Chapter 460

Evelyn Laurent's words sent shockwaves through White Rock Village.

"Birth mother? How dare you claim to be Evelyn's birth mother!"

"What kind of heartless parents would abandon their child like this?"

"Poor Evelyn was left in this impoverished backwater as a child!"

"And that wicked nanny abused her!"

The villagers erupted in angry accusations, their faces flushed with outrage.

Evelyn stepped forward urgently. "Uncle Zhang, Aunt Wang, you've misunderstood!"

"Vincent Lowell and Margaret Hill were my adoptive parents. They're the ones who abandoned me here."

"My real parents and brothers have always treated me well."

The villagers' expressions shifted to dawning realization and embarrassment.

"Our apologies. We spoke too hastily."

"We just couldn't bear seeing Evelyn wronged..."

Victoria Langley's eyes grew redder.

She gazed at these simple villagers with gratitude and sorrow.

Richard Langley gave a subtle signal to his bodyguards.

A dozen black-suited men sprang into action, unloading crates of supplies from vehicles.

"What's this..."

The villagers stood frozen in disbelief.

As the bodyguards distributed brand-new rice, flour, cooking oil, down jackets and other essentials door-to-door, everyone was stunned.

"This is too much!"

The white-haired Village Chief Zhang arrived breathlessly, gaping at the scene.

"Chief, this is our small token of appreciation."

"For taking care of our Evelyn all these years."

Victoria's voice trembled as she and her husband bowed deeply.

Her heart ached as she surveyed the dilapidated mountain village.

This was where her daughter had endured her hardest decade.

Yet perhaps compared to the torment in the Lowell household, this place had offered some solace?

After the distribution, Richard sought out Chief Zhang privately.

"We're investing fifty million to completely revitalize White Rock Village."

"This includes road paving and housing reconstruction."

"Given the abundant natural resources here, I plan to build a medicinal herb processing plant."

Chief Zhang's eyes widened, his gnarled hands trembling.

He could scarcely believe his ears.

What did this mean?

It meant young people wouldn't need to leave their homeland.

It meant White Rock Village would be reborn.

For the first time, hope kindled in the old man's clouded eyes.