Mysterious Woman is So Gentle by Mila Chan
Mysterious Woman Is So Gentle By Mila Chan Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Soon, Janet had been brought over to Henrick forcefully.

As soon as she saw Henrick, Janet started shouting in panic, “Mr.Southall, I'm innocent! I

went out only because my useless son got into trouble again! I havenothing to do with the cobra incident! Please, I've always been loyal tothe Southalls!”

Janet's pleas fell on deaf ears as Henrick ordered for her to be tied up.Without any hesitation, the housekeepers did as instructed.

Still ignoring Janet's cries, Henrick walked around the hall and found aleather belt left

behind by a guest.

“Whip her!” he ordered as he handed the belt to the housekeeper.Despite his initial hesitation, the housekeeper eventually carried outHenrick’s orders.

Snap! With just one whip, Janet's skin instantly split open. The pain wasso unbearable she

started screaming and writhing on the floor.

Arielle watched silently by the side, her gaze cold and unfeeling. It lookslike the person who had snuck onto my balcony to release the snake isthis old hag. Arielle was furious and felt no pity toward Janet. It's onlyfair that she pays the price for

this.

After ten lashings, Janet was drenched in a cold sweat, unable to makea sound anymore.

Despite the pain she was in, she still refused to tell the truth. She'd becharged with murder if she did, and she couldn't let that happen.

The housekeeper who had been whipping Janet couldn't tolerate anymore and spoke up. “Mr. Southall, we can't hit her anymore. At her age,if we keep this up, she’s not going to be able to take it.”

Henrick understood the concern, and likewise, he didn’t want anymishaps before he got to

the bottom of the matter.

Before he could give the order to stop hitting Janet, anotherhousekeeper returned from his

investigation.

“Mr. Southall, I've asked around the markets in the southern district.One of the sellers said

he sold someone a venomous snake at midnight.”

Janet froze when she heard that, and the subtle change in herdemeanor didn’t go unnoticed by the eagle—eyed Arielle. “Was it Janetwho bought the snake?” Arielle asked.

The housekeeper shook his head. “I didn't ask, but I did bring the sellerhere. He'd also be

able to confirm if the snake did come from him.”

“Very good,” Henrick replied, “Bring the man in!”

Soon, the snake seller walked in cautiously and greeted Henrick.

After getting someone to bring the severed snake over, Henrick asked,“Is this the snake you

sold?”

It only took one glance before the seller nodded. “Yes, sir, this is theone. Some of the scales on its tail had come off during the transactionThat's why I recognized it immediately.”

Henrick scoffed and walked over to Janet, who hadn't dared to look upsince the mention of

the snake seller. He brought her to the seller and once again asked,"Did this old lady buy the

snake from you?”

The snake seller had no idea what was going on, only that he shouldn'tlie to a man like

Henrick. He took one good look at Janet and nodded, “Yes, that's her.She said she wanted to try

making some exotic snake wine, so I recommended her the mostvenomous snake I have.”

With a witness and evidence, the truth was finally out. Henrick pushedJanet away angrily and asked coldly, “So? What do you have to say foryourself now?”

Janet sat on the floor shaking like a leaf. And yet, she remained silent.“Janet, look what this has come to,” Arielle chimed in. “It's time to comeclean about everything. Before the police get here, tell us why you wantto harm Shandie! You watched her grow up, and yet you want to seeher dead? Don't you think that's too cruel of you?”

“No, I didn’t. Why would I want to harm Ms. Shandie? She's like adaughter to me!” “Then who exactly did you want to harm? Is it myfather?” Arielle continued. "Did someone

else put you up to this to frame me? Or are you going to say I was theone who got you to buy

the snake?”

Janet was taken aback by that last sentence.

She had wanted to insist that Arielle was the mastermind behind allthis. However, now

that Arielle had brought it up herself, it'd be foolish to accuse her.

Just as Janet was hesitating about telling the truth, Arielle turned to herfather and said,

“Dad, call the police. Someone as vicious as her deserves to spend therest of her life behind

bars!"

Janet immediately looked up at Arielle and pleaded, “No! Please don“!Both my sons still

need me.”

“Then tell us the truth. If you do, Dad might still let you off on accountof your long service.”

Janet had given up completely. She knew what she had to do. If shetold the truth, there was still a possibility that she could get away withit. If she didn't,

she'd be serving jail time for Shandie.

No matter what Cindy and Shandie had done for her, Janet wasn'tgoing to sacrifice that

much for them.

“T'll tell you everything...” Janet cried out. “It was Ms. Shandie whoinstructed me to do it!

She ordered me to buy the snake and release it into Ms. Arielle’s room.But I don’t know how the

snake ended up being in Ms. Shandie’s room...”

Arielle immediately piped up, “My room is very near Shannie’s, so thesnake could have

crawled over from the balcony. I just never expected Shannie to hateme this much. I thought

she had always treated me well...”

Arielle’s voice trailed off as she stared into the distance in shock anddisbelief.

“You old scumbag! And that little b*tch! You reap what you sow!”Henrick hollered. He let out a deep sigh and took a few deep breaths tocalm himself down. “Bring Cindy

down. Let her see for herself how her good daughter had turned out!”Henrick had spent so much money and effort on Shandie, only to haveher turn out to be so cold and vicious. What have I done to deservethis?

“Dad, don't get too mad,” Arielle comforted. “I showed up so suddenlythat Shandie probably couldn't accept it. But I believe she will acceptme in time..."

“You're still speaking up for her even after all this? Your kindness isgoing to be your

downfall! If things had gone her way, you'd have been the one bittenby the snake!”

Arielle shook her head sadly. “Everyone makes mistakes. Shandie is stillyoung. There's

much for her to learn...”

Before Arielle could go on, Cindy had been brought down from herroom,

After Janet recounted the entire incident again, Cindy's face instantlypaled. How could I have given birth to such a foolish daughter?

Cindy had reminded Shandie over and over again how the time wasn'tright to strike at Arielle. Not only did her words fall on deaf ears, butShandie had even gone to extremes behind her back.

“I'm sorry, dear. I've failed to teach our daughter. When she comesback, I'll give her a good lecture! Arielle, I'm so sorry. I've let you downand even accused you. But, please, forgive your sister. I'll get her to bea good sister to you.”

Seeing how Cindy had taken the initiative to apologize to Arielle,Henrick calmed down a

little.

“Fine. I don’t want to air our dirty laundry in public, so this matter endshere,” Henrick said

before looking at Janet. “As for this old hag, she has to go. Getsomeone to send her to the farm,

and make sure she doesn't come into contact with anyone!”

With that, Janet was taken away, never to step into the Southallresidence again.

Before long, Henrick received a call from the hospital. “Mr. Southall, Ms.Shandie has woken up, but she doesn't want to stay in the hospital. Shewants to come home as soon as possible.”

“She can do whatever she wants!" Henrick replied harshly.

I still can't believe Shandie can be so vicious. If she has the gall to harmArielle now, she might do the same to me in the future! How did mydaughter turn out to be such a monster?

Shandie had signed the discharge papers at the hospital and couldn’twait to return to the

Southalls.

Even though her initial plan had gone awry, she was going to use it toher advantage by telling Henrick the snake had been placed in herroom by Arielle.

She was going to tell everyone that Arielle wanted her dead!