Chapter 217 The Secret of the Birth Date Unveiled
Hubert and Richard were speechless when they saw Eugene's message.
Richard: [Did Elizabeth embarrass you again? Look how upset you are.]
Eugene didn't used to drink, but now he often turned to alcohol to drown his sorrows. Richard couldn't think of any other reason except being provoked by Elizabeth.
Hubert: [Be confident. Remove the question mark. If Elizabeth gave him the slightest bit of attention, Eugene would run to her immediately. How could he possibly think of us?]
Eugene was silent. These two jerks always said things to make him sad. But he didn't know who else to drink with.
Eugene: [I'll just ask once, are you guys coming out or not?]
Hubert had also been frustrated with Rebecca recently. He was actually already sitting in the bar.
Hubert: [I'm already drinking. You two come over.] Then, he sent the location in the group chat.
Eugene: [I'm coming now.] He told the taxi driver to go there.
Richard: [Alright, I'll come over now too.]
Richard had nothing to do at the moment and was ready to see the drama of the two heartbroken men.
When the three met at the bar, Elizabeth and Rebecca also returned to the apartment. Elizabeth went to take a shower first. She came out and ate the pasta Rebecca cooked.
After she finished eating, Rebecca pulled her to sit on the sofa. Then she handed a folder to Elizabeth. "The things we asked the private detective to investigate have been found," she said in a low voice.
Elizabeth took it and looked through it. Inside was a photo of Brenda's birth certificate.
Seeing Brenda's birth date, Elizabeth sighed, "Sure enough, she was born in the same year, month, day, and time as me."
Elizabeth didn't know her exact birth date before.
After returning to the Clark family, she got her birth certificate from Betty and found out.
They were born in the same hour. Brenda was born a few minutes after Elizabeth.
This indicated that after Elizabeth was born, Piper had a C-section to give birth to Brenda and Natalie.
Rebecca furrowed her brow, pondering aloud, "You two have identical birth times. Is there some kind of cosmic manipulation at play here? What could they possibly be scheming?" It wasn't coincidental that Piper had opted for a C-section, ensuring Brenda and Elizabeth entered the world simultaneously.
As Elizabeth digested the information about Brenda's birth time, coupled with Natalie's revelation, the pieces began to fall into place.
"They're after my Generational Blessings," she declared, her voice tinged with realization. "Brenda's very existence is tied to mine."
She continued, piecing together the puzzle, "Our Generational Blessings must be intertwined somehow. If mine are weakened, Brenda's are strengthened. My misfortune translates to her good luck."
Suddenly, inexplicable events from her past started making sense. This theory explained why she'd been plagued by misfortune as a child. Even something as simple as walking could result in an unexpected tumble.
It wasn't until Wayne had gifted her with the pendant she now wore that her streak of bad luck had gradually subsided. Those moments of misfortune, she now realized, likely coincided with Brenda's strokes of good fortune.
In her past life, when Elizabeth had attempted to break free from the Clark family and started investigating Wayne's suspicious death, she'd been kidnapped. This, too, was probably connected.
She speculated, 'If I'd left the Clark family, it would've jeopardized Brenda's standing within the family, subsequently affecting her Generational Blessings.'
By that time, Brenda had already skyrocketed to fame in the entertainment industry. They couldn't risk Elizabeth's actions impacting Brenda's success.
She thought, 'My Generational Blessings had probably been significantly depleted by then. They couldn't afford to let me continue living.'
In this life, Elizabeth chose to leave the Clark family decisively. In the variety show, she was more popular than Brenda and liked by more people. Elizabeth's Generational Blessings strengthened. So, Brenda not only couldn't absorb her Generational Blessings but her Generational Blessings would also be weakened. That was why she suffered such a severe backlash before.
If, in the past life, with such strong Generational Blessings, even if there were a backlash, it would have been a minor issue for Brenda.
After all, Elizabeth's curse on Brenda wasn't like a spell. It was just a silent curse with a bit of Generational Blessings. But Brenda fell so badly, indicating that her Generational Blessings had been significantly weakened recently.
This also explained why Natalie said Elizabeth and Brenda were deeply connected.
Rebecca was startled. "What? your Generational Blessings are mutually exclusive?" she exclaimed.
She thought carefully and suddenly realized. "No wonder she wanted to steal your parents' and brothers' love and take Eugene. She even wanted to enter the entertainment industry to take your resources. So, every time she takes something from you, it adds to her own?"
Elizabeth nodded. "Yes, that's exactly what it means."
Rebecca remarked with a sullen face, "What a despicable and shameless thief!"
Brenda was stealing Elizabeth's Generational Blessings, and everything else was too shameless.
Elizabeth's eyes turned cold. "Yes, no wonder Brenda insists on taking my things," she said.
Rebecca asked, "It shouldn't be that easy to bind you two together, right? They must have done something else."
Rebecca continued, "Kevin once lost you. Could it be the people behind Brenda who did it?"
Elizabeth thought, 'That's how they managed to place Brenda in the Clark family. They made her take on my name, claim the love I once received, and essentially live the life that should have been mine.'
The shocking truth dawned on her: Elizabeth's fall from being a privileged heiress to a kidnapped orphan was no accident or coincidence.
Nodding grimly, Elizabeth said, "I used to only suspect this, but now it's clear—they orchestrated the whole thing. Not only did they deliberately abduct me, but they probably took some of my hair as well."
It made sense now why Natalie had handed her Brenda's hair, insisting she'd need it in the future. To break the bond between her and Brenda, they indeed required both their hair and birth times.
The reason they didn't just kill her outright was clear: Brenda needed to usurp Elizabeth's Generational Blessings and replace her life.
Besides targeting her Generational Blessings, the Clark family was clearly another of their objectives. It wasn't just the Clark family; the Baker family and the Diaz family were also under similar schemes.
In the world of high society, Generational Blessings were far more potent than in ordinary families. For families with centuries of lineage, their Generational Blessings had accumulated over a hundred years.
The person pulling Brenda's strings was systematically siphoning these blessings from the great families through his "children." Elizabeth couldn't help but wonder what that person intended to do with all that stolen power.
'We have to get to the bottom of who's behind Brenda and expose them,' She concluded with determination.
Rebecca rubbed the goosebumps on her arms. She cursed, "This feels a bit scary. The person behind Brenda is so despicable and shameless."
Rebecca reminded, "By the way, check Angela's birth time to see if there's any problem." She always felt there was something wrong with Angela's birth time.
Elizabeth looked at Angela's birth certificate date. "Her birth time is different from yours," she replied.
Rebecca nodded, "Indeed, it's different." Then she suddenly uttered, "By the way, I saw that her birthday is the same as Hubert's."
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