She was led into the door by James, and the familiar structures and furnishings in the house made Elizabeth's nose sour again. Finally, she was back in this place.
They walked through the foyer in a few steps. As soon as she was led by him to the living room entrance, she saw her uncle's family all sitting on the sofa. Beside each of them stood a tall man in a black suit with a sunken face.
Her uncle August put his elbows on his knees and smoked in silence with a tight frown. He already had a lot of gray hair. Charlotte sat there crying, while Josephine just sat there with a pale face. Her lips were pursed tightly and no one knew what she was thinking.
"Mr. Lu!" The man in the black suit who saw them first, greeted them respectfully.
James did not answer, but just nodded slightly.
Hearing the word "Mr. Lu", August's indifferent and cold eyes became relieved. Almost the moment he saw Elizabeth, a bitter smile crept over his face.
Josephine's body froze. She turned around and glanced at James. Her eyes quickly swept over Elizabeth. She looked very angry, as if her eyes were firing shells at them.
Charlotte immediately stopped crying. Raising her face, she pointed at Elizabeth and began to swear, "B*tch! Who allowed you to come to my house! Now you're happy to see Liang Company go bankrupt, aren't you? So you came to see our joke? Get out of here! You're not welcome in this house! Get out!"
James frowned, and the man beside
Charlotte immediately gave her a slap mercilessly.
With the sound of the slap, Charlotte fell to the side. Her mouth was full of blood and she couldn't speak any more due to the pain.
"Mom!" Josephine rushed over and shouted anxiously, "How are you?" When she saw the situation of Charlotte clearly, she turned back and glared at James and others, "Don't go too far!"
Elizabeth was surprised to see this. It seemed that the men in black suits were obviously James's men. She looked at her uncle's family who were now with different expressions. In the face of their abuses and accusations, she pursed her lips and said nothing, but held James's hand tightly.
James took her into the living room and stood in front of August's family. Then James said lightly, "Too far? What do you mean by 'too far'? Didn't what you did to Elizabeth go too far?"
After that, he took Elizabeth and sat down directly on the sofa without anyone sitting down. He crossed his legs leisurely, but he didn't let go of her hand.
Charlotte recovered from the pain and sat upright again with Josephine's help. She couldn't pay attention to keeping her dignity as a rich wife and spat out a mouthful of bloodied spit. "James, don't go too far! You came to our house to bully us just because you had more money. I'm telling you, you have people come to my house so brazenly and force us not to leave the house. This is simply trespassing and kidnapping! Believe it or not, I can call the police!"
James laughed unconcernedly, with disdain and ridicule on his face. "You live in Elizabeth's house and refuse to leave. In order to prevent you from stealing anything here, I just let a few people supervise you. Any problem?"
James didn't look at him. He looked at the tea table in front of him and raised his eyebrows, "Or what do you think?" He hadn't even slept well the last few days. Hadn't he just wanted this day to come early?
"..." August nodded sadly and silently. "Mr. Lu, you did it really fast. I am very impressed."
As soon as he finished, something flashed in his mind because it was not the time he expected. After thinking for a while, he asked, " Liang Company should not have gone bankrupt so quickly. I'm afraid that... you added fuel to the fire, right?"
Josephine's eyebrows trembled and she looked at August in horror. "Dad, what are you talking about?"
This villa was now their family's only hope. But her father's words always gave her a bad feeling about it. Did this villa not belong to their family anymore either? Liang Company went bankrupt, and she couldn't find any work now. If they even had no house, what should they do?
Although Charlotte wasn't well educated, she was not that stupid. Hearing August's words, she widened her eyes in disbelief. Perhaps she was shocked too much that she couldn't say a word. She just shook her head and resisted it from the bottom of her heart.
James did not deny it. He looked at Elizabeth, who was sitting next to him and trying to keep calm, and smiled. "I promised her that I would help her take back what belonged to her. I wouldn't have minded giving you more time to enjoy, but your family is too annoying. You're always coming to bully her. Do you really think I have a good temper?"
With this, he glanced at Charlotte and Josephine, and his expression suddenly became serious. "Since you have bullied her, you will pay the price. I'm not a generous person. She's mine. No one can bully her but me. As for others, if they want to bully her, they should think in advance whether they can confront me or not. What do you think, Mr. Liang?"
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