Mr. Black...

It really was a case of speaking of the devil, and the devil appears.

Freya swiped to answer the call, and Mr. Black's excited voice came from the other end. "Well, Freya, you came back to the country and didn't even tell me. If I hadn't seen the news saying that last night was Master Mu's birthday banquet and that the Queen and King of Solterra personally went to offer their congratulations, I'd still be kept in the dark.

Tell me, did you come back without even planning to come and see me? Were you just going to have a few days of fun and then leave?"

Heize kept chattering on, and Freya listened quietly. Finally, she spoke up. "I was just about to contact you, but you called me first."

"Oh, really?" Heize's laughter came through.

Freya pinched the bridge of her nose and hummed in response. "Have you seen the news this morning?"

"You mean the news about Xia Yanxi? I've seen it. It's really explosive and exciting." Mr. Black was watching the live broadcast at the moment and was secretly amazed. He wondered who had such a deep grudge against Xia Yanxi to set her up like this.

Little did he know that the person was right in front of him.

Freya smiled faintly upon hearing this. "That's right. But I have to remind you that you mustn't let Clara see it. After all, Xia Yanxi is her mother, and I'm worried that she won't be able to bear it if she sees it."

Mr. Black hummed in agreement. "Don't worry. I've already asked Wang Zixuan to take Qiuqiu out to play, so she won't see it."

Clara had already become a part of their group. Mr. Black, Wang Zixuan, and Clara usually lived together and got along very harmoniously.

Before, Xia Yanxi said she would take good care of Clara, but in reality, for the sake of her own future, she still didn't care about the child.

The same was true for Zhou Xu. After learning that Clara was his child, he was worried about being discovered by his wife, so he always hid it and didn't visit Clara often.

At first, Clara was affected by her parents' attitudes and would be sad and upset. But under the influence of Heize and Wang Zixuan, she gradually let go of those feelings.

However, she was just a child of a few years old, yet she was as sensible as an adult.

Clara's arrival had also brought joy to the lives of the two grown men.

"That's good. Even though Qiuqiu is sensible, she's still a child. I don't want her to be hurt again because of these things," Freya reminded.

There was a moment of silence on Mr. Black's end.

After a long while, he spoke up. "Freya, there's a question I still want to ask you. Even though you've already answered it several times, since we haven't seen each other for so long, I still want to ask it again."

"Okay, go ahead," Freya agreed.

Heize paused for a moment and then asked very seriously, "Clara is clearly the child of the person you hate the most. Why do you still treat her so well?"

Mr. Black knew what Xia Yanxi had done to Freya, and he also knew how Freya had taken revenge on the Lawson family over the years.

First, Bruce and Xia Anrou died, then Jiang Xiuzhen went crazy, and finally, Freya took over the Xia Corporation and renamed it Yilan Company.

Mr. Black knew that Freya was someone who would always get revenge. She wouldn't easily forgive those who had hurt her.

But strangely, when it came to Xia Yanxi, she had always let the other person cause trouble, which left Mr. Black puzzled.

Freya answered seriously, "Because I am also a mother. I want to accumulate some virtue for my daughter. I don't want her to be haunted by hatred when she grows up and follow the same path as me!"

The sins should not be passed on to the next generation. Moreover, Clara is a well-behaved and sensible child. It would be unfair to Clara if the grudges between the adults were transferred to her.

Furthermore, if she were heartless to Clara, Clara would surely hold a grudge when she grew up and would definitely take revenge on her. And Xin Yao is her daughter, so she wouldn't be able to just stand by and watch someone hurt her mother.

If this vicious cycle continued, the problem would never be solved.

The unhappiness of one generation should end here. She hoped that all children could be treated well.

Of course, the most important thing was that Clara had touched her with her kindness, which made her feel pity for the child and want to protect her.

Of course, a big reason for this was that Clara's experience was similar to Freya's. They were both children abandoned by God, so they could understand each other better, enter each other's hearts, and understand the helplessness and grievances in their hearts.

"Freya, you've really changed!" Mr. Black said this softly after hearing her words.

Freya smiled. "People change. You've changed too, Mr. Black. You've become more responsible."

When she first met Heize, Freya thought that this man was idle and unruly. But as they got to know each other better, she realized that Heize wasn't as bad as he seemed on the surface.

After all the separations and reunions during these days, everyone's changes were obvious at a glance.

Heize now knew how to take care of a child and also learned to consider others. Wasn't this also a kind of progress?

"I haven't changed. I'm still the same," Heize scratched his head, looking a bit embarrassed.

Freya teased, "You're so good at taking care of children now. When will you figure it out and find a Madam for me?"

In Freya's heart, Heize was a good person, and she had always regarded him as family.

However, Heize was so focused on his career that he had never considered his own future, which made Freya a bit worried.

"What Madam? This is how my life will be. I won't get married and won't have children. When I'm old, either you can support me or I'll go to a nursing home. For minor illnesses, I'll seek medical treatment, and for serious illnesses, I'll just lie down and wait for death. Life is so short. Why should I be bound by marriage?"

Mr. Black had a very open attitude towards these things. In his opinion, he was living a carefree and free life, so why find a woman to restrict his freedom?

He thought his current life was very good and had never thought about changing it.

Freya had expected him to say that and let out a helpless sigh. "All right, as long as you're happy."

She was just giving some advice. Whether Heize was willing to change or not was beyond her control.

"When will you come and meet us? We haven't seen each other for a long time, and Qiuqiu always talks about you," Heize didn't want to continue this topic and changed it.

Upon hearing this, Freya turned to look at the man beside her and said, "Okay, I'll come to find you later."

"Then we'll be waiting for you," Heize's delighted voice came through.

Freya hummed in response and didn't say anything more. She hung up the phone.

She told Bradley what Heize had said, but the man said, "You forgot that you still need to help Grandpa check his physical condition today. You can go to Heize's place in the afternoon."

Freya said pitifully, "But I've already promised Mr. Black."

Bradley could never resist her coquetry, especially when she pouted like that, looking innocent and pitiful.

Subconsciously, he lowered his handsome face and kissed her on the lips before saying, "All right, all right. If you want to go, you can go, but I'm going with you."