. She only provided help to those children who loved music but had no money to pay for lessons. Therefore, Gloria's savings was less than 10,000 dollars, let alone more than ten million dollars. The fact she said that she still had jewelry that was worth millions in the suburbs was clearly a trap she set up for James. That was the only way she could attract James' entire gang, and then have them all arrested in one fell swoop.

"James, will you...blame me?" Gloria looked at James nervously.

James smiled. "Why would I? That is originally your property. However, Gloria, I had no idea before you told me, but now that you have told me, I suddenly wondered, is it safe for you to put the jewelry in the suburbs? where is that house of yours in the suburbs located?"

He had already started calculating and planning in his head. Tens of millions of dollars. That was not a small sum! They indeed wanted to take away several billions of dollars, but those tens of millions of dollars also had to be taken! It was all jewelry and it was impossible for James to take all of it for himself because he knew he was unable to complete the task by himself. Even if he was not satisfied with it, he still had to notify his gang. Also, that house in the suburbs...If it was at a remote place, then it could also be the place they use to negotiate with Old Master Shaw.

"Mm-hmm. It's very far away from the city. It's at the bottom of the mountain and it's surrounded by mountains on three sides. It's not easy to get there. There are usually very few people who would go there, so it's very safe for me to have always kept my jewelry there." Gloria deliberately revealed and stressed the surrounding environment to James.

"Does y-your father, no, no, no, old Master Shaw know that place? " James asked exploratively.

"He doesn't know," said Gloria.

She sighed and then her tone became miserable. "He had never acknowledged me as his daughter since I was a child, when I turned eighteen, my mother died, I had no money for college, and I became a homeless orphan. I really had no way out anymore at that time. After that, my adoptive parents adopted me. My adoptive parents were farmers. They had never left that big mountain all their lives. They had always been farmers who were honest and kept to their lanes. If I were to say whether I have parents or not, I do."

Chapter 2323 "It's them. It's the Yales."

Gloria did not say that for James to hear. In fact, she was truly expressing her thoughts that were from the bottom of her heart.

She truly was unable to take old Master as her father because he had never raised her for a day. Her adoptive parents had taken her in when she was eighteen years old, but Gloria felt that she was closer to her adoptive parents.

Hearing Gloria saying so, James said very emotionally, "I got it, Gloria. I will be by your side. No matter whichever ends of the world we ended up in, I will be by your side. I will have to first go back to my place to pack up a little. After that, I will move to the mountains with you. From then on, we will live a simple and hardworking life. Alright?"

Tears were flowing down Gloria's cheeks. "Mm-hmm. I’ll do as you say."

"Then, I'll first return to pack up, alright?" asked James.

"Alright."

After James had gotten Gloria's permission, he immediately returned to his lair.

"I already know the place that she told me about. That should be the valley where the Yale family lived. It's about seventy kilometers from South City and it's a valley deep in the mountains. The people in the valley had already moved to the city, so there are even fewer people there now. We'll first go over to recon and familiarize ourselves with the land and environment in the surroundings. After all the preparation is done, Gloria and I will go there together. I have another piece of good news for you.

Gloria had even hidden about eighty million dollars in that country house. If we had not known that her father had left several billion dollars of assets for her, just that eighty million dollars worth of jewelry is also a very big sum to US. Now that we know about the billions, why do 1 feel these eighty million dollars are nothing much? However, no matter how small the money, we also can't let it slip through. We have to take it as well! We can't leave anything behind!"

"Of course, we have to take it! That's eighty million, for God's sake! If we were to divide equally among the few of US, each of US will still be able to get about twenty million! We have to take it away!"

"Alright, that's set then! We'll do a recon on the place now!"

On that day, the few people in the gang divided themself and went to the place that Gloria had mentioned. IT was indeed a great good. It was great for people to hide there, and it was especially easy to flee. In the afternoon that day, James went back to Gloria's house.

"Gloria, I have packed up my things. We can move there any time now. In order to not let old Master Shaw be suspicious, we should go there separately, what do you think?"

"Mm-hmm. whatever you say. We will meet up at the other house of mine." Gloria looked at James very lovingly.

"Alright. See you tomorrow at the other house," James agreed.

"See you tomorrow at the other house."

The next day, when Gloria went to the valley where the Yale family lived, James and all of his accomplices had already arrived.

They wanted to first trick Gloria into telling them where the jewelry was hidden. After they have found the jewelry, they would then kidnap her. They could then directly negotiate with Old Master Shaw as their next step. They had a very good plan. It appeared to be perfect. However, what James had never expected in his wildest dream was that there was a saying that said that the hunters would soon become the hunted. This saying could not have been more suitable for this gang.

When Gloria came to the small house in the valley where the Yale family lived, James came out to welcome her very naturally. At that moment, he no longer had to conceal the greed in him anymore. " Gloria, where are all the jewelry?"

Gloria gently smiled. "James, there is too much jewelry. The two of us may not be able to carry them all."

Chapter 2324 'There's no need for you to tell me that. I had already helped you figure it all out.' James said in his heart.

However, he looked a little like he was in a rather difficult position. "Then what should we do? should we call a few movers, but don't tell them what we're moving? How about that?"

Gloria nodded. "Alright."

Those people had already been lurking there beforehand. They were only waiting for the right opportune moment for James to give them a call. There were a total of five people including James. The population was very scarce over there in that wilderness in the mountains, to begin with. It was a good opportunity to capture people. Never would James and his gang ever expect that while they were lurking nearby, the police had also been lurking there since a long time ago at the same time. This time, they had to arrest the entire gang in one fell swoop. It was also at that time that Gloria suddenly received a call from Yvonne, she was unable to tell Yvonne directly where she was and what was happening at that moment. All she could do was to not let James be suspicious. "Find some time and get a divorce!"

Hearing that kind of tone and that sorrow, James, who was at the side, felt more and more that Gloria's relationship with her father and that family was indeed too poor, otherwise, she never would have urged her nephew's wife to divorce her nephew.

Thinking of that, James then trusted Gloria even more. Without any hesitation, James followed Gloria to the small house. After they entered the house, Gloria brought James to the basement. That basement was the cellar used by her adoptive parents to store vegetables, sweet potatoes, and fruits. Later on, the cellar was repaired by Marcus, Sabrina, and all, so the structure of the cellar appeared to be very sturdy and tight. Also, there were quite a few good wines being kept in the cellar, so once James entered the cellar, he felt that there must be plenty of priceless treasures hidden in that cellar. Those boxes have yet to be opened, but James already could not hold himself back.

"Hello!" While Gloria went into the inner room, James pretended that he had to attend to nature's calling and went to the toilet.

"Quickly get over here! I have already seen the jewelry. Not only are there all sorts of jewelry in the cellar, but there is also a lot of wine. Those wines were enough to fetch US more than ten million dollars if we sold them! Damn, that old woman is truly a big catch! It’s too great! We truly have caught the right one! My efforts in dealing with her for so long haven't been in vain. You have to hurry up. We have to get the jewelry out of here, and then tie Gloria up in this cellar. I had already seen it. This cellar is very well-hidden. People outside can't see it at all! Even Gloria's daughter had no idea about it. They will not be able to find us!

Quickly get over here! It After the call, those people came to the country house almost at the speed of light. Once they entered the house, James was waiting for them in a corner of the house. It truly was very well-hidden. Once the cover above the cellar was covered, nobody could tell it was there at all. The cover and the tiles on the ground were very tightly and seamlessly matched up. This was truly the best place to tie someone up. The place was surrounded by mountains on three sides, had valleys and ditches everywhere, and was very well- hidden.

"Go down! Both of you are responsible for carrying the jewelry. The three of US are responsible for tying that bitch up!" the leader ordered.

James grabbed the leader. "Can you let me first...have a good time with her?"

"You're still thinking about that crap at this hour? Besides, she is already a fifty-year-old woman, what kind of good time can you have with her?"

James snickered. "I just like this one. That woman is old, but she truly has her charm..."

"Alright, fine. After you've had your fun with her, don't forget to let me have a taste as well. I had often heard you talking about how this woman was and I had been jealous to death! Damn it, why must you be the one with the good looks!"

"Whatever you say!" James was not happy, but he also did not dare to disobey him.

How vicious of a person was the leader? Let US put it this way, even if James were to take all of the money for himself and flee to somewhere abroad, the leader would also be able to find and catch him. He simply was a criminal, who did not care about his life, through and through.

Chapter 2325 James did not dare to disobey him. Likewise, his other accomplices also were following him blindly. They divided their responsibilities. Two people were in charge of moving the jewelry and the other three were in charge of typing Gloria up.

However, when the five of them got to the cellar, they were unable to find Gloria. Where was Gloria?

"Where's the woman?" the leader asked James.

"She was still here," James said.

Their hearts sank for a moment. The cellar was only a few dozen square meters and only had one entrance, where could Gloria have gone? They searched the place three times, and two of them even blocked the entrance as if they were afraid the woman would run away. However, they were still unable to find Gloria in the end. Instead, what they got was being heavily surrounded by the police. The arrest was almost effortless, when all five of them were put in cuffs, James also saw Gloria in Gloria's living room.

"James, you've never expected this, right?" Gloria asked calmly.

"Y-You're a scammer?" James blurted out.

In his mind and understanding, Gloria had scammed him, so Gloria is a scammer.

"You're the scammer!" Gloria was still very calm.

At that very moment, when he saw Gloria again, she did not have the slightest bit of yearning for men and for someone to lean on anymore. The indifference on this woman's face even made James feel afraid. His other accomplices were also stunned.

"Didn't you say that she was boy-crazy?"

"This bitch has always been appearing to be boy-crazy! Boy-crazy! Fuck, she is a scammer! Gloria Shaw, you're a scammer! A big scammer!" James said fiercely.

At that moment, a policewoman came in from outside. "Gloria, you've made a great contribution today."

"It's you?" James immediately recognized this woman, who was Angie.

Angie came up to James. "James Dunn! who do you think you are? A hottie? A big celebrity? All of US women are fond of you and desperately wanted to marry you? Listen to me! You're not even a scum, much less a human. You simply are an animal! A breast!" 1 James looked at Angle and Gloria and mumbled, "You guys.Jt turned out that both of you are working together to set up a trap for me. Everything about you...is fake. It's fake!"

Gloria sneered as well. "James, aren't you the one setting up a trap for me? Ever since the first time you met me, since the moment you pretended to be a salesperson at a fashion company and wanted to let me be a model, you have taken the first step to set up a trap for me, haven't you? It's just that you never expected that I would get sick the following day, right?"

"You getting sick was also fake?" When he learned about that, no matter how stupid James was, he was still able to figure it out.

"That's right!" Gloria smiled confidently, "when you met me the first time and called me Miss Shaw in such a cheesy manner, I already felt incredibly disgusted by you! I had already made a police report then! It was right on the day that you met me that we have set up this plan! James Dunn! The heinous crimes that you have committed are unforgivable! Just admit defeat"

James was speechless. He was stunned for more than a minute without moving a muscle at all. After a few minutes, he suddenly rushed toward Gloria. "Damned woman, I have fallen for you for nothing..."

"Gloria, watch out!" Angie immediately called out.

Chapter 2326 It seemed that the handcuffs on James' hands were about to smash into Gloria's head, but Gloria sneered. She did a split and she immediately became shorter. She then leaned forward, and so James missed and fell on the floor. He knocked himself with his handcuffs and his front teeth fell out.

Gloria got up calmly and looked at James. "Do you think I have been dancing and exercising for nothing? I forgot to tell you that I used to be a beggar and a homeless woman for many years in the past, and I have often met wild dogs, homeless men, and so on. When those wild dogs attacked me, what I did best was to run away and hide. When those homeless men wanted to take advantage of me, I would fight them. I have never lost to them before. James Dunn, you want to fight with me? I'm sorry, but you're still more than a decade too young for that!"

"Scammer! You're a scammer! I have been so good to you. Ĩ have almost poured all my heart and soul into you. It turned out that you are a scammer!" James was still saying the same thing as if he had gone insane.

It was human nature for everyone to overlook their own mistakes and attribute their mistakes to others. That was particularly so for someone like James, who was caught and was about to face being charged and death. Therefore, at that moment, he crazily and hysterically shouted at Gloria. He absolutely would not think about the fact that he had approached Gloria to scam Gloria. It was as if his act of tricking others was justified, but when others tricked him, he was aggrieved. That was because to maintain a relationship with Gloria and to gain her trust, he had indeed put in a lot of effort during that period.

At that moment, a police officer said, "James Dunn! Behave yourself!"

Two of the police restrained James' arms while another person held some evidence and so on and they were about to take the group of people away.

"Gloria Shaw, you damned scammer!" James was still cursing.

"Could you hold on for a moment?" Gloria asked the police officers.

Gloria had given the police a big hand in cracking the case, so the police were incredibly polite to her. "Go on, Madam Gloria."

"I have to have a word with James," said Gloria.

"Alright."

They held James and made him face Gloria.

"James Dunn!" Gloria shouted. "If I have not scammed you this time, then at this very moment, I should have been abducted by the five of you. After that, you're going to ask my father for money, aren't you? Also, the figure that you're going to ask for should be more than tens of millions, right? what you guys wanted should be half of the Shaw family's properties, right? Tell me, what kind of behavior is this?"

"I have given you my love!" James changed the topic.

Gloria sneered. "Give me your love? I want to ask you, how many women in this world have you given your love to? Is it that every woman whom you have loved has to end up miserably in your hands? This is your love?"

"I had never given anybody else my love! Only you! It's true. I have only given you my love. I had only done so this time!" said James. Speaking of that, James actually had a little hope in his eyes. " Gloria, could you give me...a chance to turn over a new leaf? I would repay your kindness by being at your beck and call, alright? Gloria..."

"Give you a chance to turn over a new leaf?" Gloria asked in return. "Then, who is going to give a chance to the mother who was waiting in the hospital to use the money to save her daughter?

That mother had died, she had trusted a man that she shouldn't have trusted. However, what about the eighteen-year- old young girl? She was only eighteen! she was sick and desperately needed the money to save her life. Her mother had gathered the money for her. She had gotten the money! she was about to save the eighteen -year-old from dying!

Being able to stay alive was so important to an eighteen-year-old girl! Instead, what did you do?"

Gloria was filled with so much resentment that she gritted her teeth while looking at James. "All of you are a bunch of animals! Beasts! How dare you cheat that kind of money out of her! That's tens of thousands! A young girl's life withered away on the spot!"

Chapter 2327 "A mother who was yet to be forty died with resentment! James Dunn! You're a man who has committed so much sin, yet you're telling me that you're sincere to me?"

James was unable to say anything at all. He looked dispirited as if he was about to die. "You may not know this but I really have fallen for you. I had really never fallen for any of the women that I have scammed. However, I have really given my love to you! I had truly thought about living my life with you. It's just that being in this line of work, I don't have a choice. I have already been working together with my gang for so many years. We are one entity. We can't be divided. However, I truly have given you my love! I send you flowers every day! I made breakfast for you and I helped you repair your electrical appliances at home. I went to watch you dance and play the piano every day. I truly have fallen for you!"

James actually had a catch in his throat when he said that. His eyes were teared up and his expression was incomparably aggrieved. He let out a long sigh. "If I hadn't fallen for you, the method we used to abduct you may be a hundred times more vulgar! You may have already been shared by a few men a long time ago! They never would have let you go! It's because I have blocked all of these for you! I was afraid that you'll get hurt!"

"You feel very wronged, don't you?" Gloria asked, smiling.

"Of course!" James said very loudly.

"James Dunn, the idea you first had was to be very vicious and merciless to me. You intended to take my money, violate me with so many of your accomplices, and you wanted to let me die a miserable death! However, you had a change of mind halfway through. You sympathized with me, so the method you used to lie, rob, and harm me became much gentler. You wanted me to be grateful to you because of this. Am I right?"

"I..." James said.

Gloria sneered. "It would be an intolerable injustice if people like you did not get the death sentence!"

After saying that, Gloria turned around and headed out together with Angie. James was left behind them feeling extremely miserable. "It's a mistake! It's a mistake! It's all my fault! I was not merciless enough!" He sobbed.

While bawling his eyes out, he looked toward his dispirited accomplices. "You guys as well! You're insatiably greedy! If we were to spend less time and get it over and done with quickly, I can still at least get a few million! But you guys insist on going big! You insisted on going big! We've done ourselves in now, haven't we?" he sobbed.

When a man who was cruel and had no limits cried, he truly did not give a damn about his image at all. However, at that moment, there was no use at all no matter how much he cried. James and his gang were arrested and led out of Gloria's house by a group of armed police. Gloria also walked out of there in the company of another policewoman. It was also at that moment that Sabrina, Yvonne, and others arrived at the road outside of the house. Seeing Gloria walking out unharmed and was also being escorted by the police, Sabrina felt very relieved, she had never expected that all these things had also happened to her mother during that period.

Sabrina leaned on her mother's shoulder. "Mom! You've become a great hero to the people! Were you afraid at all when you were dealing with such a group of heinous people?"

Gloria shook her head. "I was afraid as well, but once I thought of the fact that I was already more than fifty years old, then who do I have to be afraid of? There is also another reason..."

Gloria took a pause halfway through her sentence. At that moment, there was suddenly a knock on the gate in the courtyard.

Both the mother and daughter got up and came outside of the courtyard.

"Who is it?" Gloria asked.

"I am your...father." It was old Master Shaw's cautious voice outside the door.

Chapter 2327

Chapter 2328 Gloria was suddenly stunned. Both Sabrina and her looked at each other. To be honest, a few years have already passed, but even until that point, both the mother and daughter were still unable to get closer to this loved one of theirs. They could only say they no longer hated him at best, but they truly were unable to love him.

"Can you...open the door for me?" old Master Shaw's voice was trembling.

Gloria bit her lips and then said softly, "Hold on for a moment."

Immediately after that, she opened the door. Right at the moment the door was opened, Gloria saw that old Master Shaw’s back seemed to be slightly more hunched than before.

"Is there...anything?" Gloria asked.

"Gloria, I...I heard, I heard that James really...really is a scammer and also a murderer? Are you...alright? You already knew all he had done beforehand, and you still took such a risk? You're too bold! What if something were to happen? He didn't...do anything to you, right?"

Old Master Shaw was still quite reserved with his words. He could not speak of what he was worried about. Even though he had been keeping a very close eye on James, he still was uncertain if James had violated Gloria. 1 "No," said Gloria calmly.

"Really? Don't lie to me. If he really had done something overboard to you, I will get someone to make his life a living hell in prison." Old Master Shaw hit his walking stick on the floor with great fury. After that, he looked at Gloria while complaining a little, "Gloria, I'm not trying to criticize you. I am always by your side. Your nephew, Marcus, as well. There's also..."

Old Master Shaw glanced at Sabrina and his eyes were filled with gentleness and ingratiation. "Sabrina, you're here? You also knew about this matter regarding your mother, didn't you?"

Sabrina politely smiled at old Master Shaw. "Hello. I knew about it and I rushed to the small house in the suburbs as soon as I could. My mother went through something frightening but she is not in any danger. It's fine. All of the criminals were already arrested in one go."

"They were all arrested, but the concern is still there. Do you know how worried I was?" said old Master Shaw and he unexpectedly was covered in tears.

Gloria and Sabrina were both speechless.

It was after a long while that Gloria said plainly, "Thankyou, Dad."

She was not thanking him just for the concern that old Master Shaw had for her at that moment. It was also because throughout the whole process, Gloria, officer Angie, and others have discussed it and they wanted to use old Master Shaw's intimidating mightiness. It was with old Master Shaw's intimidating mightiness that James truly would not dare to act recklessly, otherwise, nobody could tell what might happen.

"You...are willing to call me dad now?" Old Master Shaw absolutely could not believe his ears. He looked very delightedly at Gloria, and he hoped that he was able to see the love and care Gloria had for him on her face. However, Gloria only smiled very indifferently. Her smile had no love but also no hatred.

"Gloria...since you're willing to call me dad now, then follow me home to stay with US, alright? Don't be all alone by yourself here.

There are maids at home, your brother and his wife, as well as Marcus as well. Soon, Marcus' three brothers are also coming back from abroad. You won't feel lonely with such a big family. Also, I...I will be able to see you all the time. Alright?"

Old Master Shaw was filled with expectations. The only regret he had in his life was that his daughter does not acknowledge him.

If his daughter was able to acknowledge him, then Sabrina, who was the only one left, would be much easier to handle. Sabrina always listened to her mother. If Gloria was able to move back home, then Sabrina would certainly bring her children and her husband, Sebastian, over every weekend. By then, the four generations of the Shaw family would be together. How joyful that would be. His life would also no longer have any regrets anymore.

Gloria smiled apologetically. "Dad, I really don't hate you anymore.

I have stopped hating you since a long time ago."

Chapter 2329 "However, I really can't follow you back and act all happy in front of you. That's because you and I are really not close to each other at all. Not only are we not close, but every time I see you, I will be reminded of my weak and sick mother, who had been lonely all her life, and had died with so much resentment."

Speaking of that, Gloria lowered her gaze. No words were able to describe that kind of pain.

"My mother was a person who had never been willing to trouble anybody. Even when she knew that she was seriously ill, she did not trouble her family. Instead, she chose to go somewhere far away by herself. The loneliest and most helpless day in her life was the day she saved our life! She had saved you! What did you do instead? You treated the savior of your life as the woman who kept pestering you. You treated her as a woman from the lowest position in this world. You were deeply afraid that she would ruin your family. Your noble character and integrity, your loyalty, and your devotion to your wife were what you've gotten after trading it with my mother's blood, tears, and life. I have seen all the pains and misery my mother had her whole life. Tell me, how am I supposed to live with you?"

Gloria sighed. "Also, even if I were to leave my mother out of this discussion, just me alone is enough. Do you know when a person needed their parents the most in their life? Before they turn eighteen. What happened to me before I turned eighteen?

Not only did my father not care about me and not give me any love, but he humiliated me in every way. You made me feel I did not deserve to be a human when I was a child. I was simply a beggar when I was a child. Therefore, Dad, later on, in the few years I became a homeless person to hide from Lincoln, I felt especially free. I felt that I may have been born a beggar. That sense of identity and the relatedness I felt to the identity was so appropriate. You were worried and scared that I was violated by James. You were afraid that I would be treated inhumanely by those outlaws. In fact, you really don't need to worry about that at all because I had often fought with wild dogs in the few years when I was a homeless person. I had even fought with rats for food. It's true. I am not lying to you. Therefore, I am very strong and tough."

Old Master Shaw was covered in tears when he heard that. "You actually fought with wild dogs?"

"So, Dad, you, who have been pampered all your life, would never be able to imagine who a person living at the bottom of the society pulls through in life. You and I are truly people from two different worlds. If there is any kind of deeply-rooted relationship that can't ever be broken between US, then that would be the unbreakable blood relations between you and me. From a biological perspective, we are a pair of father and daughter, so I call you dad. That is all. Dad, if you really love me, don't care about me anymore in the future. This is considered the best care you, being my father for once, is able to give me. As for your property, it's best for you to announce now that you'll be giving all of your properties to your son, as well as Marcus and his brothers. I choose to publicly give them up. This will also save me from being targeted by all sorts of gangs who want to cheat me out of my money in the future."

Her words were said very calmly and were not at all heartless. However, Old Master Shaw felt incredibly miserable after he heard it. His gaze was very gloomy and he muttered, "I-I got it. Then, leave now, alright?"

"Goodbye, Dad." Gloria nodded.

The old man turned around and walked away. He had only taken a few steps when he suddenly leaned forward and he fell straight to the floor.

"Dad!" Gloria immediately ran over.

Chapter 2330 Four hours later, old Master Shaw was wheeled out of the emergency room. Marcus parents, as well as Marcus and Yvonne, were waiting outside the door. Gloria, Sabrina, and Sebastian were also at the side.

Marcus immediately stepped forward, grabbed the doctor's arm. " What is the situation with my grandfather?" There was a sense of worry in his voice.

The doctor sighed and shook his head. It seemed like he had made a tough decision before he said to Marcus, "Old Master Shaw is already very old and is already considered to be at the end of his journey. He is expected to live for another week at best. All of you... may prepare for his funeral."

"No!" Marcus instantly burst into tears. "Grandpa..."

"Dad..."

"Dad, you have always been very healthy..."

Marcus' parents rushed forward and wept. Gloria, who was nearby, bit her lips as she watched everything. To be honest, she was feeling guilty at that moment. She felt she should not have said such provoking words to such an old man.

When she saw the family cry so hard and that the old man was still unconscious, Gloria stepped forward. "I'm...sorry."

Marcus immediately got up and looked at Gloria. "Aunt Gloria..."

"Гт sorry," Gloria said again.

At that moment, her brother and his wife also got up to look at Gloria. Gloria raised her eyebrows, pursed her lips miserably, and then said, "I will take responsibility for infuriating the old man to such a state that he can't continue living anymore. No matter if 1 you were to hit me, curse at me, or take me to court, I will accept it all. However, don't implicate my daughter in this matter. She has nothing to do with this at all."

"What are you talking about, Aunt Gloria? This has nothing to do with you!" Marcus immediately said.

Gloria's brother looked at her. "Gloria, our father is dying of old age. Even if you don't argue with him, his life is already at its limit ...This has nothing to do with you."

"Thankyou..." Gloria said.

At that moment, old Master Shaw slowly woke up. "Where...am I?" Old Master Shaw's voice was very weak.

"Dad!"

"Dad, you're awake?"

"Grandpa, Grandpa..." Marcus bent over and hugged Old Master Shaw.

Old Master Shaw also struggled to sit up. Marcus immediately helped him and slowly propped him up.

"Am I...at...the hospital?" He looked at the snowy-white walls in his surroundings.

Marcus nodded. "Grandpa, you're a little sick. You will be discharged after staying in the hospital for a few days. After you're discharged, you can still walk around with the help of your walking stick, Grandpa."

Old Master Shaw suddenly smiled miserably. "Marcus, don't lie to me. I..."

He smiled miserably. am already so old. I know it myself... I'm afraid I will be...soon..."

The old man's health was deteriorating very rapidly. He sat on the bed and he did not even have the energy to speak anymore.

He had to stop and rest for a while after speaking a few words before he continued, "I...I don't want to wait and die here in the hospital. Send me...back home now, alright?"

"Alright! Alright, Grandpa!" Marcus was crying uncontrollably.

"The...the three of them..." The old man still had another three grandsons and they were Marcus' brothers. The three brothers had been sent to live abroad when they were teenagers and they hardly ever came back.

"Grandpa, all three of my brothers are already coming back. They are on the plane. Grandpa, don't worry," Marcus said to Old Master Shaw.

"Alright. Alright...where isG-Gloria?" old Master Shaw said again.

Gloria, who was standing by the door, came to old Master Shaw. " I'm sorry...I was the one who made you..."

"Gloria, follow...follow me...home. I...I have something to tell you. Follow me home..., alright? You have never come to that house before. Come home once, alright?" old Master Shaw was almost begging Gloria when he said that.

Gloria nodded. "Alright."

"Also... Also..." said Old Master Shaw, he looked at Sabrina who was standing by the door. "Sabrina as well..."

Sabrina smiled a little and nodded. "Alright."