Chapter 424 Elyndra Opens
All the reporters present were completely caught off guard. Their eyes all fell on that DNA test report.
After what seemed like forever, the reporters finally snapped back to reality and kept pressing their camera shutters at the DNA test report.
"Ms. Taylor isn't actually the Taylor family's daughter!"
"This news is too shocking!"
"Ms. Taylor, what is your real identity?"
"When the Taylor family brought you back, didn't they do a paternity test with you?"
"If you're not the real Taylor family daughter, then where is the real Taylor family daughter?"
"Where the real Taylor family daughter is, I have no idea." Isabella looked calmly at everyone.
"The Taylor family neither gave birth to me nor raised me, so there's no blood relationship between us in any sense."
"As for acquiring shares of the Taylor Group, it was done based on resolving the Taylor Group's crisis. So between Mr. Taylor and me, it's just a simple exchange of interests. But now it seems Mr. Taylor is quite greedy, wanting to have everything handed to him on a silver platter."
Isabella shrugged and continued, "Haven't you figured it out yet? You people are just tools Hayden is using to morally blackmail me."
"That's all I have to say. I have things to do, so please don't block my way."
Under the reporters' shocked gazes, Isabella pushed through the crowd and walked into the Taylor Group.
Hospital.
Hayden stared intently at his tablet. The live video on it froze on Isabella's retreating figure.
Hayden's face was extremely dark.
He simply couldn't believe it.
Isabella wasn't his biological daughter.
Isabella actually wasn't his biological child!
He had found the wrong person!
How could things turn out this way?
Not only that, the rest of the Taylor family members all looked dazed.
Olivia's face turned pale. Somehow, she felt like she had completely lost something important. The fact that Isabella had no connection to her made her feel cold all over.
This also meant she didn't even have a reason to approach Isabella anymore, and it became perfectly natural for Isabella to ignore her completely.
There was no bond between her and Isabella anymore.
The thing she had always thought could control Isabella was gone.
Chase's face showed a trace of panic. He immediately strode out of the hospital room to find Isabella at the Taylor Group.
He suspected he might never be able to return to the Taylor Group for the rest of his life.
At the Taylor Group entrance, Chase was stopped by security.
"Chase, the new chairman has instructed that you cannot enter the company."
"I need to see Isabella," Chase said urgently. He was completely different from his formerly aloof and composed self. His eyes were full of anxiety. "Please, let her see me. I want to talk to her properly."
"Chase, what is there for us to talk about?"
Isabella's cool voice came from the side.
Chase saw Isabella being accompanied by several executives walking this way. He immediately shook off the security guard and rushed over.
"Isabella, I was wrong! Please don't be so heartless, okay? Let me come back to the Taylor Group. If you won't give me the chairman position, give me some other position."
He really didn't want to become a waste. As long as he could stay at the Taylor Group, even being a department manager would be fine.
Isabella looked at him with a cold expression. "Do you think that just because you got those reporters to harass me, I would let you stay at the Taylor Group?"
"Isabella, I..."
Before he could speak, Isabella coldly interrupted, "Chase, people always bully the weak and fear the strong. You're the same. When you didn't know there was no blood relationship between us, you kept crossing my boundaries. Did you think that as long as there was a blood tie, I wouldn't take things to the extreme? Well, now, are you satisfied?"
Chase was speechless.
"Security, throw him out. If he causes trouble at the Taylor Group entrance again, call the police."
Before Chase could say anything else, he was dragged out by security.
The strange looks from passersby fell on him.
Chase stood blankly at the Taylor Group entrance, cold sweat breaking out on his back, his face deathly pale.
He really couldn't return to the Taylor Group. In an instant, it was like he had lost everything.
Overwhelming regret washed over him.
He regretted why, when he could have had a good relationship with Isabella, he had been cold and dismissive toward her. Now it was too late—he didn't even have a chance to beg for mercy.
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Isabella stayed in Lumaria for two more days before heading back to Novaria.
The ancient martial arts competition was approaching, and she couldn't slack off.
For the Powell family, she understood better than anyone what it would mean if they lost this ancient martial arts competition.
"Why are there Ancient Martial Arts Alliance people everywhere on the streets now?"
On the way from the airport back to the Powell family castle, Isabella noticed something unusual.
After seeing people from the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance last time, she discovered that they were very distinctive in their dress, so they could be recognized at a glance.
"Probably because the ancient martial arts competition is approaching, the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance has temporarily opened up Elyndra. People from Elyndra can now come and go freely, which is why we're seeing this phenomenon." Knox said respectfully.
Isabella nodded. "I see."
Knox added, "Ms. Powell, you should still be careful when you encounter Ancient Martial Arts Alliance people on the street."
Isabella's eyes paused slightly. "What do you mean?"
"Ever since Elyndra opened up and people from there came out, public order has become much more chaotic. The Ancient Martial Arts Alliance people are all unrestrained and wild. They don't follow rules, they're arrogant, they hurt people at the drop of a hat, and when they see something they like, they just take it. They're basically a bunch of barbarians." Knox said.
He used to have too many rose-colored glasses about the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance people, thinking they were all low-key and capable individuals. But it turned out that once Elyndra opened up, these people were no different from monkeys released from the mountains.
It was such a disappointment.
He now had no good feelings toward the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance people and wished he could avoid them whenever he saw them.
Isabella was slightly shocked by this.
Just then, as the car drove past a street, Isabella saw something at a certain spot. Her eyes suddenly focused, and she said quietly, "Stop for a moment."
Knox quickly stopped the car, puzzled. "Ms. Powell, what's wrong?"
Isabella's gaze fell on the front of a shop on the street.
At the shop entrance, a group of Ancient Martial Arts Alliance people were beating up a young man.
It was too far away for her to see the young man's face clearly, but she had a vague sense of familiarity.
"I'm going to see what's happening."
"Ms. Powell, don't go over there. It's too dangerous. Let the law enforcement team handle it..."
However, Knox couldn't stop Isabella. Before he finished speaking, Isabella had already pushed open the car door, gotten out, and was walking in that direction.