When asked her name, she said the name Abigail Quinn. This was the name she had given herself.

"But this isn’t your real name, right? I’ve checked; in the list of shipwreck victims, there is no name Abigail Quinn," Atlas Shaw said. "Don’t tell me you’re not a passenger on that sunken ship; I don’t believe in such coincidences."

Mabel Quinn remained silent. After a moment, she slowly lifted her gaze. "But sometimes there are such coincidences. I am Abigail Quinn, whether you believe it or not, I am just Abigail Quinn."

Her gaze was fixed on the other, so steadfast.

From now on, in this world, there is no more Mabel Quinn; there is only Abigail Quinn.

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Three months after the shipwreck incident, Daniel Harris finally saw Kyle Kinston again at the dock in W City.

For these three months, Kyle Kinston’s whereabouts were almost completely closed off. No one knew where he was, and no one knew what he was doing.

The officials kept his movements vague, only subtly mentioning that Kyle was handling transfer work in J City, leading the outside world to unanimously believe this might signal his return to Falling City.

Meanwhile, the search within the shipwreck sea area was still ongoing. However, at this point, it was no longer a rescue but had turned into simply salvaging bodies.

As time went on, even finding bodies became increasingly difficult. Initially, a body could be found every few days, then it became once every ten days, and now... it has been a month without finding a new body.

In the sea, bodies are likely to be eaten by fish, as is common knowledge. Sometimes what is found might be a limb, sometimes not even a limb can be found.

At the moment, at the dock’s port, Daniel Harris looked at Kyle Kinston — the latter standing upright, seemingly gazing into the distance.

Was he looking for Mabel? Daniel sneered. At this point, what difference does it make?

In the past three months of searching, he stayed in W City but gained nothing. The search team he personally dispatched returned empty-handed time and again.

Perhaps... it’s time to admit that even continuing to search in W City won’t lead to any progress. Perhaps the woman he once wanted to give all happiness to has already been buried in this ocean, never to appear before him again.

The woman who said she would give him half the light is ultimately no longer in this world.

Daniel Harris walked towards Kyle Kinston, and there were quite a few bodyguards around Kyle. As soon as Daniel approached, they immediately stopped him.

"Kyle Kinston!" Daniel Harris said, "I have a few words that I can’t hold back!"

But Kyle continued to just look at the sea, like he hadn’t heard anything.

Daniel Harris continued saying, "The child in Mabel’s belly, I had someone save it!"

Just this one sentence made Kyle Kinston’s body tremble suddenly, then stiffly turn his head, eyes fixed dead on Daniel Harris. "What... did you say?"

With that turn, Daniel noticed how terrible Kyle looked right now. His expression was immensely haggard, vastly skinnier than before, with deep hollows where his eye sockets were.