Facade of Love

Chapter 227 This Is Not My Responsibility to Bear

Hearing Madam Young’s words, I took the notebook from her hands and opened it, finding hundreds of names.

Seeing a familiar name, I could not help but be stunned for a moment. I looked at her, and said, “Maxwell Sanchez

Madam Young nodded slightly and said after a moment, “That boy’s quite capable. When he was sent to the orphanage, I originally planned to arrange something for him through Mr. Zachary, but unexpectedly, your father stepped in first. Under your father’s care, he has grown up very well.”

Looking at her, I hesitated for a few seconds and asked, “Was the reason you helped Scott Corporation during its difficult times partly because my father took care of Maxwell?”

She nodded, not denying it.

It made sense. When my father’s business was struggling and Scott Corporation faced bankruptcy, the Youngs proposed that if I married Idris, they would provide financial assistance to Scott Corporation.

My father had always wondered why Madam Young specifically chose me, given the number of suitable matches in Lake City. Even if the Youngs had not offered financial help, he would not have opposed the marriage to the Youngs,

Closing the yellowed notebook in my hand, I said to Madam Young, “Grandma, you’re giving this to me because…

explained, “I’m old, and there are many things I can no longer do. The incident back then was a sin committed by Sir Young. There’s karma in this world, and I’m not afraid of retribution coming to me, but

you

respond to her. I remained silent for

could we even begin to compensate for the

grandfather and I dismissed the idea. The guilt of hundreds of lives is

lips,

was built upon the sacrifice of hundreds of lives by his grandfather, could he still enjoy this wealth and honor with a clear conscience? Could he still stand at the top of the Young Corporation

answer was unknown to me, and I had

to Madam Young and said, “Grandma, I can tell you that I’ll use my own strength to help and even take care of those survivors, but I will not take on this responsibility that you’re trying to pass onto me. It belongs

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my own volition, not as a duty for Young Corporation to atone. The responsibility you wish to pass on should not be mine to bear. I cannot carry this burden for the descendants of the

whether or not I was Idris‘ wife, and whether or not I would continue to

why should they not be the ones to bear the sins committed by the

was just an outsider.

that my actions would not change the karma that would befall the descendants

Young seemed somewhat dazed for a while before she reached out to