Chapter 287: Chapter 287



If she was too reckless, she would have been spoiled by now.

This woman was too flashy – did she think she was extremely extraordinary just because she was wearing clothes over a thousand?

Wouldn’t she have spoiled herself terribly?

Matthew Nelson never let her go.

The woman was too scared. Wouldn’t she be doomed forever if she had no hands?

No, no, no… She couldn’t live without hands.

However, these people seemed extremely frightening.

Maybe it was because she was too scared. This stimulated strength within her, and she rushed out of the bodyguards’ confinement. Her movement was so fast that the bodyguards did not even notice her at that moment.

The woman broke away from the bodyguards and jumped toward Dolores Flores.

Matthew thought the woman was going to hurt Dolores. With a stride, he kicked her to keep her away. The woman’s body went flying and crashed into the trunk of the greenbelt tree.

Matthew’s eyes turned red. He angrily scolded the bodyguards, “What are you doing, can’t you even catch a woman?”

The woman covered her chest as she coughed noisily a few times. “How could I dare have that kind of thought, let alone hurt her?”

She raised her head and looked at Dolores, “I know you’re a woman too, so I want to beg you to beg for me.”

Dolores also looked extremely cold. It wasn’t because she was indifferent. It was because this woman had crossed her boundary.

As a mother, she blamed herself for not protecting her own child. As for the person who hurt her son, she could not forgive and forget.

She was not a great person. She was a normal person and a normal mother.

“My daughter is only five years old. Since she’s been little, I’ve never said harsh words to her, let alone a slap, what gives you the right to do that?” Dolores’ eyes turned red, “Although you are guilty of this, you honestly don’t need to cut your hands off. However, you should definitely be taught a lesson.”

The woman opened her mouth for quite a while, but said nothing.

Dolores held Simona Flores in her arms. She didn’t want her to see the violent scene. She whispered, “I’ll get in the car first.” Matthew nodded.

“Wait.”

Just as Dolores took a step forward, the little girl in his arms raised her head, “Mommy, didn’t you teach me to be tolerant of others?”

Dolores nodded slightly. Yes, she had already told her daughter.

Just because one is right, one should not keep arguing and not forgive. On the contrary, one must be tolerant of others.

However, she herself did not do so at the time.

As a mother, she was angry and blamed herself when she saw her own daughter being slapped.

Simona turned her head toward the untidy woman sitting on the floor and asked in a hoarse voice, “Do you know what you have done wrong yet?”

The woman’s eyes looked grim. She laughed derisively at herself, “You can only see the people around you clearly after you make a mistake once.”

Her husband used to flatter her with his words. However, as soon as he saw that the adversary had power, this time he immediately became a coward.

He not only abandoned her, but also despised her for being shameful.

Simona sighed. She felt that this woman was very pitiful, “Mommy.” Then she turned her head to Matthew, “Daddy, let her go. My face doesn’t hurt anymore.”

Matthew picked up his daughter and held her in his arms. Her skin was delicate. It was still very red at this point, and the marks of the five fingers were still somewhat visible. At first, he reached out because he wanted to touch her cheek. However, he feared she might feel the pain, so instead he ran his finger across her forehead. His daughter was very kind.

However, there was a horrible side to this world.

“Are you sure?” he asked his daughter quietly.

Simona nodded, “I’m sure. Mom also said earlier that you should forgive others when possible, as forgiving other people can also bring happiness to yourself.”

Matthew raised his eyebrows, “What else has your mommy taught you?”

“I won’t attack other people if they won’t attack me. However, I will double their punishment if they have attacked me!” interjected Samuel Flores.

Simona looked at her brother, “Mommy said that to you, but not to me.”

Dolores had different educational concepts for her two children. She was trying hard to take care of her daughter. She hoped that in the future she would become an educated and open-minded woman.

For her son it was different. A man should be bold and determined. A man should not be afraid of difficulties and the future to become a strong and upright man.

That is why what he said to the two boys was also different.

“What does an eye for an eye mean?” Simona blinked.

Samuel said it without hesitation, “It means I have to hit you back if you hit me.”

“But you didn’t even hit me when I hit you,” the girl said naively.

Samuel really wanted to roll his eyes – was his little sister a fool?

“You’re my little sister, so of course I’m not going to take an eye for an eye with you. Mom says we were born from the same mother, so we’re siblings of the same blood. I would never hit you, no matter when, because you’re my little sister. And because we were both born of Mama.”

Simona cocked her head to one side and thought for a while. She seemed to understand the reason, “Does that mean we’ll be even if I hit her back after she hits me?”

Samuel crossed his arms over his chest and rested his chin, “Hmm, it should be two slaps because she hit you first. She should be punished, so she learns her lesson.”

“Two slaps then,” Simona looked at Matthew, “Let Armand slap her twice and we’re even. If you really cut off her hands, it would be pitiful as she wouldn’t be able to eat with chopsticks.”

Matthew looked into his daughter’s innocent, clear eyes. Actually, he didn’t know how to refuse her.

Since he didn’t say anything, Simona thought he didn’t agree. So she threw her arms around his neck and pretended to be nice, “Dad, let her go.”

In the end, Matthew let her go because of his daughter’s plea. It wasn’t because he wasn’t angry anymore; he just didn’t want to turn his daughter away.

However, Matthew didn’t let Armand Bernie hit her. Instead, he let the two bodyguards hit her. The strength of Armand’s hands was too weak. The strength of his hands could not compare to that of the trained bodyguards.

“Come on,” Matthew held his daughter in his arms, while Dolores held her son in her arms. Armand stepped in front and led the way.

With two bodyguards, one of them caught the woman and prevented her from moving, while the other slapped her.

They walked a few steps when they heard a slap.

One would know she had been slapped hard just by hearing that crunching sound.

Simona raised her head to look, but Matthew squeezed her raised head between his arms. He didn’t want her to see it.

The little girl poked her head from his arms and blinked her big eyes, “Daddy.”

“Hmm?” Matthew lowered his eyes.

The little girl let out a giggle, “Are you mad because I got hit?”

Matthew raised an eyebrow, “Why would you ask that?”

“Because your anger shows that you care about me. So, of course, I’m glad,” the girl seemed to have forgotten how scared she was about that slap.

Simona blinked and re-emphasized, “I’m very happy.”

She felt extremely happy and blessed that her daddy, mommy and brother loved her.

She wouldn’t think it was the end of the world anymore just because of this amount of pain.

Because the people she liked also loved her.

Matthew spoke hoarsely, “Silly, you’re daddy’s daughter, who am I going to love if I don’t love you?”

The girl smiled. Her eyebrows and eyes curved in exactly the same way every time Dolores smiled.

Matthew thought she was pretty. But when she touched the mark on her face, her smile sank back down.

He climbed into the car while holding his daughter and sat in the innermost seat. She didn’t want to look at anyone or say anything. She just hugged her daughter and didn’t let go.

Samuel rolled the hyacinth that Armand had bought, “Simona, do you want to eat this?”.

The little girl shook her head for the first time, “I don’t want to eat it.”

Samuel was too shocked to react for quite a while. He couldn’t believe that his food-loving sister really didn’t want to eat it today.

It was very, very strange.

Simona froze still in Matthew’s arms. It was as if she felt the same as Matthew, so she wanted to stay with him.

Dolores knew Matthew was still thinking about the way Simona was slapped. She also blamed herself.

The car slowly pulled out of the service area and onto the highway.

Dolores was sitting in the front, when the phone in her pocket suddenly vibrated.

She pulled out the phone.

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