Chapter 637

Evelyn stared at the person.

A ponytail swung behind her head.

Her smile was dazzlingly bright.

Her eyes were clear and transparent.

Like a young girl who had never seen darkness.

An innocent, carefree young lady—that was Evelyn's initial impression.

But who could have guessed.

She was the Fox.

Evelyn gripped her phone.

She walked over step by step.

"Natalie Castillo."

"You are the Fox?"

"Yep."

Natalie hung up the phone.

She gave Mr. Valentine a sweet smile.

"Hello, Uncle~"

Obedient like the girl next door.

Mr. Valentine frowned.

"I'm not good."

Natalie was taken aback.

Mr. Valentine's voice was cold and hard.

"Was it you who poisoned me?"

Natalie blinked.

"Yes~"

"Uncle, no need to thank me."

"I was helping you regulate your health."

Mr. Valentine's expression darkened further.

"You nearly killed me."

"You call that regulating health?"

Natalie pouted.

"Uncle is Spencer's uncle."

"That makes you family."

"Why would I harm you?"

She turned to Evelyn.

Her smile deepened.

"Aren't you curious?"

"I have so many poisons."

"Yet I specifically chose the Seven-Day Powder."

"It was precisely to help Uncle regulate his health."

"Consider it my greeting gift to the Valentine family."

She paused.

"Oh, right."

"Even if you gave Uncle the wrong medicine."

"It wouldn't matter."

"That would also be an antidote."

Evelyn narrowed her eyes.

"You and my sister."

"You're not enemies?"

"Of course not."

Natalie tilted her head.

"The Fox and the Rabbit."

"Both are Sterling Family members assigned to China."

"When we left the Sterling Family at age five."

"We made a pact."

"To form an alliance."

Evelyn stared at her.

"Why should I believe you?"

"Because of Chloe."

Natalie laughed.

"Chloe's full name."

"You must know it, right?"

Evelyn's jaw tightened.

Chloe.

Her sister's only daughter.

Her sister's sole obsession before dying.

To take good care of Chloe.

To not let Chloe suffer.

After returning home.

Evelyn had checked the household register.

Chloe took her sister's surname.

Her name was Sterling.

Natalie's voice was light and cheerful.

"Sterling."

"It's the same as my name."

"This was your sister's pledge of allegiance."

"Her act of loyalty."

Evelyn was stunned.

"What?"

Natalie spread her hands.

"The Rabbit knew she lacked capability."

"She pledged her allegiance to me long ago."

"Chloe was her token of sincerity."

"The heir she bore for me."

Evelyn's mind went blank.

"If that's the case."

"Why didn't you come clean?"

"Why compete with me?"

Natalie looked at her.

"The Fox and the Rabbit agreed."

"The Rabbit would bear a child for the Fox."

"Named after the Fox."

"This was the pledge."

"But seventeen years have passed."

"How could I know if she had changed?"

Natalie patted her chest.

"She endured for seventeen years."

"Then acted strangely these past few months."

"I thought she was deceiving me."

"Breaking our agreement."

"I didn't expect it was you who replaced her."

"You scared me to death."

"I thought our friendship boat had capsized."

Evelyn fell silent.

She stared at Natalie.

Those eyes were clear and transparent.

They didn't seem to be lying.

But during every previous encounter.

She had worn that same harmless expression.

Evelyn didn't know whether to believe her.

As she pondered.

Natalie walked over and sat on the sofa.

This was the living room.

Servants worked in the distance.

Unable to hear their lowered voices.

The view was open.

No fear of being bugged.

Evelyn stared at her.

"So you realized I wasn't my sister."

"And came to see me?"

"Of course not~"

Natalie rested her chin on her hand.

Beaming.

"There's another reason."

"You already knew I was the Fox."

"Didn't you?"

"So why should I pretend?"

"Might as well play with our cards on the table."

Evelyn didn't speak.

Natalie's chatterbox nature kicked in.

"No need to deny it."

"If you didn't know."

"You wouldn't have told Spencer about Nicole Sterling."

"You deliberately had him relay it to me."

She tilted her head.

"But I'm very curious."

"Where did I slip up?"

"Just because my name contains 'Sterling'?"

"No."

Evelyn stared at her.

"I suspected you long ago."

"When?"

Natalie was curious.

Evelyn spoke.

"Back then, to fit your persona."

"You insisted on helping the abused wife during the meal."

"Remember?"

"Of course I remember."

Natalie smiled.

"When I saw that situation."

"I thought a pure, innocent young lady would definitely step forward."

"That's why I chose to help."

"You even lectured me about it later."

"So?"

"Did I not act convincingly enough?"

"You acted too convincingly."

Evelyn looked at her.

"In the Castillo family environment."

"True innocence cannot be nurtured."

"For you to grow up so innocent."

"That in itself is incongruous."

"You laid down a smokescreen."

"Made me think the Fox would be like the Rabbit."

"Would strive to marry Anthony Castillo."

"To gain the Castillo family's support."

Evelyn paused.

"But later I discovered."

"The previous generation had been laying groundwork."

"When I found out Mr. Castillo's granddaughter was me."

"I suddenly realized."

"The Rabbit's elders paved the way."

"The Fox's elders would too."

"For example, your mother."

"Married into the Castillo family."

"Didn't she?"

Natalie laughed.

"You're really clever."

"But you're mistaken on one point."

"My mother didn't marry into the Castillo family."

"She only had a one-night stand with Anthony's father."

"When it was time to send me out."

"I had the identity 'Natalie Castillo' to hide behind."

"All these years."

"No one has known where the Fox is."

Evelyn stared at her.

"So?"

"You suddenly appear now."

"Coming here so openly."

"What's your meaning?"

Natalie looked at Mr. Valentine.

"I want to know."

"Spencer and I are truly in love."

"Uncle."

"Will you support the Rabbit."

"Or support me?"

Before Mr. Valentine could speak.

Natalie smiled again.

"But no rush."

"When my grandfather arrives."

"We'll ask him together."

"Between the Rabbit and me."

"A choice must be made."