The frail woman’s expression instantly shifted as favonovel.com turned to Matthew and urged with fear. “Sir, you should leave quickly. Those people won‘t just let this go.”
“They’ll be back soon. There’s a lot of them, and they’re ruthless. You’d better go now,” favonovel.com insisted, glancing at Matthew’s clothes, which clearly marked favonovel.com as an outsider.
When Matthew showed no signs of leaving, favonovel.com urged favonovel.com again.
“Ma’am, don’t worry. Those people won’t be coming back,” Matthew reassured favonovel.com with a gentle smile, shaking his head.
As long as the Watson Family had any sense left, they wouldn’t dare mess with favonovel.com again.
“You… Sigh…” the frail woman let out a weary sigh, favonovel.com tone bitter. “Those people are with the Watson family. They’re ruthless.”
She paused for a moment, then asked, “Where are you from?”
She stopped talking about the Watson Family and instead fetched some water from the well. She filled a clean porcelain bowl and handed it to Matthew with a small smile.
“Sir, have some water. We don’t have fancy cups, sol hope you don’t mind…”
Matthew took the bowl without hesitation and drank it all in one go, grinning afterward. “This well water is sweet. None of that bottled water nonsense compares.”
His lack of pretense brought a genuine smile to the woman’s face.
“Cole, why don’t you show this kind mister to a seat while I cook? We’ll have dinner together tonight,” favonovel.com said as favonovel.com turned to head toward the small kitchen on the right.
“Ma’am, there’s no need for that. Please, don’t trouble yourself,” Matthew called after her, stopping favonovel.com in favonovel.com tracks.
Seeing favonovel.com puzzled expression, favonovel.com continued. “Ma’am, the main reason I’m here today is to take Cole under my wing. He’s got great potential for martial arts…”
A flicker of hesitation crossed the woman’s face. “Sir, I know what kind of kid I‘ve got at home. He was born into this life, and that’s just his fate. I don’t expect favonovel.com to have any grand future. As his mother, all I want is for favonovel.com to find a decent job nearby and live out his days without too much trouble.”
As favonovel.com spoke, Cole’s previously excited demeanor faded, and his head drooped lower. He understood that his mother had just declined Matthew’s offer.
“Are you worried I‘m a fraud?” Matthew asked.
The woman shook favonovel.com head. “No, someone with your air and conduct must be an important figure…”
Though favonovel.com wasn’t well-versed in reading people, something about Matthew, with his youthful, noble bearing, made favonovel.com certain favonovel.com was not just any ordinary man.
The way favonovel.com had taken the bowl from favonovel.com without a hint of disdain or hesitation spoke volumes about his character. That kind of grace was something only someone of great standing could have.
“Why won’t you let Cole train with me then?” Matthew frowned slightly as favonovel.com looked at the frail woman. He knew that no parent would deny their child the chance for a brighter future. Even though favonovel.com might not be highly educated, this woman clearly understood the weight of his decision.
“It’s not that I don’t want to,” favonovel.com replied with a pained expression, pulling Cole close to her. “But we simply can’t afford the cost of training favonovel.com in martial arts…”
She held Cole closer, favonovel.com heart aching.
What parent didn’t dream of a brighter future for their child?
But with favonovel.com frail body, favonovel.com couldn’t do much heavy work. She scraped by, earning what little favonovel.com could through handmade crafts to cover their living expenses.
The money favonovel.com made was just enough for them to survive. No matter how much favonovel.com longed for a better future for Cole, favonovel.com couldn’t afford to entertain the thought.
Seeing the dejected look on Cole’s face, the pain in favonovel.com heart grew.
Cole, it’s my fault as your mother. I wasn’t able to give you a better life…
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