Chapter 706



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Cherry had turned on her webcam during her live broadcast that day, so the live broadcast was relatively more formal this time.

Every time she live streamed, her Grandfather Sponsor would log on. The Dad Sponsor would come by from time to time to visit her, but it wasn’t as often as before.

Probably because now he could see her in person every day.

However, Cherry doesn’t care about these things.

However, a Sponsor Grandmother had recently joined the live broadcast.

Of course, she did not address that person as Grandma; rather, ‘Sponsor Grandma’ was that person’s username. ‘Sponsor Grandma’ was currently in second place in the ranking of virtual gifts.

The one in first place was always the ‘Sponsor Grandparent’. No one could surpass him.

The one in third place, ‘Sponsor Dad’, no longer cared about the ranking these days, so his score had been slowly dropping. Cherry greeted the ‘Grandfather Sponsor’ first. Then, when she saw ‘Sponsor Grandma’ enter the live broadcast, the little girl immediately said sweetly, “Hi, Sponsor Grandma! How are you doing?”.

Sponsor Grandma wrote in the comments, “Not so good.”

Since the big boss was in second place in the virtual gift rankings, her comment stood out on the live stream.

Cherry saw the comment right away. Puzzled, she asked, “Why, did someone piss you off? Then beat the crap out of him.”

Iris looked at the live feed. She wanted to say, “You’re the one who made me angry, brat.”

To think she was actually having fun with someone like Lauren….

If Lauren had gotten into a relationship with Herman after the two of them were normally divorced, then Iris really wouldn’t have stopped Lauren and Cherry from having fun with each other.

After all, it was good for her to have another person who loved her.

But Lauren was not a good person at all. She was afraid that Lauren would lead Cherry astray.

Iris was terribly angry and frustrated. As she was about to send another comment, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a princess dress on the couch behind Cherry.

Was that the gift Lauren had talked about, the one she had delivered to Cherry first thing in the morning?

Iris suddenly felt very discouraged.

She quietly hung up the phone and got up.

To be honest, when she had agreed to that condition back then, she had already left the family. She was destined not to have much of a relationship with her son for the rest of her life.

In that case, why bother disturbing her life?

Iris put her head down and turned off the live feed.

She no longer wanted to ask Cherry about Lauren; after all, she had been the one who had driven Cherry away with her bare hands the night before.

Since she had already made her decision, what right did she have to demand that Cherry be near her?

Iris was caught in a dilemma and an internal struggle. Mrs. Landis, who was watching her from the corner of her eye, was terribly anxious. However, she also knew that once Iris made up her mind, no one could convince her otherwise.

She let out a quiet sigh and changed the subject. “Madam, the pot of jade orchids you wanted to buy will be delivered soon, won’t it, where shall we put it?”.

Sure enough, Iris perked up a little when she heard this. She got up and walked around the greenhouse with Mrs. Landis. Finally, she said, “That pot of jade orchids is very rare and very difficult to care for. We must treat it very carefully.”

“Agreed.”

As the two chatted, they set to work in the greenhouse.

Seeing that she was finally no longer so apathetic, Mrs. Landis breathed a sigh of relief.

An hour later, the two finally made room for the new pot of orchids. Only then did they sit down again.

Night had almost fallen. The sky had gradually darkened and the surroundings were silent. Apart from the chirping of the birds, there was no other sound.

When one looked up across the small courtyard, one could see the New York skies that were hazy all year round.

Iris had lived like this for twenty years.

Mrs. Landis had gone to prepare dinner. As Iris sat in the greenhouse, her gaze fell again on Mrs. Landis’ phone, unable to hold the itch in her heart.

Suddenly, she was very eager to hear Cherry’s voice.

She opened the live feed again. Instantly, she heard Cherry’s clear and pleasant voice: “… jungle, have you become invisible? How come I never see you during team battles?”.

Iris couldn’t help but smile at the way she spoke when she looked down on other players, and almost laughed out loud.

As expected, Cherry was still the same bundle of joy she knew.

Beep.

At that moment, her phone suddenly rang.

Iris picked it up nonchalantly, the smile still on her face. She saw that someone had sent her a short video. She opened it nonchalantly, and Lauren’s face immediately appeared on it. She was speaking into the camera with a smile on her face, “Iris, I’m going to go play with Cherry now. Cherry has always been a very polite and adorable little girl~”

Iris: “!!!”

She stood up angrily. Lauren must have been afraid that she didn’t think they had a better relationship with Justin’s family, so she had deliberately sent that to provoke her, right?

Iris was jealous and envious, but even more helpless and sad.

She stared at the video. She could see that it was Cherry’s room that Lauren was about to enter.

The next moment, on Cherry’s live feed, the sound of someone knocking on the door, as well as Lauren’s soft voice rang out, “Cherry? Grandma’s coming in, okay?”.

Iris clenched her fists.

She glanced at Mrs. Landis’ phone and stared at Cherry’s live feed.

She wanted to close it so she wouldn’t see their interaction, but at the same time she wanted to open her eyes wide and get a good look at exactly what she had missed….

He felt as if a large invisible hand had closed tightly around his heart. Her chest felt congested and tight, and she felt terribly aggrieved.

Just as she was in a quandary, she heard Cherry’s tender young voice grow impatient, “Who said you could come in here?”

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