Chapter 357

Looking back at everything that went down these past two days… She really should’ve seen it coming. That elegant old lady, always so concerned about Daniel... And yet, it never crossed her mind to even suspect... that Mrs. Allen would choose to live alone in a remote village. Daniel noticed Claire zoning out, Julian's face was stone cold. "Hey, don’t look at me like that," Daniel said. "I’ll ask her myself. Let’s go together." "My grandma wouldn’t have any reason to do something like this, but yeah, the osmanthus cakes were sent from her house, so clearly something was off." "This has never happened before, and I’m really sorry." Julian chimed in, "Well, that safety net around this place isn’t holding up anymore. Looks like someone wants to shake things up." He remembered Daniel telling him how Mrs. Allen moved out here years ago after something went down, and even met with Natalie in private. Natalie couldn’t get her claws into this place. For twenty years, nothing changed—until today