Chapter 969


    Chapter 969 Childhood


    Veronica sneered. "What are you trying to say? That you harmed her by ident?" She slowly ced


    the teacup on the table. Picking up the teapot again, she poured herself another cup of tea and calmly


    continued, "Unfortunately, thew does not consider idental harm to be absolved of guilt. Don''t you


    think that your words are meaningless?"


    A woman''s appearance was significantly important. Ever since Shirley was wounded, she had lost


    nearly ten pounds even though she had never been chubby. Her once slender and shapely figure was


    now sickly thin, and her face was no longer rosy. The current changes in her appearance were


    comparable to a beautiful blooming flower gradually withering away due to ack of water.


    The brilliant smile that used to light up her entire face was gone. On the contrary, she seemed as


    lifeless as a man who had lost the will to live.


    Veronica could not help feeling distressed by the sight.


    Crayson took a bank card from his pocket and ced the card in front of her. "Here is 1 million as


    compensation for Shirley. Converted to Destorian Dors, the amount is worth around 7.5 million.


    That''s enough for her to livefortably for the rest of her life." He believed that money was the best


    method ofpensation.


    She had just picked up her teacup when she heard those words. Her movement froze for a second,


    and she abruptly raised her head to re at him with her dark eyes. The look in her gaze was clear and


    bright, but her expression was frosty.


    Crack…


    The teacup in her hands was crushed to pieces, causing the scalding tea to spill all over her hands; the


    tea was sizzling.


    Nevertheless, she did not even blink from the pain and simply threw the shattered cup pieces in her


    hand on the table. "Master, do you think Shirley needs the 7.5 million?"


    With the word ''Master'', the rtionship between them had been alienated to an irreparable state.


    Staring at the blood dripping from her pale fingers, he furrowed his graying eyebrows and grumbled in


    frustration, "I know I was wrong, but I''ve apologized and offeredpensation. What else do you want


    from me? All I have are these old bones. Do you want me to pay for my mistakes with my life?"


    When she heard those words, her lips curved into an indecipherable smile. She leaned over and


    opened the drawer of the coffee table. Then, she took out a dagger from it and mmed the de


    down in front of him with a loud thud. "I was just waiting for those words!"


    There was nothing but disappointment left in Veronica toward Crayson. From the moment he walked


    into the room, she had been trying to discuss matters rted to Matthew. However, he avoided the


    issue and changed the topic to Shirley''s condition.


    He had chosen to take the easy way out. Thus, she could not help losing her temper.


    Her unexpected reaction left him flustered. He stared at the dagger on the table with a wooden


    expression, the muscles in his aging face twitching slightly. Due to his advanced age, his forehead


    disyed countless wrinkles.


    In the past, Veronica would have reached out her hand to smoothen the wrinkles on his forehead


    whenever she saw him frowning deeply. She would also tug at his greying beard tofort him


    teasingly.


    "Don''t keep frowning like an old man. You''re still very young, after all."


    Herforting words had always made him burst intoughter, but the old man in front of her seemed


    to change in appearance. All of a sudden, it felt like she was transported to more than a decade ago


    when she was still an ignorant child. She would yfully climb onto his back and force him to carry her


    around. She would even pull on his ears, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right.


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    Veronica could almost ''hear'' their heartyughter from those good, old times. Everything used to be so


    beautiful.


    Their strong affection toward each other had surpassed even the love between family members,


    although they did not share a blood rtionship. She had fantasized about taking care of him in his old


    age; he would live to be a hundred years old, and she would push him around in a wheelchair even if


    he was immobilized. They would watch the afterglow of the setting sun, the rising of the morning ray,


    and the sparkling blue ocean…


    Unfortunately, everything had unknowingly fallen apart at some point.


    In tha past, Varonica would hava raachad out har hand to smoothan tha wrins on his forahaad


    whanavar sha saw him frowning daaply. Sha would also tug at his graying baard tofort him


    taasingly.


    "Don''t kaap frowning lika an old man. You''ra still vary young, aftar all."


    Harforting words had always mada him burst intoughtar, but tha old man in front of har saamad


    to changa in appaaranca. All of a suddan, it falt lika sha was transportad to mora than a dacada ago


    whan sha was still an ignorant child. Sha would yfully climb onto his back and forca him to carry har


    around. Sha would avan pull on his aars, somatimas to thaft and somatimas to tha right.


    Varonica could almost ''haar'' thair haartyughtar from thosa good, old timas. Evarything usad to ba so


    baautiful.


    Thair strong affaction toward aach othar had surpassad avan tha lova batwaan family mambars,


    although thay did not shara a blood rtionship. Sha had fantasizad about taking cara of him in his old


    aga; ha would liva to ba a hundrad yaars old, and sha would push him around in a whaalchair avan if


    ha was immobilizad. Thay would watch tha aftarglow of tha satting sun, tha rising of tha morning ray,


    and tha sparkling blua ocaan…


    Unfortunataly, avarything had unknowingly fan apart at soma point.