"We know it's very unfair to you, but after all, it's been twenty years. Our Sutton Family will do everything we can to compensate you."
Thea Shaw heard these words by her ear, opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was a boy in front of her, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, exposing his arms, kicking stones on the ground.
Because his attention was not on Thea Shaw, he didn't notice her slightly astonished eyes at first glance.
"Thea Shaw, what do you think?"
Zia Sutton looked up at Thea Shaw.
Thea Shaw replied blankly with an "Ah."
She just took a nap, and now there's actually a bold young man baring his arms...
Wait a minute!
Memories buried for decades began to resurface. Some things, originally blurred, were gradually becoming clearer at this moment.
A white short-sleeve T-shirt and black casual pants, this was obviously modern attire.
The boy's face in front of her, it seemed familiar, yet she couldn't recall, but it was enough to awaken her memory: "Zia Sutton?"
Zia Sutton awkwardly curved his lips: "Although we've just met for two days, it shouldn't be to the point where you'd forget who I am upon meeting, right?"
Thea Shaw paused for a long while, then slowly uttered an "Oh."
Zia Sutton was stunned for a moment.
Thea Shaw was his sister, to be precise, his biological sister. He never imagined that the sister who had lived alongside him for twenty years at home was a fake.
This Thea Shaw in front of him was the real one, brought back by the Sutton Family two days ago.
But the mistake had already been made. No matter how, twenty years of life could not make the parents hard-hearted enough to send away the sister at home. The Sutton Family could certainly afford to raise two children and planned to formally announce this to the outside world eventually.
After all, as their biological daughter, all necessary arrangements should be made.
But Thea Shaw, once home, was not as obedient as they had imagined.
Thea Shaw grew up in the countryside, living a very ordinary life. Upon meeting her for the first time when she returned, she was calm. Yet perhaps the family's attitude was somewhat awkward and helpless; the parents didn't know how to face her, which led to a politeness among them. Thea Shaw's gaze gradually tinged with hostility.
The Sutton Family feared that Thea Shaw might develop resentment towards the sister at home, so they let him, her only biological brother, to coax her well.
After all, with the bond of blood relations, they believed Zia Sutton should be able to help Thea Shaw adjust her mindset.
It was only the second day, and also Zia Sutton's second meeting with Thea Shaw.
Zia Sutton looked at the unfamiliar gaze from Thea Shaw just now, but unlike the sudden hostility that appeared yesterday, there was instead a strange serenity and—Buddhist-like calmness.
Zia Sutton finally breathed a sigh of relief.
How to deal with this sister was, after all, his headache.
Yet he had no idea what kind of turbulent waves were in Thea Shaw's heart now.
Heaven is blind. She worked diligently for so many years, and just as she was about to take the seat of the Great National Master, she actually traveled back again?
Some memory points were still deep-seated. Thea Shaw remembered her previously melodramatic background. She peacefully lived in the countryside for twenty years, only to be told she wasn't from this place. Her real home was in Aethelgard, and her family was extremely wealthy, the kind of wealthy that only appears on TV.
Yet before she could calm her mind, she abruptly traveled to the Women's Respect Country, becoming a candidate for the Great National Master. She went through thirty years of various ordeals, and just as the revolution was about to succeed, she unexpectedly—traveled back again!
Thea Shaw struggled to calm her emotions but couldn't help muttering a curse.
NMD.