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REBIRTH: A SECOND CHANCE - Chapter 27
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Ava turned to glance at her, asking with a fake smile, “Auntie, what’s wrong? You can’t even hold your chopsticks properly? Could it be that you ate too much of the medicine brought back from overseas?”
“What are you saying, Ava. My hands accidentally touched the hot bowl of soup and trembled for a moment, that’s all.” Jessica placed her chopsticks down, smiling at her calmly. “Ava, in the past didn’t you always sit on this side? Auntie especially sat here so that I could chat with you while we eat.”
In her previous life, whenever she ate at the Clifford home, she would always sit as far from Henry as possible. She caused Henry to be upset every time, and he would criticize her to no end at the table. Their father-daughter relationship kept worsening that way.
“Sitting here is quite good, I can chat with my father.” Ava saw that the helper had brought the white wine Henry often drank and immediately reached out to block the bottle.
“Dad, when mom was alive, she often said that your stomach is not good. It’s fine if you have no choice but to drink some when you’re working, but you can’t keep drinking at home!” as Ava spoke, she turned to the person behind her, “Auntie Mia, bring this wine away. In the future, if my Dad wants to drink during meal time, repeat every line of the words that my mom said to him back then!”
“All right, all right.” Auntie Mia rushed over to take the wine away.
Henry wanted to drink the wine, but Ava, that brat, has never cared so much about him.
He clicked his tongue. “Drinking is my only hobby in my entire life. You are even interfering with this!”
“Aren’t you clear about how your own health is like? With your body, you obviously can live to a hundred. For the sake of a few mouthfuls of wine, you want to reduce several tens of years from your lifetime, would that make you feel good?” Ava furrowed her brows as she said, “What’s the point of eating body supplements. I think if you don’t drink so much alcohol, everything will be fine!”
“Fine, fine, fine, you child. Either you act completely immature, or the moment you become mature, you can’t stop nagging.” Henry helplessly waved his hand, signaling for Auntie Mia who was at the side to bring the wine away.
Jessica, who could not get a word in for half a day, suddenly smiled and said, “After returning this time… Ava has really changed quite a bit…”
Ava coolly glanced at her. “Auntie, you’ve already been married to my father for so many years. Not only do you not care about his bad habit of drinking, but the relatives from your Brown family are also always sending wine here. Are you planning not to let go of my father’s stomach?”
“Ava, you’ve misunderstood. You should also understand how stubborn your father is. How could I possibly have persuaded him…” Jessica maintained her smile but felt a greater apprehension toward Ava.
Earlier on, Ava even brought up her birth mother who had already passed away for so long. Although her words did not sound sharp, it was clearly meant to bring trouble for her!
Ava curved her lips coldly. “Oh, you can’t persuade him to drink less, but you persuade him to take more medicine? I remember that your family is well-versed in medicine. You should know that taking too much medicine is bad for the body.”
Jessica could not hold on well to her expression.
This Ava was really strange!
In the past, even if she did not like her as a stepmother, she never cared much about Henry. When she was at home, she would always do her own thing and would never speak to her like this.
“Eat, let’s all eat. Ava dear, don’t start bickering with your Auntie the moment you come back.” Henry glanced at the table bereft of wine bottles and held in the thought to ask Auntie Mia to bring it back, quickly moving his chopsticks.
Back when Ava stayed at the Clifford home, whenever the fight began it was always between him and Ava. Normally, Ava did not even look at Jessica.
Now that Ava was suddenly against Jessica, as the head of the family, Henry really could not take the way these women argued with hidden words.
Jessica smiled. “That’s right, Ava, your words are full of attacks. I find it hard to adjust all of a sudden. Your words are usually straightforward and sudden. I guess I’m used to that.”
“Dad, I’m just nagging for Auntie to care more about your health, how is this bickering? Isn’t it all for your own good?” Ava glanced at him with a face full of sincerity. “Are you unhappy that I’m worried for you?”
Henry’s lips trembled. “All right, the problem is on me. I’ll drink less from now on.”
Seeing that this family’s father and daughter were getting along so well, Jessica gripped her fists tightly under the table.
Originally, she had thought to use the opportunity to let Henry lecture Ava for a bit. However, this Ava was becoming harder to predict. Her words always skipped past the real issue and made Henry who rarely put down his ego to become soft with his daughter.
“Henry, Ava’s words are right. You really should cherish your own body more. Things like alcohol, try to drink less when you can.” Jessica quickly changed her almost angry expression from earlier, suddenly smiling and speaking softly.
Ava glanced at her without a hint of a smile.
This Jessica was also someone who could tolerate. Tolerating for so many years in the Clifford family, was it not all for the final goal of fitting all of the Clifford family’s money into her own pocket?
When she thought of the hatred in her father’s eyes during his last moments, Ava raised her foot under the table harshly kicking Jessica’s legs.
Wanting to pretend that the issue about the medicine was over? As if she would let her stay so calm!
“Ah!” Jessica was defenseless. Her calf bone was in a lot of pain, and she could not help but call out.
“What’s wrong with you? Can’t you eat calmly? At this age, yelling and crying like a ghost at the dinner table!” Henry’s expression was ugly as he scolded.
Jessica never thought that Ava would do this to her. She felt wronged as she said, “Earlier on, I think Ava kicked me under the table. I’m not sure if it was on purpose. It’s because it hurt too much that I…”
“When did I kick you?” Ava’s expression was innocent. She then looked at Henry whose eyes held rage. “Dad, I didn’t.”
“You clearly did! Already twenty-plus-years old and you did such a childish thing! Everyone is sitting here, how could I wrong you?” Regardless of how much Jessica could tolerate, her legs were hurting to the point where she couldn’t take it. Ava clearly did it on purpose, and the area she kicked was the most sensitive area at the calf.
Henry glanced down and saw that Ava’s legs were placed obediently by her chair.
In addition, Ava was wearing a long skirt that covered her legs. The skirt was long, and there were no signs of wrinkles. The skirt made it such that it could not be seen if she was wearing heels, but it indeed seemed like she did not make any large movements.
“All of you eat quietly. You are all grown adults, don’t act like children,” Henry spoke impatiently, glancing unhappily at Jessica.
Jessica was mad to the point where her face almost twisted. The calm expression that she maintained earlier was immediately used up. She harshly gripped her chopsticks tightly.
Ava calmly drank the soup that Auntie Mia served her.
Jessica, in the previous life you caused my father to die alone in the hospital bed. This debt between us, we will slowly repay it.