At nine o'clock in the evening, Alexis returned to the Wells family mansion and collapsed onto her bed, exhausted.
Just as Victoria was about to go to sleep, she heard her daughter come back and smelled a faint tobacco scent before even entering the room.
"What's wrong, Alexis?" Victoria
was always most concerned about her eldest daughter. She poured a glass of water and placed it on the bedside table before pulling her daughter up from the bed. "Didn't you say you were taking care of Avery at Mr . Blackwood's house recently? Why did you suddenly come back?"
"It's nothing, they just didn't want me there, so I left." her eyes were slightly red.
Seeing her daughter's pitiful appearance, Victoria suddenly understood what had happened and her voice became sharp and harsh.
"Did that girl kick you out? I knew it, that heartless white-eyed wolf, how could she bear to let you stay at her husband's house!" Thinking about it, Victoria immediately concluded that this was the case.
"That damn girl, you treat her so well, how could she kick you out? She's getting more and more rebellious now that she's married into the Blackwood family and become a wealthy young lady. She doesn't even care about her own sister, let alone our family!"
Alexis opened her mouth to explain, but she was too tired and just pushed Xu Yuanhui away with a weary expression. "Mom, please stop talking."
"What do you mean 'stop talking', what I'm saying is the truth." Victoria became angrier the more she spoke. "We should have seen it earlier, she's a betrayal . We shouldn't have let her into our family in the first place."
"She's now the wealthy young lady of the Blackwood family, and she doesn't care about you or our family at all."
Alexis couldn't bear to listen anymore and covered her ears to block out the noise.
Her mother stepped forward and removed Alexis' hands from her ears.
"You have to listen whether you want to or not! If only we had known that Mr. Blackwood was not as old as he seemed, we wouldn't have let you go abroad and marry. Now, he's become someone superior to us, and we don't know how to deal with him in the future."
"Mom, please stop. What "White-Eyed Wolf'? She's my sister." Alexis said, rubbing her temples.
" You still think of her as your sister?" Victoria suddenly burst into laughter.
"You're so kind and naive. Only you would be so foolish as to take care of her for the Blackwood family. Your father and I have never treated her as a daughter. She's just a tool."
At these words, Alexis' face grew noticeably colder. "No matter what she's been through or where she came from, she's still my sister!" Alexis emphasized.
"Fine, she's your sister. You can keep thinking that," her mother's tone softened. She sat down and caught a whiff of tobacco and a faint smell of alcohol from Alexis. She remembered smelling it when she first entered the room and frowned.
"Alexis, have you been smoking and drinking? Your blood is not good, and smoking too much can affect your health. You can't smoke or drink anymore. What will I do if something happens to you?"
As she spoke, Victoria suddenly remembered something and burst out laughing.
Luyanxi was a premature baby and had been weak since childhood, catching colds and getting sick every few days. At the same time, there was also a problem with the blood in her body.
And Avery, as her younger sister, had the same blood type as her.
Initially, the reason why Victoria agreed to bring Avery back from outside was because her blood type matched her daughter's.
Listening to her mother's calculating words, Alexis' head hurt even more.
"Avery has suffered a lot outside since she was young. Even if I get sick, I won't let her sacrifice her body to save me. Mom, please go out. I need to rest."
Alexis got up and pushed her mom out, then locked the door.
Back in bed, she couldn't sleep and tossed and turned.
Grandma was sick and still in the sanatorium.
The cost of five hundred thousand dollars could be solved by selling the old house for a good price. The problem now was that Grandpa didn't agree to sell the old house.
Alexis immediately thought of her current location. If this villa were sold, it could also fetch a good price.
But after thinking it over, she still felt it was not feasible.
Apart from her parents definitely not agreeing, if they sold the house, where would the family live? That was a big problem.
Oh, right!
Alexis suddenly remembered that she had received many precious gifts on her birthday before. Perhaps she could consider selling some jewelry to ease the urgent need.
With this in mind, she quickly went to the dressing table and took out a red silk box from the bottom drawer.
Inside were her cherished jewelry, all brand new and unused.
But every piece that she picked up made her feel reluctant to part with it. One pair of bangles was a gift from her first love, with great significance that she couldn't sell.
The 25-carat limited edition pink diamond ring was a birthday gift from her father, who had bought it for 2.2 million dollars from abroad, and held a special emotional value that couldn't be sold.
Then there was the DH pearl necklace, a gift from her favorite Italian pianist at a dinner party...
Alexis looked through the jewelry box and found that each piece had a significant meaning and could not be discarded.
Where could she come up with the 500,000 dollars needed
This question had also troubled Avery all night, as Ethan had said that he would continue to sleep in the study tonight, while she slept in the bedroom next to his.
The bed was large, and she rolled from left to right, from sleeping vertically to horizontally, with nothing on her mind but Ethan's half-masked face tonight, and the words her sister had told her.
Grandma's heart disease had recurred, and her dad refused to spend money to send her to a major hospital for treatment, and she had been living in a sanatorium for a long time.
The total cost was 500,000 dollars, and where could she find this amount?
She had actually thought of borrowing from Ethan , but she thought of her sister's words and Lena's dignified and imposing demeanor, and quietly gave up on the idea.
At some point, she fell asleep and when she woke up again, it was already the next morning.
As she was going downstairs, Ethan had already finished his breakfast in the dining room and came out. When he saw Avery , a hint of gentleness appeared in his phoenix eyes behind the mask.
"Eat your breakfast and go to school. It's too tiring to run around. You don't need to go to the hospital to take care of Julian in the morning. This way, you can also avoid meeting your aunt."
He was surprisingly considerate of her. Avery was very grateful in her heart and nodded, "Okay, I understand. You can go now, Mr. Blackwood. See you tonight."
Gu Hansheng felt it necessary to correct her calling him do formally, but he thought it was not too late to let her change it after they reissued their marriage certificate tomorrow.
Ethan nodded slightly, "See you tonight."
After speaking, he left.
Avery followed him out and watched Gu Hansheng get into the car and drive away. She even waved her hand symbolically towards the car.
If someone didn't know, they would think that she and Ethan were an affectionate old couple. It wasn't until the car drove far away and disappeared from sight that she turned back and went to the dining room.
Thanks to what happened last night, the servants at home became particularly enthusiastic when they saw her.
"Good morning, Madam."
"Madam, come and taste it. The soy milk made today must be better than your sister's. And there are also steamed buns..."
"What's so good about soy milk? Madam, come and have a cup of hot milk. This milk just arrived fresh this morning. I think drinking milk is better for girls' skin care..."