Finn was heartbroken to hear what Winnie said. It could be seen that Winnie had suppressed for a
long, long time.
"Really? You really bought it back?"
Isobel got excited, unable to believe that such sudden news was true.
"Yes, I really bought it back. Wait, Auntie, I'll definitely buy back the house grandpa left you as well."
Winnie was excited, but did not forget to make a promise to her aunt. These were the ones she had
sold back then, and now she would have to work to buy them back.
Her parents used to live that house when they were alive, and for her aunt’s house was the place
where her grandparents used to live.
"Good, it's good to have it back. It's good to have our home back."
Isobel cried with excitement, it was inevitable to be excited after finally having their house back after so
many years.
She owed it to her brother and sister-in-law for all these years, for failing to take care of their children
and give them help during their hardest times.
"Well, we have a home now. Come back soon, Auntie, and let's go home together."
Winnie's eyes were already flooded with tears, her emotions were out of control, and she could no
longer control her excitement.
On one side, Finn watched with heartache, though it was tears of joy, it reflected that she had suffered
extraordinary difficulties.
Finn took out a tissue and handed it to Winnie. It was such a simple thing he could do when Winnie
was so sad.
Although this house cost a large price to buy back, but seeing Winnie's radical delight like this, he felt
that it was worth a hundred million.
On the way back, Finn drove Winnie, whose mood had only eased at this point.
"Did it scare you?"
Winnie spoke with embarrassment. She didn't expect her emotions to get out of control and she would
cry bitterly in front of Finn.
"Am I that easily scared? I think it's quite normal to express the joy of regaining."
Finn's understanding made Winnie feel her heart warm, but this house was more than regaining.
"It's so complicated with our family, when this house was taken by the bank after our family company
went bankrupt. I haven't stepped foot in this house since my parents died."
"The house is old, but it's the only place that holds our family memories. I always felt like Mom and Dad
and my sister and I were drifting without this house back, like we didn't have a home and Mom and Dad
were like lonely ghosts."
"Now that the house is back, we can all go home."
Winnie lamented that her family would finally be able to go home.
"My next goal is to buy back my aunt's house and I have to work hard to earn money."
At this moment, Winnie's joy could not be interpreted by only regaining.
"It seems you've been through a lot, isn't one house enough to pay off your family's debts?"
Winnie told him the story, but not in details, and Finn didn't ask much about it. This time he wanted to
know a little more and help a little more.
"My family owed so much at that time, not just the debts from the company's bankruptcy, but the money
my father borrowed from other people to keep the company going in the later years, and the money
that needed to compensate when my parents died."
"It adds up to ...... is just too much."
Winnie didn't even want to say the exact number, for she felt fearful to say it.
"I couldn't contact my aunt when the accident happened, and I had no money at all. In that time, I had
to pay my mother's and Vanessa's medical bills. Even outside the hospital at that time were debtors
that almost drove me to death."
"Now that I don't know how I made it through."
The memories were too painful for her to forget.
Finn, who was driving, just listened quietly, thinking that it would be a release to let Winnie talk about it.
Winnie continued.
"At that time I thought my mom could be resuscitated, so I went around raising money. Unfortunately
my relatives did not want to see me."
"There was no other way, so I sold myself ...... to Brian. To be more specific, it was a surrogate, to give
him a child."
"Unfortunately, I didn't know my pregnancy at the time and I only got a small amount of compensation."
"With Mom gone, my sister in a coma, and my aunt unreachable, I'm worthless on my own."
"At that time ..... you may not imagine how desperate I was at that time. I wanted to die together with
my sister more than once."
Winnie hadn't said any of these things to Brian. But today she wanted to say it to release herself. And
Finn was willing to be a quiet listener.
Finn was shocked, guessing that Winnie was a woman with a story, but he didn't expect her to be
suffering. He didn't expect her children to be born from a surrogate.
"Luckily, I got through it, and luckily, my aunt came back. I sold my aunt's house and sold the house my
mother left me and barely paid some of the debt off."
"We kept another portion for living expenses. I hadn’t finished with my study abroad and my sister
needed money to continue her treatment. I just studied on my own at home while working part-time. I
was busy until late every day before coming home. Then I learned that I was pregnant, and then later
gave birth, and I gave a child to Brian. It was kind of a little money to keep me going abroad to get my
diploma back."
Now in a few words she could finish her long and painful story, it was not as hard now as it was then,
but the pain wass still there.
Winnie really didn't know how she had pulled through with so much negative energy at that time, and
wondered how she had managed to cure her sister and give birth to her children.
It was a difficult time back then.
Hearing that, Finn thought that Winnie had finished with her suffering. Just when he wanted to comfort
her, Winnie spoke again.
"I came back from studying abroad and got a job. I started earning money. But all these years I could
not forget the child that was given to Brian and failed to inhibit the desire to meet him and see how he
was doing."
"The funny thing is that, I didn't even know that the father of my child was Brian, and I even came to
their company to start working together."
"Happily, I found my child I had abandoned, but also plunged into another abyss of pain."
Speaking of this, Winnie could not help but sigh, from the sudden accident of her parents to now, it had
been so many years ago, but she had never escaped the suffering. She had been trying to break free,
but she fell deeper.
"I didn't control my heart and fell in love with Brian. But there was no way that the Bennet family could
accept someone of my status. I had to make a break with Brian after I realized that I couldn't possibly
be accepted by the Bennet family."
"To be honest, I don't know if Brian has ever liked me, and I don't know if I have a place in his heart."
"I always wondered if I didn't have these two kids Brian might just turn away from me."
The conversation ended, and Winnie looked sideways at Finn and smiled to herself.
Her story was too tedious and too sad.
She was really afraid that these experiences of hers would make Finn snicker, that Finn would felt it a
joke.
"You are a tough woman who has come through so many things. I'm sure you'll be happy in the future,
it's impossible to always go through trials and tribulations in life."
What could Finn say? Should she be told that Brian has her in his heart or should she be told that she
had loved the wrong person?
He could only hope that her future got better and better.
"What if I'm not tough? One has to live. I want to have a man to cover me from the storm like everyone
else, but look at what I've been through, what man would dare to come near me?"
"I have to be tough, and there's nothing I can do about it."
Winnie had no hope for her future, because she couldn't forget Brian. Without a man, she was destined
to be alone for the rest of her life and feel sorry to her children.
Even without the ordeal, the deficit and loneliness would be enough for the rest of her life.
"Forget it, I'm tired of talking about it, you're tired of hearing it too, right? Let’s get something to eat, you
haven't eaten since noon and now you're hungry."
Winnie changed the subject and shifted her mood. No matter how hard it was, she had to face it, no
matter how hard it was, she needed to eat. She could only persevere when she got enough strength.
Winnie was extraordinarily happy today. She went home after dinner with Finn. When she was back
home, she found the children and Brian were eating dinner, so she was to go to the hospital to deliver
food to Rufus.
"You guys eat, I'll go to the hospital and bring Rufus his food."
After Winnie finished speaking, she went straight to the kitchen, where Raya was preparing.
"Don't worry, I'll get it ready right now."
"There are two kinds of soup today, one for your dad and one for Paul. I've put a note on the outside of
the thermos, so there's no mistaking it."
Raya instructed, but inadvertently always referred to Rufus as Winnie's father.
"You're wrong again, Raya, I'm bringing Rufus and Paul dinner."
Winnie had already clarified many times that Rufus was not her dad. She couldn't afford this identity,
and even today, at such an exciting moment, she had to remind herself not to be confused by it.
"It's the same, you are families. Sooner or later, Rufus will be your dad."
Every time Raya had been reminded by Winnie in the past, she had promptly corrected herself. This
time, she probably felt that there was no point in correcting herself, so she gave this response.
"No, I am not a family member."
Raya's words made Winnie embarrassed. How was she worthy of being a member of the Bennet
family? She never dared to think about it.
"I am not joking. The key to the problem now is you, as long as you nod your head, you are Rufus
daughter-in-law."
Raya had her reason, probably because Winnie was worried about Rufus or maybe because she
hoped they wouldn't waste time but gave the kids a complete home as soon as possible.
"......"
"Raya is right, if you nod your head, you are my dad’s daughter-in-law."
Winnie wanted to retort, but Brian was one step ahead of her in affirming Raya's words.
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