Reese Zhao had met various people in life as a military man. He had met a wife murdering her abusive husband by poisoning him, a notorious serial killer going out late at night using his taxi to pick up vulnerable young girls - only to kill them out of entertainment and boredom, a teen who stole food because she was starving for a few days, and even a soldier who had just returned from war and was suffering from trauma.
Reese could understand all of it, but in his eyes, this niece of his was unfathomable. Although her expression was gentle, he could distinctly feel her indifference. Only a few eighteen-year-old women would wear the bearing displayed by Adrienne Jiang.
Indeed, she resembled his older sister so much, but Adrienne was different from her mother. She was smiling, yet, it didn't quite reach her eyes, and there were no cracks on her expression.
"What brings you here then, Adrienne?" He heard his father ask. "Did your mother ask you to come here?"
