"Either she really has forgotten, or..." Moses took a deep breath, "she’s pretending."
"Could it be... we’ve really mistaken someone else for her?"
"Shut up!" Moses’s tone turned icy in an instant, "If I say she’s Gaia, then she is Gaia!"
The butler frowned and hesitated for a moment, "I understand your longing for the young miss, but I must remind you, do not forget, what we are looking for is the real young miss, not a substitute..."
Before the butler could finish, Moses had him by the throat, pressed against the floor-to-ceiling window glass, glaring ominously at his face turning red from lack of oxygen, his own expression cold as frost.
"I know what I’m doing; I don’t need your reminders."
The butler gasped for breath, unable to articulate a complete sentence, Moses pushed him to the floor and, without looking back, barked a command.
"Get back, I don’t want to see you again until I find Gaia!"
The butler coughed as he got up from the ground, glanced at the man’s back, opened his mouth as if to speak, but in the end held back, just shook his head gently, and turned to walk out the guest room door.
Nancy turned her head, looking at Qian Xueying standing outside the door as she slammed the room door shut with force.
Qian Xueying flinched, narrowly avoiding the misfortune of getting hit on the nose, "Nancy, I just want to talk to you properly."
"We have nothing to talk about!" Nancy yelled from behind the door, "Had I known this would happen, I absolutely would not have invited you to my house for Christmas!"
Pushing open the door, Qian Xueying walked up to her with a frown, "If you really don’t want me to stay, I can leave. However, before I do, I must remind you, you’d better not meddle in Gan Yuan’s matters."
"Why not?" Nancy retorted.
"She’s not one of those delicate noble young ladies; you can’t outfight her," Qian Xueying raised her hand to steady Nancy’s arm, "I know you like the Prince, but this matter is really not simple. If you handle it poorly, it might very well backfire. By then, it won’t just be you at stake, but the entire Locke Family could be implicated."
"You think I’ll be scared just because you say so?" Nancy shook off her arm, "I trusted you too much before, and that’s how I let the wolf into my home. Let me tell you, Qian Xueying, I am the heir of the Locke Family, and you... don’t even dream of taking what’s mine!"
Qian Xueying frowned helplessly, "I think you’ve misunderstood, I never intended to take anything."
"Ha—" Nancy burst into laughter, reaching over to grip Qian Xueying’s chin tightly, "Qian Xueying, you may fool others, but not me. Do you think I don’t know what you’re after? Drop that falsely innocent act, I know what you want..." She withdrew her fingers and jabbed forcefully at Qian Xueying’s chest, "I can make you the darling miss overnight, or I can make you nothing just as fast!"
"In that case, I’ll be leaving now."
Nancy sneered, "Sure, go ahead, I’d love to see if you really have the guts to leave!"
Qian Xueying stepped back, gave a curtsy to her before turning to leave Nancy’s room. Nancy followed, watching Qian Xueying enter the dressing room of her own bedroom. Nancy leaned against the door of the dressing room, watching her pack clothes
Shortly after, Qian Xueying put several sets of clothes and documents into a suitcase, closed the luggage, and pulled it over to Nancy.