âThis is not my house nor yours. So, donât talk bossy to Olive. Ophelia, I donât know how beautiful you are in Jiangcheng, but here in Luo City,â Chloe Malan sneered, âPeople know your character. I suggest you to keep a low profile and put aside that big lady act.â
Ophelia Meyer didnât back down. Instead, she kept talking, âThat day, Mom was so angry that she was hospitalized because of you. You donât bother showing any remorse, do you?â
âAlan doesnât want you, but you keep on calling his mother mom.â Chloe Malan sarcastically poked a sore spot.
âDonât act cocky because Alan likes you now. Just because he likes you, it doesnât mean that it can turn a sparrow into a phoenix. He has played many women and the longest he can commit is three to five months.â
Ophelia Meyer thought that she had a sassy clap back, but she was not aware that she was embarrassing Mrs. Hoyle. By saying that Alan Hoyle was a player, it was equal with insulting Mrs.
Hoyle for her lack of teaching.
Chloe Malan answered disdainfully, âWhatâs so good about phoenix? At least, sparrows are free. You are nothing but a peacock either.â
Since she abandoned the Lynn family, Chloe Malan had long forgotten what it meant to be virtuous with her words. She kept snapping to people she didnât like. Her words were brutally honest. Olive Steele saw a war was starting, she quickly pulled Chloe Malan aside.
âMrs. Hoyle, Chloe is a witty and honest person. But, that day, if it wasnât because of you, she wouldnât fight back and defend herself. It was unintentional. She did her best to save you anyway. You may not like us, but weâre in temple and Buddha is watching. We better not make a scene here. So, goodbye!â
Ophelia Meyer was about to stop them, but Mrs. Hoyle stopped her first, âOphelia, let them go.â
Chloe Malan was reluctant to go, but Olive Steele pulled her away. She was fighting fiercely, but Olive Steele suddenly stepped in. the rage was still there. She had not yet finished her attack. It was really uncomfortable for her.
âOlive, what are you doing? If we leave like this, they will think that we are afraid of them.â
âItâs not that weâre afraid of them, but itâs no use to show off right now. Chloe, learn to manage your temper. You cannot always rush into an argument like that, it wonât solve your problem. You have to try to hold back.â
âWell, I cannot act unbothered and flat like you. You know, as soon as I saw them, I really wanted to rip their bodies and drink their bloods.â
âCome on, stop it. Weâre in temple now. We better not offend Buddha.â Olive Steele sighed and walked to her mother.
âI thought you didnât believe in Buddha?â Chloe Malan muttered.
Mrs. Steele was talking with the abbot when she saw them coming, âWhere were you just now? I turned around and you disappeared.â
Chloe Malan was about to open her mouth when Olive Steele suddenly poked her, âWe went to see the Buddha statue in the main hall. We stayed there for a while.â
She didnât want to worry her mother too much.
Chloe Malan understood and shut her mouth obediently.
Every time Mrs. Steele came to the temple to pray, sheâd always make time to eat a little of the monkâs food. It was said that the monkâs food could expel bad energies.
Today, there were so many people in the temple. It was hard for her to find a table. There were Mrs.
Hoyle and Ophelia Meyer across her. Mrs. Steele sat down. She couldnât see them. She didnât feel any hostile atmosphere in the air either.
In the dining hall, they couldnât make a loud noise. Ophelia Meyer said under her breath, âHow unfortunate. I meet these two foxes again.â
Chloe Malan grinned when Mrs. Steele wasnât looking. She smiled and said under her breath, âIâm going to kill you.â
Olive Steele gently pulled her down and whispered, âEat.â
Chloe Malan was unstoppable.
After the meal, out of the dining hall, Mrs. Steele suddenly looked around and said, âIsnât that Mrs.
Hoyle?â
âReally? Then, the woman beside her must be the post-it, daughter-in-law wannabe who calls Mrs.
Hoyle mom.â Chloe Malan said. Her voice wasnât low, but she didnât care whether she could hear it or not.
Olive Steele patted her back, âArenât you tired? Iâm tired listening to you get angry.â
Mrs. Steele too was tired but Chloe Malan had a point. She asked, âDoes Mrs. Hoyle believe in Buddhism?â
Chloe Malan laughed, âThe more rich people believe in Buddhism, the more crime they commit. If they are afraid of going to hell, they can just come here to seek a peace of mind.â
âMom, letâs go home.â Olive Steele said.
âDonât you have to say hello to your mother-in-law?â Mrs. Steele asked.
âNo. we have many other opportunities in the future.â at that time, when she looked at Ophelia Meyer, she was also looking at her, smiling.
Olive Steele frowned thinking that she might have saw it wrong. She walked out of the temple with Chloe Malan and her mother.
At this moment, the sun was shining brighter. Olive Steele went to a small shop nearby and bought a few bottles of water and got inside the car. Mrs. Steele wiped the sweat on her forehead, opened the window, and looked at the sky, âSummer is coming.â
âIt seems that spring is getting shorter and shorter.â Olive Steele felt that winter wear had not been long taken off shelves and now, summer clothes were everywhere.
Chloe Malan sipped her drink, wiped her mouth, and smiled, âI saw a lame joke on the internet saying summer and winter fell in love, but they suffered and was unable to be together so summer killed spring and winter killed autumn. From then on, they loved each other.â
âThatâs brilliant!â said Olive Steele.
âYou youngsters are different. You can talk love and weather at the same time.â
They were talking and laughing all the way home forgetting the ugly events happened in Baohua Temple just now.
However, at the crossroad, the red light was on. Olive Steele tried to slow down but the car wouldnât stop.
Fortunately, there were not many cars at the intersection.
Two people sitting in the back seat were not aware yet, but Olive Steele had already sweating. Her car was fine, how could it suddenly go wrong?
She couldnât figure out the reason and drove to the suburbs instead of to the city. There were only a few cars in the suburbs, so she drove without hesitation.
âOlive, youâre going to the wrong way. Itâs not the way back home.â Chloe Malan said.
âI have two things to tell, one is bad and one is good. Which one do you want to hear first?â Olive Steele pretended to relax. The more dangerous the situation was, the more relax she should have been.
âWhat?â Chloe Malan didnât know what she was talking about, âSay the bad first. You can say the good one later.â
Mrs. Steele was also confused. It was not the way back home.
âThe bad news is that he brake is broken.â She didnât want to scare them, but it was better for everyone to be mentally prepared. They couldnât avoid dangers, but at least, they could avoid fatality.
âReally? Olive, for god sake, donât fool around. I have a weak heart.â Chloe Malan said.
âFasten your seatbelt.â Olive Steele rolled her eyes. How could she joke about this kind of thing? She was glad that Chloe Malan didnât drive. If she did, she would drive it much faster than her.
Mrs. Steele couldnât believe what happened. Her face was pale with fear, âOlive, how did this happen?â
âMom, donât be afraid. Nothing will happen. Perhaps, it is because the car hasnât been maintain for a long time. Donât worry. Iâll be careful.â Olive Steele comforted her.
Her serious face made Chloe Malan believe that it was not a joke. She fastened her seatbelt quickly and checked on Mrs. Steele, âWhat is the good news?â
âThe good news is that I donât drive fast and there is not much gas left in the tank. The road is spacious and there are only a few cars around. At this speed, we will be fine for an hour.â Olive Steele said calmly, but deep in her heart, she was extremely nervous.
She was afraid that she wouldnât last for an hour or that someone would hit them instead.
âDrive carefully.â Mrs. Steele said as calm as possible.
âOlive, be careful. I havenât defeated that old witch yet. I donât want to meet Buddha this early.â Chloe Malan was good at cracking jokes at critical time. It eased the atmosphere a lot.
âDonât worry. Mom had just made prayers. You will survive to get married next year.â
âOlive, I might have offended Buddha in the temple just now. I didnât mean it though. If there is anyone who should be punished, it should be Ophelia that snake.â Chloe Malan didnât understand why Ophelia Meyer existed. Alan Hoyle clearly didnât love and didnât want her, but she was still trying to destroy other peopleâs happiness.
âOkay. Let Olive concentrate on her driving now.â said Mrs. Steele.
âItâs okay, Mom. Talking can also calm things down.â
âI have to call the two young masters of Hoyle family.â Chloe Malan lowered her head looking for her phone, âWeâre in trouble here, how can they relax? Fortunately, weâre running out of gas. Once the car is off, we can walk out.â
Olive Steele was convinced, but still, she felt like calling Alan Hoyle and telling him that she was afraid.
She was reluctant to die.
She didnât want him, her child, and her family to be sad.
But, she had to show no fear, not in front of her mother. Her mother was in poor health. She might faint when she was afraid.
She didnât expect that Ophelia Meyer was so quick handed.
After Alan Hoyle heard what happened, his face changed greatly. Kent Bai was next to him, âHow did this happen?â
âI donât know. Weâre not heading west on Ninghuan Highway. Itâs up to you whether you want to come or not.â
His wife was in danger. How could he not show up?
He hung up the phone and turned the tracker on his phone. Olive Steeleâs car was really going west.
âIs something wrong?â Kent Bai asked. Alan Hoyle rushed outside, Kent Bai followed. He knew something had happened.