Six Brothers Plea for Forgiveness

Chapter 34

It seemed she’d assumed Jack liked her. Alice held the phone, reminiscing about her online crush from her past life. To be precise, it was an unrequited love since she never confessed, and he never said he liked her either. But his presence was like a flickering flame in her dim and tragic life, always warming her. That feeling was similar to Jack’s existence. Yet, she was never sure if Jack was really that person from her past.

Jack’s fingers mov

cross the street.”

slightly.“Helping someone in need requires no reason. I also help old ladies

Alice smiled, but felt a pang of disappointment. She said lightly, “After the college exams, I’ll leave the Welch family.”

“Welcome to live next door!”

After hanging up, Alice felt good as she took a shower and practiced a set of past exam questions before bed. The final mock exam was approaching, and she was eager to see how much she had improved and if she had a chance to get into Harvard University.

As long as she could rank in the top ten, there should be hope.

The next day, Alice went to school as usual. She saw Chloe bringing a bowl of porridge to Noah.“Noah, I heard you had a stomachache. This porridge will help.” She even deliberately showed off her burn on her hand.

Seeing this, Noah’s heart softened, “You’re hurt. Don’t do this. Just let the servants handle it.” “Noah, you’ve done so much for us, this is the least I can do,” Chloe said sweetly. Noah was relieved and looked at Alice; she should know he was ill.

Alice saw the porridge and sneered. It had finally arrived.

Alice had no appetite and simply stood up to leave without asking a single question. Noah felt a pang

of disappointment. Was she really not going to ask anything? Did she completely not care about her second brother anymore?

Chloe said

smoothly, “Noah, Alice’s

worried about

you;

He hoped she was sulking; he didn’t think she’d truly cut

goal, left for school. The housekeeper muttered, “Young master, Miss Welch didn’t even ask, that’s just

He took a sip of the porridge, but instead of easing his stomach pain, it intensified. He frowned,

prepare a portion

make.”

Welch makes it herself.”

was uncomfortable and impatient.

even a slight mistake ruins it. It’s a recipe she got from an old doctor. None of us learned it,

Noah felt even worse for some reason. He covered his face with his hand, realizing how much Alice had sacrificed. He had no idea before; he thought making medicinal porridge

be unfair to her? She already feels insecure living in the Welch family; if you do this, how can she stand her ground here? You can’t just soften your heart over a bowl of medicinal

porridge and

pondered for a moment, recalling the sight of Chloe getting hurt earlier, and his heart. softened a

the very least, he needed to make

and locked herself in her room without coming out. Not long

me.”

her expression neutral: What’s

a box containing an emerald necklace that looked very familiar. Wasn’t this the apology gift she had given to Chloe? What did her second brother mean by this? Noah spoke with a hint of guilt: “Alice, I’m sorry. I know I made you suffer in the past. I brought the necklace back. I’ll buy another one for Chloe as compensation, but this one is

all day, realizing he shouldn’t have done that at the banquet. He hadn’t thought it through.

brother would actually ‘return‘ this necklace! How strange! In

take back something that’s been given away. “Alice, just accept it. Otherwise, I won’t feel right inside. Consider it my compensation to you, okay?”

kind of compensation

followed by a sweet treat? Alice saw Chloe hiding in the