Sumr Spencer had a mont when she felt she was Spartan.
Was it her who had gone mad, or was it the world?
Did Ruby Rayner think her son’s misfortune was because she gave birth to him?
Or had Ruby Rayner reached a certain level in her study of Buddhism?
Sumr Spencer’s mind was filled with questions.
She couldn’t help but look at Hazel Winchester, who stood quietly to the side.
Hazel Winchester wasn’t wearing a monk’s robe; her clothes were plain.
A blue-gray wool coat, with ash-gray cashre inside.
No jewelry on her body, her hair cut short, wearing a hat, as if ready to turn back ti fifty years.
Sumr Spencer sighed silently.
Hazel didn’t tell her the truth; she later found out from others.
It turned out it was her father who ordered soone to stuff cigar tobacco into Hazel Winchester’s mouth, forcing her to swallow it...
After knowing this truth, she had nightmares for several nights.
Several tis she woke up screaming from her dreams, sitting on the bed, shivering with the blanket in her arms.
Since she was young, she had always been competitive, comparing herself with her elder brother Justus Spencer, comparing herself with her sister Spring Spencer, thinking she was her father’s most beloved daughter, and her mother was the most beloved woman of her father.
So she was impulsive, straightforward, arbitrary, very self-centered, and never thought to empathize with others.
This ti, when her mother walked on the edge of life and death, she realized that, in front of Caron Spencer, they, mother and daughter, were not even as significant as ants.
If they angered him, he could easily crush them to death with a snap of his fingers.
Although her mother made a little mistake, Sumr Spencer always believed that Hazel Winchester did not deserve to die.
Yet Caron Spencer actually tried to have her killed.
Sumr Spencer knew she shouldn’t hold a grudge against her father, but she just couldn’t help it.
It wasn’t until today, after following her mother to the Spencer Family temple and eting the now-ordained lady Ruby Rayner, that Sumr Spencer gradually recovered.
Hazel Winchester’s experience this ti was indeed too shocking, waking Sumr Spencer from her previously muddled and confused state.
Their Spencer Family was never a peaceful Eden after all...
She used to pride herself on her little tricks.
Now she only felt she was so immature and ignorant.
The fact that she had survived until now was probably because she hadn’t crossed Caron Spencer’s most sensitive point.
Sumr Spencer closed her eyes, put her hands together, and followed Ruby Rayner with a slight bow.
Ruby Rayner smiled and slowly said, "You look like a smart person, and so does your mother. Back then, it was I who asked your mother to look after Mr. Spencer, and that’s how you ca to be. But I don’t regret it."
Sumr Spencer’s face instantly turned crimson.
It wasn’t a glorious thing, even if her mom didn’t care, she still cared a bit.
Ruby Rayner clutched a string of rose-colored prayer beads in her hand, heading towards the temple where they stayed, while saying, "I heard your mother got into trouble and ca to hide here. My place isn’t all-powerful, don’t stir up trouble again; can you really compete with that one?"
She held up two fingers.
Sumr Spencer couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her eye, her unwillingness surfacing again, "I’m not much worse than my sister, why is it she’s capable, and I’m not?"
"Two" referred to Ava Harlow, whose daughter Spring Spencer was soone Sumr Spencer had always wanted to surpass.
Ruby Rayner laughed and shook her head, "Your mom isn’t as formidable as her mom, it’s as simple as that."
It was clear that, after so many years, Ruby Rayner still feared Ava Harlow.
Sumr Spencer pursed her lips, seeing through it without saying anything.
...
After returning to Z City from the family temple, Sumr Spencer first went to admit her mistake to Caron Spencer.
Caron Spencer wasn’t initially inclined to see her, but upon further thought, his eldest son was gone, his eldest daughter had voluntarily left the Spencer Family, and his youngest son was only a few months old, the only kin left by his side was Sumr Spencer.
Although what Sumr Spencer’s mother did was unforgivable, he had already let her die once.
Caron Spencer then changed his mind and let Sumr Spencer in.
After Sumr Spencer ca in, she saw Caron Spencer sitting in a wheelchair by the floor-length window.
Outside the window was a small garden, where the forsythias were in full bloom.
She imdiately noticed that Caron Spencer looked much haggard and much older.
Caron Spencer glanced up and, seeing Sumr Spencer in a daze, smiled slightly and said, "Can you see? Do you know why I’m like this?"
Sumr Spencer shook her head, bewildered.
Caron Spencer saw that her expression at this mont was truly reminiscent of her mother, Hazel Winchester, and sighed, "People, the greatest taboo is to be self-willed and think everything is in their control."
"Because there are always those fools who you think wouldn’t dare make trouble, doing so unfathomable things."
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