Chapter 716 Hidden Clan Slum
“My grandpa shouldered the blood feud of our family, and he wanted to avenge them by fighting Tanya to the death. However, Hayley gave birth to you and entrusted you to my grandpa.
He was the only one she trusted in the entire hidden clan. Back then, this entire place was in absolute chaos, and it was not as peaceful as everything looks now. Everywhere you looked, chaos took shape, and there were even people dedicated to killing your mother.
To protect you two, my grandpa took you guys away and even left me here. When I learned of this when I grew up, I honestly hated him for it. But with time, I came to realize he did it for the greater good. He was selfless and great. As such, my hatred for him gradually faded and I came to admire him…”
“His sacrifice sounds touching, indeed,” Veronica interjected. “However, they controlled my life without ever stopping to ask how I felt. Also, it was his choice to put his vengeance aside and help Hayley and me flee the hidden clan. It had nothing to do with me. Lastly…”
She pointed down the mountain as she continued, “Look at the hidden clan. You said it was chaos everywhere you looked, but now, peace has been restored. Do you know what becomes a nation with internal turmoil and usurp? Do you know who the biggest victims are?”
“The people.” “Huh, you’re not as stupid as you look.” Veronica shook her head. “In that case, you should persuade your grandfather to give up reclaiming the throne of the hidden clan. It’s completely pointless. If he really wants to avenge his family, why don’t he just kill Tanya and let the next Young Lord take over?”
Mind the era we’re living in. To think Crayson and Hayley and their followers would have such pedantic and old-fashioned thinking.
“In that case, let me show you a place.” At that, Mateo dragged Veronica down the mountain without waiting for her answer to where a convertible off-roader was parked.
“Get in,” urged Mateo as he got into the driver’s seat. Veronica, on the other hand, wanted to ask where they were going, but judging from his rare straight face, she knew it was serious business.
With that, she entered the vehicle, slowly heading toward east downtown. “Where are we going?” Veronica couldn’t help satisfying her curiosity, but Mateo kept it mysterious. “You’ll know when we get there.”
It had been over five hours since they left downtown, and the surroundings grew more secluded by the minute. Finally, another short distance later, Veronica caught sight of several residences not far away. However, they weren’t doubled or tripled-story penthouses but shabby make-shift camps.
Every now and then, there would be people passing by. They had tanner complexions and were literally skin and bones.
Veronica’s heart skipped a beat. “Is this… a slum?”
Just as she thought they were going up to the densely populated slum, Mateo pulled over all of a sudden and pointed ahead as he leaned against his heat. “Look there, up east. The slum continues miles ahead. Tens of millions of impoverished people gather here.”
Veronica looked at all the disheveled, starving people and thought their lives were a living hell as she sat in the front passenger seat.
Their homes were so shabby that a storm would be enough to bring them down. They stood no chance against the forces of nature at all.
Their clothes either had holes in them despite having mended them, or they were tied securely to their bodies. None fit them perfectly at all. Who knew where they found them?!
