Lazily Yours.

Gabi felt defeated.

After days of searching the net about Lyca Shen and her family, she couldn't find anything. She knew that Lyca was married and had two children, but she couldn't find any information about her kids. Not even their gender.

Keeping it a secret doesn't make sense to Gabi. Just who are these people? Why can't she find anything about them?

She lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling.

She spent the entire week for nothing.

All she knew was the fact that Lyca and her husband is the owner of Shen Group who is now branching out to Plaria. Shen Group is a well-respected conglomerate that owns a lot of pharmacies, hospitals, training centers, and research facilities all over the world. Recently, they introduced some new AI tech that made the world in awe.

Lyca… Why does she look like Luca?

Was it possible that the man that she slept that night… was a Shen?

Right now, she could only think of that one possibility.

That night was particularly hazy in her memories. As someone with a weak body, she drank a few glasses of wine and felt herself fainting and falling into someone's eyes. After that, she couldn't remember anything.

She had been really reckless at that time. Now that she thought about it, she felt that it was all a scheme. How could someone faint from drinking a few glasses of some red wine which had four percent of alcoholic contents? Isn't that a bit too low?

As someone who had bad health and low alcoholic tolerance, she was super-mindful about the alcoholic percentage of her wine. How could she suddenly faint after drinking a few sips? At that time, she didn't think too much of it as her mind was occupied with the fact that she had slept with someone.

She recalled waking up naked and alone in that room.

At that time, she cried buckets of tears as she thought of the embarrassment that her random one-night stand could bring to Alfons name. As the cousin of the Governor, how could she just sleep around with anyone?

And true enough, Alfons scolded her when he knew about the one-night stand.

When she got pregnant, Alfons suggested that she abort the fetus, but she couldn't do it. Alfons said the risk of her dying while giving birth was too big. She was already weak, how could she raise another human?

Still, she declined.

How could she kill an innocent soul who knows nothing about her sins? She had money, she was rich and influential. She had enough to raise a baby. She had a weak body, but she could employ hundreds of maids to take care of her son. So what if she was a single parent?

She remembered Alfons laughing at her and calling her delusional. That was the first time that Alfons called her some nasty names and, because of that, she chose to stay away from him. She moved out of Du Empire and gave birth in Kaplon — a continent in the north where it snowed almost all year.

Luca was born away from everyone else. When she decided to come back, Luca was already two years old. At that time, she came back because Alfons apologized and told her he wanted to meet Luca. Of course, the naive Gabi was foolish enough to believe her cousin.

After some thought, she now believed that Alfons asked her to come back so he could kill her and cause a war — no, she wasn't just talking about civil war, but a war between Xu Country and Du Empire.

"Young Miss? Are you awake?"

"What is it? Nonim?" she answered when she heard the Head Maid's voice.

"Young Miss…" the head maid Nonim walked inside her room, she gave her a bow before saying, "Young Master Alfons called. He asked about your health."

"Ah." She knew that Alfons had been trying to make the servants in this house his subordinate, but the Head Maid, who was once her late mother's maid, had always been loyal to Gabi. She was an honest woman who isn't scared of pointing out her faults.

After her rebirth, she immediately asked Nonim to report everything that Alfons does.

"What did you say?" Gabi asked.

"I told him that you are not feeling well… you barely go out of your room anymore."

"Very good." Gabi nodded. "What did he say?"

"Well, he was talking about his upcoming graduation."

"Oh? Graduation already?" As expected of Alfons. He must have found a way to complete his thesis. "Well… next time he calls you, please tell him I am feeling a bit better. I am now walking in and out of the mansion and doing some light exercises. I am also eating well and reading a lot of books."

How could she miss his graduation? Gabi smiled inwardly.

During his graduation party, Gabi will fall into another one of Alfons' schemes that would start the destruction of the Ren Family — her maternal family.

From Alfons' explanation before Gabi's death, it is reasonable that he would cause the destruction of the Ren Family because they are the indirect reason why his father left his mother. The rich and influential Ren Family.

"Ah… Nonim please asked the driver to prepare the car. I need to go somewhere."

"Miss, may I ask where are you going? You are still weak… you…"

"It's fine. I am just buying some pieces of jewelry."

"Jewelry? How about I call the private jewelry designer too— "

"No need. I want to breathe some fresh air."

"Alright then… I will tell the driver to prepare the car." This time, she is going to prepare thoroughly to fight back against Alfons' scheme. To start with, she needed information.

And since her salon is not yet ready, she is planning to buy it from a group of people that specializes in information gathering.

The Bobo Jewelry Store.

An international jewelry company that operates in almost all continents in this world.