<h4>Chapter 164: Chapter 162: Calm on the Surface</h4>


    "Auntie, you wait for me here, okay? I’m going to the restroom and will be right back! There are candies and fruits here, I’ll be back in a minute." Eliza Bet settled her there like coaxing a child, appearing like a little adult.


    She smiled and ruffled Eliza’s pigtails, replying, "Alright, I’ll wait for you here, won’t go anywhere."


    After Eliza left, she stood by the balcony, staring nkly at the bright crescent moon in the sky.


    "Elliana."


    Hearing the voice, he looked towards the source, only to see Mia rke walking towards her shyly, her smile rather flirtatious.


    As the woman approached closer, he didn’t quite know how to address Mia rke. To be honest, she didn’t want to call this woman "Auntie," so she decided to follow Norman Bet’s lead and call her by her name.


    "Mia rke."


    This address made Mia rke freeze, her smile almost vanishing.


    "Elliana, how did youe here? Didn’t your dad take you home?"


    She dared to bring it up herself, so she replied with a sarcastic smile, "Thanks to you."


    Perhaps seeing her unpleasant attitude, Mia rke stopped beating around the bush. She walked up beside her, leaned on the balcony railing, and said directly, "Elliana, you know, right? Norman’s father doesn’t like you, he has someone else in mind, there’s no possibility for you two."


    "Oh? Is that so?" She feigned grievance, "Well, sorry to say, but Norman and I are already legally married, what now?"


    Came to disgust her, did she? Well, if she didn’t fight fire with fire, then Mia rke’s "effort" would be wasted, wouldn’t it?


    "What did you say?"


    The two faced each other, she smiling leisurely while Mia rke’s eyes were shadowed with anger.


    Just then, she was suddenly pulled, and realized that Eliza had already stood in front of her, ring angrily at Mia rke.


    "Big bad wolf! Stay away from my Auntie!" Eliza’s stance was like a shepherd dog protecting its sheep.


    "Eliza, it’s okay, let’s go."


    She tried to pull Eliza, but Eliza had no intention of leaving, ring at Mia rke and saying, "We’re not going. If anyone’s leaving, it’s the big bad wolf!"


    Yet Mia rke didn’t get angry, instead, she spoke with a stern face as if scolding a junior, "Eliza, I’m your grandmother’s sister, how can you talk to your grandmother’s sister like that?"


    "What grandmother’s sister, don’t think I don’t know just because I’m a kid. Uncle said you’re a homewrecker."


    Mia rke was obviously embarrassed and said, "Eliza, do you know it was your grandfather who wants to marry me?" Her tone carried a hint of anger, but because Mia rke’s voice was inherently charming, it almost sounded like she was pouting.


    "So Grandpa’s a big bad wolf too, neither of you are good people, and also, you can’te up to the third floor."


    "Eliza Bet! How dare you speak to your grandmother’s sister like that! Are you rebelling?"


    This anger that made one shiver was from Zane Bet, and the three of them turned to look as Zane descended upon them with a face like thunder.


    "Coming here and corrupting my Bet family child at once, unruly thing, get back to your Lyle family!"


    Zane said this to Elliana Lyle, who was taken aback but also somewhat surprised at such an usation.


    She couldn’t bring herself to call him Dad and could only say, "Uncle Zane, I haven’t corrupted the Bet child, instead, the Bet child is quite sensible."


    Pa!


    The p was truly loud,nding on Eliza’s face.


    "Eliza!" Elliana hurriedly shielded Eliza in her arms, her little face instantly reddened and started swelling visibly.


    Eliza didn’t cry, just snuggled into her arms quietly.


    "It’s okay, it’s okay." Afterforting Eliza, she looked at Zane in disbelief, angrily questioning, "Eliza is so young, how could you be so hard on her?"


    Zane grew even angrier, as if his eyes were on fire, "I discipline my Bet kids, is it your Lyle family’s ce to interfere? Didn’t your Lyle family teach you the rules?"


    "Oh dear, honey, let it go, let it go. Kids are the easiest to be coaxed," Mia rke threw herself at the man’s chest, gently stroking his torso with one hand.


    She then looked at Elliana, sighing helplessly, "Miss Lyle, perhaps you should leave, so both sides can save face, don’t you think?"


    "Auntie, you can’t go, I’ll take you to find Uncle!"


    Eliza spoke with firm resolve, pulling her by the hand and rushing down the hallway, without caring about Zane’s bellows behind them.


    "Eliza! Eliza, wait a moment." Only after Eliza stopped did she say, "Let’s get an ice pack for your face."


    Eliza beamed at her, "Auntie, you have to look more aggrieved so Uncle will feel sorry seeing it. I’m used to Grandpa hitting me every time he’s angry, he only dares to hit me."


    "Eliza." For some reason, Elliana felt saddened seeing Eliza’s smile, such a young child yet so sensible.


    Additionally, from Eliza’s words, she learned that Zane often hit Eliza.


    "Right, that’s it," Only when Elliana’s eyes welled up did Eliza put away her smile.


    She hugged Elliana,forting, "Auntie, don’t be afraid, our family is good, it’s only Grandpa and Mia rke that are bad."


    "Eliza, get over here!" Zane had followed them up.


    Eliza held onto her and they continued running, saying, "Auntie, hurry, let’s report to Uncle, I know where he is!"


    At the entrance, Eliza said, "Auntie, you mustn’t tell Uncle I got hit, okay? I haven’t told anyone, and you can’t either."


    ...


    "That’s how it is, I wasn’t the one wronged, it was Eliza who was wronged." Although Eliza instructed not to tell Norman, she couldn’t hold it back.


    The man gently caressed her face, his gaze deep, "Good girl, we’ll leave tomorrow afternoon."


    "Norman, Eliza she..."


    The man ced his thumb over her lips, interrupting her, "Do you know why Eliza doesn’t tell anyone?"


    This indeed stumped her, she shook her head, indicating she didn’t know.


    "The harmony within the Bet family now is all sustained by Julia and Eliza..."


    With Norman’s exnation, she realized the Bet family wasn’t as peaceful as it seemed on the surface.


    It turned out, after Old Master Bet handed the Bet Corporation over to Zane, Zane married Mia rke. Because of Mia rke, Zane once tried to drive his own sister and brother-inw out of the Bet Corporation.


    Only after Old Master Bet discovered it did Zane reluctantly settle down. However, this only caused a rift between Zane and his siblings.


    It’s not mentioned anymore, but the abortion medicine given to Mia rke by the olddy was the real start of unrest in the Bet family.


    The olddy also feared Mia rke’s child would threaten Norman and Zane Bet’s position. At that time, when Zane was about to sever ties with the family in rage.


    At that time, no one in the Bet family understood why Mia rke was so important to Zane.


    Important enough for Zane to point a knife at the olddy and curse her.


    Later, Julia Bet talked with Mia rke for an entire afternoon, no one knows what was said, but it indeed brought this matter to a halt.


    Afterwards, Julia Bet constantly facilitated rtionships within the Bet family; whenever there was an issue, she would call each family member.


    The most important reason was to prevent the Bets from bing Mia rke’s possession in the end.