LORD CHESTER COMES BACK

When these words came out, regardless of Jun Chester’s reaction, Hugh Garner, who was holding the kitchen knife, suddenly widened his eyes and roared furiously, “What? Theresa, who wants to sell you off? Who dares to sell you off? This old man will go kill them!”

Hugh Garner’s voice was like an old, mad lion roaring. Even the entire great hall of Garner House trembled for it, let alone Fox Hale and his son Liam Hale who heard this voice. Fox Hale, kneeling on the ground, had his old eyeballs almost popping out from their sockets as he stared fixedly at Hugh Garner. The other was covered in blood and still holding a kitchen knife. Most importantly, he had just chopped someone up! And the one he chopped up was none other than Bradford, whom Fox Hale regarded as a saint! Just this scene alone nearly scared Fox Hale unconscious.

What’s more, this old madman was now standing up for Theresa… For a moment, Fox Hale was so frightened that he felt as if his body did not belong to him. He trembled like a sieve. His mind was completely blank without a shred of clarity left. Almost reflexively, Fox Hale crawled flat on the ground and begged for mercy in a trembling voice, “Spare me! Spare me! We didn’t, we weren’t, we…” As he spoke, even Fox Hale himself did not know what he wanted to say anymore. He was completely frightened out of his wits!

As for Liam Hale, although he was standing behind Fox Hale, at this moment, he had already wet his pants in fear. His body was shaking yet rigid as he stood there, looking just like a frightened-to-death zombie! The expression on his face was one of pure horror! His mind had gone completely blank! He had even forgotten to beg for mercy!

It was at this time that Jun Chester finally asked Theresa, “Who wants to sell you off?”

Theresa did not speak again. She just looked at Jun Chester with tearful eyes.

Jun Chester walked over to Theresa and asked again, “Did you suffer injustice in the Hale family?”

Theresa just cried silently without answering.

Jun Chester glanced at Fox Hale and Liam Hale by the door, then asked Theresa again, “Shall I kill them for you?”

Theresa’s lips trembled but she remained silent still. In fact, Theresa herself did not know what she was thinking right now. Her whole being was as if stupefied and idiotic. With tearful eyes, she just stared fixedly at Jun Chester without blinking, as if having thousands of words to say yet not knowing how to articulate them.

At this moment, a fantastical thought even flashed across Theresa’s mind – to stand here and turn into a stone statue, to just keep looking at Jun Chester this way, never wanting to spend another day not seeing him.

But when she looked at Fox Hale and Liam Hale, the former was still kneeling on the ground, muttering words that were nothing more than pleas for mercy. As for Liam Hale, Jun Chester had only glanced at him once, and his body went completely rigid. He was literally frightened to death and fainted, crashing heavily onto the ground with his entire body convulsing and his eyes rolling back!

Jun Chester looked at Fox Hale again and said flatly, “I’m still very curious now – just who exactly dared to let my Theresa suffer injustice!”

“Back then, I did pay your Hale family a visit once, so I’m quite clear on how your family became prosperous!”

“At that time, I seemed to have said something to you. I said that I could let go of your Hale family’s past as long as you treat my sister well. After that, my sister became the helmsman of your Hale Group!”

“And your Hale family – you never committed another malicious act that went against heavenly principles!”

“But my mercy towards your Hale family back then has resulted in today’s situation…”

“Fox Hale, if you have anything to say, just speak without worry. Tell me, was adopting my sister out of pure kindness? Or did you want to learn from others and take possession of a precious item?”

Every single word from Jun Chester entered Fox Hale’s ears, piercing his heart like needles and making his heart thump wildly in fear!

Fox Hale had never imagined that Jun Chester already knew about the Hale family’s origins long ago. He had spared the Hales all these years not because of anything else, but because of Theresa!

After hearing Jun Chester’s words, Theresa also suddenly regained her senses. The way she looked at Jun Chester was filled with shock. She could not imagine that Jun Chester had long known what kind of people the Hales were. And the reason he did not take action against them over all these years… was actually because of her! What’s more, she never realized that her becoming the helmsman of Hale Group years ago was due to a single sentence from Jun Chester!

Fox Hale, still cowering on the ground, finally raised his head and glanced tremblingly at Jun Chester. “Back then when we adopted Theresa, it was out of kindness! No, it was not to obtain some precious item!”

Jun Chester questioned, “Then how do you explain today’s events?”

Fox Hale answered in great trepidation, “Nothing! Nothing happened! I was ill before this. Bradford cured me, and then she took a liking to Theresa. I… I just took matters into my own hands and agreed to marry Theresa to Bradford. This is the truth. It’s as simple as that!”

“Spare me! Spare me, Lord Chester!”

Jun Chester smiled. “Oh, so you know my nickname!”

Fox Hale yelled in extreme terror, “My Hale family is not deserving of death! My Hale family is not deserving of death!”Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

Jun Chester sneered coldly. “As far as I know, you guys picked up Theresa in Mycintia back then. But what exactly were you doing going to Mycintia in the first place?”

Hearing this, Fox Hale was rendered speechless with an ashen face. He had not expected that Jun Chester would know everything. But on second thought, it made sense. Jun Chester… the guardian of the Lordran nation! If he wanted to investigate a person, a matter, or a family, he only needed to move his lips and Lordran’s most elite organizations would help him investigate!

Jun Chester looked down at Fox Hale and spoke righteously, “Back then, your reason for going to Mycintia was to look for a cordyceps. By chance, the cordyceps you were looking for had fallen into the hands of a hunter. You couldn’t strike a deal with that hunter, so you killed him. Not only did you rob the cordyceps from that hunter, you also took away a young girl from the hunter’s home. And you call this kindness?”

Fox Hale yelled, “That hunter was a murderer! He had fled into the mountains. When we killed him back then, we were eliminating harm for the people! Our Hale family has shady origins but we are not evil people. We do not deserve death! We do not deserve death!”

Jun Chester asked back, “Someone killed that hunter’s father, so that hunter killed his father’s murderer. While his actions were against the law, were your actions sanctioned by law?”

Once again, Fox Hale was rendered speechless.

At this moment, Theresa suddenly asked Jun Chester in a trembling voice, “What was my relationship with that hunter?”