Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard Tristan. They tried to absorb everything that he just said.
'Hannah tried to kill Lillie abroad. But Lillie still saved her life and didn't file a complaint. She could accuse Hannah of attempted murder but she didn't do it.'
'Hannah is the one who has a motive to hurt Lillie and her baby.'
But the most shocking news they heard aside from Hannah's despicable act was that Little Davis was gone.
"Grandson, what do you mean Little Davis is gone?" Grandpa Lu didn't know what to feel right now.
Tristan didn't say a word. He just clenched his fists while his tears continued to pour from his eyes.
Grandpa Lu felt like his heart was being stabbed right now. Tristan's parents couldn't believe it. Mark and Daniel were also shocked. They didn't know what to say.
Andrew, on the other hand, turned to Hannah who was already crying in her spot. She was still shaken when Tristan slapped her twice.
"What did you do, Hannah? How could you do this despicable act?" Andrew asked her through his gritted teeth. He had never imagined that Hannah could do this to someone.
"No! Not my great-grandchild?" Grandpa Lu said with his trembling voice. He lost his balance.
"Father!" Lucas supported Grandpa Lu as he helped him sit down.
Isabelle hugged Tristan while she was sobbing. She was so sad hearing the bad news.
Grandpa Lu felt like his blood was boiling right now.
"Throw that woman out of this mansion! I don't want to see her face ever again!!!" Grandpa Lu yelled. He was clutching his chest.
"No! I didn't do it! Why are you blaming me? Lillie is the witch here! She can control fire! You've witnessed it. She tried to kill me!" Hannah denied all the accusations.
Mark and Daniel exchanged glances with one another. They didn't know what Hannah was talking about. They didn't know what happened inside the living room because they went outside to prepare the car.
"Stop it, Hannah! You can't deny it. You are aware of my wife's ability. You are the only one who has the motive to do this!" Tristan insisted.
"What are you waiting for? I said get this filthy woman out of this mansion now!!" Grandpa Lu commanded Mark and Daniel.
Mark and Daniel, who were kneeling on the floor, stood up immediately to obey Grandpa Lu's order.
Hannah grabbed Andrew's elbow. "Andrew, please help me. Do you believe me right? You know me! I didn't do it!"
But Andrew already heard enough. He could feel that Hannah had changed. He believed his brother's words. He won't lie in times like this.
Andrew shook his head and removed Hannah's hand that was gripping his elbow.
Mark and Daniel already approached her.
"Hannah, let's go now," Mark said, grabbing Hannah's hand
"You have to leave." Daniel glared at Hannah.
He knew it. She was the one who was left in the kitchen a while ago. She must have put something into Zhen-Zhen's milk when he left to ask Andrew.
"No! I can't! You have to believe me! Uncle Lucas! Aunt Isabelle! Grandpa Lu! Please listen to me. I didn't do it!"
Mark and Daniel grabbed Hannah going out of the mansion. When they left the living room was engulfed by deafening silence.
"Son, where is Lillie?" Isabelle was the first one who spoke up.
"She is in our room. A friend of ours is taking care of her, right now." Tristan responded with his hoarse voice.
He hugged his mother again and cried in her arms. He didn't usually show his weakness to his parents and family. But tonight, he couldn't hide it.
He was hurting. He felt miserable at the thought that they lost their baby.
"Mom, I don't know how I will tell my wife about this once she wakes up. You might be wondering how I know the truth that Hannah is the one responsible for this."
Isabelle just nodded her head, letting Tristan speak up. Andrew, Lucas, and Grandpa Lu just watched Tristan with complicated emotions on their faces.
"As you have witnessed, my wife is not an ordinary human. She has the ability to control fire and she is super strong. I already knew her ability since we first met."
"You must be shocked but please don't hate her. Don't be afraid of her. She needs us in times like this!" Tristan begged them with his desperate voice.
"Hannah already knew the truth about her ability. It happened during the fire incident in the restaurant abroad wherein Hannah tried to harm my wife."
"Hannah was afraid of her, calling my wife a witch. She threatened us that she would tell everyone about Lillie's ability."
"My wife will be in danger if other people will know about her power so we tried to hide it from everyone, including you, our own family. Lillie made a deal with Hannah."
"Lillie would not tell anyone about Hannah's attempt to kill her during the fire incident in exchange, Hannah should keep her silence about my wife's ability."
"We also kept this from everyone, thinking that Hannah was still my brother's fiancee. We gave her a second chance for my brother's sake. But it was a great mistake."
Tristan's parents, brother, and grandfather were still trying to absorb all of these. Though it was hard to believe it, they already witnessed Zhen-Zhen's power a while ago.
"Honestly, Lillie and I are afraid to let you know since you might change your treatment towards her. We are afraid that you will not accept her."
Tristan paused for a moment and looked at them.
"Do you hate her now? Are you afraid of her?" Tristan asked them.
"No! I don't hate my granddaughter-in-law! She might be different from us but she is so kind and innocent. How can I be afraid of her?! You should have told us sooner! If I knew that Hannah tried to harm Lillie before then I would have not let her get near her." Grandpa Lu said through his gritted teeth.
"See what happened to my poor little Davis! My great-grandchild!!! I can't accept this! Hannah should pay the price for this!" Grandpa Lu could no longer hide his anger and hatred.
"I'm sorry, grandpa… I didn't expect that Hannah would be capable of doing this… hurting our innocent child… This is my fault! I failed to protect them."
Tristan punched his thighs several times just to take out his anger.
"Let's go. I wanna see my granddaughter!" Grandpa Lu stood up.
Lucas tried to support his father since Grandpa Lu's emotions were unstable right now. They really thought that Grandpa Lu would have a heart attack a while ago. Fortunately, Grandpa Lu had a strong heart.
They stood up to see Zhen-Zhen inside their room. She was still sound asleep while Liam was watching over her.
Tristan introduced Liam to the Davis Family.
"This is Liam, my wife's History Professor. He was the one who helped me cure my wife. And he is also the one who can testify that Hannah is the true culprit, not my cousins."
Liam politely greeted the Davis Family.
"Are you sure that our grandchild is gone? What if we bring Lillie to the hospital now?" Isabelle suggested to them.
Liam shook his head. "You can do that. But don't get your hopes up. I'm sorry. I was too late to save her baby."
Liam explained to them the effect of potions that were put on Zhen-Zhen's milk.
The atmosphere inside the room became sadder and gloomy after hearing Liam's explanation.
"The person who did this is aware that Lillie has the power of fire element so she used the crystaline potion to suppress Lillie's power. So Tristan was right. His cousins were not aware of Lillie's ability so they were not the ones who did this to her."
"Aside from that, I saw Hannah holding this crystal orb a while ago. This orb can be used to control someone's body who takes a mind control potion."
"I am certain that Hannah used this a while ago. But she underestimated Lillie's willpower. She woke up and tried to attack Hannah upon learning she was the one trying to control Lillie's body," Liam explained to them.
The Davis Family was listening to Liam's explanation attentively. To think about it, Hannah was really suspicious. Andrew just officially broke off the engagement between them, but Hannah still insisted on staying in the Davis Family Mansion tonight.
"But where did Hannah get these potions?" Isabelle asked Liam.
Liam paused for a moment. He knew the answer to that but he couldn't tell them much.
"Shamans. There are shamans in this world." Liam simply responded to them.
"Oh like witches?" Isabelle mumbled again.
Liam just nodded his head with a faint smile. He didn't want to talk about the guardian warriors now.
Isabelle took a deep sigh. She was stroking Zhen-Zhen's hair. "What will happen to my daughter-in-law now? Will she be able to take the bad news?"
Everyone fell silent once again. They just looked at Zhen-Zhen worriedly.
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