Chapter 160: Chapter 160



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Roxanne asked, “What about Miss Smith, doesn’t she have to work?”

Henry stepped in front of the camera for the live broadcast. With a frown and a pitiful look, she replied, “No, she’s unemployed. When she was with us, she was begging from her aunt and me. I’ve heard that she hasn’t been working either since the Andersons took her away. It’s already ten o’clock in the morning, but she’s still sleeping. She doesn’t take care of her children either, but lets them survive on their own. Jeez.”

Melissa said, “Nora sleeps because she is in poor health! She lost a lot of blood during childbirth, so she doesn’t have much energy and has to sleep more than normal people do. Also, since moving in with the Andersons, Nora has never asked us for living expenses! She has a source of income.”

Wendy sighed. “That’s because you don’t know that her income comes from the small business her mother owned before she died, Melissa. There are thousands of dollars in dividends every month from the company…”

Melissa was about to speak when Henry put his hands behind his back and said fiercely, “I’m only here for my daughter today. I’m not trying to take her away from you. It’s just that, ultimately, I’m still her father. How can the Andersons take her here after finding her and forbid her from contacting me? We’re family! Blood is thicker than water.”

His eyes reddened as he spoke.

Henry actually had a decent appearance. He had a square face, thick eyebrows and large eyes, which made him look like a straight man. His demeanor instantly sparked intense debate among netizens.

People were leaving comments at high speed on Roxanne’s live stream:

‘She refuses to acknowledge her father? What kind of reasoning is that?’

‘That Cinderella must find her father too pitiful after becoming a princess.’

‘The Andersons are too much. They look like decent human beings, but how can they stop themselves from recognizing each other! They are father and daughter, after all!”

‘Miss Smith is still sleeping even at this hour? She seems like such an unreliable person…. What’s the point of bringing such a woman home?’

‘Wow, is this how rich people act? That house looks like high-end.’

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All sorts of discussions filled the live broadcast.

No one knew who it was, but someone had put money into the live stream and had boosted traffic, causing Roxanne’s live stream to instantly have over a million viewers.

Everyone loved gossip. Plus, it was all about the secrets of the rich. Once you got into the stream, you wanted to know what exactly was going on.

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Tina, who was surfing the Internet on her cell phone, accidentally saw a post on Angela’s social media. She immediately started smiling and entered the stream.

Tina raised her eyebrows when she saw the exciting content inside.

Tsk.

How lively.

She had originally kept Angela with her just to give Nora trouble, but she hadn’t expected to get such a surprise!

Abandoning one’s father, now that was a terrible offense to be known among the rich.

After all, one was indebted to one’s parents for raising them, no matter what.

Besides, most of the general public sympathized with the underdog, which made the comments filled with condemning voices directed at Miss Smith.

Tina smiled. Suddenly, she grabbed her cell phone and paid to promote the live stream on social media to make it trend. At the same time, she also got a group of trolls to leave comments on the live stream.

‘The Andersons? Aren’t they the family behind Harmonia Pharmacy?’

‘Harmonia Pharmacy? The one that sells traditional medicine? Their medicines are pretty good. I’ve always thought that people in the medical field are kind, but unexpectedly, are they involved in scandals like this?”

‘Miss Smith’s aunt, too. She talks nice, but why does she feel so upset, why does she keep stopping Miss Smith from coming down? It’s as if she’s deliberately preventing the father and daughter from meeting.’

‘That’s why I say the richer you are, the stingier you are!’

‘Boycott Harmonia’s Pharmacy! I’ll never buy medicine from them again!’

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The comments were full of condemnation.

In the live broadcast, Henry kept accusing Nora of various unfilial behaviors. His words brought tears to the eyes of most of the parents watching the stream.

“I just want to go back and acknowledge my daughter and make sure she’s okay. You can’t coddle her like that and let her stay home all day. She has to be self-sufficient. I didn’t raise her with care to let her sink into such depravity…”

Melissa found Henry shameless to the extreme. She shouted angrily, “Nora has been locked up at home by you since she was a child, and has never left the house. What part of that was distressing to you?”

Henry sighed. “Yes, that’s right. She’s not in good health, so the schools didn’t want to accept her. Plus, she has low self-esteem because she’s so fat, so she also refuses to go to school. I was the one who taught her and raised her as an adult at home.”

Melissa responded, “You raised her as an adult? It’s a blessing that you didn’t starve her to death.”

Henry’s eyes twinkled as soon as she said that.

Wendy, however, began to cry. She said, “This is too much, Melissa! Nora has been fat since she was a little girl. We fed her all she wanted, so why would she go hungry? If she had starved, would she have gotten that fat?”.

Melissa, “!”

Her obesity was due to hormone injections, of course!

After being injected with hormones, even plain water would make one gain weight.

How could these two people distort the truth like that?

Wendy lowered her head again and covered her mouth with her hand as she sobbed.

“The only time I didn’t watch Nora was when she went out and fooled around, causing her to get pregnant before she got married. She even insisted on giving birth to the child after that. Her father and I didn’t want her to do that, so she fought with us…”

Roxanne asked, “Why didn’t the two of you want her to do it?”

A fake Wendy replied, “The girl’s father is a ruffian. He didn’t even dare to come and ask for her hand in marriage. Besides, Nora was only 19 at the time, so of course we did everything with her interests in mind! That’s also why she distanced herself from us. She insisted on giving birth and moving abroad. We continue to support her financially. Because we know she doesn’t like living with us, we even send her money for her living expenses every month. But Mrs. Anderson, anyone who has a family, and anyone who has a daughter, will know that we made the right decision. How can she use that to sow discord between father and daughter?”

Another intense discussion broke out in the comments:

‘What the hell! So, this is what they fought about!’

‘A ruffian? Getting pregnant when she’s not even married yet? Seems like Miss Smith is a real drag. She hasn’t turned up yet, but I already dislike her!’

‘If I were her parents, I’d definitely want to beat her to death! Her father and stepmother have done quite well. Not only did they send her abroad, but they even raised their daughter for her.

“Heavens, how can there be such an insensitive daughter?

Melissa clutched her chest in fury. Elderly Mrs. Anderson, who was sitting on the sofa in the room, was furious when she heard the discussion outside.

Wealthy families were fastidious about handling matters discreetly.

However, had Henry brought a large crowd with him and arranged a live broadcast?

He was trying to embarrass the Andersons.

How was this a live reconciliation broadcast? Obviously, they were trying to force them to give in again.

Mrs. Anderson banged her cane against the floor several times in anger. It was at that moment that Nora came down from the top floor. She yawned and said lazily, “Don’t be angry Grandma.”

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