"Of course, I will study hard!" Nicole looked very happy. "I already have collected all the films you're in, and I'm going to watch them again and again."

"Well." Kylie thought for a while. "If you need, I can send you a set of video recordings of The Trailblazer. Your Uncle Ethan gave it to me so that I could learn from it."

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"Really? You're going to send it to me?" Nicole was thrilled, looking at Kylie with excitement.

Kylie nodded with a smile. "Give me your address, and I'll send it to your school, which is a clearer proof that we know each other."

"Aunt Kylie, I love you!" Nicole gave Kylie a big hug, which scared Taylor.

"Be gentle. Your Aunt Kylie is pregnant now." Taylor pulled Nicole back.

"What?" Nicole loosened her arms at once and stepped backward. She moved her lips. It seemed she wanted to say something.

Kylie pressed a finger on her lips and told Nicole to keep it a secret. "It's still a secret now."

"I understand. I promise I won't tell anyone!" Nicole said while she approached Kylie again. "Can you tell me its gender?"

"Nicole!" Taylor stopped her before Kylie refused. "Don't ask for details."

"Why?" Nicole pouted, then ran to Ethan's side. "Uncle Ethan, is it a boy or a girl?"

Ethan also relaxed when he noticed Nicole changed her attitude towards Kylie.

Seeing his niece, who was just tall to his chest, Ethan made a joke, which was quite unusual. "Probably both."

Hearing that, Nicole rounded her eyes in shock. "Wow, I hope the boy can be as handsome as his father, and the girl can be as beautiful as her mother!"

"What are you talking about? You all look so happy." Old Mr. Parker walked out from the backyard at this moment, followed by old Mrs. Parker.

"Grandpa, I miss you so much!" Nicole ran to old Mr. Parker without delay but abruptly turned to hug old Mrs. Parker at the last second. "Grandma, you look much younger every time I see you."

"Ha-ha," old Mrs. Parker laughed with joy.

Old Mr. Parker didn't blame Nicole for the fact that she went to the same school as Kylie after seeing her changes. Instead, as her grandfather, he reminded her to be mentally-prepared.

"Not everyone can gain fame and wealth in the industry. If you can't achieve your goal, you can work in our family's business," old Mr. Parker said.

"I understand, grandpa." Nicole nodded.

With Nicole's presence, the atmosphere became much relaxed during the meal.

After dinner, Nicole helped Taylor clean the table, while Ethan went to play chess with old Mr. Parker.

Old Mrs. Parker felt quite nervous ever since she had received Kylie's message. She told Kylie to have a walk with her in the garden once the dinner was over.

"Kylie, what does the message mean?" old Mrs. Parker asked.

"I think he probably has found out something." Kylie bit her lip. "What if he argues against old Mr. Parker, whom will you help?"

Old Mrs. Parker sighed, "What can I do? One is my husband, and the other is my son. I can only try to keep a balance between them."

If Ethan were going to behave against old Mr. Parker, old Mr. Parker would be at a disadvantage concerning their wealth, influence, and physical condition without a doubt.

However, if old Mrs. Parker sided with old Mr. Parker, it would break Ethan's heart.

Kylie couldn't think of a better way to solve this problem, either.

In the study.

Old Mr. Parker moved a playing piece on the board. "Nicole's home today, but Matthew is still absent." He sounded displeased.

"Matthew left for Thailand," Ethan said with a calm face.

Hearing the word of Thailand, old Mr. Parker frowned. "Why? Isn't he in charge of the acquisition?"

"It doesn't go well because an Italian businessman also wants the land." Ethan straightened his body all of a sudden. "Matthew left something for you before he went aboard the plane."

"What is it?" old Mr. Parker asked with confusion.

Ethan took out a small recorder, then pressed its button, and Matthew's voice went out from it at once.

"It's father!"

"It's our father who told me to sell you!"

Hearing that, old Mr. Parker's face turned pale at once. The coffee cup in his hand fell down to the ground and broke into halves.

Ethan didn't stop playing but turned the volume up.

Matthew's voice, which was soaked in anger and disappointment, kept echoing around old Mr. Parker's ears, and attacked his vulnerable heart,

"The more outstanding you were, the more worried father was. Father was afraid that you would harm the Parker family one day in the future."

"Therefore, our father brought us to Thailand to take a vacation. He told me to have fun with you outside and secretly sold you to a trafficker. If anyone asked about it, I could say that you were lost on your own."

Ethan slowly raised his eyes to look at old Mr. Parker, who looked utterly nervous now.

"W-What you've done t-to Matthew?" Old Mr. Parker's voice was trembling.

"What do you think he can do in Thailand?" Ethan wore an expressionless face all the time, then put the small recorder back to his pocket.

Like how he had behaved in front of Matthew before, he hadn't said it was a magical pill but hadn't denied it either.

He did the same thing in front of old Mr. Parker's face right now.

He said nothing and let old Mr. Parker believe that Matthew was through what he had suffered in Thailand.

Old Mr. Parker tried to stand up but collapsed on the floor.

"He's already 70 now." Old Mr. Parker burst into tears. "If he's castrated, his life is ruined!"

"You're a murderer! Bastard!" Old Mr. Parker stared at Ethan with a pair of malicious eyes.

Ethan stood up at this moment, looking down at the old man who lost dignity.

"I'm a bastard only because I sent Matthew to Thailand, then how about you? What are you after you, along with him, sold me to a Ladyboy Song and Dance Ensemble? I suffered so much, father, but you didn't care because I am not your son. For you, I am a curse, who brought ill to your family,"

Old Mr. Parker didn't know what to say. After a long while, he snorted, "Like father, like son. Your father could be so cruel to his own woman, and you sent your older brother to Thailand to ruin his life!"

Ethan walked to the front of the old Mr. Parker. "It was all your fault! Believe me, I can build your business and ruin it as well,"