Exposing the Charade of Deep Affection (PDF) novel Chapter 176

Chapter 176 The Door God Guarded All Night 

Mia’s full name was Mia Thatcher, she was a good friend of my mother’s when they were young. Even though they didn’t live in the same city when they grew up, they always kept in touch. When I was a child, my mother would often take me to visit our elders in our hometown of Dracview, and she would also often take me to visit her. Mia was very beautiful, and it seemed that beautiful women often had more difficult lives. 

That was the case with Mia. As a teenager, she fell in love with a senior from her school and became pregnant prematurely after tasting the forbidden fruit. For a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl to be pregnant before marriage, especially in a small city thirty years ago, was not accepted. Moreover, the boy she loved was an irresponsible 

man. 

In order to have a child, Mia dropped out of school early. After severing ties with her parents, she gave birth to a daughter on her own. Later, in order to raise her child, she never considered getting married again. I used to think that she probably wouldn’t get married again, but unexpectedly, she did when she was in her fifties or sixties. 

I nodded at my mother and said, “Okay, you guys go ahead, I’m fine. But, how many days will you be gone?” 

Mother pondered and said, “At least three or four days. Alexander mentioned that his hometown seems to be over there, I was thinking of going to see it with him.” 

I was somewhat surprised and said to Alexander, “Is your hometown also in Dracview?” 

Alexander nodded, casually saying, “When I entered the orphanage, I 

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was already over ten years old and still remembered some things. My parents died in a landslide accident at that time. The orphanage in Dracview was too crowded, so I had to be sent to River City. Auntie Eileen said she was going, so I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to go and see.” 

The mountain collapsed! 

I didn’t know if I was being overly sensitive, but my heart couldn’t help but skip a beat. Regarding Alexander’s background, I didn’t know much. The only thing I knew was that my father had funded his education. As for the rest, I had never asked. 

I didn’t expect him to blurt it out suddenly. 

Seeing me silent for a moment, he raised his hand and tapped my forehead, saying, “Don’t look at me with such sympathetic eyes, my days are going well, not miserable.” 

I smirked, feigning 

you? I was just the difference, and said, “Who’s sympathizing with 

you? I was just thinking about the landslide you mentioned. I seem to remember my dad talking about it before.” 

Mother sat down beside us and said, “This happened ten years ago. It was reported daily in the newspapers at that time. They said there was a hill in Dracview, called Mount Snake, and half of it collapsed overnight. They said it was due to tectonic movement, a natural disaster. It’s a pity that those people were buried in the mountain just like that.” 

Mount Snake, the Hinton family. 

I felt somewhat choked up for a moment. 

I still clearly remember Dale’s words, it wasn’t any crustal movement, it was a mining disaster, which claimed the lives of more than three 

hundred people. 

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The fate of this world was always so ingenious, I never thought that Alexander was the victim of that mining disaster, and his parents were among those three hundred people. 

Watching him stuff his mouth full of shrimp dumplings, I felt an indescribable lump in my throat. He could have grown up like me, with parents by his side. He could have avoided the orphanage, could have gone to school without relying on others’ charity, but… 

“What’s wrong with you?” Seeing me staring at him, Alexander frowned at me, “You haven’t recovered yet, have you?” 

I shook my head, shifted my gaze, and forced a smile, saying, “I’m fine. By the way, do you have any relatives in Dracview?” 

He shook his head, indifferent, “If I had relatives back then, I wouldn’t have been sent to the orphanage. Auntie Eileen and I went this time just to take a look. After the incident, half of the mountain collapsed. Their bodies were buried in the mountain. The people who went to find them didn’t find them, so I haven’t paid my respects all these years.” 

I grunted in response, not continuing the conversation. 

I really didn’t know how to tell him about the events of that year. If he knew that the disaster was not a natural calamity, but a man-made one, would he…