Everyone arrived soon after, and when Janis saw her daughter squatting on the ground and huddled in a ball, she thought she was being bullied and ran over nervously.
"Lily, Lily, are you okay?"
Lily quickly hugged her mother with tears streaming down her face.
"Mom, it's not me. I really didn't mean it. I don't know how."
Mei Lin and Aisi also rushed over and were shocked when they saw the wound on Bai Wu's neck.
But Aisi's surprise was faked. Rather than being surprised, she was more happy that Miriel was injured.
But in order to better play the role of sister, she pretended to be distressed and ran forward to check on her condition.
"Sister Miriel, how are you? Is there anything wrong?"
Bai Wu covered the wound and shook her head.
Only the old Duke turned around and angrily shouted at the servant beside him: "Why are you standing there in a daze? Why don't you call the doctor quickly?"
Then he glared at Janis who was holding her daughter: "Look at the good daughter you educated, how did you beat her sister?"
Bai Wu struggled out of Froze's arms and grabbed the old Duke's sleeve.
"Grandpa, don't be angry. It's not my sister's fault, it's my own carelessness."
Hearing what Bai Wu said, Janis quickly defended her daughter: "Yes, father, didn't Miriel say it was her own fault, and the two children were young, and it was not normal for them to fight and fight.
Why are you so cruel to Lily?"
"It's not like that." A thin male voice sounded from behind everyone.
Seeing that they were arguing, Froze spoke after careful consideration: "It was Miss Lily who made the first move, and it was she who injured Miss Myriel."
The old Duke suddenly turned his face serious again and shouted angrily: "Did you hear that? Myriel has such a gentle personality, how could she fight against her sister? You can't control your daughter, and you are still unjustly accusing her?"
Janis was immediately speechless and could only stand there with her daughter in her arms with a dissatisfied look on her face.
However, Merlin saw the clues and walked slowly in front of Froze, raising her eyelids to look at him.
Although her appearance is no worse than that of the beautiful Janis, she still falls into the cold and glamorous category, not angry and intimidating, let alone having a serious face at the moment.
Froze didn't dare to look at her at all, so he could only lower his eyes slowly.
"Your name is Froze, right?" Mei Lin said, "Tell me what happened."
Froze repeated what he had just said intermittently.
Mei Lin frowned: "I don't want to hear the results, I want to hear the process."
Bai Wu, who was holding her neck and standing against the old Duke, raised her head the moment she heard these words, and a dark light flashed in her eyes when she looked at Mei Lin.
It seems that her mother is not going to let her go.
Froze glanced at Bai Wu, and finally told everything that happened.
Mei Lin said: "Are you saying that Myriel came over to help you block it?"
Froze nodded, with a hint of guilt in his obsidian pupils.
"Yes, if it hadn't been for Miss Myriel, I would have been injured."
Mei Lin looked at Bai Wu without much expression on her face.
"Then since she did this, she has to pay the price, and she can't blame anyone else."
Janice on the side was very happy when she heard this.
She was originally afraid that Mei Lin would hold on to this matter, but she didn't expect that she would be so cruel to her daughter.
But in this case, her daughter would not have to suffer.
But the next second, Mei Lin's cold eyes turned over:
"But Janis, do you just let your daughter beat and scold the servants like this? If that's the case, then I can temporarily think that you are not qualified to manage the manor with me, and I would like you to hand over the key to the warehouse.
"
Janis had no idea that Merlin would take the opportunity to ask her for housekeeping rights, which she had worked so hard to get back from the old Duke!
So she looked at her father with dissatisfaction, hoping to seek some justice.
But the old Duke has always been clear in his heart. He is well aware of his daughter's abilities. He would compromise before simply because he was afraid that she would cause trouble when she got angry.
However, something happened now.
It didn't matter if the men of the Rhodes family were bleeding outside, he would never allow the daughters of the Rhodes family to be harmed at all.
Then the old Duke snorted coldly and knocked the ground again with the copper staff in his hand.
"Janice, you have been really shameless during this period. Don't think that I don't know your intention of sending your people to pick up Miriam. Fortunately, Miriam got home safely. If something unexpected happens, do you think you will lose it?"
Is it just stewardship?”
When the old Duke was young, he followed the army to fight everywhere. Even though his hair is now gray, the violence in his eyes and body has not diminished by half.
At this moment, it was all radiated so that Janis did not dare to refute even a word. She could only take out a bunch of keys from her handbag and handed them to Mei Lin.
"You win, you are really good at gambling with your own daughter." Janis gritted her teeth and said viciously in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
But Mei Lin remained expressionless.
She never likes to respond to any of her provocations.
After putting away the key, Merlin bowed to the old Duke: "Father, if you are angry, you should go back to your room first. I will take Miriel back to my room for treatment."
The old Duke was a little worried and wanted to say something but was interrupted by Mei Lin.
"I am Miriel's mother, I can take good care of her."
She had reached this point, and the old Duke couldn't stop her anymore, even though he felt that Mei Lin was not competent at all as a mother.
She is said to be a mother, but she is more like a judge.
If he had known earlier, he shouldn't have forced Reske to marry her for the sake of marriage.
With a faint sigh, the old Duke expressed concern for Miriel for a few more words before leaving.
Mei Lin turned around and said lightly: "Follow me."
Bai Wu knew that she was calling her, so she silently lowered her head and followed her.
Ais also stayed with her sister as if she couldn't bear it, and tried her best to comfort her gently:
"Miriel, don't be afraid. That's how mother is. Even though her face is a bit cold, she actually still cares about you."
Bai Wu let go of her tightly biting lips, looking very sad.
"Sister, you don't have to persuade me. I know that my mother doesn't like me, but she likes you."
Mei Lin, who was walking in front, clearly heard these words and staggered a bit, but in the end she couldn't say anything and continued walking forward with her back straight.
It seems that from beginning to end she has been Mrs. Rhodes without any weaknesses or emotions, only with rules and etiquette.
Ais was secretly happy when she saw her looking so sad.
Myriel, this is just the first step. Slowly you will find that not only your mother doesn't like you, but also everyone in the world will not like you.
But what Aisi didn't see was that just after Bai Wu said these words, her right hand hanging by her side was carefully held in the palm of Froze's hand.
He moved his fingertips slightly and spelled out a word in her palm - "Love".
