Chapter 84: Confrontation When Mary said this, Jello also called out...
When Mary said this, Jello also called out to his younger brothers and sisters who wanted to go back to their rooms and asked them to stay at the dining table.
"Brother, can't we talk about this later?" Litina swung her legs, looking like a grown-up. "I have a lot of homework today. If I delay any longer, I'll have to stay up all night."
Oak stared at Jello in a daze. Buck, realizing Jello had eaten the cookie, deliberately contradicted his brother, feigning indifference. Only the eldest sister, Lanqi Zeppeli, sensed the impending threat in Jello's eyes and sat up straight.
Gregory glanced at Jello, who, as usual, showed no emotion. He gently tapped the side of his wine glass with a teaspoon, making a crisp sound. "Except Jello, everyone else, go back to your rooms."
"No, father, please let them stay here." For the first time, Jello rebelled against his father's words in front of everyone, but instead of feeling nervous, he felt a sense of relief that should have been there long ago.
"I'm grown up now. Please listen to my advice." Jello's sincere words were supported by his mother. She quietly tugged at Gregory's sleeve. After exchanging glances, Gregory said, "Okay, but if you say something inappropriate, I will interrupt you."
Everyone was waiting for Jero's long speech, but he never expected his first words to be a question: "What are your plans for the future?"
Jero looked at Lan Qi. She was already seventeen years old and the most worried child in the family. Even though Jero had spent the most time with her, he still couldn't figure out what she was thinking.
She inherited her father's genes perfectly. Sometimes Jello would think that if their genders were switched, maybe everyone wouldn't have so many headaches.
Lan Qi looked indifferent, but Litina answered first: "My plan is to finish my homework today, and in the long run, I want to go from being the first in the class to the first in the grade."
Ou Ke was obviously the youngest, but he ended up saying something that made everyone laugh: "I...I made a promise to Xixi a few days ago that I would marry her and be together forever. Does this... count as a plan?"
Jello laughed and patted Oak's little head, saying, "Of course, kid."
Barry looked at Jero and snorted, "My plan is to grow up quickly and beat Jero to the ground!"
Jeroboam had no habit of indulging his younger brother, so he kicked Barry's chair, causing him to scream.
"You're looking for a fight, you little brat." Jello waved his fist, the muscular muscles on his arm dazzling Barton. The little boy Barry finally calmed down and said politely, "Actually, I don't have any plans. I'll just take it one step at a time. The future is unpredictable anyway."
He is worthy of being the younger brother who is most like him, and his ideas often coincide with his.
Everyone had finished talking about their plans, leaving only Lan Qi alone who was silent.
"Brother, before answering your question, can I know what the significance of this family meeting is?" Lan Qi asked.
"You don't have to complicate it or think too deeply about it," Jello replied. "Just answer my question."
"Now that we've come to this, I'll take this opportunity to announce my plan." Lan Qi cleared her throat. Although her face remained calm, the straightened back told everyone that she was very nervous. "I want to... leave Naples and develop my career."
"What?" Jero's mother exclaimed, "Lanqi, why do you have such an idea? Where are you going?"
"I haven't decided where to go yet, but I don't think Naples is suitable for me." Lan Qi looked into her mother's eyes and said, "Mom, I remember when we were young, you would take Jero and me out for a walk at night to help digest our food, and we would walk to the beach before returning home. What about now? Even if we go out during the day, we have to be cautious. Do you think this place is suitable for me?"
Not to mention the mother, everyone present was silent at this moment.
No one doesn't love his or her hometown, but it is precisely because of this love that one can identify problems accurately.
But after finding that the problem cannot be solved, I can only deceive myself. Everything is the same as before, like the ocean on the shore, which never stops.
Jero was the first to break the silence. He looked at his parents and said, "Now that everyone has expressed their opinions... I've told you my thoughts before. Now... what do you think?"
Jello's mother didn't say anything. She just picked up the bottle and filled her own glass unruly, almost overflowing it.
Ignoring everyone's astonished gazes, she began to pour wine into her mouth, but her eyes became clearer and clearer in this flustered movement.
After the wine in the glass was completely drained, the mother's hands stopped shaking. Compared to her usual gentleness, she was now more resolute. "I think we should leave, too." She looked at Gregory, her taciturn husband. "My dear, even if...something hadn't happened, I still think we should leave here."
As a mother, my children's safety must come first.
Their family is wealthy, and no one in the family has the habit of spending money recklessly. In other words, as long as they convert their money into hard currency like gold, they can live the rest of their lives without worries about food and clothing anywhere.
Although she didn't want to give up the hospital, where she had invested so much effort, it was insignificant compared to the lives of her family.
With his mother's support, Jero's eyes suddenly lit up.
He originally thought that even if he talked until his lips were worn out today, he would not be able to shake them in the slightest. Now it seems that what Mary said makes sense.
Nothing is more important than life. Survival is the most important thing.
Barry nodded nonchalantly: "Alright, it's almost the same wherever we go."
Oak and Litina were anxious.
Ou Ke's cheeks flushed red. "I, I won't leave!" He clenched his fists and waved them in the air a few times to build up his courage. "Xixi and I agreed to be together forever. If I leave with you, wouldn't I be a liar? I, I won't leave!"
Litina also expressed disapproval. "I don't want to. Moving is already very time-consuming, and if we leave our country, we don't know how long it will take. What about my studies during this time?"
This sentence stumped everyone. Oak and Barry had average grades and it didn't matter whether they went to school or not. However, Litina's grades were the best in the school and she was the pride of the whole family.
"Just go somewhere else and continue your studies." Jero didn't care. "Sis, you have excellent grades and are so pretty, it doesn't matter where you go."
The younger sister refused to accept her brother's sweet talk. She frowned, acting like a grown-up: "Not to mention the time wasted moving, just learning a new language is exhausting enough. If I go to another country, the education system might be different. Wouldn't all my education be wasted then?"
Now, not only Jero, but also Jero's mother was in trouble.
The completely lifelike communication made the mother's sense of urgency disappear, and the mentality of taking chances quietly emerged again.
What if... that powerful Pillar Man has completely forgotten their existence?
What if... this was just a false alarm for them?
If I leave, it will affect my entire body.
The children had to drop out of school, the family's savings had to be exchanged for gold, all the children's belongings had to be packed up, and she had to say goodbye to her relatives and friends...
Going to a new place means finding a house, relearning the language, and reopening the hospital...
The initial fear of the unknown turned into wave after wave of trouble after it became a reality.
The thought of going to a new world where she couldn't speak the language made Jero's mother feel hesitant.
Jero naturally noticed his mother's hesitation. They looked at each other, then turned to look at all their younger brothers and sisters, who also had confused expressions.
Everyone had no choice but to look at the father at home, waiting for him to make the final decision.
"Jero, I want to ask you a question too." Gregory's voice made Jero straighten up. He placed his hands neatly on the table, his expression tense. "Yes, father."
"Are you really unaware of Mary's peculiarities, or are you simply deceiving yourself by ignoring them? Answer me, Jello."
This question was really confusing, Jello thought to himself, they... they were clearly discussing moving, what did it have to do with Mary?
But he did not speak, but avoided his father's sight, otherwise he felt that his selfish desires would have nowhere to hide.
Yes... Mary had a lot of questions. Why didn't she have a last name? Why did she possess such formidable strength? How did she know the Pillar Man was afraid of sunlight? Was she using Dorothy as a disguise to deliberately gain access to the hospital, or...
Jero intuitively felt that Mary was not that kind of person, but Mary didn't believe him and refused to say anything.
He felt sad from the bottom of his heart
He grabbed the bottle on the table, filled his glass like his mother did, and began to drink.
"Yes, Mary is definitely not a tourist. She has a special identity... But I still say that I think Mary is a good person. Not only will she not hurt us, she will try her best to help us. She just, she just doesn't express herself well."
"Oh?" Gregory repeated Jello's words, "Not very good at expressing myself."
"Yes……"
Yes, Jello kept weaving lies in his mind, hoping that he could speak them out as fluently as if they were true.
Mary is a girl from Brazil. Her family is in business and she is very rich.
She is kind, generous, beautiful, and good in every way.
Although she is somewhat disappointed with the human species and has a bit of a paranoid personality, she is still the best girl in his heart no matter what.
Jello said nothing and looked at his father's old face.
The other person's brows were furrowed, and Jello knew that it was an expression of disappointment.
"So, you still haven't allayed my concerns." Gregory looked at his son, who had a very clear sense of right and wrong and was extremely sentimental, and emphasized his words: "Jero, maybe we will leave here, but we will definitely not leave for the reason you gave."
"I don't know who that Mary is. She made you trust her so much that you threw aside all doubts and risked your family's lives to encourage everyone to leave with her."
"Father, you are exaggerating. How is this possible?"
"I told you," Gregory continued, "if you knew everything about that girl, we could leave together. But if you know nothing about her, and you haven't been able to find out anything yet, it only means she's more complicated than we thought. I won't take my family to gamble on the kindness of strangers. We will indeed leave Naples temporarily, but we will definitely not go the same way as that Mary!"
"Is this your answer? I understand, father." Jello stood up with a clear determination on his face.
The chair scraped across the ground, making a scraping sound that mixed with the sound of Jello's footsteps as he left.
"Brother, what are you going to do?" the sister asked curiously.
"I'm going to find Mary." Jello used his sister's question to answer his father: "Father, I respect your decision, but I won't change my opinion of Mary. I'm going to find her."
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