A Vengeful Girl

Chapter 318 How Much Do you Need

It turned out that even though she wasn't with him, Charles still treated her mother well, as if she were

his birth mother.

Such little things could tell whether a man loved a woman or not.

An old Chinese saying said, "If you love me, you must love everything and everyone around me,

including my family."

Linda had thought that Charles sent Donna to the Mu clan's private hospital just because she asked

him to.

But Linda didn't expect that he still visited her mother once a week, even after she disappeared.

"We'll go to the ward now, " Anna smiled at the guard.

"Okay, you can go in. But she already has a visitor inside. I guess you know him, too. He claims to be

Mrs. Xie's younger brother, so I let him in, " The guard said and smiled.

"What?"

Linda's eyebrows furrowed when she heard what he said.

Was he talking about Derek Xie?

How dare he come here?

It had been a while since he disappeared.

Linda was too softhearted back when he had been put to jail. Donna's pleas made her forgive him. She

asked Charles to help release him from imprisonment, so he could have another shot at life.

She promised she would never let him get away if he dared to do anything evil again.

Why did he come here?

How dared he?

"Hurry! Let's go!"

Linda worried that Derek would harm Donna again, so she rushed into the ward with Anna.

Donna was so weak right now that she could not handle any sort of stress. Linda feared that Derek

might provoke her.

Standing by the door of the ward, Linda heard Derek talking to her mother. His voice disgusted her.

"My dear sister, don't be so stingy. I am your brother, and I want to give Lily a brighter future with that

money. Don't you want what's best for her?"

Donna said in resignation, "Derek, Lily is my niece, so of course I want her to have a good life. But I

already gave you 50 thousand. That's all of my savings. I think it's better for us to be practical. You see,

Lily is not exactly the studious type. It would be good for her to study in a good local university. Why

must you send her abroad?"

"That's exactly why she needs to study abroad. Her academic performance hasn't been great, so she

needs a diploma from a foreign university to add value to herself. Studying abroad is way better than

staying here!"

"But I have given you all I had. Look at me and how sick I am. How can I work when I am in this state?

Where would I get the money from?"

"You can ask Linda for it! Haven't you seen the news this morning? She will have alimony when they

break up. Just give me a little bit of it, so that Lily could live a good life."

"What news? What break-up?" Upon hearing what he said, Donna leapt from her bed and stared at

Derek nervously.

"Don't you know? Hasn't Linda told you about it?"

Derek was confused. Then, he took out his mobile phone and showed her the breaking news. NôvelDrama.Org copyrighted © content.

"Shocking! Abandoned after Miscarriage! A Vicious Scheme or A Utter Tragedy?"

'How can that be?' Donna said to herself the moment she saw the title. Just a week ago, Charles had

visited her and told her to take care of herself.

He hadn't told her about that!

"That must be fake!" Donna handed back the phone and shook her head in denial.

"It's no use denying it! Journalists from these major news companies don't cook up stories from

scratch. They have evidence. If you ask me, Linda should take the compensation that Charles is willing

to give. After all, she is from a poor family. She shouldn't bother filing a lawsuit."

Linda couldn't stand him any longer.

She walked into the ward with a frown on her face. Derek was sitting with his back to her, animatedly

speaking, that he didn't notice Linda behind him.

But Donna saw her.

"Linda..." Donna greeted her.

"Mother." Linda nodded. Anna, who followed behind, also greeted Donna with a smile. "Mrs. Xie."

Derek was embarrassed when he realized that Linda had overheard how snobbish he was. He forced a

smile and greeted Linda, "Hey Linda, my dear niece! Fancy meeting you here! Are you here to visit

your mother?"

Linda sneered. She felt sick looking at her greedy uncle.

Why did assholes like this exist? Why? She just didn't understand.

Being adopted by Donna was the best thing that had ever happened to her. She was a great mother

who nurtured and raised Linda with much love and care. The second best thing was having met

Charles, The love of her life.

But one of the worst things in her life was having to call this bastard her uncle, the brother of her

mother.

"Yes. What a coincidence. What do you want now? Money? How much do you need?"

Derek was surprised with Linda's words. Why was she so generous? Did she really get good money

out of her break-up with Charles? Rubbing his hands together, Derek gazed at Linda and hesitated for

a while. Then, he said cunningly, "How about 300 thousand? Lily is going to study abroad. I want

nothing but the best for her!"

His greediness made Linda sneer inside. He acted as if he wanted to count the money in her handbag.

Did he hesitate just now because he was trying to think about how much he should ask for?

What a disgusting bastard!

Before Linda said anything, Anna couldn't help but point at him and yell furiously, "If you want money,

you can earn it yourself! You are an adult! Shame on you!"

Linda held Anna's hand to calm her down. It's useless to try to reason with him. As they said, one can't

teach an old dog new tricks. She and her family had tried to persuade Derek to change over the past

years, but he just wouldn't listen, not even once. If he did, he wouldn't have ended up like this.