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I nodded in agreement. Jack's hot-tempered nature hot temper was always a ticking time bomb. Although the trajectory of the previous life had been changed, it was still uncertain how things would end up with them. Instead of getting implicated again, it was better to move away and start a new life.
In terms of money, I actually had quite a bit in my hands. Over the years, Emily had been spending like there was no tomorrow, and we couldn't correct her, so we just let her have her way. That was why when Emily heard me say that the 800,000 dollars was for repaying a debt, she didn’t suspect much. I never told her exactly the specifics of my work income. If she calculated based on the basic salary, she'd believe I didn't have much money.
Looking at Emily, who was slapped to the ground by Jack and crying bitterly because she called the police, I sighed. Some people wouldn't be grateful no matter how good you were to them. There are plenty who want to reap the benefits of others' goodness without putting in the work. Emily was one of those people. Once others didn’t cater to her any more as before, she would even hold a grudge. Just the discovery of an eighty-thousand-yuan bank card in her parents' hands was enough to make her restlessly murder us for the money, which was enough to prove that she was inherently bad.
She had calculated everything carefully when she used Jack, but now it wasn't going to be easy for her to shake him off. While Emily's mother was in the hospital accusing Jack of intentional injury and the two sides were constantly at odds, I sold the house, packed our things and boarded a plane with my parents bound for the south.
Our family of three settled down in the south, and without Emily dragging me down, I was able to change to a more relaxed and carefree job. As for what happened to Emily later, some former neighbors deliberately sent us news. Emily's biological parents' family was extremely poor, and the whole family was lazy and unwilling to work. They had originally been eyeing our family's property. After realizing it was all in vain, they didn't take out their anger on Emily only because they wanted to use her to fetch a bride price.
Emily's mother found a wealthy man for her and negotiated a high dowry. But as soon as the deal was made, Jack rushed to their house, showed up at their house with a knife, hacking away inside and wanting to die with them. Terrified, Emily's family forced her to marry the wealthy man. Now, Emily ended up living a life of constant torture and forced labor every day, finally reaping what she had sowed.
After hearing the news, I immediately changed my phone number and completely cut off contact with the people from the past, afraid that they might not leave us in peace and get Emily disturb our life again. I had no intention of telling my parents about this. I didn't want to upset them. We would just enjoy our peaceful life from now on.
