Free Web NovelChapter 1289: Chapter 1287: Jealousy Spreads Like Wild Grass
Pearl Landon couldn’t squeeze out any tears, her throat emitted a hoarse and unpleasant dry howl, her eyes bursting with a look of hatred, and she screamed with jealousy, "Are you here to laugh at me? You’re just a corrupt official’s daughter, an orphan, what right do you have to mock me? Crystal Landon, it’s all your fault that the Landon Family ended up like this."
When their father brought Crystal Landon home, she was old enough to remember. In the beginning, she genuinely liked this younger sister who was as delicate as porcelain. Later, she realized she had to share her favorite dolls, snacks, and even family members with her.
Everyone said the younger sister was prettier than her, more adorable, and even the brother doted on her more. Whenever she got a treasure from their parents, the old lady from the Shaw Family would give her sister even more treasures she had never seen.
Crystal Landon got whatever she wanted, but she never won the old lady from the Shaw Family’s favor. The old lady even warned her, saying that one day Richard Shaw would marry her sister. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
He was the boy she liked, so why should she give him to her sister? Jealousy probably took root in her heart at that time, sprouting and spreading like wild grass.
Over the years, Crystal Landon became her nightmare, a nightmare for the entire Landon Family.
Leah Squire saw that she showed no sign of repentance and looked at her with a touch of pity and a hint of sadness.
"Do you know why Grandma Shaw sent me to live with your family?" Leah said calmly, "Before my father died, he saved your parents’ lives, bestowing a favor upon your family. Grandma Shaw thought that with such a favor, you would treat me well, and the Shaw Family also wanted to support your family to help you live better."
"Pearl Landon, your family repaid kindness with enmity, took so many benefits from the Shaw Family, and still abandoned me for money. I never resented you, and the Shaw Family never planned to pursue it, but you repeatedly colluded with outsiders to deal with me, to deal with the Shaw Family. Pearl, has your conscience been eaten by dogs over these years?"
"It’s not like that, it was you who harmed our family. If it weren’t for the Shaw Family putting pressure on us from all sides, we wouldn’t have ended up so miserable. I wouldn’t have casually married, wouldn’t have been locked inside for half a month, living like neither a person nor a ghost," Pearl cried out, devastated.
Leah sneered, speaking each word clearly, "You brought this upon yourself, you ruined your own life. Pearl, I didn’t even need to do anything to you because you’ve been living in Hell all these years, and it will be the same in the future."
Pearl was provoked to the point her eyes were blood-red. Yes, she had been living like in Hell all these years, struggling and suffering. Why did she have to say it out loud, why not leave her some last dignity?
Pearl let out a short scream, rushing forward intending to drag Leah down with her.
Leah slightly turned her body, watching as Pearl fell to the ground. Half a month’s worth of worry and fear, unable to eat or sleep well, had pushed her body to the brink of collapse. Let alone fighting, even walking a few steps left her breathless.
Leah withdrew her gaze with some disgust, coldly saying, "We don’t need to meet again in the future."
"Crystal Landon, you’re the most vicious sister in the world," Pearl called out hoarsely, sitting on the ground unable to get up. Then she saw the car door open.
A handsome and solemn man with a stature as towering as a mountain got out of the car and walked over, saying in a low voice, "Grandma just called, asking us to go back early for dinner." freewebnøvel.com
Leah nodded, reaching out to touch her frostbitten red ears, smiling, "Then let’s go back quickly, I’m freezing to death."
"Mm." The man gazed at her dotingly, opened the car door for her, and helped her into the car.
Pearl stared blankly at the man she hadn’t seen in years. The handsome and aloof young man from her memory had grown up into a mature man as steady as a mountain, possessing the most gentle smile and the cruelest means. All his goodness was reserved for Crystal alone, while all his coldness was left for other women, including her.
"Richard Shaw—" Pearl called out hoarsely, her voice barely audible, filled with humble hope that he would turn back and glance at her.
The man seemed to have heard her call, his tall and slender figure paused, and he turned slightly, revealing sharp features like those chiseled by a blade, his tea-colored eyes fixed on a point in the void, speaking in a deep and cold voice, "She was never your sister, because you don’t deserve it."
After speaking, the man left her with a cold back and got into the car.
The black Hummer disappeared at the end of the street, leaving Pearl sitting on the cold ground, crying hysterically.
Leah watched Pearl’s heart-wrenching cries through the rearview mirror, frowning slightly.
"I thought you’d at least slap her a few times." Richard Shaw chuckled deeply while driving.
"You didn’t hit her either, yet she was the one who reported you." Leah chuckled, resting her chin. On the way there, she was infuriated, indeed wanting to beat Pearl up to vent her anger, but seeing how life had worn out Pearl, even that hint of resentment within her had dissipated.
"The half-month of isolation and investigation has caused her severe mental trauma. She’s already received her due punishment," Richard said indifferently, a woman living in hell would self-destruct, no need for them to lift a finger.
Leah sighed lightly, truly feeling what she had said earlier. Originally, they could have been the best of sisters, but in the end, things didn’t go as one wished.
Richard reached out to hold her hand gently, comforting her in a low voice, "Leah, you’re no longer the helpless little girl from back then, needing sisterly love and parental care. Now you have me, you have Griffith Squire, you have the Shaw Family."
Leah’s eyes had a slight mist, and she smiled faintly. Yes, she now had many things, and the Landon Family was like a nightmare she once had. Now awake, it should no longer matter.
The man took a call, silently listening until the other party finished speaking, then said in a low voice, "No need, let them go."
Pearl had reported the Shaw Family, and Griffith Squire’s men had control over Landon and Pearl’s parents. As they were important witnesses, they too underwent investigation and were released, their situation similar to Pearl’s, mentally and psychologically deeply affected. After all, not everyone could have Richard Shaw’s strong mental fortitude during such task force interrogations.
Now that the matter was settled, Richard didn’t wish to entangle with the Landon Family’s affairs any further, nor did he want to go for total destruction, so he simply let them go. This half-month imprisonment would haunt them for a lifetime.
Richard had seen too many subjected to special interrogations, and even when released, they turned into shells of their former selves. In this case, the Landon Family deserved their fate.
Clark Landon had picked up Landon and Pearl’s parents and wanted to meet Leah, but was directly refused by Richard Shaw. Leah was just Leah Squire, having nothing to do with the Landon Family, and there was no need to meet again.
