Chapter 149
The crowd outside started to stir, urging David to open the door.
Emily wailed and cried in despair, while her parents lay motionless, looking as though they were alrearly dead.
David’s veins bulged in his neck, never before had he been so furious. He clenched his fists, trying his best to restrain himself from doing anything drastic.
The Smith family’s bodyguards were already moving in, ready to push everyone out.
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“Mr. Smith, you can’t do this. After all, Emily is your relative, and her parents are your elders. They collapsed because of your family. How can you just ignore this?”
“You shouldn’t just stand by and watch that, even if you are a stranger!”
The scene was complete chaos
Emily’s parents remained still, and Emily, still crying, shouted desperately. “David, please help my parents. You don’t like me? I’ll stay away from you from now on”
“Yeah, it’s so tragic,” they said, pretending to sympathize, but not one of them stepped forward to help Emily’s parents, nor did anyone bother to call an ambulance.
They were all full of empty words of sympathy, pointing fingers at David, while holding their cameras and phones up to capture it all.
The Smith family’s bodyguards had already stepped in and held everyone back. David’s expression was cold. “Call the police
At the mention of the police, the crowd seemed to lose their energy
“Mr. Smith, we are just concerned, we haven’t done anything illegal, have we?
“David, you’re being so heartless. Could it be that they’ve all died?”
There was a a moment of silence. David glared at the person who spoke, his teeth gritted, clearly on the verge of losing control
“I don’t know that I’m already dead, a voice suddenly interrupted.
Everyone froze and looked up, surprised. William, Isabella, James, and Olivia appeared.
Emily’s crying stopped abruptly, and her eyes widened in disbelief at what she saw.
‘How can this be? How are they not dead? Even if they’re not dead, they shouldn’t be looking this fine… she wondered.
Emily’s parents slowly opened their eyes just enough to peek. When they saw who it was, their eyes rolled back in shock. almost really fainting.
William’s voice boomed. “Who said our whole family is dead?”
The crowd went silent for a moment, then started chattering again.
“Mr. Smith, thank goodness you’re all right. Now we can rest easy.”
“Yeah, we only heard rumors. It’s good to see you’re fine.”
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ding rumors, wasn’t it? Now that you see we’re alive, are you
Olivia, her temper flaring, snapped back. “It was you spreading disappointed!”
David stood there, frozen, staring at them. His tears were flowing freely. They were really alive, standing right in front of
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Isabella quickly walked over to him “Good boy, it’s all right now
The ones holding cameras, still hoping to get more footage, were ignored by William, who turned his attention to Emily and her parents
Emily, now sobbing, ran over to them. “Mr. Smith, I’m so relieved you’re all right. I was so worried.”
William smiled slightly. “Is that so?”
Emily nodded vigorously. “It’s just… my parents were so worried about you. They fainted just now. I… could you please take them inside the Smith residence and check on them?”
David sneered. “Whether they fainted for real or are just pretending, you know best.”
Emily gazed at him, hurt. “I know we are poor. I didn’t mean anything by it. Even if you look down on us, we really do care about you… Of course, they truly fainted.”
“Oh, damn it!” The moment Emily finished speaking, her parents suddenly began cursing and wriggling around.
Emily was momentarily stunned as if she had been slapped across the face several times.
The crowd also froze, taken aback by the sudden turn of events.
Emily gritted her teeth, then her face brightened with surprise. “Mom, Dad, you’re awake!”
Her parents sheepishly responded. “Yes”
It seemed like the Smith family had truly crossed paths with them, as even insects were biting them. “What kind of insect bites hurt this much? It’s completely unbearable, they wondered.
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