"Lady, don't even think about skedaddling this time; we need to explain this to Dean."
Like a bat out of hell, Xenia pushed away the servants, "Beat it! Who do you think you are? You dare to try and control me?!"
Having been fooled before, the servants were no longer polite. Two of them held Xenia down while the rest went to tidy up.
Xenia had only stayed there for less than a day, so there was barely anything to pack. Once everything was sorted, the servants were ready to head out.
Before leaving, the head servant heard what seemed like sobbing from the bedroom, so he sent someone to check it out.
"It's the kid that the lady adopted! Looks like he's hurt and crying on the floor!"
The head servant went to see and indeed found Baber curled up, trembling on the floor, and sobbing faintly. It was a pitiful sight.
Something crossed Xenia's mind, and she pretended to be concerned, "Oh dear! How did the child fall? Check if he's hurt; if he is, we must rush him to the hospital!"
The head servant was suspicious because Xenia and her mother had previously used Baber's illness to escape.
He squatted down to check on the child on the floor and confirmed that Baber was indeed injured this time, making him feel torn.
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