Chapter 1748
Meanwhile, Eunice pressed the remote control with anguid grace. "Also," she began, in a voice as
calm as a stillke, "I''ve looked into the gifts you''vevished on her over the years—designer clothes,
shoes, handbags, jewelry, properties, cars, even the boutique shops—everything''s been sold. Martha
took them all to international auctions to avoid your suspicion."
Keh and Louisa were stunned into silence, their shock morphing into stone.
"Perhaps fearing domestic sales would catch your attention, they took their business abroad. Most of
the items have been sold off." Eunice added casually.
Exchanging worried nces, Keh and Louisa felt a chill run down their spines.
Putting aside Serena''s urgent need for cash—even if she did need it, she had over ten million dors in
her ount. And if that wasn''t enough, why sell so many assets?
What was she nning?
Why did she suddenly need all that money?
Louisa''s mind raced to a recent memory. "No wonderst month I stumbled upon Martha organizing a
pile of Serena''s unworn clothes and essories. When I asked, she told me Serena wanted to donate
them to the less fortunate in rural areas. At that time, I thought.what a kind-hearted child."
But in reality, Martha had been secretly selling them off to line her own pockets.
It was utterly repugnant!
"What does she need all that money for?" Keh asked Eunice, his voice barely concealing his
disappointment.
Eunice replied with a serene detachment, "My guess? She probably feels that with Be back in the
picture, eventually everything will go to her. As the adoptive daughter, her share will diminish. So, she''s
cashing in while her title still has value."
It seemed that to Serena, only the money in hand was truly hers.
"Is this the same girl we raised for eighteen years, protected and cherished as our own?" Louisa turned
to Keh, her eyes brimming with a sad, bitter smile.
They had treated her like their own flesh and blood, yet she saw them merely as ATMs, monkeys to be
yed, fools to be duped!
"No wonder she''s beening up with excusestely—good grades, piano progress, praise from
tutors—to get rewarded. One moment she wants an ind abroad, the next a vi. She''s been eager to
liquidate." Keh''s heart was too heavy for words.
They had indeed raised a ''fine daughter.''
When Serena entered the living room, following Edith, the sight of Eunice sitting elegantly on the
couch, as imposing and intellectual as ever, struck her. Uncle Bard looked at her with the eyes of a
stranger, his thoughts inscrutable.
But it was her mother Louisa, her eyes shut in a mix of grief and anger, who caught her attention. After
a long moment, Louisa wiped away a tear that had escaped her control.
And her father Keh, with a hand pressed against his temple, seemed troubled and weary.
"Uncle, Auntie, you''vee?" Serena greeted them with her usual sweet and sensible smile. "I''m so
happy to see you. This year''s going to be livelier than ever."
Bard didn''t respond, and Eunice merely lifted her teacup to sip her tea, disregarding the presence
before her.
Serena, puzzled by their coldness, turned to Louisa and asked with a forced smile, "Mom, why are you
crying? Did something happen? Dad, are you not feeling well? Headache? Shall I help you with that?"
Louisa wiped her tears and struggled topose herself. After a brief pause, she stood up and walked
towards Serena.
The girl standing before them still wore that innocent, clear smile, her attitude sincere, her eyes bright
with unfeigned innocence.
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If it weren''t for the evidence they had just seen, the numerous things Eunice had revealed, Louisa
would never have believed that this sweet girl could be so heartlessly cruel, so petty and vindictive.
With a resounding p, Louisa''s hand struck Serena, knocking her to the floor.
Serena fell, her mind a nk, looking up in confusion and fear at the woman she had always called
mother.