Chapter 7: Another Way to Discpline

At dinner time, the maid led Melody to the dining room of the Sullivans.

Reagan was too upset about her that it made her lose her appetite.She did not appear at the dining
table with the rest of her family.

Everybody else was already there, everyone except for Melody! As soon as Melody appeared, Charles
immediately mocked her.

"Country bumpkins have no sense of decency.They even ask us to treat them to a meal.Do they think
they're as great as our ancestors?"

Melody was never the one to react violently.

When she heard him mock her, she calmly turned her head and looked at him.

Her eyes gave off an eerie vibe, which was terrifying.

Charles was unprepared for that kind of response, that he suddenly became scared.

As he trembled, he began choking on the steak he had stuffed inside his mouth and coughed violently.

He nearly coughed out his lungs by trying.

Finally, he managed to get a hold of himself and regained his composure.

Charles stared back at Melody as if it was her fault he nearly choked to death.

He was so angry that he clenched his jaw thinking of a way to get back at her.He rolled his eyes at her
until an idea sparked in his mind.

"I heard that you made Reagan so angry that she couldn't even eat because of you."



He innocently quipped, "It also had something to do about the library donation that we did for you.Is
that true?"

He knew that his father loved Reagan dearly.

Melody was too arrogant, that she bullied Reagan on her first day with them.

Charles knew that Quince wouldn't let her get away with it.

Melody tilted her head indifferently, "I heard you ranked the last place in your class and donated a
thousand computers to the school so that it wouldn't be found out.Is that true?"

"How did she know?"

Charles's eyes widened at her.

His mother already covered up the matter.

How did Melody find out about what they did? Before Charles could counter and try to understand,
Quince beat him to it.

Hearing the news, Quince frowned.

"Charles, what's going on? When did you get ranked last in the exam?"

The sentence made Charles's face immediately turn pale.

He wasn't more scared of anyone than Quince.

Even though his father was busy with work on the weekdays, he always did something to educate him.

Charles didn't dare to open his mouth.



He didn't know how to answer Quince, and he didn't want to admit to anything either.He sat there
silently, in fear of his father.

Seeing that trouble might happen, Elizabeth spoke up in a cheery voice.

"Let's just have a meal; she smiled, "Let's not waste our words, the dishes are getting cold.Hurry up
and eat!"

After saying that, Elizabeth shot Melody a warning glance.

Melody ignored her and reached out to pick up her cutlery.

She didn't care about about Elizabeth's warning! But she was kind of right, it was more important to eat.

For the sake of his wife, Quince decided not to push it any further.

As he stayed silent, the rest of the family did the same and ate quietly.

After the meal, Quince didn't get up right away, and so the rest of the family remained seated.

This was one of the rules of the Sullivan family.

Not until the head of the family got up, then the rest of the family wouldn't either.

Melody set her knife and fork down on her plate and like everything else, she didn't care about their
rules.

She pushed her chair away from the table, and slowly rose from her seat.

Charles was ready with a snarky comment to criticize her.

But Elizabeth glared at her son, and so Charles shut his own mouth.



She had no intention of helping Melody, but she understood.

Since the old man was gone, the Sullivans would follow Quince's lead.

As the head of the family, he would never allow a country girl to walk all over him just because she
didn't know the rules.

It was better for him to handle it rather than Charles.

Quince's face already darkened once he saw Melody stand up.

How dare she defy him! Charles understood his mother's glares.

He knew better than to cross his father, and he knew it ever since he was young.

Finally, the tables have turned for him.

It was now his turn to watch the drama happen.

Just as Quince was about to lose his temper, he remembered that Melody wasn't from here.

She might not know any of the rules that they have, so he suppressed his anger.

"Wait a minute!"

Quince exclaimed, calling for her.

Melody turned on her heel to face him, with an expectant look on her face.

"Sit down."

Quince pointed to her chair, "I have something to tell you."



Melody didn't obey him.

"I rather stand, I'm already full.I'll sit down if I'm still hungry"

Quince hated it when his children are disobedient like this.

What Melody said meant that she had the intention of sitting down again, and so he almost lost his
temper.

But he had to hold it in, Quince thought carefully about what he had to say next.

Elizabeth and Charles knew why he wouldn't scold Melody out immediately.

It wasn't Quince's way to discipline someone.

Charles was about to go after Melody, but Elizabeth held him back and shook her head.

The reason why Elizabeth was able to stay in the Sullivan family for so long was not only because she
had the stomach to endure it, but also because she understood Quince.

Sure enough, Quince sighed and backed down.

He looked at Melody and then began to reveal what he had to talk about.

"Melody, although your grandfather handed over the Sullivan's property to you, I'm afraid that you're
still young.You have to focus on your studies first.How about this, you sign a licensing agreement and
hand over the property to me? I'll help you manage the entire Sullivan shares."

A servant that was waiting beside him handed over a contract with a pen ready for Melody to sign it.

So this was his goal.



Elizabeth and Charles smiled as they understood it.

They gave each other knowing looks.

Once Melody signed the agreement, then all of her power would be stripped away into nothing but an
empty shell.

If a vicious tiger loses its teeth to bare, then would it still be a threat? With a smile still on his face,
Charles's eyes narrowed down at Melody.

If it was his father asking her to sign it personally, then she wouldn't have the guts to disobey him.


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