In the end, Anaya was amused and couldn't help but laugh.
Anaya raised her hand and pinched Hearst's face gently. "I never force you to say things that you don't want to say. You chose this method to deceive me because you didn't trust me.
"If you told me that your family used to treat you badly, I might even curse them with you behind their back."
Hearst didn't tell Anaya much about the Helms family, so she didn't know whether Hearst's relationship with his family was good or terrible.
Only after Anaya met Hearst's family members did she connect Hearst's wandering experience with Hearst's family members' indifference.
Previously, Anaya thought that Hearst's family did not help Hearst because they could not find him.
But now, it seemed that Hearst's family probably knew that Hearst was not doing well outside. But they just turned a blind eye to it.