She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

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After pauxing for over a minute. Wesley's ho***se voice finally cfrom hit copped hands On New Year's Day

that ye your grandparents took Zilvia to the pedestrian street to play. In front of the department store, there was

a commercial square with an acrobatics performance, and the three of them gathered there to watch They

hadn't been watching for long when Zalvia said she wanted a candied hawthorn skewer, so your grandpa went to

buy one Wesley continued. "Before he could retom. Zilvia sw skids nearly playing with balloons and said she

wanted one too The balloon vendor was only about ten meters away, so your grandma thought it would just take

a few minute and back. She told Zilvia to stay put and while e she went to get the balloon Basically, the direction

of this kind of story was always predictaldr

wait

The sad and i

The sad and

atmosphere gradually spread.

Athena closed her eyes, her heart slowly sinking as she silently prayed, hoping it wasnt as she feared.

Wesley's voice had already choked up, filled with endless pain: When your grandpa cback with the candied

hawthorn Zilvia was nowhere to be seen..."

He was holding back, trying not to cry or break down Athena's nails dug deeply into her palms, the pain piercing

sharply

After another two to three minutes, Wesley continued, "Your grandpa and grandma were nearly driven mad With

their bodies over sisty, they stumbled around searching everywhere, asking everyone, even kneeling on the

ground and to people, begging for help to find their grandchild" He sighed. There were surveillance cameras in

the mall, but they weren't as widespread as they are now. There were blind spots. The cameras showed that

after your grandma walked away, Zilvia seemed to notice something and worked toward the side of the mall on

her own. Her figure disappeared into a blind spot in the surveillance cameras. We tried every possible way-

posting missing person ads everywhere, crying on TV and websites, asking relatives and friends for brip. The

media, police, and citizens of Kitmore City also joined the search, but Zilvia... seemed to have vanished into thin

air and was never seen again.

Athena closed her eyes, not knowing what to say.

Your

Her

For any family that loved their child, losing a child was a devastating blow mom, grandpa, and grandma cried

every day because of this, falling ill one after another Your grandma eyesight, which was already pour, nearly

deteriorated from all the crying. The worst part is. Wesley's voice trepbled. The matter was very big at that time.

With the entire city searching for Zilvia but finding no leads, many people started saying that your grandpa and

grandma were biased towards boys and intentionally took their granddaughter to a crowded, complicated place

during the holiday, deliberately abandoning her." He went on, "Seven said that your grandpa and grandma

sold their granddaughter and had arranged for human traffickers to be on-site, suggesting that the investigation

should start with them. When your grandpa and grandma beand these rumors, they were deeply traumatized.

One had a stroke and collapsed on the spot, while the other fell down the and broke a leg. Although they

received prompt medical attention, your grandpa was left with delayed reactions and molality issues, and your

grandma not only had her eyesight severely i impaired but also had to use a wheelchair for daily mobility looted

regretful. "This disaster also drained all the family's savings. We sold our original three-story hoe and moved to a

worker's dormitory area, renting an apartment in the sbuilding, so the family had so spht mu two separate

unuts. Your grandma and grandpa dahn't want to be a burden to us and insisted on moving to the countsyair

planning to grow svegetables and raise chickens to help support the family. Of courie, we thempol Zilvia

mel countryside, but living here would only remind them od Zalvia and cause them to companilyary, feet gully

and be worrind So, your mum decided to go with them to the countryside to tal Chapter 123 51%

At that time, Athena's older brother, Jaden, was fifteen years old and had just six months left before his high

school entrance

exams.

Unable to bear the thought of his parents being separated and his younger brothers being away from their

mother for extended periods, Jaden suggested that he go to the countryside to look after his grandparents. He

transferred to a middle school in the county and later to a high school there. During the day, he attended

classes, and in the evening, he returned to stay with his grandparents.

After Jaden was accepted into college, he transferred his younger brother, Joshua, to the county high school to

take over the responsibility of caring for their grandparents.

After Joshua was admitted to college, lus younger brother, Zayn, was transferred to the county high school to

take over the responsibility offor their grandparents.

Thus, the brothers wook turns going to the countryside to care for their grandparents, managing to hold on until

now.

Wesley recalled the most tragic period: "Six months after the incident, Catherine returned to her hometown with

Maria. After that, Maria was sold by her biological father to be a child bride, and we went to adopt Maria. At this

point, Wesley seemed to calm down a bit. He finally lifted his face from his hands, picked up a glass of water,

and sipped it slowly.

After finishing his drink, he said softly, "For thirteen years, we never gave up searching for Zilvia Every year, we

regularly paid a sum to professional missing person agencies to help with the search." silently, understanding

why the Donovan family's financial situation was so strained

Athena

Wesla

years ago, during the summer vacation, the reason we decided | so

and asked softly. "Dad, what kind of girl was Zily to adopt Josie was because she reminded us of Zilvia. Having

Josie with us helps somewhat to ease the pain of losing Zilvia

Athena poured a a glass of water for her fath father

When talking about their missing beloved daughter, Wesley's gaze was both sorrowful and gentle. Zilvia... she

was very cute and incredibly smart. Everyone who met her said she would be something extraordinary when she

grew up

: '

He continued. 'She was only two

2 2 o f

years into kindergarten, and we didn't

pressure her to study at home, yet

she could correctly write over a

thousand characters, SEMEL

in a simple farejgn Tnglade with

ERT A and master

two-digit multiplication and division.

She learned anything she was shown

just by seeing it a few times. The

teachers all said she was a prodigy,

the smartest child they had ever

seen. She had once undergone an IQ

test in kindergarten, and her score

was 150. The testing teacher said

she might have been deliberately

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Athena's eyes flickered slightly upon hearing this. As twins, Zilvia's intelligence was probably quite similar to

hers

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Wesley murmured, "Zilvia was so

smart, she never caused us any

worry. We were always careful to

teach her how to RY) herself For

i cin Ghe as outside, if no

adults were around to watch her, she

was taught not to leave her original

spot. She had to be aware of the

surveillance cameras around her and

make sure she stayed in a place

where the cameras could see her.

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He looked despondent, shaking his

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head repeatedly. "We can't

understand how such a smartgid like

Zilvia could have left the place where

her grandparents {qd sr I’) waltithat

day, anoy site Wbuld walk

towards a place without any

surveillance cameras on her own. His

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voice was filled with regret. "We even

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suspect that maybe Zilvia's

exceptional cuteness and intelligence

made her a target. The perpetrators

might have been a group who

observed her in secret for a long

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