Pretending Not to Have That Sister

Lana Evans wasn't wrong. In ancient times, human life was cheap—especially for household slaves. If the master found a reason to beat one to death, the authorities wouldn't even care.

Lana Evans looked smugly at Lily Evans, as if she was certain Lily would step in to save the old servant woman. To provoke her further, she hit the woman twice more right in front of Lily, almost as if daring her to interfere.

Lily Evans shot Lana Evans a cold look, then glanced at the old woman. Her voice was icy: "Lana Evans, watch that woman carefully. Remember this—what happens to her today will be your fate in the future."

With that, Lily Evans led Quentin Lin away without a backward glance, as if the three people in the courtyard didn't exist at all.

Seeing this, Lana Evans gripped her stick and ran a few steps after her. "Lily Evans, stop cursing me! My husband loves me so much—I'm going to be a happy young mistress. You're just jealous and trying to ruin things for me!"

"Lana, stop it. Be careful not to upset your cousin," Jasper Cheng quickly covered Lana Evans's mouth.

But Lily Evans in the distance seemed not to hear a word of what was happening behind her.

Back inside, Lily Evans sat in silence. Quentin Lin hovered nearby, glancing at her nervously.

After a long while, Lily Evans let out a deep breath and gazed at the falling snow outside. "From now on, I'll pretend I never had that sister..."

Quentin Lin looked at Lily Evans, his eyelashes trembling.

"Quentin, let sister take you home." Lily Evans snapped out of her thoughts and smiled warmly at her obedient little brother.

Quentin Lin nodded. "I'll go call Mom."

"Dad's not leaving, and Mom won't either." Lily Evans stopped Quentin Lin. "Mom's room at the Evans Family home is just as it was. Tonight, she'll stay here with Dad. Quentin, you just come home with me."

Quentin Lin tilted his head, thought for a moment, then nodded. "Alright. I can't really help here anyway, and there are a few annoying people around. It's better to go home."

Lily Evans left with Quentin Lin. As they departed, Sam Evans still hadn't woken up, and the battered old servant woman was barely alive. She passed away in the middle of the night, and the household slaves brought by Jasper Cheng dumped her at the pauper's graveyard.

Jasper Cheng, dreaming of becoming Prince Alexander's brother-in-law and rising to glory, immediately wrote to the Cheng Family elders in the countryside, telling them to cancel the engagement he'd worked so hard to arrange with a minor official's daughter, and to hurry to the capital to officiate his wedding.

Jasper Cheng's engagement was a real social climb—the Cheng Family elders had given plenty of gifts to secure the official's daughter as a bride. Now, Jasper felt losing that match was no big deal. If he could marry Prince Alexander's sister-in-law Lana Evans, that would be a huge win!

Lily Evans returned to Prince Alexander's residence, but she barely slept that night, tossing and turning with her eyes closed.

Alexander Hayes understood her worries and stayed up with her all night.

The next morning, Lily Evans was back to normal. She taught at the academy as usual, gave her foreign language class to the children, and managed her business. From that day on, she never mentioned anything about Lana Evans again, as if her cousin never existed—just as she'd said: she would treat it as if she never had that sister.

Madam Wang kept sending Su Li updates, and Su Li learned that Su Sanyun remained unconscious for three days before finally waking up.

When Su Sanyun finally woke, it was as if all his energy had been drained. The first thing Su Lanxiang did upon seeing him was to discuss her marriage, asking him to prepare her dowry.

At that moment, Doctor Lin was also in the room. Before Su Lanxiang could finish her sentence, Doctor Lin sent her flying with a palm strike.

The Su residence was thrown into chaos again by Su Lanxiang's antics. In the end, Third Uncle gave in, but was too ill to handle the wedding arrangements, so the marriage between Su Lanxiang and Cheng Jin was managed by the eldest uncle's family.