With her back turned to Hans, Laurel indulged in an eye roll. Naturally, the Thomas family held greater


    wealth than ours,


    The Ruiz family’s assets amounted to nothing in their presence.


    “Why the silence?” Hans inquired with an anxious edge.


    “They can’t measure up to us. The man she married is financially challenged,” Laurel fibbed, leaving


    guilt in her wake as she disappeared into her room. She would never admit that Millie had chosen a


    well-off partner.


    However, her untruth bore unexpected gravity in Hans’ perception.


    “Millie, I presumed you’d wed someone influential, thus cast disdain on my son, Yet, it seems you’ve


    simply married a penniless fellow. A lesson is due.”


    Emerging from the supermarket, Millie was on the cusp of heading home when she found herself


    waid by a malevolent Hans. Millie halted, her gaze harboring a piercing sharpness.


    Hans had carved out a reputation as a notorious troublemaker within the town. He staunchly refused to


    endure any setbacks, his gait exuding an air of arrogance as he strolled the streets. Their family’s


    involvement in the medicine trade, yielding more earnings than any other household in town, had


    inted his sense of superiority to towering heights.


    “Mr, Ruiz.” Millie addressed him in a measured tone.


    “Drop the formalities. Some people start thinking they’re superior after a few more years of schooling.


    You reckon the schoolding guarantees marrying a wealthy man and leading a life of opulence?”


    Since Millie had entered Preagend University, the neighbors had taken a liking to her.


    Hans had no problem with highly educated individuals; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so


    disappointed in Laurel, who hadn’t excelled academically.


    But now that Millie had rejected his son, his attitude underwent an immediate shift.


    Hans lifted his head, his voice projecting with volume, a spectacle that drew an audience in the street.


    “What’s your intent?” Millie retorted icily.


    “Let me tell you this straight. No matter how many years you spend in school, women end up marrying


    well-off men, raising kids, and managing households, That’s a woman’s role, What’s the point of a few


    extra school years like yours? It’s squandering resources


    A scoff escaped Millie’s lips.


    “Had you pursued higher education, your perspective might be less narrow- minded, Women aren’t


    born solely to wed men, and such antiquated beliefs have been discarded long ago.”


    Hans found himself caught off guard, struggling to fathom that Millie had openly branded him as


    pedantic before their neighbors.


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    “Absurd! Preposterous.”


    “Well, I can’t speak for anyone else’s academic inclinations, but I am fairly certain that Mr, Ruiz holds


    no enthusiasm for education. Otherwise, when you vied for the position of vige mayor, you wouldn’t


    have been passed over due to your inability to read.”


    Millie’s words dripped with mockery.


    Her verbal jab struck a chord with Hans. His long-held aspiration of assuming an official role had been


    thwarted by his inadequate education, leading to his rejection by higher-ups.


    “Millie Brown, don’t be under any delusion that my son genuinely fancies you. He’s simply captivated


    by your looks and intends to revel in yourpany. Our family’s prosperous medicinal enterprise rakes


    in hundreds of thousands of dors annually. The entire town knows our affluence. We don’t think you


    naive schoolgirl would deserve our family.