Chapter 131
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He publicly denounced Venn.
Casey and Emilio were angry, but they couldn't show any expression in front of Bertha.
Bertha couldn't read the thoughts of the two of them.
Derek's condition is quite poor, not like he's pretending.
She unbuttoned two buttons of his shirt and pulled it down.
Her eyes were covered with bruises, almost no part of them was healed, there were a few places where she had been hit hard, the scars had turned into dark purple blood streaks, and even had open, patchy, bleeding wounds.
Casey and Emilio saw her face becoming colder and colder. They knew that in a second she would explode, so they prepared to kneel.
Bertha's voice was calm. 'Who hit him?"
The two of them couldn't guess whether she was angry or not, so they answered honestly.
"It's the third young master."
'What did he use to hit?"
'Use… rattan whip, hit ninety times."
Casey stopped, and he quickly defended Venn. 'Miss, the third young master is heartbroken because you are injured, he was suddenly angry, so…"
Bertha's expression was calm. 'I know, he deserves it."
Hearing that, Derek's hand in the blanket tightened.
Does he deserve this?
Is Venn that important in her heart?
Because it was not confirmed whether Bertha was Venn's sister, Derek felt very uncomfortable.
If he could, he would like to put Venn in a bag and tie it tightly, then throw it to the South Pole for the penguins to eat.
Feeling Derek's back on the bed suddenly become extremely angry, Bertha slightly smirked.
But the injuries on his back seemed quite serious.
"Casey, you give him the medicine."
Bertha suddenly stepped in front of Casey, startling him. "Huh? Me?"
Bertha glanced at him. "Could it be me?"
"I know."
Casey is dissatisfied. Even though he was very dissatisfied, he still listened to Bertha because she was staring at him.
Then, Bertha was about to leave when a pair of large hands suddenly grabbed her wrist from behind.
"Bertha, please talk to me for a moment..."
Derek was lying facing the other way, he didn't lift his head, his voice was muffled under the blanket, his long curled eyelashes trembled slightly, and his face was pale, he looked very weak.
Bertha glanced at him indifferently. "My time is precious, I don't have time to talk to you."
She emphasized every word, mainly to remind him of his status at this time.
Derek didn't move, nor did he let go.
"Bertha, all afternoon, I had to endure it for six hours, it was really painful. The living room floor was cold, my bones were stiff. Consider it my punishment, you talk to me a little bit."
His voice was gentle, like a wounded little animal looking for comfort.
He lay on the living room floor for six hours.
Bertha frowned and glanced at Emilio standing next to her.
Emilio panicked, he bowed his head. "I… I thought Mr. Derek was doing housework and then got dizzy, so…"
The more he explained, the more wrong he became.
Afraid that all the blame would be placed on him, Emilio immediately closed his mouth, quietly went out, and closed the door.
After the door closed, the room became completely silent.
Bertha bowed her head, glancing at Derek curled up in the blanket. "What do you want to say?"
Derek still held her hand. "Both of these days, you've been at Venn's mansion. How does it feel to live there?"
Huh?
Bertha frowned.
Does he pretend to be so weak and pitiful, just to say these things?
"Venn is a considerate, gentle man. Living here, I feel suffocated, so these past few days, I've been living in his place very well."
Knowing she was making fun of him, Derek turned serious, and he probed. "I heard that Griselda's house has very high requirements for the partners of their children and grandchildren. Do you think Venn would go against the whole family for you?"
Venn married her? What a funny story.
Bertha looked at him sarcastically. "This is my matter, perhaps you are still not qualified to manage my matter."
Derek looked at her expression, his lips curling into a smile.
"It seems that he has no intention of letting Griselda's house know of your existence. So, you were adopted by him?"
Bertha laughed. "In this world, only I adopt people, there is no vice versa."
These words are arrogant and arrogant.
But when they came out of her mouth, there was no contradiction.
Derek narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about what she was saying.
If she is a rich lady, then she must come from Griselda's house.
Maybe she and Venn are related? Can't they be lovers?
So their previous intimate behavior was simply brother and sister?
However, this is just his speculation, nothing can prove its authenticity.
But Derek selfishly hopes this is true.
He was still in a state of shock.
Bertha saw that he was just talking nonsense, and she was about to leave.
Because Derek held her wrist tightly, Bertha couldn't leave and was a little angry. "Derek, how long do you want to hold my hand?"
Derek was startled, and looked pitiful and innocent, looking at her. "Bertha, my back hurts, can you help me soothe it a little?"
"Huh?"
Bertha was shocked, her eyes widened.
Why didn't she notice that he was so cheesy before?
'In the end, were you hit on the back or the head? Are you crazy?"
Derek was speechless.
The truth is that he is in pain, and tired, he wants to be comforted by her.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Bertha tried to remove the hand holding her wrist to go out.
Behind him, Derek's voice suddenly rang out with an extremely calm tone. "These past few days I've been going to the mountains bordering cities Z and X. The reason I came back late was because a group of people chased me, Fawn sent those people."
Bertha's footsteps suddenly stopped.
The first brother sent his subordinates to kill Derek.
The third brother only said that Derek could not return temporarily.
But he didn't tell her the truth, the reason Derek stayed was because of his first brother.
She suddenly remembered Derek's reaction after she injected him with a special medicine the day he returned, so the wound on his back was caused by his first brother's subordinate.
