He looked at his aunt with a gloomy expression, though his face appeared calm. To Lena, it felt like she was staring at a venomous snake that was about to spit its poison at her.
Just like the snake raised by Ethan, it was approaching her crazily, with a terrifying posture as if it was going to swallow her alive.
Although she was mentally prepared before coming, her heart sank as soon as she heard her nephew speak.
Her face turned pale, and she didn't stand up. "Ethan, what do you mean? I am your aunt, your elder."
"Oh? Can my elder just come into my home, take my wife away without permission, and even use the family rules to beat her so severely?" Ethan finally snuffed out the last cigar, stood up from the sofa with his slender body, hands in his pockets, and his shiny black shoes circled around Lena's position step by step.
Every time his shoes hit the ground, there was a heavy thud, just like the sound of a criminal's head being chopped off in ancient times.
Lena's heart was pounding, but her face remained calm. "Ethan, you don't understand the situation. When I came to see you last night, you were in a severe coma. I felt sorry for you, especially since you just got married a few days ago and had such an incident. I couldn't bear to see it, so I taught her a lesson on your behalf."
Gu Hansheng said calmly, "Aunt, I told you a long time ago that when it comes to my woman, only I can discipline her. Did you forget that again?"
A long time ago... that was two or three years ago, when Lena first laid hands on someone around him.
Lena thought as an elder, she couldn't lose her prestige, "Ethan, I am your aunt. Although I didn't give birth to you, I have always treated you as my own son. How can you speak to me like this? You offended your aunt before because of that girl. That girl grew up with you and has a deep relationship with you. Aunt didn't care about it."
"But you have only known Avery for a short time, and you have already married her and are planning to be angry with your aunt for her?"
At this point, Ethan had already walked to a long table with potted plants. He turned around and looked at his aunt with a gloomy expression.
"First of all, you need to understand that no matter how long I have known Avery, she is now my wife. You took her away without my consent last night, and even gave her corporal punishment without my permission. Is she just a toy for her husband to play with?"
Seeing Ethan completely lose his temper, Lena also stood up. As an elder, she would never back down on this matter.
She replied firmly, "Yes, I gave her corporal punishment without your permission. So what? You said she is your wife, and since she is your wife, she is the daughter-in-law of the Blackwood family. As a member of the Blackwood family, if she does something wrong, she should accept punishment!"
"She didn't do anything wrong! It was a misunderstanding last night," he said.
"A misunderstanding?" Lena laughed and suddenly asked, "Ethan, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking. Isn't she just like that child, Audrey? You even went ahead to marry her, get a certificate with her just because of her face? In the end, she's just a pitiful substitute!"
How could she let her beloved nephew be so mad at her because of a girl he had just met for such a short time? The more Lena spoke, the angrier she became, completely ignoring the fact that Ethan's face had turned completely black.
The last sentence had hit him hard.
At that moment, he couldn't control his hand and slammed it hard on the table. With a loud bang, his originally cold and dark phoenix eyes turned blood-red.
This slap also made Lena and Chad, who were hanging in the air, tense up instantly.
But Ethan didn't speak for a while, just staring at his aunt's face with his cold eyes, his perfect handsome face looking extremely gloomy.
The tense sword eyebrows and the gnashing of teeth made Lena feel a chill down her spine. "What, I hit Avery, are you going to hit your own aunt?"
Chad stood aside, wanting to persuade but not daring to.
The servants who had been busy around them had all retreated far away since Lena came in. Especially after hearing that slap on the table, no one wanted to approach at this time.
Ethan stared at Lena's face for a full minute. In the tense atmosphere around them, his gloomy face suddenly showed a strange curve.
"You are my aunt, so I won't kill you. Besides, this is a society ruled by law."
"So what? How do you plan to deal with your own aunt?" Lena's mind was stretched tightly.
"Don't worry, you are my elder, so of course I won't do anything to you." Ethan smiled as if he was talking about something quite easy.
"However, I can't just let go of what you did to my wife."
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing, I just want to ask, how many times did you hit her last night? I have to let her hit you back, so that there won't be any more trouble in the future and you won't take it out on her again."
Upon hearing this, Lena's heart sank, and she probably guessed what Ethan was going to do.
"How dare you! I am your aunt, you can't hit me!"
"Auntie, you misunderstood. I'm not going to hit you, I just want my wife to return the favor to you." Ethan said softly, "Before you came, I called Henry and heard that you had him hit Avery twenty times. Out of respect for your seniority, I will only give back ten hits."
Upon hearing this, Lena's heart trembled: Ethan, I raised you as my own son. How could you hit me for the sake of a maid?"
"Even if you were my real mother, you can't just touch my people. Avery is my woman, and no one is allowed to touch her except for me."
After Ethan finished speaking coldly, he glanced at Chad again. "Go and see where Qin is and ask him to prepare the bench and the board and bring them over here."
Third Master ,isn't this a bit too much?
Chad weakly raised his head, wanting to speak up for Lena. He had served Ethan for seven years and had seen how well Lena treated him, like her own son.
Although he also sympathized with Avery and wanted to help her, Lena was an elder, and the most respected elder to Ethan.
The only elder in the Blackwood family who truly cared for him.
Although Chad didn't want to do this, He still served Ethan and was only answerable to him . Just his cold demeanor alone made him shiver.He could only obediently retreat and go find Butler Qin in the backyard.
In the living room, Lena's face was as pale as snow. "Ethan, do you really want to treat your own aunt like this?"
In that trembling voice, there was a hint of indescribable heartache.