"Auntie, don't blame me. You were the one who first laid hands on my woman. You gave her twenty lashes, and I returned the favor with ten. That's already very polite of me," Ethan said, looking down at Lena lying on the bench. "From now on, please remember that my woman is not to be taught a lesson for anyone else. Because, if you hurt the enemy by a thousand, you will also hurt yourself by eight hundred. In the end, it will be you who suffers," he continued, then turned to Butler Qin. "Ten lashes. Go ahead," he said expressionlessly.
"Yes, sir," Qin replied. He was very good at reading people's expressions and intentions. Although he strongly disagreed with Ethan's actions, he didn't say anything. He lifted the lash and aimed it at Lena's buttocks, hitting her with just the right amount of force.
Lena lay straight on the bench, silently enduring the lashes as they hit her body. Although each lash made her want to scream out in pain, she didn't. Even if it hurt, she just gritted her teeth and endured it.
One, two, three... This went on for ten lashes, all hitting Lena's body without fail. Throughout the whole process, Lena kept her head up, gritting her teeth and glaring angrily at Avery, who was standing beside Ethan.
The look in her eyes was as if she could kill Avery at any moment, tearing her apart with a thousand knives. Unintentionally, Avery's gaze met with Lena's, causing her heart to tremble.
She knew that Lena was holding her accountable for today's incident. When they meet again in the future, it will surely be an irreconcilable situation. But what could she do? It was Ethan who insisted on fighting, and she didn't think it had anything to do with her.
... The ten lashes were quickly administered. Butler Qin put away the paddle and saw that there was already a patch of blood on it. He then looked at Lena's ruined qipao and knew that she had been seriously injured.
Surprisingly, Lena didn't cry out in pain or beg for mercy throughout the punishment. After the ten lashes were over, Lena got off the bench, enduring the pain, and finally looked at Ethan.
"Today's matter is considered even. But Hansheng, I won't interfere in your affairs anymore. I don't care how your grandfather's people treat you. Take care of yourself. As for the Blackwood family, fight for it yourself. I can no longer help you."
After speaking, she walked outside. Her words sounded like a farewell, and her back looked so desolate. It was easy to imagine how disappointed Lena was with Ethan.
Lena just left like that. Looking at her shaky back and the trail of blood on the ground, Ethan squinted for a moment, but did not immediately call her back.
He stood up and lifted the sweating and pained Avery from the sofa once again. "Later, I'll have Dr. Fredrick come over to re-treat your wounds. You stay in the room and don't go anywhere until I come back."
He sent her back to the bedroom and placed her on the bed before leaving. Avery remained silent throughout the whole process, not saying a word.
This man had even hit his own aunt, which made her feel both scared and complicated. Her mind was filled with the cold and heartless expression of Ethan, as well as the resentful face of Lena.
To be honest, she didn't know if she should continue staying here.
... Coming down from upstairs, Ethan picked up a suit jacket and left. At this time, Lena had not gone far. Although she only received ten hits, at her age, over fifty years old, being hit until she bled and her buttocks were already torn apart, how could she bear it?
She didn't make a sound when she was hit, nor did she show any signs of pain before leaving. It was all an act. As she walked out of the villa, the pain from her wounds surged like a towering wave.
She couldn't believe that she had been hit by her own nephew! Ten hits, all of them hitting her heart one by one. Lena's legs gave out, and she fell to the ground with a "thump." She looked up at the sky and laughed at herself, "Ethan, you will regret this. And Avery, whether you live or die in the Wells family in the future, I won't care anymore, won't care anymore..."
Chad followed and looked at Lena's appearance, feeling a bit sorry for her, but not knowing what to say. At this moment, a dark shadow passed by her side. Soon, Chad saw his Ethan, who had already walked behind Lena and bent down to pull her arm.
"Auntie..."
"Don't call me auntie. From now on, I am no longer your auntie!" Lena pushed away Ethan's hand, glaring fiercely at him with a sense of alienation in her words.
"I treated you like my own son! Over the years, I watched you without parents to discipline you, afraid that you would be bullied in the Blackwood family. I took care of you even at the cost of not getting married and giving up my ability to have children."
"But what is the result? Ha, the result is this kind of ending. Ethan, you have let me down!" The last sentence was almost shouted by Lena.
She shouted out the words that she didn't say when she was beaten in the living room just now.
"You have disappointed me too much. I won't take care of you anymore. Maybe you can deal with Simon yourself. I won't take care of your affairs anymore, never!" Lena struggled and tried to stand up from the ground. But after several attempts, it was useless.
The pain at the wound was no less than what she had caused to Avery. Ethan, however, ignored Lena's resistance. He simply walked in front of her, bent down, forcibly grabbed her hand and put it around his neck.
Then, he hugged Lena's legs and stood up from the ground with her on his back. Lena pounded her fists on Ethan's back with force, "Put me down! Don't think that by doing this, I will forgive you! Let me tell you, this is just a futile attempt, it's useless!"
Ethan still didn't say anything and walked towards the car with Lena on his back. Seeing this, Lena became even more furious.
Women tend to pull their hair when they are anxious, and she grabbed Ethan's hair and said coldly, "Do you think that by doing this, I will help you again? Ethan ,let me tell you today, I would rather help that illegitimate child than help you again!"
At this moment, Ethan's footsteps suddenly paused, but even with such heavy words, he only paused for a moment and did not react any further.
"Auntie is free to help whoever she wants to help, as long as Auntie is happy," he said calmly.