The Untouchable Ex Wife by Mizuki Sei

Chapter 1784
"George..." The old woman trailed off gloomily, her gaze unreadable as she recalled the past. "He was a famous and powerful figure in Garcia Village back then. Everyone avoided him."
"What do you mean?" Renee urged.
"It's not what you think. He was unreasonable and very nasty..." The elderly woman's tone became angry. "He was a tyrant in our village, and he bullied almost all the families here. He would either take other people's things away and even beat them up."
"Was he really that arrogant?" Renee frowned. "Such a person should have been in jail."
"If we could, we would have done it ages ago, but he had connections. He would be released after being locked up for a few days every time the villagers called the cops, then he would take revenge on the person who reported him. So... nobody dared to say anything."
Jeffrey frowned. "I heard about his family when I was young because my village is only nearby. Mom always told me not to sail my boat too far while fishing in case I accidentally entered their territory and they came after me. 1>>
"Yeah, George's nastiness was infamous around these parts, but strangely..." The old woman's tone changed as she said slowly, "The horrible man did something good-he adopted a kid."
Renee's heart skipped a beat. If her hunch was right, that child was Quinton... but why would a terrible man like George adopt a child? "Madam, did they really adopt the kid or did they maybe have ulterior motives?" Renee asked the old woman carefully.
"I don't know..." The old woman sighed sorrowfully. "But that child was
pitiful. George ordered him around as if he was a slave, telling him to do all kinds of dirty and tiring work, but he never fed the boy and would always hit and scold him. I remember one day when the boy released a fish that was about to lay eggs. When George found out about it, he yelled at the boy saying he was being wasteful, then beat him up and locked him in the doghouse. He wanted the dog to maul the boy and kill him, but the boy managed to tame the dog and spent two weeks with him instead! We found him pitiful and gave him bread when we could, but when George found out, he would come after US." The old woman's eyes were filled with hatred for George, and compassion for the child. 3
"How abominable!" Renee's whole body trembled in rage, and she smacked the table hard. "I'll kill him if he's still alive!"