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    Natasha said, “Do you think that just because you weren’t the first bully or the worst one, you can erase your sins?


    “You speak as if you were merely swept along by circumstances, forced to act by evil people, but all of that is just an excuse to cover up your crimes.”


    Natasha stared at her with angry eyes, wishing she could rush over and beat her up, just like how Lane had abused Unity and Alexei back then.


    Natasha said, “You don’t confront your parents, brother, and sister–inw who have bullied you because you are weak.


    “You don’t dare to resist your birth family, who sold you for glory. Nor do you dare to strike back at Melvin, whomits all sorts of evil.


    “It was because you can’t bear to part with the wealth and power you gained by relying on him.


    “Your target has never been the enemies who caused your tragedy, but rather the innocent


    and the weak.


    “What others have done merely awakened the evil residing in your heart. Don’t pretend to be so innocent and pitiful!”


    Lane was momentarily stunned by her fierce rebuttal, then she started tough again.


    She nodded, “You’re right, it’s because I am evil. But do you think Alexei is a good person?”


    She cackled, her twisted expression like a malevolent spirit from hell.


    She said, “Do you know that he dared to kill when he was only five years old!”


    Unlike Minerva, who concealed her identity and deliberately engaged with several men in the Turner family for revenge, Unity married into the family after falling in love with Dereck.


    Since she was Dereck’s wife, Melvin only dared to flirt a bit and find opportunities to make advances, but he never dared to be too forceful.


    Perhaps the more unattainable Unity was, the more Melvin desired her.


    Later, he even deluded himself into thinking he could seduce Unity to have an affair with him.


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    While his other brothers fought tooth and nail over the inheritance, Melvin hovered around Unity every day, which Lane found gross.


    To add fuel to the fire, she bribed a gardener to take some photos of Unity.


    However, she did not expect that man to actually develop improper desires.


    As Unity went berserk and fought with the gardener, the five–year–old Alexei calmly picked up a burning candlestick and forcefully thrust it into his lower back.


    Things immediately escted.


    The gardener was sent to the hospital for treatment, underwent several rounds of surgery, but due to excessive bleeding from his waist injury and extensive burns on his body, he did not survive.


    Edgar paid off his family to suppress the matter.


    Melvin and Lane were harshly disciplined, and several valuable assets were seized from


    them.


    Lane had constant nightmares during that period.


    She dreamt of Unity in disheveled clothes, the charred body on the ground, and Alexei’s dark, cold eyes.


    From a young age, Alexei was unlike other children. He was frighteningly intelligent yet also like an emotionless monster.


    He neither cried nor fussed and showed no emotion when looking at people, which unnerved everyone.


    That day, upon seeing Alexei, covered in blood with an expressionless face, Lane suddenly felt remorse.


    She thought, ‘How could I have be such a terrible person?‘


    Lane stopped her involvement. From then on, merely ignored Unity and Alexei. She never set foot into Peace Garden again.


    Melvin also settled down, mainly because he was inexplicably intimidated by Alexei.


    Not long after that, Dereck rushed back from abroad, apanied by Teri.


    He had a fight with Melvin and then agreed to divorce Unity.


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    Unfortunately, Unity was truly unlucky. Lane didn’t know what exactly happened that day, but Unity died.


    Dereck suffered internal organ damage and was hospitalized for over half a year. Teri had a miscarriage and a hysterectomy. Only Alexei remained unharmed.


    Alexei’s life didn’t improve for long. After Dereck was discharged from the hospital, he


    married Teri.


    Alexei had just lost his mother. Then, he fell into his stepmother’s hands.


    Later on, when he was ten years old, Teri threw him into the mountains. After he came out, Edgar took him in and raised him.


    Yearster, he seized power and became the sole decision–maker of the Turner family.


    Alexei, whose hands had been stained with blood since childhood, had truly climbed over countless obstacles and waded through seas of blood to get where he was currently.


    Lane spoke of Alexei’s unknown past, but she didn’t see the expression she hoped for on Natasha’s face.


    She wanted to see terror, fear, evasion, and avoidance.


    However, Natasha only felt shock and fury.


    She said, “You forced a five–year–old child to take action to protect his mother, and then used that as leverage to nder him.


    “Do you think you are very


    noble?”


    She thought, ‘I have finally gotten close to her.”


    She lunged forward, violently mming Lane onto the table.


    With her other hand, she smashed Lane’s flower vase, then lifted a sharp shard of ss and aimed it at her carotid artery.


    She asked, “Tell me, where is he?”


    Lane coughed twice with difficulty, her waist hitting the table as she cried out in pain.


    She stared into Natasha’s reddened eyes and smiled, “You and I don’t really have a deep- seated grudge. You hate the family you were born into too, don’t you?


    “Is taking action on Olivia enough to satisfy your hatred? We can cooperate. What I can give


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    “Following such a dangerous man, you might get yourself entangled at any time. Isn’t it better to minimize the risk?”


    Natasha asked, “You investigated me?”


    She pressed one hand across Lane’s chest, pinning her down.


    The sharp ss shard in her other hand moved from Lane’s neck to her calm face, then hovered above her wide–open eyes.


    She added, “Then you should know I’m a lunatic. Lunatics don’t reason or care about consequences.”


    Her hand gestured an inch above Lane’s eyes. Lane finally showed a hint of panic.


    Natasha said, “I know you aren’t afraid of what I might do since your crew is outside. But since I dared to act, I’ve prepared myself for not leaving here today.


    “Dying isn’t so scary, is it?”


    On a stormy night, her face looked like a demon emerging from the darkness, and the madness in her eyes raged like a storm.


    Natasha continued, “But Lane, you keep saying you’ve had enough of life, yet it doesn’t seem like you truly want to die. Otherwise, why would you n this today?


    “You’re right, when you take revenge on someone, killing them will be too easy. Torturing them is far more satisfying.”


    Her hand, holding the ss shard, moved a little closer. With just a slightpse of attention, she could stab into her eyes.


    Lane froze<i>, </i>daring not to move.


    Natasha asked, “The Turner family has a way of doing things that really suits me. Tell me, will you be able to call for help before I gouge out your eyes?


    “From now on, you will be taking care of your disabled husband and son as a blind person. It sounds like a perfect family, doesn’t it?”


    Lane asked, “Are you crazy? Do you think you can just walk out of here safely after hurting


    me?”


    Natashaughed brightly and unrestrainedly. “I told you that I’m not afraid of dying.


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    “Lane, you haven’t seen what someone who truly doesn’t want to live looks like. Today, I’ll show you.”


    Her hand immediately came down.


    Lane’s face showed terror as she closed her eyes and screamed in pain.


    However, Natasha did not poke her eye. Instead, she forcefully shed a deep, bloody gash below her left eye.


    Blood flowed down Lane’s gaunt cheek, causing her body to tremble.


    The fear of death deeply gripped her.


    The people guarding outside finally distinguished the sound of Lane’s desperate screams amidst the thunderstorm. They uneasily tried to rush in.


    Lane yelled, “Don’te in.”


    She gripped Natasha’s wrist tightly, trying hard to lean back, but her head was against a hard tabletop, so she couldn’t budge at all.


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    She thought, ‘What’s the point of winning if I was blind?‘


    Time ticked by.


    In this dreadful standoff, she finally had a mental breakdown.


    She said, “I’ll tell you!”


    Natasha let go.


    Lane named a ce, wiping the corner of her eye as she stared at Natasha, then nced at the clock on the wall, with hate and triumph in her eyes,


    She said “I advise you not to go there”