My Mute Wife

After writing the last word, the incense in Lexie’s hand also broke off a piece.

“At this point, you still want to play tricks on me?”

Tina’s face was very grim, “Of course you refuse to admit that you snitched, which murderer admits that he killed someone?”

Unable to argue with her, Lexie knelt down and wrote down.

[Edith Mitchell]

“You said it was Edith who snitched?” Tina first froze for a moment, not knowing what came to mind, suddenly sneered, “Find the right person to pass the buck, before Victor’s accident, Edith didn’t even know about us, do you think I’m stupid?”

Lexie looked at her quietly, her gaze calm and alarming.

Tina was stupid, but she was not an idiot.

That day it was Edith who let her go to the wine cellar, instead of asking a waiter to do so, which was supposed to be a suspicious place. No one knew why Tina and Victor went to the wine cellar, but she was sure, it was definitely related to Edith.

“Impossible!” Tina’s face suddenly looked pale.

She suddenly thought of Peter’s birthday banquet before, Edith invited her three times to be sure to be there, and in her face instructed the waiter to take wine.

”Creak”, the door closing sounded, and Tina came and went in a hurry, her figure already disappearing in the doorway.

Looking at the ancestral hall door that had been closed tightly again, Lexie let out a sigh of relief, her hand was uncomfortable, and only when she spread her palm did she see the incense that had been broken into countless pieces, her hand was covered in powder.

The following day, Lexie was awakened by the sound of the door opening.

“Mrs. Howard, wake up.”

Lexie was cold beneath her, and her eyes opened in a daze as she braced herself against the hard floor and barely supported herself.

Butler Lee waited at the door, “Mrs. Howard, Mr. Stanley said you can come out now.”

Lexie nodded, and when she stood up, her knees went numb, and if it weren’t for the help of the servants on both sides, she would almost have fallen over.

Looking at the servant’s skilled stance, did the Howard family often have people coming to kneel at the ancestral hall?

The servants helped Lexie into the guest room.

The guest room was a suite with a living room, clean clothes on the bed, and hot water clattering in the bathroom.

Lexie froze for a moment, [Aren’t we going to see Mr. Stanley?]

“Mr. Stanley told you to change clothes and have breakfast before going to the living room.”

[Where is Alan?]

“Mr. Alan should be with Mr. Stanley at this moment.”

[He didn’t leave last night?]

“No.”

At that, Lexie thought for a moment, [I’ll just do it myself, you guys go out.]

“Yes, Mrs. Howard.”

In the bathroom, the water was dense, and Lexie soaked her entire body inside the bathtub, thinking about the recording that Tina gave her to listen to last night, she felt her heart suffocating.

The way Alan had changed his attitude toward her during this time, in the end he was for the prescription.

After a good while of holding her breath, Lexie jerked out of the water and breathed heavily.

After breakfast, Lexie went to see Mr. Stanley.

Mr. Stanley was eating breakfast, and Alan and Tina were also accompanying him, seeing Lexie enter, Alan only gave a faint glance and didn’t say a word.

Mr. Stanley said, “Have you eaten yet? Sit down and eat together if you haven’t.”

[I’ve eaten.]

“Sit down.”

“Did you think it all through at the ancestral hall last night?”

Lexie was confused hearing that.

Mr. Stanley gave her a look, “Do you know why you were made to kneel in the ancestral hall?”

Lexie shook her head.

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Lexie subconsciously glanced at Alan.

Alan still looked as steady as a mountain, his face unchanged as he sipped his porridge, as if the old man talking to her didn’t have half a thing to do with him.

“Grandpa, why are you talking to her so much?” Tina rolled her eyes and chucked vegetables into the old man’s bowl, “We should just let her kneel longer so she doesn’t come and interfere with your meal.”

Stanley said, “Yes, to a pawn of the Mitchell family, it’s useless to say too much. Stupidity can still be saved, but if you can’t understand current affairs, then it’s really hopeless.”

[I don’t understand what you mean.]

“Forget it, from today onwards, you’ll be staying at the summer resort.”

When those words fell, Lexie was stunned.

Tina bounced straight up from her chair, “What do you mean let her live here? What gives her the right to live here?”

Stanley glanced at Tina with displeasure, “Just because she is Alan’s wife.”

Tina obviously didn’t expect such an outcome.

And Lexie was even more surprised, last night she clearly heard the contents of the recording Tina gave her, which clearly meant to put her to death, how come Stanley let herself stay here?

She suddenly had a bad feeling about this.

“Grandpa, because of this mute my cousin.”

“That’s enough,” Stanley set aside the chopsticks in his hand heavily and gave Tina a warning glance, “Tina, you’ve become more and more unruly lately, sit down.”

Even if Tina was more capricious and presumptuous, she didn’t dare to disobey the old man’s wishes.

“Alan, what do you mean?”

Alan also set aside his chopsticks, uttering, “At your disposal, Grandpa.”

Lexie stared at him in a daze.

After breakfast, Lexie followed Alan back to his room.

All along the way, Lexie was apprehensive, she always felt that Stanley didn’t have any good intentions in leaving her in this place.

Lexie was about to take the tea brought by the maid, but was pulled by Alan to sit down.

“Did you get that bruise on your leg last night?”

Lexie nodded.

After kneeling all night, her knees had long been bruised, and she couldn’t have walked on her own in the morning if not for the help of the servants.

“Grandpa told you to kneel at the ancestral hall, and you literally kneeled all night, are you stupid?”

“Mr. Alan, the medicine is brought over.”

Alan nodded slightly and waved the servant away.

”Click”, after the door slammed shut, Alan squatted down to apply medicine to her knee.

Lexie was startled and showed a flattered look, [I’ll do it myself.]

“Don’t move.”

He rubbed the ointment away, the ointment was probably blood activating and blood stasis relieving, when it was first applied, there was a bit of a burning sensation, but it soon cooled, the smell of musk spread through the room.

At this moment, Alan’s behavior was again very different from the time he was just at the dining room.

“It shouldn’t be much of a problem.”

[Thank you.]

Alan wiped his hands and sat down on one side.

Lexie was careful, [Can I not live here?]

Alan’s brow furrowed, “Grandpa only stays here for two months a year, and in another month he’ll leave J City, so you won’t have to stay here anymore then.”

[I have to work. It’s inconvenient to get back and forth here.]

“I have asked leaves for you.”

Lexie wanted to say something, but eventually dropped her hand and lowered her head without saying a word.

Stanley asked her to stay here, probably he intended to find a suitable change to get her killed.

Alan suddenly took her hand in his, “Not happy?”