Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife-Chapter 1007: Hand Her Over (9)

Then, quickly, the rest of the family will know that she, the Duchess, has done something incredibly foolish. She must pay the price and take responsibility; thus, the castle, the title of Duchess, will no longer belong to her. In this way, her wish to continue protecting someone in this castle becomes an unattainable luxury. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

And all of this is the work of someone who, a long time ago, designed her encounter with Rogers for this very project.

Is it because she became senile? Perhaps. Old and muddled, she very much wanted to protect the child in front of her.

"Listen to me, child." Melissa pulled something from around her neck out of her clothes. Because it was always hidden beneath her clothing, very few people knew of its existence.

Zhuang Haoran looked on in shock, seeing that she had brought out a key. The key was crafted from pure gold, about the length of a little finger, resembling a shining golden crown.

"Take this, and go far away, never come back." After removing the key from around her neck, Melissa placed it in his palm and spoke.

Zhuang Haoran froze: "Grandmother, what’s this?"

"Don’t you want to protect her? I know you do; you want to protect her, so you listened to her words and came back to me immediately, and this is the answer. You may not trust me, you may dislike me, but you trust her words."

"No, Grandma, I don’t understand. I feel like what you’re saying now is—" The rest of the words, Zhuang Haoran couldn’t bring himself to say. The Duchess before him remained calm and poised, and the quieter she was, the more fear this provoked in him.

A testament; the elderly woman’s current expression seemed to be speaking a will.

Melissa nodded in a way that seemed to affirm his guess.

Zhuang Haoran shook his head desperately, trying to return the key.

"Hold onto it!" Melissa suddenly raised her voice, "Hurry and go! If you want to protect her, then listen to me, just this once. He’s coming, he will kill her."

Zhuang Haoran trembled all over.

"I know, I know it all—" Melissa’s voice was low, "You hate me, you hate everyone in this castle, you think I’m a villain, a scoundrel. Because, financiers aren’t good people, they are greedy, they accumulate wealth and make many live below the poverty line. But you must know, without financiers, the world would become more chaotic. Many people wouldn’t have a path to overnight riches; some people’s dreams would never come true. Then, many businesses would go bankrupt, and there would be robberies and war everywhere because it would be too late. The day finance was born, Pandora’s box was already opened, and we have no choice—"

Zhuang Haoran stared deathly at her face, as if engraving it in his heart.

Seeing the child’s expression, Melissa seemed satisfied; she slightly curled the corner of her mouth: "You will understand, I trust you, because you trust her words, go find her."

Then she nodded to Anthony beside her.

Anthony grabbed Zhuang Haoran and led him outside.

"Why are you pulling me?" Zhuang Haoran struggled with the child.

At the door, Anthony’s small body suddenly trembled, "Go, he’s coming."

"Who’s coming?" Zhuang Haoran was confused and looked up, seeing people in the corridor approaching, wearing fox masks, which astonished him greatly. When he wanted to turn back to look for the elderly woman, the door to her bedroom closed in front of him, cutting off his path back.