Due to the coldness and cruelty of the Riddle family towards Selena and Nevaeh, Patrick was very disgusted with the Riddle family and didn't pay much attention to them.
After hearing Oscar's words, he thought carefully for a moment and asked, "What's wrong with what my father said?"
"Many things," Oscar replied calmly. "The death of the Riddle family's second young lady, their disregard and ruthlessness towards all their daughters, the second young master suddenly taking another wife, and Maddox suddenly agreeing to marry into the Soo family... none of it makes sense."
Although the old couple from the Riddle family were never good people to begin with, their mistreatment of Nevaeh made it seem almost inevitable that they would also mistreat Selena.
But Oscar still felt that there were many things that didn't add up.
Patrick frowned. "Selena was close to the Riddle family's young lady, and she should know something about the second young lady's death."
Oscar remembered how the Riddle family had brazenly brought their mistress and illegitimate daughter to the gambling convention today, and how Selena had beaten up the woman. After a moment of contemplation, he instructed, "Keep an eye on her for a while."
Patrick knew that "her" referred to Selena. The woman Selena had beaten up was not likely to let it go easily, given how vicious she was.
He nodded. "I'll go pick up Selena after the gambling convention is over."
As for the abnormalities within the Riddle family, the Turner family didn't have the standing to pay too much attention to them, and could only rely on Leon to investigate.
...
At the gambling convention.
Everyone held their breath and stared unblinkingly at the stone-cutting machine.
Aurelia pointed to the spot where the green emerged and said confidently, "Start cutting from here."
This was an emperor green jade of considerable size, and most stone-cutting masters wouldn't dare to touch it lightly.
The stone-cutters wiped the sweat from their foreheads and, with the help of a few assistants, began to cut the stone.
As the sound of the cutting grew louder and louder, everyone's hearts grew tighter and tighter.
Aurelia took the opportunity to glance at Selena. After all, such a large piece of emperor green jade was something that no one could afford to ignore.
And this is also the only stone that Selena has ever fought with her for.
Aurelia didn't quite believe that she was only doing this to retaliate against Edith's disrespect. She was more inclined to think that Selena was also interested in this stone, but gave up because she wasn't sure if it could yield an imperial green.
Aurelia originally thought she would see Selena nervous and uneasy, but she didn't expect Selena to be talking to her boyfriend, not even glancing in her direction.
This dismissive attitude made Aurelia feel inexplicably uncomfortable. The stone she got before was no match for Selena, which made her feel particularly frustrated, as someone who had never been defeated.
At the critical moment, the fact that the other party still didn't regard her as an opponent at all, made Aurelia feel a painful blow to her self-esteem.
Unable to bear it any longer, Aurelia spoke up, "Miss Turner, won't you come and take a look at this stone?"
Selena was originally talking to Osvaldo. When she heard Aurelia's words, she turned to look at her and said, "There's nothing worth looking at."
Naturally, there was no need to pay special attention.
Aurelia held back for a moment, but couldn't resist anymore, "Miss Bennett, are you looking down on me?"
She had thrown the gauntlet at Selena to challenge her, but the other party had such an attitude. It was unpleasant to think about it.
Selena didn't intend to pay any attention to Aurelia, but the latter's persistence interrupted her conversation with Osvaldo.
Selena smiled and finally turned her attention to the stone that Aurelia was opening, her expression becoming playful.
"Since Miss Bennett is so sincere in her invitation, I guess I can take a look," she said in a domineering tone, making Aurelia clench her fists in anger.
She smiled, "I hope you can still be so confident later."
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