Cheat Awakening

Chapter 352. Siblings Reunion

"Mother! That Jenny turns out to be a traitor..."

"Ayri? Sylphy? Sylphy?!! I knew you would forgive your dear elder brother and will come back..."

Aniue, who anxiously burst into the room, only spoke a few words before he was choked with disbelief seeing two familiar faces who had made his nights sleepless recently. As a Siscon older brother, his greatest fear in the world was definitely being ostracized by his beloved sisters.

The sight of Sylphy, who had angrily kicked him out of her house and declared she never wanted to see his face again, his hopeless, tired eyes immediately brightened. He rushed towards her, nearly engulfing her in a bear hug. If it weren't for the fact that he had to save face in front of Ayri, he might have broken down in tears of joy.

"Thank goodness you're back! You have no idea how much I've missed you," Aniue exclaimed childishly, his voice thick with emotion. "If you hadn't returned within a few days, I had already decided to become your neighbour so I could apologize every day until you forgave me."

Sylphy, who was still angry and had a disgusted expression at first, upon seeing the miserable condition of her elder brother, who had loved and cared for her the most in the family, could only sigh deeply and pat his back with a helpless smile, accepting his apologies.

"Hehehe, you two might not know, but after you kicked him out of your house that day, Aniue was so heartbroken that he gulped down an entire barrel of wine while crying alone in his room and hadn't come out for three entire days. It took me and Pen a lot of effort to bring him out of depression."

"Even then, to bury his guilt, he's been working tirelessly, losing over five kilograms according to Pen, which worried her sick.

She requested me every day to do something about it, but sadly, I have no better solution and could only let time heal him slowly," Garnet, seeing the love between siblings, nodded her head in satisfaction, very proud of her upbringing, compared to those snobby noble children... well, forget it, there is no comparison at all.

"Alright, alright, I understand. Now, let me go, or do you want to suffocate me?" Sylphy said with a bitter smile. Now, reflecting on the situation, she realized she had allowed anger to cloud her judgment. After all, Aniue and the others only meant to protect her from suffering. Instead of dealing with them rationally, she succumbed to anger, causing a lot of emotional distress to everyone.

"I apologize for what I said that day, please don't take it to heart. I was overwhelmed with sadness and anger, and I wasn't thinking clearly. Please forgive me too," Sylphy pleaded, her eyes conveying sincere remorse, which instantly triggered Aniue's Siscon syndrome causing his tears to well up.

"Please don't say that," Aniue responded with a happy smile, shaking his head. "It was my fault for rushing and blurting things out. No need for apologies." He then turned towards Ayri, his smile fading as he raised a fist in anger.

"And you, didn't you promise to write to me and update me on your situation every day? It's nearly a month, and I haven't received a single letter!" With an angry expression, Aniue chased after Ayri, who had already put considerable distance between them, seeing that a heavy beating was about to fall on her.

"Sorry, my hands slipped. I didn't expect that you would give up suddenly. That was purely an accident," Ayri said hurriedly, feeling Garnet's angry gaze. Continuing, she added, "I will bake you your favourite cookies to make up for it."

"Don't forget pastries. I haven't eaten pastries made by you for months." Getting a nod from Ayri, Aniue made a victorious sign in his mind before addressing Garnet seriously.

"Ayri's personal maid, Jenny, is missing. She appears to have fled through the window, taking all her belongings with her, and..." Aniue hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and continued... "She also emptied out Ayri's entire room, except for family pictures and a few big pieces of furniture that were not easy to move. Everything else was stolen by her."

"WHAT!"

Ayri shrieked, her voice laced with disbelief and betrayal upon hearing that her maid, whom she considered her first best friend, not only threw her into big trouble but actually robbed her behind her back. Without waiting for Aniue's confirmation, she hurriedly ran toward her room.

The others exchanged worried glances before following Ayri, and soon coming upon her messy, literally empty room.

"Are you alright?" Sylphy asked gently to Ayri, who was picking up family pictures from the ground while sobbing intermittently.

"Why? I thought we were best friends," Cried Ayri, experiencing the harsh side of humanity for the first time. She couldn't understand why Jenny did that.

After all, there weren't any valuable things in her room (only from her point of view; she had no idea about the real value of random things in her room), and she was receiving the best treatment among most of the servants, along with a high salary. Why did she need to betray her like this?

"Why? Of course, because this was her mission from the start," Garnet stated calmly, having already formulated a theory within seconds. "My guess is that Jenny was a spy, stealing your possessions was probably something she did randomly to make extra profit. She might have had more serious tasks to do, but somehow she must have realized we suspected her.

So, before we took action, she already fled in order to avoid being caught."

Turning to Aniue, who was consoling his distressed sister, Garnet continued, "Aniue, inform your father about this situation. We need to uncover who's playing these manipulative games behind the scenes."

"Yes, Mother, I'll do it right away," Aniue replied without hesitation. Offering a few final words of comfort to Ayri, he quickly stormed off towards Mavise's laboratory.