Villains Act Shamelessly: The Heiress was the Great National Master!-Chapter 56: The Abbotts and Kensington Group

"Based on the information Landon provided, I looked into what happened back then, and it’s about what we expected."

Mr. Sutton, with a heavy heart, laid a stack of documents in front of Mrs. Sutton: "Do you remember the issue with the Abbott Family’s heavy industry back in the day?"

"The Abbott Family?" Seeing Mr. Sutton’s expression, Mrs. Sutton had a bad feeling: "Are you talking about the hanging incident?"

The Abbott Family, which mainly engaged in heavy industry, was a giant compared to the Sutton Family at the time when Mr. Sutton’s career was still in its infancy, hardly qualified to compare with The Abbotts.

However, there indeed was a major incident with The Abbotts.

The legitimate wife of The Abbotts’ heir hung herself on New Year’s Eve. She was another aristocratic lady from the Kensington Group, and her parents, rare as it was, valued her more than anything. After the incident, the Kensington Group went nearly mad, waged an all-out war against the Abbott Family, almost turning the entire Aethelgard upside down twenty years ago.

Later, the Ford Family took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, intervening in The Abbotts’ heavy industry. At that time, The Abbotts had enemies on all sides and lost national support for some reasons, forcing them to abandon domestic operations and shift abroad, all swallowed up by the Ford Family.

The Kensington Group formed an alliance with the Ford Family and wasn’t greatly affected, though regrettably, it now only endures on the efforts of the old couple, gradually declining, with not even an heir.

Back then, they were also a prestigious and influential family that many sought to curry favor with.

The Kensington Group’s young lady was their only daughter.

And the initial cause of the incident, it was rumored to be because the Abbott Family’s heir had an affair and intended to bring the mistress into the house. Miss Kensington was highly principled and unwilling to divorce; unable to accept it, she chose to hang herself instead.

"How does this have anything to do with Aurora’s matter?"

Mrs. Sutton was a bit puzzled: "I haven’t heard anything about a child?"

Mr. Sutton was heartbroken: "The problem lies with that mistress from The Abbotts’ affair!"

Mrs. Sutton thought of something, her face turning pale: "Are you talking about that mistress?..."

Mr. Sutton said: "The incident was so notorious back then, the Abbott Family head wouldn’t allow the mistress in, but after Miss Kensington’s death, the heir showed no remorse and still wanted to bring her in. You asked me to investigate, but it was too secretive. Except, by Landon’s hand, it was uncovered."

"The mistress was pregnant then and happened to give birth in the same hospital as you... but there’s no record of her delivery in the hospital files."

By now, the implication was clear.

If The Abbotts were involved, the reason for not uncovering it was simple; the Sutton Family lacked the power to shake the still-standing Abbott Family at that time.

Mrs. Sutton was completely dumbfounded.

Her body went limp, and she sat down in the chair. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Of all the scenarios she imagined, she never thought it would be such a bizarre story.

Mrs. Sutton had faced many storms, yet she found it hard to accept: "Are you saying Aurora is that... mistress’s daughter?"

Mr. Sutton closed his eyes, sighed: "Don’t mention this to the child; the sins of the parents shouldn’t affect the child – she knows nothing. We’ve raised her for twenty years..."

Mrs. Sutton certainly understood this principle, but her inability to accept it wasn’t because of that.

"I’m not saying she’s the mistress’s daughter, but why, why would The Abbotts want to harm my daughter because of this?"

Thea Shaw did nothing wrong, yet became the most innocent in the entire story.