Ch. 2411..2420
Chapter 2411 Yvonne's mother had already become the target of criticism. Some people even began to spat at her mother. They were in an era where mistresses were rampant and everyone hated them.
Her mother burst out crying. "I'm not wrong. I'm not wrong. I didn't do anything wrong. Why are all of you doing this to me? I am not wrong. I am not wrong..."
Her mother, who had always been strong and gentle, was incomparably weak at that moment. There was even a moment when Yvonne saw an expression of disgust for life on her mother's face. Yvonne suddenly felt terrified. Her mother had been such a strong woman, she was both gentle and strong, she would discuss every big and important matter in the family with Yvonne's father. Sometimes when her father could not make a decision, her mother would also provide the correct opinion.
Just like the matter of Ruth not having a place to stay back then. Even Yvonne's father thought that Ruth had failed to do the right thing, had misbehaved, and done bad things. Therefore, he was too willing to let Ruth temporarily settle down at their house.
However, Yvonne's mother said, "A fault confessed is half redressed. Ruth is still a child in her twenties. She is making amends with so much sincerity. If we don't lend her a helping hand now and show her kindness, she may go down the wrong path. By then, there really would be no way to save her anymore."
Yvonne's mother was the one who had shown kindness to Ruth and let her become an honest and good girl from then on. Her mother had always had that kind of strength, she was tough but gentle. However, at that moment, Yvonne clearly saw her mother's helplessness and weakness, she was so weak that she was on the brink of having a meltdown.
Yvonne held her mother tightly in her arms and put her mother's head against her chest. "Mom, I am your daughter. Tell me, you have never done anything wrong, right? I am your daughter. Tell me, alright?"
Tears streamed down her mother's cheek as she asked weakly, "Do you believe in me?"
"Of course!" Yvonne chose to believe in her mother. She had thought about it. Even if her mother was truly a mistress, so what?
She would be the one to make up for her mother's mistakes then! In the worst case, she would endure all the criticisms! "Mom, I believe in you! Therefore, Mom, don't be sad. I am here. I will fight with you shoulder to shoulder!"
After saying that, Yvonne suddenly let go of her mother. At the same time, she took out her phone from her bag. She pointed her phone at the reporters and netizens that were shooting them, and one click after another, she kept clicking the shutter button to take photos.
Her action shocked all the reporters and netizens there were present. All of them did not know what Yvonne was doing and were all stunned.
It was after Yvonne had continuously clicked the shutter button a dozen times. "I have taken photos of the majority of you here today with my phone, and I have sent them to my friends. I have already committed the majority of your faces to my memory! If something happens to my mother one day because of your cyberbullying, I will certainly sue all of you till the day I die! Even if I can't win the lawsuit against all of you! I will become your worst nightmare for life!
"You may say that I am unable to take a photo of you, so you can recklessly send it out. However, let me tell you something. If you dare to send it out, I would be able to find you! All of you! Unless I died! Otherwise, I will never let you go in this life! I will never let it go!"
Her remark has completely stunned the reporters and netizens. Most people in this world would not dare to offend someone who had nothing to lose anymore. They then left while feeling dejected.
Not long after, Yvonne and her parents, her uncle and aunt, and Kingston, all six of them were finally able to get out of there.
Only then did Yvonne hold her extremely exhausted mother and brought her home.
Both the families sat in the living room and sighed at each other. Only at this time did Yvonne ask solemnly, "Mom and Dad, what exactly happened thirty years ago? You should let me know, right?" Her father sighed. "Yvonne, it's a very long story."
Chapter 2412 In fact, Vincent Yates and Helena Larson were both not from South City. They had only settled down in South City after they got into the college in the city. Both Vincent and Helena were considered to be childhood sweethearts. Even after half of their lives had already been in their past, when Vincent walked down the memory lane and recalled the first time he had met Helena, a doting smile would still appear on his face.
"Yvonne, do you know this? When I first met your mother, she was only five years old. I was not much older. I was a child as well and I was only one year older than her. However, I still looked as if I was much older. Your mother, on the other hand, had a small dirtied face with only two eyes exposed. However, when I just saw two eyes, I just felt that she was the most beautiful girl in the world and she certainly will become my wife in the future." Vincent smiled as he said that, tears that welled up in his eyes streamed down his cheeks.
When Vincent was just born, his mother passed away. It was his father who had single-handedly raised Vicent and his elder brother, Wymond. In order to ensure the family of three had food on the table and to have enough to put two children through college in the future, when Vincent was two years old, his father made a tough decision to put Vincent under the care of his seven year-old brother. His father, on the other hand, worked odd jobs from dawn to dusk to make money.
The seven-year-old Wymond went to school while taking care of his young brother at the same time. He was very much discriminated against by his classmates and some of the parents at school for growing up in such an environment. Of course, the majority of the people still were incomparably sympathetic toward Wymond and his brother's situation. Many of the parents wanted to help Wymond take care of his brother. However, Wymond was very unyielding and he had always resolutely refused them.
Sometimes, there were naughty little boys who bullied him for being a nanny and beat him up. Wymond then fought with them while carrying his brother on his back. As for his grades, it was only natural that Wymond had never gotten out of being among the last ten students in the class. However, he had taken care of his brother, Vincent, very well. His brother has relied on him very much.
Occasionally when their father made a trip home, his brother did not recognize his father and only wanted him. However, even if their father had only spent half a day at home, both the brothers would become familiar with their loving father very quickly again.
The three of them, the father and sons, then played together. Their father would prepare delicious food for them and let them sit on the small stools to make handmade toys in a serious manner. Those days were very poor, but they were incredibly happy.
However, God was extremely cruel to their family, who had already lost a mother. On one pouring night, when their father was on his way home after work, he was caught in a mudslide and was directly swept away. His body was not even recovered.
From then on, the two brothers were the only ones left in the Yates family. Vincent was four at that time. His brother was nine.
Originally, Vincent's nine-year-old brother's grades had improved a little. However, because they had lost their father, he had to take on the heavy burden of supporting the family. His grades went downhill again. In the end, his brother became a bad student.
He kept playing hooky every other day, and he sometimes engaged in fights with others. The main purpose of the fight was to get some food for his brother. When he was not fighting, Wymond would hold his brother's hand and pick up scraps everywhere at night. With one penny at a time, he really saved enough to pay for his brother's tuition.
When the two brothers were holding hands and picking up scraps, Wynmond picked up a little girl. They did not know where she came from and who her parents were. They only knew that the little girl was covered in filth and had flies crawling all over her body. Her hair was all in clumps, and her face was so dirty that only her two eyes could be seen. Those black eyes were big and round.
Wymond shared a little bit of the only food they had left with the little girl. "Just leave. We are having it quite difficult. We can't raise you. Just go back."
The little girl did not say anything but only looked at Wymond.
Wymond was annoyed. "Just leave!"
The little girl still did not leave.
Vincent saw that the little girl was almost around his age and was so pitiful. He then lifted his head and begged his brother, "
Wymond, she has the ability to work. Perhaps she could pick up trash with us in the future and support herself. Let's keep each other accompanied, all three of US. otherwise, if she was dragged away by wild cats, what should we do?"
Wymond glared at his brother. "We're very pitiful ourselves!"
Chapter 2413 "Wymond, I want a sister...! will only eat half of my food from now on. Is that alright, Wymond?" Vincent tugged at the corner of his brother's shirt.
"You make me so angry!" Wymond said with a sigh. After that, he looked at the little girl again. "You'll also have to pick up trash and scraps in the future. Do you know that? otherwise, you'll have nothing to eat!"
The little girl nodded, crying. "Thank you. Thank you both very much."
"You can talk!"
The little girl smiled. Once she smiled, her eyes formed two downward crescent-like curves which were just slits. Her entire face then looked completely covered in dirt.
Wymond sulked. "Come one. Let's go home and wash your face!"
Although their home was rundown, it was also quite cozy.
Wymond put the kettle on and prepared dinner. Vincent personally washed the little girl's face for her. The six-year-old child was washing the face of a five-year-old child, but he did it very seriously and was just like an older brother.
After her face was cleaned, both the brothers took a look at her and found that she was quite a pretty little girl. Wymond gave some of Vincent's clothes for the girl to change into, and then he made noodles for the three of them.
It was after they had their fill that the little girl said, "I have a name. My name is Helena Larson."
"Helena, have you been separated from your parents?" Wymond asked.
Helena shook her head. "My parents got divorced. My father didn't want me. My mother also didn't want me. They asked me to live with my grandparents. My grandfather is sick, so my grandmother asked my aunts for money. They then scolded me for being a burden. Grandma then asked me to find Dad at his new house, but I couldn't find it."
"Damn it!" Wymond raised his hand and slammed on the table. The skin on the back of his hand was chafed.
Helena was so frightened that she recoiled.
"Don't go back anymore! Just live with the two of US, my brother and me. From now on, I will support both of you! Damn it!"
Wymond's temper was very unyielding.
From then on, Wymond had an additional mouth to feed. He had an additional person that he needed to protect. Of course, his grades got worse. However, he came even more brave and skillful in battles. Wymond's combat skills were then known far and wide. It was also because of this that nobody dared to bully Vincent and Helena anymore later on.
In the era almost sixty years ago, schools were still quite loose with their background checks, so both Vincent and Helena successfully went to school. Also, no one in school dared to bully them.
Later on, Wymond also found out that there was indeed an additional person in their family, but the five-year-old girl was very diligent. At a young age, she was able to do the laundry and boil water. She was able to do plenty of chores. Sometimes, Helena and Vincent would head out together to pick up scraps and whatnot. Both of them have each other's company and were even able to take care of each other. After all, it was the children in poverty who would mature in character earlier. Both Vincent and Helena knew the difficulties that their brother had to face, so regardless of study or chores at home, both of them did them all very well. As a result, Wymond was able to free up enough of his time to work and study at the same time. He attended classes during the day, and after class, he went to a restaurant in town to work the night shift. It would only return home in the middle of the night. Therefore, Wymond's grades were basically at the bottom of the class.
After he barely graduated from middle school, he officially dropped out of school. At that time, his siblings were already in the third grade, what made him feel relieved was that both his siblings were always at the top of their classes. They managed to maintain such a ranking until they graduated from middle school with no other people breaking their record.
When his two siblings graduated from middle school, Wymond had already worked at the construction site for a few years, and he had already become a proper adult. He did not have any other ideas in life. He just wanted to pay for his siblings to finish high school and get into college!
"Wymond, Wymond, both Helena and my grades are top of the entire county and we have gotten into the best high school in the county, Somerset High School." On the day their result was issued, both Vincent and Helena rushed home so quickly they practically flew.
Chapter 2414 When Wymond heard such news, he got so excited that he almost cried. Both his brother and sister got into Somerset High School. The chances of the student from the high school getting into college were very, very high.
"Good, great!" That night, Wymond especially made an extra dish for his brother and sister.
It was said to be an additional dish, but it was just carrots and meat slices, and there were barely any meat slices. With such few meat slices, all three siblings still could not bear to eat them.
Seeing that his brother and sister were so sensible, Wymond felt that he must work twice as hard to make more money.
Seeing that both his siblings would be going to college in another three years, they would certainly have a lot of things to spend on. That was what he had thought about, but as a person who had no education and was not cultured like him, where could he go to earn money?
Throughout the three years that his brother and sister were in high school, Wymond did his very best to earn money, but he still had a buttload of debt. All of the money from the debt was spent on his siblings and also on the repairs of the worn-out house.
When the day his siblings received their college acceptance letter arrived, Wymond was extremely overjoyed, but he was also incomparably worried, where was the money? what was he going to use to support his siblings? He needed to support two college students.
"Wymond, let Helena go to college. I will provide for her." At that time, Vincent already started to like Helena.
"No!" Wymond immediately scolded Vincent. He took a puff on his cigarette, and then said slightly heartlessly, "If she had gone to college, gotten a job, done well in the big city, and then she no longer wanted you. What should you do?
Out of the two of us, we can't both be single, right?"
"Well..." Vincent replied.
"I'd rather let Helena stop studying and support you through college. In the future, once you have gotten a job and become capable, even if you were to dump Helena, you would still be my brother. Don't blame me for being selfish. You are my own biological brother. I can't stand not letting my brother go to college, and then both of US work to provide for an outsider! I just can't do it! In the worst case, after you've become successful in the future, we will find a good person for her to marry. That's not a bad deal for her!"
Vincent fell silent for a long while, and then he quietly went back to bed.
Three days later, Vincent went looking for his brother on the construction site again.
"Wymond, I had already borrowed from the whole village. I personally borrowed it. It's enough for one person's tuition.
As for the other person, I had also thought about it. We can work while studying at college. We can even apply for a student loan for a portion of tuition. This way, both of us can go to college."
"Vincent! Do you want to let Helena go to college that badly?" Wymond said.
"Wymond, I like Helena. I must marry her in the future. After both Helena and I got a job, our family's lives will be better.
When the time comes, we will bring you to the city to live with US, Wymond, " Vincent said.
Wymond looked at his brother and then he suddenly smiled. "It is certainly the best if that really is the case. Don't worry about me. I am fine. Do your best in college and take good care of Helena. In the future, she will truly be a part of the Yates family."
"Mm-hmm." Vincent nodded his head heavily.
Both Helena and Vincent then went to college with the money the whole village had lent them. His brother had made a promise to the village folks that he would pay back the money and asked them not to be worried. However, even though Wymond had a buttload of debt, the joy on his face could not be concealed.
"Wymond, you are a good person. You could have just not cared for Helena. It was already very kind of you to raise her since childhood. You are also just a child and you're even thirty yet." Some of the folks from the village felt very sorry for Wymond.
Wymond, however, shook his head. His face still looked very happy. "Helena was a child that we had picked up, but she has good grades and she is very studious. As long as I still have some ways, I would not give up on her academic career. Besides, Helena and my brother are truly a great match for each other."
Chapter 2415 "They were childhood sweethearts and had been together since young. My biggest wish is for them to become a family."
A young lady who came to the village for a visit heard what Wymond had said. Her aunt's house was in the village. She then quietly said to her aunt, "He is such an affectionate and loyal man who is responsible and reliable. He is poor but he is very admirable. II "Have you taken a fancy to him?" The lady said to her niece.
The niece nodded shyly. "Mm-hmm. I like him very much."
Her aunt sighed. "This person is very diligent. Not only is he diligent, but he is also the best in fights. He loved to engage in fights, but he had never bullied the weak. He had always been in fights to protect his siblings. He is good at fights and is able to endure hardships. He had been working at the construction site since he was around seventeen years old, and he put in the same amount of effort as the adults. Not only is he good at fighting, but he is able to work at the construction site and he would even cook for his siblings. When they were children, even his siblings' laundry was all done by him. This person's life is seriously too miserable. His mother passed away when he was a child. After he grew up, his father passed away. As the eldest of the family, he had no choice but to shoulder the responsibility of bringing up his younger brother. He has finally made it."
After the young lady heard the long speech given by her aunt, she instantly got even more eager. "I want to be in a relationship with Wymond."
The lady looked at her niece. "He is very poor."
"I am not afraid of being poor. I just liked that he is responsible, is willing to work, and is kind," said the young lady.
Her aunt immediately nodded her head. "My niece has a good eye. Leave this matter to me."
During the first semester after Vincent and Helena went to college, Wymond, who was working odd jobs and being a farmer back home, fell in love. At that time, Vincent and Jena were so happy that they had actually survived on bread alone for a whole month just so they could squeeze some money out of food expenses to buy a watch for their future sister-in-law.
"Now that my brother is going to his own family, I am also not worried anymore. Helena, we have to treat Wymond and his wife well in the future," Vincent said.
Helena nodded. "Mm-hmm, we must! Not only must we be good to Wymond, but also to his wife too."
Wymond's girlfriend was named Patrin Sinclair, she was a really good person. She was reasonable, understanding, hardworking, and kind. Wymond liked Patrin very much and was simply flattered. He had originally thought that he was going to be single forever and was never going to have a wife. However, a wonderful lady unexpectedly appeared in his life, she did the laundry, prepared the meals, and waited for him to return home every day. Not long after, Wymond and Patrin were already at the stage where they talked about marriage with one another.
At the same time, Vincent and Helena got closer and closer, and the two of them had already reached the point where they would not marry anyone else but each other. While they were happy for their brother, they were also happy for themselves.
"Just think about how miserable the lives of my brother and I had been. We lost our parents when we were children, and we had been depending on each other to survive. Originally, it had never even crossed our minds that we were able to live. However, everything is great now. My brother has someone he likes and is about to get married. On the other hand, we...Helena, let's get married as soon as we graduate, alright?"
"I'll do as you say," Helena answered shyly.
After that, she added, "After we graduate and get married, let's first buy a house for Wymond and his wife here and bring them over to live in the city."
"Helena, you're really great."
"Wymond is our family. He will forever be our family," Helena said, she then jumped into Vincent's arms.
When their affection deepened and the moment was right, Vincent leaned in closer to Helena. Just as Vincent's lips had almost landed on Jena's lips, a woman's sharp voice was suddenly heard coming from behind them. "Both of you, how dare you!"
Chapter 2416 The shouting voice gave both Vincent and Jean such a fright that they suddenly shuddered. Jean even hid in Vincent's arms and did not dare to lift her head. Vincent only shuddered for a while before becoming calm again. It was not because he was very brave. It was just that they did not steal, did not rob, and there was nothing wrong with their relationship since it was developed naturally. He turned around and saw that the woman standing behind them was actually his classmate named Belinda Kelley. 1 Belinda was five years older than her classmates. She was already 25 years old, but she was only a sophomore in college.
Initially, her classmates thought that she might have repeated her courses for several years, but it seemed not to be the case.
However, nobody knew what exactly her situation was.
There was one thing, however, that her classmates were certain of, and that was Belinda came from a very rich family. At that time, the majority of her classmates had a very tight budget for daily necessities. Belinda, however, was the only one who had someone pick up and drop her off at college every day. she had worn different clothes every day as well, and all her clothes were so expensive to the point of leaving her classmates dumbfounded. There was a world of difference between Belinda and her classmates. That was particularly the case for orphans who came from a small county like Vincent and Jean. They were so insignificant compared to Belinda that they did not even dare to speak.
Vincent and Jean had never spoken much to Belinda. At that moment, Vincent had no idea why Belinda was peeking at them from behind and also scaring them.
"Miss Kelley, why did you do that?" Vincent asked.
"Haha. I'm just messing with you. We are classmates, why can't you just call me by my name? what is this about Miss Kelley?
Didn't you know it's kind of fate that we're able to be classmates?" Belinda said while smiling and raising her eyebrows.
Of course, Vincent knew that it must be some kind of fate that people were able to be classmates with each other. He had always been enthusiastic and sincere toward his classmates. However, he also knew some people were just too high up in the social hierarchy for him to reach. He also did not want to take the initiative to make friends with people with a higher social position. He only wanted to work hard together with Jean to let himself, his brother, and his sister-in-law live a good life.
"What do you think, Vincent and Jean? Can I acknowledge that both of you are my friends? We can go have meals and shop together from now on. what do you think? Just take it as I adore both of you. Both of your grades tied for first place in our class.
I'm so envious of you guys."
Vincent was not swayed by her.
However, Jean was a soft-hearted girl, she grew up as an orphan. It was the two brothers, Wymond and Vincent, who had taken her in. She had always been someone who would be grateful, but she knew it even better to be kind and forgiving to others.
She immediately got up, came to Belinda, and said with a smile, " Belinda, you are our classmate, to begin with. There's no need to be so polite with US. Let's study together in the future. As for shopping, meals, and so on, we'll give them a pass because..."
Speaking of that, Jean's face became red from embarrassment. " You also knew that Vincent and I are both poor, other than studying, all of our remaining time is spent working every day. We don't have the time to go shopping. However, we will take you as our friend. If you have any troubles with your studies, we will help you."
Belinda raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "Really?"
Jean nodded seriously, "of course."
"Alright, I will study together with you in the future, Jean." Belinda raised her eyebrows and smiled again. There was a sense of cunningness that went by in a flash in that smile of hers.
It was from that day on that Belinda truly studied together with Jean. Not long after, her grades improved a lot as well.
Initially, every time she invited Jean to go shopping, Jean did not go. However, after some time, they had gotten more familiar with each other. Therefore, when she invited Jean again, Jean was unable to refuse her. Occasionally, Jean would go shopping together for clothes and so on with Belinda.
Belinda was a generous person.
Chapter 2417 Belinda would buy beautiful clothes for Helena every time, she even brought Helena to high-end entertainment clubs.
Gradually, some bad rumors had actually started to spread in college. They said that Helena was a girl who came from a rural village on student loans, but she unexpectedly did not work hard and only cared about having a good time all day long. It was impossible for a family like hers to afford the money that she had spent.
Many students in the college had started to discuss. "She must have some rich man supporting her financially in exchange for favors."
"Gosh, it must be so hard on her brother. He is so nice to her and has raised her since childhood."
"This is the typical story that if a woman becomes bad, she will become rich, she is beautiful, she is just poor, which beautiful woman is willing to be poor for life?"
"She is also always hanging out with the richest girl in our class. She didn’t even think about whether she had the financial resources to live the same life that Belinda has. She had been envious and jealous of Belinda for a very long time, so in the end, she found a rich man to support her financially!"
"Oh well..."
"Enough. She’s coming. She's coming."
Seeing that Helena had walked over alone, her classmates, who were whispering into each other's ears, stopped talking. Just as Helena sat down at the table with her lunch, Vincent came over.
"Helena, you've really gone too far recently! It's fine if you don't want to date me. I won't force you. It's fine as long as you're happy. However, you can't just debase yourself like that!" Vincent said incredibly seriously.
Helena instantly had tears welled up in her eyes. "Vincent, you and Wymond were the ones who had brought me up. Do you think that I am that kind of person?"
Vincent instantly became soft-hearted. "I don't believe that! Tell me then, why are you always tailing behind Belinda and visiting those high-end places? We can't afford to compete with her."
However, Helena smiled, and her smile was slightly miserable. " Vincent, Belinda has asked me to be her attendant who regularly follows her around behind her. I am supposed to help her hold her bag when she shops at the mall, and hold her shoe when she buys new shoes. It's mostly these kinds of small tasks. Sometimes when she wanted to try a new dish but she didn't dare to, she would even let me have the first bite to see if it was tasty or not. She said that if I were to do such a simple job like this, she would be willing to pay me a thousand dollars a month.
"That's a thousand dollars! Vincent, that's enough to cover both our living expenses for two months. Why shouldn't I do it? It's no big deal for our classmates to talk bad about me. I have done nothing wrong, so I have nothing to fear. My grades did not drop, so just let them say whatever they want. This way, we can relieve a lot of burden off Wymond, and we can even save up a sum for him."
Hearing Helena saying so, Vincent also had tears welled up in his eyes. "I'm sorry that you have to go through this, Helena.
Everything will be better after we graduate. We'll be graduating in two and a half years. It'll be very soon."
"Mm-hmm! We all have to be doing well. Don't worry, Vincent. I know what I am doing," said Helena.
Vincent nodded. Everything was fine after the misunderstanding had been clarified. From then on, whenever Helena went out with Belinda and came back late, Vincent would be waiting outside their college entrance to pick her up. Even though Helena had told him about the situation, Vincent was still worried about her safety.
His worries were not redundant. In the third month since Helena and Belinda started hanging out together, something really happened to Helena.
A call was made to Vincent's dormitory. He thought it was his brother who had called, but after he answered the call, it was unexpectedly Belinda's voice that was coming from the other end of the phone. Her tone was calm and collected as she asked, "Hey, Vincent, what's the matter with your sister?"
Vincent was stunned, "what happened to my sister?"
"She seduced a married man. He was even an old man who was almost pushing seventy, she actually was so desperate that she seduced him. she is now surrounded by the man's wife, children, daughter-in-law, and even his grandson and granddaughter-in ‐ law. The family of a few dozen people had surrounded her and wanted to beat her to death."
Vincent was instantly shocked. "How is that possible!"
Chapter 2418 Belinda laughed even more sarcastically. "Haha! Vincent, do you think that sister of yours is a pure saint? she is rotten, alright? Let me tell you something. The family that she had offended is a powerful and influential family in our area, she is in serious trouble now. If I had guessed it right, that old man's wife would certainly get many homeless men to give your sister a..."
"Where is she now? Hurry up and tell me!" Vincent almost smashed the phone.
"Come to where I am now. I'll see if I can think of a way," Belinda said with a sigh.
"Alright, alright, I'll go there now."
Vincent ran out of the college and hailed a tricycle, and he rushed straight to the entertainment club that Belinda was at.
At that moment, Belinda had a cigarette in between her teeth and she looked just like a delinquent.
"Where is my sister?" Vincent asked urgently.
"You’re a step too late, she had already been taken away, what do you think? Do you want me to help you?" With her eyebrows raised, Belinda looked at Vincent with a smile.
Vincent angrily glared at Belinda. "You did it on purpose, didn't you? You have had this intention since the very beginning! This is a trap that you had set up. You dragged my sister into this. Why? Tell me, why did you do this?"
At that moment, Vincent even had the thought that could this woman be a part of some illegal organization that specializes in selling human body parts? If that truly was the case, he was willing to sacrifice his body parts to save his sister.
He clenched his fists tightly and glared at Belinda. At that moment, he desperately wanted to beat her to death.
Belinda did not answer his question. Instead, she asked, "Vincent, do you know since when have I noticed you?"
"Where is my sister? Hurry up and tell me, where is she?" Vincent shouted.
"I had already noticed you guys since the moment you and your sister set foot in the college while carrying duffel bags on your backs. At that time, both of you were dressed in such old- fashioned clothes. Your toes were poking out of your shoes, and your sister's socks were patched up. Hahaha. It was so hilarious. At that time, I absolutely did not dare to believe that there are still such poor people like you in the world.
"However, I actually realized that you and your sister were the best students in class. Also, your sister looked quite decent when she was made up. You were even better. You're positive and cheerful, and you work hard every day.
When you clean the cafeteria, you would always be humming a tune. You and Helena's love made me even more jealous! I'm jealous! Do you know that?"
"I'm asking you, where is Helena? what the hell do you want me to do to let her go?" Vincent truly did not have the mind to listen to Belinda spewing nonsense anymore.
"Do you want to hear my story?" Belinda asked.
"No! Hurry up and tell me, where is Helena?" Vincent came to Belinda and shook her with all his might.
However, Belinda went on to tell her own story. "Everyone knew that I was born in a very rich and distinguished family.
All of them feel that I should be a lady and so on and so forth. However, nobody knew that my mother was just one of my father's many wives. Coincidentally, my mother was also the most unfavored one. When I was born, my father was already quite old. Not only was he old, but the entire Kelley family was in decline. My brothers reckless spent the family's savings and capital, and they emptied the entire Kelley family's resources. After I had grown up, all that was left of my family was only an empty shell. An empty shell, you know?"
Speaking of that, Belinda even had a perverted kind of ruthlessness on her face.
Vincent originally still wanted to continue asking about Helena, but he finally understood that if he did not let Belinda finish what she had to say, she would not tell her where Helena was.
Chapter 2419 He had no choice but to be patient and hear her out. It would be fine as long as she was willing to tell him where Helena was.
The expression on Belinda's changed from a grimace to a deep misery. "After I had grown up, my family and my father could not even provide me with enough money to live. However, the Kelley family still wanted to continue putting on a fade! What in this huge family could be used to put on a facade?
"Once, I actually witnessed my damned father asking my mother to seduce a big shot that would be of use to him. My mother was not willing to do so. She said that the big shot was old, balding, and had a big belly. His hair had fallen off so much that there were not many left on his head. She just wouldn't go! However, what did my father say? He said, 'You were a bitch that I had bought out of that kind of place, to begin with! I am only asking you to resume working your previous job! Why are you pretending to be all noble and virtuous! If you don't go, let your daughter go!' without a choice, my mother went to accompany that man that night."
She continued. "That night, I kept waiting for my mother to return. I was thinking if she had come home crying, I would comfort her. I wanted to bring her along and run away. However, after she came home, she violently beat me up. She said if she had not been pregnant with me back then, she would not have married into the Kelley family, she said was living with great freedom in the past. I was the one who had burdened her. she kicked me with her high heels and asked me to fuck off! The further the better! That night, I went to the house of the classmate I was closest with. She was also from a wealthy noble family. However, once she heard that I wanted to bring my mother along and run away, and once she heard I actually did not even have enough money for my living expenses, that classmate of mine immediately kicked me out. She did not want to hang out with poor people.
That night, not only have I been violently beaten up by my mother, but I was even kicked out by my classmate. From that moment on, I knew that if I had left the Kelley family, I would no longer be a lady from a wealthy family anymore. I may even be worse than a criminal on the street. If I were to stay with the Kelley family, I would also be living like a beggar, but I would be able to have the reputation of being from a wealthy noble family. From then on, I have learned to stand on my own two feet. I was only sixteen that year. Vincent, don't you think I am very outstanding?"
"Are you done?" Vincent asked.
"Mm-hmm." Belinda nodded.
"Can you let me see Helena?" Vincent asked.
"I can let you listen to her voice," Belinda said.
Upon saying that, she called a number. The call was picked up very quickly on the other end. Helena's miserable cries could be heard coming from the other end of the call, "No, don't come over. Don't come over!' "Helena, Helena, where are you? I am Vincent, where are you? I'll come to your rescue." Vincent's eyes were red from glaring.
"Vincent, Vincent, come and save me. Hurry up and save me... Vincent..." Helena's cries were extremely miserable.
"I'll be right over!" As soon as Vincent finished his sentence, Belinda ended the call.
Vincent grabbed Belinda's clothes and glared at her viciously. " What do you want? Say it! Hurry up and say it!"
Belinda straightened her clothes and said slowly, "Vincent, marry me. I promise that your sister will be unharmed."
"What did you say?" Vincent thought that he did not hear it clearly.
"Get married to me within a week, and I promise that your sister will be unharmed." Belinda repeated.
Chapter 2420 "What did you say?" Vincent thought that he had heard it wrong.
"Get married to me within a week," Belinda repeated.
Vincent was speechless. He did not understand it. How could a lady from a big city like a poor man like him who came from the mountains and want to marry him? In order to get married to him, Belinda was even willing to pull such a trick?
"How can that be?" Vincent said sarcastically.
There was a pause before he said again, "I don't understand the game that you people from the city play. However, since Helena had already fallen into your hands, I will give you whatever you want. I would even give you my life if you wanted it. Please don't joke with me anymore, Miss Kelley!"
"I am not joking with you!" Belinda said. There was a king of possessive expression on her face as she looked at Vincent. "I had long taken a fancy to you. You have good grades and you are kind. Other than being poor, everything about you is great!
However, you are poor and I am rich! That is why we are the best match, isn't it? If you were to get married to your sister, who is not related to you by blood, both of you would be in love, but both of you are dirt poor, so both of you will be poor all your lives!"
"I'm sorry, Miss Kelley. Us being poor is our business. I don't want to marry you. I am also not used to your social circle of wealthy people. I just wanted to be together with Helena," Vincent said.
"Then just wait for her to die being messed up by others!" After saying that, Belinda revealed a vicious gaze.
Vincent was speechless.
"Do you want to hear your sister's voice?" Belinda asked.
Vincent clenched both of his fists tightly. At that moment, he really did not dare to resist her at all because Helena was in the hands of others. Even if he were to make a police report, it would also be too late for him. As the clock ticked on, Vincent struggled very badly in his mind. It was as if he had just walked through hell. In the end, he looked at Belinda with a pale face.
"Alright, I'll marry you. Please let Helena go immediately. I'll only marry you after I see that my sister has returned safely. If any mishaps were to happen to my sister at all, I won't ever let you go, even if I had died!
"Good, very well! Don't worry. I am not interested in your sister at all. I am only interested in you!"
Seeing that Vincent had agreed to her request, she made a call and said over the phone, "Let her go!"
Vincent only saw his sister, Helene, the next morning. Her face was swollen from being beaten up. There was a wound on the corner of her lips. She appeared to be weak beyond measure.
Vincent was so heartbroken that he completely went crazy. " Helena! Tell me, Helena, did they bully you? Did they? Did they?"
Helene cried as she looked at Vincent. "Vincent, what exactly did you promise them? why did they let me go? other than beating me up, they did not do anything else to me. You must have promised them something, didn't you? Vincent, did you agree to give a certain body part to them? Hurry up and tell me, Vincent, what exactly have you promised them? otherwise, they would not have let me go so easily."
Hearing Helena saying that, Vincent suddenly smiled. He pulled her into his embrace and then cried in distress. "It's fine. It's fine, Helena. It's fine as long as you're back. It's that you're able to come back. I am fine. Nothing has happened to me.
Helene hugged Vincent tightly. "Vincent, it's all my fault. I was too greedy. I kept thinking of making money. I was just thinking that I can help relieve some burden off Wymond. Belinda said she was able to let me make money. I just thought that I would be able to make money by being her attendant, helping her carry her bags, carrying her shoes, and whatnot. How great. I have never expected her to be such a vicious person. Vincent, it's my fault. I will never be greedy for small gains anymore. What's wrong with not having money? It'll be fine as long as we love each other, when they took me away, I thought I was never going to be able to see you again in this life. Vincent, I will never be apart from you again in the future. Even if were to die of poverty, we have to be together!"