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

from a challenge, shot back, “Who do you think you are, chasing me off? This street doesn’t belong to you. I’ll come and go as I

old man’s eyes narrowed, his finger jabbing toward Ruby menacingly.

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

Years of hard labor on the streets had

you shove me! Do you even know who my daughter is? She is a member of

mine is the president’s daughter!” He didn’t buy Ruby’s claims for a

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sent her crashing down, then struck her with a few more brutal

abandoned on the ground. Ruby