Chapter 899

But maybe because Lu Dingning was still young at that time, and her recognition of Western faces was not very high, she didn't associate Will with the big boy she hooked up with a candy on the side of the road at all.

"Dylan, in fact, my mother was born in a slum." Ignoring Lu Dingning's slightly incredulous eyes, Will continued talking.

"My father once took her to live in Smith Manor for a while, and built this rose house for her. But for the glory of the family, he finally married a woman of the right family, and sent my pregnant mother away ...didn't see my father until I was five years old, until one day Amis showed up with a gang in the slums and separated me from my mother..."

There was sadness in Will's beautiful blue eyes as he said this.

"After that, I became the eldest son of the Smith family, and my mother also changed from that poor woman in the slums to the former Mrs. Smith who was always high and also born in an aristocratic family."

The "Mrs. Smith" that Will said, Lu Dingning knew that he was referring to Old Smith's first wife.

It's just that Lu Dingning, who has lived in Smith Manor for more than ten years, doesn't know anything about what Will said today.

But it is precisely this crucial point that Lu Dingning suddenly figured out all the things that Lu Dingning always couldn't figure out before.

Like why Will couldn't get along with Old Smith's other two sons, but he was very close with her. Furthermore, why those two stepbrothers stared at their mother and daughter, but Will didn't feel this way at all...

Perhaps it was because they were all like intruders in this manor that the three of them had to form a group just to survive in this manor.

Lu Dingning, who had figured this out, suddenly turned to Will and said, "Thank you."

If Will hadn't told her this, Lu Dingning might have thought that designing clothes was really Will's hobby all his life.

But after hearing this from Will, Lu Dingning suddenly realized that things were not as simple as she thought.

From the time her body began to develop, Will was responsible for her attire. And the shirts designed by Will always make her somewhat abrupt breasts look as flat as a man's. This can be regarded as a key to her success in pretending to be a boy.

In other words, without Will, there would be no Lu Dingning who thrived in Country F.

"Dylan, I'm ashamed of your thank you. Because at first I just wanted to cuddle with you, to survive in this ghostly place..." In fact, before Lu Dingning's mother and daughter came to the manor, Will was in Smith Manor Life can be said to be difficult.

Especially the woman who played the role of his mother, every time she spoke ill of him in front of old Smith, he suffered a lot of beatings.

It wasn't until the woman died because of a family vendetta that Old Smith married Shu Zhilan, a woman without any background, in order to prevent such incidents from happening, that Will's life in the manor was better.

Of course, being in a group with Lu Dingning and the others, and becoming a designer in order to help her better disguise her gender is only in the initial stage. As Lu Dingning grows up, Will's feelings for her gradually change...

"But no matter what, I have to thank you. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am now." Lu Dingning turned her head, her beautiful eyes filled with her sincere gratitude.

"Dylan, if you want to thank me, take these back. Without you, this manor means nothing to me." Will forcibly stuffed the pile of documents he was holding into Lu Dingning's hand.

He knew that once he signed these documents, Lu Dingning would leave Smith Manor without hesitation.

But Will still doesn't have any sense of belonging to this manor. Without Lu Dingning, he probably wouldn't want to set foot in this manor for the rest of his life.

"These things don't belong to me in the first place, how can I take them back?" Lu Dingning looked at the documents that Will stuffed into his hands, still showing no intention of following them.

"If it wasn't for you, the Smith family would have been suppressed by old Clive to the point that only this manor is left."

Will isn't exaggerating.

The reason why the old Smith chose to marry was not because the Clive family became stronger and began to suppress their industries.

Then, the death of Old Smith's first wife, and her two sons did many things that harmed the interests of the Smith family in order to fight for the right of inheritance, resulting in a serious loss of most of the family's properties.

As for why Lu Dingning, who has no blood relationship with Old Smith, became the heir, Old Smith said that this child is very good and can revitalize the Smith family.

But others don't know what Old Smith is thinking. Can Will, who is used to seeing Old Smith use all kinds of means for the glory of the family, still not know?

After all, Old Smith felt that under the old Clive's suppression, all the businesses of the Smith family had suffered serious losses, and it was very likely that they could not bear the heavy pressure and went bankrupt.

In order to prevent his own blood from being burdened with the cauldron that led to the demise of the family, Old Smith pushed Lu Dingning to be the heir. Once the Smith family really perishes, Lu Dingning will naturally be imprisoned.

However, even Old Smith didn't expect that in just two or three years, this family that seemed to be on the verge of extinction would actually be revitalized under the hands of Lu Dingning, and it would also severely damage the Clive family. But this time, Lu Dingning made the Smith family directly overtake the Clive family and become the number one nobleman in country F.

With such an honor, Old Smith certainly didn't want to fall into the hands of an outsider. That's why he wanted to kill Lu Dingning.

"So these should belong to you. Besides, those who cooperate with the Smith family now only recognize you... Even if I take over these things, they may not obey me."

Will then went on to say a whole host of reasons.

But after going through this test of life and death, Lu Dingning seems to have opened up a lot, and he doesn't care so much about these external things.

But what really brought this conversation to an end was Zong Jize's appearance.

That's right, someone still doesn't want their little girlfriend to be alone with other men. So after finishing the conversation with Shu Zhilan, he took Lu Dingning's coat and hurried over.

"Why are you sitting on the ground?" When Zong Jize stepped forward, he put Lu Dingning's coat on her shoulders, and then he sat directly between Lu Dingning and Will.

In this way, the conversation between the two became a confrontation between three people.

Both Lu Dingning and Will suddenly felt very awkward.

On the other hand, Zong Jize didn't seem to be aware of their dissatisfaction at all. He helped Lu Dingning adjust his coat and said, "The car is ready. You can leave after talking!"