This Time, I'll Be the Villain's Favorite Daughter novel Chapter 284

This Time, I’ll Be the Villain’s Favorite Daughter

Chapter 284 The Punishment

He never planned to go easy on any of the children in the family.

Only when it came to Alfred’s generation did he leave the matter to Edric.

He wanted to see how Edric would handle those two children.

The result was surprisingly gentle.

Philbert still remembered what happened ten years ago. A group of children from Edric’s generation had planned a spectacular escape, but no one knew who the mastermind was.

He had wanted to send people to bring them back.

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But those kids were incredibly clever. Even though they had barely experienced the outside world, they split up and disappeared as soon as they got off the plane.

Tracking them down would have wasted too much time and resources.

In the end, Philbert let the matter go.

But even now, when he thought about it, it still bothered him.

Maya grabbed George’s shirt and asked softly, “Grandpa, then what do you want to do?”

“How long do you think Edric can hold out before he comes begging me for your sake?” Philbert suddenly laughed and waved at her. “Come here, Maya.”

Maya instantly felt a chill run down her spine.

But she didn’t dare refuse. She could only slowly shuffle forward.

It’s not like he was going to kill her or anything.

After all, she had spent some time with him before.

Philbert looked her over. “I originally told Toby to bring both of you back. But the one who came was George.

“A carefree guy like him was actually willing to come for you?”

Not bad.

That was what he thought.

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Philbert pulled her over to sit beside him. They were a little too close. She held her breath for two seconds before blurting out, “Grandpa, did you call us here just to force Edric to come and apologize to you?”

Am I his bargaining chip?

What a strange old man.

He simply couldn’t stand the children in the family challenging his authority.

Edric’s decision to go easy during the training had obviously upset this old–fashioned man.

Philbert smiled. “You’re not as stupid as I thought.”

He glanced at Maya’s swinging legs and spoke in a deep voice, “Sit properly.”

Maya pouted.

Here we go again.

She said, “Can you tell Edric not to come? We’re the ones who got special treatment. You can just punish us directly.”

Instead of forcing Edric to admit he was wrong.

Maya honestly felt that Edric had been under too much pressure his whole life. No wonder he was so different now compared to when he was a child.

Every step he took was watched. Every decision he made was judged.

Just thinking about it sounded exhausting.

Philbert looked at his youngest grandson. “What about you, Alfred? What do

you

think?”

“I don’t care,” Alfred said. He had always lived with the attitude that life was full of all kinds of ups and downs, and nothing really mattered.

Even if someone put a knife to his neck, he probably wouldn’t care.

Whatever Maya said was fine with him.

Philbert’s gaze returned to Maya. He looked a little surprised. “Are you standing up for Edric?

“You’ve always had this strange kind of courage, little girl.”

Maya shrugged. “As long as nobody dies, it’s all good.”

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In her opinion, as long as she was alive, everything was fine.

There was nothing she couldn’t accept.

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Every time Philbert met her, this child managed to surprise him with her personality all over again.

“Fine. The two of you will kneel in the family shrine for two days.

“After those two days, I won’t pursue Edric’s matter anymore.”

Maya agreed immediately. “Deal!”

George was the first to object. He stepped forward and tried to plead for them. “No way. She’s still a kid, Grandpa.”

Philbert got annoyed the moment he saw him.

He had locked George in a dark room more than a few times when he was younger. Yet he never learned his lesson. He just loved having fun and causing trouble.

“Get out. This has nothing to do with you,” he said.

“Then how about this?” George truly had no fear at all. He took another step forward. “Why don’t you punish me too and make me kneel with them?”

Philbert shot him a cold glance.

George dragged out his words. “I really, really want to kneel in the family shrine.”

The way

he said it was no different from someone saying, “I really want to get beaten up.”

Just hearing it was enough to make anyone angry.

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