Cecilia Wilson breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, her heart almost leaped out just now. She quickly packed her toolbox and turned to leave.
Ji Wu stood up, put on his robe, and stood by the window watching the young man in a hurry, his gaze becoming complicated.
"I was late yesterday, so today you have to come down this late too, right?" Atlas Hallow had already drunk a belly full of water and just then saw the short-haired young man from yesterday hurriedly striding through the flower hall, crossing the courtyard and heading straight for the main gate.
Ji Wu is definitely the kind of person who, if someone punches him, he will retaliate with a beating, so because he was a little late yesterday, he’s going to make him wait even longer.
"You’re overthinking it. I was giving a massage when you arrived at an inconvenient time." Ji Wu said lazily, seating himself in his recliner. The housekeeper had already brought over a soft white cashmere blanket to cover his legs, followed by a cup of ginseng tea.
"You said there was a result. How is it?" Atlas didn’t bicker with him anymore. If he likes massages, then let him have more. After all, Ji Wu’s strange temper isn’t something new.
"Actually, the result was out long ago, but I just confirmed it. It was Ella Johnson who handed it to one of their small headsmen to handle it, essentially wanting that small headsman to negotiate with you, probably for the Hallow Clan’s shares or something. Those involved will never say anything again in this lifetime. I destroyed the video for you, and they assured it wasn’t leaked. But the original material remains with Ella Johnson, and I can’t find her now." Ji Wu’s pace of speaking wasn’t too fast or too slow, and his voice wasn’t loud, yet it sounded persistent and drawn-out.
There really was a result long ago, but it was really just to confirm.
Indeed, people always keep a hand for themselves, even if the Hallow Family married Ava Walker by agreement back then, Ella Johnson still uses those videos to threaten him up to now.
Well, let’s see who will have a harder time after all.
Ella Johnson dares to risk her life like this, all because she stubbornly wants to secure a place for her daughter in the Hallow Family. Yet, she never thought that this would only provoke him to want to completely drive Ava Walker out of the Hallow Family.
"What exactly happened back then that makes you so distressed? I didn’t watch the video because you know I’m too timid to watch such things." Ji Wu took a sip of ginseng tea, his fair face devoid of any ripples.
If Ji Wu is timid, is there any brave person left in this world? To him, this sounded almost like sarcasm.
This is the Hallow family’s secret, but he doesn’t mind letting Ji Wu know a bit more, because despite Ji Wu’s eccentric nature, he is someone reliable, and such friends are indeed scarce now.
Atlas Hallow gazed at the copper fire bowl blazing fiercely, his thoughts seemed to drift back to many years ago.
The room door being pushed open, his mother’s scream, his father’s daze, along with the disheveled Ella Johnson, and finally, Ava Walker’s father, Kai Walker, who was still working as a gardener for the Hallow family at that time, rushing in with a knife—a frightened, screaming Ava Walker. Amidst the struggle, Flix Hallow’s long knife stabbed into Kai Walker’s abdomen, the blood covering everyone’s eyes.
And the little camera installed in the room happened to capture it all. Originally, it was used to check if Ava Walker, being too young then, was in any danger staying alone, yet it ended up recording this absurd and bloody farce...