"Ruth, what's the matter?" asked Yvonne. She followed Ruth's line of sight and looked over. Only then did Yvonne see that plane trees were lined on either side o f the pedestrian mall, and two people were actually kneeling next to the trash can under one of the trees not far from them. Yvonne felt that the man looked very familiar. She looked at him quite a while before she recalled that the man was Ruth's father. After Yvonne carefully looked at the woman, she noticed that if that woman was not Ruth's mother, then who could she be?
At that very moment, the married couple was also stunned while looking at Ruth. The shock and longing in both of the couple's eyes were rich beyond measure.
Even though she already learned that they were not her parents two years ago, Ruth subconsciously blurted out, "Dad...Mom?"
Not only were they not her parents, but they had been using her resources since childhood and let Mindy snatch away everything that was supposed to be Ruth's. Not only that, but they even almost got Ruth killed.
However, times have changed and two years have already gone by. When Ruth saw her parents again at that moment, she already did not have that much resentment anymore. When she saw them wearing tattered clothes with holes everywhere, Ruth only felt sad.
However, when Mister and Missus Mann saw Ruth, especially when they heard Ruth still addressing them as dad and mom, both of them had a mixed feeling showing on their faces.
"Ruth...," Mister Mann called out awkwardly. His hair was severely matted. Ruth was even able to vaguely see lice crawling all over his hair.
"Ruth, how...are you...doing now? Are you...doing quite well?" Missus Mann smiled with embarrassment.
Her smile was filled with expectations. It also had a tinge of innate greed. The way she looked made Ruth immediately think of her mother's viciousness. Since childhood, Ruth's mother had never allowed her to study, telling her that it was useless for her to study. She had taught Ruth how to be vulgar and how to fight others for things growing up. However, her mother had treated her cousin differently. Since childhood, Ruth's cousin had been taught how to be pampered and how to get to college. To think about it, they had had a vicious plan ever since they raised Ruth. What they gave Ruth was never love but a vicious plan.
Ruth, who was originally joyful because she was pregnant with twins, instantly felt so heartbroken as i f her heart was bleeding.
Ruth smiled. "Mom, I...have good news for you."
"What good news, Ruth? Are you going to...take us back ... Your cousin, she..." Missus Mann immediately asked.
"I am pregnant, and I am carrying twins. It's already been two months," said Ruth.
Missus Mann was speechless.
"Is my cousin alright?" Ruth asked again.
Back then when Mister and Missus Mann and their family of three repeatedly failed to set up and kill Ruth and when they thought of ways to set up Sabrina, Sebastian had handed them over to Ryan and let him deal with them. It so happened that Sebastian and Sabrina were going to Star Island at that time. If it were up to Ryan's temper, he truly would have fed all three of them to the wolves. However, Ruth still could not bear to do that.
After all, they were her parents who had raised her for more than 20 years. If not for the things that had happened later on, Ruth would have always felt that they were her biological parents, so how could she be that cruel? Ruth then pleaded with Ryan in tears and asked him to spare the three of them.
Later on, Marcus also came. Although Marcus and Mindy were not related by blood, Mindy still had grown up in the Shaw family, after all. Therefore, after both Marcus and Ruth pleaded with Ryan to show the three of them mercy, Ryan still spared the lives of Mister Mann, Missus Mann, and Mindy in the end. He asked them to fend for themselves and never to appear in front of Ruth again. Two years have passed since then, and they truly have not appeared before Ruth.
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