Chapter 264


    Over the years, they would live a pampered life and had fattened up. Even a little movement left them


    panting with exertion. They really could not afford to start a fight with Serenity and her husband,


    especially since Serenity knew martial arts.


    It was a mystery how Liberty brought up her sister that she let Serenity learn martial arts.


    Luckily, they had the foresight to take Serenity’s father’s life insurance payout for safekeeping, or else it


    might have been thoroughly wasted by Serenity and her sister.


    “Serenity, you’d better not go too far! I’m telling you, if you don’t get Noah out of jail and something


    happens to him in there, you’ll never hear the end of it from me! Don’t assume that I’d be afraid of you


    just because you have a husband now!”


    Abigail yelled while pointing at Serenity.


    Zachary finished washing his hands and turned his head. With just a sweep of his sharp, icy gaze over


    her, Abigail’s curses immediately softened.


    She was pretty scared of this cold, taciturn man.


    “Serenity.”


    Stuart Hunt finally spoke, “No matter what it is, it’s not right to raise your hand against someone. If you


    ask your husband to apologize to your aunt, as the elders, we won’t hold it‘ against you further.”


    “So you do know it’s not right to raise your hand against someone. When Noah led a bunch of thugs, all


    carrying metal bars, to block my way in the middle of the night and threatened me to leave the car, I


    was so scared back then. And when I got down, he made a move against me first. If it weren’t for my


    quick reactions, that metal bar of his would have hit me. How do you think I’d have ended up then?”


    The corner of Zachary’s mouth twitched when he heard Serenity say she was so scared then, but there


    was a hint ofughter in his eyes.


    Serenity continued, “He was in the wrong and I was only acting in self–defense. How am I at fault?


    Now you guys havee here in a big group, at night, to use me and verbally abuse me. Do you


    think you’re justified in doing that?”


    Stuart Hunt was rendered speechless. After a moment, he said, “Serenity, we do know that Noah’s in


    the wrong, but aren’t you fine? You know martial arts, and Noah with his


    gang of people couldn’t even beat you. You’re perfectly fine. What’s a little conflict between cousins?


    Since you’ve fought it out, just let it pass. Why did you have to involve the police?


    “Noah’s still a minor. His detainment will greatly affect his future. You’re his cousin. Isn’t it a little too


    heartless of you to treat your own family like this?”


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    Serenity said coldly, “Don’t talk to me about family. If I was heartless, he wouldn’t have just been


    detained. And anyway, don’t you think it’sughable for you guys to chastise me for being heartless?


    When have you guys ever beenpassionate? When my parents died, do you remember how you


    treated my sister and I?


    “Fifteen years ago, you guys personally severed any ties of family between you and my sister and I. So


    now, don’te and talk to me about being family!”


    Serenity walked forward to stand in front of Abigail, who red at her fury, wishing she could burn her


    alive with her gaze. Although she was very tempted to attack her, with Zachary‘s cold eyes pinned on


    her, Abigail was too much of a coward and in the end, did not dare to make a move.


    “You should be grateful. Just think about it–your son‘s underage, but he‘s already got the gall to lead a


    bunch of thugs to block someone‘s road. They didn‘t manage to get me because I know martial arts.


    But if I had been a weak, feeble woman and he‘d assaulted me and smashed up my car, and even


    stolen my valuables and stuff, what do you think he‘d have be? “A robber. The crime of robbery is


    a very serious one. He wouldn‘t only be detained–he‘d also have been sentenced to prison for quite a


    few years. Sure, he‘s a minor, but he‘s already reached the age of 16. If he breaks thew, he has to


    take responsibility for doing so.


    “Now, this will teach him a lesson. Detaining him will make him understand what he did was illegal.


    After hees out, he‘ll know to restrain himself and he won‘t be like those crooks. He wouldn‘t dare


    to mess around in the future. If this isn‘t saving him, what is?”


    Serenity spoke with reason and justification, and the elder Hunts unexpectedly had no way of refuting


    it.


    She continued to say, “If it weren‘t for my taking into consideration the fact that we‘re still blood–rted


    in the end, I wouldn‘t have saved him this time. I‘d have just left him to it and not cared if he died.”