She slowly raised her head and looked at her father's loving smile. She had never seen it since she could remember.
Inexplicably, her eyes were wet.
She pursed her lips and was about to say something when she saw her father turned his head and looked at Joseph.
He smiled and said to Joseph: "Look at my little daughter, she is born with an impatient temper."
At this point, he sighed in a serious manner and continued: "It was because of this temper that when she was engaged to William last time, because the other party's parents did not agree, she was so angry that she drove and killed the other party's father."
"Fortunately, my eldest daughter had a way to negotiate with William and promised to marry him, so Emily did not go to jail. However, for some reason, the wedding should have been held as scheduled last time, but William suddenly cancelled it. It seems that the hatred for Emily has not yet subsided, and even her sister is unwilling to let go."
Emily heard her father's reversal of things, and her heart, which was warmed by his caring tone just now, slowly cooled down again.
It turned out that she was too naive. How could this father be good to her!
In his eyes, there is only Abigail, this daughter!
"It seems that your eldest daughter is really a good sister who loves her younger sister!" At this time, Joseph suddenly spoke, his voice was neither cold nor hot, and it was impossible to tell whether his words were a compliment or criticism.
Christopher did not hear it either, and was stunned for a few seconds, and automatically understood this sentence as a compliment.
"Who said they are sisters, and the sisterly love is deep!" Christopher replied with a smile.
Abigail also took the opportunity to giggle: "Yes, my sister is impatient and loves to make trouble. I have been used to it since I was a child. Anyway, she is my sister. No matter how big the trouble is, I will take it for her."
Emily heard it, and a sneer hung on her lips.
These people are really good at lying, without blushing or beating their hearts.
She looked up and looked at Joseph. Although she was confident that this man was so powerful, he must have known her details and the environment of her family.
But she was still a little afraid that he would believe his father and sister's lies, and think that he was really so cruel that he could drive his fiancé's father to death.
When Emily looked up, Joseph also moved his eyes to her face.
At the moment of their eyes meeting, Emily did not smile this time, but looked at his dark eyes very seriously.
But Joseph's eyes stayed on her face for only a short second, and then moved away casually.
Seeing this, Christopher and Abigail were crazy with joy. They thought that Joseph must have believed what they said and that Emily was a woman who would cause trouble.
Emily quietly looked at Joseph who looked away, looking very leisurely, like the breeze and the bright moon. At this moment, she really didn't know what he was thinking, and whether he was affected by his father's words.
After dinner, Daniel said respectfully, "Master, I have asked the servants to clean up the bedroom upstairs!"
"Is Joseph going to stay here tonight?" Hearing this, Christopher, his stepmother, and Abigail were all flattered.
As the saying goes, the closer you are to the water, the richest man in the world lives here, which gives his daughter Abigail the advantage of getting the moon first.
But Joseph did not respond to him, as if he turned a deaf ear to his words.
"Prepare some medicine to help digestion!" After saying this, Joseph turned and went upstairs.
Emily stayed downstairs for a while, watching her father, stepmother, and Abigail go upstairs before going upstairs.
She didn't know which floor Joseph lived on or which room he lived in, and she didn't think of going to him to explain what her father and others said at night. She thought that he was so powerful that he would not be deceived.
As soon as they went upstairs, the door of the room in front of them, which had been locked since they moved in and no one was allowed to enter, suddenly opened, and the soft light from inside suddenly came out.
While Emily was in a daze, she suddenly felt a warmth on her wrist and was pulled in.
As the door was gently closed, Emily also saw the tall man in front of her, the one she had offended because of her wrong words before dinner.
"Are you not angry anymore?" Emily looked up, looked into his evil eyes, and asked.
Joseph looked at her, lifted her smooth chin with his long fingers, and carefully looked at her eyebrows and her delicate lips as if appreciating beautiful things...
"You know I'm angry, but you come up so late?" Joseph's voice was unusually magnetic and low, like a string that was neither thick nor thin, but played a beautiful melody that made people feel sad.
"I thought you didn't want to see me!" Emily stared at his handsome face quietly, and felt that he was no longer angry, and she felt inexplicably happy in her heart.
"If I didn't want to see you, I wouldn't stay here!" Joseph said with a warm smile.
Emily raised her lips and smiled playfully: "I thought you stayed for my sister who loves and protects her."
Joseph was fascinated by her sudden charming smile. After a while, he whispered: "She should be grateful to have a sister like you!"
His voice was so gentle that it seemed to penetrate directly into Emily's heart, making her whole body suddenly warm.
"Why?" Emily pretended not to understand, and asked with her big clear eyes, puzzled and naive.
Shen Minghe stretched out his finger and gently scratched her nose, and smiled: "Do you think anyone can live in my manor? Because they are your relatives, they have this honor!"