Chapter 168

Cannot Stay Here

Arielle nodded as she knew Larissa was speaking all the truth she knew. “Alright, that’s all for today. Tell
me again if you remember anything.”

“Okay. Is there anything else you want me to do?”

Arielle shook her head. “Not for the moment. I’ll find you if I need you. You continue to work for Aunt
Cindy and don’t let her suspect anything. One more thing, please prepare a list for me. I want to know
who is on her side in this house.”

“Understood, Ms. Arielle. Then I’ll excuse myself.” Larissa bowed gratefully to Arielle and left with the
flight tickets and the name card.

After Larissa left, Arielle sat alone in the room, pondering for a long while.



After she cleared her thoughts, she took out her phone to check her messages.

She saw a brief, straightforward message from Vinson: Come over when you’re free and help us to
locate the man.



Without wasting any time, Arielle turned on her computer and started pinpointing the location.

She tried her best to narrow down the scope. Even so, there were still quite a few private islands that
matched the search.



By the time Arielle sent the location, Cindy had also just arrived at the monastery entrance.

Just when she got off her car, Louisa walked out with a cold expression and said rudely, “Are you guys
treating here as a motel?”

Cindy let out an unnatural smile and greeted her, “Hello, Louisa.”

Louisa’s stare was still cold. “We have a lot of pilgrims at the moment, and we have not enough rooms.
So you’ll stay in the same room with me.”

Upon hearing that, Cindy’s expression stiffened. “How could I interrupt your meditation? I’ll stay with
Shannie.”

“Shannie?” Louisa smiled awkwardly. “I’ve asked her about that, but she’s reluctant to stay with you.”

Cindy lifted her head in awe. “That’s impossible.”

“Feel free to ask her yourself,” Louisa said indifferently while heading into the monastery.

Later, Cindy asked for directions along the way and finally found Shandie, who was chopping the wood
up.

From afar, she could see clearly that Shandie’s face had turned pale and tired compared to a few days
before.

She was heartbroken as she stepped forward to grab the ax in Shandie’s hand. “Why’re you doing such
harsh work? Look at your skin!”

Shandie snatched back the ax coldly, without even looking at Cindy. “You’ll need to do it starting from
tomorrow until Dad decides to fetch us back home.”

Both of them were in total blind that Arielle had blocked all their letters.



That explained why Shandie acted so cold towards Cindy, as she thought the latter had been ignoring all
her letters.

Disappointed by Cindy, Shandie felt that she could only count on herself.

The main priority within these walls was not how to protect her skin but to please Louisa in order not to
starve.

Cindy noticed Shandie’s peculiar behavior towards her. “Shannie, is this how you speak to your own
mother?”

Shandie cast a resentful smile. “Mother? Do you think you deserve that title? Don’t think I’m a fool. I
know that you’re with another man beside Dad.”

“You… what’s wrong with you? Are you trying to piss me off?” Exasperated by those words, Cindy
uncontrollably threw a slap on Shandie’s face.

A loud smack was heard.

Dumbfounded, Shandie covered her face with both hands.

With that, Shandie’s gaze turned extremely malicious.

She even started to suspect if she was really Cindy’s birth daughter.




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