Chapter 423 - Was It Her?! (3) (1/2)

Chapter 423: Was It Her?! (3)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

After hanging up, Qiao Lian turned back to look at Wang Lan and her daughter once more.

Both of them were thin and weak. They looked pitiful and pathetic.

Wang Lan was sobbing non-stop, while her daughter was laughing as she grabbed the corner of her shirt to stuff into her mouth.

Wang Lan dried her tears with her dirty sleeves and helped her daughter up from the ground.

They walked back slowly to the griddle cake stall.

Before Wang Lan could even make another griddle cake, her daughter snatched a piece of sausage and stuffed that into her own mouth.

The way she devoured the meat made other passers-by cast strange looks at her and whisper to each other.

Qiao Lian heard someone sigh and remark, ”The poor girl. She was so pretty and good at her studies. When she was taken away by the loan sharks and starved for three days, she was traumatized to this state. Pff! Life is so unpredictable!”

Qiao Lian lowered her gaze slowly.

She had never been one to feel sorry for the enemy, but the picture of mother-daughter mutual dependence in front of her reminded her of herself years back.

Eight years ago, when ill fate struck her parents and her family business went broke, she and her brother were left with nothing and were almost sent to an orphanage.

She fought for survival with her little brother in tow.

In this world, the strong would hide behind the weak, who get pushed to the front line to suffer.

What reasons did she have to make life harder for Wang Lan?

Weren't she and her daughter pitiful enough as it was?

Besides… even without Wang Lan's evidence, she had other ways of finding out the truth.

200 000 was by no means a small sum of money.

If Song Yuanxi had withdrawn that money all at once, there surely would be a trail.

Lost in her thoughts, Qiao Lian walked to the side of the road to hail a cab home.