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Chapter 461
Rose leaned her back against the window and clenched her fists.
"Josephine, I'll grab him. You run away quickly!"
"No, I can't leave you-"
"If you stay, we'll both die," Rose said.
Josephine turned pale.
Finally, she bid Rose solemnly, "You must hold on and wait for me to come back."
Josephine then leaped down the bed and wanted to get to the door to flee.
The man stared at her with hostility. "You want to escape? Dream on." The needle flew and jabbed into Josephine's back. "Brother, I'm your sister. You won't even let me go?" Josephine had an expression of fear and trepidation on her face.
She slowly retreated to the door.
Rose suddenly strode forward, did a spinning kick, and struck the man's neck.
The man was angered by Rose. He turned around and swung his fist at her.
Josephine took this opportunity to escape.
The man wanted to settle Rose quickly, but she clung to him tightly. After the spinning kick, she was beaten to the ground with a punch.
Thanks to her agility from her past life, her keenness in Taekwondo, and also her love for competing with Jay, she could still keep calm at this critical moment.
She rolled and got up immediately after falling. Her nose was bleeding and she was dizzy all over.
Looking at the man angrily, her eyes were red as tears streamed down her eyes. "Jay, since I can't escape from your evil clutches today anyway, I want to hear the truth. Have you ever loved Angeline Severe?
"No."
"Haha..." Rose cried out in grief. "Okay, I get it. I finally see your true colors."
"One more question that I need to know the answer to. Did you deliberately stage the accident that killed Angeline because she knew the secret of Mushroom Gate?"
"Yes."
"You were so kind to her." Rose clenched her fists and gritted her teeth. "Today, I'll put an end to this."
Clenching her fists like a cheetah gone crazy, she smashed the window with one punch.
Her knuckle was torn and dripping with blood.
However, she did not feel the pain at all. She gripped onto the sharp glass shard tightly and ran toward the man. The glass cut through the clothes on the man's chest as Rose glared at him fiercely. "Just let me take you to hell with me."
Pushing hard, the shard tore through the man's clothes, revealing his chest.
Rose's eyes widened in shock. "You're not Jay Ares?"
At this moment, all her bravery dissipated.
She became extremely frightened...
"You're not..." she said dumbly.
Jay's handsome face appeared in Rose's mind.
The sound of him calling her 'baby' affectionately...
He had embraced her in his arms with his gentle and tender movements.
She seemed to have understood things a little. She understood what a wonderful time she had missed during this period.
What a wonderful man she had missed!
Jaybie!
She suddenly felt scared because they had not recognized each other yet. Would they be separated again?
No...
Hurried footsteps could be heard from downstairs!
The man took advantage of Rose while she was zoning out and suddenly pushed her forward. A loud crash was heard.
The hurried footsteps froze on the stairs before running outside in panic.
Fragrant Vessel Court.
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Jay was so shocked by the nightmare that he sat up immediately!
Dense sweat perspired on his forehead as his chest beat fiercely from his rapid breathing.
"Angeline!"
Jay lifted the quilt. Wearing only snow-colored pyjamas, he fled outside desperately.
It was only a few hundred meters between the Fragrant Vessel Court and Josephine's residence, but Jay felt like he could never reach the end.
Josephine's villa was now submerged in a huge black backdrop.
The gate to the garden was wide open!
The gate to the villa was also open!
Jay suddenly had a bad feeling. He tore his throat and shouted while running up the stairs, "Rose?
"Josephine?"
However, no one responded!
Jay went straight to Josephine's bedroom. The door to the bedroom was also wide open and cold wind blew in from the window. Jay looked at the broken window as panic filled his
eyes.
"Angeline?"
He turned on the lights. The traces of struggle on the ground were still there. The glass and the bloodstains... Everything shocked him.
As though he had a premonition, he suddenly ran to the window. When he saw a pool of blood on the ground, Jay could only feel that his breathing was almost stopped.
He found Rose's mobile phone at the scene and regarded it as a treasure.
Then, he called the police.
Josephine Ares and Rose Loyle had both disappeared in Tourmaline Estate.
Just like the mysterious Bermuda Triangle, their disappearance was shrouded in mystery.
Were they alive or dead? What did they experience that night?
There were no answers.
The only thing that was certain was that the pool of blood on the ground undoubtedly belonged to Rose after running the lab tests.
As for Jay, his temperament had changed drastically.
He had lost his sister and the woman he loved most. One could only imagine the grief in his heart.
He turned this grief into vengeance, and it was James' family who bore it upfront.
Although he did not have iron-clad evidence, Jay thought that if only James had not caused trouble, then he and Angeline would not have returned to Tourmaline Estate. His Angeline would still be peacefully staying in Garden Of A Diary.
Therefore, Jay used ruthless means when dealing with the matters regarding James' family.
Firstly, he bought James Ares' Rose Manor for 30 billion and drove James out of Tourmaline Estate.
Then, he issued a public announcement that James Ares had cut off his ties with the Ares family.
This hot search was posted on major web pages for an entire week.
At first, James was very happy that he had finally gotten rid of the constraints of the Ares family.
He was rich anyway, so he could make a comeback with just his ability.
He bought a real estate outside and arranged all his women and children into the new residence-Except for Jean and his mother.
However, when he started a business, he bumped into obstacles everywhere.
All his previous business partners had told him bluntly, "Brother Ares, it's not that we don't want to help you, but Master Ares has driven you out of the Ares family. If we cooperate with you, then we're going against him. We can't afford to offend him."
James was isolated and helpless when experiencing the desolation of the world.
He got so angry that he looked for Jay and picked a fight. "Jay Ares, at any rate, I'm your third uncle.
You're not even considering our old affections. You've exhausted all my financial means! How could you be this heartless?"
Jay looked at him indifferently. "I'll be more heartless going forth."
The man's voice sounded as if it came from hell, like a wronged soul claiming back his life. James' throat tightened as he instantly breathed with difficulty. He roared, "Rose Loyle's death has nothing to do with me, so why are you pinning her death on me?"
Jay's gaze swept across him coldly. James saw the ruthlessness and bloodthirst in his unfathomable gaze and shivered involuntarily.
Why did he think that Jay Ares was not this scary back then?
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Jay opened his mouth easily, a vicious voice sounding out, "On the day of my wife's accident, your family caused a great mess. You told me it was a coincidence, but I'm inclined to believe it was your
deliberate conspiracy to harm others.
"James, if anything happens to my wife, I want all of you and your family to be buried together with her."
James gulped.
Every cell in his body seemed to be frozen.
It made him feel a bone-piercing cold.
He thought that his foresight had always been very sharp and precise his entire life. Yet with regards to Rose, he really made an oversight.
Jay had never been close to women, so why did he have to love Rose Loyle, who was nothing special to look at, so crazily?
"Grayson, see the guest out," Jay said indifferently.
"Yes, Mr. Ares!" Grayson responded.
Jay regarded James scornfully. "In the future, if this person comes to look for me again, just beat him and drive him out."
James' face paled...
"Jay, you hate me this much?"
Grayson shot the guard a warning glance. "What are you still waiting for? Throw him out."
The guard came forward and dragged James out like a dog.
Jay stood by the French windows and looked down at the tiny, ant-like shadow at the gate of Grand Asia.
James would never understand why he hated him so much.
It was because Rose Foyle was Angeline Severe, who was his life.
They took Rose's life, so his heart had died along with her.
How could a lifeless person have a heart?
At night, Jay lay on the bed and held the phone left by Rose in his hand.
Every space in the phone had been browsed through by him.
He could even recite all the recorded notes in the address book.
Yet every day, his greatest pleasure was to read every message on the phone repeatedly.
There were several audio recordings in the gallery. He also listened to them many times.
One of the recordings was empty, but the recording time was very long. He was patient every time and listened to it till the end before turning off the recording even though he could not hear anything. Today, Jay listened to the recordings once again.
When it was time to listen to the empty recording, Jay received a call from Grayson.
Grayson reported to him the work schedule for the next three days over the phone, and the reporting time was especially long...
Jay was silent, listening carefully to Grayson's report.
Suddenly, a familiar voice ran through his eardrum.
"Jay, since I can't escape from your evil clutches today anyway, I want to hear the truth. Have you ever loved Angeline Severe?" This was Rose's voice.
"No." This was a disguised voice.
"Haha..." Rose's forlorn laugh was heard through the phone.
"Okay, I get it. I finally see your true colors."
"There's one more question that I need to know the answer to. Did you deliberately stage the accident that killed Angeline because she knew the secret of Mushroom Gate?"
"Yes."
"You were so kind to her."
Jay was so shocked that the phone in his hand slipped to the ground. He ran back to the bedside, picked up Rose's phone, and listened to the conversation over and over again.
If knowing that Rose was killed had already made him so sad that he did not want to live on, now that he learned that she was killed while in such a state of mind, he was even more heartbroken. Undoubtedly, he loved her more than he loved his own life.
Yet in her heart, she believed that he was the murderer who was plotting against her in all respect.
Her despair and her wretchedness... How heartbreaking it was.
"Baby, it wasn't me..." he whispered over and over again.
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"I love you!"
His deep and quiet eyes had become bloodshot with anger and pain.
His cold tears were contaminated by the scarlet blood, so red that it was completely terrifying.
"I'll surely avenge you!"
In the morning, a ray of sunlight scattered on the floor through the thin window screen. The window screen danced and many overlapping spots of light were left on the floor.
Jay sat in the corner, his snow-colored pajamas draped loosely on him. That fair, chiseled, handsome face was about the size of a palm. The quiet and deep eyes were filled with a bloodthirsty, cold light. His messed up hair gave him an indolent and dejected aura.
Yet, he was so beautiful like a banished immortal!
"Daddy!"
From downstairs came all of a sudden the soft and affectionate voices of children.
Then, footsteps sounded on the stairs.
His unmoving eyes moved slightly. The bedroom door creaked suddenly as a small head peeked through the
crack in the door.
The fair face, black glassy eyes, and long curled eyelashes were as pure and flawless as an elf's features.
Baby Zetty was on her tippy toes as she gently walked toward Jay, then she knelt down before him.
Her face harbored a worried expression.
He reached out and pinched Baby Zetty's face." Uncle's fine!"
Baby Zetty put her arms around his neck and her little mouth near his ear. She shouted very tenderly and affectionately, "Daddy!"
Jay's unmoving eyes came to life as he smiled slightly.
Baby Zetty was finally willing to call him 'Daddy'.
Her calling him that was so natural and so kind that it made his cold heart melt as if by the spring snow.
"Daddy, don't be sad."
Jay nodded his head.
Jenson and Baby Robbie walked in shortly after and stood side by side in front of Jay.
"Daddy, you still have us," Baby Robbie said.
"Daddy, you can't be discouraged. You still have to get Mommy back," Jenson added.
Jay looked at the two miniature versions of himself. He reached out, embraced the children into his arms,
and said, "Daddy will surely find Mommy."
No matter dead or alive!
His grandparents sending the three adorable babies over relieved Jay's sorrow to a certain extent.
The children surrounded him, chirping and innocent. With this, Jay had no time to mourn for Rose, i However, in the place where the children could not see, Jay's depression was getting worse and worse. Days passed like years!
Three months later.
In a hospital in M Nation, Rose was sitting on a bed, her face wrapped in thick gauze.
Josephine stood in front of her nervously.
The doctor slowly unwrapped the gauze in circles and Rose's face was revealed.
Josephine covered her mouth with both hands and desperately contained herself. She did not let herself cry out.
Yet, Rose had a faint but bad hunch when she saw Josephine's silent expression.
She slowly reached out her hand to touch her face, but before her hand touched her skin, Josephine suddenly rushed over to seize her hand. "Sis Angeline!"
Rose was slightly startled and immediately smiled faintly at her.
As her body had been in a very bad state for the past three months, she became very thin and frail.
However, her eyes seemed all the more enchanting and alluring now.
Except for those eyes, her face was almost completely unrecognizable.
"Josephine, I know my face has been ruined. I can bear it, so just let me see it, okay?" Rose pleaded. Josephine then slowly let go of her hand.
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Rose touched her rough uneven cheeks and forehead, mocking herself bitterly, "Is there not even an untouched spot at all?"
The kind-hearted female doctor comforted her. "Don't worry, you can have plastic surgery after your face has healed. By that time, TH definitely turn you into the most beautiful girl in the world."
Rose seemed to be touched...
The atmosphere suddenly fell into a long silence.
"Sis Angeline, did you hear that? The doctor said that she can turn you into the most beautiful girl." 1
Rose nodded and said, "Josephine, I've possibly been blessed from this tragedy."
Josephine feared up, feeling moved by her resilience and optimism. "You always make me admire you completely."
Rose explained, "Josephine, I can finally become Angeline again."
Josephine became silent.
She actually felt very puzzled. After all those misfortunes that Rose had gone through, how could she still want to return to the identity that caused her pain? However, Josephine chose to respect all her decisions.
The doctor told Rose that it might take a year or two of waiting for her plastic surgery.
This implied that Rose must live with this ugly face for a long time.
As Josephine was worried that Rose might develop social phobia, she then decided to choose a secluded place to lead a paradise-like life.
However, Rose gave a different suggestion. "I want to return to Imperial Capital."
Josephine thought she had heard it wrong. "What are you talking about, Sis Angeline? You want to return to Imperial Capital?"
Rose nodded.
Josephine protested strongly. "No, you can't go back. You finally got away from my brother after all those difficulties. If you go back and get recognized by my brother, he'll never let you go."
Rose smiled bitterly. "With this appearance of mine, even if I stood in front of him, he probably won't recognize me."
"My brother isn't an ordinary person. His vision is sharper than an eagle's. You shouldn't be testing your luck. I won't let you go back to risk it."
Rose suddenly grabbed Josephine's arms and cried out, "Josephine, I was wrong."
Josephine looked at her suspiciously. "You did nothing wrong. It was my brother who has done you wrong. My brother's just a b*stard and a demon. You loved him so much, but how could he let down your love twice in your lifetimes?"
Rose shook her head desperately. "It's not like that. Josephine, we've misunderstood Jaybie."
Josephine widened her eyes... "Misunderstood him? But it was obvious that he was the one who wanted to kill us that day."
Rose shook his head. "It wasn't him."
Josephine was extremely shocked. "Then, who was it?"
Rose hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know. But I know it's not him."
As she had fallen from the window of the second floor, her face hit the shards of glass and ruined it.
At the same time, the fall also caused her to have a severe concussion. She never thought that after her concussion was treated that all her memories would be recovered, including the memory of the demon in Mushroom Cave.
She did not want to tell Josephine the entire truth because Josephine was so pure and innocent. The secret behind Mushroom Gate was a huge scandal that could destroy the Ares family.
"Josephine, I used a glass to cut through that man's clothes that day. There was a butterfly mark on his chest and I'm familiar with your brother's body. So, the person is definitely not your brother."
She did not want anyone to misunderstand Jay because he would always be her god who loved and pampered her.
Josephine sighed heavily.
There was an unspeakable emotion.
"This is the happiest news I've ever heard since I was young."
Rose could understand Josephine's feelings because Jay was not only her god. He was also Josephine's belief.
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However, Josephine still looked solemn. "Then, who's that man who looked exactly like my brother?"
Rose's expression became sad. "Who knows?"
Three days later.
When Rose was packing her luggage in preparation to return to her home country, Josephine had come out dressed in a white suit and had a straight haircut from who knew where. Her handsome face also held a soft masculinity.
"Sis, do you think I look handsome?"
Rose was dumbfounded.
"You were a good looking girl, so why'd you change yourself to look manly?"
Josephine raised Rose's chin and flirted with her lightly. "From today onward, I'll be the green leaves that protect you."
Rose grumbled with her pouty lips, "You're treating me so well that I'm almost suspecting that I've influenced your sexuality."
Josephine smacked her lips and said, "It'd be great if there were no Zayne or Jay in this world. Both of us, two like-minded girls, would definitely be soulmates."
Rose then said, "It's not bad for you to have dressed up
like this. This way, you won't get recognized by those ants in your Ares family who are hiding in the dirt."
On Rose's side, in order to not scare the pedestrians, she had also prepared props for herself. They were a mask and a pair of sunglasses with huge frames.
Then, the two of them flew back to Imperial Capital unscrupulously.
As the two of them only had little money left, they rented a cheaper hotel and paid a three-month deposit so that they could live more frugally.
They then moved in just like that.
New Year's Eve arrived as promised!
This day was also the birthday of Grand Old Master Ares, i
Rose was thinking about her grandfather who was in the hospital, lying in the hospital bed alone with no one to talk to. Her father had been overwrought by the mess of the company and Zayne, who was an uncouth person, likely did not even remember Grandpa's birthday. As such, Rose wanted to visit Grandpa at Grand Asia Medical Center.
She made a very delicate and small matcha cake for Grandpa by herself and decorated it with Grandpa's favorite fruits.
Before setting off, Rose deliberately put on a mask, sunglasses, and draped her hair. With her entire face almost completely hidden, she then went to Grand
Asia Medical Center.
It was still early.
Rose went directly to Grandpa's ward.
Grandpa was lying on the hospital bed. His face seemed to be slightly flushed compared to half a year ago.
Rose's tears could no longer be held back as they fell.
It was always her who had misunderstood Jay previously. In order to conceal her identity, she did not dare to visit him even though she clearly missed Grandpa very much in her heart. Now, she knew that she was worrying too much.
"Grandpa, I'm sorry." Rose cried out, "I only came to see you after so long."
The time period for visiting family members was limited, and the nurse had soon come to urge her to leave. Rose put the cake on the table and left reluctantly.
While she was taking the elevator downstairs, just as the transparent glass elevator door went down to the first floor, Rose saw Jay standing tall just outside the door.
In the hands of his assistant was a bouquet of beautiful carnations and a multi-layered matcha cake.
Rose seemed dumbfounded. She stood still, forgetting to go out of the elevator.
Jay's brows furrowed on his neutral face. Seeing that she did not intend to come out, he walked in with a sullen face.
The little girl who came in afterward pointed at Rose and shouted, "Mommy, she's so ugly!"
Rose was feeling a little embarrassed by this childish voice. She glanced at Jay in a hurry but saw him frowning and looking at her with an impatient look.
Rose then realized that her staying had delayed the closing of the elevator doors, so he was unhappy.
"I'm sorry," she said with a sore throat, then fled in embarrassment.
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After Rose left, Jay entered Old Master Severe's ward with a sullen face.
Grayson put the flowers into the vase and the cake on the table by the window.
When he saw an exquisite matcha cake already present on the table, Grayson cried out in surprise," President!"
Jay stood beside the hospital bed, quietly looking at the sleeping Old Master Severe. Hearing Grayson's surprised voice all of a sudden, Jay turned his head.
Grayson was already holding the small matcha cake and walked toward Jay. "Mr. Ares, look. Someone came before us."
Jay, after seeing the exquisite cake with the English letters 'happy' made from fruits, suddenly widened his eyes.
He immediately stretched out his hand and used his finger to swipe the edge of the matcha cake before putting it in his mouth to taste.
The familiar taste made his heart bloom with joy.
Jay then suddenly ran outside as if he was mad.
He was confident that Angeline had come back just now.
The cake was Angeline's work.
He took the elevator and ran out the door of Grand Asia but could not see the familiar figure.
He turned around, annoyed. Rose was standing quietly opposite of him.
Seeing him look for her so anxiously, Rose felt a mixture of sadness and happiness.
However, when Jay's gaze swept over her, he quickly shifted without stopping for a long time.
Rose's heart then turned cold again.
She passed by him slowly and walked out of the door of Grand Asia.
Not being able to find the person he dreamt of, Jay returned to the ward in frustration.
Coincidentally, Zayne had also brought a cake to see Old Master Severe.
When he saw Jay, he rushed over immediately.
"Jay, you still have the gall to come here? You killed my sister. I'll avenge her today! I'm going to kill you!"
Grayson stopped Zayne right away. "Young Master Zayne, please calm down. Our president is also very sad about the death of your sister."
"He's sad? I think he's more high-spirited than ever. Does he look like someone who has been emotionally hurt?"
Grayson laughed out.
His president had naturally good skin. Even his drowsy and haggard state could not change his gorgeous appearance.
This could not be blamed on Mr. Ares!
"Young Master Zayne, my president is a person who is indifferent to emotions. While you can't see that he's sad, that's because he's good at managing his emotions."
"Don't try to paint him as the good guy. The way I see it, he's just hypocritical and two-faced. He's such a malicious person!"
Jay glared at Zayne with his cold eyes. "Grayson, let him go."
Grayson retreated to the side.
Zayne then swung his fist toward Jay but was grabbed in the air by Jay's own hand.
"Jay Ares, my mind was definitely muddled when I believed you that time. The facts have proved that there's nothing good about my sister encountering you. You must've been the one who harmed her!" Zayne struggled hard but still could not get away from Jay's grip at all.
Jay said angrily, "Zayne, can you use your brain before speaking?"
Jay let go of his hand and Zayne fell to the ground just
like that.
He then stared at Jay indignantly. "What evidence do you have to prove that you're not my sister's murderer?"
Jay retorted, "None."
Grayson feared that Mr. Ares' thrifty way of answering would cause Zayne to misunderstand him, so he simply defended the president and said, "But you don't have any evidence that Mr. Ares had harmed her either."
"Of course there is. As long as my sister gets close to him, something happens."
Grayson reminded him, saying, "Young Master Zayne, please show us solid evidence. Speculations and assumptions are not the basis for conviction."
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Zayne then replied angrily, "No."
Jay was too lazy to be bothered by Zayne and directly instructed Grayson, "Grayson, check the security footage immediately. I want to know who brought over this matcha cake." "Yes." Grayson turned around and walked out.
Zayne glared at Jay angrily.
Jay said softly, "Angeline's death wasn't an accident. There was someone who murdered her deliberately."
Zayne was indignant. "Who else other than you?"
"It seems that Angeline had learned a secret that she shouldn't have, so someone wanted to kill her.
"This person pretended to be me, making Angeline mistakenly believe that I was going to kill her."
He paused, then said in a daze, "For a long time, she didn't dare to open her heart to me, even protecting herself against me in all respects, which made me unable to protect her..." While looking at Zayne, he continued, "If you know some secret information, you must tell me the truth. It's very important for me to find the murderer."
"Mushroom Gate?" Zayne got up from the ground.
Jay looked at him suspiciously. "You knew as well?"
Zayne said with a solemn expression, "I don't know, but my sister used to say these three words in her dreams before the car accident that happened in her previous life..."
Jay clenched his fist. "This person has persecuted her repeatedly. I'll definitely make him die a horrible death!"
Zayne sneered at him, "Just keep pretending then."
Jay then said, "If you continue to put your focus on m e, the murderer will only get away with it."
When he heard this, Zayne was a little shaken!
Grayson returned very soon with the surveillance video obtained.
"Mr. Ares, look at the surveillance footage!" Grayson opened the surveillance video copied into the phone and handed it to Jay.
Zayne immediately surrounded him.
What was seen in the video was a girl with a big mask and huge framed sunglasses. Her long hair was draped randomly on both sides of her cheeks. She carried the matcha cake with her and had walked into Old Master Severe's ward.
She then sat on the bedside chair, weeping silently.
Zayne yelled, "Jay, what's wrong with Grand Asia's public security? How could this kind of mental patient be allowed to enter so casually? What if she had hurt my grandfather?"
Jay scolded him angrily, "Shut up."
Zayne, however, continued to speak more and more heatedly, "Your Grand Asia doesn't have good management, but you still won't allow others to talk about it?"
Jay then instructed Grayson, "Tie him up and stuff his mouth."
Zayne made his final struggle, saying, "You won't let me speak, but I'll keep saying it. You let a mental patient enter my Grandpa's room... Oof..."
Grayson tied him to a Roman column in the ward with an infusion tube, then inserted a large tuft of medical cotton into his mouth.
Zayne was then silenced completely.
Jay looked at the quiet girl wearing a mask and sunglasses in the video. He suddenly raised his hand to slap himself severely...
Zayne spat out the cotton from his mouth. "F*ck, Grayson, has your president been triggered by something? Quickly call a doctor. A psychiatrist would be the right choice." Grayson picked up the transparent tape from the side and sealed his mouth straightaway.
Jay closed his eyes, regret overflowing out of them. " Grayson, the girl in the elevator, it was the missus."
Grayson was shocked.
The missus really went through so many troubles!
"Mr. Ares, do you want me to investigate..."
"Well, don't disturb her. Also, remember to log in to all of Josephine's accounts..."
"Yes, Mr. Ares."
Zayne's shocked eyes almost fell to the ground.
The girl who visited his grandfather was not a mental patient but his sister?
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After Rose returned to her rented room, she plopped herself onto the bed, sighing once in a while.
Josephine was putting on a beauty mask and felt confused when she heard those repeated sighs.
"What's the matter?" Josephine asked.
Rose depressingly said, "Today, I met someone who said I was ugly."
Immediately, Josephine peeled off the beauty mask and bellowed, "Who said so? Let me tear up her mouth."
"A young girl."
"How rude!" Josephine spat.
"Children's words mean no harm.'
Josephine looked at Rose who was depressed and comforted. "Since you know that children's words mean no harm, then why are you still sulking?"
Sitting up, she gloomily said, "Josephine, I think I saw your big brother today."
Josephine's mouth was agape in shock. "Maybe it was a coincidence?"
"Twice in a day?" Rose lifted two fingers.
"Did my brother recognize you?" Josephine had a bad
feeling about this when she saw how dispirited Rose looked.
Rose cried out, "Josephine, he didn't recognize me."
Josephine,
She took a packet of tissues and handed it to Rose. " Cry your heart out. There are plenty of tissues."
Once Rose was done crying, Josephine was done playing a round of a game that had similar gameplay to Wild Rift.
She turned her head around to look at Rose. "It's normal for my brother to not recognize you. Look at you, you're wearing a huge mask and have huge spectacles on. You could almost wrap yourself up into a present. It'd be weird if he could recognize you."
Rose was quick to see the silver lining. "This is good. I can go out as I please in the future."
Josephine was in awe of Rose's will that was as strong as an unbeatable cockroach. "It's hard to not like your optimistic personality."
Rose looked at the game on the computer screen and curiously asked, "Why are you addicted to this game?"
"I'm planning to earn some money by playing video games," Josephine replied.
Rose was reminded that she and Josephine were left with little money.
"How much can you earn from this?"
Josephine exuded confidence as she replied, "I haven't started earning yet, but trust me, I'll start earning soon enough."
Rose pushed further. "Where does your confidence come from?"
"I've played games for more than ten years and have already spent thousands of dollars, so I'm sure I'll reap something out of it." Rose,
'It's quite rare for someone to have lost thousands of dollars in games, no?'
After a few hours, Josephine slammed the table and bellowed, "Sis Angeline, I've lost all our money in the game. Sob, sob. What should I do?"
There was a ton of junk food and snacks in front of Rose. She was a person who ate when she felt sad, and now, she had eaten till she was feeling bloated. It was at this moment she suddenly heard Josephine crying...
Rose then silently put down the half-eaten banana, thinking that she could still keep it for tomorrow as a n energy booster.
"How'd you lose so badly?" Rose walked over to the laptop.
Josephine cried as she explained, "I was on a winning streak when a low ranking player came in. I merely scolded him for being a noob and he defeated me, who's a top-ranking player!" Rose looked at the laptop screen.
"Is that him?" She pointed at the only low ranking player on the screen. It was a player named 'Empire Without Sunset'! Josephine was extremely irritable upon the mention of that 'Empire Without Sunset'. "It's him alright.
Ruthless and quiet, he's a cruel person. Sis Angeline, help me annihilate him."
Rose sat in front of the laptop and loaded the game on behalf of Josephine.
Josephine keyed in some words in the chat, challenging 'Empire Without Sunset'. 'Switching to another expert to play with you!'
Rose speedily changed Josephine's in-game name from 'Zaynie Green' to 'Chasing Men While Lugging A Saber'.
It took a while for 'Empire Without Sunset' to reply. One on one?'
Rose was still contemplating when Josephine agreed to the other party's challenge.
'What do you want to challenge?' Rose typed into the chat.
'The lady should decide.'
'How do you know that I'm a lady?' Rose wondered.
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Chapter 470
Empire Without Sunset replied, 'Your username says it all.'
'Chasing Men While Lugging A Saber may not be a lady, I could be a man.' Rose then added, 'What if I'm homosexual?' Empire Without Sunset typed in '...'
Rose continued, 'Since you want to let me decide, then I shall not be so courteous. Let's meet at the
Taekwondo room.'
Then, the scene on the screen changed into the inside of a Taekwondo room.
Rose's in-game character was a lady warrior carrying a 40-meter saber.
As for Empire Without Sunset, his character was a regular modern young man.
As the scene had been widened, both characters looked very life-like as they stood in the center of the room.
Rose typed, 'What are we betting on?'
Empire Without Sunset asked, 'What do you want?' i
'Money.'
Empire Without Sunset questioned, 'You need money?'
'I'm about to starve!'
'Okay. Defeat me and I'll give you money!'
Rose sent a starry-eyed emoji.
'Sis here will beat you to a pulp.'
Empire Without Sunset promptly replied, 'Big brother here will go soft on you.'
Rose replied,
Both of them pressed on the button to change their attire, and their characters were now looking like modern young people dressed in Taekwondo uniforms.
They bowed to each other. Immediately after, Rose took advantage of the timing and sent a flying kick across.
The other party crossed his arms over his chest without evading, waiting for Rose's flying kick to approach. Then, he stretched out his arms like they were made of steel and pulled Rose's leg, causing her to fall into his embrace.
Empire Without Sunset typed into the chat, 'You've lost!'
Rose had not recovered from the initial shock. He could have caught her leg and flung her to the ground, yet he chose such a gentle way to make her lose.
'Not counted. This is just a warm-up exercise.'
Empire Without Sunset replied, 'Little Rascal!'
When Rose saw the words 'little rascal', it caught her attention. She mumbled to herself, "Why do I feel that this person's pattern of speech is similar to that man's?"
Then, she speedily typed a reply, 'Don't call me 'little rascal'. This is my darling's affectionate nickname for me.'
Empire Without Sunset was quiet for some time.
The competition soon began.
Rose made an attack stance and leaped in front of him.
Empire Without Sunset typed, 'If you lose, then let's meet up in person.'
Rose replied, 'I'm afraid I might scare you off.'
'The person that would get a shock could be you.'
'We'll discuss this if you win.'
With that said, Rose drilled across like a loach and high-kicked the man's sensitive part...
This round, Empire Without Sunset lost.
Rose typed, 'I've won.'
'Who taught you this move?'
'My man!'
'He loves you very much.'
'F*ck, you could tell from this?'
Empire Without Sunset then scolded, 'Don't use swear words ever again!'
'Why are you so nosy?'
... Give me your account number.'
Rose questioned, 'Are you a scammer? You can transfer money from the game itself. Why do you need my account number?' Empire Without Sunset typed,'...'