Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 249

Chapter 249: Chapter 249: You Hate Me, I Don’t Love You

The weather was cold now, and the pavilion was drafty. Elaine Hughes shivered, rubbing her hands together helplessly.

Her expensive fur coats had all been sold for cash during the heatwave last year, and she had no money to buy new ones.

The coat she wore now wasn’t warm, feeling flimsy in the sub-zero temperatures.

Recalling the expensive furs Grace Sutton and Winnie Summers had been wearing just moments ago, Elaine’s gaze toward Melody Summers filled with a sense of grievance.

’The Summers Family are just country folk,’ she thought, ’yet they’re dressed in top-quality fur. Melody must have bought those for them.’

’Melody has money to buy things for her adoptive family, but she won’t spare a thought for me, her own biological mother...’

Elaine couldn’t help but feel a pang of disappointment.

The memory of the dream where Melody had been so gentle and considerate toward her made Elaine’s heart ache even more.

Seeing Elaine remain silent, Melody cut straight to the chase. "You came today because you want that apartment you bought in Building 4 back, don’t you?"

Then, Melody shook her head and stated bluntly, "Then you can forget it. I will absolutely not give up the apartment. I’ve already moved my family in."

At her words, Elaine remembered the purpose of her visit.

She looked at Melody with a complicated expression and began tentatively, "But... Sylvia said a massive blizzard is coming. When it does, we won’t be able to live in our villa..."

Before Elaine could finish, Melody cut her off, a look of confusion on her face. "Can’t live in it? Why not? It’s just snow. You have so many people in your family—can’t you shovel snow?"

In her past life, Melody had lived in the Lancaster Villa. During the months of heavy blizzards, the first thing she did every day after waking up was go outside to shovel snow.

The Lancaster Villa was huge. She had to climb onto the roof first to clear the snow off, then pile up all the snow in the courtyard and shovel it out.

Melody had to repeat this snow-clearing process at least four or five times a day.

For a while, the blizzard was so intense that a thick layer would accumulate in just half an hour. Melody had to go out and clear it every thirty minutes. During that period, even her sleep was fragmented.

’In my last life, I could shovel all that snow by myself,’ Melody thought. ’How is it that in this life, with so many people in the Lancaster family, they can’t do it?’

Hearing Melody’s words, Elaine struggled to defend herself. "The villa is so big, shoveling the snow is too hard... Melody, I’m your biological mother, after all. Can you really bear to see me live through such hardship? For the sake of the ten months I carried you, just give us that high-rise apartment..."

Melody stared fixedly at Elaine upon hearing this.

It was true that Elaine was the one who had carried her for ten months and given birth to her.

Childbirth was a walk through the gates of hell for any woman, rich or poor. No matter how much Melody hated Elaine, this was a fact she couldn’t deny.

She didn’t want this to become a thorn in her side.

Melody took a deep breath and forced herself to recall the events of her past life.

In her past life, she had already given her life back to Elaine. Therefore, Elaine shouldn’t be able to use this to guilt-trip her in this life.

So Melody raised her head, looked at Elaine coldly, and asked, "Just because you gave birth to me, you think I owe you? You won’t be satisfied until you’ve taken a pound of flesh from me, is that it?"

Amid Elaine’s slightly stunned expression, Melody sneered, "You keep saying you live in a villa and can’t stay there when the blizzard comes. Do you think my family doesn’t live in a villa? There are so many empty apartments in this complex, yet you don’t buy one. Why must you insist I give you my high-rise apartment?"

Hearing Melody say this, Elaine lowered her head, looking guilty.

Seeing Elaine’s reaction, Melody snorted inwardly and continued, "I will not give you the apartment. If it were possible, I would wish you had never given birth to me. But as you know, one cannot control the circumstances of their birth... so I find it quite unfortunate myself."

Elaine’s head snapped up at her words.

Looking at Melody’s cold expression, Elaine felt her own heart grow as cold as the night wind.

Her eyes filled with sorrow, she asked Melody, "How can you say that? I am your mother. You are my own flesh and blood; that’s an unchangeable fact... You treat your adoptive family so well, moving them into a villa, buying them furs. Why can’t you show me even a shred of basic filial piety..."

Hearing this, Melody revealed a look of confusion.

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