A Flash Marriage Can Be A Treasure

Chapter 374: Let It Go

But John looks hostile. "Jonathan, I didn't say that you did it. What are you so nervous?"

"I'm not." Jonathan leans against the sofa and smiles faintly. "I just can't stand your menacing face. I'm

not the murderer."

Burnell interrupts them. "Alright, can't you shut up and wait for the doctor?"

Then he turns to look at Lily and finds that her face is a little pale. "You really freaked out. I'll have

someone tidy up a room. You could go up and rest for a while."

Lily shakes her head and declines. "Thank you, Mr. Burnell. I'm fine. I want to be here with you."

So Burnell doesn't say anything else.

About ten minutes later, the doctor arrives. He wants to greet Burnell and the others when he comes in. This is from NôvelDrama.Org.

But Burnell just waves his hand and asks him to go check Martha first.

The doctor goes upstairs and they continue to wait.

After another five minutes, the doctor comes downstairs and reports back with a solemn expression.

"That dress has been soaked in deadly venom. If someone touches it, her body will begin to rot. The

poison will spread throughout her body and she will die in several seconds."

Burnell asks Lily, "Did you wear that dress today?"

"I put it aside after I went back to my room and got changed." Lily gets into the detail. "I woke up at

noon today. After taking a bath, I went downstairs for lunch. Then I went to see you in the study with

Colbert. I went back to my room at 3 pm. I took a nap and got up at half past seven. Then I came down

for dinner with Colbert."

After Lily says everything, Burnell calls a servant over and asks her, "You and Martha cleaned Ms. Lily's

bedroom today?"

"Yes." The servant keeps her head down while replying, "After Ms. Lily came out of the bedroom at

noon, we went to clean it. Then we went again around seven o'clock in the evening."

"Go get all the servants who went upstairs in here today!" Burnell instructs with a sullen face.

Soon, eight servants come in. They have been upstairs today.

Everyone says what they were doing their own thing at that time. There is no surveillance on the

second floor. It seems that they could not find the murderer.

Burnell gets enraged and glares at the servants. "How dare you poison my daughter-in-law under my

nose!"

Lily is quite surprised.

Burnell didn't like her yesterday, but now he calls her as his daughter-in-law.

All the servants rush to defend themselves.

But Burnell only says coldly, "You all said that you are not the murderer, but you all went upstairs at that

time. So, you are all suspects and I'll send you to prison. Nobody could harm a Krislier. I would not let

the murderer get away with it!"

"Dad, they've been working here for about eight years," Jonathan says, "If you send them to prison,

people will say that we abuse our servants."

John says mockingly, "But I remembered a servant stained your suit. You broke her legs and fired her.

You've abused our servants before."

"And it was even more terrible today. Someone put poison on the dress and tried to murder my

girlfriend, but you speak for these servants? I really suspect you."

Jonathan looks at John. "I was going to visit my mom's grave in that suit. That servant stained it and

told others my mom was a pathetic nobody. I caught her on the spot. I punished that bitch because I

had evidence. But now we don't have any. Sending them to prison would only damage our reputation."

After a pause, Jonathan glances at Lily. "And the murderer may not be a servant. Perhaps someone

planned it to gain sympathy so that she can marry into our family."

"Hey, watch it!" John says angrily, "Lily is not who you think. I begged her for a long time before she

comes back with me."

Jonathan smiles faintly. "Yeah. Come back and help you take back the inheritance right, because that

would give her the ticket to the upper class of Country Y."

John seems irritated and is about to pounce on Jonathan.

Lily grabs his arm and stops him. Just as she is about to say something, she hears a loud crash and

the European coffee table shatters on the ground. She raises her head and sees Burnell's gloomy face.

"You just can't stop fighting with each other, can you? Do you think we're not embarrassed enough?"

John and Jonathan finally shut up and stop.

Lily waits for a while, and Burnell does not say anything, so she whispers, "Mr. Burnell, we're all in a

bad mood because of the accident. If we can't find the murderer, let's just forget it."

"Jonathan is right. We have no evidence. If we sent all of them to prison, it would damage your

reputation. If you can't trust these servants anymore, just fire them. Is that okay?"

Burnell frowns and asks, "You're going to let that go?"

"Yeah." Lily smiles. "I'm fine now. And I'll be more careful. I just feel sorry for that innocent servant who

died because of me."

"Alright, I'll fire them." Since Lily decides to let it slide, Burnell waves his hand. "Send a hundred

thousand pounds to Martha's family. Give her parents my condolences."

The servants are fired. They manage to pack up and leave in no time. Then the doctor also leaves.

Burnell is exhausted because of the accident. After those people leave, he goes upstairs. He turns

around halfway and says to Jonathan, "Seles, come to the study. I want to talk to you."

"Yes, Dad." Jonathan follows him upstairs.

John thinks that Lily must be hungry, so he takes her to the dining hall and makes her to eat something.

He whispers, "Sorry, they almost killed you and the baby. But I can't find the murderer."

"It's not your fault. They're too cunning." Lily shakes her head and tries to comfort him.

Lily does not offend anyone here. They're living in the Krislier Manor, so only Jonathan would do this.

However, she hasn't expected that he tried to kill her on the next day.

Fortunately, Lily thought that dress was too heavy, so she didn't wear it again. Otherwise....

"Jonathan is smart," says Lily seriously as she looks at the stairs. "He mentioned his mother when you

accused him. Burnell knows how his mother died, and he must feel guilty about it. Now Jonathan

follows Burnell to the study, and he will definitely take the opportunity to ask for resources or money."

"I wasn't thorough enough," John says in vexation.

He only wanted to call Jonathan's bluff, but now he falls into Jonathan's trap!

Lily purses her lips and smiles while comforting John, "It doesn't matter. We'll stay here for a long time.

Don't worry about him! Your father is indeed guilty of Jonathan's mother, but he loves you the most."

The painting in the study proves everything.

"If Burnell were not biased, he could have torn the document you sent him and scolded Jonathan in

private. But he beat Jonathan in front of you and gave you the chance to challenge the entail. That

means Burnell has been protecting you."

"You're right. We still have time." John gives her a determined look.

He knows he could only live for a few months even if he is now in a stable situation.

But he's very satisfied to have Lily by his side.