Chapter 2

This scene was so familiar!

Wasn't this the same ten-million-dollar IOU from my previous life?

The only difference was that in my previous life, I was forced to sign it by everyone in this room, under Rose's coercion.

But in this life, I brought Mr. Thompson to protect me, only to be pressured by him instead!

I laughed angrily, picked up the IOU, tore it to pieces, and threw it at them.

"You're really asking for too much, demanding ten million dollars right off the bat!"

"Do you look like people who have ten million dollars?!"

"Mr. Thompson, who gave you the guts to do this? Do you know what will happen when my father finds out?"

Rose suddenly rushed out at this moment, shouting angrily.

"Shut up, Lily!"

"Today is my mother's funeral! How can you say such things without hurting her feelings?"

"Ever since we adopted an ungrateful person like you, our family has been eating porridge and pickles every day. My academic performance was clearly better than yours, but just because my mother liked you more!"

"You got to attend tutoring classes, wear nice clothes!"

"My mom sacrificed my future to send you to college! How is that not worth ten million dollars!"

Rose covered her face and started crying, as if everything was real.

But I was never their adopted daughter!

Let alone talk about ten million dollars in compensation!

Jack quickly rushed over to hug Rose and comfort her, "Rose, don't be sad. None of us knew Lily was such an ungrateful person!"

I coldly laughed and questioned him, "Jack! Are you my boyfriend or Rose's!"

But Jack, who used to be so gentle with me, now shouted at me angrily.

"Lily! How dare you speak!"

"Everyone in this room knows that your adoptive mother left you a three-million-dollar inheritance!"

"Rose, as the biological daughter of your adoptive mother, didn't get a penny. How can you say such things?"

Rose also cried beside him, "Lily, are you even trying to steal my boyfriend?"

I was so angry that my chest was heaving constantly, "Fine! From now on, Jack, this cheating man, is your boyfriend!"

Jack's face changed, and he said with a red face, "Don't change the subject, Lily. Since you don't acknowledge your adoptive mother, give that three million dollars back to Rose!"

Their relatives around also agreed.

"Yes, the money should be left to our family!"

"We'll just consider it as having raised an ungrateful child!"

"If you don't acknowledge us, we won't acknowledge you either!"

My face turned cold again.

So it was all about the three million dollars?

But the three million in my hands wasn't the nanny's money at all!

I turned to look at Mr. Thompson, my eyes cold and sharp, "Mr. Thompson, they might not know about this three million, but are you still going to play dumb?"

But Mr. Thompson seemed to have become a different person, greedily licking the corner of his mouth, raising his hand to slap me in the face again, the sound crisp.

"How could I not know about this three million?"

"It's our money!"

"You tore up the IOU, isn't it because you don't want to split from us, so you can take away this three million?"

"Let me tell you, Lily, no way!"

Being hit again, there was no fear in my eyes, but I suddenly remembered a text message I received on my phone when I got off the plane.

"Dear Mr. Thompson, your loan of $700,000 from our company is severely overdue..."

Thinking of this, I questioned him without mercy, "Mr. Thompson, have you been gambling these three years, borrowing a lot of online loans, so you're using this trick to cheat me out of three million?"

"Did you think that since my dad is abroad and I have no one by my side, you could bully me like this?"

"This three million was transferred by my dad to the nanny to build roads for the community, it wasn't her inheritance at all, was it?"

The faces of the guests around changed drastically.

"This is money for all of us!?"