Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked, and Stephanie couldn’t help but cry out, “How could you be so cruel?”

“Are you just realizing this now?” Tina turned her head slightly, casting a ghostly glance at Stephanie.

Frightened by that look, Stephanie involuntarily stepped back and accidentally knocked over a water glass on the table behind her. Wearing no clothes, she felt a chill penetrate her skin.

With Stephanie’s commotion, all eyes turned to her, but unexpectedly, Grandma Lyon suddenly let out a terrible scream!

“Ah!”

Megan and Leah looked over, their faces turning ashen.

Then, they quickly retreated, pointing at Tina while their voices trembled, “You, you… you really dared!”

They never imagined that Tina would actually go through with chopping off Grandma Lyon’s hand.

And she did it without any warning, so swiftly that they couldn’t even react in time!

What’s more, Tina’s method was cunning; the blood sprayed all over them.

Tina glanced at them indifferently, tossed Grandma Lyon’s severed hand over, and her smile faded as she spoke in a flat voice, “If you like to Photoshop, keep this hand and Photoshop as much as you like.”

Grandma Lyon, with her other hand clutching the severed wrist, was in so much pain she almost fainted. She glared at Tina, her face twisted in rage, “Tina, I will not let this go!”

Tina’s lips curved into a faint smile, her tone neither cold nor warm, “I’ll be waiting! Remember, next time come directly at me, and you might die quicker. If you lay a hand on Marie and Uncle, those wolves outside will be your final resting place.”Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

With that, Tina turned and left.

When she reached the ground floor, only Jared was there.

Seeing Tina come down, Jared stood up and approached, wrapping his arms around her waist, his voice gentle, “All taken care of?”

Tina nodded, then looked up at Jared, “Took a hand from the old lady, Uncle, does that upset you?”

Jared gently tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, speaking softly, “One hand is too cheap. I would take both her hands!”

They dared to Photoshop his niece’s nude photos; how could one hand settle his anguish?

Marie: You only remember your niece? Have you completely forgotten about your mother?

Jared: The niece avenged for you, took an extra hand!

Marie: … left speechless!

Tina laughed, “She’s old, left her a hand to eat with!”

Jared pinched her nose, “My Tina is really kind!”

Lyon family members: Seriously, do you have no conscience?

Tina’s laughter grew brighter, “Uncle, you have great taste!”

Jared chuckled, he loved his niece’s cheeky demeanor when she got a bargain.

After a few jokes between them, Tina said, “Shall we go?”

Jared nodded, wrapping his arm around Tina’s waist as they left.

Walking to the yard, Tina saw none of the Lyon family men and asked, “Where did they go?”

“I had them running laps around the manor!”

Tina, “Uncle, you’re really bad! But… I like it!”

Jared whispered in her ear, “Men need to be bad for women to love them! And I can be even badder, want to try?”

Tina, “…”

This man, always teasing her!

In the car.

Jared buckled Tina’s seatbelt and asked, “Heading back?”

Tina shook her head, “Take me to Uncle Brandon’s!”

Half an hour later, Jared dropped Tina off at the cafe entrance, waiting outside.

Inside the cafe, Brandon sat by the window, his luxurious, dandy attire drawing countless gazes. Although nearly forty, his charming, dashing appearance lost nothing to the younger men of today. Grandpa Brookes often said that Brandon was the only profligate of the Brookes family-glittering on the outside but rotten on the inside! Of course, Brandon disagreed; he considered himself pure gold inside and out.

“Tina, I’m here!”

Upon entering, Tina saw Brandon stand and wave. She walked over, eyeing him up and down. Only her Uncle Brandon could pull off such a glaring outfit.

Brandon flicked his hair, “What did you need? Are you out of money? Take this.” He handed over a credit card from his wallet. “The old man has stopped my supplementary card, so this is all I can give you now.”

Tina glanced at the credit card on the table, a gold card from Clearwater Bank, something even the Lyons and the Hancocks couldn’t obtain. “I have enough money. I came to ask you to look at this.” Tina pushed the card back and took out a notebook.

Written in it was the entire content of a contract she had seen at the Lyons’. Despite the complex language, Tina, with her excellent memory, had noted down every word and showed it to Brandon.

Brandon paused, “Where did you find this contract?”

It wasn’t formatted as a contract, yet Brandon instantly recognized it as one, clearly familiar with the text.

“The Lyons.”

Brandon scoffed, “They’re still hung up on this?”

“Uncle Brandon, what is this?” Tina asked.

Brandon dropped his frivolous demeanor and pressed the notebook to the table. “Tina, you know about the hidden families, right?”

Tina nodded, “I’ve heard a bit, never really delved into it.”

“The Lyons were once among the hidden families,” Brandon revealed.

This surprised Tina. She only knew of the Whites and the Brookes as hidden families, never imagining the seemingly insignificant Lyons were part of them. No wonder they had a so-called heirloom ring to prove the head of the family’s identity.

Marie hadn’t told her much about the Lyons or the ring; Tina only knew it was supposed to make the Lyons obedient, though they weren’t very compliant.

“The Lyons left the hidden families?” Tina inquired.

Brandon shook his finger, “More precisely, they were expelled by the hidden families for choosing to flee alone over a certain incident, betraying the group. They were stripped of all privileges and kicked out. But unexpectedly, they took the concept of biorobotics with them.”

Tina frowned. Biorobotics existed among the hidden families long ago?

Brandon continued, “You know the young girl from the White family; they specialize in weaponry, and she’s a weapon genius. Each family has their own specialty. Biorobotics was proposed by the Brookes, but the conditions back then didn’t allow for its realization, and the Lyons certainly didn’t have the capability. So, there’s been no progress over the years.”

“After being expelled, the then head of the Lyons died within a year, and with the next generation’s inaction, the Lyons gradually declined to their current state. Surprisingly, they’re still pursuing biorobotics.”