"Miss Lacey, I don't quite understand what you mean."

Meilu spoke, still thinking about avoiding the important and trivial, many of these things could not be decided by her as the eldest daughter, even the head of the family, Hoss did not dare to promise now.

Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, the Helis family is one of the five major chambers of commerce in Hopland, which is very powerful, but only she knows that in fact, the interior of the Helis family has gradually become divided, and the main family has slowly become unable to control the overall situation.

It wasn't that she didn't know what Lorain Hill meant, she just couldn't speak.

"More than 10 years ago, Karitas and Helis fought over the spice trade, do you know about this?" Lorain Hill watched the fire in the fireplace, the wood burning quietly, with the occasional faint crackling sound.

"I know a little bit about it." Meilu seemed to have thought of something, and her face was a little unnatural.

At that time, Lord Angus was willing to put aside his prejudices and conflicts in consideration of future development, and took a step back and ceded the spice industry in the Southern Isles, while the previous generation of Helis family owners also reciprocated by ceding their own forest farms and some estates. In this way, the two sides put aside their prejudices, helped each other, and finally consolidated their market and position in the alliance. ”

"But no one expected that the Helis family, which has always been loyal, would actually set up a bureau for the head of the Karitas family, trying to use a child of their own to obtain the inheritance of Karites, and split the Chamber of Commerce in this way."

"Does Miss Meru know about this?" Speaking of this, Lorain Hill slowly raised his head, and his eyes looked at the Helis family daughter opposite.

"I ..... I probably know something. Looking at Loren Hill's stunning blue eyes, she could only admit bitterly.

This matter is indeed not authentic for the Helis family, and the reconciliation has not been told to Angus after the fact, I thought that ten years have passed, and Angus is gone, everything has passed. Who would have thought that the new head of the Karitas family still knew the truth.

"Uncle Serres was the last time he was a coachman today, and he sent me to visit. After tomorrow, he will resign from his position at home and go to the south to retire and never come back. ”

Lorain Hill continued to say something that seemed unrelated, but Meru understood that it meant that all the actions and weakness of their Helis family had already been seen through by the eldest lady.

Is there no way back, Mei Lu looked down at the teacup, and the scattered emerald green tea leaves slowly circulated in the cup, and then sank to the bottom of the cup.

Recalling the scene of childhood, everything is like yesterday, when the grandfather was still alive, the uncles in the family gathered together, often ate together, and talked to each other about where there are new raw materials recently, which route has a good profit margin, which new product is popular with everyone, and it is very lively.

As the eldest daughter in the family, she often entertained her younger siblings, taking them to play, read books, and fly kites, and her uncles often praised her and brought her gifts from various places in the Seven Kingdoms, which was also when she was happiest.

But with the death of my grandfather and the succession of my father, everything has slowly become bad. As soon as my father came up, he messed up a few projects, and the uncles were dissatisfied and resentful, so they gradually stopped obeying the orders of the master's family, and my father also felt that he was not this material, and began to indulge in self-indulgence, indulge in pleasures, and no longer intervene in the affairs of the family, so that in recent years she has been making up her minds.

But she is just a daughter, and her seniority and qualifications can't suppress those uncles, and even the younger brothers and sisters who used to know each other are indifferent, and sometimes there are some conflicts.

As the heat slowly dissipated, the tea in the cup gradually cooled, and the tea leaves no longer fluttered, like stagnant water, Mei Lu raised her head and whispered.

"I'm very sorry, Miss Lacey, but the Helis family is not qualified to be your ally."

"Why?"

"Maybe it's still the gorgeous blooming camellia, but the branches under the petals have long been far apart. I can only represent one of them, and the Helis family has long been divided. ”

"Legally speaking, your master still holds more than 50% of the shares." Loren Hill wasn't disappointed.

"That's just de jure, the trade union of the Velga Business Alliance is not like the king of the kingdom, it has so much power, more often it is local autonomy, most of the members of the branch of Hopland are from our five major chambers of commerce, how binding is it to manage yourself."

"But you still have more than 50% of the de jure shares, which is irrefutable justice." Loren Hill repeated, his eyes reflecting the fire as if there was a flame burning in it.

"I understand, but..."

"But don't you dare take back what belongs to you?" Lorain Hill interrupted Merlou.

"But can you watch your family fall apart in your generation?"

"Nothing will come of waiting." Lorain Hill placed the teacup on the table.

"After taking back the rights and everything, your relatives and uncles may have a big quarrel and resentment, but they still have to rely on you, and there will still be a time to sit together again. If this is divided, their family property will be in the wrong place, but they will be more afraid of your future retribution, and they will have even darker thoughts and ideas. ”

"Meru, you don't want to see the worst outcome."

"I ......."

Mei Lu looked at the dreamy girl in the black dress in front of her, she admonished like an angel, and bewitched like a demon, and she was speechless for a while.

Lorain Hill didn't let Meru answer immediately, knowing that changes in perceptions and habits would take time to digest.

Then she stood up, walked over to the fireplace, removed the teapot that was baking by the fire, and helped Meilu and her teacup refill the boiling tea.

Mei Lu sat quietly on the sofa, watching the hot tea flow out of the pot, crossing an arc, rising bursts of white mist, and then flowing into the white gold-rimmed porcelain cup, the sinking tea leaves in the cup tumbled in the hot water again, and the light green tea leaves in the amber liquid, like a small boat in the stormy waves.

Helis, yellow and green camellia, blooms in winter and spring, the flowers are abundant, dignified and elegant.

"Only camellia is very durable, and it can only occupy the spring breeze in the deep moon." - Sentence Qiqi (Song Zeng Jili) rhymes with oriental

"I see, Lady Lacey, can you give me a little time?"

Mei Lu raised her head and looked at Lorain Hill, revealing a relieved smile, and under the reflection of the fire, the long chestnut blonde hair reflected a faint light.