"In the old house, she was released and saw what happened between me and Sixteen."

Julian Ford spoke slowly, "At that time, she already harbored murderous intent towards Tiana, right? She mistook Chloe Grant for Tiana, convincing herself that Tiana couldn’t defeat her."

"I had Jesse Rivers keep a close eye on her actions."

Julian Ford smiled, "Who knew, she played a game of borrowing a knife to kill, but unfortunately, no matter how vicious she was, she couldn’t outmatch Tiana and mom."

He took the opportunity to compliment Rouge Jarvis.

She glared at him, thinking about everything that happened, and sighed slowly, "Perhaps because she is my own daughter, having watched her grow up, there’s a filter when looking at her, naturally filtering out the bad impurities. Now, the filter is gone, and I realize how malicious she is."

Isaac Ford asked, "Why did Second Brother always dislike her?"

Julian Ford shook his head, "You’re wrong, I once loved her too, after all, she was the sister mom brought home. What reason was there not to cherish her?"

Once loved...

Everyone pondered but couldn’t recall when he had ever loved Meredith Ford.

Julian Ford raised his brows, "Do you remember Chantal?"

Rouge Jarvis remembered clearly, "That Garfield cat."

Only then did Isaac Ford remember, it was a gift Second Brother gave her when Meredith was six years old.

"She liked that cat very much and named it Chantal. Before she turned six, although I wasn’t particularly nice to her, I did have good intentions."

Rouge Jarvis also remembered, "Back then, she loved that cat, even held it while sleeping. I didn’t allow it, so she fussed, then I let her be, not long after, Chantal became ill and died."

Julian Ford’s eyes turned cold, and he sneered, "Did Chantal really die from illness?"

No one wanted to speculate maliciously, for at that time, she was indeed still a child.

Maxim Ford seemed uncertain, "Didn’t it?"

Julian Ford revealed the truth about Chantal’s death.

At that time, Meredith Ford had a congenital psychological disorder, and since she could remember, her inner thoughts were different from others. Initially, she truly liked Chantal, even bought it tasty food, and asked the sister-in-law to make a little nest for it.

Later, after having Chantal, whenever they came to see her, they would first hold Chantal.

Then he noticed Meredith Ford’s expression, a malice unbecoming her age, seemingly aware of his discovery, her expression fleeting, reaching out to pet Chantal held in his arms, smiling innocently.

"Second Brother, it’s so obedient."

"Hmm."

Initially, he thought he was mistaken, didn’t suspect, sat with her for a bit, then left Chantal and departed.

Later, Chantal became the beloved pet of the brothers, and they almost visited every day.

He was no exception.

Chantal used to like being close to Meredith Ford, always wandering at her feet, rubbing her with its head coquettishly.

That day, he discovered Chantal hiding in a corner, unwilling to approach, even when he tried to hold it, it ran away.

There were Chantal’s shed hairs in the room; he thought animal hair fall was normal.

A few days later, Meredith Ford ran out holding Chantal, which had shed most of its fur, crying sorrowfully, saying Chantal was dead.

The older servant at the house said Chantal had a skin disease, found out too late, thus died.

Hence, Meredith Ford blamed herself and cried daily, even went to see its little grave at night.

Initially, he wasn’t suspicious, worried about the cold nights, went to the woods to see her, and witnessed an unimaginable scene.

She actually dug out Chantal’s corpse, held a fruit knife, callously peeling its skin.

Under the moonlight, the crazed and evil expression in her eyes was unimaginable for a six-year-old girl, resembling an evil spirit from a horror movie.

Reflecting on what he saw before, he understood that Chantal didn’t die from illness but was tortured to death by her, and even postmortem was tormented at its grave.

After speaking, his expression carried a hint of hostility, "Isn’t this similar to her declaring sovereignty at Chloe Grant’s grave?"

Rouge Jarvis felt a chill in her heart, "She’s done it since childhood, abusing cats when young, harming people when grown..."

Julian Ford, "In childhood, she thought Chantal stole the affection meant for her, now believes Tiana has taken away her brother, harming her is no surprise."

Maxim Ford wasn’t aware of the truth behind Chantal’s death, never thought of this perspective, "In Azurea, when you found out about the elevator incident, was your first reaction that Meredith Ford did it, also judged via Chantal’s incident?"

"Intuition." Saying so, he looked at Aiden Shaw, "Recall, on the morning Chantal died, did Old Four visit her bedroom, did you hold Chantal?"

"Hmm."

Though it’s been a long time, he won’t forget because Chantal died that night, so the memory remains vivid.

"You held it, and Chantal died that night. Later, Chloe Grant schemed against you, indeed made a mistake, but Meredith Ford ruined her face. Then Tiana, you got injured saving her and ended up in the hospital, right then Tiana was trapped in the elevator, all too coincidental."

Finally, everyone understood why Julian Ford always disliked Meredith Ford, because he personally witnessed Chantal’s incident, which happened during childhood, leaving him with a shadow over his own childhood.

If others had seen this incident too, they’d feel repulsion towards Meredith Ford, it isn’t a matter of probability.

Rouge Jarvis’ face turned pale, listening to all this, wasn’t in pain but in fury, what Meredith Ford did is simply outrageous, and she just found out now. She took a deep breath and asked him, "Why didn’t you speak up when you were a child?"

"Mom, you know how bad my reputation was back then, during that period, Meredith Ford was perpetually crying. If I hadn’t witnessed it myself, I’d also believe she was mourning Chantal’s death, would you believe me, someone known for lying?"

Rouge Jarvis touched the tip of her nose.

Back then, her poisonous spider nickname was given by this brat here.

If he spoke up then, she really wouldn’t have believed him, and would’ve spanked him.

Julian Ford pursed his lips and said, "This incident, I’ve kept it in my heart for many years, knowing her nature, I obviously don’t believe her."

Rouge Jarvis’ voice softened a bit, "Thank you for enduring."

Seeing Meredith Ford’s true nature, so dislikeable, tolerated for so many years.

Julian Ford didn’t feel it was anything difficult, lazily smiled, "Now we can celebrate, isn’t our good sister back, proving my long-standing insistence was right? Mom, a simple ’thank you’ is enough, how about a little reward?"

Rouge Jarvis’ gaze sharpened, "Shut up, do you think this matter is over just like that? Right now, you hiding the sister is a separate issue, Old Four, don’t attempt to cover it up."

The Ford family brothers: "..."

This matter, it seems won’t be resolved easily.