"We're just good friends, why did he sacrifice me?" Derila didn't take it seriously,
"Auntie, you're thinking too much, but I listened to what you said, I'll keep distance from
him."
"That's good." Layla nodded and admonished, "From tomorrow onwards, when you go
to William's side for treatment, take Anthony with you. He'll follow you, as a follower or
an assistant, and there'll be less gossip when you have someone around."
"Mm, I know." Derila readily accepted.
"Also, you and Daemon should communicate properly, make things clear, if you want to
break up, get together for good, if you want to stay together, make up as soon as
possible, too long a cold war hurts your feelings. A man like him can be scary if he is
stubborn, so whether it's a split or a peace, you have to handle it properly and not cause
trouble." Layla repeatedly admonished.
"Got it." Derila beamed, aggrieved, "I should have known not to fall in love, I used
to do as I please and be spontaneous, now I have to be cautious, it's too suffocating."
"It can't be helped, who told your fiancé to be Daemon." Layla smiled and continued,
"But even if it's not because of him, you still have to learn to grow up. After all, you still
have the orphanage behind you, and your every word and action will involve the
children."
"This is something I've been thinking about recently." Derila asked, "Is there a
possibility of transferring the orphanage to your name and me pulling out completely
and just giving money every year, that way, if I get into trouble outside in the future and
it won't drag the orphanage into it."
"You and we are all one, so transferring it to our name is no different from having it in
your name." Layla rubbed her little head, "You wouldn't be comfortable if it was
transferred to someone else's name, so you'll just have to keep carrying the weight."
"Okay." Derila didn't say anything else, "I'll go upstairs first then."
"Hmm." Layla looked at her back and her expression became gloomy.
At that moment, Lincoln knocked on the door, "How was it? Did you tell Derila yet?"
"I can't say it." Layla sighed deeply, "All these years, watching her grow up, I've treated
her like my own child, now I say I'm leaving, I really can't let go."
"That can't be helped." Lincoln was also a little sad, "Now the situation is forced, not to
go."
"I can't figure out why we are still being dug up after all these years of seclusion?" Layla
was very puzzled, "Did someone deliberately expose our identities?"
"I've considered that too." Lincoln frowned and said, "Could it be Chrono?"
"It's possible." Layla said indignantly, "No one else has that motive but him."
"The point is, the Riz Corporation Intelligence Department is comparable to the FBI,
maybe they investigated Derila and found out about us two by the way, and Chrono
deliberately dug up our former identities and exposed them to our former enemies in
order to seek revenge on Derila."
Lincoln analyzed, "Other than that, I can't think of any other possibility."
"It's definitely him." Layla was so angry that she gritted her teeth, "I should have known
that I shouldn't have gone soft in the first place, I should have shot that madman."
"There's no use talking about that now." Lincoln sighed, "Now you have to convince
Derila to make up with Daemon as soon as possible, so that Daemon can protect
her, or else Derila will be in danger if we both leave."
"I've just been talking for half a day, I hope it works." Layla was still reassured, "But that
Daemon has quite a foul temper and is said to be entangled with the daughter of some
four great families, will he really be single-minded about Derila?"
"At least for now, it should be fine, but who can say what will happen in the future? Let's
get past this first."
Lincoln was looking on the bright side and added, "It's not like Derila can leave
after receiving treatment from that William at this juncture, or else she would have been
allowed to go to Xendale."
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