Chapter 356

"Would you have listened if I told you earlier?" Wendy's voice was calm and steady. "If you did, you wouldn't have come to me, just to blame and scold me without knowing the full story. You just cast me as the villain." A thought crossed her mind. "I'm not in the wrong—the real villains were the Sanders family. Have you ever asked how I felt?" After saying this, Wendy lowered her eyes and sighed wearily. "I've told you. I just want a peaceful, stable life. Wouldn't things be better if you all just stayed away from me?" "If you'd told me the truth earlier, I wouldn't have believed their lies," Elias said. "So what?" Wendy scoffed. "You questioned me and forced me to apologize because of those lies. Now that you know the truth, what can you do?" Elias opened his mouth but couldn't bring himself to say anything. "If you have nothing else, you should leave and never return. I don't care about the Sanders family, and I don't want to know. Stay out of my life." Wendy's tone was polite