Olive unconsciously raised her hand to cover it, but she couldnât distinguish the direction. All of her surroundings were white, covering her vision.
Their scene had frightened Peng who had just parked his car. He didnât even know how he got out of the car, rushing over.
The blood in the womanâs face was completely drained. She thought it couldnât be that bad, right?
There would be someone shred her to pieces if something happened to Olive. She immediately closed her eyes and pushed away Olive, then she could only hope for the best. After all, the car was fast, she couldnât win even if she wanted to run.
The sharp rubbing of the tires against the ground stopped abruptly in her ears. The woman even smelled the heat coming from the engine. The car lights had gone out. She was dangerously just three fingers away from it.
It was a false alarm. The woman felt a chill on her back.
The driver poked his head out of the car window and scolded, âDo you want to die? You walk without your eyes open.â
The woman patted her chest and smiled awkwardly at the driver.
Peng helped Olive who fell to the ground to stand up. His courage was almost gone. His bossâ degree of anxiety towards his wife wasnât like other ordinary couplesâ.
âMadam, are you okay?â
The woman also ran over and nervously asked, âHow are you?â
âIâm fine.â Olive patted off the dust on her body. She didnât expect that at the very moment of her death, the woman would push her out of danger. âWho exactly are you?â
Peng had answered her question in surprise, âSecond young lady? How could it be you?â
He was too far away from her just now, and he was blocked by cars and pillars, so he didnât see the person who was chasing Olive.
Olive was stunned, âSecond young lady.â
âWhy canât it be me?â The woman rolled her eyes. But since she had been exposed, she couldnât have her fun anymore even if she wanted. She had to put away her naughty temperament and introduced herself in a serious manner, âHello, sister-in-law. Iâm Ada Hoyle. Iâve heard of you for a long time.
Please excuse me if Iâve offended you in our first meeting.â
They stirred up trouble for a long time, but it was just a misunderstanding. Olive wanted to ask what her sister-in-law was playing.
But she saw her clasped her hands again, pleading, âThis joke almost got too out of hand just now.
Please donât tell my brother, or heâll skin me.â
Olive returned the phone to her, still having lingering fears about what happened just now. The way her husbandâs younger sister appeared was really special.
However, what made her happy was that by listening to her tone, Ada had accepted her too. She couldnât help but smiled, âIs he that scary? Besides, you just saved me.â
âOf course he wonât show you his scary look. So sister-in-law, please donât tell my brother. Peng, youâre not allowed to tell him too.â
âBut miss, the news youâve returned to Luo City certainly canât be hidden from Mr. Hoyle,â Peng reminded her.
Olive thought that Alan might have known it a long time ago, âPeng, she means as long as you donât mention weâve met at Luo City is enough.â
Ada smiled, âItâs easy to talk with sis-in-law. Itâs getting late. I see youâve carefully selected a lot of vegetables and theyâre all my brotherâs favorites. You even bought red wine. I think youâre preparing for a romantic dinner by yourself. Although I would like to join and try your cook, my brotherâs eyes will poke me with thousand arrows if I come at the wrong time and become a third-wheel. So, letâs meet again on another day!â
And just like that, the Hoyleâs second young lady left like the wind, slipping away fast. Olive didnât even get to stop her and couldnât help but laughed. Her sister-in-law was a really funny person. Her appearance was like a thrilling and unexpected episode this afternoon.
On their way back, Peng, who had never talked much, was the first to speak, âSecond young lady looks a bit crazy and wild, but sheâs actually very nice.â
Olive smiled and asked, âDoes she usually like to play tricks with people?â
Peng rubbed the back of his head and chuckled, âEven I have ever been tricked by her, what do you think? But, second young lady treats us, workers, like you, madam. Nothing like a young lady.â
Olive thought it seemed that there was nothing to worry about the problem of getting along with her husbandâs younger sister in the future.
When becoming someoneâs wife, there were three kinds of relationships that often gave women headache. The first one was naturally the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the second was the relationship with their husbandâs brothersâ wives, and the third was the relationship with their husbandâs sisters. Whenever there was even one relationship wasnât good, it would be very annoying.
She was thankful that she was down with one trouble.
Olive hadnât gone to Minghu for several days, she was surprised to find that there were a lot of valuable species trees were transplanted on the side road leading to the villa area. The gardeners were taking care of them carefully and everything was covered with greenery.
She heard that this would be built into the largest ecological business and residential area in Luo City, a forest-like green city.
Nowadays, the urban is getting faster and faster, yet the green area was getting lesser and lesser.
She remembered that when she was young, the roadsides were full of thick, dry London plane or banyan trees. Those trees were big enough to make a green ocean above the road. The summer sun shined through the dense branches and leaves. Shattered ground was projected on the ground. It felt so cool that people would sigh.
In the hot season at that time, people didnât like to hide in an air-conditioned room, but took a group of small horses and sat in groups under the big trees and chatted. There were watermelon stalls on the side of the road and there was people selling popsicles along the street. Children would be playing and joking in groups.
But she didnât know when, such a scene had become to only exist in a distant memory.
She didnât know whether this so-called ecology here would be just another hype. After all, the surrounding area was still under construction and hadnât taken shape. If it was as advertised, she didnât mind selling her current house and bought another one here to give her parents a more comfortable environment.
She heard that several properties in the vicinity had all sold out. In todayâs low real estate, people were watching the real estate market price. To be able to do this was undoubtedly a successful case.
When they arrived at the villa, Peng helped carry two heavy bags from the trunk into the kitchen.
The windows were still bright and clean and there was no dust on the furniture. It seemed that someone took care of them regularly.
âIf thereâs anything else I need to do, just ask,â Peng said to her.
âNo more. Thank you.â Olive didnât want to bother him. Besides, she wanted to do the next thing by herself so there would be more meaning, so she let him leave first.
It seemed a bit too quiet for her to be in a big house alone.
She turned on the TV in the dining room, playing a Celine Dionâs album. She liked this singer. She wasnât beautiful and flamboyant, but her voice had tension that penetrated the soul.
Shaking her hair, she tied it into a high ponytail with a rubber band. She took a glimpse at the clock on the wall. When she was about to start, her phone rang.
On the other end of the phone, Chloe said, âI heard there will be a meteor shower tonight. Would you like to go camping on the top of the mountain together?
âJust the two of you?â Olive asked.
âIf not?â She wanted to ask a few more people and have a bonfire or something, making it lively. But Aoba refused, saying that at most she could only ask his brother and sister-in-law. So she called her.
But Olive said ambiguously, âTwo-people word. Itâs inconvenience to bother you guys.â
âItâs you guys who want a two-people word,â Chloe said disdainfully.
Olive didnât deny her, smiling and reminding her, âThere are a lot of mosquitoes in the mountain, so you need to take precautions. Donât being bitten the whole body after your romantic night. It wonât be good if they leave marks when you return.â
Chloe snorted, âIf they do, Iâll beat him.â
âYeah, you can use your Nine Yin Manual martial art to draw a flower or something on his face. It wonât be us whoâll be hurt by it anyway.â Olive said deadpan.
âOlive Steele, what are you up to?â
âDoesnât matter what Iâm up to. Whatâs important is you.â
âIâll kill his heart.â She thought that she would never believe in love again for the rest of her life. But that brat actually made her heart beat. He made her extremely panic about the uncertainty of the future.
She hated this feeling.
âGreat.â Olive suddenly changed her tone and faintly said, âTonight coincidentally will be dark and the wind will be quiet strong. You can take advantage of him, kill him, and then throw his corpse into the wildernessâ¦â
Her chilly tone made Chloeâs hair stand on end. Chloe interrupted her, âYouâll seriously die if you donât talk about horror.â
Olive chuckled, âJust admit that you donât have the heart to. Itâs nothing something embarrassing.â
âEnough. Iâm not talking to you anymore.â Chloe was teased until she was upset. âEver since youâre with Alan, your mouth has become more and more vicious. Since you donât want to go, Iâm hanging up.â
âHave fun,â Olive said.
âYou guys too. Itâs best to make another baby so I can play with them. Tonight is a romantic night, donât miss the chance.â
âGive birth yourself if you can,â Olive chided. How could her child become a toy for this woman?
âTo have a child born out of wedlock? You can do it, but I canât. To do things that canât be undone wouldnât make his mother to accept me. Maybe Iâll break up with him God-knows-when. So forget about that. If he wants me to have a baby, he has to deal with his mother first and then marry me, then Iâll have a baby out in the open.â
Many women think that by giving birth to a child, they could be favored by their mother-in-law and be accepted to the wealthy family. Bullshit. What good was there about wealthy family? They would always look down upon you. Even if you give them more sons and grandchildren, it was useless.
Wasnât Isabella Leong a good example? She had three sons. That was many enough, right? Among them were even twins. In the end, she was driven out too.
On the surface, it looked like it was Isabella who had initiated the break up. But she had given birth three sons at a young age. Would she not want to marry you? It wasnât that Chloe talked about their intentions, just to say that giving birth to a child so one could be favored by their mother-in-law was simply unreliable.
So why would she risk her life? A child wasnât a bargaining chip in exchange for status and benefits.
When a child was born, she needed to be responsible of them.
After being best friends for so many years, Olive could read her thoughts. She comforted her with an optimistic attitude, âDonât worry. With Aobaâs seriousness to you, youâll definitely be able to have a lot of babies then. All of them will be precious.â
âA lot of babies? Do you think Iâm a pig?â
âItâs also a kind of happiness to be able to live like a pig. By then, youâre a mother pig who have a bunch of pigletsâ¦â
âOlive Steeleâ¦â