Xavy & Mom

Right at that moment, Corey had just returned from outside, affectionately linking her arm through his. “Brother, I heard you telling them to look for me. Did you prepare a surprise for me?” Corey blinked her big, innocent eyes. But Julian shot a death glare at Corey. It made a shiver run down her spine. Before she could even speak, Corey was grabbed by the throat by Julian and shoved all the way down to the basement. When she locked

Late one winter night, he suddenly received an anonymous text message. Attached was a massive folder packed with videos. Julian didn’t think much of it and clicked right in. But just a few seconds into watching, his breath hitched violently. In the video, it was Corey herself cutting her own dress to pieces. It was Corey who had injured herself, and it was she who had jumped off the building. The hideous, vicious look on Corey’s face in the video

It was the cemetery owner. He let out a deep sigh of pity, lamenting to himself. “Alas, poor girl. Not only did she get brain cancer, but she also offended someone, leading to erasing one’s legal identity, so she can’t buy a plot. I wonder how she’s doing now.” Julian seemed so used to being deceived that he merely thought the owner’s words were just another one of my ploys for attention. After a long while, looking at the jewelry

He had said that back at the orphanage, gently tending to my bruises after he saw me get into a fight with the other kids. Even now, I still clearly remember the look in his eyes from back then. At that moment, I truly believed I was finally going to have a home and a family who loved me. I was overjoyed the entire day, even smiling in my sleep as I dreamed about it. That was until Corey framed

The expression on Julian’s face instantly froze. His grip slipped, and he nearly dropped his phone. It took him a long time to suppress his pounding heart and feign composure. “Which little girl? There were so many people there, explain it clearly!” He had heard the cleaner mention the little girl who shined shoes. He also knew that the only person shining shoes at the time was Chloe. But what if the cleaner was mistaken? On the other end of

Before I could even react, I frantically waved my hands, trying to catch the fluttering bills. But in the end, my blood, sweat, and tears fell entirely into the sea, instantly soaked and ruined. Corey, however, acted as if she had done some great deed of charity, saying innocently: “Let’s return this dirty, unpresentable money to nature. It’ll help purify you, too.” I stared blankly at the floating bills on the surface of the sea. She could comfortably enjoy the

My health deteriorated day by day, and I often spent entire days in a hazy stupor. I knew I could drop dead at any moment. But I still hadn’t paid the final balance for my cemetery plot. Just as I was agonizing over this, a passerby on the street handed me a flyer. “Take a look. Some mysterious CEO is throwing a yacht party tonight. Shining shoes for the rich doesn’t require any skills, and you can make a few

Unable to sleep from the freezing cold, I decided to move around to warm up my body. But just as I stood up, I saw a little beggar girl being dragged away by a man with his hand clamped over her mouth. I couldn’t mistake that familiar feeling—the man was a human trafficker! Without a second thought, ignoring the agonizing pain in my head, I rushed forward and bit down viciously on the man’s wrist. I thrashed and kicked with

Five years after my own brother handed me over to human traffickers, I finally escaped with my life. Dizzy from hunger, I grabbed a smashed cake by the roadside and stuffed it into my mouth. My mouth was barely full when a heavy kick suddenly sent me sprawling to the ground. “Chloe Bennett! Did you purposely show up on Corey Bennett’s birthday just to provoke her again?” As our eyes met, I realized the man standing before me was my