The Tower Reversed: Back to 18 (Venus) novel Chapter 77

Chapter 77 A Heart Gone Cold

It was Vienna who saved her family from total collapse.

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She turned their sinking ship around and rebuilt it into one of Pleron’s biggest pharmaceutical empires. Of course, she didn’t do it through legal means. Her wealth came from the black-market deals, organ trades, and other gray-area businesses.

Vienna was only in her twenties, but she was smart, ambitious, and strikingly beautiful.

Her words made her seem sincere. The crowd that had doubted her just moments ago started to believe her again.

Neil shot Venus a sharp glare. There she was, standing confidently as if everything was going her way.

He’d known from the start-wherever Venus appeared, haos followed.

Rowan nudged Venus with his elbow and whispered, “You know, Vienna’s really skilled. Even Dr. Blanton praised her work. If she’s treating Ava, there’s still hope.

Venus gave a faint smile. “She’s that skilled, huh?”

She remembered from her past lives, Vienna had been responsible for several medical accidents.

“Of course!” Rowan muttered quickly. “She may not look like the most honest person, but when it comes to medicine, she’s a genius.”

Honestly, Venus didn’t trust Vienna at all.

She had already seen Ava’s fate-it wasn’t her time to die.

Venus said nothing more, only gave Rowan a quiet reminder. “If anything goes wrong, call me right away.” Neil overheard her and immediately mocked, “Call you Who do you think you are? Some miracle doctor?”

Rowan frowned. “Dr. Burn, maybe tone it down a bit…”

Neil’s patience snapped. “My family business is none of your concern. Dr. Hill, don’t you have a patient in critical condition? Why don’t you go do your job instead of meddling in mine?”

Rowan’s face darkened. “Fine, fine. But don’t come crying to me when the spirits start haunting your dreams.”

Neil scowled.

Spirits?

Really? What century are you living in?”

“Venus, are you even listening to me?” Neil snapped. Verus didn’t answer. Her mind was clearly somewhere else. She didn’t even glance at him, just stood there, cal and detached.

Neil’s irritation grew. Ever since the incident, Venus had changed. She wasn’t the same quiet, obedient girl anymore. There was something cold and distant about her now, something that made him uncomfortable.

He crossed his arms. “Grandpa already knows about you attacking Oliver. Go home tonight and explain it to

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Chapter 77 A Heart Gone Cold

him yourself.”

Venus’s expression turned even colder.

Julian. What did his return have to do with her?

He always said she was his real granddaughter and that he would protect her.

But when it mattered most, where was he?

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Julian knew bringing her back into that house would make her a target. He knew how they treated her, how they framed her for stealing. Still, Julian said nothing. Not one word to defend her. He just packed up and moved out like it had nothing to do with him.

There was a time she thought Julian really cared. That he loved her like his own.

When Venus ran away and later became the Oracle Supreme, she finally learned the truth. After Julian’s death, his spirit had appeared before her, begging her to protect his family. Only then did she realize he had known all along that she never stole that gold watch

From the very beginning, the old man had lied. Julian didn’t bring her home out of love or guilt. He brought her back to shield the family from disaster.

That was Julian’s true reason for taking her home.

And it worked. During the four years she lived under that roof, every member prospered in ways that seemed almost unreal.

But the moment she left, their misfortunes began one after another.

Those four years had been worse than the seventeen she spent growing up in that poor mountain town- lonelier, darker, and more suffocating than she ever imagined.

Even now, the thought of it made her chest ache and her hands turn cold.

Neil frowned, clearly annoyed. “What’s with that look of your face? Grandpa came all the way back from the mountain villa just to handle your problem. You’re really not going to show up?”

Venus’s face was calm and unreadable. “No matter what say, your family only believes what they want. What’s the point of me going?”

Neil’s tone hardened, “Grandpa cares about you more un anyone! You’re breaking his heart saying things

like that!”

Venus’s voice turned icy. “When I needed help the most where was that person who supposedly cared the

most?”

Neil’s jaw tightened. “If Grandpa hadn’t taken you out of that mountain town, you’d still be living in misery, Don’t you have any gratitude at all?”

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