Sophie's voice was a little choked up as she recalled those days.

She couldn't help but pause a moment.

Her look, however, was full of resentment.

Jack frowned and didn't press the moment.

After a while, Sophie took a deep breath and calmed down. She continued, "Back then, your father and I met at a fancy dinner party, and it was love at first sight."

"And during that time, your father already had the apparent heir qualification, and he was preparing to compete for the family headship."

Under the light, Sophie's gaze deepened, as she kept recalling what had happened.

But her emotion was becoming more ferocious and filled with resentment.

"Your father and I arrived in this city and soon established ourselves. We built a business of our own, and your father's talent and boldness soon made him stood out from other Hughes family heirs." "But at that time, I was pregnant. Your father couldn't bear to leave both of us. So, he wanted to refuse the position of the head of the family. But he was forced by the previous head of the family." "He was forced?"This is property © .

Jack was puzzled, "Father was willing to give up the succession of the position, wasn't this a great news for those failed heirs?"

"The Hughes family have always followed the rule of survival of the fittest. And the winner is the leader!"

Sophie smiled bitterly, "After that, the last one remaining, has no choice but to take the position. The head of the family can only be your father, and he cannot go against the rules of the Hughes family." Jack frowned even more. This might also be the secret that the Hughes family could uphold its glory.

The so-called survival of the fittest was more of cultivating talents, and when there was one that outshines the rest, he would succeed the head of the family.

To be the best out of all of the outstanding heirs, the capability of that person's definitely top-notch!

Sophie continued, "At that time, the head of Hughes family and Madam Hughes, worked together to force your father to inherit the family headship. And the price for it was the lives of both of us!" Jack's pupils contracted, and fury rose in his chest.

Jack couldn't help but clenched both of his fists hard.

The threatening of lives had shown the oppressiveness of the Hughes family.

"As you can see, the Hughes family has no mercy. Your father had to abandon us just to protect us from them. He returned to the Hughes family and succeeded in the head of the family."

Sophie's eyes reddened, holding her tears, "In fact, although your father had left us. The business he and I created together was enough for us to live our lives in peace. But..."

And next!

Jack's spirit lifted and listened intently.

"But...I hate it! Why was I born in Burton family? The Burton family are beasts that eat humans!"

Sophie pounded her chest, the tears she suppressed finally streamed down. In her trembling voice, "After your father left, the Burton family came over. They had coveted the business your father had created. And they snatched it away from just because I bore the name of Burton!"

When she said this, Sophie's face was grim and twisted.

Resentment, anger and all sorts of emotions were on her face.

Jack's face was too gloomy, and the fury in his chest had turned into rage, stirring him up.

"I wanted to refuse the Burton family at that time, for us to have a stable future. But Burton family was greedy and brutal. Your grandfather, who personally did this, bullied us both an orphan and a widow. And he pressured me with the power of the Burton family so that I had to hand over the business."

"It was also because of my fierce resistance, your grandfather has since expelled me from the Burton family pedigree. So that is why we once had led a poor life that you remembered.

Click

Jack's knuckles on both hands rattled.

With a cold glint in his eyes. He looked at his mother, who had already burst into tears and almost wailed, "But you are one of the Burton family, and you are also his daughter. Yet he still did this to you?" "Hehe...daughter?"

Sophie laughed with a sad tone and wiped a handful of tears, "Jack, remember, in the Burton family, men are preferred over women, and men are the leaders of the family. While women are merely dispensable companions. Even though I am their bloodline, I have no rights to compete in the qualification of the head of the family and can't even request for any sort of help!"

At the end of the sentence, Sophie was almost wailing.

A complete and utter injustice was like a scabbed scar. It was uncovered again, coupled with the memories.

Patriarchal?

Jack squinted his eyes until it was slit, a bitter chill emanated from his body.

He smiled coldly from the corner of his mouth, unconsciously curving it up.

What year was it?

Was it surprising that such an old society dross still existed in the Burton family?

Men on top and women are dispensable?

What an asshole!

"Isn't it surprising? I was just as surprised back then and resented even more for being a daughter but being born in Burton family."

Sophie forced herself to hold back from the emotional break down and continued to say, "But your grandfather's ruthlessness far exceeded even what I expected. Back then, not only did he snatched away the business your father had left behind, but he also used various means to stop us from any chance of turning over in the city!

The wailing grew even more miserable.

Sophie's body trembled, her face was red, and tears fell like rain.

The scars were uncovered, the pain was so intense that she would never have been willing to endure it if the truth hadn't been exposed, and only now she could tell Jack.

"Mum..."

Jack's face went pale, and he quickly hugged his mother, "It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, everything will be alright."

He was worried about his mother's anger.

When recalled in detail, such a nightmare was never something his mother could have endured in her physical state. Full of injustice and blatant bullying.

The Burton family was nothing but a bully to both an orphan and a widow, not even thinking about their bloodline kinship! "I'm sorry, Jack. I'm so sorry for you. If I had been tougher back then, your childhood wouldn't have been full of misery." Sophie sobbed bitterly, full of self-recrimination.

"It's okay, I don't care."

Jack shook his head while patting his mother's back, soothingly, "We have already gone through that, your son has already propped up a stretch of the sky for mother. From now on, neither the Hughes family nor the Burton family will ever be able to oppress us again!"

Sophie nodded her head, her teeth biting her lips.

Even though she tried not to cry out, she couldn't stop the tears from flowing down.

Her eyes were filled with even more resentment.

Jack patiently consoled her for an hour before Sophie's emotion gradually calmed down. And she finally drew herself away from those tragic memories of that year.

"Mum, so why are the Burtons here for?"

Jack's voice was cold. As his mother cried bitterly, he also regarded his so-called grandfather as an outsider. Nothing more than just a member of the Burton family. Sophie was still sobbing a little while she spoke.

She smiled proudly, It's because they know that my son is successful!"

"Trying to repeat what happened back then?" Jack raised his eyebrows.

To be able to disregard his kinship, to disregard his flesh and blood, to personally rob the business of Jack's father that was left behind for his mother, Jack wouldn't be surprised if the incident was repeated because of his grandfather.

Sophie shook her head, her face showed even more pride, and her smile was widening.

"He is trying to ask you to return to the Burton family. And succeed in the position of the head of the family!"☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐