Leo spoke coldly, “Who told you to stop?”
Ethan shivered and quickly curled up, continuing to roll on the ground.
Leo turned to Sophia, asking with concern, “Sophia, how do you feel?”
Sophia’s body had completely recovered, and she replied, “I’m fine. What’s Ethan doing? Why is he rolling on the ground?”
“He’s playing a game called ‘Donkey Roll.’ Don’t worry about him,” Leo replied.
Sophia smiled faintly, then noticed Jessica and Martin lying on the ground and asked anxiously, “What happened to my parents?”
“Don’t worry; they just fainted. I’ll wake them up now.”
Leo took out a silver needle box and, following the method he used to treat Sophia, performed acupuncture on Jessica and Martin.
Soon, Jessica and Martin woke up faintly.
Leo then told them about Ethan drugging the tea.
Upon learning the truth, Jessica first froze for a moment, then rushed towards the still rolling Ethan, unleashing a series of punches and kicks.
While hitting, Jessica scolded, “Ethan, you heartless thing! I treated you so well as your aunt, and you actually drugged me. I’ll beat you to death.”
In Ethan’s wailing, Jessica vented her anger.
Seeing Jessica showing no intention of stopping, Martin was afraid she would beat Ethan to death and quickly pulled her away.
At this point, Ethan was already bruised and swollen, sitting on the ground with a pitiful and frightened look. Once again, he cast a pitiful look at Leo.
“Trash, don’t look at me like that. You can leave now.”
Hearing this, Ethan felt like he was granted amnesty. He quickly got up from the ground and limped toward the room’s door.
However, before Ethan had taken a few steps, Leo’s cold shout came from behind, “It’s not over. Stop right there!”
Ethan’s body trembled, stopping in his tracks. In his mind, he cursed. This useless son-in-law hadn’t had enough fun yet!
Due to Ethan’s previous bullying of Leo, he deeply underestimated and disdained Leo. Combined with Ethan’s forgetful nature, he did not truly fear Leo despite the severe lesson he received.
In Ethan’s view, the reason he suffered so much today must be due to insufficient preparation, allowing this useless son-in-law to take advantage of the situation.
Relying on his abilities, he believed he could stomp Leo under his feet as before.
Ethan had made up his mind that after leaving here, he would find ways to harm Leo, even if he couldn’t kill him, he would make sure to maim him!
Although he harbored these malicious thoughts, Ethan dared not show any dissatisfaction on his face now. He spoke in a pleading tone, “Leo, I-I’ve already rolled like a donkey. You said I could leave, right?”
“You just called your mom, didn’t you? Speak up; what do you guys want to do?” Leo remembered Ethan making a call during his feigned fainting.
Ethan stuttered, “W-well, actually, we, we don’t want to do anything. We just don’t want you to return to the Gunter family.”
Sophia’s face showed a puzzled expression upon hearing this. Unable to bear it, she asked sharply, “Ethan, explain to me clearly. Why don’t you want us to return to the Gunter family?”
Ethan’s face immediately turned awkward, stammering, “Well… the reason is that our family borrowed 500, 000 from Aunt Jessica…”
“Sophia, we couldn’t bring the money back at all; it was stolen. We were afraid Aunt Jessica, visiting this time, would demand the debt, so…”
Ethan blurted out everything.
This reason widened Sophia’s beautiful eyes in astonishment. “How could the money be stolen? Did they catch the thief?”
Talking about this incident made Ethan sad. Since they had reached this point, he decided to spill the beans about the 500, 000 being stolen as well.
Having learned the ins and outs of the situation, Sophia finally fully understood why her cousin would do such a treacherous thing.
“Ethan, you little brat! You actually conspired with Alex and Paige to deceive me. Didn’t you say the 500, 000 was for getting married?” Jessica couldn’t hold back her furious shout, still feeling the pain from Ethan’s earlier beating.
Due to Jessica’s recent assault, Ethan was still somewhat afraid of her and didn’t dare to meet her gaze.
Leo’s voice resounded again, “Ethan, I personally handed over the 500, 000 to you, and I saw you leaving Cloud Dream Mountain Villa with the money. Whether you spent the 500, 000 or it was stolen, the money was borrowed by you. It’s only right to repay debts!”
Ethan immediately put on a bitter face and protested, “Leo, even if you sell me, I can’t repay so much money.”
Leo’s imposing aura instantly pressed down on Ethan. Leo spoke with unquestionable authority, “I don’t care about that. All I know is if you borrow money, you have to repay it. Of course, if you can’t repay it, then pay with your life.”
Ethan trembled, knowing he couldn’t provoke Leo right now, and quickly replied, “Leo, I will find a way to repay the money, even if I have to sell my blood and kidneys. Please give me some time.”
“Get lost!” Leo waved his hand impatiently.
Ethan didn’t dare to stay in the room for another second and hastily turned to open the door and ran out.
It wasn’t until he entered the elevator that Ethan breathed a sigh of relief and cursed fiercely, “Leo, you dead dog, just wait for me. If I don’t play you to death, I’m not a Gunther.”
On the first floor, walking out of the elevator, Ethan saw Alex and Paige approaching.
Seeing Ethan, Paige hurriedly ran over and asked, “Ethan, why did you come down? Did Jessica and her family handle you?”
“Don’t mention it. Leo suddenly woke up, and the plan failed.” Ethan wore a disheartened expression. “Let’s go; we still need to discuss this matter with Mignon.”
Paige paused for a moment, then asked puzzled, “Didn’t you say on the phone that all four of them drank the tea? How did they suddenly wake up?”
“Who knows? Anyway, the plan is exposed. Let’s go!” Ethan replied impatiently, then left the hotel lobby quickly.
Watching Ethan’s somewhat panicked expression, Alex whispered, “Ethan has injuries on his face; Leo, that dead waste, must have hit Ethan!”
“That dead waste Leo is truly hateful. We must find a way to tear him apart!” Paige ground her teeth in anger.
Alex also spoke with resentment, “He’s just a useless son-in-law who came to freeload, dared to climb on our heads, and acted arrogantly. He’s truly despicable!”