Chapter 352
The servant, who was squatting on the ground to clean up the mess, suddenly pounced over and
hugged Lianne’s leg. “Ms. ke, you can’t call the police. If you call the police, I won’t be able to
exin this matter clearly and I’ll have to go to jail. My sister is sick and I still have two sons to raise.
My eldest son will be taking his SATS next year and his results are very good now. If I go to jail, it will
affect his studies.” “Why didn’t you think about your two sons when you were stealing? Why didn’t you
think about whether your son would be willing to have a thief as his mother or not?” Lianne retorted.
The servant tried to deny it. “I didn’t steal it. I really didn’t steal. May and Yoyo can testify.” May Felch
and Yoyo Thorne were the names of the other two servants. When their names were called, they
immediately came over to testify. “Ms. ke, she really didn’t steal anything. She just took the wrong
receipt.” ‘Take a guess. Do you think the boss of Zac’s Recycling Center can recognize all of you?”
When Lianne next spoke, her tone had be even harsher. “I’ll give you onest chance. Are you
going to tell me?” Seeing that Lianne was running out of patience, the servant hugged her thigh and
cried bitterly. “Ms. ke, I was wrong. Please give me another chance.” “Just you?” Lianne asked. The
servant’s eyes flickered, and she immediately exposed the other two servants. “May and Yoyo did it
with me. The three of us split the money equally.” May and Yoyo immediately cried out, “We didn’t!”
Lianne’s sharp gaze swept over them, and they immediately shut up. “Each of you willpensate me
with 100 thousand dors, then I’ll let bygones be bygones. Otherwise, we’ll take this to court. When
the timees, not only will you have to return the stolen money, but you’ll Also have to go to jail,”
Lianne said coldly. She estimated that each of them could only afford to pay up to 100 thousand
dors. If she asked for more, they probably wouldn’t be able to afford it. They had been here for 7
months, and each of them earned 6 thousand dors a month. Each person’s year-to-date earning was
over 40 thousand dors. ording to Preston, they only made him a bowl of wormwood soup every
week, and they drank most of the milk. Lianne spent 60 thousand dors a month on supplements such
as wormwood, smoked salmon, and milk. They consumed a portion of it themselves and earned some
money by selling the rest to the recycling center. Lianne estimated that they could get 36 thousand
dors per month selling it. After splitting the money among the three of them, each would get 12Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.
thousand dors. Hence, each person was getting 18 thousand dors per month if they added the
sry and the profit from selling the foods and supplements. That would make each person’s year-to-
date earnings 126 thousand dors. Now, asking them topensate 100 thousand dors was
equivalent to sucking them dry. If she asked for more, they wouldn’t be able to afford it. After all, they
had to spend a portion of the money they earned. She had always been generous. If they really did
their best to take care of Preston, she would turn a blind eye to them selling the foods and
supplements. They were just things after all. Unfortunately, they were greedy. With a monthly sry of
6 thousand dors, not only did they not take care of Preston, but they even fought with him over what
to watch on television. They also always fed themselves first. They had be the masters, while
Preston became dispensable. Only Haley was more dedicated, but it was inevitable that she would be
ostracized by the other servants. When the three servants heard that each of them had to pay Lianne
100 thousand dors, they felt as if their world was about to copse. All of them started crying. Tears
streamed down their faces as they began to wail miserably. “Ms. ke, please be magnanimous and
forgive us this time. We promise that we won’t do it again. I have to provide for my 80-year-old mother
and one-year-old child. We have a lot of expenses. We really don’t have money anymore.” “That’s right.
If we had the money, we wouldn’t have stolen these things to sell!” “Ms. ke, our year-to-date sry
is only about 40 thousand dors. We have a mortgage and the children’s tuition to pay every month.
There are also other misceneous expenses. There’s not much left over to save. Not to mention 100
thousand dors, we can’t even fork out 10 thousand dors!” ‘My husband just had heart surgeryst
month. Our family really doesn’t have money anymore. If he finds out that I have to fork out so much
money, he’ll die of anger. He’s sick and can’t work, so now I have an extra mouth to feed. Ms. ke, I
beg you to be kind and forgive us this time. You’re rich. You don’t know how hard it is for poor people
like us.” “I just found out about my thyroid cancerst month. Because I didn’t have money, I didn’t
even choose to undergo surgery. As an alternative, I’m doing conservative treatment by consuming
traditional medicine. The traditional medicine in the pharmacy is too expensive. I asked the doctor for a
prescription, then asked the vigers to go to the mountains to find the medicine for me. I drink heal-all
every day.” “Ms. ke, please give us another chance. I’m begging you!” “This matter is non-
negotiable. Either you Youpensate me, or we go to court. should know that I have a list of the
things Hbuy every month. The police can also find out how many things the recycling center has gotten
from you,” Lianne said coldly. A servant wailed, “Ms. ke, please do us a favor and umte good
karma for yourself. We’re poor people and really ____can’t afford to pay. You’re forcing us into a
corner!” “Are you guys that pitiful?” Lianne asked. The three servants nodded vigorously. “Ms. ke,
we’re really pitiful. You don’t know how difficult it is to be poor.” “Yes, we’re really suffering. We have to
take care of our family.” “Ms. ke, we’ve only sold the food once. We’ll gather this amount of money
for you. Can you forgive us this time?” The three servants were still pleading for mercy. Lianne said
coldly, “Is Preston not pitiful? Did I spend 6 thousand a month to hire you to bully him?” “Ms. ke, it’s
a misunderstanding. We didn’t bully him.” “Fighting with him over what to watch on the TV, selling his
supplements, and making him sit in the water in the dead of winter; you call that not bullying him? This
is what I saw when I came over. What about when I’m not around?” Lianne raised her voice slightly,
showing her anger. “Ms. ke, it’s really a misunderstanding. Mr. ke sat in the water by himself.” “I
don’t have the time to argue with you here. 100 thousand dors. Gather the money in three days. I’ll
come to collect it in three days. If there’s even one cent less, I’ll sue you. Preston, let’s go.” Lianne
angrily helped Preston up and supported him as they walked out. “Ms. ke, where are you taking Mr.
ke?” May asked anxiously. She panicked. If Lianne took Preston away, wouldn’t that mean they
were fired? Once fired, they wouldn’t be able to earn 6 thousand a month, Lianne left with Preston
without looking back. More than an hourter, they arrived at ke Residence. Lianne helped Preston
out of the car. Preston pped his hands and looked around like a fool. “Lina, I like this ce. The
scenery here is good. There are trees, flowers, and a pond. But Lina, there are no sand pits!” “I’ll get
someone to make a sandpit for Come, let’s go and change first.” Lianne brought Preston to change his
clothes. you. Along the way, many servants saw Preston. Of course, there were Jared’s people among
these servants. Lianne and Preston didn’t care. Lianne brought Preston back to the house. Madam
ke was sitting on the couch in the living room. The servant was praying with her. Lianne said with
reddened eyes, “Grandma, I brought Preston home. Preston was bullied by those servants.”