"Here comes the real thief!"
Shocked at the sudden accusation, Xie Eun had stared at Yeona with rounded eyes giving her a chance to spout more nonsense,"See!This girl must be the one who wanted my necklace and that is why this old woman must have dared to steal it.They are both country bumpkins and must have thought that I wouldn't realise!Otherwise no servant would dare to steal!
Yeona who had been pushed away marched forward, this time with the intention of slapping Xie Eun, however Aunt Su who had been taking the humiliation stepped forward to protect Xie Eun and pushed Yeona away even more forcefully!
This caused Yeona to sprain her ankle and she screamed in an even more shrill voice,"Thieving and assault!I was going to let you be after a slap but not now!Mother!father!Call the Police!I will put this old woman behind the bars!
The servants and Lu Yeona's mother had rushed forward and slowly took the hysterical Yeona out of the room followed by her uncle.
Xie Eun turned to her grandmother ready to demand an explanation but her grandmother ordered,"Lady Su, you have two options, you can pack your bags and leave now or you can be taken to the police station to be punished for your crime!"
Hearing this Xie Eun was even more bewildered and stared at her grandmother..Aunt Su on the other hand stood with pride and announced,"I have no need to run!I have committed no crime and am not scared of the police!"
This had made her grandmother even more angry as she had said,"Lady Su!You can deny it all you want but you have been caught red handed!That priceless bracelet was found in your room! And now you have even dared to hit my granddaughter!The only reason I am even giving you a chance to leave respectfully because Xie Eun..But let me tell you that from now on there is no place for you in my home!"
Xie Eun had ran after her grandmother to explain and ask justice for Aunt Su.She knew that her aunt was not like this but her grandmother had refused to listen to her..Finally, in desperation, she had called Si Jing..and then followed his advice..
Back to the present:
Xie Eun stared down from her bedroom's window to the small house off the property..where she had spent so much time with Aunt Su,eating the food she would make and plating games with her. ..She had been forced by circumstances to send Aunt Su back here..But it was not the circumstances that had forced her to not contact Aunt Su for so long but her own guilt.She had been guilty of not being strong enough to protect her loved ones..A tear slipped from her eye as she thought back to that phone call, and Si Jing's voice echoed as if he was standing next to her
"Honey..you must convince Aunt Su to leave the city at the soonest.."
This has angered Xie Eun who had shot out,"But Why?Si Jing, aunt Su would never do anything like this!"
"It doesn't matter if she did or did not..if Yeona goes to the police, you are going to get dragged into this and get your reputation ruined.We are not yet an official couple and I will not be able to come forward to help you..You will be labeled a gold digger and other things.Please Xie Eun..please send Aunt Su back. Your grandmother must have already thought of this and thus gave this chance to you.."
"So Aunt Su can just leave this house!Si Jing, Aunt Su and I get money from my trust every month..we don't need charity..I can rent a house for her in the city..."
"Xke Eun, it is too late now..Try to understand, Yeona is not targeting Aunt Su, she is using Aunt Su to smear your reputation.."
Xie Eun tried to think of other ways to protect her aunt but everything seemed to be a waste..Finally, when she heard from the butler that Yeona had already called for the police, she asked the butler to send away Aunt Su even if he had to tell her that she believed that Aunt Su was the thief...She knew that if Aunt Su saw her like this, she would not leave..and implicate herself..But from that day onwards she became thick skinned..her cousins wanted to hurt her!She would pretend to be dumb..They wanted to humiliate her, she pretended to be useless...And slowly, once they realized that she was not even worthy of their bullying, they would back off and leave her alone...She would make Si Jing her family....Xie Eun turned back from the window and walked out of her room, intending to run to Aunt Su's house however she had taken a step forward and smacked straight into a hard chest before almost bouncing off..She would have fallen on her ass if..Yu Seok had not grabbed her...
Shaking his head, he asked her,"Where are you running off to now?"