Leilani came up and led Hailey to a room in the far corner of the first floor. It was not small but stuffed with lumbers.

There was only a single bed and a small table by the door.

"The guest room upstairs was renovated a few days ago, and the smell is still pungent. Miss, please slum it here for a couple of days."

Leilani said indifferently and left.

Hailey entered the house without turning on the lights. There was a window blocked by lumbers. Still, sunlight found its way in.

She closed the door, sat on the bed, and began to sort out her luggage.

Her luggage was meager. Apart from toiletries, there were only two sets of clothes and a medical manuscript.

The manuscript was the life work of her mother and the most valuable item to Hailey.

Melody grew up with a passion for medicine, and her talent was unparalleled. Hailey found it hard to reach her mother's level and had difficulty understanding some parts of the manuscript.

25 years ago, her mother established Melody Pharmaceutical, which became Anderson Group later.

Owing to her superb medical skills and extensive pharmaceutical research, Melody did well in running the company. Thanks to her, William climbed up the social ladder.

Even now, the main products of Anderson Group were developed from her formulas.

Dissatisfied with the marriage arranged by her family, Melody ran away with her beloved. The Andersons took over the company but had no ability to launch new products.

While breakthroughs were made in biotech every year, the Andersons sat on Melody's legacy instead of investing in R&D.

Even if they didn't lose the 20-million-yuan order, the company still couldn't avoid the fate of declining.

Hailey stroked the manuscript and fell into contemplation.

A month ago, she just had her 19th birthday.

Mateo Diaz told her that he was neither her biological father nor Melody's husband.

As far as she could remember, she grew up in a small fishing village. Like the other fishermen, their family of three lived in a hut. During the day, her father would go fishing in the sea. Her mother would send her to school and then work in a local clinic.

When she was five years old, Melody suddenly disappeared.

She and Mateo searched for a long time but to no avail.

Later, Mateo took her away from the fishing village.

"Hailey, your mother is the eldest daughter of the Anderson Family. Back then, she was forced to jump into the sea. Narrowly escaping death, she then came to the fishing village. To keep you, she didn't go back to Sea City again."

"Hailey, everything owned by the Andersons was earned by your mother. They belong to you."

...

Soon, it was lunchtime, and a maid came to call Hailey.

Well-mannered, she sat at the dining table.

Woken up by the maid, Eliza came down the stairs with an unhappy face.

When she raised her eyes, she saw Hailey in her chair and felt displeased.

What was Grandpa thinking! Why did he suddenly bring back a village girl?

Before this, she was the only young lady in the house...

Eliza walked up, surprised to find the skin of the village girl so delicate although she was wearing cheap clothes.

Staying up all night, she looked into the mirror just now and spotted a big pimple on her forehead.

Jealousy immediately got the better of her. In this house, she was always the stunning one!

While Hailey was diving into her meal, a hand suddenly stretched over and snatched her bowl away.

"Hey, bumpkin, does the bird's nest soup taste good?" Eliza curled up her lips to sneer.

"You like it?"

Eliza loosened her hand, and the bowl crashed on the floor. The soup spilled all over the marble floor!

"You wanna eat? Kneel and lick it clean like a dog."

Eliza smiled broadly, but her eyes were thick with viciousness and ridicule.