Chapter 5: Daughter

A woman suddenly rushed over, and the flowers in her hand hit Sophia directly like a sharp weapon, pushing her back suddenly, and then quickly hugged Tiffany tightly in her arms.

Cheryl checked Tiffany nervously, "Are you hurt? Are you bleeding? Where does it hurt?"

The petals covered with dew were scattered all over the ground, and the thorns on the flowers pierced Sophia's neck, causing a slight stinging sensation. She looked at the nervous look of the woman and froze in place for a moment.

Richard came over quickly and asked Sophia with concern, "Are you okay?"

Sophia viciously , "What do you want to do? Do you want to kill Tiffany ?"

Sophia looked at the disgust and hatred in the woman's eyes, and her heart was shocked.

Tiffany glanced at Sophia and quickly grabbed Cheryl's wrist, "Mom, you misunderstood. I asked my sister to help me cut my hair. My sister didn't hurt me."

"I see!" Richard laughed and said to Cheryl with a hint of blame: "You are always so impatient. You lose your temper before you figure things out. Look, Sophia's clothes are all dirty because of you."

Cheryl knew that she had wronged Sophia, and her face looked a little embarrassed. She defended herself, "When I walked in, I saw Sophia holding a pair of scissors on Tiffany 's neck. How did I know she was cutting her hair?"

" Stop talking!" Richard winked at Cheryl , and then said to Tiffany , "Take your sister to change her clothes. Her clothes are all dirty."

"Sister, come with me!"

Tiffany reached out to hold her hand, but Sophia's fingers simply brushed the petals on her shoulders, avoiding them without leaving a trace.

After entering the bedroom on the second floor, Tiffany said apologetically, "Sister, I'm really sorry. I didn't expect mom to come back at this time and hurt you."

"It's none of your business." A faint smile appeared on Sophia's pure face.

Tiffany turned around and went to the cloakroom to get a white T-shirt and put it on the sofa. "This is new and I haven't worn it yet. Sister, you should change your clothes. I'll wait for you downstairs."

"Yeah."

After Tiffany closed the door, Sophia 's eyes fell on the clothes on the sofa, and her face gradually darkened. One wanted to get a haircut, and the other just came back. What a coincidence!

After changing her clothes, Sophia walked out along the corridor. There was a door in the middle that was not closed tightly, and Richard's voice came from inside , "How could you hit Sophia with flowers ? This is really too much!"

Sophia slowed down.

Cheryl was still unconvinced and said, "How do I know she was cutting her hair? I was shocked when I saw her holding the scissors across Tiffany's neck!"

Richard sighed, "Don't you think there is something wrong with your attitude towards Sophia ? Don't forget that Sophia is our biological daughter!" Cheryl argued , "I know. When she came home three years ago, I wanted to make it up to her. But she insisted on moving out. How can I make it up to her?"

"When she said she wanted to move out, did you try to persuade her to stay?" Richard asked, "I know you love Tiffany, but Sophia was taken away by mistake at birth and suffered so much outside. Can't you be nicer to her?"

Cheryl's voice revealed helplessness, "I also want to be nicer to Sophia. But in the past 20 years, I have always spoiled Tiffany as my own daughter. How can I change this all of a sudden? Besides, Tiffany is so outstanding. She is top-notch in piano, painting, and violin. She is both sensible and smart. Look at Sophia... Oh, I can't love her even if I want to!"

" How can you say that about your own daughter?"

"Didn't I say that to her face?" Cheryl complained, "You too, why did you let her come? A good birthday was ruined!"

Sophia's eyes were gloomy, and she didn't continue listening. Instead, she opened her bag, put the light gray jewelry box on the flower stand outside the door, and walked downstairs.

Downstairs, Tiffany was holding a ragdoll cat. When she saw Sophia coming down, she immediately smiled and asked, "Sister, does the dress fit?"

"It fits, thank you!" Sophia responded politely.

"We are sisters, why are you so polite?" Tiffany smiled innocently.

Sophia smiled faintly and said, "I just received a call. There is something in the department that I need to go over. I'm leaving now. Please tell dad for me."

"Why are you in such a hurry? We haven't even eaten the cake yet!" Tiffany showed a regretful expression.

"Tell my mom I'm sorry for interrupting her birthday," Sophia said, and headed for the door.

I don't know when it started to drizzle outside, and the ground was completely wet.

Tiffany turned around and shouted, "Mrs. Zhang, where is Uncle Chen? Ask Uncle Chen to drive my sister."

Mrs. Zhang ran over, glanced at the rain outside, rolled her eyes, and sighed, "Oh, what a coincidence. Lao Chen drove to get the wife's cake and hasn't come back yet."

"I'll go by myself. Please give me an umbrella, Mrs. Zhang." Sophia said.

" Oh, OK!" Mrs. Zhang turned and left, quickly took an umbrella and handed it to Sophia , and reminded her: "This umbrella costs several thousand yuan, Miss, you have to use it carefully."

Sophia's eyes flashed with sneer, but she remained calm. She opened her umbrella and stepped into the drizzle.

As soon as Sophia walked out of the door, Tiffany saw Uncle Chen walking over in the yard with an umbrella. Mrs. Zhang looked embarrassed and said, "Look at my memory. Uncle Chen came back half an hour ago. It's really unfair to let Miss go out on such a rainy day."

Tiffany held the cat and smiled gently and harmlessly: "Maybe Mrs. Zhang has been too busy recently. I will talk to mom when I have time and give you a raise."

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said flatteringly: "Thank you, Miss. I will listen to you in the future."

Tiffany turned and went upstairs, and saw the jewelry box on the flower stand at a glance. She took it in her hand, but before she could open it, Richard and Cheryl came out.

Cheryl was relieved to learn that Sophia was gone.

Richard didn't want to argue with Cheryl on her birthday, so he changed the subject. He looked at the jewelry box in Tiffany's hand and smiled, "Is this for your mother?"

Cheryl took it with a smile, opened it and was stunned for a moment, then showed a look of surprise: "This is a new model just released by GK , it is still in the promotion period. It is said that there is only one set of each model, it is not easy to buy. Tiffany , is this a birthday gift for your mother?"

Tiffany 's eyes flashed with surprise, she smiled and did not deny: "As long as my mother likes it!"

"My Tiffany is so nice!" Cheryl hugged Tiffany with emotion. The guilt she had felt for hitting Sophia disappeared instantly.

Meanwhile, Sophia had already left the Smith family and was walking back along the road. This was a villa area, with no buses and even taxis were rare.

The raindrops hit the umbrella, making a cold and chaotic sound.

Sophia walked slowly in the rain. The spring rain was chilly, just like her mood at the moment.

Private cars hurriedly passed by on the road. In one of the Bentley cars, the girl sitting in the passenger seat suddenly looked out the window and said to the man in the back seat: "Uncle, I saw a classmate. There is no bus here, let's give her a ride."

Justin looked at the documents in his hand, his handsome face cold, and just nodded slightly.

Isabella asked the driver to back up, then rolled down the window and shouted to Sophia, "Sophia, get in the car!"

Sophia was stunned, "Isabella?"

Although the two are from the same department, they are not familiar with each other.

Isabella smiled coquettishly, "Come on up, we'll talk after we get in the car."

"Thank you!" Sophia thanked him, opened the car door, put away her umbrella and got in. She saw someone sitting next to her out of the corner of her eye, so she turned her head to take a look and was stunned.