Cinderella returned home, and as soon as she entered the house, she heard the voices of a man and a woman talking in the living room.

"Vera, isn't this investment a little too risky?"

The man's tone was a little tangled.

"I just want to run the textile mill well, we don't know anything about the steel mill, and no one knows what the result will be if we rush in, and you know, Charles's steel mill background is not very clean, so we'd better not touch it."

"Keynes, you're always afraid of this and that, and we shouldn't miss this opportunity."

The woman's voice was full of confidence and pride, and she continued.

"You're always so stubborn, stagnant, you'll be eliminated sooner or later, I received the news, the battle between those big guys over there in Xindu has come to an end, do you know what that means?"

"The city will soon change, although those adults have built a new capital, but they have never forgotten the old capital, and the Iron Throne has always been in the palace."

The woman's voice was a little aggressive, but she quickly softened her tone.

"My dear, give up the illusions, only rely on that textile factory Our chamber of commerce can survive in this dying city in the past, but once this city has a new owner and is revitalized, what will we fight with others with only the pitiful income of the textile factory, do you think you can fight those sharks who come from Xindu with the smell of blood?"

"The textile mill has a limit, for the continuation of the Chamber of Commerce, we have to consider the transformation, Charles's steel mill is not very clean, but I think that the acquisition of it is that he is not clean."

"That steel factory was indeed a private military industry for a period of time before, and the water in the arms industry is indeed very deep, and if you are not careful, you will die a miserable death, but Keynes, do you know who was the financier behind Charles at that time? As long as we find a way to connect with that adult, the Green Chamber of Commerce will not only survive, but even become one of the top chambers of commerce....."

The woman wanted to say something more, but the man interrupted her.

"That's enough, Vera, I know who that is, yes, the violet family's thighs are indeed thick enough, as long as we can hold it, it will be a lot of benefits, but this is really too risky, we are just businessmen, we should not participate in the fight of those big people, I can't risk our family's life, that is not something we can participate in."

"Keynes, you are not a qualified businessman at all, such a big profit is already worth our risk, the winner of the new capital will only compete among the three adults, and the Violet family, which holds the military power, is undoubtedly the most advantageous, and we can only get the greatest benefit by standing in line in advance."

Not to be outdone, the woman quarreled again.

"Or do you want to stand on someone else's side, the Thorn Family? Or is it the newly rising Miles Alliance? ”

The two of them obviously couldn't convince each other for a while, and just as they were about to go from discussion to argument, they heard footsteps, and a man and a woman fell silent, and then they saw Cinderella pushing the door in.

"Cindy, are your sisters gone?"

Seeing his little daughter, a trace of tenderness flashed in the man's eyes, and he stopped arguing with the woman and asked in a gentle tone.

And the woman looked at the girl who came over, and a trace of jealousy and disgust flashed in her eyes.

Vera has always been very fond of the daughter born to this husband and his ex-wife, because whenever he sees this guy, he always thinks of the woman who makes her very unhappy, the ex-wife of that husband.

And at the thought of that woman, Vera couldn't help but play with her long blond hair, and her expression became even more unhappy.

She remembered her school days, when she was classmates with her husband, Cairns, and the woman named Lucy.

At that time, she and Lucy had always been bitter rivals, and that annoying woman always pressed her everywhere, and until she graduated, Vera never won even once.

Well, she lost both academically and in love.

Lucy and Keynes were childhood sweethearts who grew up together, but Keynes was Vera's marriage partner, and the Green Chamber of Commerce and the Grande Chamber of Commerce at that time always wanted to get married.

However, after finally graduating, Keynes rejected the marriage contract between the two chambers of commerce and chose to marry Lucy, a childhood sweetheart.

She hated Lucy to the bone, but in front of that hateful woman, she was always embarrassed like a defeated dog.

After being divorced, Vera soon re-chose a new marriage partner under the arrangement of the family, and married a young master of a wealthy merchant from other places, but unfortunately the man was a short-lived sick ghost, and the two died of illness within a few years of marriage, leaving only a large inheritance and a pair of twin daughters to Vera.

After her husband's death, Vera chose to return to Cornwallis with her inheritance and daughter, and coincidentally, she met her former betrothed partner Keynes again, and learned that the woman who was her lifelong enemy had died of such a hilarious illness.

This made Vera very frustrated, although she hated the woman and gritted her teeth, but she couldn't accept the ridiculous ending of the lifelong enemy who died of illness like this.

What are you kidding, she hasn't won against her yet, how can she die so cunningly, then won't she be able to win in this life? Love me

And that hateful guy was in good health like a gorilla when he went to school, how could he suddenly get sick, this is too abnormal.

Villa couldn't accept this result.

And what made her even more difficult to accept was that the family arranged her marriage with Keynes again, saying that it was better to get together with a widower and a widow, which made Vera even more resentful, why did she want to live with a person who had divorced her in the first place.

But on second thought, Vera finally agreed to the marriage, because it might be her last chance to win the woman.

When that hateful woman was alive, she lost, and there is no reason why she is dead now, and she will still lose.

That's what Vera thinks, and she wants to win once by making Keynes fall in love with her and forget about that hateful woman.

However, now that so many years have passed, Vera can only be more desperate to discover the fact that when it comes to feelings, the living cannot win the dead.

Husband, he still can't forget that hateful woman in his heart.

And what made Vera even more unhappy was the daughter Cinderella that the husband gave birth to with the woman.

Vera doesn't like Cinderella, no, it should be that she hates this stepdaughter very much, and she gets annoyed when she sees her, especially after this little girl has grown up in the past few years, the more she looks like that damn woman.

Hmph, this stinky girl is as cunning as that damn woman, she knows that she is clumsy in disguise at a young age, and deliberately wears an old-fashioned glasses and combs her braids every day, looking low-key and inconspicuous, but this deceives others but can't deceive Vera's eyes.

Heh, even at home, it's like this, who are you pretending to show it to, it's not pretending to be me, a stepmother, the nasty little ghost, it's just as annoying as her mother back then.

Looking at Cinderella, who was walking with the door closed, her head bowed and a cautious look, hating to be seen, Vera snorted unhappily.

She has always been straightforward, she never hides her heart, so she will not hypocritically learn from those other stepmothers to play a mother-daughter relationship with this little girl, hate is hate, she hates straightforwardly.

"Sister, they're gone."

Cinderella looked at her father and stepmother in the living room, answered her father's question, and then strode forward and stood in front of them.

And Vera looked at this little girl who had been hiding for more than ten years in surprise, she was a little puzzled about what happened to this little girl today, usually seeing her dodging like a mouse seeing a cat, how could she be so courageous today.

She was about to say a few words of reprimand, but when her eyes met Cinderella's, she froze.

What a familiar look, exactly like her mother's student days.

"Lucy ....."

Vera muttered with a confused look in her eyes, and the words of reprimand that came to her lips were swallowed back.

"It's getting late, you should rest early."

Cinderella said calmly to the two, and then she silently reached out and removed the eyes on the bridge of her nose, the golden eyes reflecting the surprised expressions of the two.

"Sleep, you're tired today, just get some sleep, nothing happened tonight."

In the girl's eyes, the golden ring like an Ouroboros swirled slightly, and she murmured softly.

"You ............"

Looking at Cinderella's face after taking off her glasses, Vera was stunned, although she had already seen that this stinky girl had been pretending to be ugly, but when the girl's face appeared in front of her for the first time without cover, she was still a little unexpected.

Like, really like......

Before she lost consciousness, Vera muttered to herself, this face was seven points similar to the one she remembered that had turned to gray and she knew it, but it was much better-looking, just like the upgraded version of the woman.

"Damn, am I not as good as you even when I have a daughter?"

Vera thought a little unwillingly.

"Good night, father, mother, have a good dream."

In the final moments of losing consciousness, she heard a gentle voice say this.