“Since you like staying here so much, just stay then.”
Olive was speechless about this and simply didn’t bother dealing with her anymore. She returned to her desk to continue her work, gave her a cold treatment, and treated her as air.
Some people didn’t have dignity, so why should she respect them.
Although Ted and Rou had stepped out, they were still paying attention to the activity inside the office with their ears. They’re ready to deal with the emergency anytime.
“You think, how could there be such a shameless woman? Doesn’t she have a lot of money at home? She acted like a stupid person, yet she still talked about quality with me. Pooh! She deserves it.” Rou couldn’t dissipate her righteous indignation in her heart and took a few sips of water on the table.
“Auntie, you should drink slowly.” Ted looked at her, really afraid that she would choke.
“You say, why do you think Mrs. Hoyle is fancy of her? If she’s talking about moral quality, talking about accomplishment, she clearly knows that Ophelia had done all wicked things. Yet, she still defends her. Isn’t it because that woman has a powerful father? Mr. Hoyle isn’t someone who would live off a woman. Does he need to be engaged in the so-called business marriage? From his mother’s point of view, her son’s feelings could originally be sold by weight. Hey, that’s the happiness of his lifetime. No wonder Mr. Hoyle is angry. Do you think that since that lady was getting old, her sight turned bad, and she's not clear-headed anymore….”
Rou eloquently spoke with much energy, but Ted was shocked to realize that Mrs. Hoyle had stood behind her with a gloomy face. The trouble is coming.
As he signaled her by blinking his eyes, she replied with a frustrating sentence, “What are you doing? Do your eyes hurt or are you having a spasm? Do you want me to blow it?”
Ted had completely failed her, then he greeted the person behind her, “Mrs. Hoyle.”
But the woman was completely insensitive and she responded a bit later, “What’s with Mrs. Hoyle? I always feel that she’s a silly old woman. Why didn’t she look up to Sister Olive? She’s such a nice woman, if she doesn’t accept her, that’s her loss.”
“Then you tell me, what’s good about Olive?” Mrs. Hoyle appeared in front of her calmly.
Rou was startled by the sudden voice. She’s a bit short-sighted and didn’t like to wear spectacles. She felt that it would hinder the beauty of her big eyes. She was afraid as she saw the person clearly and was shocked. She couldn’t just casually speak ill of someone behind their back.
But she spoke the truth, why should she be afraid? Thinking about this, she boldly asked, “Then you say, what’s bad about Sister Olive?”
This question made Mrs. Hoyle speechless. To be honest, that night after both her sons met her, she also gave a thought carefully. Even she couldn’t think of Olive’s goodness, she also couldn’t figure out her bad side.
Perhaps it was because of the strong first impression that had been ingrained. All these years, she’s used to treating Ophelia as the only candidate as her daughter-in-law, so Olive’s appearance caused rejection in her heart. She even turned a blind eye to her good points and overlooked Ophelia’s shortcomings. Even went along with Ophelia’s devious means and became her accomplice, regardless of right or wrong.
Rou saw that she was silent for a while, muttered, “You can’t answer, right?”
Mrs. Hoyle was someone with pride. How could she easily be defeated in front of a youngster, “I’m the one who asked first, but you replied with a question instead.”
Rou said, “If you can figure out Sister Olive’s one shortcoming, I can spell out ten sorts of her goodness to you. Do you dare to bet with me? I will spell out one of her goodness, but can you figure out ten of her shortcomings?”
“Have a bet?” Mrs. Hoyle looked like she’s heard something funny, “I think you don’t have anything better to do and felt bored at your job.”
Seeing the tension between both of them, Ted hurriedly stood up and intervene them, “Mrs. Hoyle, Rou is young and ignorant. Please don’t be offended. Sister Olive has let us know that you can directly go inside after you arrived.”
Ted felt that his superior was simply able to predict something accurately. She knew that Mrs. Hoyle and Ophelia would come looking for her, it’s just that it’s too fast.
“It’s fine.” Mrs. Hoyle’s expression eased up a bit and slightly felt surprised. Olive had expected that she would come looking for her?
Rou looked as the old lady walked in and she was being pulled again. She took her time and stomped at Ted’s foot, “How can you let her in? Are you letting both that women bully Sister Olive?”
“Auntie, I know that you have slight admiration towards Sister Olive. I understand your urgency to defend your idol. But please, I beg you to stop be a trouble maker, can you?”
“What do you mean by trouble maker? You’re the trouble maker.” Rou was extremely unhappy with his remarks towards her. Did she do something wrong?
“You also don’t want that Sister Olive and her mother-in-law to always confront each other, right?” Ted asked patiently.
“Of course” Many people a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law never suited each other. This was the major reason why a marriage could fail. It could break the love if one was careless. She didn’t want that because of this old lady, the perfect couple in her mind would end tragically.
“So, you cannot stop Mrs. Hoyle from meeting Sister Olive. They should settle their problems by themselves. We are just outsiders and we couldn’t replace Sister Olive to make a final decision.” Ted was more reasonable and less emotional.
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