Part 3The Five Hundred Million Dollar "Pick-Me" Girl

"You ungrateful wretch! Why aren't you in the mental hospital? Did you escape to ruin your sister's life again?!"

I was slapped hard across the face.

The woman with the mean face raised her hand to hit me again, but Liam frowned and blocked her.

"What's going on? Do you know each other?"

I covered my face, looking fragile and helpless.

"Uncle, Auntie, do we know each other?"

Chloe was grinding her teeth in hatred.

"Liam, you don't know. Sarah is my mentally ill sister! Five years ago, she turned our home upside down, so Mom and Dad kicked her out. She holds a grudge. Now she's changed her identity to get close to us, definitely trying to destroy my life and steal you!"

"But I knew you wouldn't believe me if I just pointed it out, so I called Mom and Dad to catch her in the act."

A look of confident triumph flashed in Chloe's eyes as she looked at me with mock pity.

"Sister, has your condition worsened? Looks like we need to send you to a mandatory care facility this time."

My father, Mr. Shen, also looked at Liam fawningly.

"Yes, son-in-law, this wretched daughter of mine is crazy. She might hurt Chloe. Please don't let her off easily."

Saying that, the two of them tried to drag me into a car parked on the roadside.

I didn't show the terrified expression they expected.

Instead, I widened my eyes, revealing a hint of envy.

"If only I really had parents..."

Then I shook my head, tears swirling in my eyes but stubbornly refusing to fall.

"Chloe, I know you hate me. But you are a princess in the sky, loved by parents, protected by Liam. You deserve the best."

"And me? I'm just a countryside girl whose parents died. Coming here to study is already a gift. How could I dream of fighting you for the position of Mrs. Stone?"

"Why do you have to make up such lies to slander me?"

Liam actively spoke up for me.

"Sarah is the orphan of my father's comrade. She grew up in the countryside. You've mistaken her for someone else."

He probably didn't even realize his attitude toward me had shifted from indifference to protection.

Mrs. Shen stomped her foot in anger.

"You slut! Still denying it! You lived in the Shen house for over ten years; I can find proof!"

But the more she searched her phone, the paler her face became.

"Impossible... how is this possible..."

Chloe also leaned in anxiously, but no matter how they searched, they couldn't find a single photo of me.

Joke's on them. I dared to show my face because I was fully prepared.

The Shen family hated me, so they naturally wouldn't keep photos of me.

And with the Stone family's help, any remaining evidence was wiped clean.

"Enough! How long are you going to make a scene?!"

Liam looked impatient. He already disliked Mr. and Mrs. Shen, and now even Chloe looked unpleasant to him.

"Liam, don't you believe me? Sarah really is my crazy sister."

Chloe panicked.

Liam rubbed his temples in frustration.

"I thought you were different from your parents. But what are you doing? Dragging your whole family to frame an innocent girl, rubbing salt in her wounds. I'm so disappointed in you."

Chloe was about to speak, but I gently took her hand, full of understanding.

"Chloe, I grew up without parents, so I know how painful it is. You mistook me for your sister because you haven't visited her in a long time and miss her. Go visit her more often when you have time; she must miss you too."

With one sentence, I solidified my kind persona.

And pointed out how the Shen family mistreated their other daughter.

I could feel Liam's gaze shift from pity to heartache.

And heartache is often the beginning of falling in love.