Raising his eyebrows, Joseph glared at him with displeasure on his face.
"I know you care about Jessie and I understand you feel sorry for her. But she has nothing to do with
Daniel. You'd better save your sympathy. It's not good for me." Joseph snorted. This world was so
realistic and cruel. Whoever was weak would be bullied.
He could sympathize with others, but would others sympathize with him?
Only the winner would take all. As long as they became the strongest, then the world was up to them.
Sympathy would only become a stumbling block to them.
Lawrence wanted to argue, but he knew that being too domineering was not good for him and Jessie.
He chose to remain silent.
Knowing that Lawrence and Joseph had always been at odds, Ken suddenly stood up and said,
"Lawrence, you should keep an eye on Jessie. After all, she is my granddaughter, and I don't want
anything bad to happen to her."
Lawrence nodded, "I will."
When Ken and Joseph were about to leave, Lawrence's phone rang.
After picking up the phone, his face was more and more gloomy. He hurriedly hung up after a few
words and then ran out to them.
"Grandpa!" Ken stopped and turned to Lawrence. Lawrence said anxiously, "Eagle was attacked and
suffered great loss."
"What?" Ken raged, his eyes blazing with fire.
Good!
'Mark, now you dared to destroy my Eagle at all costs, I would let you know the consequence of
messing me up!'
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Nelson was much better now. Although he still couldn't get out of bed and walk, he was more
conscious and spoke more quickly than before.
The closed door was opened again. Nelson raised his head and saw a man walking in.
"Who! Who are you?" Nelson looked at the strange blond man and asked doubtfully.
Joseph lifted the corner of his lips and directly pulled off the human skin mask on his face. Nelson's
eyes suddenly widened in shock, surprise, and disbelief... All the emotions appeared on his face.
"Dad, I'm back."
"You... Edward, why did you..."
"Dad, do you want to ask why I am wearing a mask?" Seeing Nelson in a daze, Edward said, "Dad,
what do you think if I say I'm going to kill Mark?"
"You...You cannot do that!" Nelson rejected him at once. With a stern look in Edward's eyes, the
murderous look was immediately condensed on him. He asked sternly, "Since you can do whatever
you want, why can't I do that? Dad, don't you always want to kill him? Now, I am just fulfilling your
wish."
"No, you can't. He is your younger brother."
"He is your son!" Edward answered back sarcastically, "Nelson, do you really think of us as your
children? We are just like pawns in your heart, ready to be used! You have so many family members in
your life, but you have never loved and cared about anyone! Don't you think it's ridiculous to tell me that
he is my younger brother now?"
Being scolded and disdained by his own son, Nelson leaned against the bedside listlessly. He felt as if
his heart was bleeding.
"It's all my fault. I'm sorry for you, and your mother." Nelson lowered his head and apologized. These
were the sincere words that he had buried in his heart for many years. For his three wives, he had
never really cared about them, and each of them was good women, and each of them really loved him.
While for his children, he didn't care at all. When they grew up, he even worried that they would try to
seize the company he had worked hard for.
He was indeed selfish and vicious.
"Don't say sorry to me. You have done so many things to hurt my mother. Do you think an apology can
make up for it?" Edward was enraged and heartbroken.
"In order to get rich, you abandoned us and married Sara. My mother got a serious kidney disease
because she had to work hard to raise my elder brother and me. Because she refused to take medical
care in order to save money for us, at last, she was tortured to death by illness. If my elder brother
hadn't taken me to find you, if Sara hadn't taken pity on us and took us in, you wouldn't have cared
about us at all!"
"Do you think I was willing to do that at that time? I was driven into a corner. Do you think we could
survive if we just stay in that village and live on that two-acre land?" At that time, the four of them could
only live by the pathetic two acres of land. If they could manage it well, that would only be enough for
the family. If not, they could only starve.
He could endure hunger, but not the kids.
Looking at the two boys, he had to leave the village alone. He hoped to find a good way to earn some
money back.
"Stop finding any excuse for yourself! What was wrong with two acres of land? At least, we can live
happily together as a family! At least, my mother won't die at such a young age. Even if you want to
work in this city and make money, you can go back home as long as you have made enough money.
Why do you abandon us and marry Sara!"
Nelson looked at him in a daze, speechless.
He admitted that he was indeed attracted by Sara who was beautiful and gentle at that time.
When he just met Sara, he managed to contain his feelings for Sara and kept telling himself that he
was married and his wife and children were still waiting for him in the countryside. But the more he
knew about her, the more he found that Sara was not only educated and reasonable, but also had a
good business mind.
Gradually, as they got more and more familiar with each other, Nelson had his own business plan.
And the feelings between them were also growing deeper.
When he recalled the past, tears streamed down Nelson's face. His heart ached.
"Edward, I know you and Leslie hated me for abandoning you in the village. But do you think I was
willing to leave alone? I told your mom that we would go to the city together no matter where we went.
But you knew that your mom was so introverted that she was unwilling to come into new environment
and face new things... But I can't let you starve to death in the village because of her."
Silently, Edward looked at his aged father.
Her mother was indeed a conservative and introverted rural woman. He still remembered that one year,
he and Leslie told her that they wanted to go to the city to find their father, but their mother didn't let
them out. She also said that since this was the fate, she would listen to the destiny.
If they really wanted to blame someone for what had happened, then they could only blame their fate.
Everyone was living in helplessness and had made many helpless choices.
"I don't want to say anything about what you have done to mom. I'm here today just to tell you that I will
let Mark pay for what he has done to me! I will let him suffer ten times of what I had
suffered!"
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