Otherwise, with the elders of the family always oppressively lording over her, Emily Brooks would have a hard time performing. Now that she’s been forced to come up with an excuse, this little fox is no pushover—sure enough, their cooperation is seamless.

Grace Brooks’s expression shifted for a moment before she slowly said, “This is a newly hired guard. I don’t know much about him.”

“So what? You know and still let it go? Are you trying to get the Special Operations Division to wipe out the The Brooks Family?” Emily Brooks snapped sharply, “Aren’t you going to apprehend this bio-modifier?”

The bat-man let out a sinister cackle, then suddenly flapped his wings and took off: “No need to trouble yourself, Miss Brooks, we’ll meet again.”

Before he finished speaking, his laughter suddenly turned into a scream. A high-voltage electric net suddenly appeared in midair, crackling as it fried him to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. He writhed in the air for a moment before crashing to the ground, convulsing and slowly curling up.

Emily Brooks released the electric net button in her pocket. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief—sure enough, this bat-man was seriously injured last night; otherwise, the net wouldn’t have been able to stop him. The result was even better than she’d imagined.

A powerful bat-man who almost got her killed had walked right into her trap at home—Emily Brooks was in a great mood. She crossed her arms leisurely and said, “Did you really think a weak woman like me living alone in a villa in the wilderness wouldn’t have any protection? Someone, tie him up with a high-voltage electric lock and take him to the police station.”

“Wait!” Grace Brooks finally snapped out of it.

Why would the Zhou family inexplicably keep a bio-modified person… That’s a military taboo. She’d come in all aggressive looking for trouble, but now, inexplicably, she’d been caught off guard and routed, even losing the high ground—she suddenly felt deflated.

But she still had to clean up this mess, or else she’d be completely at odds with the Zhou family. There were still ordinary Zhou family guards standing by, staring blankly—or rather, maybe she should keep this bat-man in her own hands as leverage against the Zhou family?

These thoughts flashed through Grace Brooks’s mind, and she put on a smile: “This was a guard we mistakenly hired. If we hand him directly to the police, we’ll get dragged through the mud—there are plenty of people out there looking to cause trouble for the The Brooks Family. Why not take him back to headquarters and let the family interrogate him before making a decision?”

Emily Brooks didn’t argue, replying with a half-smile, “Fine. If anything comes up, Second Aunt, you’d better keep me informed at all times. Otherwise, I’m usually too busy and will have to let someone else ask.”

Grace Brooks’s face turned ashen.

Wasn’t this also a perfect tool for Emily Brooks to use against her?

Emily Brooks was laughing inside—truly, the Father God was watching over her. She’d have to offer incense to Him another day.

Otherwise, how could something that started as passively dealing with elders’ trouble suddenly turn into her having the upper hand? And Ryan Brooks suddenly acting so bold and domineering…

She crouched down to check—Ryan Brooks was only stunned by the sonic attack, nothing serious. She was about to call someone to take Ryan Brooks for rest and treatment when she heard Grace Brooks finally expose her: “Did you bring a man home to spend the night last night?”

Emily Brooks almost stepped on Ryan Brooks.

So it really was him who leaked the secret.

It couldn’t have been the police inexplicably reporting to the The Brooks Family in the middle of the night—the The Brooks Family wasn’t so important that the police would work that hard. It had to be one of their own guards, and the biggest suspect was Ryan Brooks.

This little fox wasn’t naïve—her wariness toward Ryan Brooks was precisely because she’d long sensed something off about him, and now she was sure.

She lazily stood up and simply laid her cards on the table: “I’m already twenty-four. What’s wrong with bringing a man home for the night? I heard that when you were young, Second Aunt, you partied every night and attended all sorts of lavish parties—aren’t you used to it by now?”

“You!” Seeing the strange looks from the surrounding guards, Grace Brooks’s face turned green.

How could this be something to say out loud? It’s true that upper-class family ladies are often wild in private, but on the surface, who doesn’t act like a pure, elegant, and refined white lotus?

Emily Brooks continued, “Besides, didn’t you just say that as a woman alone in Sangyu, I needed a man’s support? Now that I have a man, you have something to say about it?”

Grace Brooks simply said, “What the family wants is someone who can work together to develop the Sangyu branch, not a kept man. What’s the point of that? Isn’t your so-called boyfriend still upstairs? Why not have him come down and meet us?”

Emily Brooks frowned slightly.

Things had come to this point—she should have Gavin Carter come out; hiding was useless… But first, this would put Gavin Carter in danger—both the The Brooks Family and the The Turner Family might want to get rid of him. Second, Gavin Carter was just a clueless little demon who’d just come down from the mountains; what could he show off? He’d only end up being humiliated by Grace Brooks.

Emily Brooks hesitated for a moment, about to say he’d already left, but before she could speak, a yawning voice came from the stairs: “Darling, who’s this yellow-faced old auntie making such a racket so early in the morning…”

Everyone in the room, including Emily Brooks herself, had a wonderfully dramatic change of expression.

They all turned in unison to look—Gavin Carter was standing at the top of the stairs, wearing the same style of pajamas Emily Brooks had worn before, looking sleepy. There was a chibi dragon printed on the pajamas, smiling cheerfully.

His long hair was casually tied back, and he leaned against the railing with a relaxed, carefree air. One had to admit, he did have a bit of a playboy’s charm—it was no wonder Emily Brooks had fallen for him.

Everyone stared blankly at Gavin Carter for a long moment, then their eyes shifted to the equally stunned Emily Brooks.

Emily Brooks’s mouth twitched for a long time, not knowing how to stop Gavin Carter from this “courting death” behavior.

Didn’t I tell you not to show yourself?