The True Heiress's Return

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The sudden voice startled Jessie, making her shiver. She turned around to see an old man, so emaciated he looked like he was made of skin and bones.

"Dad!" Jessie pressed a hand to her chest, "Why didn't you say anything? You scared me to death."

Modis Joyce didn't even glance at her, hunched over as he entered the house. In the center of the gloomy living room, on the table, lay a black-and-white photo of a gentle-looking young woman. Modis bent down, laboriously pulling out a small chipped porcelain cup from a drawer still muddy from the yellow dirt.

Jessie pouted, "I traveled all the way back, and there's not even a decent cup in the house?"

Modis remained silent, rinsing the small cup two or three times, confirming it was clean before pouring a cup of warm water and placing it, precisely in front of the black-and-white photo.

He lowered his voice, with a tone full of lingering tenderness, "I caught a loach in the back river today; do you want it braised or steamed?"

"Deep-fried? That won't do; you have pharyngitis. Be careful, or your throat will itch again at night after eating fried food."

Ignored after a long day of travel, Jessie felt a surge of annoyance. She walked over to Modis, her voice sharp, "Mom made you promise to take care of me before she died. Now you and your granddaughter are struggling to get by, and you still want to play dumb?" Modis slowly turned around. His wrinkled face and murky eyes fixated on Jessie. "Back then, when I helped you, it was you who was never satisfied, becoming greedier and greedier, which led to today's situation."

"Dad! People aim for higher places. If it weren't for my husband's idea, relying solely on us farming and growing fruit in the countryside, how would we raise Yvette? Now she gets the best education, enjoys everything, and becomes a superior person Our family has also settled in Crescentville, and our life can only get better!"

"I also said, if you want to seize someone else's fate, you

will face retribution."

acts have we committed? Did we kill someone or set fire to something?" Jessie sneered, "Isn't Shakira doing well? If she hadn't caused trouble and refused to donate a kidney to Yvette, we wouldn't be in such a

his daughter's face, twisted with jealousy and malice, like a beast with sharp fangs and an ugly visage.

photo, who smiled gently, and after a long

up as she briefly recounted the events following Shakira's fallout with the Nelson family, causing

items from that girl left by

been taken back!" Jessie replied

good fortune, you'll need a medium

door, yelling and threatening to cut us down!" She added. "And Yvette, she's in an

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face was stern. Enough! Don't disturb your mother's rest!" He

you manage to get that girl's personal items,

was still unsatisfied and continued to press, "How long is 'a while'?

"Her fate is growing ever stronger; just a kidney swap isn't enough... If you want Yvette to be free of this burden for good, you must bury a drop of her heart's blood along with a strand of Yvette's hair on

morning, Shakira was awakened by the sound of heavy rain outside. The sky was hazy, and when she glanced at

and went downstairs, finding Walter and others already seated in the dining room, with her

on the table. "You didn't

warmly. "I was just about to come get you; hurry and

who was unusually dressed in a white suit with a black

twitched slightly. "We're taking the mountain path today; make sure to eat more." Shakira

couldn't help but laugh, "Walter