Chapter 407 Avoid Her


    No one was in the mood any longer.


    Marshall asked the vigers to go back home first, and those who were about to leave with him to brief


    their families.


    It was when the people in the courtyard left that Katherine eased off. She let out a sigh of relief and felt


    a dull pain in her womb. The baby must be affected by her mood, so she took a seat immediately.


    Marshall walked up to Katherine and took her in his arms, whispering, "Don’t worry. I’m here. You’ll be


    alright."


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    Katherine didn’t push Marshall away but grabbed his clothes and said through clenched teeth, "How


    did he get to be such a man?"


    Katherine was disappointed that such a man should be her father. Her grandfather had used to be a


    soldier. He was a man of integrity and honor, even when life was difficult. Besides, she had never hurt


    anyone and always been kind to others, but why would her grandfather have such a son and she such


    a father?


    Marshall didn’t know how tofort Katherine, but held her in his arms. After a while, he carried her


    into the room.


    Katherine curled up in bed, being a pitiful sight, while Marshall sat by her side for a while. He didn’t left


    the room until she seemed to be asleep. Then he thought for a while in the courtyard before walking


    outside.


    There were only dozens of households in the vige, and one could easily see the end of the vige


    when he looked straight.


    Since Marshall just snapped his finger, Reuben must have gone out of the vige to see a doctor, or to


    somebody in the vige for help. Marshall had no idea whether there was a clinic in the vige, so he


    went to the end of the vige first to check the road leading to the outside world. It was a straight road,


    and Reuben was nowhere to be seen, so Marshall turned around and passed from house to house.


    Finally, he saw Reuben outside a house at the south of the vige.


    It was quite noisy. It turned out that all of the vigers who had been at Katherine’s were here, as if they


    had expected that Reuben woulde. They were shouting and yelling, saying that Ted shouldn’t treat


    Reuben because he did all this to himself, and that it would have been better if all his ten fingers were


    snapped.


    Reuben, who was now a totally different person, exchanged words with the other vigers. Although he


    was alone, he shouted back at the dozen vigers with rage.


    Sitting on the wooden bench below the window, Ted, an elderly man, was puffing on his pipe, saying


    nothing.


    Reuben shouted abuse for a while before he got tired and turned to Ted. "Ted, check my finger. I can’t


    feel it now. I think it needs to be dressed, doesn’t it?"


    Ted took a puff and started to tell the story on his own. "About ten years ago, it was a bad year and we


    had a poor harvest. There was scarcely enough food for ourselves, so we had nothing to sell. But your


    dad wanted to send Katherine to school. He had no choice but to go into the mountain, trying to get


    some mountain products to sell. Even though it was raining, he went regardless. It was so slippery that


    he fell down the mountain identally and thus broke his legs. Did you know how badly he hurt? It was


    much worse than your finger."


    Ted took another puff and went on, "I told your dad that he had to go to the hospital because my herbs


    were no cure for his injuries, and that he could get handicapped, but your dad wouldn’t go. He applied


    herbal medicine to his legs for over a month, and from then on, he becameme."


    Some of the vigers found the story so sad and began to swear at Reuben, while Reuben held his


    finger and remained silent.


    Ted nced up at Reuben and continued, "It’s just a slight injury, and you should have the audacity to


    come to me for help. Reuben, don’t me me for being ruthless, but if I treat you, I’d be too ashamed


    to face your dad when I die. You bastard don’t deserve my herbs."


    Marshall, who was standing at the door, took a deep breath and left.


    Before long, Reuben left Ted’s house because he didn’t want to dy the treatment. Now that the


    vigers didn’t care about him, he left the vige immediately for some other clinic out of the vige.


    But just as he reached the entrance of the vige, he saw a man standing under the tree not far away


    from him.


    Reuben stared at Marshall for some time before he walked up to him. "Why are you here, Marshall?"


    Marshall straightened himself up and looked Reuben up and down, asking, "Your youngest son must


    be in junior high school now, isn’t he?"


    Shocked, Reuben widened his eyes.


    Marshall gave a snort. "It has been almost 20 years since you left the vige, but you haven’t gone far


    either. Your ex-wife and you are poorly educated, so you two had hung about outside for over a year


    before you came back, but you didn’te back to the vige, am I right?"


    Reubenpressed his lips, saying nothing.


    Marshall continued, "You two got a divorce two years after you left the vige. It’s said that you were


    the one who had an affair first."


    Reuben’s face darkened as Marshall spoke. Thetter gave a smile. "Do you want me to go on?


    Reuben, I know your address, your current wife’s information, as well as the school your boy is in."


    Reuben stared at Marshall and wondered, "How, how do you know all this?"


    Marshall smiled and replied, "I can find out anything I want to know. I also have the information on your


    creditors. I know where they live now. I can call them whenever I want. Reuben, you’ve hidden yourself


    for almost 20 years. Don’t you want to know how your creditors would react when they know you


    haven’t gone far and to be more exact, you’ve been just under their noses?"


    Reuben turned pale. "You can’t do this to me. I’m your father-inw. I’m Katherine’s father."


    Marshall clicked his tongue in disdain. "If you weren’t her father, you’d lose more than your finger."


    Marshall turned away and continued, "But I’ll give you a chance. Leave Katherine alone, and I’ll just


    pretend I know nothing about you. If you show up again, I promise I’ll tell your story to everyone. In that


    case, you’ll never find a ce to stay, no matter where you go."


    Reuben stared at Marshall’s back for a long while before he took some deep breaths. He remained


    quiet, but Marshall knew what his answer was, walking into the vige. "Remember, don’t show up in


    front of Katherine again. When you see her, avoid her."


    Standing at the entrance of the vige, Reuben watched Marshall walking away. He spat and cursed


    when Marshall could no longer be seen. He had expected that he could benefit from Katherine since


    she married a rich man, but it turned out that the rich were so stingy, even to their rtives.


    After some time, Reuben took out his phone and made a call. Before long, the call was answered and


    an impatient voice came from the other end of the line. "Why are you calling!"


    Reuben also replied with an impatient tone, "I wouldn’t have called you if I had nothing to tell you. I just


    want to say that I can do nothing about Katherine. I won’t talk to her anymore. I’ll leave the rest to you.


    Besides, don’t contact me again."


    "You won’t talk to her anymore? What happened? Was Katherine mean to you?"


    ''She was more than mean.'' Reuben thought to himself and replied, "Stop asking questions. I’m just


    filling you in. That’s it. I’m out of this."


    After that, Reuben hung up and left the vige, cursing.