Elvir snorted. "I call it 'doing the public a good deed and defending the marriages of other families'."
Everleigh felt her laugh bubbling up. Doing good for the public? Wasn't he signing himself up for a sure-fire way to bring trouble upon himself?
Obviously, he had been beaten up by someone else.
In the evening, Alastair, Adrienne and Theodore came over together. Alastair put down his bag and began to pore over the documents.
Everleigh couldn't help but feel pleased to see that her son was able to handle matters at such a young age. Then she looked at Adrienne, who was stuffing her face with food.
"Alas, why is there such a big gap between the two of them?"
Theodore listened to her words with some confusion.
"Isn't that nice of Adrienne?"
"As a girl you should be self-reliant, lest you lose your ability to live when a man can't be relied upon." This was what Everleigh had thought when she was a child.
Hearing this, Theodore gave Alastair a meaningful look. "It doesn't matter. If her husband doesn't provide for her, let Alastair do it."
Alastair sat on the couch and listened to Theodore's words. His hand halted for a moment.
"She has to learn to stand on her own two feet. I'll have a wife and children to support in the future." Alastair's words were simply astonishing.
Theodore and Everleigh were a little surprised. Alastair hadn't said that before.
Adrienne turned her head and looked at him. "No can do, I'll stay in your house and won't budge."
Alastair rolled his eyes at her. Couldn't his sister have gotten a little more aspiring?
Such an idea was not good at all.
Adrienne's childish and angry voice made Everleigh laugh. It was surprising that she had such an opinion.
The following day, Theodore took Alastair and Adrienne shopping. It was a rare vacation, so he wanted to get something tasty.
After they left, Everleigh received a call from Elvir.
"Yes?"
"I found some clues in Qusay's belongings; I'm coming over to show you now."
"Great." Hearing his words, Everleigh was a little excited.
She didn't know what the clues meant.
However, having a clue was good; it was better than nothing.
When Elvir came in, he saw Missha enter before he had a chance to speak.
"Everleigh..." Before Missha could finish her words, she saw Elvir standing to the side. Her expression stiffened as she asked, "You are... Elvir?"
"Long time no see, Miss Jenkins."
"It's really you. I haven' t seen you for so many years. You've really changed a lot, I don't even recognize you," Missha said, astounded.
When Elvir first came to the Jenkins family, he had been a handsome young man. Who would have thought that he had turned into such a different man?
Elvir's showed a bitter smile. "True, everyone has changed a lot. Only you haven't changed much, Miss Jenkins."
"I'm getting older. Even if I take good care of myself, I can't compare to the younger ones." Missha reached out her hand and touched her face.
She could feel how much she had changed these days.
Everleigh looked at Missha, who in fact looked really bad.
This time, she came back looking a little sickly.
"Of course not. Miss Jenkins, you are as elegant as ever." Elvir was telling the truth.
After so many years, she was no different from before.
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