After that day, Easton Holmes disappeared from Lily Turner's life, as if he had never appeared at all.
However, Lily Turner's life did not become peaceful due to his disappearance; instead, it stirred up a storm.
Thanks to Easton Holmes's investment, Lily Turner returned to the set after recovering, and filming continued smoothly. This situation caused Henry Thompson, who had been making wild claims on television, to lose face, and Jenny York, eagerly waiting to see her fail, felt even more disgruntled.
Henry Thompson and Jenny York did not keep these feelings of dissatisfaction to themselves; they took real actions to retaliate against Lily Turner.
Especially Jenny York, who shockingly exposed herself as an insider, claiming that Lily Turner was being kept by a mysterious investor, thus fleeing her wedding and abandoning her deeply loving fiancé.
This news quickly spread online, and to verify the accuracy of this information, major entertainment media outlets dispatched their sharpest investigative teams to deeply dig into this explosive news.
Fans, unaware of the truth, began to split into two factions. One side was die-hard fans who unconditionally believed in and supported Lily Turner, while the other side, with wavering faith, was swayed by the insider's instigation, starting to post criticisms and even defame her.
For a moment, Lily Turner became a bad woman unfaithful to her lover, not only cursed by fans who didn't know the truth but also scolded by her own mother, who saw her as a thorn in the side.
"Lily Turner! Do you have any sense of shame? To do something so shameless, how did I give birth to such a disappointing daughter?" If Alice Turner hadn't been holding her back, Sophia Wood would have rushed up to slap Lily Turner. Through Alice, she pointed angrily at Lily standing on the side, "I told you not to enter the entertainment industry, but you wouldn't listen. Now look, you're infamous, aren't you?"
Infamous?!
Her mother actually used that word on her?!
Sophia Wood's lack of trust in her made Lily Turner incredibly sad. From childhood to adulthood, her mother had always treated her this way, never showing her a kind face, whether she was right or wrong.
"It's one thing if others don't believe me, but even you don't believe me. I really doubt you're my mother." Other people's mothers are so protective of their daughters, but her mother was so harsh with her. She had wondered more than once.
Upon hearing this, Sophia Wood became even angrier. She pushed past Alice Turner and charged at Lily Turner, "You ungrateful brat! I worked hard to raise you, and you actually doubt I'm your mother. Today, I'm going to beat the ingratitude out of you."
With that, she balled her hands into fists and started swinging them at Lily Turner's body.
"Go ahead and hit me. You should kill me today; that way, you can finally have peace of mind." Lily Turner stood still without dodging or flinching, letting Sophia hit her. In that moment, the thought really did flash through her mind—she could let her mother beat her to death, so she could go to another world to meet her father.
Though she had never seen her father since birth, they say daughters are the sweethearts of their fathers from a previous life. Her father would surely be very happy to see her, right? He would surely love this daughter dearly.
Sophia Wood, already fuming, became even more enraged upon hearing Lily's words. Her fists came down even more forcefully and intensely on Lily, "Fine! I'll grant you that today."