Chapter 874 Matters That Would Be Better Off


    "Are you hungry? I prepared some chicken soup for you. Have some. It''ll help with the heat stroke."


    Scarlette adjusted the bed and brought a bowl of chicken soup she had lovingly made for Raeleigh.


    Raeleigh reached out her hand to take it, sipped it, and asked, "You know how to cook chicken soup?"


    "I am an orphan after all. What don''t we orpCalvin know?" Scarlette sat by her side and Raeleigh was


    momentarily stunned. She raised her head and looked at Scarlette. She did not speak but ate the


    chicken soup in her hand quietly.


    Raeleigh handed over the small bowl to Scarlette after she finished eating. Then, she took a look at the


    weather outside and said, "What day is it today?"


    "It''s Thursday," Scarlette answered while putting the small bowl aside. Raeleigh looked at her


    quizzically. "Isn''t it Wednesday."


    "Wednesday has passed. You''ve been sleeping for a day." Scarlette turned around and sat down,


    Raeleigh knew only then that she had been in hospital for a whole day.


    "How did you answer them about the matter with Quirina?" Raeleigh asked. It urred to her that they


    were here because Quirina wasunching an investigation on them.


    With a look of disapproval on her face, she replied, "What could I say? I simply kept silent."


    "You didn''t say a word?" Raeleigh was quite surprised. Scarlette said, "Haven''t you learnt anything


    from the TV shows? I have the right to remain silent."


    Raeleigh froze for a moment and then burst intoughter. "You really have a solution for everything."


    "This is barely a solution. It''smon sense. When in an unknown territory, before you have


    ascertained your enemies'' motives towards you, you must not simply open your mouth or else you


    might fall into their trap and be killed by them for saying the wrong thing." Scarlette remembered clearly


    these words that her master, Aron, had taught her. Thinking about him, she started to miss him.


    Raeleigh thought about what she said and thought that Scarlette made a lot of sense. She nodded and


    moved to get out of bed. "I want to go to the bathroom."


    "I''ll help you."


    "Alright."


    Scarlette helped Raeleigh to the toilet. After she went in, Raeleigh looked up at the surveince camera


    in the ward and squeezed out a smile at it.


    Jepherson stood up from his seat, picked up a cup of tea on the desk, and blew on it while walking.


    Stuart stood aside. The young master had not slept for the whole day and kept sipping on the tea. If


    this went on, then he wouldn''t be sleeping that night either.


    "Stuart."


    "Young Master."


    "Let the Old Madam know of this matter." Jepherson drank his tea and stood by the window, looking


    down. Stuart thought for a moment before replying, "Yes, sir."


    Paige was admiring the flowers at home when she heard some of the servants gossiping about


    something. She turned and asked them, "What are you discussing today?"


    The few servants quickly replied, "Madam, it''s nothing much."


    "Nothing? What is it then that I heard about something happening at the university?" Paige looked at


    these servant girls whom she had spoiled. These girls had followed her here from A City. So, they knew


    the Old Madam very well. They were favored upon in the Ink Garden. Even when the old caretakers of


    this ce saw them, they would be respectful to them.


    Paige liked them because they were sensible and obedient. What was wrong with them that day? They


    had acted out of ce and were gossiping at the side.


    "Old Madam, you''d better see it yourself." The maid saw that Paige was unhappy, so she hurried to


    turn on the TV to show Paige. Paige nced at them, and just like the Queen Mother from the Victorian


    era, she walked to the couch with a regal air and sat down.


    The TV had already been set to the news channel, and Paige saw the explosive news just as she sat


    down.


    It had been noted that the daughter of the Cole family''s mistress had fought over Jepherson Harvey


    with another woman. She also took advantage of the Cole family''s influence in this matter tond the


    woman in the police station, which forced the woman to be hospitalized on ount of the harsh


    interrogation by the police. This matter had attracted attention from all walks of life. Even the school


    was denouncing the police station. The student union had also organized a demonstration for justice


    just outside the police station.


    Paige pped her hand on the table. "How shameless could the Cole family be! How dare an


    insignificant mistress'' daughter do that? What does she take the Harvey family for? Does she think that


    the hallways of Harvey Manor are for anyone to walk all over? Even if she was the legitimate daughter


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    of the Cole family, her status would still be subject to consideration, what more that she was the


    daughter of a mistress."


    "Old Madam, don''t be angry. It''s bad for your health. Madam Belle will reprimand us when shees


    back." The servant was busyforting Paige and to which she replied smoothly, "Don''t tell Madam


    Belle about this. If word gets out to her, then I''ll be looking to you all for an exnation..."


    After all, Madam Belle was rted to the Cole family and being such a kind person, she would be sure


    to forgive them.


    The servants looked at each other and promised her.


    Paige had finally seen through the Cole family. They were too shameless!


    "Is the young master at home?" Paige thought of her grandson. Such a big thing had happened


    outside, yet he did not let slip even the slightest piece of news. He had indeed grown up and his wings


    had toughened.


    Paige ordered someone to get Jepherson on the line. Upon receiving the call, Jepherson returned to


    the Ink Garden from his matters outside.


    Paige had made a phone call to Deanna Tristany in the morning. She had called under the pretense of


    enquiring about the matter. However, in reality, she had meant it as a show of solidarity for Deanna and


    to exin the Harvey family''s position, so that she would not misunderstand them. Unfortunately, what


    she got in return was Deanna defending Raeleigh for a good part of the conversation.


    When Paige put down the phone, she sympathized with the girl and pitied Raeleigh for getting caught


    in this matter, simply because she was poor and had no backing, bing the prime target for Quirina


    Cole to bully. She too felt that Raeleigh had been unjustly used.


    However, Paige also had her own thoughts. In order to protect and hold on to Deanna, she couldn''t


    care too much for Raeleigh either.


    When Jepherson''s car arrived outside the house, he was barely awake from his sleep and the minute


    he got out of the car, he was observed by Paige, who was at the doorstep.


    Jepherson walked towards Paige and he then called out to her, "Grandma."


    "You still know then that I am your grandmother? Such a big thing has happened, but it was kept a


    secret from me. I wonder what your intentions are," Paige said to Jepherson, but she knew him very


    well and her eyes carried a hint of pity.


    "I was afraid that you would get angry, so I daren''t let you know. How did you know, Grandma?"


    Jepherson walked to Paige''s side and held her hand. The grandmother and her grandson walked hand


    in hand into the house and Paige saidically, "How could I not know? It was all over the news. The


    entire Capital City knows about it."


    Jepherson hadn''t taken a rest for 24 hours. There were dark circles under his listless eyes, but he did


    not say anything.


    Paige nced at her grandson. "Deanna has already told me about this. It has nothing to do with you.


    But this girl born out of wedlock from the Cole family has gone too far. It doesn''t matter if she wants to


    shame herself. However, if she implicates the Harvey family, then it''s her fault. I don''t know how the


    Cole family manages their children. They''re so ill-mannered, yet they''re standing up for her."


    "Yousif has always doted on his mistress. If not for her lowly status, then he would have brought her


    into the family officially a long time ago. He wouldn''t have waited until today. But the fact that this thing


    happened now is not a surprise," Jepherson said calmly. Paige looked at her grandson again. "What do


    you mean?"


    "Grandma, there''s something you don''t know. It''s one thing for Quirina to run amok in the school. Since


    she''s a member of the Cole family, as your grandson, I can ignore that and turn a blind eye to it."


    "But she really has a pig''s brain, and her actions are nothing a person would do."


    "How should I put it?" Paige was then quite curious. This was shameful enough, and to think that


    Quirina could do something worse than this, was a wonder.