I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 118: A Typical Example of Being Both a Leader and a Protagonist

"You are……"

Ron was immediately wary of seeing a total stranger being so enthusiastic.

"I'm your great aunt, Dill's aunt, Carlotta."

The wrinkles on the old woman's face look so dense that they could pinch a fly to death.

Her smile doesn't make people feel close to her at all, but instead it gives people a sinister feeling as if she is hiding a dagger.

"I held you in my arms when I was a child. I never thought you would grow up to be such a beautiful girl...Will you come back with me after this?"

Although Carlotta asked, her words revealed a strong desire for control.

As he spoke, he grabbed Ron's arm.

This made Ron very uncomfortable, and he subconsciously pushed Carlotta's hand away.

Before she could answer, she heard a voice not far away.

"Look who this is, our distinguished guest..."

A man in a suit and tie came over.

"Nice to meet you, Ron. I'm your mother's uncle, Cortland."

Unlike Carlotta who only had eyes for Ron, his gaze immediately turned to Su Fan.

"Who is this……"

"Vansu, my friend."

Cortland looked Su Fan up and down.

The man who could be brought to his mother's funeral is not just a friend.

"Hello."

Su Fan simply said hello and stopped talking.

He doesn't like the atmosphere here.

It looks gorgeous and polite, but it exudes a sense of decay and decadence everywhere.

It's like a group of people who traveled through time from the Middle Ages.

The two watched as the crowd carried Dill's coffin and took it to the family cemetery.

"Master Fansu, who do you think is good and who is bad about those two people just now?"

Suddenly, Ron spoke in a low voice.

Su Fan looked at the people busying around with an expressionless face.

“None of them are good.”

Showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing.

Those two people just now were overly enthusiastic towards Ron.

What could attract them about a child who has been away from his family for more than 20 years?

It was nothing more than the status she inherited from Dill and the contract between her and Lashe.

"From your tone, it seems that you think they are both good and bad."

"Let me guess, you think Cortland is better than Carlotta?"

"I advise you to sober up."

Su Fan's tone was calm.

"Your mother is dead. Now you are a lone person in your family, and a lone person with a special inheritance."

"People like this will be looked down upon even if they have lived in the same family since childhood, not to mention that you are an outsider."

"Now think about it, who can you trust?"

Hearing Su Fan's words, Ron's body seemed to stiffen a little, but he quickly nodded.

She really should have been wary.

After the funeral, Su Fan and Ron were quickly taken to the ancestral home in Mayfair to attend a reception with relatives and friends.

The two entered through the front door and came to the living room, at which time a waiter came from behind.

"Is this Miss Rowan? Your aunt is waiting for you in the study."

The waiter glanced at Su Fan and added.

"She just wants you to go alone."

Upon hearing this, Su Fan immediately let go of Ron's arm.

It would be better for them to act separately. He would go here to find out where Lashe had gone.

But I didn't expect that I felt a pulling force on my arm.

"If Fansu can't go, I won't go either."

Ron's attitude was very firm and there was no room for negotiation.

"This……"

The waiter hesitated.

"Okay then, please follow me." Su Fan turned his head and met Ron's apologetic eyes.

The latter actually thinks this is a bit bad.

But after the previous conversation, she suddenly felt that as a bystander with no vested interest, Su Fan might be able to see through the truth that she could not see clearly.

This is especially important to her.

Soon, the two of them walked through the main hall and came to the study.

When he saw Ron, Carrot once again showed his chrysanthemum-like smile, but when he saw Su Fan beside him, he put on a dead face.

Ron suddenly felt a palpitation at this moment. She subconsciously looked up and saw Su Fan's somewhat cold smile beside her.

"I asked Fansu to come here. He is not an outsider, so it doesn't matter."

Sensing that something was wrong, Ron immediately started to explain.

"We were always inseparable and he had a right to know everything I knew."

Hearing this, Carlotta didn't say anything, but took out a stack of photos and began to talk to Ron about her mother.

He talked about how good his relationship with Dill was, and how he had taken great pains to take care of his daily life over the past thirty years.

This also includes Ron's adoptive mother.

"I'm sorry I didn't go to her funeral to say goodbye to her. But I'm even more sorry for you. My condolences.

I can’t imagine the pain of losing both of your mothers.”

Carlotta expressed regret.

"Thank you...but she never told me a word about these photos and memories...why?"

Hearing this question, a gleam of light appeared in Carlotta's old eyes.

She told Ron that this was all for his own good.

The condition that foster mother Elena allowed Ron to take him away was that he must not mention these things, in order to keep Ron away from that existence.

That is Rashe.

The people in this family are not normal. They will lie and try to tell Ron that Lasher is a gift from God to her.

But in fact the other party is an evil devil.

Carlotta also said that in the past, Lashe had chosen her to be his witch, but she rejected it outright because she was devoted to serving God.

After that, Lasher had to settle for the next best thing and approached Ron's mother, Dill.

She expressed her apologies for the incident.

However, he hoped that Ron would not be like her mother, who was tempted by the devil and turned into a fallen woman.

"laugh……"

At this moment, a laugh suddenly sounded from Ron's side.

Their conversation was abruptly interrupted, and they looked towards the place where the sound came from.

But Su Fan looked normal.

This insignificant episode did not affect the conversation between the two.

After a meaningless conversation, Ron and Su Fan left the study.

"Master Fansu, what were you laughing at just now?"

Seeing that they were some distance away from Carlotta, Ron asked in confusion.

"There is a saying in the East: to be both responsible and upright."

"It means that they are doing dirty and vile things secretly, but they still say that they are good people and pretend to be virtuous in order to gain a good reputation for themselves."

"This shameless look is really rare."

Su Fan smiled and turned around.

"You mean Carlotta?"

"Who else could it be if not her?"

Su Fan answered as a matter of course.

"She doesn't have any talent. The only advantage she has in this family is probably that she lives long enough."

"He is such a person, and he has the nerve to flatter others in his words and deeds, and use your mother to highlight his strong will and devout faith."

"But in fact, Lashe has no interest in even looking at someone like her."

"And yet she had the nerve to say that she rejected Lashe's humble request."

"Not only did he say the grapes were sour because he couldn't eat them, but he also implied something about her mother to his daughter."

"Shameless old thing."

"And there is another crucial point."

"Sip checked the doctor's memory. Every time he injected your mother with an overdose of sedatives, there was an old woman supervising."

"So, in the past thirty years, was she here to take care of your mother or to imprison her? You should have the answer in your mind, right?"

(End of this chapter)