The More the Merrier

“Yes, there is a mine on the mountain. It’s hard to build a road up the mountain, so the owner of the mine hired many adults and children from the village to carry the mining products from the mountain…” Rick said.

Ethen could not imagine how a young child could work.

Benjamin went into the house and took a look around.

The house consisted of three rooms. The one in the middle was the living room.

The other two rooms were most likely bedrooms.

One of the rooms had a big bed made by combining a few benches.

“Mary and Tim stayed in this room,” Rick explained.

The room was messy, but it was clean.

The other bedroom belonged to Raphael. None of the doors had locks and were only partially closed.

Anyone could enter and leave freely. Furthermore, the kitchen consisted only of a thatched roof surrounded by a fence.

The house was dilapidated and had nothing of value.

have believed

and felt uncomfortable

think that his child grew

we must find them fast,”

they could not ascertain whether Tim was the

and Ethen immediately ordered his subordinates

and an old lady

daily life?” Benjamin sat on a stone bench and looked at the messy kitchen. He frowned when he thought there might have been

as their own. Unfortunately, life became difficult after Raphael came out of prison. Raphael liked gambling, so he would often force them to

Tim. Since Mary could hardly walk and had many illnesses, she could not work. Thus, it fell onto Tim to provide for the family. He had to go out to work for their living expenses and Mary’s medical

Ethen ordered someone to check at

emanated an icy

beat Tim up. Furthermore, he even wanted to sell Tim, but Mary protected the boy from him. Since Tim has been earning money,

with fury. “Why

family matters. As long as it is

sought Rick’s

side and looked at it before nodding. “Yeah, it’s them.

footage. It showed Tim’s back but not his