"How dare she come back?"

"Only a shameless woman would seduce a man for money!"

"She even gave birth to a child after that! Alas, what a scum in the Smith's!"

Hearing the gossips around her, Shirley Smith stepped into the yard calmly.

Her deceased father's belongings were here – the only reason for her to return to this once-called-home place.

The house was very lively tonight.

A long red carpet spread from the villa door to the gate, just like that for superstars. Men in suit and women in dress, the people inside were all holding goblets in their hands.

"Shirley?"

Evelyn Smith walked fast over, her delicate makeup failing to cover her anger. "Why are you here? Today is grandpa's 80th birthday! Many big shots are here tonight! Get out of here now!"

Shirley looked at her second eldest sister with coldness in her starry eyes. Humph, she didn't remember the birthday at all.

She said indifferently, "I'm back to take my dad's belongings and will soon leave. I have no interest in your family affairs."

"Shirley Smith, how dare you talk to me like this?" Evelyn stamped her foot in anger.

Shirley had changed a lot in a few years and was not easily bullied anymore.

"You're getting far too cheeky!"

An old man's voice came from behind Shirley.

She sighed. Well, another troublemaker...

She regretted not checking whether it was a good day to come here. Why did everything go wrong on the first day she was back from abroad?

She turned around...

Slap!

The old man's palm struck her face fair and square!

The next second, her head tilted to a side and her fair skin went red. Covering her face, she stared at the rude man.

She had been so blind to take him as her respectable grandfather. When the family had once got into trouble, he had chosen to protect Berry, her eldest sister, while giving her out for benefits without mercy!

"Are you glaring at me?" With his beady eyes ablaze with anger, Old Mr. Smith said furiously, "I'm merciful enough to pass over your behavior that ruined our family's reputation! How dare you enter the house without my permission?"

Shirley laughed because this was the funniest joke she had ever heard. "I ruined the family's reputation?"

But deep inside, her heart was bleeding.

The injury from the closest people was always the deepest!

It was they who forced her into that man's room to gain benefits. But when the thing was exposed to the public, these wicked people unfairly blamed her for seducing a man for money!

How wronged she felt! She never asked for fortune and she didn't know who had almost tortured her to death on those nights!

"Madam, Sir, Mr. Roberts's son is missing!" A servant's words soon made the two pale with fear.

Evelyn trembled uncontrollably, muttering, "Oh my god, Mr. Roberts's son suffers from type 1 diabetes. If he has an accident here..."

She didn't dare to think further.

Anyone who offended Mr. Roberts and especially his son would be inescapably and seriously punished.

Type 1 diabetes?

What a coincidence! Shirley was surprised because her daughter had the same illness!

She knew what the disease was like and couldn't sit by. Therefore, she also joined the search.

While the others scattered to find the boy, she went in a direction they ignored.