Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse

Chapter 539: Chapter 539: Too Coincidental

Zara Walsh’s gentle and kind demeanor in front of Officer Hopper vanished. With a look of utter disgust, she glanced at Howard Fletcher, pinned to the floor by the nanny, snorted coldly, and replied, "As if..."

’Why would I ever adopt Howard Fletcher? I feel like his very presence in this villa is polluting the air!’

She had brought Howard Fletcher back to use him as a pawn to take down Winnie Summers!

Although her father, Shane Walsh, had told her time and again not to provoke the Summers family or stir up more trouble, she just couldn’t stomach it.

She was the esteemed daughter of a wealthy family, yet Melody Summers had gotten her thrown in jail, ruining her future. Then Nina Summers had caused her to lose a ring, costing her hundreds of millions... How could she possibly let it go?!

The relationship between her and the Summers sisters had long since become a battle to the death. The mere thought of those two sisters living well in the villa right next door was enough to make Zara lose sleep night after night.

She wished she could go over to the Summers’ house right now, set it on fire, and burn the whole family alive inside!

The only reason she hadn’t dared to do it was because Winnie Summers had become the Director of the Reconstruction Department. She held an official position, so Zara didn’t dare to make a move so easily.

’In that case, I’ll have to change my approach. First, I’ll drag Winnie Summers down from her position as Director!’

’A public official from a common background like Winnie Summers—with no backing, no connections, and no foundation—can never hold her current position securely. At the slightest sign of trouble, a crowd of people will be lining up, scrambling over each other to kick her out!’

And Howard Fletcher was the perfect opportunity to create that trouble.

Zara Walsh looked down at Howard Fletcher, deliberately softening her tone. "Listen, kiddo," she said gently. "In a couple of days, I’ll have someone take you somewhere..."

In a few days, the "Medical Center" on the back hill would officially open. It was one of the province’s most important projects at the moment, and many high-ranking officials would be coming to inspect it. It was a perfect opportunity.

Zara looked at Howard and continued, "...When you see those officials entering, you’ll run over, kneel directly in front of the cameras, and cry. Tell them your parents are dead and that your only aunt, who is a government official, has abandoned you..."

Before Zara could finish, Kylie Walsh already understood her plan.

Kylie gasped, her eyes widening in shock. "Zara, are you insane?! The Medical Center’s opening is a huge deal. How can you cause a scene at a time like this?"

Kylie felt that Zara had become increasingly radical since getting out of prison. The Medical Center’s opening ceremony in a few days would be attended by top officials. Making a scene at a time like that wasn’t just courting death—it was suicide!

If someone with an agenda decided to follow the clues and trace it back to the Walsh family... once the plot was exposed, how could the Walshes possibly survive in Anworth?!

Zara sneered, her gaze toward Kylie filled with a reckless obsession. "Auntie, causing a scene at a time like this is the only way it’ll be effective! Winnie Summers is just some hick from the countryside—and a woman at that—yet she managed to become a department director. Plenty of people have had it in for her for a long time!"

"All Howard Fletcher has to do is go out there, blow this whole thing up, and tell those officials that Winnie Summers lives in a villa but refuses to even take in her own orphaned nephew. As a public servant, she’s failing to lead by example..."

"Once this gets in front of those officials, even if Winnie Summers has done nothing wrong, it’ll be more than enough to make her suffer! There will be plenty of people ready to use this as a pretext to find a reason and drag her down!"

Once Winnie Summers was pulled down from her director position, the Summers family would no longer be a threat. She could "deal with" the Summers family next door just as she had "dealt with" Caleb Summers. In the current situation, as long as the person who had an "accident" wasn’t important, no one would conduct a thorough investigation, and no one would be able to trace it back to her!

Hearing Zara’s words, Kylie Walsh’s face was filled with disapproval. She looked at Zara with worry in her eyes and tried to persuade her, "No, that’s too dangerous! If you want to deal with those two sisters next door, you’ll have plenty of opportunities later. Why choose such a risky method? What if they trace it back..."

Zara knew the plan was dangerous. A single misstep could bring ruin to the entire Walsh family, but she couldn’t bring herself to care about that anymore.

As long as the Summers sisters were alive, she couldn’t get a single day of peaceful sleep.

Now, whenever she closed her eyes, her mind was filled with the image of Melody Summers sending her to prison. She would jolt awake from nightmares every night, only able to fall back asleep by taking sleeping pills.

She didn’t want to live like this for another second!

At this thought, Zara gently kicked Howard Fletcher with the tip of her shoe and asked with a frown, "You little thing, did you hear me? Did you remember what I just said?"

Howard Fletcher’s eyes darted around. He neither agreed nor disagreed, simply continuing to shout, "I want an apple! I want braised pork! You promised you’d make me braised pork!"

Zara couldn’t help but laugh mockingly. ’Braised pork? In her eyes, even letting Howard Fletcher eat a single grain of rice was a waste of food!’

The continuous torrential rain had destroyed most of the indoor planting bases. The only surviving ones in the city were those that had been moved to the back hill of the residential complex. This had caused food prices to rise considerably again, and Zara had no intention of wasting food on Howard Fletcher!

So Zara snorted and replied, "No rush... Once you do as I say, I’ll have the nanny make you braised pork every day. You can eat your fill!"

Howard Fletcher stopped struggling when he heard this. He narrowed his eyes at Zara, his gaze filled with unconcealed rage.

He was already more mature than other children his age. Zara’s empty promises might have fooled other kids, but not him. He could already see that the woman in front of him was lying!

’She wasn’t going to give him braised pork, and she had no real intention of taking him in!’

’She just wanted to use him, and once she was done, she would cast him aside!’

Children hate being lied to, and Howard Fletcher was no exception.

A fire of rage burned in his chest. Howard stopped struggling. He stared at Zara with a dark gaze, his eyes narrowing dangerously, filled with a sinister viciousness that didn’t match his age.

Meeting his gaze, even the nanny pinning him down was a little frightened, and her grip on him loosened involuntarily.

But Howard didn’t rush to struggle to his feet. He remained on the floor, glaring fixedly at Zara with that venomous gaze...

******

Meanwhile, after closing the villa’s main gate and seeing that Officer Hopper didn’t come back to knock again, Melody Summers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Grace Sutton and Nina Summers had been waiting in the living room. When they heard Melody say that everything was fine, they both relaxed.

Grace Sutton sighed and muttered, "What kind of police officer was that? So baffling... I guess we can’t open the door for anyone who knocks from now on..."

Melody saw Nina frowning and not speaking, and thought she had been scared by Officer Hopper. She offered some words of comfort, "Don’t worry. You didn’t do anything. That officer doesn’t have the authority to blacklist you. It won’t affect your job."

Nina was taken aback. She quickly waved her hands and replied, "No, I’m not worried about that... I was thinking about Howard Fletcher..."

Under Melody’s confused gaze, Nina said slowly, "Before, Howard Fletcher’s mother, grandmother, and sister all died, leaving him as the sole survivor..."

"This time, my dad, Zoe Kane, and Chester Summers all died, and again, Howard Fletcher was the only survivor..."

"Every time, everyone else dies, leaving only Howard Fletcher as the sole survivor... Isn’t that too much of a coincidence...?"