Chapter 320 Why Are You Still Alive

"Okay then, let's go now and I'll buy you your strawberry cake," Emily kissed Beryl's little face and kept
her in her arms as they walked towards the cake shop.

"Mommy, I can walk on my own," Beryl insisted as she struggled to get out of Emily's arms. She didn't
want her mommy to get tired.

Emily put her down and held her little hand. She said,"Okay!"

When they arrived at the cake shop, Beryl was amazed at how many cakes there were. She had a
tangled expression on her face as she decided among the cakes which one she was going to get.

But her mommy only promised to buy her one so she was going to choose just one.

After looking through all the cakes, Beryl finally decided on a pinks strawberry cream cake but she still
looked longingly at the other cakes on display.

Emily reminded her,"Beryl, you can only buy one."

"I know I'm just looking," Beryl said as she stared at all the other cakes.

Emily laughed as she headed towards the counter to pay.

Beryl took another look but she realized that the longer she stared at the cakes, the more she wanted
to buy. And since she couldn't resist it anymore, she decided to wait outside the cake shop.

A beautiful woman dressed fancily was hurrying by and didn't notice Beryl standing there. Her bag
slipped off her shoulder knocking over the cake Beryl was holding.

"Oh, no!" Beryl exclaimed She was so surprised that she exclaimed,"My cake!" in German instead of
Chinese.



"I'm sorry! But I can give you money to buy another one," the woman said. She understood German.
Although she was apologizing, there was no trace of it on her face. "Here, is this enough?" she asked

as she handed Beryl a stack of hundred-yuan RMB.

Beryl looked up at her with her pure and innocent eyes. She answered slowly in Chinese,"No, I don't
need your money."

This little girl had a pair of bright and big eyes, her nose was upturned, and her mouth was cherry red -
she was just like a porcelain doll. She looked oriental but why was she speaking German?

For some reason, Jennifer resented this little girl that stood in front of her. Maybe, it was because she
reminded her of Emily.

But she wasn't about to haggle with this girl - she wasn't that petty. Jennifer just said,"This is enough to
buy you more than one cake, so just take it."

"Sorry, we don't need that. We can afford to buy our own." An indifferent voice came which oddly
enough rung familiar to Jennifer.

Jennifer froze when she looked up at the woman who had just come out,"You... you..." she stammered.

Emily walked over and took Beryl in her arms,"What's going on?"

Beryl pouted and grumbled,"She knocked my cake over and tried to give me money to try to..."

She paused trying to think of the word,"To belittle me!"

Coldness replaced the gentleness in Emily's eyes. She raised her eye brows and glared at Jennifer
and spoke harshly,"Well, it seems as if this lady is used to just handing out cash like candy."



Jennifer always held her pride first and she always thought of herself so highly in order to hide her dark
and evil side.

Nonetheless, Jennifer lost all her poise and grace when she saw Emily. She was so shocked, and she
was stammering,"Emily! Wha-what are you doing here? Are-aren't, aren't you...? Dead? Wh-why? Wh-
why are yo-you here?"

She was too shocked to speak in complete sentences.

Emily frowned and asked,"I'm sorry, do I know you? You don't seem okay. Why don't you have yourself
checked by a psychiatrist?"

Then she took Beryl back inside the cake shop,"Mommy will buy you another cake, okay?" she
comforted Beryl.

"Wait!" Jennifer exclaimed grabbing Emily's hand. She held it tightly so she wouldn't leave,"You're just
pretending not to know me! You're Emily! Even if you turned into ash, I would recognize you in a
heartbeat."

Emily pushed her hand away and took out a handkerchief to wipe her hand as if out of disgust. Emily
warned her,"If you keep this up, I'm calling the police."

Emily swept her cold eyes over Jennifer sending chills down Jennifer's spine. The Emily before never
would have treated Jennifer like this - she used to be gentle and well-mannered.

'What's happening?' Jennifer thought to herself.

The kid! She had a kid!

It's only been four years but the little girl didn't look a day over three. If this was Emily's daughter, she
should've been four years old. What's happening?



"I'm sorry," Jennifer apologized. Jennifer snapped back into her senses. "I think I made a mistake, I'm
sorry," she said awkwardly.

Emily sneered,"Well, I still think you should have yourself checked. Maybe drop by the ophthalmologist
too."

Jennifer was a bit offended with that and a rush of blood came through her cheeks. Jennifer clenched
her fists as she watched Emily and her daughter walk back to the cake shop.

One thing was for sure: whether or not this was Emily, Jennifer would do anything to hide her from
Jacob.

She took a deep breath, cast one final look at Emily and her daughter and stalked off.

When they were inside the cake shop again, Beryl looked back at Jennifer who was walking away and
asked,"Mommy, why was she acting so strange?"

"There are a lot of strange people in this world. Just don't mind them, okay?" And then Emily suddenly
remembered something, she stooped so she could whisper to Beryl,"Honey, if someone asks how old
you are, you say you're three, okay?"

Beryl obediently nodded and answered,"Yes, mommy."

Meanwhile, Jennifer rushed to find Jacob who was inspecting his new project, the new mall. Jacob
owned this new mall. Jacob was rarely in the mood to do inspection but for some reason, he wanted to
do so today. This might be fate that he and Emily would be here on this same day.

Jennifer only went here so she could see Jacob but she never expected to find Emily and what's more,
her daughter here. Even though she wasn't even sure yet if that woman really was Emily, she still had
to find a way to get Jacob to leave right away.



"Jacob!" Jennifer called as she walked towards him. Jennifer acted like she was about to faint,"I'm not
feeling well. Would you take me to the hospital, please?"

Jennifer just wanted to get Jacob out of here as soon as possible. The longer he stayed there, the
higher the chance that he'll bump into Emily or whoever that woman was.

Jacob just stared at her for a while and then answered gravely,"My assistant can take you."

He knew Jennifer was just going to take this chance to seduce him and flirt with him and he wasn't
going to let that happen.

Jennifer was getting pretty paranoid - she felt like Jacob could read her mind so she didn't say much
afraid that she would say something to give herself away,"Jacob.. I..."

At that moment, Jacob's phone started ringing.

He didn't bother with Jennifer as he turned around to answer the call. Jennifer, who was standing right
behind him, could hear that there was something happening in the office.

After hanging up the phone, Jacob turned to Jennifer and he said flatly,"Jennifer, my assistant's going
to go with you to the hospital because I have to deal with something else."

Jennifer was relieved but she didn't dare show that so she just said,"All right."


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