Chapter 4

Mrs. Lynn had already rushed up to me.

"Acting all tough on the phone, then turning around and chasing us to the airport."

"What, you heard Lily's picking up her fiancé today and couldn't stand that she's marrying well?"

Mr. Lynn frowned, his face full of disgust.

"Can you have some shame in public?"

"Stop embarrassing the Lynn family."

I glanced at the VIP arrival sign overhead.

"I'm here to pick someone up."

Lily hid behind Mrs. Lynn, showing half her face.

"Stop lying."

"This is the VIP passage."

"How could someone who runs a flower shop get in here?"

After she spoke, she covered her mouth.

"Unless... someone brought you here?"

Mrs. Lynn immediately jumped in.

"I knew it."

"Without the Lynn family to keep you in line, you've degraded yourself."

"Which old man is keeping you?"

Listening to this, I just found it absurd.

Seven years had passed and they hadn't even updated their insults.

Lincoln stepped forward, his expression ugly.

"Mrs. Lynn, don't talk about Nina like that."

Mrs. Lynn turned to glare at him.

"You're still defending her?"

Lincoln looked at me.

"Nina, stop making a scene."

"As long as you apologize to Lily, I'll convince Mrs. Lynn and Mr. Lynn to let you come home."

I stared at him for a few seconds.

"You came to my shop last night with a dead plant."

"Today you're telling me to apologize?"

"Lincoln, you flip-flop with quite the rhythm."

Passersby stopped to watch the drama.

Lily's eyes immediately reddened.

"I know you hate me."

"But this engagement is a major event in my life."

"Why do you have to ruin it?"

Mrs. Lynn's heart ached.

She raised her hand to slap my face.

"Today I'll discipline you on behalf of the old man keeping you!"

I raised my hand and caught her wrist.

She froze.

I flung her hand away forcefully.

Mrs. Lynn stumbled back and was caught by Mr. Lynn.

"You've gone too far!"

Mr. Lynn raised his hand to point at me, furious.

"Lynn Nina, how dare you lay hands on your mother?"

"She's not my mother."

I brushed off my hands.

"Touch me again and I'll make you famous at the airport police station today."

Lily bit her lip, then suddenly raised her voice.

"You've become so frightening."

"We're just trying to help you."

"If you need money, I can give you some."

She pulled out a card from her bag, like she was giving alms to a beggar.

"There's two hundred thousand here."

"Take it and stop pestering the Lynn family."

People around started murmuring.

"Isn't that Lily Lynn?"

"That Lynn Corporation heiress getting engaged?"

"Who's the other one?"

Hearing the murmurs, Lily cried even harder.

She tried to stuff the card into my hand.

I didn't take it.

The card fell to the ground.

She immediately gasped.

"If you don't want it, fine, but why did you knock it down?"

This routine was so familiar it made my stomach turn cold.

She used to do this.

Pour hot soup on her own hand, then cry that I burned her.

Hide a necklace under my pillow, then say I stole it.

Roll herself down the stairs, then say I was trying to kill her baby.

I took a step forward.

Lily immediately retreated, falling into Mrs. Lynn's arms.

"Don't touch me."

With that line, everyone's eyes changed when they looked at me.

Mrs. Lynn seized the opportunity to shout.

"Everyone look -- this is my vicious biological daughter!"

"She caused my Lily to miscarry years ago, and now she's making a scene at the airport!"

I watched her mouth open and close, suddenly feeling the air grow thin.

For a moment, I felt like I was back seven years ago.

Kneeling on the cold floor.

Everyone saying I was vicious.

No one listening to me say I didn't do it.

Just as Mrs. Lynn was about to rush at me again, a cold voice came from behind.

"Who wants to discipline my wife?"