Ava had committed suicide? Elena sneered as she did not believe a word of that at all!
“Why would she kill herself?” How ridiculous! Elena asked with a smile, “Is she dead yet?”
Levi did not expect her to respond like that, but he figured that the young madam did not believe that Ava would kill herself.
Levi answered helplessly, “There was a lot of blood. Even though she is safe now, she is still frail.”
“Since she is safe, it’s useless to look for me. I’m not a doctor.”
Whoever believed that Ava would commit suicide was stupid. Who did she want to deceive with her acting? Would such a vicious and greedy person willing to die just like that?
“I still have something to do, and I can’t go back now. I’m hanging up, Levi.”
“Young Madam!” Levi sounded anxious. “Young Master wanted you to come back.”
“I’m not going back just because that woman tried to commit suicide. If you all feel so distressed for her, then get your eldest young master to take care of her! Why do you need me?”
Elena hung up the phone and threw it aside. A household full of idiots! How could they not notice Ava’s hypocrisy? Would someone like her commit suicide? It was just a sham to gain sympathy! She had to admit that Ava had put in a lot of effort at that time. She was even willing to spoil her most cherished face to save the old lady. Although the scar was only at her chin, Ava really cherished her face. She would cry for days because of a small injury, let alone a burnt scar on her chin.
No one could control the size of a wound caused by fire. No one could even guarantee that it would be a tiny one. Even Elena was uncertain if Ava had intended to save the old madam. If it was just for a show, then Ava had taken a very high risk and paid a high price.
Everything had seemed logical and reasonable. It did not look like it was staged. However, she felt that something was amiss. Yes, something was not right with Ava. She was not a kind-hearted person.
However, that was the fact. Things had happened as it did. Elena was unable to see through it. She also did not have much time and energy to guess Ava’s motive for the time being. On the other hand, the suicide attempt was obviously a show. It was easy to see through Ava’s motive for that. Hence, it was impossible for Elena to take it to heart. After she saved the old madam, Ava had tried to commit suicide. It would cause a massive ripple in the Mu household. Elena thought that Ava had taken a brilliant move. Nonetheless, Elena was not bothered at all.
“Someone tried to commit suicide, but you don’t want to go back and take a look?”
Henry stared at her face and knew that she was in a bad mood, but he did not expect her to be so ruthless.
“I’ve made a deal with you, haven’t I? If I go now, would my effort go to waste?”
Elena rolled her eyes at him, “Or are you willing to let me go before the time is up?”
“I won’t stop you if you want to go. However, the deal would be considered broken.”
Elena knew that there was no free lunch in the world. Besides, she did not care about Ava, and she did not want to go back and see her pretentious attitude.
“Do you want to eat this?” She deshelled a goose barnacle and placed it on his plate. “Now that I’m in a good mood, I’ll serve you.”
Henry found it challenging to understand the girl. It sounded as if someone close to her had tried to commit suicide, but she said that she was in a good mood. Anyone could tell that she was in a shitty mood.
“You don’t want to eat it?” Elena raised her eyebrows when she saw that he did not touch the food. “Then, I’ll eat it myself.”
“Who said that I’m not eating?” Henry retracted the plate, picked up the goose barnacle, and looked at it hesitantly. It was no different from a dog’s paw. It looked so ugly; he wondered if it would taste bad.
“Give it back to me if you don’t want to eat it,” Elena suddenly said.
Henry, who still hesitated, was taken aback by her voice. Without another thought, he put the goose barnacle to his lips. He tried to imitate what she had done, so he bit on it and then sucked it. Its flesh had a strange texture, and he had never eaten such an ugly thing in his life. It was slimy, but surprisingly, it tasted sweet.
“Delicious?”
“Give me two more.” That was his way of telling her that it was delicious.
“Why don’t you de-shell it yourself?” Elena was reluctant to serve him.
“Then the deal is void.” He only told her that he did not want her body, but he did not say that he did not need her to serve him.
“You…”
“Since your time is mine, you are mine as well, of course. Otherwise, we can just call the deal off.”
Henry felt at ease, so he gave his plate to the Elena. The latter just stared at him helplessly. She had no choice but to de-shell a few more goose barnacles and shrimps for him.
“Do you want some crabs as well?”
“Sure.”
“Do you want some juice?”
“No, go buy a bottle of mineral water for me.”
“Why don’t you buy it yourself?”
“I can call off the deal.”
Elena glared at him. She felt as if she wanted to beat him up.
They were at the beach until quite late, but there was nothing fun to do at all. They had some barbecue and strolled along on the beach. Henry could tell that Elena was not in a good mood. However, he did not have the habit of comforting women, so he did not feel like he needed to do that. On the contrary to her bad mood, his mood had improved.
“Was that your sister, Ava, who tried to commit suicide?”
“Mmm.” Elena nodded.
“Do you hate her?”
“Yes.”
Henry raised his eyebrows. Not many people would openly admit that they hated their siblings. At least, one should pretend otherwise, right?
“Why do you hate her?”
Elena looked at the sand under her feet and sneered. “If I tell you that one day in the future, she would want to kill me to get Eldest Young Master Williams for herself, would you believe it?”
“I don’t know.”
Elena gently kicked up a pile of small sand and watched them scatter everywhere under the moonlight as her eyes went dark.
“Anyway, shouldn’t I hate her because she wants to snatch Eldest Young Master Williams from me?”
Henry did not answer her question. He looked at the time, and it was already nine-thirty in the evening. Elena also took out her phone to look at the time only to find out that her phone battery had died.
“What time is it?” she asked.
“Why? Is it so hard to spend some time with me?” He raised an eyebrow.
“Of course.”
She had not wanted to spend time with him. The first time was to have a meal with him, and the second time was when they were at the beach. She was coerced to join him both times. Who would not want time to fly by in times like that?
“I’ll send you home now.” Henry sped up his pace.
Elena carried her shoes and followed him.
“Go slowly. My feet hurt.”
The sand was rough. It was painful for her to walk too fast on it. She wanted to put on her shoes, but her feet were dirty. She tried to sit down somewhere and clean her feet before she put on her shoes.
“Don’t you want to get away from this annoying person pronto?”
“So, you do know that you are annoying.”
Silence.
That woman did not give him an ounce of dignity. Henry went even faster, and Elena wanted to scold him. “Wait a minute, my feet hurt, my feet… ouch!”
It was a disastrous day for her. She had stepped on something sharp! Elena sat down and lifted her feet to check. There was blood on it, and it had hurt so much! Henry turned around and saw that she had brushed the sand off from her feet and exposed the wound. A spiky shell had pierced the bottom of her foot. Even though the injury was not grave, it still seemed to hurt quite a bit.
“Did you not use your eyes?” After he said that, he crouched in front of her as he grabbed her injured foot to study the wound.”Stupid, shrew, jealous, stingy, unkind, calculative, grumpy… I really don’t know why Big Brother would fall for you.”