Female Novel
Chapter 1131
Neera paused for a moment, halting her steps.
Though she had known Avery for quite a while, that was the first time she had seen him lose his temper sodramatically.
At that moment, she shifted her gaze and saw four people sitting across from him. novelbin
Apart from the two elders, Rio and Ronald, there were also two middle-aged men whom she had never seenbefore.
Neera was unsure, but Violet recognized them. Immediately, Violet leaned in close to the former and whispered,“Those two men are Satan's uncles. Over the years, they've always been at odds with Satan. Whenever they seeme, they wear a sour expression. They're really unpleasant people.”
Upon hearing that, Neera immediately understood and thought, Why is it that this kind of drama can be foundeverywhere? Or is this the usual modus operandi of these prestigious families? Back in Kingsview, Jean was alsotargeted by the elders of his family, all for the sake of wresting power from his hands. As for those two of Avery'suncles, what are they up to now? Just a moment ago, I heard them mention something about the Gordon family.How does their matter concern the Gordon family?
While Neera was still puzzled, over there, Avery was looking down at his uncles. He was scowling as he spokeimpolitely. “When did I ever need you to teach me how to handle my affairs? Since you're so capable, why don't Ijust hand over the position of the head of the house to you? How about that?”
The uncles were quite upset, their chests heaving. Their faces were flushed with anger as they argued with him.“We are still your uncles, regardless of your position! Is this how you speak to your elders? What kind of attitudethis is?”
“You can sit here and accept my attitude or get out!” Avery silenced them with a single sentence, expressing hisstance with stern words and a serious tone. “Should I remind you all that, in the Cox family, there is only the headof the family, no elders! If you're not accustomed to this, you can leave the Cox family. I will not hold you back!”
“Avery, you— You're simply insolent!”
“Insolent?” Avery sneered, “Go ahead. report me to the family elders. I'd like to see what good it will do! Unlessyou can pull me down from this position, you better bear with me! If you don't want to hear these harsh words,then mind your own business and don't dare to lecture me! In this Cox family, I call the shots! It's not your turn toplay the fool!”
The uncles were so infuriated by his increasingly offensive remarks that they were nearly out of breath. Eventheir necks were turning red.
In the end, they were outmatched in both words and ruthlessness. All they could do was leave.
As soon as they left, Avery spotted Neera and Violet, who were hiding nearby.
Neera felt as if she had been caught peeping and somewhat awkwardly touched her nose, stepping out frombehind the balcony.
It was clear that Avery was still upset as his frown remained.
“I see you witnessed our argument,” he said, his tone brusque.
Neera nodded, hesitating, unsure whether to ask or not, “They...”
Avery didn't want to say more, interrupting her. “They're just unimportant people. Don't worry about it.”
Neera didn't care about his uncles. Instead, she was focusing on another thing. “I heard them mention the Gordonfamily just now. Were they talking about me? Does it concern me, or is there something going on with the Gordonfamily?”
Avery shook his head. “It's nothing. We just talked about some past events. Really, it's nothing. Don't overthinkit.”
He said it in such a way that Neera couldn't force him to say more. It wouldn't be appropriate for her to pressfurther.
Avery calmed himself down and suggested in a gentler tone, “Let's not talk about this anymore. The clothes havearrived. Why don't you go try them on first?”
Neera nodded slightly and went upstairs with Violet.
Once the sound of a door closing echoed from upstairs, the expression on Avery's face darkened again. He turnedto look at the two elders, asking in a cold voice. “Any leads on the matter I asked you to investigate earlier?”
Rio shook his head regretfully, “I'm sorry, Mr. Cox. I've let you down. I haven't found anything yet. Your parentspassed away too early, and too much time has passed, making it difficult to investigate. Moreover, the bug insideyou has been lurking for so many years before it was discovered by Ms. Garcia. Despite being captured andinterrogated, Charles and Chandler haven't provided any valuable information.”
Ronald was also quite troubled. “Indeed, we're back to square one without any leads. We can't even be sure if it
was Mr. Liam and his people who did it.”
Avery grimaced icily. “Keep investigating. Leave no stone unturned! Don't let anyone responsible slip through!”