She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Chapter 125*

After pauxing for over a minute. Wesley's ho***se voice finally came from hit copped hands On New Year's Day that ye your grandparents took Zilvia to the pedestrian street to play. In front of the department store, there was a commercial square with an acrobatics performance, and the three of them gathered there to watch They hadn't been watching for long when Zalvia said she wanted a candied hawthorn skewer, so your grandpa went to buy one Wesley continued. "Before he could retom. Zilvia sw some kids nearly playing with balloons and said she wanted one too The balloon vendor was only about ten meters away, so your grandma thought it would just take a few minute and back. She told Zilvia to stay put and while e she went to get the balloon Basically, the direction of this kind of story was always predictaldr

wait

The sad and i

The sad and

atmosphere gradually spread.

Athena closed her eyes, her heart slowly sinking as she silently prayed, hoping it wasnt as she feared.

Wesley's voice had already choked up, filled with endless pain: When your grandpa came back with the candied hawthorn Zilvia was nowhere to be seen..."

He was holding back, trying not to cry or break down Athena's nails dug deeply into her palms, the pain piercing sharply

another two to three minutes, Wesley continued, "Your grandpa and grandma were nearly driven mad With their bodies over sisty, they stumbled around searching everywhere, asking everyone, even kneeling on the ground and to people, begging for help to find their grandchild" He sighed. There were surveillance cameras in the mall, but they weren't as widespread as they are now. There were blind spots. The cameras showed that after your grandma walked away, Zilvia seemed to notice something and worked toward the side of the mall on

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big at that time. With the entire city searching for Zilvia but finding no leads, many people started saying that your grandpa and grandma were biased towards boys and intentionally took their granddaughter to a crowded, complicated place during the holiday, deliberately abandoning her." He went on, "Some even said that your grandpa and grandma sold their granddaughter and had arranged for human traffickers to be on-site, suggesting that the investigation should start with them. When your grandpa and grandma beand these rumors, they were deeply traumatized. One had a stroke and collapsed on the spot, while the other fell down the and broke a leg. Although they received prompt medical attention, your grandpa was left with delayed reactions and molality issues, and your grandma not only had her eyesight severely i impaired but also had to use a wheelchair for daily mobility looted regretful. "This disaster also drained all the family's savings. We sold our original three-story hoe and moved to a worker's dormitory area, renting an apartment in the same building, so the family had so spht mu two separate unuts. Your grandma and grandpa dahn't want

was fifteen years old and had just six months left before

exams.

thought of his parents being separated and his younger brothers being away from their mother for extended periods, Jaden suggested that he go to the countryside to look after his grandparents. He transferred to a middle school in the county and later to a high school there. During the day,

younger brother, Joshua, to the county

Zayn, was transferred to the county high school to take over the responsibility

turns going to the countryside to care for their grandparents, managing

months after the incident, Catherine returned to her hometown with Maria. After that, Maria was sold by her biological father to be a child bride, and we went to adopt Maria. At this point,

never gave up searching for Zilvia Every year, we regularly paid a sum to professional missing person

Athena

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summer vacation, the reason we decided