Female Novel
Chapter 854
Chapter 854 He Treats His Granddaughters Differently
The exquisite inkwell fell on the floor, but it did not shatter as ordinary ones would.
However, one of its corners chipped off when it hit the floor, giving it an ugly imperfection.
Leia pretended to cover her mouth. She half-closed her eyes to hide the cunning in her gaze. "Sorry forbumping into you, Bianca, but... you broke Grandpa's favorite inkwell! Don't you know that it's anantique? Dad bought it at his old friend's auction at a high price. Grandpa usually keeps it safe, butyou..."
Bianca's heart skipped a beat when she saw the inkwell on the floor. She had an ominous feeling aboutit.
She had never seen that small antique before, but she could tell from the exquisite carvings that it wasworth a lot of money. It was a pitiful sight that it lay broken on the floor.
At the same time, the old couple came into the study.
Old Mr. Norman could sense that the atmosphere in the study was not quite right. "What's wrong?" Heasked sternly.
Leia hurriedly ran next to Old Mr. Norman, pointed deliberately at the inkwell on the floor, and spokewith fake regret, "Grandpa, Bianca accidentally broke your inkwell. She didn't mean to, please don'tblame her
Old Mr. Norman's eyes fell on the lonely inkwell on the floor. For a brief moment, his brown eyesflashed with uncontrollable anger.
A vein on his forehead bulged as well.
His penetrating gaze fell on Bianca. "Why would you suddenly break the inkwell, Bianca? How couldyou be so careless?"
Old Mrs. Norman began to reprimand shrilly, "You're such a nuisance, Bianca! That is your grandpa'smost treasured possession. He doesn't even let me touch it, but you've broken it! You're already agrown adult, but you're still so unreliable!"
Old Mr. Norman crouched down on the floor, picked up the pieces of the broken inkwell, and held themin his palm.
Bianca could see that he was very sad. He was trembling slightly, and his usually straight back washunched over.
She did not attempt to make excuses. Instead, her heart wrenched as she saw her grandfather gazingdearly at the broken inkwell in his hands.
She glared at Leia and saw that the woman was looking at her innocently but with a hint of smugnessin her eyes. That made Bianca chuckle coldly.
She did not expect Leia would go to such lengths just to frame her.
However, this was not the time to point fingers.novelbin
Bianca lowered her head, slowly got down on the floor, and helped her grandfather pick up the pieces."I'm sorry, Grandpa. This is entirely my fault. I'll bear responsibility for this."
Meanwhile, Old Mrs. Norman was not going to let go of the chance to criticize Bianca.
She instantly scrunched up her face and began to yell. "I told you not to let Bianca come and visit us sooften, dear. Look, she always courts trouble whenever she's here. Your asthma flared up the last timeshe was here. Before that, she brought us some tea, and that made my blood pressure go up, and I
had to be hospitalized. This time, she broke your antique inkwell. Don't you think that she's nothing buta nuisance? She's here to wreck our house!"
Bianca bit her lower lip, and her face became slightly pale.
She had already known that her grandmother was not fond of her, but when she heard those insultingwords, she felt tears welling up in her eyes.
Old Mr. Norman glared at his wife and said sternly, "How can you say that about our granddaughter?Bea doesn't have any ulterior motive when she comes to visit us. She visited us the last time becauseshe heard that my asthma was flaring up. My health condition has nothing to do with her.
Also, you're already suffering from high blood pressure anyway. You didn't take the tea that Bea gaveus, even though it's supposed to help you with your blood pressure, but instead, you ate the venisonthat she brought me. Bea even reminded you that you shouldn't eat the venison, but you were greedy.Why are you blaming her? The inkwell might be precious, but my granddaughter is priceless to me.How can you compare the two?"
Bianca felt a lot better knowing that her grandfather was on her side.
"Thank you, Grandpa.” Bianca sounded like she was sobbing. "This is indeed my fault. Don't worry. I'llfind a way to restore it. Please trust me!"
Leia's expression was extremely unpleasant. She did not expect that Old Mr. Norman would still bespeaking up for Bianca.
'Isn't the inkwell Grandpa's most prized possession?
"Grandpa scolded me when I touched it the last time. Now that Bianca broke it, he doesn't even say aharsh word! Why does Grandpa treat his granddaughters so differently?
'Pah! Is it because I'm adopted?'
Old Mrs. Norman was exasperated by her husband's reply. She instantly looked older with all thewrinkles on her face.
"Hmph! This inkwell is more than a hundred years old. Do you think you can repair it like repairing achipped bowl? Old man, if the inkwell isn't as precious as you make it, then I don't want to hear youcomplaining about it! Let's go, Leia. Ignore this old geezer!"
Old Mrs. Norman grunted unhappily and brought Leia out of the study.
"Don't be angry at Bianca, Grandma. She really doesn't mean it..." Leia continued to pretend to speakup for Bianca, but Bianca thought that it was incredibly ironic.
"You don't have to speak up for her, Leia. I know that you're a kind girl. You'd better stay away fromyour elder sister. Otherwise, you might become unlucky too..." Old Mrs. Norman grumbled unhappily.
Leia held Old Mrs. Norman's arm and walked away from the study. Before she left, she turned aroundto glance smugly at Bianca, but she did not expect that Bianca would be staring at her.
The gaze was ice-cold, which made Leia shiver uncontrollably.
However, she realized that she had nothing to be afraid of. Bianca was the one who broke the inkwellanyway.