Chapter 416 I Owed Her That Much

• “However, her only brother was injured after being involved in a gang fight when she was in her final year in high school. He was in comatose after being sent to the hospital, while her mother passed out when she received news of it. She was never the same after she regained consciousness. Her family life went downhill from then on, as people who lived in rural villages back then didn’t have much of an income, so her brother’s hospitalization took a huge toll on their financial status, while the other party insisted that he was the one who initiated the fight. It was under such circumstances that Tess failed her college entrance examinations as well as broke up with me to marry someone else, as her husband’s family offered a large amount of money as a betrothal gift, as well as promising to find a doctor that could treat her brother. After that, I went to university in Rainwell City, wherein I met your mother during the third year of my studies. I lost contact with her after that until your mother and I returned to the village when we were preparing for our marriage. It wasn’t until then that I knew her brother had passed away, and that she had a son. When you’re ten years old, we were beginning to make a profit from our factory. There was once when I went to a red light district for a business dealing, only to see her being raped by five to six men. I fought the men while threatening to call the police, and only then did I manage to save her.” There was a tinge of grief on his face, as if reluctant to recall what happened back then.
• “I only came to know by then that her son had passed away due to an illness, while her husband became addicted to gambling after becoming rich. He ended up giving her away to his creditors as repayment for his debt. I sent someone to teach her husband a lesson before forcing him to divorce her, then sent her back to the village after giving her some money. We never saw each other again after that.” After having said so, Mr. Knight leaned back in his seat in exhaustion, as if having been drained of all his vitality.
• There was a moment’s silence before Christopher asked in a soft voice, “What about the diamond ring? Have you ever considered how you would hurt Mom if she knew about this?”