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CHAPTERS 1271 - 1275
CHAPTER 1271
Although Silvia had been with Andrew for quite some time now, she had never seen Andrew being so angry. When she heard Andrew's growl and saw his solemn expression, she nearly ran away in fright.
However, when she thought of the boys who were still waiting for her updates, Silvia suppressed her fear and stammered, "Young... Young Master Carter, did something happen?"
Silvia clearly knew what happened, but she was still pretending not to know. She spoke hesitantly and did not even dare to look into his eyes, afraid that he would see right through her.
"Everything's fIne." Seeing that it was Silvia, the look on Andrew's face became much more gentle in an instant. If he were to let her know that the boys had gone missing, she would definitely get more anxious than him. So, he immediately changed the topic. "Auntie Cherry has prepared breakfast for you. Make sure you eat it before going to school."
"Um..." Silvia was stammering. "Are Julien and Levi up? Why don't I go wake them up for breakfast? Then we can all eat together."
No, that was not her true intention. However, she felt that it was too stressful for her to be with Andrew by herself and she was panicking. So, she thought that she would go back to the boys and come up with a plan to deal with Andrew.
"Just let them sleep in. Don't worry about them. I'll ask the driver to send you to school once you‘re done with your breakfast," Andrew said as he walked towards her. Silvia was so terrified that she started retreating. "They are growing boys, so they shouldn't sleep for too long. Moreover, they mustn't skip breakfast, it's the most important meal of the day. I'd better go upstairs and wake them up now!"
Recalling the ferocious look on Andrew's face when he was on the phone, Silvia was so scared that she could feel her heart trembling. If Andrew were to find out that she had colluded with the boys and fooled him, he would definitely tear her into pieces.
"Why are you looking so scared?" Seeing that Silvia was backing off from him as if she was avoiding the plague, Andrew's frustration intensified. "Do you think I would gobble you up?"
"No, you, why would you think so?" To tell the truth, Andrew was very scary. She was genuinely afraid that he would eat her, but she couldn't say it out loud. If she were to infuriate him, she would probably lose her life.
Andrew strode towards Silvia. Being horrified by his actions, Silvia instantly turned around and ran off. "I'm still in my pajamas. I'm going back to my room to change my clothes first."
"You, stop right there!" Seeing that Silvia was avoiding him, Andrew frowned. He did not like this feeling of uneasiness at all!
Silvia had just taken two steps when Andrew's cold voice sounded from behind. Upon hearing his voice, Silvia felt that her legs were as heavy as lead. It was so heavy that she could not even move an inch.
Did Andrew find out that she was colluding with the boys?
The fact that Andrew would shout at her so fiercely, Silvia was guessing that he had already found out about it... It's over... She was going to be skinned alive very soon.
Silvia was thinking if she should just tell Andrew the truth and that she had only known about it a while ago. After all, it was the boys who came up with the idea, it had nothing to do with her at all... No, she must not betray them. The boys trusted her so much, how could she stab them in the back like this?
When she heard that Andrew was slowly getting closer to her, Silvia was so nervous that she immediately swallowed her saliva. Then, she instinctively raised her hands and confessed, "I'm sorry, Young Master Carter. I know what I did was wrong. Please don't get mad at me?"
Boohoo... If she had known that this man would be this scary, she wouldn't have promised the boys that she would defend them.
Now that she had regretted her decision, could she turn back time and act like nothing had happened?
Andrew walked to her side and placed his hands on her shoulders, making her look into his eyes. "Tell me, what did you do wrong?"
He was too scary to look at. He was grabbing on to her shoulders so forcefully. She had already admitted her mistake, did he have to be so fierce with her?
Silvia wanted to refute, but she was not bold enough. So, she began to explain the mistakes that she had made like an obedient child. "I was wrong for helping the boys to lie to you."
"The boys had pretended to run away from home, and you were part of it...Huh...Silvia Turner, I'm really impressed with that courage you have there. However, have you ever thought of the consequences before doing that?"
Andrew had never expected that Silvia would have anything to do with the two boys running away from home. After all, they were all under his watch the night before, and Silvia was still sleeping when he woke up this morning. She did not have the time to get involved in the plan.
Now that she had confessed her mistakes, it was indeed a windfall for him.
"Andrew, I've already admitted to my mistake, what else do you want?" Wasn't a child who would admit to her mistake a good child? And criminals who turned themselves in would get a reduced sentence? But why had Silvia not received such treatment?
"Go get the boys. I'll be waiting for you guys in the study." The three of them deserved to be punished. Otherwise, they would definitely cause more trouble in the future.
In the study room.
Silvia, Julian, and Levi stood in a row and all three of them were looking down at their shoes. They behaved as obediently and pitifully as they could ever be.
"Lift your heads up," Andrew said in a deep voice.
If they thought that he would let them off by not looking at him and acting pitifully, they were absolutely wrong. Andrew would not let them off this time.
Under the head of the family's order, Silvia and the boys slowly lifted up their heads. However, instead of looking at Andrew, their eyes were glancing around. They did not dare to look into Andrew's eyes.
"Look at me." Andrew added.
The trio had no choice but to look at Andrew. When their eyes met Andrew's cold stare, they were so scared that they were starting to breathe more cautiously.
"God bless us!"
In the past, they had never realized that the head of this family could be this fearsome. If they had known that, they might not have done what they did.
In the boys' hearts, Andrew was a warm big brother who would protect them while in Silvia's eyes, he was just an idle beast that only knew how to mess around. In short, no one had ever thought that he had such a cold and ferocious side.
Andrew's cold gaze swept across the three of them, and as he stared at them, they immediately felt that their scalps had turned numb. He then asked unhurriedly, "Tell me, who was the one who came up with this idea?"
There was dead silence in the room. It was so quiet that one could even hear a pin dropping on the floor. None of them had stepped forward to admit that they were the mastermind.
Huh, how dare they keep their silence? Perhaps Andrew was not harsh enough. His voice deepened menacingly as he spoke, "I will give you guys one more chance."
Silvia still refused to say anything.
Anyway, the mastermind wasn't her. She would never admit to the things that she had never done! Never! She would not admit to it even if she were to get beaten to death!
Julien was dumbfounded.
He was never afraid of a worthy opponent, but alas, his teammate was the weak link.
Levi was completely flabbergasted too. Anyway, he didn’t come up with the idea. No matter what kind of dirty tricks Julien would play, he wouldn't take the blame this time.
CHAPTER 1272
"Huh... It seems like no one is going to admit it." Andrew sneered, "Since no one is going to do that, then I'm afraid that I can't be partial to anyone. The three of you will be punished together."
They had to all be punished because no one was willing to admit it!
Upon hearing this, Julien immediately glanced at Levi. In turn, Levi turned to look at Silvia, and she could see the glistening tears in Levi's eyes. Immediately, her heart melted.
Faced with Levi's tears, Silvia had agreed to help the boys to deceive Andrew. Now that she saw the tears in Levi's eyes, she was going to fall for it once again.
Sure enough, she could never resist a cute and naive child who was acting pitifully in front of her. Even if Levi asked Silvia to die for him, she probably would not hesitate!
However, the boys trusted her so much, so how could she chicken out at such a critical moment? It was time for her to step forward and let them witness what she was capable of.
She wanted to let them know that in this family, their sister-in-law did have the power too, and she was absolutely not the party that would only get bullied... However, her behavior betrayed her. Anyone could tell that she was nervous!
Silvia discreetly took a deep breath as she clenched her fist. Then, she took a step forward and said impassionedly, "Young Master Carter, I am the one who came up with the idea, the boys have nothing to do with it at all. You can just punish me, don't drag the boys into this."
"You were the one who came up with the idea?" Andrew snorted, "Then why didn't you admit it just now?"
"It's because I was scared!" Silvia obviously could not reply with such a cowardly answer, could she? With the boys around, she had no choice but to portray herself as a big sister who could protect them. "I was reflecting on my mistake a while ago so I couldn't admit it in time. I admit that it was my fault, you can do whatever you want to me."
Silvia clearly never wanted to admit it, and yet, she even tried to tell Andrew that she was reflecting on herself. Did she really think that Andrew was a three-year-old who she could fool easily?
"Silvia, you're being too reckless this time. Tell me, how should I punish you?"
"I was forced to do that," Silvia knew she would still have to receive the punishment regardless of her answers. Hence, she was no longer afraid. He could just do whatever he wanted with her and she would listen to whatever he says.
Andrew snorted, "Who forced you?"
Silvia said, “You!"
"Since when did I force you?" Andrew was surprised.
Silvia could not answer him.
Now that Silvia had kept quiet, Andrew shifted his gaze to the boys. "And you two. Do you know how worried I was for your safety? I know that she's not smart to think of such a stupid plan, but how could you guys go along with it?"
"Andrew Carter, you'd better think twice before you speak in front of them," Silvia warned.
Damn it, how could he just insult her like this? Couldn't he save her face a little when the boys were around? He was lecturing her like he was teaching some kid a lesson. How was she going to face the boys in the future? How could they still trust her and rely on her?
Andrew said with a solemn face, "From now on, I want you to go to the little black room on the third floor and stay there for four hours while you think about what you have done. You're not allowed to come out until the time is up."
At that instant, Silvia became so anxious that she started complaining loudly, "Andrew, how could you do that to me?"
How could there be such a domineering and unreasonable man! What century were they living in now? How could he punish her by sending her into a dark room so that she could reflect on her mistake? Who did he think he was? An emperor‘s son or something?
Andrew said, "If you dare to utter a word before I've given you the permission to speak, you will be locked up for another hour."
Silvia said, "I have to go to school. I don‘t have the time to mess around with you here."
Andrew, "Five hours."
Silvia: "You..."
Andrew, "Six hours."
Silvia finally kept quiet. This tyrant, this inhuman beast, he was just calling her his baby in such a gentle voice the night before, but now, he had turned into a heartless beast that was going to torture her.
Andrew said, "You don't pay attention in class anyway. It doesn't really make a difference if you actually attend your lectures."
Silvia could not refute. She had completely lost her face because him.
After dealing with Silvia, Andrew looked at Julien and Levi and said, "Julien, Levi, do you know what you did wrong?"
Julien and Levi deftly nodded their heads and said, "Yes Andrew, we know."
Andrew walked up to them and gently stroked their heads. ”Good. If you know what you did wrong, then make sure you think before you do anything next time, okay? Don't act recklessly like you did this time."
“We will, " the two boys nodded their heads vigorously, looking adorably obedient.
Silvia stared at Andrew, who was obviously biased between her and the boys. She said, "Andrew, I admitted to my mistake and I even took the initiative to do so! Why were they forgiven just like that whereas I would have to be locked up?"
Andrew said, "Because you are the mastermind. The mastermind has to be responsible for their mistakes."
Silvia retorted, "I'm not..."
Andrew, "You what?"
The boys thought that they had disguised themselves perfectly and they would just let Silvia take on the blame this time. However, they did not know that Andrew had already noticed the guilty look in their eyes and the little tricks that they were doing behind his back.
Andrew did not expose them, because he wanted to see how they could continue with their act.
Silvia said, "I don't accept it! Please reconsider your punishment."
Andrew said, "Okay. Face the wall as punishment for 24 hours.And you are not allowed to eat during this time. Only water is allowed."
Silvia said, "What did I do to deserve this? Isn‘t there any justice?"
Andrew said, "In this house, I am the justice"
Silvia said, "No, this is what we call domestic violence.You're abusing women and we can always call the cops on you."
Andrew handed the phone to Silvia and said, "Sure, you can call the cops and see if anyone dares to arrest me."
Silvia said, "You bastard, you're such a big bully!"
Andrew said, "So what if I'm bullying you?"
Silvia said, “You son of a b*tch!"
The little black room was actually a storage room on the third floor, which was filled with some miscellaneous items. Although they were unused, they were still very valuable things. It was considered clean because of the frequent dusting, but the light in the room was very dim, and hence it was called the Little Black Room.
"What a heartless bastard!" Silvia found herself a seat. She was so angry that she constantly cursed Andrew. She was his wife, but he was teaching her a lesson like she was a child. Just thinking about it made her furious.
"Sister Silvia, thank you for helping us take on the blame this time." Levi secretly came into the room with a hot dog in his hand. "Sister Silvia, don't worry, I will secretly bring you some food to eat."
"You're the best, Levi!"
Just as Silvia was deeply moved by Levi's warm actions, Andrew's voice suddenly sounded. "Levi, do you want to be locked up with her?"
Upon hearing his voice, the two of them were terrified. They immediately looked around, trying to look for the source of the voice. However, they could not find him in the room at all. Finally, they noticed that there were surveillance cameras and even sound systems in the room.
Levi quickly took back the hotdog and patted her on the shoulder. He comforted her, "Sister Silvia, I really sympathize with you but since you've made a mistake, you should be punished. From now on, you should learn from us and be a good girl. Everything will be fine if you don't make Andrew angry."
Silvia was speechless. She had a feeling that something was not quite right.
CHAPTER 1273
"Sister Silvia, I've already said what I should say. It's up to you what you want to do in the future.“ Since there was surveillance here, it wouldn't be good for Levi to stay there for too long. After saying a few more words, Levi then left the room.
They wanted to let Silvia take on all the blame because they thought that Andrew would not do anything to Silvia. However, everything was beyond their imagination. Andrew had instead given Silvia the heaviest punishment that he could give.
"Andrew, how can you actually bring yourself to torture your beautiful wife like this? Do you know that by doing so, there's a possibility that you might end up being single for the rest of your life?" Levi despised Andrew inwardly. Andrew was a man after all and he should have compromised a little more when he was dealing with his wife.
Levi's father, Victor, was an unsophisticated man who was always fierce. Although Victor seemed like he was going to beat Angela up whenever she made him angry, he would never actually do it.
He really doted on Angela.
Most of the time, Levi would think that based on how much Victor doted on Angela, it was very possible that he would do just anything for her. If Angela wanted him to get her the stars in the night sky, he might actually do that for her.
"Levi, aren't you going to accompany me for a little while more?" Silvia looked at Levi pitifully. "I'm here all by myself in this room. I don't have a cell phone nor a computer, and I don't even have a person to talk to. What‘s more, I don't have any food to eat. How am I going to endure all these alone for so many hours?"
"Sister Silvia..." Alright, since Silvia was being so loyal to them, how could he just ignore her at times like this? If he did not care about her, who would? "Okay, Sister Silvia, I will stay here with you. Here you go, have this hotdog."
"Levi, you're really my little angel, I love you!" Silvia did not want to care about the rules that Andrew had laid down anymore. Now that the hotdog was right in front of her, she would fill her stomach first.
If Silvia were to find out that it was the boys who had planned to make her take on the blame from the very beginning, would she still think that Levi was her little angel?
At the same time, Levi looked towards the surveillance camera and pulled a face at it. "Andrew, I've decided that I will stay with Sister Silvia here and I will receive the same punishment as her."
Humph, he no longer cared about his bossy and thoughtless brother anymore. Instead, he would stay here with his sister-in-law and he would like to see if Andrew could do anything about it.
Andrew's voice once again sounded in the room, "Levi, are you not afraid of getting kicked in the ass?"
Levi answered in a righteous manner, "I would rather accept it than letting Sister Silvia suffer by herself."
Andrew said, "Sure, you can stay there with her. I will ask Auntie Cherry not to prepare your dinner."
When Levi realized that he would have to stay hungry, Levi, who had set his heart that he would stay back and suffer with Silvia, suddenly faltered. "Sister Silvia, my stomach is not feeling well. I need to go to the bathroom."
Silvia said, "Levi, don't tell me that you've changed your mind, did you?"
"No, Sister Silvia, I will never leave you alone."
Levi was a little embarrassed that Silvia had read his mind. Soon, he came up with an idea. He leaned into Silvia's ear and whispered, "If I stayed here, both of us will not have anything to eat for the rest of the day. I'm going to sneak out to get you some food."
When Silvia heard this, she thought what Levi had said made sense. "Okay, go."
She just hoped that Levi would not lie to her and he would still be her little angel.
.........
Thump, thump!
After thinking about it over and over again, Julien went to Andrew's study and knocked on the door.
“Come in." Andrew replied.
The moment Julien received Andrew's reply, he pushed the door open and stepped into the study. He walked up to Andrew's desk and stood straight as he said, "Andrew, I'm here to apologize for my mistake."
"Apologize for your mistake?" Andrew's gaze shifted from the computer monitor and on to Julien's face. With a gentle gaze, he looked at the little boy who had a solemn look and asked, "What did you do, Julien?"
Julien calmly admitted his mistake, “Andrew, I was the one who came up with the idea to run away from home. This has nothing to do with Sister Silvia at all."
If it wasn't for the fact that he wanted to stay in Madison City, he wouldn't have concocted such a plan that caused Andrew to worry. Then, Andrew wouldn't have locked Silvia up. No matter how it was, Julien was the one at fault and there was no way that he could excuse himself from it.
For the past years, his mother had always taught him that there was no one who would not make mistakes, and it was not a big deal at all to make mistakes. However, one must learn from their mistakes and not to make the same mistakes ever again.
"Julien, I'm glad that you came forward to admit your mistakes. By doing this, you're showing me that you're now a man who can be responsible for the things that you've done." Now that Julien had told the truth, Andrew was very pleased. He stroked Julien's head and said, "Then tell me, why did you come up with such a plan?"
Andrew's words had triggered Julien's emotion. He said sullenly, "It's because I don't want to leave Madison City. I want to stay here with you for a few more days."
"Silly child, you could just tell me that, why do you have to do such a worrisome thing?" Andrew patted Julien's small but straight build. "As long as you are willing to stay here, you can stay here as long as you want. I will never send you two back home."
"Really?" Did that mean that he had guessed it wrongly? Andrew had never planned to send him and Levi home the night before. But that shouldn't be the case. Andrew's expression clearly showed that he was plotting to send them off. Julien was sure of it.
Andrew added, "Of course, but on the condition that you must never do what you have done today ever again. Do you know how worried I will be if I can't find you guys? If anything happens to you and Levi, how am I going to explain it to Mom and Dad?"
Julien lowered his head in repentance. "Andrew, I know my mistakes now. I won't do it ever again.“
Andrew nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, great."
“Andrew, now that you know Sister Silvia had taken the blame for us, could you please let her out now?"
"No, she must stay there for 24 hours."
"But I've already told you the truth. This has nothing to do with her."
"it has nothing to do with her?" How was this woman not involved? In Andrew's opinion, she was deeply involved in the plan, so he would not let her off that easily.
"That's right, I was the one who came up with the plan, and she only knew about it this morning."
"Yes, she's not the mastermind, but she chose to cover up for you two and even tried to take the blame. She knew what she did was wrong, but she still did it anyway. Hence, she needs to be punished." How dare this woman collude with the boys? Andrew believed that she deserved the self-isolation!
He wanted her to know who was the head of this family. He wanted her to be smart with her decisions so that she would not be on the wrong side and suffer the consequences herself in the future.
Julien could not refute Andrew's words.
He had already chosen to come clear in hopes to get Silvia out, but things just did not turn out as he had expected. If he had known that this would happen, he wouldn't have admitted his mistakes at all.
It seemed that he was still not as smart as Andrew!
CHAPTER 1274
There was a high-definition surveillance camera in the room so Andrew could see Silvia's every move and even every subtle change in her expression.
This woman was really something else. She was already being locked up but she could lie on the table and sleep so soundly. She obviously did not take the punishment seriously.
Did she really plan to get locked up for 24 hours and not do anything at all to get herself out?
The isolated Silvia, who was undergoing punishment, looked relatively calm. On the other hand, Andrew, who was the one who executed the punishment, would not sit still at all. He came to the room and woke Silvia up.
Silvia said in a daze, "What are you doing, Andrew? Leave me alone, don't interrupt my sleep, okay?"
Andrew's face darkened, "Isn't it better to sleep in your room?"
“Oh well, that's true." Silvia was still in a daze, so she did not grasp the meaning behind Andrew's words. Just as she got up to return to her room, she asked, "I've got such a nice room, but why am I sleeping here? I really should go back to my room and continue with my sleep then."
"Silvia Turner!" This woman actually dared to go back to her room without his permission. Andrew wanted to strangle her!
The moment Andrew roared at her, Silvia was scared out of her wits and finally sobered up. Looking at the fierce look on his face, Silvia felt particularly wronged. "Do you have a problem with me reflecting on my mistakes here?"
"Are you sure that you were reflecting on your mistakes though?" Silvia did not look like she was reflecting on her mistakes at all but she actually had the nerve to say that she was.
Silvia pursed her lips. "Of course I am. What else could I do here then?"
Andrew was speechless.
Silvia added, "I apologized to you and I've even received my punishment. What else do you want me to do?"
Andrew said, "Alright, since you said that you've realized your mistakes, then tell me, what did you do wrong?"
That's right, what did she do wrong? Silvia thought about it and realized that she had not done anything wrong.
If she had to say that she had done something wrong, it would be that she was blind and softhearted. How could she actually believe it when this man told her that he liked her? Humph, he probably meant that he liked to torture her instead.
Silvia still did not answer. As Andrew had expected, she had not realized her mistake. "Since you haven't realized what your mistake was, then you should stay and continue reflecting on yourself here. You can leave once you‘ve realized what you did wrong.“
Silvia asked, "Then why don't you just tell me what my mistakes were?"
Andrew was speechless.
Sure enough, it was even more difficult for this woman to realize her mistakes than to reach for the stars.
"Okay, whatever you want. I'm not afraid of you. It's not like I've never been locked up before." She had been locked up in the villa next to Andrew's house for a week when he first purchased her! Compared to that period of time, 24 hours was nothing to her.
"Huh, Silvia Turner!" Andrew slammed the door and left the room in anger.
"Bastard, I didn't even blame you for locking me up in this dark room, but you still have nerves to get mad at me huh? Do you think I am born to be bullied by you?" Silvia had decided that she would not let this go easily.
If Andrew did not apologize to her, she would never step out of this room, even if it meant that she would starve to death.
However, not too long after, Silvia walked out of the room and went to the dining room on the first floor.
Silvia was really not to be blamed for surrendering like this. She had no choice, she was really starving. Once she was hungry, she could really compromise her principles, and she would never care about her image when she ate.
Levi put all the food he had in front of her and said, "Sister Silvia, you should slow down a little. Auntie Cherry prepared all these for you so you don't have to worry that we will take it away from you."
"Levi, Julien, thanks for saving me. Auntie Cherry, thanks for preparing all this delicious food for me." Not long after Andrew had left, the two boys ran over and told her that Andrew had left the house so they were there to bust her out of her prison.
Silvia didn't agree at first, but as soon as she heard that there was delicious food waiting for her downstairs, she immediately left everything behind and went straight to the dining room with the boys.
"Miss Turner, you really should slow down, don't choke! There are still some left in the kitchen if these are not enough for you." Auntie Cherry did not tell Silvia that it was Andrew who asked her to prepare all these for her. If her master did not ask her to do so, how would she dare to prepare so much food for Silvia who was still undergoing her punishment?
Silvia said sweetly, "Auntie Cherry, you are really my angel."
"Sister Silvia, didn‘t you say that I am your angel?" Levi said, while looking a little jealous.
"All of you are my angels!" Silvia picked up a drumstick and ate happily.
"What is Andrew to you then?" Levi blinked his eyes and asked.
"Andrew?" The moment Levi mentioned this conscienceless man, Silvia began to gnaw on the drumstick ruthlessly. "Andrew is a hooligan, a devil, and my kryptonite."
That man was really a cold-blooded beast. He knew that she could never deal with hunger but he deliberately starved her in a way to punish her. Where was his conscience?
Levi consoled Silvia, "Sister Silvia, don't be angry at Andrew anymore. We've already thought of a way to get back at him."
Silvia devoured the entire drumstick and asked, "What do you guys plan to do?"
Levi added, "The three of us will run away from home together. We're going to use this method to protest against Andrew's tyranny."
"That's a good idea. But, umm, I think we'd better not do that. He'll be worried he can't find us." It was true that running away from home could scare Andrew and it would also make them feel better, but she really did not want to see Andrew being worried because of them.
Listening to Silvia's words, Levi understood everything in an instant. Although Silvia would always say that she hated Andrew, in fact, she still cared about him. It looked like it was time for him to bring the news to his family back home.
Levi asked, "Sister Silvia, don't you want to protest against Andrew's tyranny?"
Silvia said, "Yes, I do. But we shouldn't rush into it. Moreover, I have plenty of ways to deal with him.
"Okay, we'll listen to you." Levi took out his mobile phone with a smile on his face. "Sister Silvia, let's take a selfie together."
Even though these two boys had plotted against her, Silvia still had not put her guard up against them. When Levi asked her to take a picture together, she immediately cooperated without asking about it. However, little did she know that Levi was going to send the photo to Angela.
After sending the photo, Levi followed up with a text message. "Mom, this beautiful woman is the person you've asked me to look for. She's Andrew's wife."
Soon enough, Angela replied with a message, "You little brat, tell me more about what you know. I want every single detail of it."
Levi replied, "Her name is Silvia Turner. It's such a beautiful name, isn't it? Hehe! Mum, she's really nice to Julien and me. I like her a lot!"
Angela sent another message, “I want to know how Andrew met her, and if she likes him too. Levi,don't forget what I've asked you to look into, otherwise, I'm no longer your mother!"
Levi thought indignantly, "How dare Mom think of me as incapable? If anything, I should be complaining about her!"
However, Levi knew that if Angela were to hear this, she would definitely come all the way to Madison City to beat him up. Therefore, he replied in an obedient tone, "Mum, please give me two more days. I will find out all the details that you want to know."
Angela replied, "Okay, my good son!"
Levi thought to himself, "Humph! You'll only call me your good son when you need my help. But when I'm not of any use to you, you will call me a brat!. I really don't want a mother like this!"
CHAPTER 1275
Ding...
Silvia's cell phone which was placed on the table suddenly rang.
She had a chicken drumstick in her hand and could not answer the call. Levi, who was very sensible, answered the call and turned on the loudspeaker. As soon as the call was connected, Silvia could hear Prince screaming on the phone. "Boss, are you coming to the campus today?"
"What's the matter?" It was already one o'clock in the afternoon and it would take her more than an hour to get to school, so there was no point for her to go anymore. Moreover, she did not intend to go to school that day anyway.
"Just come. I'll tell you about it when we meet up."
"What is it that you can't even tell me through the phone?"
"I'll tell me when you're here." Prince hung up the phone after that.
"Prince, I see that you're getting bold nowadays huh? You actually dared to hang up on me." Although Silvia was extremely dissatisfied with Prince, she still rushed to the university as fast as she could.
When Silvia arrived at the lecture hall, the students who were gathered in a group dispersed in an instant. When they returned to their seats, all of them were looking at Silvia with a sympathetic and complicated look in their eyes.
Silvia's scalp turned numb from all the staring. She quickly sat next to Prince and asked in a low voice, "What's going on? Why are they staring at me like that? Do I look prettier today?"
"Boss, Lemur and I really wanted to hide it from you at first, but it looks like that's impossible." Prince, who had always been boastful, would rarely look so serious.
Looking at his expression, Silvia became even more curious. She knocked Prince on the forehead and said, "Don't leave me hanging like this, will you? What's there that you can't tell me about?"
Prince took a glance at Lemur. After a deep breath, Lemur said unhurriedly, "Boss, there's been a rumor about Felix going around the campus recently."
"What about him? Tell me everything that you
know." Silvia knew that there were rumors about Felix going around the campus, but she did not know much about it because no one had talked about it in front of her. Reagan and Lemur also did their best to keep it as a secret from her, so she really didn‘t know much about it.
“Felix, he..." Lemur's words were already on the tip of his tongue, but he hesitated. He said, "Boss, promise us that you'll keep calm no matter what, okay?"
"I can't keep calm anymore when I hear you talking like this." Silvia was an impatient person. Regan and Lemur's hesitation was really driving her crazy.
Since Silvia was going to find out about it anyway, Lemur decided to go all out."Boss, judging from the news and evidence that we have gathered recently, we are guessing that Felix was murdered a few months ago."
Although Felix had vanished for more than half a year now and Silvia had not heard of any news regarding him since then, Silvia still wanted to believe that he was still alive.
At this moment, when she was completely unprepared, she had received the news that Felix was murdered.Silvia felt as if a sharp knife had pierced into her heart, and it was so
painful that she could barely breathe.
In a split second, she had completely lost her strength. She had become so weak that it was difficult for her to sit steadily, and her whole body began to slide towards the ground. Fortunately, Reagan and Lemur were quick enough to hold her up.
Reagan said anxiously, "Boss, you have to stay strong. If Felix was really killed, we have to find the murderer and avenge him, so you must stay strong."
Silvia understood what Reagan was trying to tell her, but she really did not want to admit that Felix was already dead. She hoped that Felix was still alive and that Felix could find his own happiness.
For the past months, she had been praying for him. She prayed that Felix would still be alive somewhere in this world. She hoped that he was living a better |ife than her. However, the harsh reality of life had come for her.
Silvia tried her best to control her emotions, and it was until a long time had passed that she could calm herself down a little. She asked, "Where did you guys get this news? Is it reliable?"
"We won't tell you about it if it isn't reliabie."
Reagan flipped open a book and took out a photo. He handed it to Silvia and said, "Someone mailed this photo to you, so we've collected it for you."
Silvia took over the photo with trembling hands. As soon as she picked it up and had a look at it, she could feel as if someone had taken a knife and stabbed it right through her chest.
There was a man lying in this photo, with his beige-coloured tee-shirt covered in blood. And Silvia's eyes turned bloodshot too...
The man in the photo was in a bad condition. He was badly wounded except for his face. His face was particularly clear, and with one glance, Silvia could immediately recognize the man in the photo.
It was Felix! Her Felix! It was her Felix that she had been missing day and night!
"Felix... No, it can't be him, it mustn't be him." Silvia was hoping that she had seen it wrongly and that all of this was just in her imagination. She was so scared that she threw away the picture and hoped that all of this had never happened.
However, she knew better than anyone that this could not be fake. if it had not happened, Felix,
who had always been by her side protecting and doting on her since she was a child, would not have disappeared from her life without a trace.
Silvia should have known that Felix must have encountered something awful like her father, that he had disappeared without leaving a word. However, she had chosen to deceive herself. She would rather believe that he had abandoned her than believing that he was dead.
"Boss, there were some rumors spreading around recently saying that Felix was being forced to leave Madison City because he had offended some big shot..."
Speaking of which, Prince was starting to speak in a strangled voice. "I didn't expect that, that person would be so vicious. Not only did he drive Felix out of Madison City, he even killed him. Felix is such a good guy, but the person who killed him was so cruel..."
"Who on earth was it?" After a long pause, Silvia clenched her fists and squeezed out such a sentence through her lips.
"All the sources we've gathered were all talking about the big shot but no one knew who it was. But there were quite a few big shots in Madison City, so we've made a list out of it. We planned to go through the list with you." At such a crucial moment, Prince and Lemur were relatively calm.
Lemur continued, "Since you have been by Felix's side for so many years, we figured that you would know who Felix has interacted with and the people that he might have disputes with, in recent years."
"Someone I know?“ The Turner family and the Xavier family both had their own companies and each of them had hundreds of employees. They had always lived a comfortable life and were highly respected in Madison City too. However, their families were still far from being considered as the upper class, so they had almost never come in contact with the rich and nobles. How could Felix have offended them?
However, even if Silvia didn't know who the big shot might possibly be, she wouldn't give up on it. Since Felix was gone, she would definitely find out who was the one who killed him and she would avenge him. "Prince, Lemur, I want you guys to start sorting out the names now and hand me the name list before the class ends?
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