Chapter 172 She, the Leader of the Shadow Operations Division
Even if she could leave the hospital bed, how could Yasmin be a match for Amelia?
The sound of handcuffs scraping against the bedframe was like a cat scratching its claws on metal - particularly grating.
Brady, who was at the door, rushed in and asked Amelia if she needed help.
"No, thank you."
Brady then stepped back out.
Yasmin probably realized she couldn't hurt Amelia and finally stopped moving, though her eyes were filled with hatred.
Felix had never seen Yasmin like this - a chill ran down his spine.
Amelia was used to it by now.
From the first time she met Yasmin, this was how she had been.
Selfish and terrifyingly vicious.
She met Yasmin's cold gaze and asked, "You ask me how I dare appear before you. Then let me ask you - why wouldn't I dare appear before you?"
Yasmin said indignantly.
"How dare you ask me? You're the one who set that fire! You ruined my face and broke my leg! Are you saying you didn't do this?"
Amelia didn't deny it.
"I did set the fire."
Felix looked at Amelia in shock.
He only knew that the hotel where Yasmin was staying had caught fire, but he didn't know Amelia had set it.
But thinking about how he had misunderstood Amelia time and again, he swallowed back his questions.
He was different from before - now he believed from the bottom of his heart that if Amelia did this, she must have had her reasons.
Sure enough, his silence was right.
The next second, Amelia said, "I did set the fire, but I didn't try to kill you. You had Niamh tamper with the horseshoe - that was meant to kill me."
Yasmin suddenly remembered.
Niamh!
She should have done what she was told, so why was Amelia fine?
Falling from a horse - even if you didn't die, you'd be crippled.
But Amelia was standing before her now, completely unharmed.
"How could... how could you be fine?"
Amelia gave a cold laugh.
"Because I guessed what Niamh was going to do and removed that needle beforehand. And Niamh got what she deserved - her horse had an accident, she fell off, and died."
Yasmin's eyes suddenly widened.
"She's dead? Impossible... if she died, you couldn't be standing here just fine. You'd be implicated too!"
Amelia's thin lips curved.
"But what a shame - I wasn't implicated. Instead, I even have time to come see your miserable state. That face you were so proud of is completely ruined now, isn't it?"
Yasmin's face went pale, and the next moment she lunged at Amelia like a madwoman.
But her hands were firmly cuffed, and even though she scraped off a layer of skin, she couldn't get close to Amelia.
Felix looked at the crazed Yasmin, then at Amelia, his mind buzzing.
There was too much information - he didn't know which thing to be shocked about first.
"Enjoy the rest of your life in prison."
Leaving these words, Amelia turned to leave.
"Don't go!" Yasmin shouted, "Just kill me! Don't you want me dead, too? Kill me, and you'll get what you want!"
Amelia glanced sideways at Yasmin.
For a moment, there seemed to be pity in her eyes.
"I won't kill you - it would dirty my hands. I'll send news to you from time to time, letting you know how well I'm doing, and how well the entire Richardson family is doing."
When the Richardson family got into trouble, Yasmin was the first to distance herself from them. That would have been one thing, but she also took the opportunity to sell off Richardson Manor, leaving the Richardson family to live in a dump.
Of course, if Yasmin had only done these things, without harboring murderous intent toward Geraldo and having Niamh try to harm her, she wouldn't have been so ruthless.
At most, she would have just driven Yasmin out of Goldenvale.
But Yasmin did do those things.
She brought it upon herself.
One wrong step led to more wrong steps.
So she would let Yasmin live well, hearing "good news" about the Richardson family from time to time.
Yasmin would spend the rest of her life in pain and regret.
For Yasmin, living would be more painful than dying.
She knew Yasmin wouldn't commit suicide - such an extremely selfish person wouldn't seek death.
Seeing no emotion in Amelia's eyes, Yasmin suddenly thought of Felix.
"Felix, she set the fire, she ruined my face, my leg is crippled too..."
She tried hard to play the victim, but having just seen her go crazy, how could Felix be moved?
Besides, he had just heard that Yasmin had Niamh try to make Amelia fall from her horse.
Niamh was already dead, but if Amelia hadn't noticed something was wrong, the one dead now would be Amelia.
Felix's palms broke out in a cold sweat.
He looked deeply at Yasmin and said, "Yasmin, reform yourself well in prison."
Yasmin stared in disbelief.
She suddenly ripped off the gauze from her face.
The severely burned skin looked like rotten meat that had been decaying for a long time, giving people goosebumps all over.
She pointed at her face and asked Felix, "Even seeing me like this, you still take her side? I did try to scheme against her, but nothing happened to her, right? I'm the one who got hurt, Felix. We grew up together as siblings!"
Amelia glanced coolly at Felix.
Felix said, "Just now outside, Amelia asked me a question. She asked me if I had to choose between you and her, who I would choose."
Yasmin said, "You chose her."
"Yes. No matter who asks, no matter how many times they ask, the person I choose will always be her."
"But we're the ones who grew up together as siblings! Among all the brothers, we had the best relationship!"
"That's right. But Yasmin, have you forgotten why we became siblings?"
Yasmin's expression clearly froze.
Felix continued.
"Because Amelia got lost, that's why you became our sister."
"You hate Amelia because you think she took away what belonged to you. But you've forgotten - these things never belonged to you in the first place."
"If not for Amelia, we never would have met, and you never would have come from the orphanage to the Richardson family."
"Oh, and do you know why I was so good to you? Amelia got lost because I was playing around and didn't watch her properly, causing her to get separated from us. I was good to you because of my guilt toward Amelia."
"Later, I was good to you because I got used to being good to you. Even I forgot why I was so good to you in the first place."
"It led me to favor you over Amelia initially."
Yasmin's expression turned cold.
She wasn't going crazy anymore - instead, she was very calm.
But the calmer she was, the more unfamiliar Felix felt.
He felt that today he finally saw everything clearly.
"Amelia, let's go."
Amelia nodded and left with Felix.
Soon Yasmin's venomous voice came from behind: "I'm going to prison, and I'll curse your whole family every single day! Your entire Richardson family will go to hell!"
Felix shuddered.
There was still one thing he didn't understand.
"Why, when we were already good enough to her, did she treat us this way?"
Amelia said calmly, "Because some people are born bad. Bad people don't remember others' kindness."
Felix felt very regretful.
"I was the one who accidentally saw Yasmin and brought Mom to adopt her. And I was the one... who accidentally lost you."
Amelia looked up at Felix very seriously.
"Felix."
Felix was slightly stunned.
This was the first time she had called his name so gently.
"Go ahead."
"Don't think about the past anymore. Look forward."
Felix nodded solemnly, "Okay."
Amelia continued, "I'm giving you a risky opportunity. Do you want it? This opportunity is very dangerous, but if you get through it, there will be bright prospects ahead."
Felix was silent for a moment, then nodded, "I want it."
"Good."
Amelia told him about what Samuel had mentioned to her.
"There are many forces competing there. If you go, there will be danger. Life-threatening danger."
"I'm not afraid. If I stay home, I'll only cause trouble for you all. Better to go out and take a chance."
Approval gradually appeared in Amelia's eyes.
She raised her hand and patted Felix's shoulder.
"When you come back, we'll get to know each other again."
Felix's eyes reddened a bit, and he said hoarsely, "Okay."
Back in Geraldo's hospital room, Grant keenly sensed that the relationship between Amelia and Felix had changed slightly.
But on the surface, there seemed to be no difference.
He didn't ask much, happily telling Amelia that Geraldo had accepted him as a student.
Amelia smiled, "I recommended you."
"I knew it! Otherwise, how would Geraldo have noticed me?"
This time Amelia disagreed.
"Geraldo was willing to accept you not just because of me. He appreciates your work. Just like he once appreciated Yasmin's work and took her as a student. Or rather, the person he wanted to take as a student from the beginning was you."
Grant's heart surged.
"I won't let you and Geraldo down!"
The three of them went home together.
Only this time, Felix wasn't excluded - Amelia would occasionally respond to what he said.
Even though her expression was still indifferent, even though she still treated him differently from Grant, he just felt relaxed.
Compared to this moment of ease, future dangers didn't matter.
Samuel urgently needed people, so the next day, Felix explained the situation to Natalie, saying he was going to an island to help Samuel with work.
Natalie agreed.
First, because of Samuel, and second, because she guessed this was also Amelia's arrangement.
Both were people she trusted, so she felt comfortable letting Felix go.
Of course, Amelia didn't let Felix go alone.
She sent four people from the Shadow Operations Division.
These four people were all very good at combat, each had their own special skills, and they were all very smart.
Felix's mind wasn't flexible enough, but with their assistance, he would be much more capable.
It wasn't until Amelia brought the people before Felix that he learned his sister was actually the boss of the Shadow Operations Division.
But surprisingly, he wasn't very shocked.
It was as if Amelia being the boss of the Shadow Operations Division was a matter of course.
She was never ordinary to begin with.
Everyone in the family was extraordinary too - he was the most ordinary one.
So he also wanted to carve out a career for himself, to make himself worthy of being Amelia's brother.