Chapter 168
But saying this was meaningless. Over the years, her family had always been unreliable and greedy in front of Cedrick. Many times, she told Cedrick not to indulge them, not to treat them so well, but he always replied: After all, they’re your family.
Back then, she always thought that she and he had a long future ahead, these things could be sorted out slowly. He al- ways meant to be good to her. Who would have thought that Maricela’s return would cause all the buried landmines to explode rapidly.
It’s also good. Before she leaves, Cedrick and her family completely break ties.
“Tristen’s matter, don’t stress too much. It’s all under
my
control.”
He said while driving, “It has no effect on me.”
Lucille glanced at him.
“What? Don’t believe me?”
He looked ahead and chuckled, “There’s a saying: the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. He and Mr. Qian want to make my company the cicada, won’t I set an oriole behind them?”
What he meant by this, and how he deployed it, Lucille didn’t understand. But since he had no loss, she was relieved.
She really didn’t want to have more entanglements with Cedrick, and all kinds of messy debts that couldn’t be cut or sorted out.
“Cedrick.” She suddenly remembered something else. “If my mom hadn’t gone crazy today, my dad might not have backed down. What would you do?”
Cedrick asked her in return, “Then what would you
do?”
Lucille sighed. She certainly had a way, but it wasn’t something honorable.
“Your dad gambles outside, owes huge debts. Guess why he’s so desperate for money? Because of this. If your dad won’t give up, we can only bring those creditors here.”
Lucille turned to look at him, eyes wide.
Cedrick glanced sideways, “You wouldn’t use the same method, would you?”
Lucille was silent. Yes.
She knew her dad gambled. She knew since she was very young.
Back then, she lived half the time at home, half at her grandma’s.
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Her dad even took mom’s gold necklace out to pawn for gambling money. When he lost, he came back drunk, then scolded mom, saying it was all mom’s fault for not giving it willingly, offending him, causing him to lose money.
After stealing all mom’s jewelry, with nothing left to steal at home, he borrowed money outside.
One year during New Year, several groups of people came to the house to collect debts.
She had sympathized with mom, but mom clearly didn’t appreciate it, only complained why she wasn’t a son, other- \ wise she wouldn’t have to raise two so hard…
These were pasts she didn’t want to recall, but they truly existed.
So, she knew clearly about her dad’s gambling.
“Is it… a rotten family?” Lucille thought of childhood, couldn’t help it. Such a rotten family, laid bare in front of Cedrick, was shameful.
“My family isn’t much better than yours.” he said. “It has nothing to do with you.”
Lucille looked out the window, her eyes burning for her younger self–lost, terrified, and utterly helpless.
“Don’t think you’re burdening me. You’re not. I told you, you’re my wife. I’ll always have your back.”
Lucille shook her head, forcing down the surge of emotions flooding her mind.
The car suddenly stopped.
A pair of hands gripped her shoulders from behind.
She didn’t turn around.
“I’ve known about your family situation since twelve years ago. There’s no shame in it. None of us choose where we‘ re born. We’re the innocent ones.”
His hands tightened on her shoulders, as if lending strength to her in this moment.
But it was a pity.
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