She pped her thigh in frustration. “Damn it! These two are spending all their time at the University for the Elderly! Remember when the city organized that exchange trip to South Korea? There were also people from the University for the Elderly. Did they both go too?!” After venting her anger, she quickly grabbed her mobile phone, typed in the keywords rted to Aurous Hill’s cultural exchange with South Korea, and added Matilda’s name. It didn’t take long before she found a plethora of news articles.


    Since it was a city-organized cultural exchange event, the press release included a list and introduction of the participants. When ine discovered that Matilda had actually taken part in the exchange, she trembled with rage and eximed, “This… this isn’t aboutmunication; it’s a travel affair!”


    Turning to ire, she wailed, “My daughter, I’m furious! Jacob is undermining me! What a mess! I’m still dealing with Christopher’s betrayal every day. It wasn’t long ago that I sent Souna to the coal mine, and now this scoundrel Jacob has been spending who knows how long with Matilda behind my back!”


    ire bit her lip and quickly responded, “Mom, Aunt Matilda is probably quite serious. They wouldn’t engage in anything inappropriate…”


    ine’s eyes widened in shock. “ire, have you met Matilda too?!”<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    “Ah… Mom, I… I didn’t…” ire stumbled over her words, realizing she had let something slip and struggled to find a way to exin herself.


    ine pressed on, “You’ve never met anyone named Han, so how can you be sure she’s serious?”


    ire fell silent, at a loss for words.


    Suddenly, ine broke down and cried, “ire, did you help him lie to me? Really!”


    ire was taken aback. Just when she was unsure how to rify the situation, Charlie Wade unexpectedly walked in. As he entered, he dered, “Mom, I haven’t met Aunt Matilda before, but I have seen her.”


    “What?!” ine eximed, surprised to see Charlie Wade. “You’ve met Matilda?! Did that jerk Jacob take you to see her?”


    Charlie Wade nodded and replied honestly, “Dad brought me to see her.”


    ine erupted in frustration, “Then why didn’t you tell me?! I treated you like my own son. Jacob has been unfaithful to me, and you didn’t say anything! Charlie Wade! You’re really disappointing me!”


    Unfazed, Charlie Wade quickly exined, “Mom, it’s not what you think. I do know about Aunt Matilda’s return. I went with Dad to see her, but I assure you, Dad and Aunt Matilda arepletely innocent. The reason Dad didn’t tell you, and why he asked me not to, was to spare your feelings.”


    “That’s nonsense!” ine retorted, blurting out her frustration without thinking.


    As soon as she spoke, she felt a pang of anxiety. In the past, she often expressed her feelings freely to Charlie Wade, but things had changed. Now, she relied on him for everything—food, shelter, and transportation. The thought of upsetting him made her uneasy.


    So, she quickly rified, “Charlie Wade, I’m not angry with you. I’m furious at that jerk Jacob! He ims he cares about me, but how can that be true?!”


    Charlie Wade tried to reason with her: “Mom, you don’t understand. Aunt Matilda has been in the United States for thirty years and has done exceptionally well. She and herte husband co-founded one of the most prestigiousw firms in the U.S., called Smith Law Firm. You can look it up online; it’s among the topw firms in the world. Their firm is valued at several billion dors, and they earn hundreds of millions annually from major corporatewsuits.”


    Matilda, in reality, has always been a low-key individual. After so many years abroad, her ssmates in China are unaware of her sess in the U.S. It’s as if she vanished from the world once she left.


    It was only upon her return to China that Matilda shared her aplishments with Jacob.


    Thus, everything Charlie Wade stated was entirely urate and not an exaggeration.<fnb22d> Find the newest release on find?novel</fnb22d>


    Hearing this, ine felt a twinge of insecurity. Back in the day, she couldn’tpare to Matilda, and now, learning of Matilda’s sess made her uneasy. “What does Matilda’s sess have to do with me? Just because she’s aplished doesn’t mean I can keep my marriage intact!”


    Charlie Wade sighed and spun a tale, saying, “Mom, you don’t fully grasp the situation. After Aunt Matilda’s husband passed away, she inherited the family fortune and thew firm along with her son. Even with her son, they have assets worth over one to two billion U.S. dors, which is equivalent to tens of billions in RMB. And why did shee back to Aurous Hill? It wasn’t for her father; she returned for her true love!”