Chapter 105

As she spoke, Arisen's spirits seemed to dampen, "Isn't it strange? The ones I'm actually related to treat me like a sworn enemy, but someone I'm not related to at all treats me like family. I should have realised that benefits always outweigh kinship in those circles..."

Calyx gently patted the girl's lowered head, "You'll find better family."

Each time he heard her speak of her childhood, he couldn't resist pampering her a little more, as if doing so would make up for everything she had missed out on.

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After Arisen finished going through her call logs, she continued reading her text messages. When she reached the last one, she stared blankly at it for a moment.

[My dear, I've really underestimated your guts.]

Sender: YS

Why did this guy send her a message like that out of the blue? What had she done?

Calyx had deleted the call log, so Arisen naturally didn't know that the two men had talked to each other that night.

"Is some