Chapter 18 Under Simone's guidance, Raelynn walked out of the mountains. The first thing she did upon returning to the city was to contact the relevant local authorities. She wanted to build a road leading to the village and set up a network there, so that the elderly and children could re- ceive information from outside the mountains. She also planned to build schools and hospitals to improve their lives. Raelynn's ultimate goal was to turn the village into a tourist destination, providing jobs and attracting those who had left to work elsewhere to return and accompany the elderly and children. It was a massive project. Raelynn invested over 20 million dollars and personally led a team back to the village for construction. "Raelynn, why have you come back again?" Simone's eyes reddened when she saw her. "The conditions here are so poor, you're not used to this." "Things will get better in the future. Life will be much easier from now on," Raelynn said as she hugged-Simone. The elderly and children in the village didn't understand what this so-called construction was about, but they knew Raelynn would never harm them. Everyone who was able came forward to help. No matter how Raelynn tried to persuade them otherwise, they insisted on contributing their share of effort. Raelynn arranged for a professional medical team to give check-ups to the elderly and children in the village, and she personally introduced the children to reading and learning. For the first time, she felt the true meaning of her life. It turned out that a world without Maverick could also be so rich and colorful. On this day, while Raelynn was teaching the children how to solve word problems, Simone walked in with someone. "Raelynn, someone is here to see you," Simone said with a smile in her eyes. Raelynn's heart skipped a beat. Her first thought was that Maverick had come, and to her surprise, she felt a sudden wave of annoyance. She liked her current life and didn't want to have any more entanglements with Maverick. She frowned and looked up at the doorway, instantly stunned. Simone pushed the man behind her to the front and said, "Grandma has already tested him for you. He's not a bad per- 0.0 % 10:35 son." "Thank you for the compliment, Grandma. I will always be a good person," Cathan said, standing at the door in a black tracksuit, the smile on his face as warm as the sunlight behind him. Raelynn stood up, looking at him in surprise. "Mr. Mortimer, what brings you here?" "I came to see you," Cathan replied openly. "To see me?" Raelynn tried hard to recall if there were any contracts between her and Cathan that still needed to be handled. After her parents passed away, Raelynn hired a professional manager to run the company, and Cathan was no longer the legal advisor for the Hatton Group. She had entrusted him with handling her property issues with Maverick and had already paid the attorney's fees. After being with Maverick, she had almost no social life of her own, and she and Cathan couldn't really be considered friends. She truly couldn't think of any reason why he would come to see her. "Raelynn, do you really not remember me? Five years ago, you got into that car accident to save me." As Cathan brought up the past, a flash of pain appeared in his eyes. It should have been him who was hit by the car five years ago. His half-brother had hired someone to kill him, and just as the car was about to hit him, it was Raelynn who pulled him aside. The assailant, angry at her interference, ran her over instead. If she hadn't tried to save him, she wouldn't have been in the accident, Ophelia wouldn't have appeared, and she wouldn't have had to endure all the pain that followed... 59.3 % 10:35