Bright was driving her father out.
Bright's cold attitude made Francis embarrassed. Although he was angry, he was also responsible for
the incident and didn't treat them equally. That was why it happened like this.
He could blame none but himself.
"Bright, your father will be upset if you talk like that." Hallie spoke up for Francis. "Doris is the Lee
family's child, and your dad just wanted to see the girl... Your brother hasn't woken up for so many
years. The Lee family depends on you and will depend on Doris in the future."
"Ms. Hallie, don't pretend to be nice. If your daughter has not been cruel, how could this have
happened? I've had to make concession and let my daughter suffer. Do you want everything to go as
you want?" Bright smiled sarcastically, as if to laugh at their greed and shameless mind.
"Bright, you can't talk to Ms. Hallie like that!" Francis scolded him, "Zoe's mistake has nothing to do with
Ms. Hallie, and you can't vent your anger on her. She is my wife and the mistress of the Lee family.
Please respect her!"
"If you want me to respect her, don't come into my house." Bright took the report and slowly put it back
in the file. "See them off, darling."
Bright was so disappointed by his father that he didn't show any respect for his father.
Francis was protecting that woman's daughter, so what about his daughter?
He didn't like Hallie anyway. No matter how well she had done over the years, he had never accepted
her.
"Well, we'll go first." Francis was the first to stand up, not wanting to give Rose a hard time.
Rose rose to her feet, too. "Dad, just wait a moment. I'll call Doris down..."
Just as she finished, there was a soft, sweet voice, "Mom, are you calling me?"
The sound drew the attention of all four except Lina.
Francis saw a little girl more than one meter tall, holding on to the banister, walking slowly down the
stairs.
She had thick bangs up to her eyebrows, wearing two pigtails, and a set of panda home clothes. Her
round eyes looked curiously at people she didn't know, and her clever look made people love her at the
first sight.
Rose waved at her. "Doris, come here."
"Doris, go upstairs." Bright said oppositely with Rose.
Doris stood where she was, not sure whether she was going upward or downward. "Daddy, Mommy,
what's wrong with you? Did you have a fight?"
"No."
Doris didn't go up. She ran to Bright, who was sitting on the sofa. "Daddy, what's the matter with you?
Who has upset you?"
Doris looked across the people, but lingered on Lina's face for a few seconds longer.
Bright picked Doris up and put her on his lap. "Nobody."
He did not want to argue with his father in front of his child. It would leave a bad impression on Doris
and she would not like such a family atmosphere.
"Daddy, who are they? Guests?" Doris had noticed the strangers Francis and Hallie.
Rose reached out her hand to pick up Doris and introduced to her, "Doris, let me introduce them to you.
This is your father's father and aunt. That is, they are your grandfather and grandmother."
"Grandfather and grandmother?" Doris focused on Hallie this time. "Mom," she said, "are you
mistaken? She's so young and beautiful and classy... She must be an aunt."
Hallie was only forty-three years old. With good look and elegant temperament, and having been a
college teacher, she didn't look like a woman of forty.
She had always loved to wear a cheongsam, and today she was in a pale blue cheongsam, which
made her every charming.
"Doris has such a sweet mouth." Hallie laughed at the child's words.
'She's grandfather's wife, so you should call her granny." Rose put her hand on Doris's shoulder. "Greet
them."
"Nice to meet you, grandpa and grandma. I'm Doris and I'm five years old." Doris had a clear voice, like
a happy small oriole.
"Come here, let Grandpa have a good look at you." Francis's face was kind and friendly, without the
harsh authority he had used to face his son.
"Go ahead." Rose encouraged Doris.
Doris took a few steps forward and stood in front of Francis, looking up at the nearly 60-year-old man
with her tiny head up.
Francis looked at Doris's small face carefully. She did have the look of Bright when he was a child, but
her demeanor was more like his.
It couldn't be wrong. This really was the child of the Lee family.
"Say it again." Francis looked at the only granddaughter of the Lee family and was very happy.
"Grandpa." Doris said it again, sweetly.
"Yes little honey..." Francis's heart was filled with contentment and love.
"Don't stand there, Grandpa. Take a seat." Doris politely helped Francis back onto the couch.
Francis put a hand on Doris's soft face. "Grandpa has wronged you. I am sorry." he said.
Doris looked puzzled. Francis said, "Zoe is the daughter of grandpa and grandma. She has hurt you,
and we apologize to you on her behalf. But we can't send her to the police station, and we will punish
her in another way, so..."
"Don't say that, grandpa. Doris understands why you're doing it. I know my grandfather won't let me
suffer again in the future." Doris seemed mature and sensible as a grown-up. "Actually, what I'm trying
to say is it's so nice to have a grandfather."
"What a sensible girl." Francis felt sorry for his granddaughter. "Your dad should learn from you," he
said.
"No, grandpa. It's me who should learn from dad." Doris thought Bright was the role model she should
follow.
"Rose, you raised your daughter well. The Lee Family owes you and your daughter." Francis sighed,
surprising for meeting his granddaughter for the first time when she had several years old, "You've
done a great job, Rose."
"Dad, don't say that. She is my child, and it is my duty to educate her." Rose was also proud that her
daughter was a sensible and kind-hearted child.
"Come back to City J with Doris when you have time. I want everyone to meet the little princess of the
Lee family." Francis tried to set the record straight by trying to claim Doris as his granddaughter.
He should make it up for Doris when he was absent during her growing.
Bright didn't say a word. Anyway, it was his idea to let Doris return to the Lee family.
"Wait until we have free time." Bright answered lightly, "It's getting late. Doris needs to go wash up and
rest."
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