Free Web NovelChapter 1296: Chapter 1294: Can’t Let Just Any Tom, Dick, or Harry Take My Sister Home
Griffith Squire noticed that his stiff body was only temporary, so he breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Leah with slightly upturned almond-shaped eyes, weakly saying, "Leah, I want some fish porridge."
"I’ll go get it for you; just lie down and don’t move." Leah hurriedly got up to buy him something to eat. Although the siblings often quarreled and bickered, with mutual disdain, their bond was deep. At this moment, even if Griffith Squire wanted the moon from the sky, Leah would probably bring a basin of water and accompany him in fishing for the moon in the water.
After Leah left the ward, Richard Shaw remained still.
The man’s tea-colored eyes raised slightly, watching Griffith Squire, who had just looked weak, change his expression quickly. Cold and mischievous, he said, "Don’t think that because you helped overturn the Cox Family’s case, I’ll be grateful to you. This was originally a debt the Shaw Family owed us."
Griffith Squire was very clear about the accounts. Richard Shaw overturning the case was expected. He let Leah down back then, which was also a fact. As the elder brother, he had to take care of his sister since their father was no longer around and couldn’t let just anyone take her away.
Richard Shaw knew he intentionally sent Leah away to reprimand himself. His personal reason for overturning the case for the Cox Family was to fill the chasm between him and Leah, so he could move towards Leah.
"As long as you don’t resent the Shaw Family, that’s enough. There’s no need to be grateful; this was the debt we owed," Richard Shaw said with calm dignity.
Griffith Squire was dumbfounded. Did he ever say he didn’t resent? Well, it wasn’t quite resentment, but merely a dislike for Richard Shaw. A man in his thirties living like an old man, without a smile all day. Leah would suffocate if she lived with a man like that every day.
And he’s unemployed; Leah’s reputation wouldn’t benefit from it.
As for finances, the Shaw grandfather and grandson appeared to be inflexible, likely living off their ancestral assets without making or earning money. Leah, by following him, would surely live cautiously and constrained.
No, no matter how he looked at it, it seemed impossible.
Griffith Squire quickly dismissed the idea in his mind, scrutinizing Richard Shaw up and down and finding him displeasing no matter how he looked at him. He had only one sister, and he couldn’t let her hang herself on one tree.
Richard Shaw, being scrutinized by his and Leah’s identical almond-shaped eyes as if by an X-ray, felt slightly nervous.
Major General Shaw felt his past was full of missteps, leaving nearly all bad impressions on this future brother-in-law. Seeing the long road ahead suddenly made him envious of Ignatius Leclair.
Old Leclair’s pursuit of a wife always seemed smooth, always using feigned injury with success, while his attempts, regardless of strategy, were always seen through and crushed by Griffith Squire’s supernatural eyes.
"Richard Shaw, after this event, the Shaw Family is in decline. You should know what’s best for Leah. Once I’m discharged, I’ll take Leah back to the South Sea," Griffith Squire squinted and said, watching Richard Shaw’s reaction.
"Although you’re Leah’s brother, you can’t make decisions for her," Richard Shaw retorted calmly, saying, "If Leah wants to leave, I won’t stop her. If Leah wants to stay, I hope you won’t stop her either."
Griffith Squire’s almond-shaped eyes flared with anger. The two men, one full of mischief and the other steady, both unyieldingly persistent, making the atmosphere rather tense.
Leah pushed open the ward’s door, happily saying, "Brother, Mrs. Zhao brought some ginseng soup. This is better than fish porridge; drink this first."
She brought over the pot of ginseng soup, noticing the two men’s gazes simultaneously returning to her. She immediately squinted her almond-shaped eyes and said, "What were you two doing? Arguing?"
