Dn replied, “I’m at horne. Peachie just fell asleep.”


    Mnie could hear footsteps as the woman spoke, indicating that she had likely left the room. She lowered her gaze and looked at the empty hotel room for a moment before calmly asking, “Do you have time? I’m in Hearth City and would like to meet you.”


    “What?” Dn was clearly surprised. “Why are you here in the city?”


    Mnie tried to ignore the surprise and resistance in her tone. She replied indifferently, “I want to talk to you about Grandpa.”


    “What’s there to talk about?” Dn tried to evade the question. She did not seem eager to meet Mnie.


    However, Mnie was unusually assertive and pressed, “Grandpa doesn’t have any more money. What are you trying to achieve by asking him for so much? Is it really for Peachie’s medical expenses, or is it because of that man?”


    Dn did not expect Mnie to be so direct. Just then, she heard Peachie crying in the background. She anxiously covered the phone while replying hastily, “I’m taking Peachie to the hospital to get medicine tomorrow. Come meet me then.”


    With that, she hung up the phone. Mnie heard the beeping, and a faint smile appeared on her lips. She had heard Peachie crying and sensed the tension as well as worry in Dn’s voice.


    The weather in Hearth City was not as nice as the weather in Prime City. Mnie did not close the window and allowed the heat outside to invade the room.


    The hospital was a bit of a distance from the hotel Mnie was staying at. The next morning, she gged down a taxi and went to the hospital.


    It had been several years since Mnie and Dnst met, and Mnie had not expected Dn to look so different. She was still a charming woman when she saw her a few years ago, but now, she was tanned and thin.


    Her clothes were worn and dirty, and her messy hair was casually tied up. Peachie was also dressed in ill–fitting clothes, and her small face was pale without even a hint of color.


    Dn stood in front of Mnie, looking uneasy. “What do you want to say?”


    Mnie frowned as she observed the bruises on Dn’s face. Her expression gradually turned cold, and she questioned, “Did that man hit you?”


    Dn instinctively avoided Mnie’s gaze and stammered, “I identally bumped into something.”


    Mnie did not have much to say to that. She looked at Peachie, who was supposed to be six years old yet looked thin and small. She was curled up in Dn’s arms and scrutinizing Mnie curiously.


    Mnie’s gaze flickered. She grabbed a piece of chocte from her bag and handed it to Peachie. The little girl looked at Dn, who shook her head at her. She then pushed the chocte back to Mnie, saying, “Peachie can’t eat many things.”


    With that, Mnie’s gaze fell on Dn’s rough hands that were covered in many bruises.


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    Brows furrowed, she was about to speak when Dn beat her to it. “Your grandfather’s money was all spent on Peachie’s medical treatment. She’s also his granddaughter.”


    Mnie suddenly raised a brow as she looked at Dn with some disbelief. Dn turned her head away, avoiding Mnie’s gaze. “You have a good job and don’tck money, but Peachie is only six years old. Mel, can’t you consider it as saving your sister’s life?”


    There was a slight choking in her voice when she said that. Hearing her talk like this, Peachie immediately shrunk back into her arms and grabbed Dn pitifully.


    Mnie’s heart sank, and after a long pause, she cleared her throat. “Do you think I came here to me you for getting Grandpa to spend money on Peachie?”


    Dn looked at Mnie. For a moment, she was stunned. Mnie clenched her hands tightly before speaking more softly, “You ask me for money, and I give it to you every time. But do you really use it for Peachie or have you been giving it to that man?


    “You know this better than anyone else.”


    “I…” Dn hesitated.


    “It’s been so many years since you came home, and Grandpa is worried about you. And now, you mingle with outsiders and deceive him of his money?”


    Mnie could not express theplex emotions she was feeling. She had always thought that Dn would at least remember that she was also her daughter, but in reality, Dn only thought of her as Peachie’spetition for her grandfather’s money.