A Flash Marriage Can Be A Treasure novel Chapter 300

Victor calls the hotel front desk and asks them to send someone upstairs to clean their room. Then he orders dinner. John tears open the envelope and takes out a few pieces of paper from it.

The envelop is torn open too big that a photo drops out from it.

John picks it up and has a glance. There’s a pretty Asian woman on the photo. She’s smiling and pursing her lips. She seems to be arm in arm with someone, but the person next to her has been cut off.

After glancing at the photo, he puts it on the tea table next to him. Then he starts to read the letter.

A few seconds later, John begins to have short breaths and his expression also changes. He looks through the second page quickly. After he reads something on it, his eye pupils shrink and his hands are shaking.

After reading the third page, his hands stop trembling and he has faint sorrow and smile on his face at the same time. His blue eyes stare at the paper but they are dimmed.

“Cough...Cough!” he coughs again after a few seconds of silence.

Then he spits out a mouthful of blood.

“Mr. John!” Victor rushes over after hearing the sound. Seeing John coughs up blood fiercely, he rushes to the bedroom and takes out pills from the medicine toolkit he has brought along.

He hurriedly gets two pills and pours a glass of warm water. Then he hands them to John.

“Take them away! I won’t have them!” John suddenly refuses it angrily, waving his hand rudely.

The pills and water glass are knocked down to the floor, startling Victor.

Victor picks up the pills and pours another glass of water. Then he hands them to John again. Gritting his teeth, he says, “Mr. John, you said you’ll give Miss Lily a gift. If you don’t take the medicine, you can’t even hold on for another three months.”

Perhaps Lily’s name has hit John. He looks up at Victor, takes over the water glass, and swallows the pills.

Victor accidentally catches a glimpse of the photo on the tea table. He sees a pretty woman, whom he seems to have seen somewhere. Somehow he can’t remember for the time being.

Looking at the letter in John’s hands, Victor guesses it’s because of the letter that John has lost control just now.

Victor wants to ask about the letter content. While he’s trying to figure out how to start the question, John stares at the photo on the tea table and asks in a low voice, “Victor, do you know who this woman is?”

Victor shakes his head. “No, I don’t. She’s pretty.”

“She’s my mother.”

“What?” Victor is taken aback. He can’t help looking at the photo for a few more times.

It’s not until then does he recall that when he enters John’s father Burnell’s study for the first time, he sees an oil painting of a woman on the right-side wall. The woman wears a wedding dress instead but she looks exactly the same as the woman in this photo.

He has been fascinated when seeing the painting. He remembers that Burnell explains to him with a gentle smile, “This is Colbert’s mother. Isn’t she beautiful?”

[Note: Colbert Krislier is another name for John Dawn.]

So it turns out to be John’s mother.

“Yes.” John smiles, but his expression is a little blank. He murmurs, “No wonder he has sent Satsuki to me. He’s known about it long ago.”

Victor doesn’t understand. He asks, “Mr. John, what do you mean?”

John doesn’t answer him. Picking up the envelope and taking a second look, he takes out another photo from it. He casts a few glances at it and his face darkens. Then he tosses the photo to Victor.

Victor catches it. When he sees the women on the photo, he’s startled.

“Isn’t this Satsuki Oguri’s mother?” he says. Looking up at John, he finds John’s face becomes livid. “Why did your father send this photo to you?”

“It’s not from my father,” says John. His voice can hardly be heard.

He lies down in the couch, his fingers loose. The few pieces of paper drop from his fingertips to the floor. Victor picks them up.

Reading through the letter page by page, Victor changes from being confused to being unbelievable. He repeatedly reading the three pages for a dozen of times, feeling extremely shocked.

“It turned out that your mom had escaped from that fire. She fainted on the roadside and was saved. When she woke up, she lost her memory. Then she was taken back to Japan by Takuya Oguri... They got married and had a child... So, Satsuki is your half-sister from a different father...”

“My elder brother is really capable.” Looking at the chandelier hanging on the ceiling, John says in a flat tone, “He must look forward to seeing how I feel after I got to know this.”

Victor comforts him with a solemn look. “Mr. John, Mr. Seles just wants to defeat you by this matter. Don’t fall into his trap. Even if Satsuki is your sister, it doesn’t mean anything.”

John smiles. “She only cherishes my elder brother. She could even die for him. She has already lost her soul. I don’t need to pity her.”

“If it’s for your mom, it won’t work either.” Victor knows what he is thinking. Since he has also read through the letter, Victor says eagerly, “Mr. Seles hates you and your mom to the core because of his mother, Yvette, who committed suicide.”

“He said he has already asked the doctor to remove the blood clot from your mom’s brain. Her memory should have recovered. Hence, he must have told her everything. He just wanted to revenge on you and your mom.”

“Mr. John, don’t listen to him and don’t go to Yorkshire to meet your mom, please.” Victor discourages him. “Seles has already set up a trap there. Once you go there, you would fall into his trap.”

“Victor, that’s my mother,” John says, “I’ve never seen her since I was born. Everything I know about her was from my father.”

He closes his eyes, recalling the letters written by his mother and the warm words on them. “Even if she’s changed her look, her eyes must be full of tenderness. If she sees me grown up, she must be quite happy.”

“Mr. John...”

“Let’s do whatever he requested. He’ll make me meet my mother. I’ll give up the inheritance right of Krislier Group.” John interrupted him. “Let’s get the e-contract ready.”

Gritting his teeth, Victor says, “Mr. John, your mom has passed away for more than twenty years. Can’t you take it that she’s already dead? If you gave up the inheritance right of Krislier Group, what about Miss Lily? What about your plan?”

“Krislier Group is not all of my life,” John says with a softened look on his face. “I’ve already prepared the portion for Lily. When the time comes, you can go to Mr. Will and he will tell you what to do.”

“Mr. John, have you really made up your mind to see your mom?”

“Yes, I have.”

Victor knows that he can’t convince John, so he heaves a sigh and goes to prepare the contract.

John puts the two photos together, comparing each other.

The women on the two photos look different but they have the same eyes, all full of gentle smile. He touches one photo, his heart full of expectation.

He doesn’t have mother since he was born, and he’s been regretted for more than twenty years. Now he gets to know that his mother is still alive, he’s definitely going to meet her no matter how much he would pay.

He also wants to introduce Lily to his mother, telling her that Lily is his true love.

Because of Lily, his miserable life has a glimmer of light.

Shortly, Victor comes over with the tablet. He hands it over to John, carelessly bumping into the photos on the tea table. One of the photo falls on the carpet with its backside up.

John picks it up and it’s until then does he discover a small line of characters at the bottom right corner of the back:

“My beloved wife - Scarlett Streep”

“It turns out to be my mother’s Chinese name?” John mumbles.

“Yes. I heard your father mention about it before. But the servants and maids in the manor all addressed her Madame Tamara,” Victor says, “After Madame lost her memory and got married with Takuya Oguri in Japan, she changed her name to Kanna Oguri with her husband family name.”