Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 155

Chapter 155: Chapter 155: Secret Medicine of the Distant Sea

Lily Adler was very concerned about the cause of Sylvia Lancaster’s miscarriage and kept pressing for an answer, but Sylvia Lancaster remained silent.

Seeing Sylvia Lancaster’s silence, Lily Adler remembered what the nanny had told her that day and felt that Sylvia must have been wronged by the Lancaster and Sutton families.

With tears in her eyes, Lily Adler held Sylvia Lancaster’s hand and said, "It’s all my fault. I thought that as the Sutton family’s eldest daughter-in-law, they would take good care of you... If I had known the Suttons were so unreliable, I would have found you and acknowledged you sooner."

Sylvia Lancaster remained silent. Compared to Lily Adler’s emotional outburst, Sylvia felt no such turmoil. ’After all,’ she thought, ’I don’t think my eyes and brows look much like Lily Adler’s...’

She wasn’t sure if Lily Adler was truly her mother, so she remained somewhat guarded.

Lily Adler noticed Sylvia Lancaster’s wariness and resistance, so she stopped pressing the issue. Instead, she held her hand and rambled on, listing precautions and telling her to rest well, take care of her body, and not catch a cold.

Sylvia Lancaster listened distractedly, offering a few perfunctory replies from time to time.

Suddenly inundated with so much information, with the truth of her parentage laid bare, Sylvia Lancaster didn’t know whether to be happy or sad.

’On the one hand, I should be happy,’ she thought. ’If what Lily Adler said is true, then I’m Hector Hayes’s daughter, too. That would give me a real reason to stay in the Hayes family’s villa forever. I wouldn’t have to worry about having nowhere to go after a falling out with Clara Hayes.’

’And with a rich and powerful father like Hector Hayes to back me up, I wouldn’t have to worry about being bullied anymore.’

’On the other hand, I should be sad. Once my identity is revealed, I doubt Clara Hayes or Raymond Hayes will let me off the hook.’

’Lily Adler herself said Raymond Hayes is a ruthless man. I’m afraid he’ll either kick me out or just have me killed...’

’Lily Adler is just a mistress in the Hayes Family, not Hector Hayes’s wife. She has no official status. And Clara Hayes hates her so much. Can she really protect me, her own daughter?’

’Besides, even if I do manage to stay with the Hayes Family, as long as Lily Adler doesn’t secure a higher position, I’ll just be an illegitimate daughter. Will the maids and servants treat me differently? Will they make my life difficult?’

The more Sylvia Lancaster thought about it, the more agitated she became. A tide of anxiety washed over her, making it impossible to find any peace.

*

After handing over the five thousand jars of loquat paste, Melody Summers felt much more relaxed.

Over the past few days, the account for Paige Walsh’s research institute had been periodically updating her on the drug’s development progress. If all went well, the batch of medicine would be distributed to various hospitals and supply points soon.

Melody Summers was delighted. She felt she had done her part to help those suffering from illnesses caused by the volcanic ash.

After lunch, Melody Summers entered The Arcadian Space. Once she finished her chores in the fields, she rummaged through the warehouse for a pair of rubber boots, changed into them, then found an enormous basket. With a spring in her step, she headed toward The Arcadian Lake.

The lake’s surface glittered. The lotus seeds she had planted before had now multiplied into a vast, dense patch.

In an ordinary lotus pond outside, the flowers would have long since withered by the time the seed pods were ready for harvest.

However, thanks to the nourishment of the Arcadia Water, this patch of lotuses in The Arcadian Lake still had vast swaths of flowers in full bloom, even though the seed pods and roots were already ripe.

As far as the eye could see, layers of lotus leaves carpeted the water, with graceful, elegant lotus flowers rising among them. A gentle breeze carried their delicate fragrance through the air.

Wearing her tall rubber boots, Melody Summers carefully waded into the lake. The water in this area wasn’t very deep, reaching just up to her knees.

She bent down slightly, gently stirring the water with her hands and sighing contentedly at its refreshing coolness.

Then, Melody Summers began to harvest the lotus seed pods and roots.

She carefully selected the ripe seed pods, picking them one by one and placing them in her basket. Then she bent down again, plunging her hands into the water and digging through the mud. A moment later, she pulled out a lotus root caked in earth.

She rinsed the mud off with lake water, revealing a jade-white root, and placed it in the basket as well.

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