Chapter 969 Childhood

• Veronica sneered. "What are you trying to say? That you harmed her by accident?" She slowly placed the teacup on the table. Picking up the teapot again, she poured herself another cup of tea and calmly continued, "Unfortunately, the law does not consider accidental harm to be absolved of guilt. Don't you think that your words are meaningless?"
• A woman's appearance was significantly important. Ever since Shirley was wounded, she had lost nearly ten pounds even though she had never been chubby. Her once slender and shapely figure was now sickly thin, and her face was no longer rosy. The current changes in her appearance were comparable to a beautiful blooming flower gradually withering away due to a lack of water.
• The brilliant smile that used to light up her entire face was gone. On the contrary, she seemed as lifeless as a man who had lost the will to live.