After a busy morning, Alina finally got free and was about to have a rest when she heard two disharmonious voices gossiping behind her.
Alina stopped and pricked up her ears involuntarily.
"No comparison, no harm. Lena graduated from a famous university with a master's degree. She is beautiful and knows everything about singing and dancing. Look at that one..."
"Well, well, young master's life is not good. She was abducted before, and now she has a dumb wife who doesn't even speak. She is as timid as a mouse. Let's see whose young mistress is like this."
"I feel that it's not exaggerated to describe three-level cripple."
A level three cripple?
Alina looked down indifferently as if she had been used to it.
She was not born to be dumb, but her throat was broken because of a fire, and Jerry was unwilling to spend too much money to treat her. Her illness was delayed, and her throat would be disabled as time went by.
She was just hoarse, not deaf. She had heard too much of these rumors, so that could not hurt her.
When she turned around and was about to leave, she was stopped by a familiar and cold voice. She turned around and found it was none other than Stephanie.
"You don't need to work, do you? No talking about the affairs of your boss. Do you need me to teach you this?"
The two servants were startled and didn't dare to move. Their blood seemed to be frozen all over their bodies. They turned around automatically and knelt with a flop. "Young master, we're wrong. Please forgive us. We'll promise not to say a word anymore!"
Stephanie Li's face was cold, still unmoved.
However, assistant Tang beside him stepped forward and solemnly announced, "You don't need to go to work tomorrow!"
The two servants' faces suddenly turned pale.
At this time, Stephanie walked up to Alina, coldly glanced at the cleaning gloves on her hand, and asked, "Who told you to do this?"
It was all because of Woolley. Didn't he know that?
But she didn't show it on her face.
Seeing she didn't respond, Stephanie Li continued, "You are the young mistress. It's beneath the dignity of the Li family to do so. Let the servants do these things in the future, remember?"
Alina nodded to show that she remembered it.
When she returned to her room, she received a call from her father almost as soon as the door was closed.
At the same time, in the study, Li also received a report from assistant Tang. "Mr. Li, Jerry called Alina."
Stephanie Li's fingertips froze. The old fox was finally about to attack?
Without knowing that she had been monitored, she still quietly curled up in a corner of the bed and listened to Jerry's words.
"Alina..." only when Jerry asked her for help would he call her like that.
"I give you a simple and urgent task. You should find a business proposal on Stephanie Li's computer with the title "southern city bidding". Then send it to me."
"Remember not to let him find out. Dad wants to give him a surprise."
Jerry just treated her as a fool and she refused him with silence.
After all, it was not a small matter.
Jerry's tone suddenly became colder, and he threatened her secretly, "Don't be willful. Think about your grandmother. She still needs you."
Jerry stressed the last few words on purpose.
Alina's heart trembled and she was lost in thought.
Just as her father said, the operation for her grandmother had not been completely decided. If he also let it go, she did not know who else she could rely on.
So what was she hesitating about?
She had made a clear choice, hadn't she?
At this time, Stephanie walked into the room. He picked up his coat and said, "I won't come back tonight."
After saying that, he stared straight at her as if observing her expression, and his deep eyes flashed with a meaningful light.
She didn't have the time to look at him.
So she waited until midnight. The villa was quiet and there was no one around.
Everyone had gone to bed except her.
Standing in front of the door of the study on the third floor, Alina pushed the heavy door open with great determination.