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00:00The patriarch in charge of a top wealthy clan suddenly fell critically ill.
00:04My father planned to pick one girl between me and my adopted younger sister
00:07to send over as a companion for the ailing patriarch.
00:09He settled on my adopted sister, who was masterful in the quadrivium.
00:12Yet my mother tearfully begged me to take her place instead.
00:15I've decided, your sister will go.
00:18Your sister is the maid's daughter with humble status.
00:21She does not fit into a wealthy elite household.
00:24Her mother sacrificed her life to save me.
00:27I cannot let my savior's child do menial care work.
00:30Unable to bear seeing my mother grieve,
00:32I boarded an overnight flight to New York and stayed away for five years.
00:36With the backing of the Sterling family,
00:37my father's fledgling startup rose to claim the title of the city's number one enterprise.
00:41As soon as patriarch Sterling's health improved, I hurried home without pause.
00:45What I found instead was my mother hosting an extravagant engagement banquet.
00:50Time passes so fast.
00:52My girl has grown up overnight and is about to get married.
00:55Cheryl Hawthorne snuggled into her arms with a coquettish smile.
00:59Honestly speaking, I'm extremely reluctant to part with her.
01:01I wish she could stay by my side forever.
01:04Then I will come back to visit you every single day.
01:06Is that okay?
01:07Oh my, Mr. Hentington will definitely get jealous hearing this.
01:11I've heard that Mr. Hentington is so eager that he wants to move their wedding date forward.
01:15It's such an enniable thing to have a daughter like Cheryl, Mrs. Hawthorne.
01:19You are truly blessed.
01:20Right then, the wedding witness invited by the Huntington family arrived carrying a list of betrothal gifts.
01:26Resting on top of all the documents, sat in an ornate velvet jewelry box.
01:30Cher Hawthorne, this is the ancestral ewe family.
01:33Only the matriarch is qualified to wear it.
01:35Mr. Henton is incredibly generous.
01:37Such high-quality ewe must be worth over a hundred ewe.
01:40It's clear the Huntington family values the Hotchen deeply.
01:43They even sent their heir home in advance.
01:45Ms. Hawthorne has such great fortune.
01:47She deserves the title of the top socialite in Beverly Hills.
01:52Xavier is so thoughtful.
01:53I will preserve this bracelet with all my care.
01:59Glowing with delight at the crowd's compliments, Cheryl Hawthorne stepped forward to take the jewelry box.
02:05This bracelet fits perfectly.
02:07Please send my sincere thanks to Xavier Huntington for me.
02:12How could you possibly be here?
02:15Mrs. Hawthorne, who exactly is this lady?
02:20My name is Scarlet Hawthorne.
02:22I am the sole legitimate daughter of the Hawthorne family.
02:26And I am the fiancé of Xavier Huntington.
02:30Cheryl Hawthorne's complexion turned ashen.
02:33How do you let random strangers walk into the venue?
02:36Seize her and drag her out right now!
02:38I swept a frigid glare across the room and shouted sharply,
02:42Who dares to lay a hand on me?
02:47Cheryl Hawthorne, who do you think you are?
02:49Do you really have the right to act arrogant frontly as arrogant?
02:53Scarlet, you rushed back home without sending us any notice.
02:55You have no manners at all.
02:57Take mid off that, you aide Beakley.
02:58Sean Lowe, train your tress.
02:59Be it ruin your sister's ostrichens remit.
03:02Sister?
03:03She is merely the daughter of a former maid.
03:06How dare she claim to be my sister?
03:08Shut your mouth!
03:09Stop spouting nonsense!
03:11I cupped my face and said nothing.
03:13Cheryl Hawthorne, by contrast, stepped forward to steady me and whispered mocking words directly into my ear.
03:19Scarlet Hawthorne, there is no longer a place for you in the Hawthorne house.
03:23For five years, everyone has accepted me as the one and only young lady of this family.
03:31If your mother hadn't sacrificed her life to save mine, our family would never have taken you in.
03:36We claimed you were our adopted daughter only to shield you from mistreatment.
03:40Yet you truly believe you are a noble young lady?
03:43Have you no fear that your mother's soul will never rest peacefully in the afterlife?
03:48This is outrageous!
03:50How dare you raise your hand in front of all these guests?
03:53Steward, seize her and lock her upstairs!
03:55Do not permit her to come down without my personal order!
03:58I shoved the full champagne power on the table.
04:00I then turned my head toward the Huntington family's wedding witness.
04:03You tell everyone here, who is the lady the Huntington family intends to marry?
04:07Naturally, it is the sole daughter of the Hawthorne family, Cheryl Hawthorne.
04:11The real sole daughter of the Hawthorne family is Scarlet Hawthorne.
04:15It was Scarlet Hawthorne who my grandfather arranged a childhood engagement with all those years ago.
04:19If you refuse to believe me, ask Patriarch Hennington to bring out the original engagement contract for everyone to witness.
04:25Scarlet Hawthorne, will you stop this ridiculous farce at once?
04:29Cheryl Hawthorne is the daughter I carried and gave birth to for ten months.
04:32You are merely the maid's child.
04:35You threw tantrums many times out of jealousy towards Cheryl before I forgave you thinking you were just willful.
04:40Yet you have crossed every line today.
04:42I only took her in as an adopted daughter to repay a life-saving debt all those years ago.
04:46Later, I sent her to New York to accompany the ill-old Karchemount of the Sterling family.
04:50I suppose she holds resentment towards me for this reason, which drives her to create such a scene today.
04:54Scarlet, if you however resent in your heart, take it all out on me alone.
04:58Please do not ruin your sister's engagement ceremony, will you?
05:02I've always treated you as my own sister.
05:04Yet you volunteered to go to the Sterling family out of greed for wealth and luxury.
05:08Now you blame us for abandoning you.
05:10Eldersia, I am willing to give you anything else, but this youth bracelet means everything to me.
05:15I am willing knee down and peg you will please return it to me.
05:19How could there be such an ungrateful anger rate?
05:22She chose to go to the Sterling family chasing wealth and luxury.
05:24Now she ellis that Cheryl has an outstanding fiancée rushed back to stretch her vacations.
05:28It is no surprise that, and be surprised that the maid's daughter has no sense of shame at all.
05:33Mother, you begged me to take Cheryl's place and go to the Sterling family all those years ago.
05:38You told wanted to repay the life-saving favor and could not err to let out your savior's daughter suffer
05:43hardship.
05:44Now you choose to side with an outsider and bully your own biological daughter together with her?
05:51I watched her expression turn colder and colder, my hands clenched tight into fists.
05:56You allowed Cheryl Hawthorne to impersonate me and gave her my engagement.
06:01Does my father and grandfather know about this?
06:03No way.
06:04If this is true, then Mrs. Hawthorne is absolutely heartless.
06:08I always thought Cheryl Hawthorne looked different from when she was a child.
06:11People change, but this is like a completely different person.
06:15It seems she's not the real Miss Hawthorne at all.
06:18Oh dear, this is getting complicated.
06:20If the Huntington family finds out they're marrying an imposter.
06:25Wait, I just remembered.
06:27The real Hawthorne daughter has a scar on her forehead.
06:30I was there when she fell while flying acute as a child.
06:33I caused it.
06:34But look at Cheryl Hawthorne's forehead.
06:35It's perfectly smooth.
06:37No scar at all.
06:38At her words, all eyes swiveled toward Cheryl Hawthorne,
06:42who ducked her head out of guilty conscience.
06:44The truth was practically laid bare for everyone to see.
06:49Scarlet Hawthorne, you are nothing but a burden.
06:52I should never have taken you in out of pity.
06:57I thought going to New York would teach you some manners,
06:59but you've come back even more unruly.
07:02She grabbed a fistful of my hair.
07:04Today I will discipline you properly on your mother's behalf.
07:07Miss Chang, go fetch the whip from the study.
07:09Family discipline.
07:11The housekeeper brought the whip over in mere moments.
07:15Scarlet Hawthorne, will you admit your mistake or not?
07:19Mother, you know better than anyone whether I'm lying or not.
07:23If father and grandfather find out about this, how will you explain yourself to them?
07:26The words had barely left my lips when the whip cracked down across my back.
07:30A blazing, searing pain washed over my entire body.
07:35You've grown quite bold, daring to threaten me with the elders of this family.
07:39Even if your father and grandfather walked through that door right now,
07:42I would still beat you today!
07:44With that, she swung the whip relentlessly,
07:46lashing my back again and again without mercy.
07:49Within just a few short minutes, my back was covered in raw, fresh wounds.
07:53Mrs. Hawthorne, today is Ms. Hawthorne's engagement day.
07:56Maybe just a few more strokes would be enough?
07:58Yes.
07:59Adopted or not, you raised her with your own hands.
08:01If something happens to her, you'll feel bad too, won't you?
08:04Cheryl Hawthorne also put on a false...
08:06Mom, I'm sure sister knows she was wrong.
08:09Please stop hitting her.
08:10She then turned to face me.
08:12Sister, please just apologize to mom.
08:14Then it'll all be over.
08:16Her performative sympathy only made my mother strike harder.
08:19Cheryl is the real lady of the house!
08:21How dare someone like you impersonate her!
08:24I crumpled onto the floor in a disheveled heap,
08:27dark bruises blooming across my thighs and arms.
08:30Today I will teach you what discipline means,
08:32what decency means!
08:35Don't you dare spout nonsense ever again.
08:39More and more lacerations bloomed across my skin.
08:41The pain dulled until I could barely feel it.
08:44Involuntary tears spilled onto the floor,
08:46yet I clamped my jaw shut and stayed silent.
08:49Mrs. Hawthorne, calm down.
08:51Spare the girl some dignity.
08:54Dignity?
08:54If she knew anything about dignity,
08:57she wouldn't come back here to cause trouble today
08:59and audacently wear Cheryl's engagement ring on her hand.
09:03Every single word she spoke shielded Cheryl Hawthorne.
09:06At that instant,
09:07every last shred of affection I held for my mother died inside me.
09:11If you have the guts,
09:13then beat me to death.
09:14Otherwise,
09:15Cheryl Hawthorne will always be an imposter.
09:17She froze for a split second,
09:20driven to madness by my retort.
09:21She drew the whip high above her head,
09:24gathering all her strength
09:25as if she truly intended to beat me lifeless.
09:27But the agonizing blow I braced with never landed.
09:30An older woman burst through the crowd
09:32and threw herself directly in front of me.
09:35Madam, please stop!
09:37This young lady is your own flesh and blood!
09:39How can you beat me so cruel?
09:41The tears I had fought so hard to hold back
09:43finally streamed down my cheeks.
09:45The person shielding me was Nanny Vivian,
09:48the caretaker who had raised me from infancy.
09:50When I turned two years old,
09:52Catherine Lawson brought Cheryl Hawthorne
09:53back to the Hawthorne family residence.
09:56From that day onward,
09:57my mother's entire world
09:58revolved around her adopted daughter,
10:00Cheryl Hawthorne,
10:01while she ignored me,
10:02her biological child,
10:04completely.
10:05It was Nanny Vivian who nurtured and raised me
10:07bit by bit all those years.
10:08Didn't I kick you out of this house?
10:11Get out right now!
10:13Or I'll call the police and say you broke it!
10:15Nanny Vivian paid no heed to Cheryl Hawthorne screaming.
10:18Algonin wrote his end to your joke.
10:21Madam, if you must hit someone, hit me.
10:23Just stop hurting the young lady.
10:25If the master finds out she's hurt,
10:28his heart will ache.
10:30Fine.
10:31I'll grant your wish.
10:33Butler!
10:34Drag these two bitches out
10:35and beat them hard!
10:36I'll take responsibility
10:37if anything happens!
10:39As the household servants
10:40closed in around us,
10:42Nanny Vivian stepped firmly before me.
10:44Who dares to touch our young lady?
10:46Her voice carried a desperate,
10:47fearless resolve.
10:48You two ungrateful traitors!
10:50If I let you walk out that door today,
10:52I'm no longer the lady
10:53of the Hawthorne family!
10:54What are you standing there for?
10:56Beat them to death!
10:57And for a moment,
10:58none of the servants dared advance.
10:59My mother screamed out
11:00new orders once more.
11:02The steward raised a wooden baton
11:03and struck Nanny Vivian hard
11:05across the back of her head.
11:07She let out a muted groan
11:09and collapsed straight to the ground.
11:11Nanny Vivian!
11:12Nanny Vivian!
11:13I let out a shrill scream,
11:15pushing through the agony
11:16wrapping my body
11:17to cradle her in my arms.
11:19You dare impersonate my daughter?
11:21I think you and this old hag
11:23just came here to extort money.
11:25I brushed my fingers
11:26against the wound
11:27on Nanny Vivian's skull,
11:29then twisted my head
11:30to glare coldly at my mother.
11:32I came back representing
11:33the Sterling family.
11:36If you dare to lay a finger
11:37on me again,
11:39the Sterling family
11:40will not let you off.
11:41My words momentarily stunned her,
11:43as if she had been struck by fear,
11:45but Cheryl Hawthorne
11:45wiped fake tears from her eyes.
11:47I return today
11:48as a representative
11:49of the Sterling family.
11:50Lay another hand on me
11:51and the Sterlings
11:52will not spare you.
11:53Mother, you raised her,
11:54yet now that she has power,
11:55she repays your kindness
11:56with betrayal.
11:57Fine!
11:58Let's see who dares stop me
11:59from beating this ungrateful wolf
12:00to death today!
12:02She swung the baton
12:03with full force,
12:04and the moment it was about
12:05to crash down onto my body.
12:08Patriarch Sterling has arrived!
12:11A commotion erupted
12:12from the entrance hall.
12:13A line of bodyguards
12:14carrying gift boxes
12:16filed in behind a lone man.
12:18I recognized him instantly.
12:20Butler Lee,
12:21the head steward
12:22who had attended
12:23Patriarch Sterling's side
12:24every single day
12:25for decades.
12:26Outsiders only viewed
12:27Butler Lee
12:28as a mere household servant
12:29of the Sterling family.
12:31Yet I knew the full truth.
12:32Since I was lying
12:33scrawled on the floor,
12:34Butler Lee did not
12:35spot me at first.
12:36He walked over
12:37to Catherine Lawson
12:37with a warm smile.
12:39Moose's Hawthorne.
12:40My master learned
12:41that today
12:41is Miss Hawthorne's
12:42austritious day,
12:43so he spefically sent me
12:45to deliver
12:45these congratulate gifts
12:46in Tearing Hathorne.
12:47An irrepressible grin
12:49spread across her face.
12:50Today is indeed
12:51my daughter's
12:52engagement celebration.
12:54Patriarch Sterling
12:55is truly too kind.
12:57My master said
12:58that he is especially
12:59grateful to Miss
12:59Scarlet Hawthorne
13:00for her five years
13:02of devoted care,
13:04so he wishes
13:05to adopt Miss Scarlet
13:06as his honorary
13:07granddaughter,
13:07enter her name
13:08into the Sterling
13:09family registry,
13:10and grant her
13:11the same rights
13:12as the young masters
13:13and young ladies
13:14of the Sterling family.
13:15Mrs. Hawthorne,
13:16please have Miss Hawthorne
13:18come forward
13:18and receive these
13:19congratulatory gifts.
13:21Catherine Lawson
13:21shot Cheryl Hawthorne
13:23a subtle glance.
13:24Cheryl Hawthorne
13:24caught her signal
13:25and hurried forward
13:26to take the gifts
13:27from the bodyguards.
13:28The next second,
13:29Butler Lee roared sharply.
13:30Who are you?
13:32You dare impersonate
13:33Miss Hawthorne
13:34and receive the Sterling
13:35family's congratulatory gifts
13:36as if someone like you
13:38is worthy?
13:39Mrs. Hawthorne,
13:40I said these gifts
13:41are for the eldest daughter
13:42of the Hawthorne family,
13:43Scarlet Hawthorne.
13:44You bring out
13:45an impostery,
13:45is this not a slap
13:46to the face
13:47of the Sterling family?
13:48After hearing
13:48his unsparing rebuke,
13:50every guest gaze
13:50toward Cheryl Hawthorne
13:52shifted sharply.
13:53I am the young lady
13:54of the Hawthorne family.
13:55The one engaged
13:56to the Huntington family
13:57today is me too.
13:59What the Sterling family's
14:00parent engagement gifts,
14:01aren't they?
14:02Then they are meant for me.
14:04Yet she stubbornly persisted.
14:06Butler Lee glanced
14:07at Cheryl Hawthorne.
14:09Mrs. Hawthorne,
14:10what on earth
14:10is going on here?
14:12Where is Miss Scarlet?
14:13As far as I know,
14:14she should have already
14:15returned to the Sterling family
14:16today.
14:17She stammered for a long while,
14:19unable to form
14:19a single coherent sentence.
14:24At that moment,
14:25Nanny Vivian
14:25helped me rise to my feet.
14:28Grandpa Lee,
14:28I'm right here.
14:29When Butler Lee
14:30saw my battered form,
14:31he looked utterly horrified.
14:34Mrs. Scarlet,
14:35weren't you perfectly fine
14:36when you left this morning?
14:37How did you end up
14:38so wounded
14:39in just a few hours?
14:40Don't be afraid.
14:41Our master will surely
14:42stand up for you.
14:43With that,
14:44he immediately ordered
14:45the bodyguards
14:45to fetch a doctor.
14:46A dozen minutes later,
14:47the physician rushed
14:48into the venue.
14:49He stared at the countless
14:50raw wounds covering my back.
14:52Finally,
14:52he uttered a solemn warning.
14:54If these are not
14:54treated properly,
14:55they will most likely
14:56leave scars.
14:57Mrs. Hawthorne,
14:58what an excellent mother
14:59you are,
15:00abusing your own
15:00flesh and blood.
15:02So this Scarlet Hathorne
15:03is the true eldest daughter
15:04of the Hathorne family,
15:05and it's Carrie Hathorne,
15:06the one getting engaged today,
15:08who is actually
15:08the adopted daughter,
15:09right?
15:10What is wrong
15:11with this Mrs. Hawthorne?
15:12Cast aside her own
15:13biological daughter
15:14and favor an adopted daughter
15:15so heavily.
15:16Scarlet Hawthorne
15:17is already half a member
15:18of the Sterling family.
15:20I wonder what
15:20Mrs. Hawthorne
15:21must be feeling right now.
15:23Sir,
15:24the word abuse
15:25is far too serious.
15:26I certainly cannot bear
15:27such an accusation.
15:28It's simply that Scarlet
15:29has been too disobedient.
15:30In a fit of rage,
15:31I struck her a few times.
15:32I never imagined
15:32my hand would be so heavy.
15:34Grandfather hobbled
15:35slowly into the hall,
15:36supported by his caregiver.
15:38You call that
15:39a heavy hand?
15:40I think you wish
15:41to beat my own
15:41granddaughter to death
15:42just to make room
15:43for your precious
15:44adopted daughter.
15:45My eyes lit up
15:46the second I saw him.
15:47Grandpa!
15:48When he saw the wounds
15:49crisscrossing my back,
15:50he was consumed
15:51by a mix of burning fury
15:52and heartache.
15:54Scarlet,
15:54Grandpa is late.
15:56Catherine Lawson
15:56hurried toward him.
15:57Dad,
15:58why didn't you tell me
15:59you were coming home?
16:00I would have sent someone
16:01to pick you up
16:01from the sanitarium.
16:02Her voice tinged
16:03with guilt.
16:03If I hadn't come back,
16:04how would I have known
16:05that our Hawthorne family
16:06has come to be ruled
16:07by you and your
16:08adopted daughter?
16:11Mistreating
16:11one's own flesh
16:12and blood
16:13for the sake
16:14of an outsider.
16:15Mrs. Hawthorne,
16:16what an excellent mother
16:17you truly are.
16:21Dad,
16:22what do you mean
16:22by that?
16:23How is Chara
16:24an outsider?
16:25Catherine Lawson
16:25still defended Cheryl.
16:27Cheryl's name
16:27is officially registered
16:28in our Hawthorne family registry.
16:30She is the legitimate
16:31second daughter
16:32of the Hawthorne family.
16:34Fine,
16:34fine,
16:35fine.
16:35These words
16:36made Grandfather fume,
16:37his beard bristling
16:38with anger.
16:39You want to bring up
16:40the registry,
16:41is that it?
16:42Then today
16:43I will make
16:43the decision myself.
16:45I will strike
16:46Cheryl Hawthorne's name
16:47from the Hawthorne family registry.
16:49From this moment on,
16:51Cheryl Hawthorne
16:52has absolutely
16:52to do with
16:53our Hawthorne family.
16:56Dad,
16:57let's just say
16:58I misspoke,
16:58okay?
16:59And please don't be angry
17:00and please,
17:01please don't bring up
17:01removing her
17:02from the family trust again.
17:04Catherine Lawson
17:04finally panicked.
17:05Sherry's father,
17:06she's saving my life
17:07and she is allowed
17:09to have been
17:09obedient,
17:10Pini,
17:10and don't sure.
17:11So ethereal
17:12I might buy,
17:13Pais,
17:13I will.
17:13I may have not
17:14seen Scarlet
17:15for five years
17:16and I never imagined
17:17she had grown
17:18so arrogant
17:18and unruling.
17:19She came hoist
17:20to laid hands
17:21on her own sister,
17:22so in my fury
17:23I stroke her.
17:25She is my own
17:26flesh and blood.
17:28How could I not
17:29love her?
17:30Being strict with her
17:31is for her own good.
17:33Catherine Lawson
17:34delivered her speech
17:35with convincing,
17:36heartfelt emotion.
17:37Butler Lee
17:38let out a cold snort,
17:39refusing to spare her
17:40an ounce of dignity.
17:41I just heard someone
17:42say that Mrs. Yale
17:43claim Miss Scarlet
17:44is merely
17:45your adopted daughter.
17:47Is this also
17:48Mrs. Yale's way
17:49of damning
17:49on her daughter?
17:51Our old master
17:52just said that
17:53if the Hawthorne family
17:54doesn't want Miss Scarlet,
17:55then let her take
17:56the Sterling surname
17:57and becomes a true member
17:58of the Sterling family.
18:00Of course,
18:00when that happens,
18:01the cooperation
18:02between our families
18:03can be terminated.
18:05Misunderstanding,
18:05it's all a misunderstanding.
18:07I was just too angry earlier,
18:08hence my slip of my tongue.
18:09Scarlet is of course
18:10my biological daughter.
18:11How could our Hawthorne family
18:13not want her?
18:13You must choose
18:14between Scarlet
18:15and Clary Hawthorne.
18:16If you truly regard
18:17Scarlet as your daughter,
18:19send Jerry Hawthorne
18:20away immediately.
18:21Grandfather,
18:22even if you favor sister,
18:23I was raised
18:24under your watchful eye.
18:25How can you be so cruel
18:26to me forcing mother
18:27to make such a heartless choice?
18:28Save your tears.
18:30I am not your mother,
18:31so I'm not falling for this.
18:32It wouldn't have mattered
18:33if our Hawthorne family
18:34supported one more person,
18:36but your greed is to blame,
18:37daring to nuppish
18:38what isn't yours.
18:39In the past,
18:39when you fought with Scarlet
18:40over toys and clothes,
18:41I turned eye blind.
18:42They have trifles.
18:42If you took them,
18:43I'd simply buy Scarlet
18:44new ones.
18:44Yet my moment of softing
18:45with your mother,
18:46you've deceived everyone
18:47to usurp Scarlet's
18:47status and fiancé.
18:48Will you next aim
18:49to seize the Hawthorne family
18:50fortune from Scarlet?
18:52Therefore,
18:52to prevent such a scenario,
18:54I have no choice
18:54but to send you far away,
18:56to utterly crush
18:57your aspirations.
18:58Father Cheryl is also
18:59a daughter of the
18:59Hapthorne family.
19:00Naturally,
19:00she shares the same
19:01right of his anesthetist.
19:02Low-white the Sterling family
19:03has acknowledged Scarlet.
19:04Her feature will be
19:05fenn brighter than Cheryl.
19:06She probably looks down
19:07upon the Hapthorne attrition.
19:08Where the elder cyst,
19:09Scarlet,
19:09you'd yield to the younger one.
19:11Look at your actions.
19:12Do you bear any resemblance
19:13to a mother?
19:13I'm still alive.
19:14You're already scheming
19:15for your great,
19:16precious adopted daughter Lake.
19:17Catherine Lawson
19:18was just about to speak.
19:19Claim to the Hawthorne bread.
19:20That Scarlet earned
19:21Patriarch Sterling's favor
19:23as her own capability.
19:24The one who was supposed
19:25to go to New York
19:25was originally Cheryl Hawthorne.
19:27You wept,
19:27wailed until Scarlet
19:28was forced to go in her place.
19:30And now,
19:30what is there to be envious?
19:32Father,
19:32matters of inheritance
19:33can be discussed later.
19:35Today is Xavier
19:36and Cheryl's engagement banquet.
19:37They are deeply in love,
19:38a match made in heaven.
19:40If blame is to be excited,
19:41it can only fall on Scarlet
19:43for lacking the abilities
19:44or to keep a man's heart.
19:45Catherine Lawson,
19:46listen to what you're saying.
19:47If you're even remotely
19:48a daughter of mine,
19:49I would beat you to death today.
19:51The marriage alliance
19:51I agreed upon
19:52with Patriarch Hendelton years ago
19:53has nothing to do with you.
19:55What right do you have
19:55to swap to Scarlet's
19:56betrothed for Cheryl Hawthorne's?
19:58I am the reigning lady
19:59of the Hawthorne family now.
20:01Both Scarlet and Cheryl
20:02are my daughters.
20:03As their mother,
20:04I naturally hold the right
20:04to decide their marriages.
20:06Although Cheryl is adopted,
20:07I raised her with my own hands.
20:09In my heart,
20:09she is no different than Scarlet.
20:10Times have changed.
20:11It is an era of free love.
20:13Since the Huntington family favors Cheryl,
20:15the engagement naturally
20:15belongs arguably for her.
20:16Father,
20:17Father,
20:17you are advanced in age
20:18but in importance
20:18it is best you spare yourself
20:19these worries
20:20and rest well at the sanatorium.
20:23He never expected the woman
20:24who had always bowed
20:25and catered to him
20:26would dare speak to him
20:27in such a disrespectful manner.
20:29Grandfather was about
20:30to reprimand her
20:31when Xavier Huntington
20:32strode into the hall
20:33with a large entourage
20:34trailing behind him.
20:35The moment he stepped inside,
20:37he spotted Cheryl Hawthorne's
20:38bloodshot eyes.
20:40Cheryl,
20:40what happened?
20:41Why are you crying?
20:42Who has wronged you?
20:43Tell me and I will avenge you.
20:44Cheryl Hawthorne saw him.
20:46Xavier,
20:47you are finally here.
20:48If you hadn't come,
20:49I would have been cast
20:50out of the Hawthorne family.
20:52The moment Sietzi returned today
20:53and learned of our relationship,
20:54she was so enraged
20:55that struck me.
20:56Grandfather ordered a side with her
20:57intends to disabone me.
20:59She picked up the knife.
21:01It seems our dinkwin ceremony
21:02cannot proceed, Xavier.
21:04If I would this patient
21:05in my hair,
21:05I'd rather die!
21:07Xavier Huntington
21:08snatched the knife away.
21:09Cheryl,
21:09you scared me to death.
21:10Never do such a foolish thing again.
21:11The only one I will marry is you.
21:13The only lady of the Huntington family
21:15will be you,
21:15Cheryl Hawthorne.
21:16No other woman,
21:16regardless of her status,
21:17means anything to me.
21:18I don't care if you are adopted.
21:19I love you for who you are
21:21and it is you I value.
21:22She gave me a triumphant smile.
21:23Xavier,
21:24I love you too.
21:25It's just that sister
21:26always thought you were her fiancé.
21:28She spent five years
21:29as a care worker in New York,
21:30resenting me for living
21:31comfortably at home
21:32and hating me
21:33for stealing mother's affection.
21:34If I were to take you away as well,
21:36I fear she would truly
21:37have me cast out of the family.
21:39Xavier Huntington
21:39spoke to me with a blank,
21:41emotionless expression.
21:42Scarlet Hawthorne,
21:43even though my grandfather
21:44arranged a betrothal
21:45between us long ago,
21:46The one I love is Cheryl.
21:48You may direct
21:49all your resentment towards me,
21:50but Cheryl is innocent.
21:52I hope you will not
21:53take your anger out
21:53on an innocent girl.
21:55After all,
21:55she is still your younger sister
21:56in name.
21:58What's more,
21:59arranged marriages
22:00set by parents
22:00are outdated.
22:02Nowadays,
22:03true mutual affection
22:04is what matters most.
22:06Surely Miss Hawthorne
22:08would not be so ill-bred
22:09as to steal
22:10her younger sister's boyfriend.
22:13The engagement
22:14between Xavier Huntington
22:15and me
22:15had been arranged
22:16by our ancestors
22:17and I had never held
22:19any deep feelings
22:19for him personally.
22:21I did not care
22:22in the slightest
22:22whom he chose to marry.
22:24Yet his words just now
22:25left a bitter distaste
22:26in my heart.
22:27I let out a cold laugh.
22:29Mr. Huntington accuses me
22:31of stealing
22:32my sister's boyfriend,
22:33but was it not she
22:34who quietly stole
22:35my fiancé
22:36from right under my nose?
22:37To be honest,
22:39there was never
22:39any close bond
22:40between you and me.
22:41If you had been up front
22:42and asked to dissolve
22:43our engagement long ago,
22:44I might have held you
22:45in slightly higher regard.
22:46Now I can only count
22:47myself fortunate
22:48that Cheryl Hawthorne
22:49has taken this man
22:50of poor a carriage
22:51or off my hands.
22:52Xavier Huntington's face
22:53darkened upon hearing
22:54my retort.
22:55I paid him no mind
22:56and continued speaking.
22:58Luckily,
22:59Grandfather is here
23:00as a witness.
23:02As of today,
23:03the engagement
23:04between the Hawthorne family
23:05and the Huntington family
23:07is officially null
23:08and vore.
23:10Grandfather just stated
23:11clearly that Cheryl Hawthorne
23:12has no ties
23:13to the Hawthorne family
23:14starting this very day.
23:15Therefore,
23:16the woman the Huntington family
23:17intends to wed
23:18is not a legitimate
23:19daughter of our households.
23:20I ask that you personally
23:21relay this message
23:22to your parents,
23:23Mr. Huntington.
23:26Whether you two
23:27hold an engagement ceremony
23:28or a full wedding,
23:30the Hawthorne family
23:31will have absolutely
23:32no connection
23:32to the matter.
23:33Cheryl Hawthorne's face
23:35paled
23:35and she burst
23:36straight into tears.
23:38you do not hold
23:38full authority
23:39over the Hawthorne family yet.
23:41You have no right
23:42to drive me...
23:43Scarlet may lack
23:44the authority.
23:45Before I could utter
23:46a single word,
23:47Grandfather cut her off
23:49with a sharp,
23:49stern voice.
23:51Before I could utter
23:52a single word,
23:53Grandfather cut her off
23:54with a sharp,
23:55stern voice.
23:56But I hold it.
23:57I will contact
23:59your adoptive father
24:00shortly to have
24:01your household registration
24:02removed from the
24:03Hawthorne family records.
24:05Catherine Lawson,
24:06since you dote so fiercely
24:08on this adopted girl
24:09of yours,
24:09transfer her registration
24:11under your personal
24:12Lawson surname instead.
24:14From this day forward,
24:15she will no longer
24:16bear the name
24:16Cheryl Hawthorne.
24:17She shall be known
24:18as Cheryl Lawson.
24:20I let out another
24:21icy laugh.
24:22Cheryl Lawson,
24:24the Hawthorne family
24:25took you in
24:26and raised you for years.
24:27yet you show
24:28zero gratitude.
24:30Worse still,
24:31you plotted to
24:32completely usurp
24:33my place.
24:35With you as a
24:36cautionary example,
24:37anyone who wishes
24:39to perform a kind deed
24:40in the future
24:41will think twice.
24:43What good comes
24:44of doing a favor
24:45if you end up
24:45raising an ungrateful
24:46viper?
24:48As soon as I finished
24:49speaking,
24:49all the surrounding
24:50guests nodded
24:51in agreement.
24:52These adopted
24:52sons and daughters
24:53all appear humble
24:54and obedient on the surface,
24:56yet no one knows
24:56if they hide
24:57venomous fangs
24:58ready to bite
24:58behind closed doors.
25:00Catherine Lawson
25:01immediately jumped forward
25:02to refute me.
25:03I refuse to allow this!
25:05I have raised Cheryl
25:06for all these years!
25:08She is my,
25:09my true daughter!
25:11if you drive her away,
25:13how am I supposed
25:14to explain myself
25:15to the woman
25:16who once saved
25:16my life?
25:17Furthermore,
25:18without the status
25:19of a Hawthorne
25:20young lady,
25:21how will the Huntington
25:22family view Cheryl?
25:23How will she ever
25:24gain a firm sooting
25:25within their household?
25:27I shot her
25:27a mocking grin.
25:29Mother,
25:29you worry far too much.
25:31Did Mr. Hentleton
25:32not just state plainly
25:33that he cares nothing
25:34for Cheryl
25:35Lawson's background?
25:36He loves her
25:36for who she is.
25:38With Mr. Hentleton
25:39shielding her,
25:40your adopted daughter
25:41will surely thrive
25:42within the Huntington household.
25:44Am I correct,
25:45Mr. Huntington?
25:47That is the truth.
25:48I do not care
25:49about Cheryl's lineage
25:50and I swear
25:51I will protect her
25:52with everything I have.
25:54Xavier Huntington
25:55answered
25:55with unwavering resolve.
25:57Even with
25:57Xavier Huntington's guarantee,
25:59Catherine Lawson
26:00could not force
26:00a smile onto her face.
26:02Her gaze toward me
26:04brimmed with
26:04unbridled hatred
26:05as if she were
26:06staring down
26:06a mortal enemy.
26:08Scarlet Hamthorne,
26:09you are already
26:09so triumphant.
26:10Why must you persist
26:11in tormenting
26:12your own sister?
26:13If you car Cheryl
26:14out of this house,
26:15where is a young girl
26:16like Cher supposed
26:17to go to live?
26:17Are you not driving
26:18her towards death?
26:19How could I have
26:20given birth
26:21to such a vicious
26:21daughter as you?
26:23Though my heart
26:24ached deeply,
26:25a faint,
26:26calm smile
26:26remained fixed
26:27on my features.
26:29The Huntington family
26:30possesses immense wealth
26:32and vast estates.
26:34Do you truly fear
26:36Cheryl Lawson
26:37will end up
26:38wandering the streets?
26:39Mother,
26:40no matter how much
26:41you detest me,
26:42I will not back down
26:43on this matter.
26:44Let me make my stance
26:45crystal clear here today.
26:47This household
26:48cannot hold both her
26:49and me.
26:50Either she leaves
26:51or I do.
26:52Catherine Lawson
26:53had completely lost
26:54all sense of reason
26:55by this point,
26:56roaring at me
26:57in front of every guest present.
26:58Get out of this villa
27:00at once!
27:01From this month onward,
27:02Shara is my only daughter!
27:05Before I could respond,
27:06a deep,
27:07commanding male voice
27:08boomed out
27:09from the back of the crowd.
27:10Catherine Lawson,
27:11it is you
27:12who ought to leave
27:13this place.
27:16I wondered why
27:17you suddenly took
27:18such intense interest
27:19in the schedule
27:20of my overseas
27:21business trip.
27:22So you plan to
27:23take advantage
27:23of my absence
27:24to help your
27:24adopted daughter
27:25seize everything
27:26that rightfully
27:27belongs to Scarlet?
27:28At the sudden
27:29appearance of my father,
27:30Catherine Lawson's
27:31complexion turned
27:32ashen white.
27:33No, husband!
27:34Let me explain to you!
27:35Father ignored her pleas
27:36and strode quickly
27:37to stand before me.
27:38The instant he laid
27:39eyes on the wounds
27:40covering my body,
27:41he erupted
27:41into unbridled fury.
27:43Who did this
27:44to my daughter?
27:44Nanny Vivian wept
27:46as she answered.
27:47Sir,
27:48it was Madam.
27:50All because
27:51the young lady
27:51refused to claim
27:52she was your
27:53adopted daughter.
27:55Madam lashed her
27:56more than a dozen
27:57times with a whip!
27:59Upon hearing this,
28:01father could not
28:01restrain his rage
28:02and delivered a sharp,
28:04heavy slap
28:04across Catherine Lawson's
28:06cheek.
28:06Catherine Lawson,
28:08do not forget
28:09that every ounce
28:11of success
28:12the Hawthorne family
28:13has achieved today
28:14is entirely
28:15thanks to Scarlet.
28:16Years ago,
28:17to preserve
28:18our family's enterprises,
28:19I had no choice
28:20but to send Scarlet
28:21to New York.
28:21I have carried
28:22an overwhelming
28:23weight of guilt
28:23over that decision
28:24ever since.
28:25Now that Scarlet
28:26has finally returned
28:27home safe and sound,
28:28instead of treating
28:28her with kindness,
28:29you beat her brutally.
28:30What kind of person
28:31are you?
28:36I told you before,
28:37I had no issue
28:39with you raising
28:39your savior's daughter.
28:40The Hawthorne family
28:41is more than enough
28:42wealth to feed
28:43one extra person.
28:44But you abused
28:46my own daughter
28:46for the sake
28:47of an outsider
28:48and I will never
28:49forgive you for this.
28:50Tomorrow,
28:50I will officially
28:51transfer Cheryl Hawthorne's
28:52household registration
28:53out of the Hawthorne family.
28:55We do not want
28:56an ungrateful
28:56adopted daughter
28:57like her
28:57in our household.
28:59Catherine Lawson
29:00clutched her stinging cheek,
29:01her eyes flooded
29:02with red,
29:03tearful rage.
29:06Husband,
29:07you cannot do this
29:08to her!
29:09Xavier Huntington
29:10hurried forward
29:11to mediate.
29:12Uncle Hawthorne,
29:13this whole mess
29:14is my fault.
29:15I should have confessed
29:17my feelings to you
29:18much earlier
29:18and none of today's
29:20chaos would have happened.
29:22Blame me for everything.
29:23Cheryl is
29:23completely innocent.
29:24Please do not let
29:25momentary anger
29:26ruin your bond
29:27bond with your daughter.
29:28Father only let out
29:29a cold huff.
29:32Mr. Hentington,
29:33I treated you politely
29:34out of respect
29:35of your status
29:36as my daughter's fiancée.
29:38Now that you are
29:39determined to marry
29:40another young lady,
29:41you have no further ties
29:43with the Hawthorne family
29:44whatsoever.
29:47This residence
29:48belongs to the
29:48Hawthorne family
29:49and we have never
29:50lent our villa
29:51to outsiders
29:51for engagement banquets.
29:53If you wish
29:54to proceed
29:54with your engagement
29:55ceremony,
29:56Mr. Huntington,
29:57you will need
29:57to find another
29:58venue elsewhere.
30:01It is growing late now.
30:02I will not see you out,
30:04Mr. Hentington.
30:08Seeing this,
30:09Cheryl Hawthorne
30:10hurried forward
30:10and gazed at father
30:11with a woebegone,
30:13Dad.
30:13Don't call me dad.
30:15I only have one daughter,
30:16Scarlet.
30:17But she had barely
30:18uttered one word
30:19when father
30:20cut her off sharply.
30:21Since you and
30:22Mr. Huntington
30:22are deeply in love
30:23with each other,
30:24pack your belongings
30:25right away
30:26and go back
30:27to the Huntington
30:27family with him.
30:29Father's resolve
30:29was unshakable.
30:31No matter how
30:31unwilling Catherine
30:32Lawson was,
30:33there was nothing
30:33she could do.
30:34After all,
30:35her Lawson family
30:36was merely
30:36an ordinary household
30:38and dared not
30:38incur father's wrath.
30:40Even at this point,
30:41she still schemed
30:42to secure benefits
30:43for Cheryl Hawthorne.
30:44She crept cautiously
30:45to father's side
30:46and forced a
30:47strained smile.
30:48Honey,
30:49didn't we make
30:50an agreement before?
30:51When our daughter
30:52gets married,
30:53you'll offer 2%
30:54of the company's
30:55shares shares
30:55as her dowry.
30:57Cheryl is about
30:57to get married now.
30:59When are you going
30:59to give those shares
31:00to Cheryl?
31:01At these words,
31:02Cheryl Hawthorne
31:02also stared at father,
31:04her eyes brimming
31:04with eager hope.
31:06Father let out
31:06a cold snort.
31:08I did say those words,
31:09but Cheryl Hawthorne
31:11is my daughter.
31:12If Scarlet were
31:14to get married,
31:14I'd give her 20%
31:15without hesitation,
31:16let alone two.
31:18Cheryl Hawthorne
31:18has lived off
31:19our family
31:20for more than 20 years.
31:21I've already
31:22treated her
31:22with extreme kindness.
31:23How can she be
31:24so greedy
31:25without fearing
31:25repribution?
31:27Cheryl Hawthorne's
31:28face flushed
31:28then paled repeatedly
31:30until she finally
31:31hung her head
31:31in bitter resentment.
31:33In the end,
31:34Cheryl Hawthorne
31:35moved into a small
31:36villa prepared
31:37for her
31:37by Xavier Huntington.
31:39Yet there was
31:39no further news
31:40regarding their
31:41engagement ceremony.
31:42The Huntington couple
31:43had learned the truth
31:44that Cheryl Hawthorne
31:45had been cast out
31:46of the Hawthorne family
31:47They had only
31:48agreed to their son
31:49marrying an adopted
31:50daughter because
31:51Catherine Lawson had
31:52sworn that Cheryl Hawthorne
31:53would receive everything
31:54Scarlet possessed.
31:55Even a larger share
31:56of the family fortune
31:57than the legitimate
31:58heiress,
31:59me.
31:59She even promised them
32:01Cheryl would inherit
32:02more family property
32:03than me,
32:03the legitimate daughter.
32:05But the truth
32:06proved Catherine Lawson's
32:07promises were worthless.
32:09Not to mention
32:10family assets.
32:11Cheryl could not even
32:12keep the title
32:12of Miss Hawthorne
32:13anymore.
32:14Xavier Huntington,
32:16you must have
32:16lost your mind!
32:17You ignored
32:18the legitimate daughter
32:19who the Sterling family
32:21yet sist on
32:22marry a fake!
32:23How will this benefit
32:24our Huntington family?
32:25If you are truly
32:26fond of her,
32:27you can keep her
32:27as your mistress
32:28outside the household.
32:29But let me make
32:30this clear to you.
32:31If you insist
32:32on marrying Cheryl Hawthorne
32:34and bringing her
32:35into this family,
32:36your younger brother
32:37will inherit
32:37the entire hunting group.
32:39Think this over carefully.
32:40Though Xavier Huntington
32:41had sworn
32:42unwavering devotion
32:43in front of everyone,
32:44he abandoned Cheryl Hawthorne
32:45the moment his own
32:46vital interests
32:47were at stake.
32:48Cheryl Hawthorne
32:49plummeted from
32:49the envied future
32:50matriarch of the
32:51Huntington household
32:52to a scorned,
32:53publicly derided mistress.
32:55Meanwhile,
32:56thanks to my connection
32:57to the Sterling family,
32:58every prominent clan
32:59competed to curry
33:00favor with me.
33:02Witnessing the shift,
33:03Catherine Lawson
33:03resorted to emotional
33:04manipulation once more.
33:07She seized my hand,
33:08her eyes glistening
33:09with tears as she spoke.
33:10Your sister and I
33:11acted thoughtlessly
33:12about the engagement matter
33:13and broke your heart.
33:14But your sister
33:15has already been punished.
33:16Why don't you talk
33:17to your father
33:17and ask him
33:18to let her move back homes?
33:19Besides,
33:20with other young nares
33:21and parties,
33:22you can bring
33:22your sister along
33:23so she won't be
33:24worried or staying alone.
33:25If I bring Cheryl Hawthorne
33:27with me everywhere,
33:28everyone in Beverly Hills
33:29will laugh their heads off.
33:30I pulled my hand away
33:31abruptly and let out
33:32a cold laugh.
33:33Everyone in Beverly Hills
33:35already knows
33:35Cheryl Hawthorne
33:36is Xavier Huntington's
33:38secret mistress.
33:39It's all your fault
33:40that your sister
33:41became a mistress!
33:42If you still have
33:42a snag of conscience,
33:44you ought to help her!
33:46Catherine Lawson
33:47erupted into a furious roar
33:48upon hearing this.
33:50I ignored her unhinged tantrum
33:51and turned to leave.
33:53Yet I could not help
33:54but feel confused.
33:55Catherine Lawson
33:56was never a kind woman,
33:57so how could she care
33:59for an adopted daughter
34:00so deeply?
34:01Could it truly be
34:02because Cheryl Hawthorne's
34:03father saved her life?
34:05Soon enough,
34:06I learned the whole truth.
34:08One day,
34:09enraged by Xavier Huntington's
34:10refusal to marry her,
34:12Cheryl Hawthorne erupted
34:13into a ferocious argument
34:14with him inside his car,
34:16which led to a severe car accident.
34:18As soon as Catherine Lawson
34:19received the news,
34:21she rushed straight
34:21to the hospital.
34:22Cheryl Lawson
34:23is my biological daughter!
34:25This confession
34:26was overheard
34:27by one of father's
34:28close friends.
34:29The moment father
34:30learned of it,
34:30he immediately ordered
34:31a DNA paternity test
34:33for Catherine Lawson
34:34and Cheryl Hawthorne.
34:35The test results
34:36confirmed Catherine
34:37had told the truth.
34:38She and Cheryl Hawthorne
34:40were indeed
34:40biological mother and daughter.
34:42With her lie
34:43exposed beyond repair,
34:45Catherine Lawson
34:45was forced to confess
34:46the full truth.
34:47Cheryl Hawthorne's father
34:49had never been
34:49her life savior.
34:50He had been
34:51Catherine's first love.
34:52She had broken off
34:53their romance for money
34:54and married father instead.
34:56Later,
34:57father's constant work
34:58left her feeling neglected.
35:00After giving birth to me,
35:01she rekindled her affair
35:03with her former lover
35:04behind father's back
35:05and fell pregnant
35:06with his child.
35:07Honey,
35:08I know I've done wrong.
35:09I know I've done wrong.
35:11Catherine Lawson
35:12dropped to her knees,
35:13clutching my father's legs
35:14and begging for forgiveness
35:16repeatedly.
35:16Only to be roughly kicked away
35:18by him in the end.
35:19Since Catherine Lawson
35:20refused to consent to a divorce,
35:22father filed for legal separation
35:24with the DNA test results
35:25as evidence.
35:27The day the divorce judgment
35:28was issued,
35:29Catherine Lawson
35:30was evicted
35:31from the Hawthorne family villa.
35:33I stood silently on the balcony
35:34staring down at her disheveled,
35:36miserable figure below.
35:38Only a bitter ache
35:39spreading through my chest.
35:41Catherine Lawson
35:42had never loved father,
35:44nor had she ever loved me.
35:45Her heart belonged solely
35:48to her first love
35:49and their shared daughter.
35:51Yet she could not bear
35:52to abandon the luxurious wealth
35:54and status marriage
35:55to father granted her,
35:56forcing herself
35:57to remain by his side.
35:59The miserable fate
36:01she now endured
36:01was entirely self-inflicted.
36:03I did not cross paths
36:05with Cheryl Lawson again
36:06until three full months later.
36:09Scarlet Hawthorne,
36:10we share the same mother!
36:11Why were you born with everything
36:13while I get nothing at all?
36:15I paid her no heed,
36:16casting only a faint,
36:17indifferent glance
36:18before walking toward
36:19the hotel entrance.
36:21Cheryl Hawthorne
36:22seethed with envy toward me,
36:24yet a quiet part of me
36:25envied her too.
36:26From the day she was born,
36:27she possessed the maternal love
36:28I had always craved
36:29and could never attain.
36:30Whenever I fell ill,
36:32only my nanny
36:33stayed by my bedside,
36:34while Cheryl got to curl up
36:35in mother's arms
36:36to act coquettish
36:37every single day.
36:38Even at the risk
36:39of her secret being uncovered,
36:40Catherine Lawson
36:41insisted on keeping
36:42Cheryl close beside her.
36:44Cheryl received
36:45Catherine Lawson's
36:46complete, undivided affection.
36:48Consumed by endless discontent,
36:50each of us became a prisoner,
36:51trapped within our own resentment.