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Chapter 899: Chapter 899: The Poisoner
The capital, the Leocadia family mansion.
From a distance, lights shone brightly within the mansion.
A celebratory and harmonious atmosphere prevailed.
From time to time, bursts of laughter and cheerful voices could be heard from inside.
Because Old Master Leocadia fell ill previously, constant internal strife plagued the family, and the Leocadia home was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
Now, Evangeline Leocadia had fully recovered.
Her health was restored to its original state.
Power, too, had once again returned to her hands.
Leocadia family members, regardless of who they were and whether they harbored wild ambitions or not,
All had to tuck their tails between their legs and behave.
Evangeline Leocadia was a ruthless person, and she did not hesitate to take grim action even against her own children!
At this moment,
Accompanied by Sophia Leocadia, Evangeline Leocadia, dressed in a blue Zhongshan suit, stood at the entrance of the Leocadia family banquet hall.
The banquet hall was usually used for entertaining guests.
But today, it was to host the Leocadia family banquet.
Unlike other families, the Leocadias were a deeply entrenched local powerhouse.
The family had taken root in the capital hundreds of years ago.
Thriving and flourishing.
Counting collateral branches, there were hundreds of people living within the Leocadia family mansion.
And that was just within three generations.
Beyond the third generation, they had long since left to establish their own branches.
Evangeline Leocadia stood at the entrance of the banquet hall, looking at the family members inside who were laughing and chatting away, and spoke, "Sophia, Grandfather’s life was saved by you."
After awakening, Leocadia family members recounted everything that had happened during her period of unconsciousness.
When she heard that she had been poisoned and had fallen into a coma,
Evangeline Leocadia’s face showed bitterness.
Fortunately, her granddaughter kept trying and eventually woke her up.
The next day, Evangeline Leocadia immediately affirmed Sophia Leocadia’s central position within the family.
Upon her recent recovery, she drafted a document similar to a will.
Her high regard for Sophia Leocadia was understated.
"Grandfather, you have a good fortune as evident by Heaven’s protection. If it weren’t for you holding on until Julius Reed arrived, the Leocadia family would have likely been thrown into complete turmoil!"
Sophia Leocadia, clenching Evangeline Leocadia’s hand, said with a face full of happiness, "No matter what, you finally woke up. Now our family is living together in harmony, which is better than anything else."
Her status akin to a little princess stemmed from being spoiled by Evangeline Leocadia since childhood.
Otherwise, out of so many descendants in the Leocadia family, why would she be the favorite?
Their affection for each other has been strong for over a decade.
During the time Evangeline Leocadia was comatose, Sophia Leocadia was restless and uneasy.
Thankfully, all of that is in the past now.
"If you hadn’t summoned Julius Reed, Grandfather, by now I’m afraid that they would have pushed you into the cremation furnace and turned you into ashes," Sophia Leocadia added.
Evangeline Leocadia gave a faint smile and tenderly stroked her granddaughter’s head with her hand.
She was not afraid of death.
Having stood out in the Leocadia family to become the Clan Leader for decades, she had endured countless life-threatening experiences.
The brutality of vying for the position of Family Head is by no means less harsh than the struggle for the throne.
Out of the eight brothers in Evangeline Leocadia’s generation, six didn’t live past thirty.
The causes of death were all ’accidents.’
And Evangeline Leocadia herself had several close encounters with death.
Yet, the notion of being poisoned by a younger relative—such a death was somewhat suffocating.
For a person of her stature, it was difficult to accept.
"Speaking of Julius Reed..."
A glint of admiration flashed in Evangeline Leocadia’s eyes, "That man is quite bold indeed."
After waking up, she immediately reviewed the data of her savior.
When she saw each and every entry of his background, Evangeline Leocadia’s eyes went round with shock.
Having lived for decades, she had seen her fair share of hotheads.
But Julius Reed was wildly... admirably wild!
Within seven days of entering the capital, he killed three people.
All three were heirs of prominent families.
To cause a huge disturbance at the Lee Family funeral and the Lopez Family wedding and still come out unscathed,
He was no small fry.
Evangeline Leocadia was very clear about the kind of people Jennifer Lopez and the Lee Family were.
They were as ferocious as tigers and wolves!
To have forced them to swallow such grievances?
And the news from this morning, it was even more incredulous.
Julius Reed, in full view of everyone, used explosives to overturn Zahir Huntington’s Spirit Hall.
Leading the abandoned daughter of years past, he caused an uproar at the Huntington Mansion!
He even left behind a dagger, proclaiming that Darrell Huntington should use it to commit suicide!
In the end, he departed unscathed.
"The Huntington family is not as simple as it appears. Even without the support of the Martial Arts Association, they are not to be underestimated."
Evangeline Leocadia sighed deeply, "How did you come to know him?"
It was hard to imagine, her granddaughter so innocent and naive, could actually know a man as domineering and arrogant as Julius Reed.
A wolf with a sheep, it’s definitely not that simple.
"Uh..."
Sophia Leocadia fell silent for a moment.
That was her little secret, one she could not share with anyone.
Even her own grandfather was not an exception.
"I can’t say, and I don’t want to say."
Sophia Leocadia cheerfully looked at her grandfather, "Anyway, he cares a lot about me, that’s all."
When she spoke, her eyes slowly filled with happiness.
To stand up for her under pressure, to come alone to the Leocadia family to save the grandfather she cherished most.
That was enough.
Sophia Leocadia felt very touched and happy in her heart.
Even if that man only liked Quella Radcliffe.
And had no room in his heart for any other woman.
"Alas!"
Evangeline Leocadia sighed, looking at his granddaughter who was experiencing her first awakening of love, his face bitter.
He knew that Julius Reed was already married, otherwise he would personally bless the couple.
If it were someone else, Evangeline Leocadia would not hesitate to bear the infamy and break up Julius Reed and Quella Radcliffe, to arrange a marriage for Sophia Leocadia.
But now.
Was he, stronger than the Huntington family?
With the support of the Martial Arts Association, Zahir Huntington didn’t even leave behind a whole corpse.
What about his Leocadia family?
Of course, Evangeline Leocadia did not oppose, nor would he try to dissuade.
Because he was very clear in his heart.
Julius Reed’s assistance was not because he coveted the Leocadia family’s wealth, but because of Sophia Leocadia.
"I won’t intervene in your affairs, but remember, if you like something, you must fight to get it, and the same goes for people."
Having said that, Evangeline Leocadia took Sophia Leocadia’s hand and walked back into the banquet hall, "The investigation I ordered earlier has some leads."
"Is it about the poisoning?"
Sophia Leocadia asked, looking up.
"Adele Leocadia went to Natalia Leocadia’s place before coming to the sickroom," Evangeline Leocadia spoke coldly.
At this moment, he was filled with a murderous aura!
"How did you know? Weren’t the Leocadia family’s power out at that time?"
Sophia Leocadia frowned, "And besides, Adele Leocadia was caught red-handed! If it wasn’t his doing, why would he risk his life to give you the antidote?"
She too had doubted Natalia Leocadia, but Adele Leocadia had been caught with the stolen goods and was killed on the spot.
This matter, therefore, had come to an end.
"I have installed battery-powered cameras in places you cannot see throughout the Leocadia family home."
Evangeline Leocadia took several photographs out of his pocket and handed them to Sophia Leocadia, "Look, see the masterpiece of the Leocadia family’s eldest son."
In the photographs.
Adele Leocadia and Natalia Leocadia were talking, and on the table, there were medicine bottles.
A few more photos down, the medicine bottle was taken out of the drawer by Natalia Leocadia and then placed on the table.
"It was really Uncle..."
"Beast!"
Evangeline Leocadia took the photos back, his voice grave, "Today, I will clean house!"
The door was slowly pushed open.
An old man and a young girl, holding hands, walked into the banquet hall.
Around the dining table, there was a silence. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝖕𝖚𝖇.𝖈𝔬𝔪
All eyes were on the grandfather and granddaughter.
They had a premonition.
That night, something big was going to happen.
"Ladies and gentlemen."
Evangeline Leocadia walked to the central position and slowly sat down.
He looked at the nearly a hundred clan members who had already stood up in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Today’s feast is to celebrate my narrow escape from death. But before we eat, I would like the person who poisoned me to come forward."
