Lily recoiled as soon as she stepped in, met with a resounding slap. She struggled to force a puzzled smile, but it came out stiff and her whole body trembled.

"Grandma, what's gotten into you all of a sudden? Have I done something wrong?"

Mrs. Clark shoved the surveillance video copied from her phone into Lily's hand, then viciously threw some screenshots extracted from the footage onto Lily's body.

The elder's face was filled with fury. "Our Clark family has kindly taken you in for so many years, treating you in every way as our own child.”

“Back then, fearing you might feel insecure, I even made it clear to...