Chapter 710 What Are You Playing At (1/2)

Emily could say nothing. Ancho had already begun crying desperately, and she seemed quite miserable, though she acted as if she were pretending to be fine, saying, ”I, I'm fine...”

Despite the pretense, Ancho answered in a way which suggested that she was being treated unfairly and was not able to speak about it. She was clearly playing the victim.

However, contrary to her expectations, Jacob did not show any concern for her, but rather walked to Emily and asked in a gentle tone, ”What's wrong with her?”

Emily shook her head in some confusion, ”I don't really know. This lady seems to be putting on a performance. I don't know what she's playing at.”

After hearing this, Ancho's face became even more aggrieved and she denied emphatically, ”I, I'm not...”

However, Jacob and Emily still paid no attention to her, despite her overly dramatic attitude.

It was Beryl who bought into her show, and she stood in front of Ancho and quite emotionally seemed to be protecting her. Beryl said angrily, ”Daddy, don't you understand? This woman is bullying Ancho!”

”Don't call her 'this woman' or 'that woman', Beryl. It is unacceptably rude,” Jacob admonished his daughter. It had never occurred to Jacob that, during the long days of his absence, Beryl could change so much. Obviously she had come under the bad influence of this nanny while he was away.

What was even worse, this maid was attempting to frame Emily!

He was not blind or deaf, so how could he not see through her dirty tricks? Though these tricks could only fool a gullible child, the problem was that Beryl was Emily's weak point.

”Daddy!” Beryl cried while she stamped her little foot in anxiety, then she asked, ”Are you getting so old that you have became confused? How can you not tell the difference between right and wrong?”

Jacob had been feeling a growing vexation at her attitude, but hearing his daughter's rant, he laughed suddenly and asked, ”You little fool! Who do you think can't tell the difference between right and wrong? I think you have been taught to be bad. So it is better for me to teach you myself from now on.”

”What about Ancho?” she asked in consternation.

”The Gu Family doesn't need a maid who is so calculating,” he explained calmly while looking at Ancho with a speculative gaze.

Ancho, who had been confident with Beryl standing up for her, suddenly paled as she heard his words. Her expression changed and she began to protest, ”Sir...”