Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 337: Zackary Bullied

With Annabelle's permission, under the pretense of tutoring Zackary, Lily began to visit Whispering Pines frequently. The Reed family was somewhat surprised to see her so often, but out of respect for the old lady, no one objected. "Zackary, do this problem," Lily said, flipping through his textbook out of boredom and tossing an exercise book in front of him. Zackary was still very young and couldn't even do basic arithmetic. Looking at the exercises, she felt like a joke. What was she doing here, a medical genius admired by everyone, teaching a child how to count? If it weren't for her ulterior motives, she would never have endured this.

"Miss Ward," Zackary said hesitantly, holding the third-grade exercise book, "I don't know how..."

"Stupid," Lily scolded him, closing the book. "If it weren't for your sister Tina, do you think you could stay with the Reed family? You have no relation to them. A distant relative trying to cling to the main family-what a joke!" Zackary bit his lip in grievance, tears welling up in his eyes.

"And you still have the nerve to cry?" Lily sneered. "Just like your sister, pretending to be pitiful to disgust people. Who are you trying to fool? Do you think I'm as gullible as the Reed family?"

As she spoke, she pinched Zackary hard in frustration. "It's all because of your sister! She took everything that belonged to me! You both deserve nothing!"

Zackary winced in pain but still defended Tina. "My sister isn't like that! You can't say bad things about her! She's good to me! She's good in every way!"

The more Zackary defended Tina, the angrier Lily became. Why did everyone think Tina was so great? Muff and Logan favored her, and Jared treated her like a treasure. "Shut up!" Lily shouted furiously.

Zackary stubbornly stared at her, tears streaming down his face.

"Zackary, come have some fruit!" At that moment, Annabelle and a servant entered the room and saw what was happening. "What's going on here? Why is he crying?"

The servant placed the fruit on the table while Annabelle quickly walked over to wipe Zackary's tears. "Zackary, tell Grandma why you're crying."

"I..." Zackary started to speak honestly but stopped when Lily shot him a fierce glare.

He closed his mouth in fear and turned his head away.

too hard," Lily quickly answered with feigned concern.

to do it, take your time learning. Miss Ward is very capable; if you study

said with a threatening look in her eyes

very smart!" Annabelle patted Zackary's head. "Study well; Grandma will have your favorite snacks ready

didn't dare look

servant, leaving only Lily and Zackary in the room

Lily said satisfactorily. "Just like that. If you

hung his head in

A few days later...

been busy investigating missing infants with Jared and had found some results. In three nearby counties, twenty infants had gone missing. These areas were impoverished, and each county had lost

understand the situation better. They wanted to rescue the children but didn't know GTO's exact location or if they would target other regions next. Most importantly, they didn't know how many infants

efforts, neither Tina nor Jared could locate him.

matter to national authorities for further

time for lunch. As she entered, she saw Lily sitting at the dining table with the

she walked over and sat

"Tina, we haven't seen you for days;

briefly to Annabelle's question. "Yes, I had some matters to

touch Zackary's head, but he

paused slightly before asking softly, "Zackary, how have you been these past few

Zackary replied in such a low voice that Tina could barely hear him even

darkened as she looked at him and then scanned everyone at the table with a cold

asked sharply, "Who

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