<h4>Chapter 1381: 1381. To cry or not to cry, that is the question.</h4>


    Elly Campbell quietly watched Jasmine Churchill cry fiercely in front of her, feeling no inner turmoil whatsoever.


    As Jasmine spoke through her tears, it seemed she either wanted to tell Elly that her own mother hadn’t fared well under Adam Jones’smand, or perhaps she thought Adam had already told Elly what Grace Gresia had said. Jasmine left nothing unsaid, revealing their entire conversation as it happened.


    Elly’s eyes gradually darkened as she listened.


    Grace Gresia had managed to twist her perfectly normal conversation and behavior with Harry Hall into something indecent, and she had done it in front of so many of the olddies.


    If it weren’t for her Old Lady’s shrewdness, faced with some other meddlesome olddies, the words easily concocted by Grace with her wagging tongue could indeed have found believers.


    No wonder the ind owner was so angry at the time that he said such harsh words.


    As Jasmine’s crying reached its halfway point and her story was more or less told, she saw that Elly remained silent and didn’t know what to do.


    To cry, or not to cry, it seemed neither was quite right.


    After sobbing for a while and seeing that Elly had no intention offorting her, she stopped crying somewhat self-deprecatingly, yet her eyes remained red and her voice was still choked up.


    "Elly, my mother spoke carelessly because of me, it wasn’t without reason. Please don’t take it to heart."


    She was somewhat cautious—contrary to how those few other naive girls would show off their stupidity when Adam wasn’t around—this little white lotus before her was much more sensible.


    But a white lotus is still a white lotus, acting cautiously but still holding high expectations of others.


    Just like now.


    Her mother had ndered her without reason, and after her mother got a lesson from the ind owner, she now came to her asking her to not mind it.


    Why should she dismiss the nder she faced just because she came to cry in front of her?


    This was like some people who babble nonsense about others and then conclude with a statement, ’Individual opinion, no attacks if disagree.’


    Excuse me?


    After ndering others and enjoying it, adding ’no attacks if disagree’ makes everything as if it never happened?


    And when someone retorts a bit, they act pitifully and retort with, ’Didn’t I say no attacks if disagree?’


    Elly sneered inwardly, maintaining an expression as calm as an old dog... no, as steadfast as Mount Tai, watching Jasmine without a ripple of emotion.


    "Your mother spoke carelessly because of you, not without reason? So... I have offended you then?"


    Jasmine was once again struck speechless.


    She had been crying so violently that she had spoken without thinking.


    Her intention was for Elly to not take her mother’s words to heart; the previous statement was just a passing remark.


    Feeling a little flustered and annoyed, Jasmine thought she had already apologized, yet Elly was making a big deal out of it, clinging to her words.


    "Sister Elly..."


    Elly just smiled faintly, her eyebrows imperceptibly lifting.


    The girl was still a girl after all, unable to conceal her thoughts—did she really think Elly hadn’t seen the sh of resentment in her eyes just now?


    "Don’t cry anymore. Why would I take what my aunt said to heart?"


    Jasmine felt a surge of joy, thinking that Elly was choosing to forgive her mother for what she had said earlier.


    As long as Elly forgave her now, it would be unreasonable for Elly to bring up past grievances and make things difficult for her when she joined the Jones familyter on.


    Jasmine was ying this kind of card, but the next second, she heard Elly say:


    "Didn’t your cousin say it? He who is licentious only affects himself. It’s my aunt’s business to have such thoughts. If I truly took it to heart, wouldn’t I be the same kind of person as my aunt?"