The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 1367:

By day, she swept streets as a cleaner; by night, she gathered recyclables, driven by the ceaseless demands of her drug-addicted son.

Ahead, perched atop a trash can, lay a discarded bouquet of roses and an exquisite cake. Ruby hastened her steps, but she was still too late.

Another elderly scavenger, an old man, had already claimed the cake. Ruby reached for the roses.

She knew that at times, women would turn away from roses and leave cakes untouched simply because their hearts held no fondness for the men who offered them.

Every so often, a glimmer of fortune lay concealed within the roses—perhaps a ring or a necklace—treasures that, once discovered, could amount to several months’ earnings for her.

before Ruby could grasp it,

here again, and you’ll regret it.” Though his clothes were tattered and age had

never one to shrink from a challenge, shot back, “Who do you think you are, chasing me off? This street doesn’t belong to you.

his finger jabbing toward Ruby menacingly.

a hundred times if I want. You don’t scare me!” She lunged forward

dropped his haul and fought with Ruby. Years of hard labor on the streets had made him far sturdier than

Do you even know who

man laughed derisively. “Sure, and mine is the president’s daughter!” He

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back to her feet and hurled herself at the old man once more. With a swift kick, he sent her crashing down, then struck her with a few more brutal blows. “Get out of here! Push me again, and I’ll cripple

flashing with defiance as she glared at the old man rummaging through the nearby trash. The cake and the bouquet lay abandoned