"If you know what I mean, what is it then?" Matthew thought she wouldn't understand what he meant.

Thinking about the letter she left to him three years ago, Erica sniffed and said, "Have you met a very excellent woman?" That was the only reason she could think of

why he divorced and abandoned her. She guessed it wrong, and he had already expected that she wouldn't really understand what he wanted to say. But since she was not willing to go back with him, he thought it would be useless to explain it.

So instead of answering her, he just gave her an extremely cold look, turned around, and strode to his car.

Matthew's car left Tow Village immediately. But at the gate of Erica's house, a lot of curious villagers still stood. They enjoyed what they had witnessed just now, so they didn't leave the place.

Holding back the tears that were about to fall, she went back to the yard, closed the gate, and washed her face quietly.

Tessie, who had been in the room when Erica and Matthew talked, heard everything. After making sure that Matthew had left, she came to Erica and comforted her, "Erica, are you okay?"

Erica turned around and replied with a smile, "Yeah, I'm fine." She then finished washing her face and began brushing her teeth.

"I think Mr. Huo still has feelings for you. After all, he flew thousands of kilometers just to see you. Don't overthink things," Tessie said. Y City was more than three thousand kilometers away from the nearest airport to Tow Village. All in all, Matthew had traveled over six thousand kilometers back and forth.

Erica stopped brushing her teeth upon realizing that Tessie made sense. She took the toothbrush out of her mouth and said, "He must still be angry at me for leaving without saying a word three years ago. And yesterday, when he asked me if I would go back to Y City with him, I said no."

"Well, since you left Y City just like that, leaving only a letter, even your parents must be angry. You can't blame Mr. Huo," said Tessie.

Erica nodded and replied, "That's actually one of the reasons why I don't want to go back. I'm afraid that my father will skin me alive as soon as he sees me."

Because of what she said, Tessie persuaded her, "You better go back as soon as possible. Don't wait for your dad to come here, or else the consequences will be dire."

"You are right." Erica made up her mind. She would go back to Y City as soon as possible after she had dealt with everything.

'So what if Matthew has a new woman by his side now? I believe I can also drive her away like what I did to Phoebe and Ca

lar in this box?"

Colman raised his hand in an instant and replied, "It's me, Grandma."

"Why did you catch it?" she asked in confusion.

Taking the box from her hands, he explained, "I used to raise caterpillars when we were in Tow Village. Many people bullied us before, so I scared them by throwing caterpillars into their clothes. They all rolled to the ground in fright. Ha-ha!"

As they got reminded of the funny faces of those who bullied them before, the four boys burst into laughter.

Matthew got curious, so he asked, "Why were you bullied?"

After looking at each other, the three boys looked at Adkins in tacit agreement. Understanding their gazes, Adkins explained instantly, "People are saying that Mom is a bad woman because we don't have a father. Someone has even sneaked into our house..."

"Sneaked into your house? Why?" Matthew interrupted. A bad feeling rose in his heart.

Since the kids didn't want to hide anything from their father, Colman was the one who answered next. With eyes wide open, he said, "An uncle asked Mom to abandon us. He said that if Mom married him and leaved us, he would give her one hundred thousand dollars."

Debbie was shocked to hear such revelation from the little boy.

With a darkened expression, Matthew asked, "What did your mom say?"

Boswell's eyes filled with admiration upon thinking about Erica as he answered, "Mom didn't say anything. She just picked up the stick next to her and beat him up."

Damian then added with a smile, "Yes, that's right. Then Colman put a caterpillar on that man's neck. He was so scared that he almost pissed his pants."

"Ha-ha!" The four little boys laughed again as they remembered the man's embarrassed look.