Chapter 167
Chapter 167
“Calm down. She’s still young.” Jarron shook Gillian’s hand andforted her. “We’re not kids. We
have to be tolerant.”
Gillian was looking at the closed door and was furious. When she heard Jarron’s words, her face froze
for a moment.
Still young? Olivia was still young?
She was sneering in her heart. Jarron always defended her regardless of right or wrong. Olivia was
already in her twenties, yet he still insisted that she was young!
Gillian lowered her head and said calmly, “Alright, I won’t really be angry with her.”
Jarron heaved a sigh of relief.
Gillian just appeared angry and failed to control her temper, but she didn’t mean it. Her bark was worse
than bite so she wouldn’t really hurt Olivia. Now that Jarron was blindly defending this so–called young
girl, she started to feel angry in a true sense.
Olivia’s disobedience, Jarron’s preference for her, how the big shots valued her, and the indelible
influence she left on the Smith family all made Gillian ufortable.
Apart from the difo
she exerted on Gillian, the position Olivia was consolidating also impaired Gillian’s control over the
Smith family.
This was what Gillian could not tolerate.
In an instant, Gillianprehended a truth. In an organization, the new sessor had to rule out the
competitor even if he had already been a loser. Or he would continue exerting his influence backed by
his faction’s support. Only through exterminating all thepetitors and their reactionary forces could
we climb to the peak and maintain our position. If Gillian wanted to take over the Smith family, she had
to let everyone know that she was in charge of the Smith family now. Gillian was the head. Olivia was
already dumped in history. Without her Isaac’s support, Olivia lost her foothold like a leaf adrift in the
wind. She could not stand firm in the Smith family now!
She had to consider this matter in the long run. Gillian needed more time to study it carefully.
When she got home, she immediately confined herself to the study and
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began to rummage through the cab. Finally, she found a yellowing book in a secret corner of the
cab. The Smith family’s genealogy was well recorded on it.
Gillian’s angertips paused on the title for a moment before quickly flipping to a certain page.
She had once heard her Isaac mention that the Smith family had already split into three branches 200
years ago.
The one that stayed at home was not lineal, but a coteral branch. It was because of the inheritance
of the miraculous treatments that they were modified as lineal descendants. The true lineal branch had
long given up on miraculous treatments and went overseas.
Another branch also remained in the country, but they did not inherit the miraculous treatments.
Instead, they changed their surname to Smithson and became a family of craftsmen.
The exquisite white T–shirt Olivia wore was made by this family. The Smithson family had almost
completely broken away from the Smith family. They were now in a cooperative rtionship. They
provided clothes, shoes, and hats to the Smiths. The Smith family was obligated to provide medical
services and food to them in return.
Gillian wanted to contact that lineal branch overseas through the Smithson family.
ording to her Isaac, the lineal Smiths overseas had switched to business and had be a
powerful tycoon. They could even exert an influence on the election.
Gillian wanted to contact the Smith family overseas and cooperate with them to develop the Smith
family’s secret recipe to push the Smith family to the international stage.
Unfortunately, she did not have the contact information. Furthermore, the Smith family overseas had
already changed the name and had beplete foreigners. It was impossible to find them.
Therefore, she had to ask for help from the master of the Smithson family to get the contact method.
The Smithson family had always been very close to her Isaac. Even before her Isaac’s ident, they
still often gave him excellent clothes and precious jewelry as gifts.
However, after Isaac fainted, their attitude towards them was not as good
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as before. Although they still provided clothes, jewelry was no longer sent
over.
Gillian knew what they were thinking. They were worried that she wouldn’t be able to lead the Smith
family.
However, it was not the time to haggle over these things.
Gillian packed up some things and went to the Smithson family to ask for a meeting with Mr. Smithson.
The master of the Smithson family was in his 80s, almost 90 years old. He was even older than Isaac.
However, he was still heaty and hale.
When Gillian came over, he was studying a game of chess with a frown on his face. He had been
holding a piece in his hand for a long time as if no matter what he did next, he would be bound to lose
the game.
When he heard that Gillian was here, he excitedly waved his hand. “Oh, Gillian is here. Let that girl in.”
Gillian had just stepped through the door when she was called over by Mr. Smithson. “Gillian, my girl,
come over here. Tell me, what’s your opinion about my next move?”
He had been lost in thought for a few days. He had asked many other people, but none of them could
provide anything useful.
Gillian had also learned chess. She had been paying attention to almost everything Olivia had been
learning when she was young, including chess.
When she was a little girl, Isaac didn’t allow her to learn to y chess, so she learned it secretly. After
junior high school, she got more pocket money, so she enrolled in the chess course. She studied there
for a while, even Olivia couldn’t be her match. After entering university, she even participated in a
chesspetition and won an award. So Gillian was quite very confident in her chess skills.
She strolled over and sat opposite him, looking down at the unfinished board.
She thought that it would be easy to resolve, but after looking at the board for more than ten minutes,
her eyes turned blurry and a headache crept into her body. However, she still failed to figure out a
solution.
There was no way out for Mr. Smithson’s side. He would definitely lose.
As soon as she said this, Mr. Smithson rejected it. “No! That’s impossible. That’s not what Livy said.
She said that there’s still a chance!”
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Gillian was stunned. Her expression immediately turned gloomy. Her voice was absent–minded. “Mr.
Smithson, you asked Olivia before?” Mr. Smithson shook his head. “No, I yed this game with her.
The day she returned to Layfield, I invited her to y chess with me. At first, she was still unwilling to
y a game. I’ve been pleading for a long time and my lips are almost worn out. Then finally she
agreed to y with me. She was probably in a bad mood that day and so she didn’t show any mercy.
It’s her show time all through the game and soon it became like this.”
Speaking of this, Mr. Smithson felt aggrieved.
Where was the kind, adorable, and considerate Olivia? Where was the old Olivia going? She had
changed!
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In the past, she had always been patient and never refused to y chess with him. She would not
defeat him utterly, nor would she let him win easily. It was like an AI that could adapt herself to match
his level. It was truly an amazing experience to y with Olivia..
But now, she had be a different person.
Gillian’s eyes were no longer calm. She couldn’t believe it. Since it was Olivia’s chess game, how could
she not see a w? Olivia was not even as good as her.
In the past, when they yed chess, Olivia was always the loser. She had never won. In her best
performance, she managed to persevere for an hour but still lost thest move.
Plus, Finley, Olivia’s chess teacher, had frequently criticized Olivia’s poor performance. She couldn’t
evenst ten minutes when ying with him. She was the worst student he had ever met in his lifetime.
Every time he saw Olivia, he would scold her for a long time.
Why did she suddenly improve her skills?
Gillian stared at the stalemate and remained silent for a long time. Her mind was in a daze.