Chapter 506 Humble Paisley
Cody lifted his foot again and kicked Paisley hard. Her body flew like a soccer ball, rolling several times before crashing through a wall and getting buried in the rubble.
As a martial artist, this kind of injury wasn't life-threatening.
She crawled out from the debris in the corner.
Right now, her hair was disheveled, her mouth full of blood, looking utterly miserable.
Cody took a deep breath.
He forced himself to calm down.
"Larry has already been taken to Western Territory by the Rivera family. You made this mess, so you fix it yourself. Don't drag the Bennett family into this."
Cody snorted coldly, waved his sleeve, and turned to leave.
As soon as he left, Paisley collapsed to the ground.
She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with her hand, the blood staining her palm red.
Tears welled up in her eyes, and large teardrops rolled down as she let out soft sobs.
After crying for a while, she struggled to get up from the ground.
Dragging her battered body, she sat down on a chair in the room.
She saw her own fate very clearly.
Although she was officially part of the Bennett family, she was adopted and didn't know her true background.
Her earliest memories were already at the Bennett family.
In public, she was glamorous, and Cody treated her like his own granddaughter.
But in private, Cody would beat and scold her.
She had grown used to it since childhood.
After crying for a while, she finally reacted, her blood-stained, tear-streaked face showing concern as she muttered to herself: "Larry was taken by the Rivera family in Western Territory?"
"Is Grandpa going to abandon Larry?"
Her expression was puzzled.
She couldn't quite understand it.
Previously, Cody had valued Larry highly, even giving him the family's secret techniques.
He had publicly announced that anyone who made a move against Larry would be making an enemy of the Bennett family.
The Bennett family held a significant position in the martial arts world.
Now the Rivera family had forcibly taken Larry.
This was a provocation.
Was Grandpa really not going to do anything?
She fell into thought.
Then, with her injured body, she went to wash up, changed into clean clothes, and left the room.
In the backyard, at the pavilion.
Cody sat there alone. Paisley approached, stood to the side, lowered her head and called out softly: "Grandpa."
Cody nodded slightly, pointed to a stone chair nearby, and said calmly: "Sit."
Paisley sat down.
Cody sighed: "Paisley, Grandpa was angry and hit you too hard. Don't hold it against me."
"Paisley wouldn't dare."
Cody said with a serious expression: "Now it looks like the marriage alliance won't happen. The Rivera family took Larry and wants me to bring you to Western Territory in three days to apologize. I said before that I would protect Larry no matter what, but now the Rivera family still took him. This is a challenge to the Bennett family."
Paisley listened carefully.
Right now, she wasn't going to say anything.
"If I take you to apologize, that's basically giving in, and the dignity the Bennett family has built up over thousands of years will be destroyed in my hands. If word gets out, people will mock me, Cody, and mock the Bennett family. If I don't go, Larry's life will be in danger, and we'll completely break with the Rivera family. The Bennett family will gain a powerful enemy."
Cody spoke with deep concern.
Then he looked at Paisley and asked: "Paisley, if you were me, what would you choose?"
Paisley remained silent.
"Larry is a promising talent who could carry the Bennett family forward, but now Grandpa can't protect him anymore. I'm going into seclusion and won't come out until the conference starts. Larry's life or death is up to you. If you go to Western Territory yourself and can convince the Rivera family to release him, he'll live. If you can't, he'll die."
Cody left these words, stood up, and walked away.
Paisley sat there, biting her lip lightly.
She really wanted to beg Cody to save him, but she couldn't bring herself to say it.
Cody's attitude was firm.
For the sake of the Bennett family's reputation built up over a thousand years, he wouldn't go to the Rivera family in Western Territory. He wouldn't compromise.
The Rivera family had challenged the Bennett family, and he had already made his choice—to become enemies with the Rivera family.
That's why he was going into seclusion.
He planned to dominate at the conference and suppress everyone.
Paisley sat alone in the courtyard for a long time before getting up and leaving the backyard.
Just as she reached the front yard.
"Stop right there."
Sirius walked over with several young Bennett family members, blocking her path.
Sirius's face darkened as he grabbed her hair and slapped her.
Smack!
The slap was crisp and loud.
A handprint instantly appeared on Paisley's cheek.
With her hair being pulled, she didn't dare say a word.
Sirius shouted: "Look at what you've done! Look at the trouble you've brought to the Bennett family! You knew there was going to be a marriage alliance with the Rivera family, but you still messed around with Larry. Do you know what people are saying about the Bennett family now? You've destroyed the Rivera family's dignity!"
Sirius grabbed Paisley and gave her a beating.
Paisley didn't say a word.
"What are you doing?" A stern voice rang out.
A middle-aged man walked over.
Sirius immediately let go of Paisley and called out respectfully: "Dad, I'm teaching this woman who ruined the Bennett family a lesson."
Orion glanced at Paisley and said flatly: "What are you standing there for? Get lost."
Paisley lowered her head and slunk away.
After leaving Bennett Manor, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She stood outside Bennett Manor, turned to look at the huge estate, her face showing reluctance.
Although her status at Bennett Manor was low, the Bennett family had raised her after all, and Cody had taught her martial arts since childhood.
"I'm afraid after going to Western Territory, I'll never have a chance to come back."
Paisley whispered to herself.
She saw her fate clearly. She knew that this trip to Western Territory probably wouldn't end with her coming back alive.
After one last look at Bennett Manor, she turned and left.
She went straight to the airport.
At the same time, she bought a ticket to Sunset City.
She wasn't going to rush into a rescue.
Before going to Western Territory, she needed to make a trip to Sunset City to discuss things with Chloe.
Because Chloe herself had third-level strength, and she also controlled the Cabinet Room that Richard left behind.
She couldn't guess how strong Cabinet Room really was, but judging from the Cabinet Room experts Chloe had brought before, Cabinet Room's strength was significant. When the old masters didn't show up, Cabinet Room was an existence that could rival the Four Ancient Families.
At the airport, in the waiting area.
Paisley called Chloe.
Chloe was in special training at the military district.
Normally, trainees weren't allowed to carry phones, but Chloe was special and was allowed to have one.
The phone rang. She stopped her training, plopped down on the ground, took out her phone, and seeing it was an unknown number, she paused and muttered: "Who's this?"
But she quickly answered the call.
A woman's voice came through the phone: "It's me, Paisley. Something happened to Larry."
"What?"
Chloe, who had been sitting on the ground, jumped up in alarm and asked anxiously: "What happened?"
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