C71 Do Not Do Unto Others What You Don't Want Others to Do Unto You.

Lydia's return to the country was beyond her expectations.

However, her troubled heart returned to its calm.

She retracted her thoughts and nodded politely at the two people behind her. She then continued to walk towards the living room.

Seeing her back, a flower bloomed in Josie's bright eyes.

She smiled disdainfully and raised her head to look at the man beside her. "Reece, why didn't you pick me up at the airport?"

"It must be because the company is too busy. You didn't see my message, right?" Josie smiled lightly, her eyes full of understanding.

Reece retracted his gaze from Lydia and expressionlessly looked at Josie. He replied, "I saw it."

The smile on Josie's face suddenly froze.

Josie forced a smile out of embarrassment as she looked at the man's distant gaze. "Then you must be too busy to pick me up."

"I'm taking a break today."

The man's words were so straightforward that Josie's awkward smile cracked inch by inch.

In the past, because of her sister, Reece treated her very well.

After her sister passed away, she was entrusted to him and the Woodward family. He treated her even better than before.

Not only did he take good care of her, but he also sent her to study medicine abroad.

This time, when she returned, she could clearly feel the estrangement in the man's tone and eyes.

Could it be because...

Josie thought of something and her expression turned ugly.

Just as she was lost in her thoughts, the man had already walked past her and entered the living room.

In the living room.

Lydia looked at the clear sky outside and lowered her head to massage her aching leg. She frowned. The weather in Goulcrest was about to change again.

Sigh!

She sighed and continued to massage her left leg, one heavy beat after another.

Reece walked in from outside and saw this scene. He paused for a moment, then sat on the sofa and picked up a magazine to casually flip through.

Pow!

The woman hit her left leg with her hand, and the man flipped through the magazine.

Pow! Pow! Pow!

The man on the sofa glanced at the magazine in his hand, but his gaze was always on the woman’s left leg.

His gaze returned to the magazine, and he expressionlessly took out a bottle of medicine from his pocket and threw it at the woman.

"This is...?" Lydia looked at the white medicine bottle and raised her head in confusion.

"It’s a medicine to treat your leg pain." The man flipped through another page of the magazine and replied indifferently.

Lydia’s heart trembled, and her gaze fell on the white medicine bottle again. Her heart was filled with mixed feelings.

He was giving her a wound, but he was also giving her medicine.

Reece, what exactly do you want?

She secretly squeezed the medicine bottle tight. "Thank you, but I can’t afford this medicine." She had suffered the pain that he had given her, so she didn’t need him to pity her.

She would rather endure it.

Every time her leg hurt, she would remember how ruthless this man had been to her.

After pushing the medicine back, Lydia didn't even look at the man on the sofa. She turned around and walked upstairs.

Hearing this, Reece's grip on the newspaper tightened.

However, his face remained expressionless, and no one could see the slightest hint of emotion on his face.

"If you don't want to eat it, you can give it back to Grandfather."

Lydia paused. "Grandfather?"

"Didn't we go to Grandfather's house today?" Reece explained in a low voice as he flipped through the magazine.

Lydia was confused by his explanation. She turned her head around and asked, "What does this medicine have to do with him?"

"Didn't I say that Grandfather gave this medicine to me when we went to his house?" The man flipped through another page of the magazine and continued to read it casually.

He didn't buy this medicine from overseas.

No.

"Grandfather gave it to you?" Lydia looked at the white medicine bottle in shock.

The man raised his eyes and glanced at the person who didn't believe him. He raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't think I bought it for you, do you?"

"I don't think so. I just feel that Grandfather didn't give me the medicine directly." Seeing her confused expression, the man lowered his head and looked at the magazine again. He said indifferently, "I'll have to ask Grandfather."

Lydia didn't doubt Reece's words.

Since it was Grandfather's good intention, she naturally had to accept it.

She limped back and bent over to get the bottle of medicine.

At this moment, a pair of slender hands came down from above and took the bottle of medicine.

Lydia's gaze fell on her face.

"A painkillers? Miss Ellis, do you feel any discomfort? Do you need to take this kind of medicine?" Josie walked up to her with a smile on her face. She looked at her with a confused expression.

Josie had a polite smile on her face, but Lydia did not feel close to her.

She explained, "It's just a small problem."

"Lydia, I study medicine. If you have any discomfort, if you trust me, you can tell me. If I can't help you, I will help you find an expert to treat you."

"Thank you. If I feel unwell, I will look for Miss Woodward." Lydia replied politely and reached out to take the white bottle from Josie.

However, she tried to pull the bottle twice, but it didn't come over.

Lydia paused and looked up at the woman in front of her.

When their eyes met, it was obvious that she had missed Josie.

She asked quietly, "Miss Woodward, what is this?"

"Lydia, I saw the video of Viola." As Josie spoke, she bit her pink lips, and her eyes were filled with guilt. "I'm sorry for making you suffer for a year."

"My parents have lost a daughter, so it's inevitable for them to be emotional. I am deeply sorry for what you have done to them in the past year. I apologize to you on behalf of the Woodward family."

Josie bowed deeply to Lydia to express her apology. "I hope you can forgive my parents and the Woodward family."

Lydia looked at Josie coldly, but she was not moved at all.

Josie had come out with such a move. If she still refused to let go of the Woodward family, it would make her seem petty.

However, the Woodward family had schemed against her in the past!

She could have just apologized to them.

Furthermore, her apology had been against her will.

She couldn't accept it.

Lydia sneered as she lifted her foot and stomped on Josie's foot.

Josie was in so much pain that her eyes were filled with bean-sized tears. "Ah! It hurts! Lydia, what are you doing?"

"Miss Woodward, does it hurt?" Lydia ignored her and lifted her foot to stomp on her again.

Josie's foot turned blue and purple from the stomp. She was in so much pain that she broke out in a cold sweat. An unnoticeable glint flashed in her eyes.

But soon, that trace of malice disappeared. When she raised her head, only tears of grievance were left. "Lydia, I know that the Woodward family made you suffer. If you are angry, just let it all out on me. I won't fight back."

Heh!

What a righteous person.

This kind of gentle and sensible appearance was completely different from the Josie she knew in her previous life.

In her previous life, when she was on the operating table, Josie had deliberately not applied the anesthetic on her. She had used a knife to slice off the flesh on her leg. She still remembered how cruel she had been.

"Miss Woodward, don't misunderstand me. I'm just venting my anger on you. I want to use this experience to tell you a truth."

Josie was taken aback. "What... What do you mean?"

"Look at the foot that I stepped on. Isn't it purple now?" Lydia lowered her head and pointed at Josie's foot.

Josie frowned in confusion, "Lydia, what exactly do you want to say?"

"It doesn't hurt to hurt someone, but it will leave an indelible mark on them! Just like when I stepped on your foot and left a bruise on it, Miss Woodward, you can't forgive me for what I did to the Woodward family!"

Lydia took the white bottle from Josie and walked towards the second floor with a cold expression. "Miss Woodward, you shouldn't do this to others."

Pah!

The door to the second floor was slammed shut.

Josie stared at the door, her eyes filled with shock.

Was this still the same Lydia who was so stupid that she wanted to die?

Why did she become so different in just a year?

Josie felt very uncomfortable being ignored by her. She looked at the door on the second floor, her eyes clouded with black mist.

"Why are you here?"

Suddenly, a man's low voice came from behind her. Josie came back to her senses.

She retracted her gloomy gaze and turned to the man on the sofa. "Reece, Mom and Dad want to invite you to dinner and have a good chat to clear up the misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding?"

The man sneered and the temperature in the room suddenly dropped. The coldness in the room started to wreak havoc.

Looking at the man's cold gaze, which was so cold that it could eat a person alive, a huge fear suddenly surged up. His spine also tensed up.

Josie understood that the man was angry about what happened that year.

She braced herself and walked forward to explain, "Reece, the Woodward family was in the wrong. It was because our parents didn't have confidence in you and your sister that they thought of such a method. I didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect that the Woodward family would kill Maria with their own hands, right?"

When he mentioned Maria, the man's eyes narrowed. His gaze was filled with bloodlust.

Josie felt her nerves tighten when she was stared at. Her palms were sweating. "Reece, that was an accident. It was something that no one expected."

"Everyone... So, you know what happened that year?" Reece suddenly looked at Josie.

Josie held her breath and quickly shook her head.

"I, I don't know. I only found out after I returned to the country. This, this is the reason why my parents asked me to come back." Josie quickly picked out what happened that year and calmed herself down. She continued, "Reece, my parents know that they were in the wrong. They want to apologize to you in person."

The man did not say anything. His eyes narrowed.

Josie thought that Reece was still unwilling to forgive the Woodward family because of Maria.

She reached out and pulled on his sleeve, "Reece, on the account of my sister, you should go and see my parents. Let us all clear up the misunderstanding and apologize to my parents and give them a chance to correct their mistakes."

"Apologize, we do need to apologize." But not to him, but to that woman!

Josie thought that Reece had given up and quickly agreed, "Right, right, my parents will definitely reflect on their mistakes and apologize!"

Reece raised his head and glanced in a certain direction on the second floor. Finally, his gaze landed on Josie, who was beside him, "Tonight at eight o'clock, at Sansheng Restaurant, let's meet."

Tonight, the Woodward family indeed needed to apologize to that woman!