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Chapter 457 You Are Risking Your Neck
Nancy also opened her arms and blocked Shirley's way. "If Keith is telling the truth, going to them now
will be no different from risking your neck. I won't let you take that risk!”
Shirley was very moved by Nancy and Keith's worry for her, but she felt that they had overreacted a
little. She smiled and said, "Don't worry. I am there to resolve the conflict, and that's all. How is that
risking my neck? If anyone's neck is risked, it will be theirs, not mine. You know what I am capable of."
"Of course, I know what you are capable of, but you don't know what the Gilmore family is capable of.
To be more precise, you don't know what your enemy is capable of."
Keith's eyes were serious, which was a rare thing. He said, "Do you know how many people in the
entire Seatie City want to take down Braden? The Gilmore family is just the tip of the iceberg."
"So what? If one stands in our way, I'll take one down. If there are two, I'll get them both."
Shirley clenched her fists, her beautiful face showing absolute confidence.
"That's just your idealized idea. They couldn't take Braden down after all these years. It wasn't because
they weren't powerful enough, or because the Stewart family was too influential, but because Braden
never had a weakness. Now that with you and the kids in the picture, he has a sore spot. No one
knows if he can win outright this time..."
Keith could always see things through. He let out a long sigh and said, "My guess is that he left
Sunflower Island suddenly and did not contact you so that you and the kids would be absolutely safe. If
you go back now, you will be a burden to him."
"Your words make sense, but I don't want to be a coward hiding in a safe shell and leaving him alone. I
want to be a general. I want to fight with him, to advance and retreat with him."
Shirley said stubbornly.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"No! You're not thinking straight, and I'm not letting you go!"
Nancy put her arms around Shirley's waist and refused to let Shirley go any further. At the same time,
Nancy’s eyes were red, and she asked Keith for help. "Do something! Talk some sense into her. She
can be so stubborn sometimes!"
Keith motioned for Nancy to let go of Shirley and then slowly said, "If you insist on leaving, we won't
stop you. But before you do, let me ask you something. Have you ever watched a TV show?"
His question came out of nowhere, catching both Shirley and Nancy off guard.
"Keith, I asked you to persuade Shirley. What the heck are you talking about?"
Nancy could hardly suppress her desire to beat him up.
Shirley was very curious. She raised her thin eyebrows and asked, "I'm not in the habit of watching
shows. What are you trying to say?"
"There was a hit show called 'A Song of Ice and Fire'. It's about a family persecuted by the king who
rose up and created their own regime. At first, Robb, the eldest son of the family, was the one with the
strongest leadership and the most starring role. He recruited men all the way from north to south, and
he was in his prime..."
Keith sipped the lollipop while methodically telling the story.
He told the story vividly, and he was a very engaged storyteller. Even the grumpy Nancy was intrigued
by his story and couldn't wait to ask, "And then? Then what? Did Robb win?"
"Robb was about to win, because he married a woman from a very powerful family in the process of
recruiting and building up his ranks. They joined forces to fight against the king and had a high chance
of winning. However, Robb let his affection take the upper hand. On the march, he fell in love with a
female nurse, with whom he had a baby, so he decided to make amends with his fiancee's family and
cancel the marriage...
"An annulment was always a great humiliation for a respectable family. And of course, the family in the
alliance was very unhappy. But still, they didn't want to get even with Robb. Unfortunately, Robb was so
stupid. He took his mother, wife, ministers, and other close associates to the seat of the alliance family
power to apologize and express their apologies, and also hope that the family could continue to be their
allies..."
Keith could not help but mock, "I've never seen a male lead so stupid."
Shirley slightly frowned and said, ’What's the end of the show?"
"Is there a need to ask? Of course, it was a total wipeout. Only the youngest sister was saved by a
kind-hearted person. The scene is very famous, and it is named by the show's fans as 'Red Wedding'.
Robb, his wife, and his mother all died at the party, their throats slit. His wife was the most miserable.
She was pregnant, and they stabbed her in the stomach several times..."
"Enough!"
Nancy had goosebumps all over her body. She quickly stopped Keith from continuing and said, "That's
so sick. A total wipeout?"
"It's just a TV show. Relatively speaking, it is quite conservative. If it were in reality, it may get sicker."
Keith sighed.
The Guerra family was one of the top eight families in Seatie City. Being part of the Guerra family, of
course, Keith had seen things and people far more twisted.
"Are you saying that Braden is Robb who called off the marriage, and I am the innocent nurse who got
stabbed in the stomach? Once I go back, I will die?"
Shirley asked Keith, hitting the nail on the head.
"I'm sure you know what I mean."
Keith shrugged. "I can only say that the Gilmore family had a nasty way of getting rich, and the things
they did were far more brutal than some TV shows. If you don't go back, with the Stewart family's
status, there might be room for reconciliation between the two families. If you go back, it will be no
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmdifferent from cornering the Gilmore family. If you push them too far, the consequences will be
destructive."
"He is right. We should sit tight and see how things go. I think Braden is very thoughtful about this.”
Nancy quickly agreed and secretly gave Keith a thumbs up.
Nancy thought, who knows? Keith, the womanizer, is quite glib. With a few sentences, he makes
everything clear.
"Alright then. I'll wait."
Shirley finally changed her mind.
"Gosh! Now I am relieved."
Nancy finally let go of Shirley. She and Keith looked at each other and smiled. For the first time, the two
stood on the same side.
That night, they drank wine and chatted with each other for a long time. The kids were also particularly
energetic. It was already eleven o'clock at night, and yet they were still not sleepy. They were clamoring
for Shirley to coax them to sleep.
In the children's room with a starry ceiling, Shirley was lying in the middle of the bed with her two
children on her left and right. They clutched at her arms like two kittens.
"Mommy, Daddy has been gone for so long. When will he come back? I miss him a little."
Alisha pouted, obviously a little unhappy.
The kids were displeased with Braden in the first place. He managed to leave a better impression on
them during those days on Sunflower Island, and now he let them down by disappearing suddenly.
"Well, it's a bit complicated."
Shirley was a little embarrassed.
Bennett said expressionlessly, "Complicated how? It's so simple. He abandoned us, right? It's not the
first time. It's not surprising."
"But it really isn't..."
Shirley chose to tell them the truth. Then she asked them sincerely, "If you were me, do you think I
should fight with him or stay here until he comes back?"
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