Maverick looked up at Old Mr. Sweeney in astonishment, “Dad, didn’t you say that because of your poor health, the Sweeney family might decline and we needed to maintain a good relationship with Lucille?”
Old Mr. Sweeney sneered, “Times change. Now that I am in good health, the Sweeney family no longer needs to rely on that woman, Lucille.”
“But Dad… considering the effort the two of us have put into the Sweeney family over the past two years, can you spare Jocelyn? She’s still young and naive,” Maverick cautiously glanced at Master, “Master, maybe… you can find a way to fix Jocelyn’s face?”
Master calculated with his fingers and shook his head with a helpless expression, looking at him intently.
“It’s not that I don’t want to help you. It’s just that Jocelyn’s face was damaged by a disciple of Master Newman, who has always been my archenemy. We are evenly matched. His disciple is quite capable. He broke my formation, and I have no way to repair it. If it were someone else who broke the formation, I could fix it! I could even set up a new formation. But the other party has completely blocked Jocelyn’s path, preventing me from setting up a new formation or repairing it.”
“So, you mean his disciple is even more powerful than you?” Jocelyn felt like her world was collapsing.
Her grandfather wanted to take her life, and now there was no hope for her face.
“It’s not that he’s more powerful than me, but he is too ruthless! He has closed off all your escape routes, so I can’t do anything,” Master sighed heavily, looking regretful. “So Jocelyn, if you can’t do anything about it, you should consider cosmetic surgery! It might help to go under the knife.”
“With so many worm-like scars on my face, how can I go under the knife? Should I remove them all with a surgical knife? Cut them off? Won’t there still be scars?” Jocelyn cried in despair, “Grandfather, I’m already so miserable and in pain. Do you really want to take my life? Please, I promise I’ll be obedient from now on…”
“Jocelyn! It’s not that I want to take your life. It’s just that the Sweeney family doesn’t keep useless people, let alone idle ones,” Old Mr. Sweeney beckoned to her, “Come here, let Grandfather take a good look at you.”
Jocelyn crawled weakly in front of Old Mr. Sweeney, who looked down at the Sweeney family’s people like an ancient emperor. “Listen to Master. If there is a chance to save your face by going under the knife, I will find a suitable family for you to marry into. But if it doesn’t work, then you truly have no value.”
“Okay, okay, I’ll do it… I’ll go under the knife. What’s a face compared to my life?” Jocelyn nodded eagerly.
“I like obedient children,” Old Mr. Sweeney smiled and turned to the others, “Everyone, get up. Don’t worry, I won’t let Franklin sit in the president’s seat. I will seek revenge for the humiliation the Sweeney family has suffered today! Sylvia, right? I remember!”
“Thank you, Grandfather,” Tristan quickly thanked him sweetly. “Grandfather, to celebrate your return… I’ll go to the kitchen now and arrange a family feast with all your favorite dishes. Is that okay?”
“Go ahead,” Old Mr. Sweeney nodded. “Marcelo, come here. I have something to tell you.”
Marcelo was taken aback and felt somewhat uneasy in his heart, but he still approached and Old Mr. Sweeney whispered a few words in his ear. Then he looked at Marcelo with a calm expression and asked, “Do you understand?”
“I understand,” Marcelo replied before turning and leaving.
Madam glanced at Maverick with hidden worry. She didn’t know what Marcelo was being asked to do and whether it was dangerous…
But whatever she said didn’t matter…
#Jocelyn frames Sylvia#
#Jocelyn apologizes#
#Is this all for the Sweeney family?#
#Investigating the injustice against Sylvia’s fans#
In just one afternoon, the Sweeney family dominated all the hot topics.
In Jocelyn’s apology video, she tearfully apologized to Sylvia and revealed how she had hired bodyguards to create a viral sensation that led to Sylvia’s fans attacking her online.
The small internet celebrity who had visited Sylvia’s store was dumbfounded. Wasn’t Jocelyn the one who told her not to tell anyone? Why did she come out and apologize first? And she revealed every detail of what happened?
She even explained how she received payments and how she warned her not to spread the information while visiting her in the hospital.
The internet celebrity was devastated. Was Jocelyn crazy?
Now she didn’t need Sylvia’s fans to attack her anymore; netizens from all over the world came to criticize her.
She was being verbally abused and had to disable comments on her posts.
Even the official account of the traffic police department released a video proving Sylvia’s innocence. The video showed the internet celebrity’s boyfriend driving and surrounding Sylvia before getting beaten up by her.
The internet celebrity sobbed with her boyfriend, “How did it come to this? Everyone is criticizing me. How can I live like this?”
Her boyfriend still had injuries on his face and wore a helpless expression. “I don’t know either. How did it turn out like this? Isn’t Jocelyn your benefactor? Why did she suddenly expose everything?”
“I have no idea!” The internet celebrity was so angry that she stopped reading the comments; none of them were positive.
They were all insulting her in the harshest way.
“You trash! You deserve to die.”
“You made us Sylvia’s fans take the blame; you’re garbage!”
“I never insulted you before when you accused me of doing so. Now I’m here to insult you because you’re trash!”
“Haha, get out of the internet celebrity world!”
“Your character is despicable, just like Jocelyn!”
“Jocelyn is still a rich young lady? How ridiculous!”
“This kind of character is truly disgraceful.”
Sylvia also saw Jocelyn’s trending topics and her apology interview video.
She glanced at the man sitting elegantly at the dining table cutting steak with a knife and fork. “Did you go to the Sweeney family?”
This man had taken Jax out early in the morning; when she asked him what he was doing, he had a mysterious smile.
But in the afternoon, Jocelyn’s apology video shocked everyone.
No one expected such a connection between her and Sylvia.
Why did she frame Sylvia? Just because Sylvia used to be friends with her former best friend.
She was jealous and unhappy!
It could only be said that rich young ladies were truly capricious!
Franklin pushed the cut steak towards Sylvia and poured another glass of wine with his well-defined hands. He held the wine glass lightly and shook it gently before speaking calmly.
“Well, just for fun.”
“Scheming.” Sylvia lowered her head and looked at the neatly cut pieces of steak in front of her. They were all evenly sized and pleasing to the eye.
She took a bite; it tasted good-exceptionally tender and juicy.
The restaurant not only had an elegant ambiance and a wide variety of dishes but also catered perfectly to her taste.
“But also for revenge on your behalf.” Franklin’s deep voice sounded as he lightly sipped his wine and put down his glass. He picked up his knife and fork again. “The Sweeney family has been eyeing Hipps Family for a long time; this conflict will only escalate and become more apparent. The previous incident involving Hipps Family being framed for smuggling vinegar is related to the Sweeney family, and Clark was involved too.”
“Clark not only provided the vinegar but also acted as a gun for the Sweeney family.” Sylvia let out a long breath. “And Hipps Family almost got destroyed because of it.”
Franklin took another sip of wine before continuing with his knife and fork. “Fortunately, Clark is dead now; we’ve avenged Uncle’s time in prison.”
“But the mastermind behind the Sweeney family is still at large.” A dark cloud still loomed in Sylvia’s heart; this time the Sweeney family had suffered humiliation. Especially since Jocelyn lost so much face; they wouldn’t let it go easily.
She wondered what tricks they would use next to deal with Hipps Family and their couple.
“Don’t think too much about it. Next time we can bring Alex to try this restaurant’s steak.” Franklin’s handsome face showed a smile as he spoke. “Your grandmother will be discharged soon, right?”
Sylvia nodded. “I think it will be around the same time as Mr. Howlett’s discharge.”
After a brief pause, Franklin suggested discussing their plans further. “Let’s hold Alex’s public banquet at Hipps Family instead of going to a hotel. That way your grandmother can rest in her own room after getting tired from being discharged.”
“That’s what I was thinking too. We have a dedicated banquet hall at home, and my grandmother’s health isn’t very good. But Mollie’s baby will also be one month old soon.” Sylvia suddenly thought of Mollie’s baby.
“We shouldn’t have Alex’s celebration clash with Mollie’s baby’s full moon banquet; we should hold ours earlier. Otherwise… it might seem like we don’t care much about Mollie’s newborn,” Franklin felt that since Mollie’s baby was Hipps Family’s eldest grandson, Alex shouldn’t overshadow him.
“Alright, I’ll follow your lead.” Sylvia had no objections.
They chatted while having dinner.
When they left the restaurant, they realized that it had started raining without them noticing.
Their car was parked across from the restaurant, and they didn’t have an umbrella. They ran to their car together, getting almost completely soaked by rain.
Once they got into the car, Sylvia took out tissues to wipe off the rainwater from her face.
Her phone rang.
It was Brock calling.
She thought he was going to talk about her playing Princess Sharon again but instead he said, “Miss Andrews, there is a music variety show that wants to invite you as a special guest for one episode.”
“A music program? What kind?” Sylvia fluttered her long lashes as she looked at the rain outside.
“I’ve sent all the information about the show to your email. Can you check it?” Brock’s voice came through softly. “I think this program could be quite meaningful; I’m just not sure if it will catch your attention.”
Sylvia felt uncomfortable with her wet hair; Franklin took tissues and helped wipe it for her.
She nodded, “Okay.”