“Apologize!”
Everyone was startled by my sudden outburst.
“Ashley, how can you attack your brother for
an outsider?”
My mother was distressed and
subconsciously blamed me.
Chapter 2
Everyone was startled by my sudden outburst.
“Ashley, how can you attack your brother for
an outsider?”
My mother was distressed and
subconsciously blamed me.
Lily also condemned me.
“That’s right, Ashley, no matter what, we’re
family. Can’t we talk things out nicely?”
My brother was touched by her words, and
the other Millers‘ dislike for me deepened.
Mom observed their expressions and frowned,
gently patting my shoulder.
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gently patting my shoulder.
“Ashley, forget it. Don’t waste your time with
them.”
At this moment, she finally understood why I
didn’t want to go back to the Miller family.
Anyone could see that although they kept
saying “family,” I wasn’t considered part of
their family at all.
What was the point of going back to such a
home?
She snorted coldly, placed the small bag she
brought on my bed, and carefully instructed
me, just like how they had instructed Lily
earlier.
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“Be careful during the competition tomorrow.”
Mom’s concern made the Millers standing
aside feel a little awkward.
They called others outsiders, yet they
themselves didn’t care about me as much as
an outsider did.
My mother’s lips moved, wanting to say
something, but ultimately couldn’t.
It was too awkward.
How could the affection separated for over a
decade be easily restored?
Since they had Lily, they almost forgot about
- me.
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Mom and Sarah, unlike the Millers, didn’t have
the background to stay here for long.
After putting down my things and expressing
their concern, they hurriedly left the military
camp.
Lily acted as if nothing had happened.
As soon as they left, she came up to me
again.
“Ashley, are you also participating in the
competition?”
“You were rude to our brother earlier. If you
apologize to him properly, how about I go
easy on you tomorrow?”
I didn’t say anything, just tidied up my bag.
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ignored Lily.
She reached out and messed up my bag.
“Can’t you hear Lily talking to you? You have
no manners!”
I looked at the messed–up luggage, feeling
irritated.
Why were the Millers always looking for
trouble?
Couldn’t they tell I didn’t want to deal with
them?
I sneered, glancing coldly at Lily.
“You think you’re worthy?”
I knew Lily’s background very well.
She did train with John, but the Millers didn’t
want her to suffer, so she didn’t have any real
combat experience.
She knew she couldn’t beat others, so she
framed me in my past life to avoid the
competition.
But this time, I didn’t go back to the Miller
family, and Lily had no one to frame, so she
had to bite the bullet and come to the military
camp.
Now, she was provoking me, probably trying
to put the blame on me again.
As I expected, after I finished speaking, Lily
put on a disapproving expression walked to
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around my shoulder.
In the Millers‘ eyes, she was taking the
initiative to reconcile with me.
But the next second, she screamed and fell
backward.
It looked as if I had pushed her.
Seeing that her leg was about to hit the sharp
corner of the stool, I secretly marveled at how
ruthless she was to herself, but I still pulled
her back.
Lily didn’t expect me to reach out and pull
her. Her face was full of disbelief.
“Why did you pull me?”
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She blurted out subconsciously and quickly
realized something was wrong, so she quickly
covered it up.
“Ashley, are you kidding me? You pushed me
and then pulled me. You almost scared me to
death!”
The Millers believed her and glared at me
angrily.
“Ashley, you’ve gone too far. You’ve been
giving Lily the cold shoulder since we met!”
“Lily has been so sensible and well–behaved
all these years. We only recognize Lily as our
sister!”
My brother and sister said.
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In the heat of the moment, my brother even
took out his wallet, pulled out a dozen ten-
dollar bills, and threw them in my face.
“I don’t know how you pulled strings to
participate in the physical competition, but
you must be trying to get our attention,
right?”
“Your little tricks are disgusting. Take this
money and get lost!”
“Don’t say you’re part of the Miller family
when you’re out there!”
The ten–dollar bills scattered all over the
floor.
I paused in packing my luggage and looked
coldly at the Millers who didn’t stop my
く
brother.
“Is this what you all mean too?”
My mother was taken aback but still nodded.
John’s face was serious.
I didn’t know if he was considering my
brother’s words about “pulling strings,” but he
didn’t stand up for me.
I twitched the corner of my mouth, picked up
the money without hesitation, and turned to
leave the dormitory.
As I closed the door, I heard my sister mutter.
“She knows her place. Competing with Lily? She’s not worthy!”
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They were always like this.
With a few words from Lily, they thought I
would definitely compete with her.
But no one remembered that everything Lily
now possessed originally belonged to me.
However, my reason for leaving the dorm
wasn’t because of the Millers.
I didn’t want to waste time dealing with Lily.
If one scheme failed, who knew what other
tricks she would come up with?
I took my bag and went straight to the
commissar.
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“Why aren’t you in your dorm? What are you
doing here?”
I sat down casually.
“I want to change dorms.”
The commissar and I were old acquaintances.
It was he who recommended me here.
He knew I wasn’t one to cause trouble for no
reason.
He asked me what happened, and I told him
everything.
