Liam suddenly ced his head on the steering wheel, his voice full of mockery.

"Grace, Andrea is such a selfish person, isn''t she? So much so that you think it''s not worth doing anything for her. That''s what you think, isn''t it?"

Grace kept quiet. Even if Andrea had some good qualities, it didn''t change the fact that she was indeed a selfish person.

Liam looked exhausted, the corners of his mouth trembling. "Forget it. Just get out of the car."

Grace felt a wave of sorrow and couldn''t be bothered to talk to him anymore, so she opened the car and walked out.

Liam said that people were waiting for her, but after walking in the dark for a few yards, she did not see anyone. Instead, she heard footsteps behind her. She turned back and saw that it was just Liam. He followed her quietly behind, keeping some distance between them.

It was like the day she had gone looking for him when he went missing in the snow. Both had been stubbornly angry, so they just ignored each other.

After walking another few blocks, she finally saw a string of lights. She was somewhat surprised and only noticed then that there were people around. But because the houses were low and hidden by the shade of the trees around them, she couldn''t see them before.

Liam caught up at this moment, and he spoke in a calm voice.

"This is where Andrea''s parents live. It''s not far from the slums of Druville, but inparison, this ce is even more deserted."

After saying that, he continued walking before stopping. His tone was still calm and casual. "Grace, you said in the car that I would kidnap you for Andrea''s sake."

Grace felt a wave of embarrassment, then realized that Liam had changed. He was no longer the ignorant, naive boy.

The distance between them was still there, probably even greater now, because he had now fully understood that Grace couldn''t trust him fully. The silence stretched out between them. Not knowing what to say, Grace just followed behind him.

Liam stopped outside a house that was dimly lit. He knocked on the door, and someone quickly answered the door.

The person who opened the door was a man in his 50s. He was skinny and looked like an alcoholic who thought of women as just toys.

"Who are you?"

The man was very rude.

Liam took a nce inside the house. There were empty beer bottles littered everywhere. It was obvious what this person was usually like.

"I''m a friend of Andrea''s."

When Andrea was mentioned, the man was suddenly triggered. "Andrea? Where''s that little bitch? Tell me! I told her to sell herself so that we could buy a house for her brother, but she threw ten grand at us and left! What a cheapskate! We raised her for nothing!"

His voice was so loud that the woman who was inside also came out. Her face was bruised and swollen, but when she spoke of Andrea, she suddenly had this air of arrogance. She no longer looked like the weak, timid person she was before.

"Andrea''s my daughter. If you really are her friend, please do ask her to contact us. We aren''t able to reach her right now. Perhaps she has found a rich person to suck on and wants to leave us to rot in our misery. Tsk, what''s the use of having such an ungrateful daughter?"

Mockery shed through Liam''s eyes. He hadn''t seen their gold digger of a son anywhere.

"Where''s your son?"

Speaking of their son, the couple''s attitude took aplete turn, their tone full of pride.

"Our son is working in the most prosperous part of the city. He makes tens of thousands every month, and he says it won''t be l

before we can have out how long

renovated. Sons are always better than daughters. All daughters do is waste the family''s money, and they always forget about where theye from."  s

Grace stood afar, watching them. Because of the light in the doorway, she could

see the couple''s ugly nature on full disy.

Although the world had be a

developed ce, there were still people who lived like they were in ancient times. Even if their son was useless, he was still considered the smartest or noblest in the family. On the contrary, no matter how much the daughter did, she would sull belong to another family once she was married off.  s

Even though many more women were bing independent, every time they talked about wanting a child, they might say that daughters are better because they''re gentler, but deep down, they still prefer sons. Anything else that was said was just tofort themselves.

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Liam pushed her away and walked into the house.

When he was locked up in the vi, he talked quite frequently to Andrea. After all,

he had thought that Grace had abandoned him and all he had left was Andrea.

And the reason Andrea was able to have his child was because she had expressed her genuine emotions during that period. Even though she did not have much fondness for her family, she had always thought she couldn''t just cut her parents off. If she did, that meant she was a useless daughter. And that would be enough to destroy her.  s

Liam had tried tofort her during this period and also got a lot of information.

For example, she once told him how she had grown up in the countryside. When her parents came to Druville to work, they brought their son with them and left her at home to look after the cattle and sheep, fending for herself.

They didn''t even give her a call during family festivities. An orphaned girl in the vige would inevitably be bullied by those around her. The puppy she raised was also beaten to death, and she still kept one of its teeth.

That tooth was in this house; it was the only thing she loved and cherished the most.

The reason for Liam''s visit was to retrieve the tooth.