[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-born-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s":3,"chapter-born-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s-born-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s-chapter-173":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Born Into Villain's Family: I Have a 200\\% Rebate System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1491494,1939,"Chapter 173: Adeline And Adriana’s Meet","born-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s-chapter-173",173,"\u003Cp>Aurora stayed silent for a while. Her heart felt heavy. She stared out the window, watching the clouds move slowly in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in a soft voice, she spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Adeline... my cousin sister will be arriving at the hospital soon,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a pause on the other side. Aurora continued,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She might ask you about what happened last night... how Henry hurt you. I think she wants to know if I told her the truth. Can you please tell her everything, but...\" Aurora’s voice lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But please make sure to hide the fact that you know that Adriana is Henry’s girlfriend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was silence for a few seconds, and then Adeline smiled softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay,\" she said. \"I’ll do that. After all, you’ve done a lot for me, Miss Dawn. This is the least I can do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurora let out a small breath of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you,\" she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But that’s not all,\" Aurora added after a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline raised her eyebrows, curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To make sure what happened last night never happens again,\" Aurora said, her voice calm and serious,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve hired two bodyguards for you. They’ll be by your side all the time. From now on... no one will be able to hurt you again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline’s eyes widened. \"W-What?\" she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears started to form in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one... had ever done something like this for her before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People usually ran away after knowing about her past with Henry. They looked at her like she was trouble. Like she didn’t deserve kindness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Miss Dawn...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after accidentally putting her in danger, she protected her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline’s throat felt tight. She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you...\" she whispered. \"I don’t know what I mean to you... But right now, I feel like I matter. Even if it’s just a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurora’s hand clenched around the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You do matter,\" she said quietly. \"You really do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, Adeline felt safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe she wasn’t loved like Adriana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at least... she was cared for. And that was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>....................\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, there was a soft knock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knock knock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline straightened her back and quickly wiped her eyes. \"Come in,\" she said gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door opened, and Adriana walked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was wearing a simple white blouse and jeans, but she still looked graceful. Her hair was tied back in a ponytail, and her eyes were sharp, just like Aurora said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Adeline pretended not to know Adriana and asked gently,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you a doctor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adriana was taken aback when she saw Adeline’s confused eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Adeline’s expression, it was clear that she didn’t know Adriana at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was even more shocking was the swollen face of Adeline and the various injuries on her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So is Adeline truly innocent? Did Henry abuse her?’ Adriana thought. Her heart skipped a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was true, then...Henry wasn’t the only one who had abused Adeline...it was also Adriana who told everything about Adeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No! Don’t rush to a conclusion!’ Adriana reminded herself and looked at Adeline with a stern expression,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I am not a doctor...I am...a journalist! I just happen to know about your case, so I wanted to cover your story. Are you interested in sharing it?\" Adriana asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline’s face would change, and she would shake her head,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am not interested. Please leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her reaction, Adriana felt what Henry might have said was not true...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Adeline were truly as crazy as Henry had portrayed her to be, then she would do everything to bind Henry to herself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would she refuse to get interviewed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm. Ma’am, I am not only a journalist but a member of an NGO too. Please tell me your story.\" Adriana insisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of hesitation would appear in Adeline’s eyes before she would say softly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know...yesterday...somehow my ex-boyfriend got to know everything and attacked, what if he does the same again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adriana’s heart skipped a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline’s reaction was in line with the story she had heard from Aurora and completely different from the reaction according to Henry’s story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Henry’s story, Adeline was a crazy, rich, and obsessed person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would a rich and crazy girl be afraid of her ex-boyfriend?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something was wrong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will make sure.\" Adriana would say softly. \"Can you please tell me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Adeline felt that Adriana had taken the bait, she said with a numb expression,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Henry was my boyfriend for the past 4 years. We had spent a lot of time together, to the point that...I sometimes wonder if the Henry I am seeing currently now...is even the real Henry or not...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dazed expression appeared in Adeline’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was Henry always so bad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a time when that young man would wake up early, bring breakfast for Adeline. He would help Adeline, Nia, and Adeline’s mother hide from their gambling father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even vowed solemnly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Adeline, just give me some time! I will protect you and put your father behind bars! The day I become rich, I will marry you in the grandest manner!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did teenage Adeline do back then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would sweetly stretch her pinky out and hook it with Henry’s pinky,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The promise is sealed! I wait for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teenage Henry smiled happily, looking at Adeline, and said with a shy expression,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now the promise has been sealed, I want to tell you something...Adeline, please stay with me! I can’t let you go ever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that statement somehow changed to,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please let me go. I can’t stay with you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry, who vowed to marry her after becoming rich, was now trying to find a rich woman for marriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Destiny was indeed laughable and cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline told about her entire story to Adriana and said with a bitter smile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard his new girlfriend is rich...and sometimes wonder... if I were rich... would I be able to marry him? But that thought broke completely yesterday...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I realized...the Henry I loved and the Henry of today are completely different. So I let go. But he...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1024,"2026-06-06T04:03:40.623Z",1,"novelbin.me","dce652f6b2a2151ca04c2a089888424e9acdf77206606687a00555233be8cb0e","born-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s-chapter-174","born-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s-chapter-172",614,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fborn-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s-cover.jpg"]