Chapter 291
\nI’ve Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 291<\/p>\n
The old mansion of the Shaw family occupied a very large land. It was a quiet place in the prosperous area. A hundred years ago, anyone who could live in this area was the most respectable.<\/p>\n
The smell of sandalwood essence pervaded, and Master Shaw\u2019s face was hidden in the fragrant mist. The wrinkles on his aged face were blurred.<\/p>\n
Grace had already been taken into the living room and stood in the middle of the hall for a long time. Apart from Master Shaw, the servants of the Shaw family who wore Chinese tunic uniforms stood on both sides with their hands behind their backs.<\/p>\n
Grace suddenly laughed silently. Her eyes swept across the surroundings. It really looked like an ancient court of justice, and she was the \u201cprisoner\u201d.<\/p>\n
Master Shaw liked to smoke hookah, and the sound of hookah was intermittent.<\/p>\n
Kirk stood behind Master Shaw. He and the old housekeeper of the Shaw family standing on either side of Master Shaw looked like Master Shaw\u2019s right and left arms.<\/p>\n
Grace was indifferent as she glanced at Kirk\u2019s confident face. A smile flashed across her lips but the smile was extremely ironic. How could Master Shaw who shaped a strong man like Caden accept a traitor like Kirk?<\/p>\n
The hookah knocked on the table<\/p>\n
The sound broke the silence. Master Shaw coughed and the old butler immediately took out a palm-sized ancient spittoon and handed it to Master Shaw.<\/p>\n
After Master Shaw finished all these, Grace still remained silent in the middle of the hall.<\/p>\n
Master Shaw finally looked at the woman standing in the hall. He suddenly narrowed one of his eyes and looked up and down at Grace. His cloudy eyes were very presumptuous.<\/p>\n
Grace still stood there calmly.<\/p>\n
Master Shaw put down the tea cup that the old butler brought over to let him rinse his mouth. \u201cYour grandfather taught you well.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you.\u201d<\/p>\n
She replied indifferently.<\/p>\n
She understood why Master Shaw had done all these.<\/p>\n
At the beginning, he let Kirk stop her, and then he let her wait in the hall for a long time. This legendary businessman did all these on purpose. He wanted to wear down her willpower and make her nervous and anxious.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel very strange. Your damn grandfather taught you so well, and you are so clever.Why were you sent to that place by my grandson six years ago?\u201d Master Shaw said slowly.<\/p>\n
His old eyes had a hint of shrewdness and did not leave Grace\u2019s face for a second.<\/p>\n
Grace\u2019s eyelids lowered slightly. This old man in front of her was indeed worthy of being a legend in the business world. She chuckled and slowly raised her eyelids.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are not over the hill. You really know how to deal with people.\u201d<\/p>\n
She, Grace, was not someone who could be defeated easily.<\/p>\n
Could Master Shaw humiliate her?<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
However, in order to humiliate her, one had to be mentally prepared for her to fight back.<\/p>\n
Master Shaw saw that she was not defeated and she even dared to retaliate. His old eyes became even colder, and the corner of his lips pressed down fiercely, \u201cYou are just as annoying as your dead grandfather!\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace took a deep look at Master Shaw. This old man hated his dead grandfather so much.<\/p>\n
She lowered her eyes with puzzlement.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaster Shaw, you made me come here this late. Do you just want to have a chat?\u201d<\/p>\n
Master Shaw waved his hand. The old butler took out a brown leather box from a nearby cabinet and walked over to Grace. He put it down on a table beside Grace and gently opened the box.<\/p>\n
He invited Grace over.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are really greedy. I am afraid that even if you want more, you are not able to handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaster Shaw.\u201d A flash of light appeared in Grace\u2019s clear eyes. \u201cI wonder if you like surfing the Internet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you talking about nonsense?\u201d The old man raised his eyebrows and stared coldly at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew a very popular joke on the Internet. Master Shaw, can I tell you the joke?\u201d Grace ignored the old man\u2019s anger and said, \u201cA girl watched a TV show. It\u2019s about a rich man falling in love with Cinderella. His mother was opposed to their love, but the rich man loved Cinderella so much that he refused to break up with her. So, his mother met Cinderella privately and showed a check for 10 million. She said that as long as Cinderella left her son, this check will be hers. Cinderella was unwilling to accept it because she loved the rich man.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, you want to be like Cinderella?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t jump to conclusion,\u201d Grace said, \u201cMaster Shaw, do you know what the girl who watched the TV show said when she saw this plot?\u201d<\/p>\n
She did not really want the old man to answer, and continued, \u201cShe said that if she was Cinderella, she would take the ten million cheque. With ten million, she could get any men she liked.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, what about you? Grace, are you going to take those things and leave now?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace chuckled and looked at Master Shaw with a smile, \u201cShe chose to accept 10 million because she didn\u2019t have 10 million.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace\u2019s smile deepened. \u201cMaster Shaw,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I have.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
She interrupted the old man again. She looked down at the table and pointed her finger at the black box. \u201cHere are the things you want to exchange with me. Unfortunately, I have all of them.\u201d she suddenly raised her head and looked at Master Shaw.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore importantly, can you convince Caden?\u201d<\/p>\n
Whether he would leave or not was never something she could decide.<\/p>\n
Moreover, Master Shaw was humiliating her in this way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1496","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/1496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}