The Edgeworth family.
Geli knocked on the door of his father's study with the confession obtained through torture by family professionals.
She didn't know if it was right or wrong.
But...reason told her that she had to do this now.
"Come in."
My father's voice came from inside.
Ge Li took a deep breath and opened the door.
Every day, many matters will come to this place from all directions and come to the desk of the Minister of Finance of the Kingdom.
There was a time when Song Li was very proud of this, but now she doesn't feel it is an honor.
Just as she had never doubted all of her father's decisions before, but now she had to doubt or even oppose it.
"Father." She called softly.
Standing here almost exhausted all her courage.
Even if you don't get a good result in the end, you must let him understand your thoughts.
After his courage was exhausted, what supported him now was his anger towards Wayne.
Every word he said last night was so harsh that even the truth was unacceptable. If you ever feel like you can't speak anymore, just think of Wayne's hateful face, and what you want to say will become smooth and natural again.
"What's wrong?"
Minister Franz didn't realize anything was wrong with Song Li's mood at all, and thought he was coming to report to him.
"Have the publishing house encountered any problems recently? I also read the latest issue of the Wangdu Morning News last time. Their people are really flexible. If there is a chance, they can dig a few backbones from Ye Ye Publishing House with high salaries. money is not a problem……"
He wanted to continue speaking, but was interrupted by Song Li for the first time.
"Father!" she said a little louder.
"——That's not what I want to say."
Franz was a little surprised to find that Ge Li's expression was different.
"Well, what happened?" he asked.
Ge Li took two steps forward and placed the compiled confession in front of the table.
Franz took a look, pushed aside the document originally placed in front of him, and reached out to pick up his daughter's copy.
He lowered his head and browsed.
In the silence, the atmosphere in the study became increasingly stiff, as if a storm was about to take shape.
Finally, Franz finished reading the confession.
"Where did you get this?"
His face was solemn and he looked very uncertain.
"I... accidentally saw the document with the word 'Top Secret' written on it on your desk, father. I opened it out of curiosity and took a look."
The entire Edgeworth family originally had an express rule that no one was allowed to enter or leave the head of the family's study without reporting the matter.
However, Song Li is the exception.
For the purpose of training her, Franz would occasionally call her into the study to discuss matters together. Under normal circumstances, even if Franz was doing something important, he wouldn't be angry if Assassin knocked on the door and came in.
But before that, Ascletis would not take Franz's personal belongings without permission, except for helping to place scattered pens, move stools, and wipe the table.
Therefore, as time went by, he was not particularly wary of Ge Li seeing something he shouldn't have seen.
In his eyes, she would know those things sooner or later, it was just a matter of time.
but--
This by no means means that he will easily forgive her for the mistake she made this time.
"I think this is a huge lever for the family. It must not fall into the hands of others, let alone be delayed for a long time."
"So, I found someone to sneak into Earl Chapman's private estate, destroy the account books related to the Edgeworth family, and capture the magician who was guarding there..."
She concealed Wayne's presence and recounted what happened in vague words.
"Now, this magician is being held in the family basement."
There may be many flaws in the specific operation, but Song Li believes that what he is doing is the right thing.
If such a handle fell into the hands of anyone, it could be used to blackmail the Edgeworth family, thereby subjecting their family interests to outsiders.
She was just trying her best to protect the interests of her family.
"——What about the account book?" Franz asked again.
"After tearing up the pages involving the family, I stored them in a safe place."
If Wayne took out the damaged account books to stir up trouble, he could only say that he accidentally leaked clues to the treasure, and then he noticed and stole it...
"fool!"
Franz suddenly became furious and slammed the table hard, making a deafening sound of "Bang!"
"Who asked you to do these things?!"
Ge Li was startled, and subconsciously shrank a little.
But in an instant she straightened her back again.
I saw her squeezing her neck and shouting to Franz: "Father! Earl Chapman is not worthy of close friendship. He will drag the Edgeworth family into the abyss!"
"No one ordered me to do this, I did it myself!"
Geli's eyes were red, and tears couldn't help but overflow.
"If something like this is leaked, the Edgeworth family name that has been passed down for thousands of years will be destroyed in an instant..."
"Why would you do such a thing..."
When she understood the meaning behind this, Song Li really just felt a sense of disillusionment.
The Edgeworth family that I was sincerely proud of, the Edgeworth family that I kept working hard not to bring shame to the family name... The thing that I really wanted to protect was actually just this. Is it just the existence of?
She doesn't want to accept it.
"What do you know!"
On the other side, Franz was also very angry.
To a certain extent, he was much angrier than Song Li at this moment.
"Heh...it seems that I protected you too well before..."
Being questioned loudly by his always obedient daughter, Franz felt a rush of blood rush to his head, and his hair almost stood up in anger.
He stood up suddenly, walked to Ge Li, and roared loudly: "Do you think this is the end?"
"——Their family's private accounts are not limited to this one!"
"Use your brain! Knowing that there is such an important thing, why don't I take action?" He asked in turn.
"They also know that this thing is important, so why is there only one magician stationed there?"
"This is the flag that Chapman hung out! Of course it is easy to take it out, but how to deal with the aftermath? Have you ever thought about it!"
He originally thought of waiting a little later and letting her experience business for a few years before slowly getting exposed to these complicated power struggles.
I didn't expect her to be so impatient. She couldn't wait to jump in as soon as she saw a pit.
