Chapter 4

"In that letter, Charlotte said she didn't regret running away."

"But knowing she had done such a thing, the Leandro family would never forgive her, so she didn't plan to come back."

Liam's voice gradually sank,

"She said that since Mom didn't die and she was still nominally the Leandro family's daughter, I should give her a buyout fee of twenty million."

"Once she got the money, she'd agree to sever ties with us and never appear in front of Mom again."

Liam lowered his eyes,

"The reason I kept this from you was because I didn't want to make you sad."

After hearing this, Martha's tears immediately began swirling in her eyes.

Christopher also looked like he was suppressing anger,

Clenching his fists, squeezing words through his teeth,

"Ungrateful girl! We never should have brought her back to the Leandro family!"

After hearing Liam's words,

People at the scene expressed sympathy for the Leandro family,

Then turned to condemn me.

"This Charlotte is truly heartless!"

"The Leandro family took her in, and instead of being grateful, she became an ungrateful wretch."

"Twenty million—does she even deserve it!"

Vile insults rained down on me like a storm.

Just then, the girl on stage who had spoken first spoke up again.

"Don't you dare slander Charlotte!"

Her eyes were red, her voice trembling but firm.

She pointed at her own eyes, saying each word clearly,

"My dad told me that my corneas were donated by Charlotte."

"I can see this world because of her."

The other children also stood up one after another, talking over each other.

"Charlotte donated a kidney to me."

"I got a liver..."

"Charlotte's heart is beating in my chest."

One boy placed his hand on his chest,

His voice young and earnest,

"The doctor said this heart used to live in a very, very kind Charlotte's body."

"It's absolutely not what you're saying!"

Seeing so many children who, because of me, had regained the chance to see the world,

Had healthy bodies, had hope to live on.

I floated in the air, already just a wisp of a ghost,

Yet it felt as though a warm beam of light had pierced through my hollow body.

Because of the children's intervention,

People once again became uncertain.

The situation suddenly became confusing.

Martha clutched Christopher's sleeve, her lips trembling slightly.

Liam also felt inexplicably panicked.

It was as if something terrible was gradually happening,

His chest felt stuffy and constricted, as if something was pressing down on it.

He bit his lip, deliberately trying to shake off the thought.

Suddenly, inspiration struck.

A confident smile returned to Liam's face,

His tone filled with certainty,

"Fine. If you insist Charlotte is dead, then where is her body?"

He looked around, his voice resolute,

"She only donated her organs. Her body should still be somewhere, right?"

Hearing this, confusion appeared in the children's eyes on stage.

They clearly didn't know the answer to this question.

The children looked at each other and shook their heads.

Liam felt even more confident and sneered coldly,

"There probably isn't any body at all. You're all working together to lie!"

The venue fell silent, the atmosphere tense to the extreme.

Just then, the host suddenly received a file on his phone.

He looked down and opened it, his eyes widening involuntarily, pupils constricting sharply.

He suddenly raised his phone, his voice trembling slightly,

"Wait, I know where Charlotte's body is!"