"Hmm, thank you." Emma Wells took the cup of water, having something to hold onto made her feel much more at ease.

Jerry Taylor sat across from Emma Wells, keeping a certain distance from her so as not to make her nervous.

"Sorry, I saw Lucy at the hospital that day and recognized the jade pendant in her hand, so I took the liberty of doing an identification," Jerry Taylor explained without waiting for Emma to ask. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"I also looked into your situation and found out that back then, your factory had a business trip to the place I went to; the time and place matched up, as well as Lucy’s birth date and the identification results... That’s when I was sure you were the one from back then, and Lucy is my daughter."

"Initially, I planned to wait until Lucy got engaged to find you." Jerry Taylor paused and said, "My sudden appearance is somewhat abrupt, I hesitated for a long time, not knowing how to face you."

"About that incident..." Emma Wells felt her throat dry up a bit, quickly took two sips of water, and then said a little more calmly, "It was all an accident, and besides, if it weren’t for you at the time, I couldn’t have left."

Back then, their factory planned to roll out a new product and needed to do an inspection. Surprisingly, as someone with not many years of experience, she was given the opportunity to go abroad for the inspection, which was a pretty sweet gig at the time.

But in reality?

It was entirely because of being squeezed out by a well-connected female colleague at the factory that she got assigned there.

She did go abroad, but the place’s security was terrible.

There was an accident and they were taken by local thugs, given drugs, then blindfolded and lined up like goods to be picked from.

At that time, she listened to those people speaking rigid Chinese, commenting on them like pets, it was terrifying.

She didn’t know if she could make it back alive, still unable to see her mother again, didn’t even know she was crying.

Afterwards, naturally, there was chaos.

"Back then, the way I acted was also..." Jerry Taylor still felt guilty when mentioning this. He needed to collaborate with the organization there to obtain something, so he couldn’t expose his identity.

Those people frequently held such wild parties, and he happened to catch one. If he didn’t take a woman, not only would his identity be questioned, but all his previous efforts might have been in vain.

After all, back then, they didn’t trust him.

Yet so many things, from his perspective, were out of necessity, but how could he explain that to Emma Wells?

She, from beginning to end, was an innocent victim.

"I know, I know..."

To Jerry Taylor’s surprise, Emma Wells didn’t need his explanation; she had understood by herself.

"Afterwards, as the drug wore off, I came to. I knew that if it wasn’t for you pleading, I wouldn’t have been released. The others... probably didn’t survive." Emma Wells’ eyes were covered at the time, though she couldn’t see, she could hear.

It was Jerry Taylor’s pleading that saved her life.

He had even secretly slipped money into her pocket, telling her where to go when others weren’t paying attention and how to act to escape.

"I knew then you were a good person, so I’ve never hated you." Emma Wells lowered her head, speaking softly.

In a situation like that, keeping one’s life was already a blessing, besides, her misfortune wasn’t caused by Jerry Taylor.