Mark's disposition was not as mild as when he was talking to Tina. His face grew cold, and his eyes
were sharper than ever. He looked at everyone intimidatingly, putting pressure on everyone with his
glare.
"Let's move this outside," he said.
As soon as Mark left the room, one of the doctors followed him out of the ward.
"One of the nurses must have said something she shouldn't have said..."
Mark burst out in anger all of a sudden; he said, "Bring all the suspects to come here."
The doctor silently wiped a drop of cold sweat from his forehead. "... Yes, sir," said the doctor.
Until this day, nobody knew what kind of punishment those gossiping nurses had been subjected to. In
any case, none of them were ever seen in the hospital again.
When Tina woke up from deep slumber, Mark was at her bedside. She sat up and gave him a straight
slap. "Crack!"
"Why are you hiding the truth from me?" she yelled.
The doctors and the nurses stood aside, petrified. The daughter of the Tao family was really volatile!
Mark looked stunned, but only for a few seconds, before he soon resumed his gentle smile. As if he
hadn't been slapped on the face to begin with. "What do you want to know? I will tell you everything I
know, okay? Hmm? Don't be angry. I don't want you to get stressed out," said Mark.
Everyone was astounded at how nicely Mark treated his sister. They had heard rumors about the
daughter of the Tao family being spoiled, but the way Mark treated Tina was taking it to a whole new
level.
"Get out, all of you." Mark gave the order, and soon everybody dispersed.
Tina stared at Mark coldly, determined to get an answer from his mouth. "Tell me! What on earth is the
matter with Emily?" she asked.
Mark looked at her. He knew that it could not be concealed from her any more. He thought over about
the diction, and then said, "She, really is."
"She really is what? She really is the daughter of the Tao family? It simply makes me laugh my teeth
off!" Tina widened her eyes, with ironic expression on her face. "How can that bitch be a member of our
family!"
"Tina, calm down a little..."
Tina's expression changed from blue to pale then from pale to blue. She said, "Calm down? How can I
calm down! As soon as I woke up, I heard them saying that Emily was the daughter of the Tao family!
And now you admitted it! How can a low person as her deserve to be a member of the Tao family!"
Mark had to try his best to console her, "Yes, she does not deserve it. Let's not lower ourselves to the
same status as her. Be good, dear!"
"How can I be good! You are coaxing me like a baby!" Tina sneered coldly. Her eyes were blacker than
the abyss. "Emily, that bitch, she doesn't deserve to be a member of our family! She belongs in the
mud, under my feet!"
Tina couldn't bear the fact that Emily was also the daughter of the Tao family, as that would mean that
they shared the same blood running in their veins! Just the thought of it made her insides curdle like
milk with lemon! Emily's very existence revolted her!
Rubbish! Emily was rubbish!
"Rest assured. I will never let her enter the Tao's door!" Mark assured Tina. His voice was inexplicably
pleasing, but it revealed a slight coldness, as he said, "You are the only daughter of the Tao clan."
"That's it." Tina was pleased by what Mark had said. Her lip curved upwards forming a strange smile.
She said, "Let's see if she has the luck to get into the door of our house!"
Ha, to be Tina's sister! Did Emily deserve it?
Tina had to stay in the hospital for more than two months, before she returned home to recuperate.
During this time, no one in the Tao household mentioned anything about her real identity. The love and
affection that was given to her was adequate, but they weren't as indulgent to her as before.
However, this kind of peacefulness was doomed to be disrupted.
Master Tao soon came to learn the whole truth. He never liked Tina for being such an arrogant and
toxic granddaughter. Now that he knew she was not related to them by blood, he did not like her even
more.
Master Tao got impatient, as his son and daughter-in-law kept delaying the recognition and the
welcoming of Emily into the Tao family. He personally went to the Tao villa for questioning.
"Do you have your daughter Emily in your heart? You protect Tina as if you are protecting the pupils of
your eye. Don't you want your own daughter? If you don't want her back, you should inform me. I still
want this granddaughter! I will bring her back myself."
Master Tao was already over 70 years old, but he was still in good health and full of energy. He was an
old retired General from the battlefield, and a decorated war hero. Sometimes when he lost temper,
even Abbott was afraid of him.
"Father! We've been thinking about the proper solutions! Don't speak so loud! Tina will hear you! Let's
go out and talk about it..."
"You want me to go out on such a cold winter night? You are a really good son!" Master Tao pointed at
Abbott, his grey beard trembling with anger. "The truth is, that girl is not a descendant of the Tao family
at all. She should be grateful for everything we have given her. How dare you ask me to keep my voice
down on her account! You'd better watch your tone!" he said to them.
The Tao couple panicked, upon hearing Master Tao's words. Fearing his wrath, they dared not to
irritate him any further. They persuaded with extra caution, "Father, it's all our fault. For the sake of
Tina's poor health, please don't speak of this to her, please? Nonetheless, wasn't she also brought up
by you..."
"Tina is the way she is right now because of her own poor choices. She is a prisoner of her own device.
The time has come for her to reap the fruits of her actions!" In the end Master Tao, gave the couples
some respite. "Okay, if you want to hide it from her, it's up to you. After all, she is also surnamed Tao..."
However, before Master Tao had time to finish what he had said, a cold voice interrupted him.
"Hide from me? I don't think you need to hide anything from me," said Tina, as she walked down the
stairs expressionlessly, glancing at the people in the living room.
"Tina..." Mark called her name as he walked up from behind and watched the stiff expressions on
everyone's face. He started to have a bad feeling about this.
Sure enough, the next second, Tina's words made Mark's jaw drop to the floor.
"Am I not your biological daughter? Dad, mom, tell me." Tina's voice was ghostly, but it was a precursor
to the eruption of the volcano.
With her voice trembling, Bess forced herself to tell a lie, "Who told you that? You are our own
daughter!"
"Even now, you are still lying to me? Alright!" Tina's eyes burned with anger. She screamed at them, "If
I am not, then I am not. Who cares! I don't want to share the same blood with a smelly ratbag like
Emily!"
Master Tao was so furious at Tina's arrogance that he almost broke the walking stick in his hand.
Driven mad with anger, he said, "Listen! Listen to what this girl says! She doesn't seem like she comes
from a decent family!"
"God damn it, old man! What qualifications do you have to say anything about me? What I hate most
about you, is your stereotypical old face. You look like a tombstone!" Tina burst out into curses.
"You... I am so angry!" Master Tao had been a soldier all his life. Everybody had always shown him
respect and he had never been insulted like this by another person let alone a young girl. He was so
angry that he had difficulty breathing all of a sudden!
What an absolute disgrace!
With her voice trembling, Bess forced herself to tell a lie, "Who told you that? You are our own
daughter!"
"Even now, you are still lying to me? Alright!" Tina's eyes burned with anger. She screamed at them, "If
| am not, then | am not. Who cares! | don't want to share the same blood with a smelly ratbag like
Emily!"
Master Tao was so furious at Tina's arrogance that he almost broke the walking stick in his hand.
Driven mad with anger, he said, "Listen! Listen to what this girl says! She doesn't seem like she comes
from a decent family!"
"God damn it, old man! What qualifications do you have to say anything about me? What | hate most
about you, is your stereotypical old face. You look like a tombstone!" Tina burst out into curses.
"You... |am so angry!" Master Tao had been a soldier all his life. Everybody had always shown him
respect and he had never been insulted like this by another person let alone a young girl. He was so
angry that he had difficulty breathing all of a sudden!
What an absolute disgrace!
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