Chapter 516
She felt it didn't matter how many times she shouted. "Anyway, he won't remember these things tomorrow." This was because none of this had happened in the original timeline.
Time passed in this dimension. Soon, it was the day Tiffany died. She opened her eyes in prison. Opening them again, she was in a small suburban forest. The sky was dark and rainy; there was no moonlight. On this rainy night, the Kelley family was destroyed. Sandra's men severely beat Tiffany before throwing her into a swamp.
A suffocating feeling overwhelmed her. She struggled, but it was useless. The quagmire bubbled a few times, then stilled. No one would know a body was buried in the suburbs.
After experiencing another death, Tiffany became a spirit, her body transparent and invisible. She floated back to the Kelley family's residence, seeing that someone had demolished the fire-damaged Cedar Ridge Villa and replaced it with a private forest.
She drifted to the Harper family's residence, where Kenneth had married Melody. He seemed to have forgotten the woman who'd taken the blame for him, and Melody showed no guilt.
At the Olson family's residence, Sandra's family lived in a new villa built with the Kelley family's money. Stan and Selena grinned, cursing the Kelleys as "idiots who deserved to die" when their name was mentioned.
Tiffany was stunned. "So, this is what happened after I died in my previous life?" No one's life was affected; the murderers and evildoers thrived. Only the Kelley family suffered a complete tragedy.
Experiencing all this again, Tiffany trembled with hate, resentment, and anger. "How dare they!" she cried, clenching her fists. Leaving the Olsons, she wandered, unknowingly returning to Cedar Ridge Villa. The rebuilt forest had been sold and the villa rebuilt again, now identical to the original Cedar Ridge Villa.
Confused, Tiffany floated inside. Workers were renovating. She was invisible, but she could hear them talking:
"Why did the buyer buy this land? The forest farm was fine. Why rebuild it as a villa, especially this one? It burned down!"
"Exactly! Who'd want to live here?"
"Maybe he's rich and doesn't care."
"I heard he's rebuilding it to keep a home for someone who's gone."
"Who's the buyer?"
"Mr. Hampton."
Tiffany was dazed. Her interactions with Richard were few. Whenever she saw him, she ran away, terrified. Their only interaction was when she hid in a bamboo forest, crying after humiliation. He'd walked by, his expression cold, leaving a handkerchief before departing. She'd pitifully asked him to keep her secret, instantly regretting it. Unexpectedly, he'd said, "Okay."
This was their only real interaction. Tiffany thought that if she'd seen through Stan and his family earlier, broken off her engagement, and sided with Richard, things might have been different.
She floated until she accidentally saw Felix and Lorenzo heading towards the Harper family residence—likely to steal the Treasure Box, according to the timeline. Tiffany followed. As a spirit, she was invisible; even punching Felix would have no effect.
She followed silently as Felix and his men snuck into the manor to search for the Treasure Box.
(Note: The text then jumps to a different chapter, Chapter 316, before returning to Chapter 516. This needs to be addressed by the source material. I have edited only what was present within the provided text.)
Perhaps because Richard wasn't unconscious after being stabbed, Felix was cautious and only drugged everyone. They found the Treasure Box under a fig tree. They were overjoyed, but then lights illuminated the manor, surrounded by three layers of guards. Richard entered, looking impeccably dressed. Under the moonlight, his eyes were cold, but he looked directly at Tiffany. Her heart skipped a beat. She almost thought he saw her, but dismissed it, knowing she'd soon disappear.
Richard looked away and smiled coldly at Felix. "You can die now." His subordinates attacked. Felix tried to escape, but Richard threw a saber, killing him. Richard took the Treasure Box. Tiffany followed him, expecting him to return to Royal Bay, but he went to the rebuilt Cedar Ridge Villa.
Tiffany was stunned. He tried to activate the Treasure Box, but couldn't open it. Tiffany, thinking it a fake key, reached out. She couldn't touch anything, but the Treasure Box recognized her as its master, and she opened it.
Richard seemed stunned. He softly said, "Didn't you say the Treasure Box could bring the Kelley family back to life?" Tiffany trembled, tears streaming down her face.