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he old residence of the Snider family. 

Where is Vania?” Calvert asked. 

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When Dorothy saw Calvert, she was relieved and teary–eyed. “She’s still in the room. No matter what, she refuses to come 

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I’ll go up first.” Calvert frowned and went upstairs. 

There was a cart at the door, and the cart was full of food prepared by Dorothy. 

He knocked on the door, but there was no response. 

It’s me, Vania. Open the door first. Are you going to keep starving yourself like this?” Calvert stood at the door, and he felt so 

orry. 

Vania hugged her legs and leaned against the corner. When she heard Calvert’s voice, tears fell down again. “I don’t want to open the door!” 

Leave! Just leave!” Vania shouted with a cry. 

Calvert frowned, “Vania, open the door. Are you going to let him go like this? Don’t you believe me? I can solve everything or you.” 

If you keep doing this, only you will be hurt. You are just the victim. Everything has nothing to do with you. Open the door.” Calvert lowered his voice and coaxed. 

Vania was still unhappy and cried even harder, “Don’t say anything! Don’t say anything. I just want to be alone. Leave. Ask Dorothy to leave too.” 

I won’t leave. If you don’t come out, I’ll wait for you here.” 

Now that Vania was very emotional, Calvert did not dare to insist too much. “You can cry if you want. You can vent if you want. I will be here with you.” 

Vania, no matter what you do, I will accompany you.” 

Since Calvert took over the company, he actually had a lot less interaction with Vania, but no matter what. Vania was his biological sister, and he always cared about her. 

Vania’s lips trembled “Why… why… I did nothing wrong. Why did he treat me like this? Calvert, why?” 

“Open the door first. Open the door and let’s talk, okay?” Calvert knocked on the door again. “This time. I went out and brought you a gift. Don’t you want to see it?” 

Vania finally had a reaction, but after squatting for too long, her feet were so numb that it was difficult to move. She tried to stand up against the wall, but staggered to the ground. 

She was already broken, and her sadness reached its peak in an instant, and she cried aloud 

“Vania? What’s wrong?” 

Calvert frowned, only to hear a muffled sound from the room. He said, “I’ll take the key to open the door, okay!” 

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In fact, there was a spare key at home, but everyone respected Vania and would not break in without permission. 

Vania could only sob, utterly convinced the universe had painted a target on her back. very possible misfortune crashing down at once. 

Vania? Then I’m going in.” Calvert didn’t know what was going on inside, for fear that something bad would happen if he didn’t go in again. 

In the end, Calvert didn’t care about anything else. He took the key to open the door and went in, and saw Vania fall to the ground, crying like a heartbroken child. 

Calvert stepped forward to help her up and wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief. “What’s wrong? Did you fall?” 

ust like when she was a child, he coaxed softly, “It’s alright, it’s alright.” 

Calvert…” Vania heard this voice, and tears fell uncontrollably. “I didn’t do anything. Why did he treat me like this?” 

Vania’s eyes were red and swollen from crying, and her head rested on Calvert’s shoulder, “He said… He said he just wanted o take me to meet his friends, and somehow it became like this. How could this be? After I went in, he locked the door, and I couldn’t get out.” 

Vania choked and kept shaking. 

Calvert patted the back of her head with his big hand. “It has nothing to do with you. That man’s name… Do you know it?” 

Vania cried out of breath. “I, I don’t know. He told me an English name, saying that he just came back from abroad not long igo.” 

Okay, I see. Go wash your face first, okay?” Calvert pressed her arms lightly. “Those eyes can’t take much more crying.” 

Clad head–to–toe in white long sleeves and pants, she shook her head. “I don’t want to. I don’t want to wash my face or look n the mirror.” 

When she looked up, Calvert found that there were many small scars on Vania’s face. “Vania, why are there scars on your face? 

Hearing this, Vania immediately lowered her head and stepped back, covering her face with both hands, “Don’t look at my face. Don’t look at my face.” 

“My face is very scary now, don’t look!” Vania almost roared in a low voice, “Go out, you go out. I want to be alone. Go out.” 

Calvert’s eyebrows were filled with worry, and it was heartbreaking to imagine what kind of ordeal Vania had suffered. “You’re still beautiful. Just superficial scratches. They’ll fade.” 

“No, no…” Vania’s voice was hoarse. “I’m dirty. I’m dirty. No one will like me again. No one will love me again.” 

“We will all love you. Vania, no matter who you are or what you become, we will always love you. You shouldn’t treat yourself like this. It will only make them proud of their violence.” 

Calvert slowly took a step forward. “Vania, you are the toughest little girl, aren’t you? Do you remember getting injections when you were a child, and you never cried?” 

“If you don’t want to look at the mirror, I’ll cover it with a cloth now, okay?” Calvert coaxed her, ‘Or can I bring you water?” 

“You cover the mirror, okay? I don’t want to see my face. I think my face is ugly” Saying that, Vania’s tears fell again. 

She cried and poured out her anguish. “I fought like hell to escape over and over, but couldn’t break free. He drugged my 

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drink… I knew something was wrong the second I walked in, but he lied and said I was just tired” 

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“He faked everything and came prepared. Vania’s eyes were so swollen that she could barely open them. “Calvert, what did i do wrong?” 

“Why is he doing this to me? Am I not good enough for him?” Vania choked; her dizziness was severe, and she had not eaten. so she only felt that everything in front of her was shaking. 

Overwhelmed by emotional turmoil and a crashing blood sugar low, Vania’s outburst left her utterly drained. She collapsed unconscious into his arms. 

“Vania.” 

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