Chapter 1


    Chapter 1 Being Adopted


    In the seedy part of a small town, a high-end BMW was parked on the street. It stood out so much


    since it didn''t match the lowly surroundings.


    At the same time, a girl in a pair of worn-out jeans walked toward the car with an emotionless face and


    an old suitcase in her hand.


    The middle-aged man in the driver''s seat took a nce at the girl from the corner of his eye and let out


    an evident frown. It was obvious that he was dissatisfied with how in she dressed.


    "Come on. Get in the car," the man instructed.


    Meanwhile, the girl remained expressionless.


    She was neither excited to be able to ride a luxury car nor was she frightened by the man''s cold


    attitude.


    As instructed, she opened the car door and sat in the back seat.


    Inside, the girl quickly noticed that there was already another girl of her age sitting in the front


    passenger seat.


    She was dressedpletely differentpared to the girl in front of her, who donned gorgeous


    clothes and essories that had never been seen in the whole town before.


    "So, that''s her..." Maria Jenkins softly mumbled to herself.


    She had recognized the girl in the passenger seat. It was Vivian Jenkins, the new actress who started


    gaining poprity in the country just recently and was quickly rising to fame.


    The man in the driver''s seat looked at Maria through the rearview mirror and said, "From now on, you


    will be my daughter. I am taking you back to Sheffield, where you''ll live your new life. I''ll arrange for


    someone to teach you how to behave befitting an affluentdy. Learn to adapt to your new identity as


    the daughter of the Jenkins family as soon as possible. By the way, this is Vivian, my daughter. You


    must have already seen her on the Inte."


    But as soon as Bill Jenkins finished speaking, Vivian burst into silveryughter.


    Speaking in Spanish, shemented, "Dad, have you seen how poor she is? How could she possibly


    surf the Inte and watch my show?"


    At first, Bill was stunned that Vivian talked to him in fluent Spanish. But then, he nodded approvingly


    and replied in the samenguage, "I see you''ve already made great progress in your Spanish. That''s


    good, but that was a little impolite, dear."


    Vivian chuckled and responded in Spanish again, "Well, I''m afraid my new sister won''t like what I said,


    so I chose to talk to you in thisnguage."


    Bill was actually amused by his daughter, but he cast her a faint smile and lightly shook his head.


    "Although she can''t be as excellent as you, she is still a distant rtive. In fact, it will be ideal for us if


    she can be your substitute to marry into the Wilson family."


    "Dad, how can you say that in front of her? Now, you''re the one who''s being impolite."


    Under the assumption that their conversation would be iprehensible to Maria, they continued


    conversing in Spanish without scruple.


    Besides, they had investigated the town in advance. There were only two Spanish teachers in this


    remote ce, and they didn''t even graduate college.


    If the teachers'' standard was already that poor, then they could only conclude that Maria''s education


    was also subpar. In other words, it should be impossible for her to understand what they were talking


    about.


    Before long, the luxury car drove out of the impoverished town.


    Since Maria didn''t have anything better to do on the way to her new home, she took out an oldptop


    from her backpack while the two were chatting.


    All this time, she acted like she really didn''t understand their conversation and began typing away.


    "Oh! You know how to use aptop, Maria?"


    Seeing the device sitting on Maria''sp, Vivian couldn''t help but raise an eyebrow.


    As far as she knew, there were indeed more than a hundred families in that worn-down town whose


    surname was Jenkins. Although her father managed to climb up thedder, he still had blood ties to


    these poor, annoying rtives.


    Maria lost her parents at a young age, so she grew up with the help of these rtives.


    It was already a miracle that she didn''t starve to death as an orphan and even graduated from high


    school without any problem.


    Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g!


    Due to her living situation, it was unthinkable that she could possess aptop.


    "This? It''s just for ying games," Maria answered in a low and indifferent voice.


    Hearing her t tone, a trace of contempt shed through Vivian''s eyes.


    Did she just say that it was for yingputer games?


    But then, Vivian realized that she shouldn''t be surprised. This kind of entertainment was only suited for


    ordinary people like Maria.


    Vivian also noticed that the surface of theptop looked so old that she couldn''t even identify the brand.


    "How much did you buy it for?" She continued to feign her curiosity just to find out how Maria got it.


    "I didn''t spend anything for it." After a brief pause, Maria borated, "I worked in a small digital shop


    back in town. When the shopkeeper couldn''t afford my sry, he started giving me spare parts as


    compensation. Eventually, I managed to assemble thisptop myself."


    It turned out to be an assembledptop from old spare parts.


    What a low-end digital product. Surely, just as Maria said, it could only be used for nothing more than


    ying games.


    At the same time, Vivian also wasn''t that knowledgeable aboutputers, so she immediately believed


    that Maria''sptop was nothing but a piece of junk.


    "Well, I guess thatptop matches you very well." Vivian giggled and let out subtle smirk.