Chapter 81

"Miss Lacey, I don't quite understand you."

Meru opens her mouth and still wants to avoid the heavy and take the light. Many of these things can't be decided by her as the eldest daughter. Even the head of the family, HOS, doesn't dare to promise now.

Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, the Hollis family is one of the five major chambers of Commerce in Hopland, which is very powerful. But only she knows that the Hollis family is gradually divided, and the master has been unable to control the overall situation. Standing in line at this time will only make the internal gap bigger and bigger.

It's not that she doesn't know what Lorraine Hill means, she just can't speak.

"More than ten years ago, calitus and Hollis were fighting over the spice trade. Do you know that?" Lorraine Hill looked at the fire in the fireplace, the wood burning quietly, and occasionally there was a slight crackle.

"I know something about it." Meru seemed to think of something, and her face was a little unnatural.

"At that time, in consideration of the future development, Angus was willing to put aside prejudice and conflict, and took a step back to give up the spice industry in the South Islands. The previous generation of Hollis family owners also gave up their own forest farms and some manors. In this way, both sides put down their prejudices, helped each other, and finally consolidated their market and position in the alliance. "

"But no one thought that the always loyal family of Helis had set up a bureau for the family owner of caritus, trying to use one of their own children to obtain the inheritance of caritus, and thus split the chamber of Commerce."

"Does Miss Mello know about it?" At this point, Lorraine hill slowly raised his head and looked at the opposite parent and daughter.

"I... I know something about it." Looking at the blue eyes of Lorraine hill, she could only admit bitterly.

It's really something that the Hollis family didn't do properly. After the reconciliation, they didn't tell Angus. It's been ten years since they thought about it. Angus is not here. It's all over. Who would have thought that the new head of the Carites family still knew the truth.

"Uncle Ceres is the last coachman to visit me today. After tomorrow, he will resign from his home and go to the south to provide for the aged, and will never come back. "

Lorraine Hill continued to talk about a seemingly unrelated matter, but Mello understood that it meant that all the actions and weakness of their Hollis family had been seen through by the young lady.

There's no way out. Mei Lu looks down at the teacup. The scattered green tea leaves flow slowly in the cup, and then sink to the bottom of the cup.

When I think back to my childhood, everything seems like yesterday. At that time, my grandfather was still alive. My uncles all gathered together and often had dinner together. They talked to each other about where new raw materials were available recently, which airline had a good profit margin, and which new products were popular. It was very noisy.

As the eldest daughter of her family, she often entertains her younger brothers and sisters, takes them to play, read books and fly kites. Her uncles often praise her and bring her gifts from all parts of Xuehua seven countries, which is also her happiest time.

But with the death of my grandfather, since my father took over, everything gradually became bad. As soon as my father came up, he messed up several projects. My uncles were dissatisfied and resentful, so they gradually stopped following the orders of their masters. My father also felt that he was not the material. He began to indulge himself, indulge in pleasure, and no longer involved in family affairs, so that in recent years, she was the one who took the initiative.

But she's just a daughter. Her seniority and seniority can't hold those uncles down. Even her brothers and sisters who used to be familiar with each other are indifferent and sometimes make some conflicts.

As the heat slowly dissipated, the tea in the cup gradually became cool, and the tea no longer fluttered, just like stagnant water. Meilu raised her head and said in a low voice.

"I'm very sorry, Miss Lacey. Today's Hollis are not qualified to be your ally."

"Why do you say that?"

"Maybe it's still the gorgeous camellia, but the branches under the petals are far apart. I can only represent one of them. The Hollis family has been divided for a long time

"Legally speaking, your owners still hold more than 50% of the shares." Lorraine hill was not disappointed.

"It's just a matter of legal principle. The trade unions of the Verga business union don't have as much power as the king of the kingdom. Most of the time, they are local self-government. Most of the members of the Hopland branch are from our five major chambers of Commerce. How much binding force does it have to take care of itself?"

"But you still have more than 50% legal shares, which is irrefutable justice." Loranthal repeated, his eyes shining on the fire as if it were burning.

"I understand, but..."

"But don't you dare to take back what belongs to you?" Lorraine Hill interrupts Mello.

"But can you watch your family fall apart in your generation?"

"There will be no result in waiting." Lorraine hill put the cup on the table.

"After taking back the rights and everything, your relatives and uncles may have a big fight and resentment, but they still have to rely on you, and they will still sit together again. If this split, their property would not have been in the right place. On the contrary, they would be even more afraid of your future recovery, and thus they would have more dark thoughts and thoughts. "

"Meru, you don't want to see the worst."

"I..."

Meru looks at the dreamy girl in a black dress. She warns like an angel and bewitches like a devil. She can't speak for a moment.

Lorraine Hill didn't ask Mello to answer immediately. She knew that the change of ideas and habits would take time to digest.

Then she stood up, went to the fireplace, took down the teapot baking by the fire, and helped Meru and her cup refill with boiling tea.

Mei Lu sat quietly on the sofa, watching the hot tea flow out of the pot, across an arc, rising white fog, and then flowing into the porcelain cup with white Phnom Penh. The deep tea in the cup rolled again in the hot water, and the light green tea in the amber liquid was like a boat in the rough waves.

Hollis, yellow and green camellia, blooms in winter and spring, full of flowers, dignified and elegant.

"Only camellia is so durable that it can enjoy the spring breeze."—— Sentence 7 (song · Zeng Jili) rhymes in the East

"I see, Lord Lacey. Can you give me a little time?"

Meru looked up at Lorraine hill with a relieved smile. Under the reflection of the fire, her long chestnut golden hair reflected a faint light.