LORD CHESTER COMES BACK

As Hugh Garner’s words fell, Lyvia had already placed two bowls of steaming hot noodles on the dining table. She also curiously asked a question in passing. “What black cloth? What Dark Gold Silk?”

Hugh Garner was too preoccupied to explain anything to Lyvia. He could only think about how he should retrieve the Dark Gold Silk from Bradford’s hands while protecting both himself and Jun Chester. The answer was… there was no possibility at all!

Just then, Lyvia casually pulled out a black cloth that was under the bowl to insulate the heat and used it to wipe the water droplets on her hands. She said to Jun Chester, “Dear, try the plain noodles first. I’ll go to the kitchen to get you some wine.”

Just as Jun Chester was about to say something, Hugh Garner looked at the black cloth in Lyvia’s hand as if struck by lightning. He grabbed it and exclaimed in shock, “This is… Dark Gold Silk?”

“…” Lyvia was speechless and rolled her eyes at Hugh Garner, scolding him, “It’s just a hand towel. What on earth is this Dark Gold Silk you keep talking about!”

Hugh Garner’s eyes widened. He looked at the black cloth in his hand again and gave it a hard pull. But he could not tear it apart.

“My aunt! This is Dark Gold Silk! Where did you get it from?” Hugh Garner asked in astonishment.

Lyvia looked at Hugh Garner as if he was crazy. She sighed and said, “You’re getting senile! This is really just a hand towel. There are plenty of them in the kitchen. I just couldn’t find any paper towels so I cut off a piece of cloth!”

When Hugh Garner heard this, his eyeballs almost popped out. “Plenty? Cut? What did you cut it with? What can cut through Dark Gold Silk?”

Lyvia explained helplessly, “Of course it’s scissors! What else could it be?”

Jun Chester, who was standing to the side, also had a strange look on his face now. When Hugh Garner heard that Lyvia had cut the Dark Gold Silk with scissors, he was so shocked he almost died on the spot.

Hugh Garner even suspected that his old eyes were blurred and he had mistaken the black cloth in his hand! But after checking it again… it was indeed real Dark Gold Silk. Otherwise, with his strength, how could he not even tear a piece of cloth?

Hugh Garner’s voice started trembling. He looked at Lyvia and asked, “Can you take me to see those… Dark Gold Silk?”

Lyvia pursed her lips and sighed helplessly again. “You silly old man. Hurry up and eat your noodles before they get soggy and inedible. As for those cloths, I’ll help you get them later, okay?”

With that, Lyvia turned and went back to the kitchen. Jun Chester was now sitting at the dining table, picking up his chopsticks and starting to eat the noodles. The taste was not bad. It seemed that to Jun Chester, no matter how precious Dark Gold Silk was, it was still less important than the noodles his wife had cooked.

Hugh Garner stared at Jun Chester in astonishment. His voice shook as he said, “You’re quite calm!”

Jun Chester asked back, “What else can I do?”

Hugh Garner put the black cloth in front of Jun Chester and yelled hysterically, “This is really Dark Gold Silk! Really!”

Jun Chester nodded and asked again, “So? What are you trying to say? Oh, you’re trying to say you didn’t expect this Dark Gold Silk to be a very valuable thing! But so what? In our home, it’s still used as a hand towel, isn’t it?”

Jun Chester then smiled to himself and muttered, “I really didn’t expect that my birth mother, Cecelia Garner, was actually a rich woman. By the way, was she a descendant of your Garner family? Your Garner family is so poor and my mother so rich, it doesn’t make much sense!”

Hugh Garner’s face twitched. He immediately stopped eating and rushed to the kitchen. However, when he got to the kitchen, he saw Lyvia pouring wine into a decanter. She seemed calm and unhurried.

Hugh Garner couldn’t help asking, “Where are those Dark Gold Silks you mentioned?”

Lyvia looked at Hugh Garner dissatisfiedly and sighed lightly. “Really, old man, it’s just some cloth. Look at how anxious you are. Wait, I’m pouring wine for my husband. He likes to pour wine into his noodle bowl, but I don’t want him to pour too much.”

This scene was like an impatient eunuch watching the unhurried emperor! Hugh Garner could no longer restrain himself. Just like an eager old eunuch, he started rummaging through cabinets in the kitchen!

First he opened the cupboard, which contained bowls and chopsticks. Then Hugh Garner bent over and opened another cabinet. Still nothing.

“Where’s the Dark Gold Silk?” he muttered as he opened a cabinet containing pots and pans.

The moment he opened the cabinet door, Hugh Garner froze as if struck dumb. He saw that there were several black cloths standing next to a set of small pots – six in total!

Hugh Garner’s hands trembled as he reached for one of them. His mood was like an old man who had been reinvigorated in his second spring, tentatively reaching out to touch a woman’s hand – a bit afraid, a bit insecure, and a little like crying.

At this moment, Hugh Garner’s emotions were wound up to the extreme and also extremely complex. After who knew how long, he asked again, “Lyvia, what did you use to cut this Dark Gold Silk? Were they scissors? Where are those scissors?”

By this time, Lyvia had already left the kitchen with the wine decanter and gone to the dining room. She was sitting next to the dining table, resting her chin in her hand, smiling brightly as she watched Jun Chester eat his noodles.

Jun Chester glanced up at Lyvia. “What are you looking at?”

Lyvia said, “So handsome.”

Jun Chester asked, “Aren’t you going to eat noodles?”

Lyvia said, “Watching you eat makes me very happy.”

Jun Chester ate a mouthful of noodles and smiled at Lyvia. “I’ll come home early today.”

Lyvia’s face flushed. She bit her lower lip and replied shyly, “I’ll be waiting, fresh and clean.”

Jun Chester chuckled. “Flirt.”

Lyvia said coquettishly, “Meanie!”

At this moment, Hugh Garner charged in recklessly again, holding six black cloths in his arms. His flushed face no longer looked human.

Seeing Hugh Garner, Lyvia immediately resumed her propriety, giving off the aura of a virtuous housewife who could manage both the inner and outer quarters.

Hugh Garner excitedly came up to Jun Chester and put the six cloths on the dining table. Looking extremely aroused, he reported to Jun Chester, “Apart from these Dark Gold Silks, I’ve made another big discovery!”

Jun Chester asked calmly, “What big discovery?”

Hugh Garner answered with great excitement, “The kitchen knives, scissors, all the blades are divine weapons, at least one level above the Devil Slayer!”

Jun Chester was still expressionless. “I already knew that. The knives I normally use are actually modified from the small saw blades I found in my family’s storeroom!”

“But only today did I realize that my family’s old house is a treasure trove!”

“My birth mother, the woman who gave birth to me then handed me to my aunt to raise, is a super rich woman!”

Hugh Garner took a deep breath and finally uttered the thought he had kept buried in his heart for a hundred years. “Let’s go, the two of us, take the kitchen knives and charge Dragon Hill, chop people!”

“All these years, no, for a hundred years, I’ve been bullied by Garner Stonehouse’s people until I don’t even seem human anymore!”

“Back then, my sister, she was tormented to death by that bastard Bradford!”Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

“I have to avenge this grudge!”