Chapter 385
Chapter 385 Jesper Restored the Facts of the Past
The stubborn old man was finally moved, which meant Cecelia’s great effort did not end up in vain.
“Okay, exin it step by step, Jesper.”
Cecelia nodded, getting ready to hear the truth.
“When I met your grandmother, she was just a teenage girl. She was Madam Jessie Songo’s child,
but she was only born after her father died. Her father was Vernon Dawn, who married into the
Songo family.
“Madam was kind, and so was Miss Cassie. Otherwise, when I was about to freeze to death, she
wouldn’t have insisted on picking me up from the snowy ground and bringing me home.
“Since then, I’ve been the Songo family’s servant.”
Jesper was lost in his memory. All those past scenes in his mind were gradually getting clear.
As he recounted the past, Cecelia’s feelings and impressions of the previous Songo family
changed.
“As time went by, I learned many secrets or dirty dealings of the family that outsiders had no
chance to know.
“Only then did I learn that Madam had borne humiliation for years to protect the foundation of the
Songo family and Miss Cassie.
Jesper stopped and didn’t continue. Cecelia asked, “Jesper, what really is the humiliation my great-
grandmother had borne?”
She wanted to find out if Jesper’s story matched Master Lennox’s.
“Your current great-uncle Alfred’s father Jackson was not Madam’s blood brother. He was just
Master Edmond’s adopted son.
“But he was venomous and greedy. After learning that Master wanted to hand over the Songo
Dyehouse to his daughter and son-inw, he harbored a murderous intention.
“He not only killed Master Edmond but also poisoned Vernon and took Madam as his woman…”
When it came to this, Jesper’s lips and hands trembled. “It’s said that Madam wanted tomit
suicide after her father and husband died, but she found she was pregnant. She thought that if she
died and the evil guy got the Songo family, the family’s murder case would be forgotten, and its
centennial legacy would be gone in a day.”
“Then, for the sake of the unborn child and to guard the Songo family, she could only bear the
humiliation and keep living. Only when Miss Cassie had grown up and taken over the Songo
Dyehouse did she die in sorrow.
“When she was dying, I was also present. She told Miss Cassia the inside story and asked her to
leave the Songo family and Porema with The Collection of Fragrant Clothes, saying she shall never
return until she had enough strength to defeat the devil.”
Jesper’s story perfectly matched Master Lennox’s, proving that such a tragedy had indeed
happened to the Songo family.
It also proved that Jackson’s descendants, including Alfred and all the other Songos, were not the
real blood of the Songo family.
Cecelia asked, “So, the day my great-grandmother died, my grandmother left Porema with The
Collection of Fragrant Clothes?”
“No! Miss Cassie failed to leave. Jackson had long been prepared. He arranged for men to control
the Songo family, forbidding her to leave the house.
“Miss Cassie could only stay to take care of Madam’s funeral. She was so grieved, but Jackson
attempted to harass her in the name offorting her. As a result, he was injured by her.
“With a strong will to take revenge, Jackson wrongly used her of luring him. Even during
Madam’s mourning period, he got her engaged, trying to build rtions with her marriage.
“In the evening before her wedding, Jackson came to West Garden to visit her. He had been
coveting her beauty, not wishing another man to deflower her.
“He tried to assault her, hoping to defile her. But Miss Cassie firmly refused to submit and killed him
with scissors.”
Jesper’s anger boiled over as he recalled the past. He clenched his fists tightly as if he was going to
fight for justice for Cassie.
“Jackson was killed by my grandmother? So, the rumors that my grandmother ran away with him
are pure nonsense, right?”
Cecelia was shocked. The more she learned about it, the more she found Jackson was truly evil
and dirty.
He was a beast and hypocrite indeed!
Cecelia was indignant. She even thought Jackson deserved her grandmother’s scissors!
“Right! After Jackson died, his body was buried in West Garden. I did it for Miss Cassie with my
own hands, so I know.
“And I also covered her up, secretly sending her away. To prevent the murder case from being
found and to make sure Miss Cassie was not involved, I stayed in West Garden.”
Cecelia learned everything about the past.
The source of trouble for the Songo family was the ungrateful son Edmond adopted.
She would seek justice for those lost lives of the Songo family, the insults her grandmother and
mother had borne, and the enmity!
“Jesper, thank you for all you’ve done for my grandmother! Thank you for your efforts over the
years! Please allow me to bow to you!”
When it came to thest few words, Cecelia got up and bowed deeply to Jesper, showing him the
Songo family’s deep gratitude.
“Oh, get up, girl! That’s unnecessary!”
Jesper hurriedly rolled on his side and reached out to help her up. Cecelia rose, held the old man’s
hand, and said, “Jesper, please wait and see. I’ll avenge my grandmother’s family. When I have
finished that, I’ll guard you in the name of my grandmother until your final days.”
Jesper was moved to tears. After finishing all that, Cecelia left West Garden quietly.
*
The next day, Cecelia caught up on sleep, getting upte.
When she left the Songos’ house, she saw that rednterns and red silk strips were already hung
throughout the house.
Streams of servants were moving all kinds of ingredients, preparing for tomorrow’s birthday party.
The housekeeper Johnson ck was ordering his subordinates to send out invitations immediately.
After a cold nce, Cecelia walked out of the Songos’ house.
Then she got in the car and left. On the way, she told Remington and Adam all she had heard from
Jesperst night.
The two men got angry after hearing that.
“If that story matches Master Lennox’s, then the Songos are more disgusting than we thought!”
Remington felt truly disgusted.
“Right, they are not human. They are all wolves in sheep’s clothing and hypocrites!”
Adam banged the steering wheel angrily. Thinking of what his grandmother’s family had suffered,
he wished to kill all those Songos to avenge them.
“Humph, they will pay sooner orter.”
Cecelia exhaled deeply and looked into the distance, her eyes determined.
Adam drove Cecelia to Benson’s private estate. Since they had made an appointment, their car
could directly pull in.
When they got out of the car, a person took them to the house.
“Wee!”
Benson stood up and said in a yful tone, “I didn’t expect Mr. Nelson to act as Cecelia’s sidekick!
Don’t you think that will disgrace you?”
“I’m protecting my own woman. Whatever role I y, that’s none of your business!” Remington said
righteously, ignoring Benson’s joke.
They sat down, and the servants brought tea. Cecelia said directly, “You were not honest, Mr.
Quinsey!”
Facing the usation, Benson arched his dashing eyebrows and asked, “Oh? Why do you say so?
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