"Miss Lacey, I don't quite understand what you mean."
Meilu spoke, still thinking of avoiding the important and taking the easy. Many of these things were not something she could decide as the eldest daughter. Even the head of the family, Hoss, did not dare to promise it now.
Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, the Helis family is one of the five major chambers of commerce in Hopeland, very powerful, but only she knows that in fact, the Helis family has gradually become divided within the family, and the main family has gradually lost control of the overall situation. At this time
Taking sides will only make the internal cracks wider.
It's not that she doesn't know what Lorraine Hill means, it's just that she can't speak.
"More than ten years ago, Carites and Helis fought over the spice trade. Do you know about this?" Lorraine Hill looked at the fire in the fireplace. The wood was burning quietly, and occasionally there was a small sound.
The crackling sound.
"I probably know something about it." Mei Lu seemed to have thought of something, her face a little unnatural.
"At that time, Lord Angus considered the future development and was willing to put aside his prejudices and conflicts. He took a step back and gave up the spice industry in the Southern Islands. The previous generation of Helis family owners also reciprocated the favor and transferred their forest farms and some manors to
Transfer it out. In this way, both parties put aside their prejudices and helped each other, and finally consolidated their market and position in the alliance."
"But no one expected that the always loyal Helis family would actually set up a trap for the head of the Carites family, trying to use one of their own children to obtain the inheritance rights of Carites, and use this to split the Chamber of Commerce."
"Does Miss Melu know about this matter?" After saying this, Lorraine Hill slowly raised his head and looked at the Helis daughter opposite again.
"I... I probably know something." Looking at Lorraine Hill's stunning blue eyes, she could only admit bitterly.
This matter was indeed done unfairly by the Helis family, and they never told Angus about the settlement afterwards. I thought that ten years had passed, Angus was gone, and everything was over. Who would have thought that this
The new head of the Kalites family still knows the truth.
"Uncle Seres is working as a coachman for the last time today to bring me here for a visit. After tomorrow, he will resign from his position at home and go to the south to retire and never come back."
Lorraine Hill continued to talk about something seemingly unrelated, but Melu understood that this meant that all the actions and weaknesses of the Helis family had been seen through by this eldest lady.
There was no way out, Mei Lu looked down at the tea cup, scattered green tea leaves slowly flowed in the cup, and then settled at the bottom of the cup.
Recalling the childhood scenes, everything seems like yesterday. At that time, my grandfather was still alive, and the uncles in the family gathered together, often had meals together, and talked to each other about which places had new raw materials recently and which routes had good profit margins.
, which new product is popular with everyone, it is very lively.
As the eldest daughter in the family, she often entertained her younger brothers and sisters, taking them to play, read books, and fly kites. Her uncles often praised her and brought her gifts from various places in the Seven Kingdoms of Snow Flower.
When you are happy.
But after my grandfather passed away and my father took over, everything gradually became worse. My father messed up several projects as soon as he came up. The uncles were dissatisfied and resentful, so they gradually stopped obeying the master's orders, and my father
She also felt that she was not the material, so she began to indulge herself, indulge in pleasure, and stopped interfering in family affairs, so that in recent years she had been the one making the decisions.
But she is just a daughter, and her seniority and qualifications cannot overwhelm those uncles. Even her younger brothers and sisters who were familiar with her in the past have become indifferent and sometimes have conflicts.
As the heat slowly dissipated, the tea in the cup gradually became colder, and the tea leaves no longer fluttered, just like stagnant water. Mei Lu raised her head and whispered.
"I'm very sorry, Miss Lacey, but the Helis family is not qualified to be your ally."
"Why do you say that?"
"Maybe the camellias are still in full bloom, but the branches under the petals have long been separated. I can only represent one of them. The Helis family has long been divided."
"Legal speaking, your family still holds more than 50% of the shares." Lorraine Hill was not disappointed.
"That's just legal. The trade unions of the Verga Business Alliance don't have as much power as the king of the kingdom. They are mostly local autonomous. Most of the members of the Hopeland branch are from our five major chambers of commerce.
How much restraint does it have to control yourself?"
"But you still have more than 50% of the legal shares. This is irrefutable justice." Lorraine Hill repeated again, his eyes reflecting the fire, as if there was a flame burning in it.
"I understand, but..."
"But don't you dare to take back what belongs to you?" Lorraine Hill interrupted Melu's words.
"But can you just watch your family fall apart in your generation?"
"There will be no results in waiting." Lorraine Hill put the teacup on the table.
"After you take back your rights and everything, your relatives and uncles may have a big fight and have grievances, but they will still have to rely on you and there will still be times when they sit together again. If they were to split up, their family property would have been lost.
If the position is not right, I will be even more afraid of your pursuit in the future, which will lead to darker thoughts and ideas."
"Melu, you probably don't want to see the worst outcome."
"I......."
Mei Lu looked at the dreamy girl in a black dress in front of her. She was admonishing like an angel and bewitching like a demon. She was speechless for a moment.
Lorraine Hill did not ask Melu to answer immediately. She knew that changes in concepts and habits would take time to digest.
Then she stood up, walked to the fireplace, took down the teapot baking beside the fire, and then refilled Mellu's and her own teacups with boiling tea.
Mei Lu sat quietly on the sofa, watching the hot tea flowing out of the pot at an angle, drawing an arc, rising into bursts of white mist, and then flowing into the white gold-rimmed porcelain cup, which sank to the bottom.
The tea leaves tumbled in the hot water again, and the light green tea leaves in the amber liquid were like a small boat rising and falling in the stormy waves.
Helis, yellow and green camellias, bloom in winter and spring. They are rich in appearance, dignified and elegant.
"Only camellias are extremely durable, and the deep moon alone can capture the spring breeze." - Sentence Qiqi (Zeng Jili, Song Dynasty) rhymes with Eastern rhyme
"I understand, Lady Lacey, can you give me a little time?"
Melu raised her head, looked at Lorraine Hill, and showed a relieved smile. Under the reflection of the fire, her long chestnut-blond hair reflected a faint light.