Chapter 991


    Inside a car heading for the countryside, Anya weepily whined, "Look at what you''ve done, Mom! It''s


    all over now! We''ll be sent to the countryside!"


    Phoebe had been in a bad mood. Herposure crumbled even more when she heard her


    daughter ming her. "I don''t care if other people me me, but I can''t take it if it''s from you! I''ve


    done all this for one person, and one person only—and that''s you, Anya!"


    Anya was in no mood to understand her mother anymore. She grumbled, "I know you were doing it


    for me, but you didn''t help me at all! You just made my life worse than before! Had we admitted our


    mistakes in front of Grandpa and Grandma to show we''ve repented, they might just give us another


    chance instead of banishing us to the countryside!"


    Phoebe felt hurt by her daughter''s anger. "Oh, so you''re ming me now? You didn''t admit your


    mistakes quickly enough either! Besides, how are we supposed to admit our mistakes in that


    situation? Admitting is as good as setting it in stone. There''s no undoing it anymore!"


    Anya knew that, but she believed that the worst oue was still much better than being sent to


    live in the countryside. She hated that ce more than anything!


    They were banished to the countryside without a definite time frame and no indication of whether


    they would be allowed to return. Worse still, plenty of other family members were sent to keep an


    eye on them. Once they arrived, they probably would not even have the freedom to step in and out


    of the summer resort!


    That was hardly the kind of life Anya wanted!


    Anya grew agitated when she thought about all that, and the emotions made her cry even harder.


    Though Phoebe was unhappy Anya med her and made no effort to understand her, she still felt a


    little distressed when she saw Anya crying so severely. She had to rely on Anya for the rest of her


    life, for goodness'' sake!


    Phoebe patted Anya''s shoulder tofort her. "There, there, Anya. Don''t cry anymore! This is not


    the time for us to argue! If we drift apart, we''d be ying right into Corinne''s hands! She''llugh at


    us if she sees us like this!"


    Anya tried to stop crying when she heard what Phoebe said about Corinneughing at them. The


    last thing she wanted was to make a fool of herself in front of Corinne.


    She wiped away her tears and looked at Phoebe. "What do we do now, then? I''ve lost Lucas'' trust!


    I''ve lost the care and concern of Lucas, my grandparents, and my father. The worst thing is that I''ve


    lost my bargaining chip against Jeremy!"


    Phoebe thought for a moment and observed what the servants around her were doing. She


    discovered that some of them were looking at their phones while others were already dozing off.


    She leaned into her daughter''s ear and whispered, "I don''t have any quick n to turn things


    around, so we need to think long-term."


    Anya thought her mother had formted some useful n, but she was visibly unhappy when she


    heard that useless remark. ''Why does she even need to whisper something like that to me?''


    To her surprise, Phoebe added, "Our priority right now is to avoid being sent to the summer resort in


    the countryside. If we go there, your grandpa''s people will keep an eye on us at all times!"


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    Anya was a little taken aback by what Phoebe said, but she agreed with that line of reasoning. She


    then whispered in return, "But we''re already in the car!"


    Phoebe nced at the rearmost seat, where the young child cowered uneasily. "We brought Joey


    along, didn''t we? We can use him."