Upon hearing this, Eduardo and Kelsey panicked, as did everyone in the Folsom family. Everyone helped to intercede with concern, and even Brangelina, who was standing next to Paige, became nervous and kept shaking her head, saying, “No, no, you’ll bleed.”
Paige sat there watching them plead for mercy. It seemed to be the first time in her life that she had seen a family so united.
The older ones protected the younger ones, and the younger ones not only looked after each other, but also listened to the family.
Beinice, however, did not listen, grabbed the cane handed to her by the servant and was about to whip her son.
Paige sat there, watching the cane swing up, and said indifferently, “Beinice…”
Beinice’s hand paused, and he turned his head to look at her and said, “Miss Paige, the old man misses you, so why don’t you go see him first.”
“Beinice, you know, my time is running out,”
Paige said calmly as she looked at him.
She didn’t have time to watch him lecture his son; she wanted an answer first.
“…”
Beinice stood there, but he was in a difficult situation.
He had lured Paige over with the ultimatum, either to kill her or to keep her in Country D for a while, so that the presidential election in Country A would be completely messed up.
But now that Paige had released Brangelina and the three children, he couldn’t pretend that he hadn’t seen it.
“I toast the Folsom family for being a big family, and I toast you for being a man of integrity. So, just give me a straight answer.”
Paige sat in her chair and said, “If you appreciate my courtesy, please hand me the death letter and let me return to Country A immediately. If you don’t want to appreciate it and still want to hold me here, then I’ll have to think of another way.”
Beinice’s head ached as he listened to her blunt words.
He really hasn’t encountered such a difficult situation before. He looked at Paige solemnly, “Miss Paige, you should know what the Folsom family is fighting for. We have our blood feud and our own difficulties.”
They have been waiting for the chaos of the plutocrats in Country A for a hundred years, ever since they had nothing.
“So you’re not going to let me go” Paige’s voice was cold.
She looked at him, her eyes clear and black, even her coldness was very clear, and it made him feel very guilty.
She was alone in the Folsom family’s territory, and she had even released the hostages, leaving herself with no leverage. He could have really spared her face.
But… at his age, he really couldn’t bear to press so hard on a little girl who had set his son free.
“Beinice, what are you going to do to Blanca”
Brangelina stood nervously in front of Paige at the sound of this. “None of you are going to bully Blanca!”
Beinice clutched the cane in his hand and frowned. ‘Miss Paige, how about this you go and see the old man first, keep him company for a while, and I’ll give you an answer in a bit, okay”
That was pretty good.
Paige didn’t push further, and nodded lightly, ‘Okay.”
“Kelsey, take Miss Paige to see the old master. Don’t talk about your business and don’t bother the old master,” Beinice commanded.
“Yes.” Kelsey stood up.
Paige stood up from the chair, and Brangelina embraced her arm, “Blanca, I’ll go with you.”
I really don’t know if I should call Brangelina crazy or stupid. She’s been chatting here for so long, she should have heard that she’s not Blanca by now, but Brangelina still calls her Blanca.
…
From the hall, they had to walk through a long, snowy path to get to the old man’s bedroom.
Kelsey skipped along in front, while Paige, with Brangelina’s arm around her, walked behind, observing the surrounding terrain.
Along the way, the bodyguards on both sides stood facing the snow, and they all bowed their heads as they walked past. Paige’s gaze fell on the buttons on the front of their clothes, each one entwined with gold thread.
“Little miss,”
Kelsey turned around, facing her as she walked backwards, her eyes full of curiosity, “Why did you let us go so easily What if we, the Folsom family, don’t appreciate your kindness, and you’re finished”
Paige withdrew her gaze and looked at her indifferently, “Then you can go tell Beatrice and let him try not to let me go, and see what happens.”
“What will happen” Kelsey was extremely curious.
“I will do my best to mess up the Folsom family,” Paige said indifferently.
“…”
Kelsey was silent.
She clearly said “the Folsom family,” but why did she find it so cool and handsome!
Kelsey cleared her throat and asked again, “Then in fact, you could have let us go without being so decisive, beaten us until we were injured, and then hung us in the snow, threatening the Folsom family that they wouldn’t let us go unless you were given the book. Wouldn’t that have been more secure”
What a question baby.
Paige stepped forward in the snow, looked at her, raised an eyebrow, and said, “That makes sense, why didn’t I think of that Is it too late to do it now”
“…”
Kelsey’s eyes widened, and she hugged herself, turned her head and hurriedly walked on, not daring to ask any more questions.
After walking through the snowy road, Kelsey led Paige to stop in front of a bedroom.
“Old man, sister Paige is here to see you,”
Kelsey said softly as she gently pushed open a door.
Paige brushed the snow off her body, lifted her foot and walked forward. Brangelina also wanted to follow in, but Kelsey held her back, “Auntie, we’ll just wait outside.”
The door opened a small crack.
Paige reached out and pushed the crack wider, looking inside.
It was a bedroom with a retro style. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the snow was falling, but inside the warmth was strong.
Jasper, who she hadn’t seen for a while, was half-lying on the bed, hooked up to an IV. Hearing the noise, he turned his head and looked deeply into her wrinkled eyes with love.
“…”
Paige silently met his gaze.
The two of them looked at each other, just like they used to in River Town. He sat there while she listened to his lectures, but there was something in the middle that was different.
She still remembered the fierce look on his face when he appeared in front of her in a suit, how he hated it when he talked about the chaos of the plutocrats, how he used two subordinates like Emery and Rachel, and how he knew from the beginning that her studies in the Medicine Curse Sect were useless…
“Paige.” Jasper sat up straight in bed, coughed lightly, and smiled at her.
Paige stood in the doorway for a long time before walking in, walking up to his bed and looking at him quietly, ‘You’ve lost weight.”
Upon hearing this, Jasper laughed, as usual, ‘I don’t know what happened. Back in River Town, I ate plain congee and vegetables every day and was in good health. After arriving here, I pay attention to a balanced diet every meal, but it’s not as comfortable.”
Paige didn’t laugh, but said indifferently, “Back in River Town, you were known as the old immortal, always treating and saving people, and you rarely had any free time. Now here, your children are filial and you don’t have to do anything, so of course you have to adjust for a while.”
Jasper didn’t expect that Paige would still be willing to say these things to him, and his eyebrows relaxed, ‘Sit, sit quickly.”
Paige sat down in the chair next to his bed.
Jasper reached out to remove the needle in his hand, and Paige looked at him, ‘What are you doing”
“I haven’t seen you for a long time, so I came to play a game of chess with my teacher. I’m itching to do so, but I’m surrounded by people who can’t play chess, so it’s very boring,” Jasper said with enthusiasm.
Paige sat there looking at him with a indifferent expression and a very light tone, “Teacher, I can no longer play chess with you as I wish.”