Chapter 1701


    “Uh-huh.” Estelle nodded.


    Jonathan, looking deep into her eyes, saw nothing but smile and warmth towards him. Only then did he


    feel somewhat at ease and started the car to leave.


    Today wasnt a weekend, so the Yum Yum Bakery had fewer customers. Courtney, having a bit of free


    time, sat down to chat with them for a while.


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    She brewed some freshly dried jasmine tea for Estelle. The jasmine tree outside the window was still


    lush even after fall had set in. With every gust of wind, a few jasmine flowers would fall onto the


    window. The faint scent of jasmine wafted throughout the room.


    Mr. Gould''s new dish was ready, a seemingly simple vegetarian dish that required seven or eight steps


    to prepare. And of course, it tasted fantastic.


    After lunch, Estelle went out to the yard to feed the rabbits, with Jonathan sitting beside her, handing


    her vegetable leaves.


    “If you love rabbits that much, why not ask Mr. Wagner to keep a couple at Vi del Sol?" Jonathan


    proposed.


    Estelle raised an eyebrow, "Keep rabbits at Vi del Sol and let them face those two fierce dogs every


    day? Have you considered the feelings of the rabbits?"


    Jonathan chuckled, “I heard rabbits are quite timid"


    "Yes, rabbits can easily die of fright," Estelle responded, feeding the rabbits the vegetable leaves in her


    hand.


    She then asked softly, "Do you believe what the post said about me being responsible for the deaths of


    Mr. and Mrs. Brown?"


    Jonathan was taken aback, but shook his head, “I don''t believe it, not a single word"


    Estelle gazed into the distance, speaking slowly, "My adoptive parents’ death had nothing to do with


    me. The night before the incident, they asked me to trim the roots of the wild mushrooms we were


    going to sell. If I didn''t, they threatened not to feed me. I kept trimming until ten o''clock at night, my


    hands swollen and red from the cold. I couldn''t hold the scissors anymore, so I fell asleep leaning


    against the wooden crate full of mushrooms. Victor came out to pee and saw me asleep. He then told


    his parents, who came out and started hitting my head against the car frame. The scissors almost


    poked my eye. I was numb from the cold and couldn''t feel the pain, or maybe I''ve forgotten after all


    these years, but all I remember is wishing they''d kill me tight then and there, so I wouldn''t have to live


    in such hunger and pain."


    Jonathan held her hand up to his forehead, thinking about that cold night and the helpless little girl, his


    heart aching, “Letting them die like that was too easy for them."


    He used to find the talk of time travel or reincarnation ridiculous, but now he sincerely wished he could


    go back in time to protect Estelle from so much harm.


    He couldn''t time travel, but even after all these years, he still believed that grinding the Brown family to


    dust was not enough.


    But Mr. and Mrs. Brown were dead, and there was still Victor.


    Estelle looked calm, "I didn''t bring this up to make you feel sorry for me. I''ve long stopped caring about


    those hardships. I just wanted to tell you that I didn''t harm them."


    She didn''t care what others thought of her, but she did care about Jonathan''s opinion.


    “So what if it was you? If I could be there for you, I would have done it myself!" Jonathan''s eyes were


    cold and determined, “I don''t care about justice. Nothing is more important than you!"


    Estelle''s eyes sparkled like stars. If suffering could lead to meeting Jonathan, she would dly ept


    it.


    “E!" Jonathan''s dark eyes were full of sorrow as he murmured, "Let''s have a daughter. I will spoil her


    and make her the happiest little princess in the world."


    Estelle blushed slightly and withdrew her hand, ‘You''re off-topic!"


    “It''s not off-topic, we can stop taking birth control in a month.” Jonathan looked at her intently, implying


    something.


    Estelle didn''t follow up on hisment, but asked, "I heard the Lamont Group and the Crawley family''s


    project that was half a year in the making has been terminated. Did that result in a big loss?"


    Knowing that Estelle had brought up the post online, Jonathan realized she knew everything and didn''t


    try to hide it anymore, “It''s fine, the project is still ongoing, but we''re not working with the Crawley family


    anymore."


    Estelle was still worried, "If you cooperate with someone else, wouldn''t the Crawley family try to


    sabotage it?"


    After all, the project was based in B City.