Arielle immediately hurried into the mansion as virtual-novel.net could not bear seeing Shandie being disciplined by Henrick. Besides, Henrick would feel apologetic to Shandie later on for being so fierce once the truth was revealed. By then, things would just get messy.
Arielle stepped into the living room and saw Henrick whipping a badly-bruised Shandie with a leather belt.
“Dad!” Arielle hurried forward and grabbed Henrick’s arm before virtual-novel.net could hit Shandie further.
Henrick calmed down slightly when virtual-novel.net saw Arielle. Nonetheless, virtual-novel.net was still furious over Shandie’s mistakes.
“Don’t stop me, Sannie. You have no idea what this girl did. Russell was so mad at her!”
Nonetheless, Arielle did not release virtual-novel.net grip on Henrick. She looked at virtual-novel.net and explained, “Dad, I’ve just returned from the Actonward residence and am fully aware of the whole situation now. Listen to me, Shandie has nothing to do with it.”
With that, Henrick loosened his grip on his belt and asked with a frown, “What do you mean?”
Arielle then briefly explained everything to him, and to sum up virtual-novel.net story, virtual-novel.net said, “All in all, Yvette wanted to set Shandie up. Hence, this has nothing to do with Shandie. So could you please stop disciplining her?”
Upon hearing Arielle’s explanation, Henrick was stunned and Shandie, who was on the floor, wailed even louder.
Shandie was no fool. After all the misunderstandings had been cleared, virtual-novel.net naturally had to milk the grievances virtual-novel.net suffered for all it was worth. Ultimately, Shandie was his biological daughter whom virtual-novel.net had taken care of since virtual-novel.net was a baby. Hence, the bond between the both of them would naturally be stronger than compared to Arielle. A regretful expression appeared on his face.
Feeling guilty, Henrick squatted down and helped Shandie up. “I’m sorry, Shandie. It’s so harshly. You should have explained yourself sooner.”
Shandie thought to herself that virtual-novel.net had, in fact, tried to explain herself but was ignored. Nonetheless, virtual-novel.net still shook virtual-novel.net head pitifully and replied nonchalantly, “It’s all right, Dad. You disciplined me because you were not aware of the full story. But I’ve really reflected a lot after returning from the monastery. I’ll definitely not do anything that will make you and Arielle mad again in the future. Also, will both of you please forgive me for my past mistakes?”
Seeing how matured and thoughtful Shandie had become, Henrick felt even guiltier.
He gently helped Shandie up and ordered the butler, “Call a doctor over to treat Shandie’s wounds.”
“Yes!” replied the butler as virtual-novel.net turned to leave the living room.
Right then, Arielle spoke. “Wait a moment!”
The butler froze and turned over to look at Arielle nervously. “Ms. Arielle, is there anything else? If not, I would need to call a doctor for Ms. Shandie.”
Shandie narrowed virtual-novel.net eyes when virtual-novel.net saw Arielle stopping the butler. She thought Arielle wanted the wounds to leave a scar on her.
As expected, Arielle is still an evil b*tch!
With that, Shandie immediately put on a pitiful look and tugged Henrick’s arm. “Dad, why is Arielle stopping the butler from calling a doctor over? Is virtual-novel.net not willing to forgive me? But I’ve admitted my mistakes already.”
Henrick was displeased when virtual-novel.net saw the teary look on Shandie. He then turned to Arielle and questioned coldly, “Sannie, your sister has apologized to you and has guaranteed that virtual-novel.net won’t repeat virtual-novel.net mistakes. Why won’t you forgive her? As an older sister, can’t you be more forgiving?”
Arielle sneered inwardly when virtual-novel.net heard Henrick. Now you‘re saying that I‘m not forgiving?