Chapter 349: Chapter 352

“Second Miss, save me! I was framed! Second Miss, please help me.”

In her anxiousness, Iris rushed towards Celine, trying to ask for her help.

However, she was dragged back before she could jump to Celine.

Celine’s face revealed an expression of embarrassment and impatience at the situation.

“Grandfather, maybe Iris was just momentarily possessed, or...”

“Don’t speak up for her!”

Old Master Garrett interrupted her and bellowed, “Someone who is able to do such a cruel thing to a six-year-old deserves death. The Garretts will never harbor such a sinner!”

When Iris heard this, she began to cry in despair.

Celine sighed.

She soothed Iris softly, “I’m sorry, I can’t help you either. You’re... on your own now.”

Then, she turned her head to the side as she could no longer bear it anymore.

Someone in the crowd mocked, “What’s the point of keeping a woman like her who has the heart of a snake? To plead for scum like her, the Second Miss really is just too kind.”

“Yeah, to have the heart to do something like that to a child, and the precious treasure of the Leith family at that, she must be trying to destroy the friendship between the Garretts and the Leiths. How terrifying.”

“This maid’s identity isn’t simple. To be able to do something like this, there might be someone behind her.”

“That’s horrible! How did she end up like this?”

“Thankfully, she was rooted out. Otherwise, she would still be mingling around us. Just thinking about it gives me the shivers.”

“For Second Miss to be so sympathetic to a scum like that, she has such a good heart.”

Celine’s lips curled imperceptibly as she listened to the discussion around her.

Outside the crowd, Stephanie clenched her fists tightly at the sight of this scene. She wanted to rush out immediately.

However, a small figure suddenly ran to Iris faster than she could move.

Shocked, Old Madam Quinton cried, “Lizzy, what are you doing?”

Lizzy ran to Iris, stopping the two security guards who were dragging her away, and grabbed Iris’s hand before placing it on her shoulder.

Everyone was stunned and confused. Even Iris was momentarily shocked by her actions and had forgotten how to react.

Only Celine, who had been standing in the crowd, frowned.

Lizzy let go of Iris’s hand and turned around to face Old Master Garrett.

“Grandpa Garrett, this lady wasn’t the one who pushed me.”

The audience was in an uproar.

Old Master Garrett frowned slightly and his next words sounded displeased.

“Lizzy, do you know what you’re saying?”

Lizzy’s expression was very serious as she enunciated, “I know. I’m saying that she’s not the culprit who pushed me into the pool.”

At this, everyone finally reacted.

“I-It wasn’t her?”

“Haven’t they found the evidence? Not only does she not have an alibi, but there’s even material evidence. Who could it be if not her?”

“That’s right. Besides, Miss Lizzy didn’t see the culprit, and the surveillance camera didn’t catch anything. How can she be so sure that Iris wasn’t the one who pushed her?”

Everyone started to discuss it among themselves again.

Old Master Leith suddenly spoke.

“Alright, everyone please be quiet.”

He looked at Lizzy before he said gently, “My dear granddaughter, tell us how you found out that this young lady wasn’t the one who pushed you.”

Lizzy turned around to take Iris’s hand again as she said solemnly, “I remember the feeling of the person’s palm touching my shoulder when she pushed me down. Her hand was soft but although she pushed me with great force, it felt more like a slender hand.

“However, this lady’s hand is too large and rough. When I placed it on my shoulder, it was all hard bones and it is not comfortable at all, so I think that she’s definitely not the person who pushed me.”

Those words instantly caused another outburst.

Iris stood there, dumbstruck, before she finally reacted as she looked at Lizzy in disbelief.

Since she was a maid, she would often do labor work. Furthermore, she was from the north and was born with a large frame, so her hands were larger than the average girl’s.

Besides, Iris was relatively thin and did not have much meat on her hands. It was only by virtue of her large skeletal frame that her hands looked, at first glance, like a man’s that was full of power instead of a woman’s.

Therefore, if that pair of hands touched a body, it naturally would not feel soft.

The few Old Masters frowned at Lizzy’s analysis.

On the other hand, Iris was so grateful that she almost knelt in front of Lizzy.

“Miss Lizzy is right. I really didn’t push her. I’m just a servant and I have no grudge against Miss Lizzy. I have no reason to hurt her at all! That butterfly toy must have been put in my room deliberately by someone who is trying to frame me!”

Iris’s hoarse shout made Celine’s expression shift.

With a sigh, she said softly, “However, the truth is that other than you, no one has more motive or a chance to have done that.”

After a pause, she added, “Iris, I know that you’re very scared now. Although I don’t know why you want to harm Lizzy, I’m sure you have your own reasons. Don’t worry, as long as you’re willing to tell the truth and admit your mistakes, Grandfather will forgive you.”

Iris quickly shook her head.

“No, it really wasn’t me. Second Miss, please believe me. I really didn’t harm Miss Lizzy.”

The frown on Celine’s forehead grew deeper as a look of impatience flashed in her eyes.

Spoiled by the President “I’m willing to believe you, but... Miss Lizzy is only a six-year-old child after all, and she might be mistaken in what she felt. How can you prove that you weren’t the culprit?”

Iris froze.

She had never thought that Celine would say something like that.

A great sense of despair and panic swept over her. She shook her head, crying. “I-I don’t know.”

Celine sighed helplessly again.

The scene was like a prisoner who refused to admit his crime, yet unable to argue his case when confronted with a good-hearted and kind person.

At that moment, Nell suddenly spoke.

“In fact, It’s not that hard to find the real culprit.”

Everyone looked at her with shock.

Not knowing when, but Nell was now holding the toy butterfly in her hand.

The pink butterfly turned gently in her slender and beautiful fingertips as if it were alive. Looking at it like this, one could imagine how Lizzy had thought it was a real butterfly in the dim light and chased it outside.

Old Master Garrett frowned and reigned in his temper. “What do you mean?”

Nell looked up and smiled. “Just as Lizzy said, Miss Iris really wasn’t the one who pushed her into the water. The evidence lies in this toy butterfly.”

Everyone was shocked.

They did not understand what Nell was saying at all.

Besides them, even Old Master Leith and Old Madam Quinton were dumbfounded as they looked at Nell in confusion.

Only Gideon’s eyes darkened with a flash of clarity when he looked at the toy butterfly.

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Chapter 487 The End Pt. 5