Chapter 802
“It’s getting late. Go wash up first. I’ll go arrange the matter you mentioned just now and think of a way to make them work for us.”
With that, Ken Swanson walked towards the door.
“Where are you going?” Melody hurriedly asked, afraid that he would not come back for the entire night because he was angry with her.
“The study next door.”
Melody did not know what to say. After all, she did have something urgent to deal with. She could only suppress her emotions and say, “Got it. I’ll go wash up first.”
“Go on.”
Ken Swanson did not say anything else and left the bedroom.
As the door closed with a thud, Melody’s mood plummeted.
She dejectedly carried her pajamas into the bathroom, not sure if she should tell Ken Swanson the truth.
The truth was that she was already a dead person. Before she died, she was still the wife of that cockroach Ulric Swanson…
Not to mention that Ken Swanson might think that she was just fabricating a lie. Even if he believed her, it was hard to guarantee that he would not despise her.
After all, he had a grudge against Ulric Swanson and Astrid Swanson for killing his mother. If the roles were reversed, he would also hesitate to continue being with her.
Unknowingly, after a shower, Melody was still torn between “telling” and “not telling”.
At that moment, there was a knock on the door.
Was it Ken Swanson?
She felt inexplicably nervous and quickly walked over to open the door.
However, when the door opened, it was Lucy Colt, Margaret’s personal servant.
“Lucy Colt?”
Lucy Colt said in a low voice, “Young Madam, Mrs. Margaret is looking for you.”
“Now?”
“Yes, it is.”
Melody Fox glanced at the wall clock in the room. It was already past 10 p.m.
Usually, in this hour Margaret had already gone to bed early. Now that she suddenly called her over, she probably knew something…
Her heart skipped a beat as she hurriedly asked Lucy Colt. “Lucy Colt, does grandma know about our plan?”
Lucy Colt lowered her eyes and said guiltily, “I’m really sorry, Young Madam. I don’t want to betray you, but… but I really can’t lie to Mrs. Margaret. She has already guessed it herself. If she asks me directly, I can only…”
Melody sighed.
Although she had gained Lucy Colt’s trust, Lucy Colt was too loyal to Margaret. There was no way she could continue lying under such circumstances.
“I understand. Let’s go. I’ll apologize to Grandma.” “Please…”
Lucy Colt quickly made a “please” gesture, feeling. extremely guilty.
Soon, the two of them arrived at Margaret’s room.
Melody smelled a familiar scent as soon as she entered the room.
Before she could recall what the smell was, she was already in front of Margaret.
“Grandma…” She bit her lower lip. Before she could say anything, she heard Margaret say, “Kneel!”
Melody’s back stiffened slightly. After a moment, she obediently bent her knees to kneel.
However, Margaret spoke again, “If you’re not kneeling to me, kneel in the direction of the ancestral hall.”
Melody looked at Margaret Swanson in shock.
She pointed in a certain direction outside the window. Melody could tell that it was the small ancestral hall where Astrid Swanson was now.
Did this mean that she had to kneel down in front of Astrid Swanson?
If that was the case, she would probably not be able to kneel.
“Grandma, I…”
“Kneel!”
Margaret Swanson’s expression was solemn, and her eyes were unprecedentedly cold.
In her memory, Margaret had never shown such an expression to her. Even when she had met her for the first time, she had never looked at her like this.
Melody’s expression froze.
On one side was Astrid Swanson, her enemy, and on the other side was Margaret Swanson, who treated her very well. She really did not know if she should kneel down.
“What? What I said doesn’t work for you now?”
Melody gritted her teeth and finally knelt down in the direction of the small ancestral hall.
In any case, this was not in front of Astrid Swanson. Astrid Swanson would not know. She would just treat it as kneeling to Margaret Swanson.
However, to her surprise, as soon as she knelt down, Margaret Swanson followed suit.
The two of them knelt in the same direction, in the same small ancestral hall.
Melody turned to look at Margaret Swanson in surprise.
Before she could say anything, she saw Margaret Swanson put her palms together and slowly speak with her eyes closed piously and seriously.
“Ancestors, my granddaughter-in-law was insensible and did something foolish that almost harmed the family’s reputation. Now that she has realized her mistake, please forgive her this time on account that she did it for me and to expose that vicious woman’s true colors! When I go underground in the future, I will apologize to you again. Please don’t blame her for being a young and insensible child…”
Margaret Swanson mumbled. Because her voice was too soft, her words were unclear. However, Melody’s five senses were sharper than ordinary people. She could hear what Margaret Swanson said clearly.
Her eyes reddened and she felt a lump in her throat.
She had misunderstood Margaret Swanson. She did not want her to kneel to Astrid Swanson at all. Instead, she wanted her ancestors to kneel to the Swanson family.
Margaret Swanson did not want to blame her but wanted her to apologize to her ancestor.
The older generation respected their ancestor. To put it bluntly, Margaret Swanson was protecting her in front of their ancestor. The reason was that she really treated her as a member of the Swanson family.
Melody slowly clenched her fists. She was extremely touched and ashamed.
After a while, Margaret Swanson stopped mumbling and let Lucy Colt help her up.
“Get up after you kowtow.”
Melody did as she was told without hesitation.
After kowtowing, Margaret Swanson personally helped her up and told her the reason why she did this.-
The Swanson family was different from the Fox family. It was a large family with hundreds of years of heritage. There were countless collateral branches. Other than Old Master Li’s branch, there were also countless collateral branches. There was no lack of capable people among the collateral branches who held important positions in Insterimond.
Although Ramon Swanson had relied on Old Master Li’s, the Swanson Group to become the top figure in the family, the collateral relatives had always coveted the patriarch’s identity.
If today’s matter were to spread, it would be said that Ramon Swanson had admitted that he was a bad person and led a wolf into his house.
To put it seriously, Ramon Swanson’s foresight and ability were not up to the Swanson family’s position as the clan leader.
During the Swanson family unrest, the Swanson Group would also be in chaos… No one knew what the final outcome would be.
“I’m sorry, Grandma.”
Melody lowered her head in shame and said, “I thought I did the right thing, I didn’t think too much about it. I just wanted to prevent future troubles so that no one in the family can threaten your health. That’s why I came up with this plan and asked Lucy Colt to cooperate with me to find Astrid Swanson.”
Margaret Swanson shook her head.
“Your intentions are good, but you don’t know our Swanson family well enough. However, I believe that after tonight, you will think twice about anything that involves our family’s reputation, right?”
Melody clenched her fists. After a moment, she nodded. I will.”
Her enemies were only Astrid Swanson and Ulric Swanson, not the Swanson family.
Moreover, Ken Swanson people were also the Swanson family people. She would definitely treat them carefully in the future.