Joyce Lopez was always the apple of the Lopez Family's eye, just as Camelia Hawkins knew her well. Joyce was too practical. She never had a smiling face for people who offered her no benefits.
Back then, she remembered Joyce always tailing their eldest son, refusing to smile at anyone but the eldest son of the Hawkins family, no matter how hard the elders tried to coax her into doing so. Only Sophia Lawson could bring a shy smile to Joyce's face by teasing her about their eldest son.
At that time, the old master already knew that the small girl, Joyce, was fond of their eldest son. However, he never enlisted her as a prospect for their future daughter-in-law. When finding a partner for their eldest son, the old master never offered his opinion to anyone else, except when it came to Joyce. He disapproved.
Such a woman, in his view, could not be a good daughter-in-law nor could she be a good wife.
