Chapter 211 A Sweet Talker
Richard drank a few more sips of water before he spoke.
"A businessman values integrity above all else. Although Lord was a playboy, he was also a man of his word, so he married Laura as his wife. The girls were named Fiona and Annabel.
"The elder sister, Fiona, had a gentle nature and liked poems and paintings. Lord thought highly of her and spent a lot of money outside the mountains to hire famous teachers to train her in various talents, such as piano, chess, and so on.
"Annabel, on the other hand, was lively and sporty, so Lord hired a martial arts instructor to teach her.
"Just because she practiced martial arts since she was a child, Annabel had a very stubborn temper, and she never used other methods to solve problems if she could solve them with fists.
"Lord feared that if Annabel kept going like this, no one would marry her when she grew up. So Lord quit the martial arts instructor and hired a number of writing masters to strengthen Annabel's writing.
"However, the temperament had been cultivated, and it couldn't be changed easily. Annabel hated this kind of life very much and tried to run away from home more than once.
"Fiona, to help Annabel out of that situation, gave Annabel a good idea, which was to cause trouble on purpose.
"For example, when washing dishes, Annabel would accidentally smash all the precious porcelain bowls, and when lighting a fire, Annabel would accidentally burn the whole room. Anyway, whatever Annabel did was going to cost the Lewis family a fortune.
"After experiencing such things several times, Lord finally couldn't bear it anymore. And after the two children's tenth birthday, he sent Annabel to Laura's family to let her experience the hardships of a poor family.
"Lord promised that when Annabel knew that she was wrong and could correct her mistakes, he would take her back to the Lewis family.
"But in fact, it was Fiona's idea to drive Annabel out of the family, so how could Fiona allow Annabel to return to this family again?
"Fiona tried her best to frame Annabel, which made Lord's impression of Annabel worse and worse. In the end, Lord just ignored Annabel and said that Annabel should run her own course.
"Annabel lived in her grandma's house for 12 years until the end of the day to her grandma.
"For 12 years, everyone thought Annabel was in trouble and living a life of poverty.
"But in fact, Annabel had been self-taught and had a thorough knowledge of archaeology. And I met her through archaeology. We were both in our early 20s..."
Samantha liked listening to Richard's speech very much, and she was fascinated by it unconsciously.
After the death of her husband, she lived alone all the time. To pass the lonely time, she raised several pigs in the countryside.
When Samantha was really bored, she would talk to pigs.
Of course, pigs only cared about eating and sleeping and never responded to her except by grunting.
She hadn't heard the voice of a man of the same age for many years, and today Richard's voice sounded warm and friendly. The rest of Samantha's lonely and old life found a new direction in an instant.
This old man was a sweet talker, and he could tell wonderful stories. The key point was that he was also very knowledgeable. He could tell by observing the objects in front of him whether they were antiques or not, and whether they were valuable or not.
How nice would it be to be with such an old man for the rest of her life!
When she had this thought, Samantha was frightened by herself.
Oh, dear! What was wrong with her? She was almost 70 years old, and now she wanted to start a family... What a shame!
Samantha blushed and looked out the window. She was listening to the story, but she was too embarrassed to stare at Richard.
Richard didn't pay attention to Samantha's expression and continued to tell the story of his acquaintance with Annabel.
...
On the road by the cliff.
Ethan drove slowly.
It wasn't that he didn't dare to drive fast, it was that the trucks in front were moving very slowly.
The road at the edge of the cliff was not wide enough to overtake at all, and the speed of driving could only be determined by the person in front.
Halfway through the journey, there was another fork in the road, and several large trucks turned at the same time.
"Why did they turn? Shouldn't we go straight?" Ethan was confused.
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