When they heard the name “Hazel,” the Lancasters’ expressions faltered for a moment. They looked at the bold, bright, and untamed young woman before them with a hint of doubt. “Hazel?”
Black Jack nodded with a brilliant smile. “That’s me! You can just call me Hazel. I’m my darling Serena’s best friend, we grew up together!”
*Grew up together?*
A serious look settled on the Lancasters’ faces, and their gazes toward Black Jack became more intense.
What they had managed to find out about Serena’s past was incomplete, especially regarding the decade she spent in the countryside. The records were sparse, offering only a few lines: Serena’s report cards showing she was first in her grade in elementary school, then at the bottom of her class in middle school, and later got into fights, eventually being expelled in her second year of high school.
What happened in between was a complete blank.
Only after Serena arrived at the Wynn family did the information become more detailed, but those details… only showed them how humbly and pitifully Serena had lived.
A twenty-year-old girl should have been living a carefree life, innocent, lively, and charming like Brianna, enjoying her youth. But Serena was so mature and composed, seemingly capable of anything. Not only did she know how to do everything, but she could also perform at the highest level in any field, as if nothing could stump or defeat her.
To achieve such a level of competence, she must have endured immense hardship and suffering.
They wanted to ask, but they were afraid of making Serena relive painful memories. Now, a young woman had appeared who had grown up with their precious daughter, a best friend.

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