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Bab 9: 009 was kicked out of the house with nothing to his name

Bell Family

After returning home, Mina Bell consoled her parents, "Dad, Mom, don't be angry with my sister. It's all my fault. If I hadn't failed to control my emotions, none of this would have happened."

"This has nothing to do with you!" Kevin Bell suppressed his anger.

Vivi Lange patted her daughter's shoulder, "Alright, go back to your room and rest."

Although Mina Bell said to her parents not to be too angry, she was secretly delighted in her heart.

The moment the bedroom door closed, she laughed out loud.

No wonder the housemaids all despised her. She couldn't seize the opportunity presented to her. This Zoe Bell...

Truly useless!

——

Zoe Bell, however, was summoned by Kevin Bell to the study, where she faced a torrent of angry rebukes.

"Zoe Bell, what on earth do you want?" Kevin Bell glared at her, his gaze icy, "So many people were watching, and you showed no regard for the face of both families. That's one thing, but you dared to hit someone? You've crossed the line!"

"It was you who said that I should break off the engagement, and I've done as you wished," Zoe Bell responded indifferently.

"Dare to talk back to me?" Kevin Bell scoffed, "Relying on someone to back you up? Or do you think that because the Stone Family is set on you, I wouldn't dare do anything to you?"

"If Mina Bell likes it, let her marry into their family."

"You..."

Kevin Bell felt his head buzzing.

He believed Zoe Bell was doing this on purpose, aware that under the current circumstances, the Stone Family wouldn't want Mina Bell, yet she still uttered such cold words to provoke him.

"An unfilial ingrate!"

"Zoe Bell, don't think that just because William Hale spoke a few words for you, you can do whatever you want," he said.

"Stone Family, whether you want to marry into it or not, you will marry!"

Facing his fury, Zoe Bell's expression remained calm, "I've said it, I won't marry."

"You're such a scoundrel, have you eaten the heart of a bear or the gall of a leopard to speak to me like this?" Kevin Bell said. Zoe Bell was somewhat proud and sometimes argued a bit, but she never confronted him like she did today.

"Zoe, what's wrong with you?" Vivi Lange, on the sidelines, also felt that Zoe Bell was not acting normally.

She was usually...

Easy to control!

Zoe Bell bit her teeth hard, struggling to contain her emotions, and after taking several deep breaths, she tried to suppress her trembling voice:

"My leg back then, it could have been treated, right?"

Kevin Bell and his wife did not expect her to suddenly bring up this matter and were simultaneously stunned.

"Brandon Stone said that it was all orchestrated by you. Why? Over these years, whatever you asked me to do, I did. Haven't I been obedient enough?" Zoe Bell asked furiously, her eyes red with rage.

"Destroying my life, crushing everything I have, is this what you wanted?"

Suddenly, Kevin Bell picked up the agate incense burner beside him and hurled it at her.

It missed her and shattered against the wall of the hallway behind her; agate shards sprayed in all directions.

The incense contained within also scattered around, with the scent of sandalwood drifting through the air.

"You ingrate, what we do is none of your business to question!"

Vivi Lange let out a cry of alarm, afraid her husband would do something rash. She hurriedly restrained him, not out of concern for Zoe Bell, but said, "Mina has gone to rest, she hasn't been sleeping well lately, let's not disturb her."

Zoe Bell looked at the incense burner and gave a self-mocking laugh.

That smile was scornful and fearless.

Kevin Bell trembled with rage, she even dared to mock him?

"Get out!"

"You eat what I provide, wear what I give, use what I buy. I spent money for you to learn ballet, and you really think you're some kind of swan? I'd like to see what you have left if you leave this house!"

"Without me, would you have your today? Ruining your life? If it weren't for you, our Bell Family wouldn't have..."

"Kevin!" Vivi Lange stopped him from going on.

Kevin Bell's tone shifted, laughing coldly:

"Your life, that's something I have given you!"

"If I want to take it back, I will!"

"It's just the sacrifice of a leg, not as if you are crippled and unable to walk."

Zoe Bell clenched her hands and looked at Kevin Bell, fearless, "In your eyes, it's just... a leg?"

"Are you questioning me?"

Kevin Bell felt that his authority as the head of the family was being challenged!

"I shouldn't have adopted you in the first place. A man like William Hale took pity on you and lent you a hand, and now you think so highly of yourself that you dare talk back to me?"

"Who do you think you are? Get out of the Bell Family!"

"Kevin," Vivi Lange tried to stop him, "it's so late, and it's raining outside, what are you talking about?"

"Let her leave!"

When Kevin Bell was home, his word was law.

And Zoe Bell had long understood that once they truly fell out, there would be no chance for her to stay in this house.

This...

This place that never belonged to her!

Before she left, Kevin Bell had even instructed the servants to check her luggage.

"Anything that belongs to our family, don't even think about taking it with you!"

"Dad, Mom, what's going on?"

Mina Bell hadn't been sleeping and came out of her bedroom upon hearing the commotion, seeing her parents and the servants gathered at the door of Zoe's room, with various clothes scattered on the floor, she naturally understood what had happened.

"Mina, this has nothing to do with you, stay out of it," Kevin Bell scoffed.

"Go through her room thoroughly, check if anything is missing!"

Zoe Bell was not favored, her bedroom was simple, and the jewelry she wore to events was returned to Vivi Lange right after, leaving only some inexpensive accessories in her jewelry box, and aside from books, there were some neatly packaged jars in her closet.

Mina Bell heard that in her free time, she liked to make her own spices at home.

When she first returned to the Bell Family, Zoe had once given her an Incense Card, which smelled quite nice, but Vivi Lange had secretly thrown it away.

Kevin Bell glanced at the jars filled with various substances and sneered, "Really not fit for society, just picking up trash. Throw all of this out!"

Trash?

Zoe's hands clenched.

She remembered the sandalwood she had made by hand, the selected Incense Burner he had casually smashed.

Now, her collection of spices was thrown outside by him, the sound of shattering glass jars swallowed by the noise of the rain.

Her belongings were thrown onto the ground by the servants, including her undergarments, trampled like trash.

Just like she was, in this family, always disposable.

"It's getting late, let my sister have some rest. Besides... I don't really want to marry Brandon Stone, and the one who was engaged to him was my sister, not me."

Although Mina Bell said this, her expression was as if she was about to cry.

Even a fool could see she liked Brandon Stone.

From her previous life, she never had access to someone as wealthy, handsome, and considerate as him; how could she not be moved?

Besides...

This was originally hers!

If Zoe, an adopted daughter, was worthy of marrying into the Stone Family, why couldn't she?

Kevin Bell's face was expressionless: "Originally hers? What does she have?"

"It was me, I gave her everything, who gave her the audacity to raise her voice at me."

"All of this was given to her by me, she had nothing to begin with!"

This was the truth,

But it was very hurtful!

Under the urging of two servants, Zoe Bell stepped out of the Bell Family's front door.

"Dad, the rain outside is heavy..."

Mina Bell stood by the window, watching her figure gradually swallowed by the rain.

"I just want her to know that everything she has today is given by who, if I hadn't taken her out of the orphanage back then, would she have today? Without teaching her a lesson, she'll just keep climbing over your head in the future."

Kevin Bell watched Zoe in the rain, without a trace of pity.

Vivi Lange comforted her daughter, "Let's go, mom will accompany you back to your room to sleep."

In the end, aside from the clothes she was wearing and her identity documents, Kevin Bell didn't allow Zoe Bell to take anything with her.

Except for...

William Hale's overcoat!

Which became her only luggage.


Bab 10: He came: her world, the rain stopped

July was hot, yet when the rain hit her body, it felt as though a layer of frost encased her, sending shivers down her spine. Zoe Bell knew her foster parents didn't love her, but she hadn't expected...

they could be so heartless!

To form an alliance through marriage with the Stone Family, they were prepared to destroy her.

She hadn't been fond of dancing initially, but Vivi Lange felt that dancing could cultivate one's temperament. Gradually, Zoe also found joy in it, and since her foster parents liked it, she had worked hard to learn, hoping to please them more.

Dancing gradually became a part of her life, and from it, she gained a lot.

She felt that she could change her life through dance.

Or perhaps in their eyes, her life...

Was insignificant.

It didn't matter at all.

So even if they destroyed it with ease, it didn't matter.

She took a deep breath, took out her cell phone to call for a cab to go and rest at the training institution, where she had an office, but at this moment, her boss sent her a message.

Telling her:

She had been dismissed, without any reason!

And to take time to gather her personal belongings.

"Zoe, I'm truly sorry, I had no choice, I'm just an ordinary person, you..." the person in charge hesitated, obviously troubled, "Are you okay?"

One could guess that the Bell Family was behind this.

"I'm fine."

"The kids all really like you, and I don't want to fire you. Don't worry, I will give you some extra compensation. Take good care of yourself, and if you run into any trouble, let me know."

Zoe Bell answered in a hollow voice as the rain fell, feeling even colder, her legs aching fiercely.

Water droplets fell on the phone screen, making the touchscreen less sensitive. Just as she found the taxi app, her phone vibrated again.

It was a call from Director Hall of the orphanage. After some pleasantries, the conversation finally got to the point, "Zoe, is there something going on with your family?"

"Why do you suddenly ask that?"

Zoe bit her lip, doing her best to keep her tone steady and normal.

President Bell's lawyer had suddenly called, stating that they would withdraw future sponsorship. If there were indeed difficulties, she could understand, as donations are voluntary. She was grateful for his support over the years...

Zoe Bell had known Director Hall since childhood, and if there weren't real difficulties, she wouldn't have made this call.

Kevin Bell understood what she cared about and easily seized her weakness.

He was forcing her.

Forcing her into a corner with nowhere to turn, no place to go!

Pressuring her into compromise.

She had already compromised for the orphanage and was trying to accept everything the Bell Family had arranged for her.

But an injury to her leg brought all her years of silent endurance and grievances to a peak—she could no longer bear it.

Anger washed away her rationality,

She just wanted an explanation!

She wanted to know why!

She feared that now, in all of Greenland, not a single hotel or inn would take her in. She either had to plead with Brandon Stone, or apologize to her foster parents and obediently return to the Bell Family to accept all their arrangements.

But she didn't understand what she had done wrong.

Why did they have to pressure her.

It was as if she was the reason for everything turning out the way it did.

Her foster parents even felt that she had stolen the life that should have belonged to Mina Bell, usurped her position...

Stolen her fiancé!

Even the fact that Mina Bell hadn't gone to university was considered her fault.

Twenty years ago, she had come with nothing,

And now, once again, she was driven out with nothing!

It was too cold; she put on the trench coat, its length wrapping around her calves.

But even with the coat, her body seemed unprotected, the wind carried the rain like arrows, like blades, piercing her body, then cruelly sweeping past.

The rainstorm blew through, and pearls of tears streaked across her face.

She took a deep breath, struggling to steady her breathing.

Zoe Bell, don't cry!

It's not worth it!

This is the affluent residential area of Greenland, where private luxury cars are the norm, and with the rain, it's very hard to hail a taxi.

Even if she did call for a taxi, Zoe Bell had no idea where to go.

Her body was already drenched by the rain, clutching her cell phone with a sense of desolation in her heart.

Her phone kept vibrating with messages from Mina Bell.

[Sis, it's pouring outside, come back quickly, just apologize to Mom and Dad and it'll be alright.]

[It was my fault last time, I shouldn't have harbored inappropriate thoughts about Brother Brandon, I apologize to you, you can hit or scold me all you like, but you should hurry back home; it's late and it's not safe for a girl to be outside alone.]

[We are all family, there's nothing we can't get past.]

...

Zoe Bell sneered, feeling a churn in her stomach and a wave of nausea rising.

How could she utter the words "family"?

Don't they feel hypocritical?

She knew very well her place and situation in the Bell Family; she never coveted anything that didn't belong to her, a fact that would remain unchanged even if Mina Bell never returned.

She was grateful to her adoptive parents for everything they had given her, which is why she had been compromising all these years.

But Mina Bell didn't think so; she probably felt that, all these years, it was she who had stolen what belonged to her.

A foster daughter dressed in beautiful gowns, adorned with luxurious jewelry, accompanying her parents to banquets.

She might seem glamorous, but as soon as she returned home, it was like Cinderella taking off her glass slipper, everything reverted to its original form.

Her foster parents were always on guard against her, even showing her through their actions:

She was not worthy!

This also caused her to have no friends in Greenland; ordinary people thought she was the daughter of a wealthy family and dared not approach, and Mr. and Mrs. Bell did not allow her to associate with ordinary people, fearing it would lower the Bell Family's status.

In the circle of wealthy heirs, life was a blur of gold and decadence, and she just didn't fit in.

Whenever Brandon Stone took her out, she rarely joined them in their revelry, so inside the circle people said she was aloof and unapproachable, and even some said she looked down on them.

Out of respect for Brandon Stone, they were relatively friendly to her, but privately they never stopped mocking her: "She's only a foster daughter, but she sure carries herself with an air."

Brandon Stone liked her, but he also looked down on her status.

He felt that she should be compliant and obedient, with no right to a temper.

That's why on such a rainy night, she couldn't find a single place to shelter from the storm.

And it was precisely because of this that Kevin Bell could push her so hard!

He understood:

She wasn't heartless; she wasn't made of stone, the orphanage was one of the few places she cared about in this world, she couldn't just watch it face problems.

So, even if she suffered many injustices, in the end, she would still give in.

She laughed bitterly to herself, was she really unable to break away from the Bell Family?

Would she have to be at their beck and call for her entire life?

——

The distant sky was shrouded with dark clouds, the horizon and the ground were a thick shade of grey, and Zoe Bell's figure stood solitary, engulfed by the rain.

Her image, amidst the world, was tiny and lonely.

Like an aggrieved ghost wandering through this gloomy world, unable to find an exit.

Vehicles passed by Zoe Bell from time to time until a car pierced through the curtain of rain and stopped in front of her, the headlights blinding. She instinctively halted, and as the lights slowly faded, someone got out of the car.

Her vision blurred by the rain, she strained to see the person in front of her.

Dressed in black, holding a black umbrella, his face came into focus, his features deep and marked by a cool, haughty air.

He took long strides, stopping in front of her in just a few steps.

As the umbrella tilted towards her in an instant...

Her world,

the rain stopped.


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