Chapter 50
Rural Lawyer
Chapter 50 Rural Lawyer
Hopper asked Penny, "Ms. Penny, for the sake of your future with Mr. Barron, I need to know if you intend to divorce? Please answer seriously."
Penny thought for a few seconds before saying, "I am grateful to Mr. Barron, but I also feel deeply guilty towards him. All I can say is that I don't dislike him."
She smiled bitterly and said, "Although that family isn't what I wanted, and Mr. Barron has been losing his temper a lot in the past year, I can feel his respect for me. Who would want to end a marriage like that?"
"I understand," Hobart said. "Madam, please forgive my bluntness, but your initial concealment sowed the seeds of this bitter outcome for our marriage. Furthermore, I think Mr. Barron should know the truth."
"Also, please end this marriage that has brought unhappiness to both of you. There's no point in continuing it."
"I know," Penny said, looking at her child with some concern. "But, but..."
However, she was born into an ordinary farming family and had no ability to protect the child, so she was afraid that if Barron found out the truth, the situation would be completely out of her control.
Hobart reassured her, "Trust me, madam, we are both adults. No one would lay a hand on a child, not even Mr. Barron."
He said, "Although Mr. Barron needs to know the truth, we must be mindful of the method. You cannot bring the child to Mr. Barron. It is best for me to tell Mr. Barron the truth."
Although this was Penny's first meeting with the young lawyer, and theoretically they should lack trust, after hearing his words, Penny found them very convincing and indeed the best course of action. If Penny were to take the child and tell Mr. Barron the truth, it would easily anger him.
"You're right," Penny said, "but you have to protect Benny's safety."
Hobart said seriously, "I assure you, this is a matter between the two of you adults and will not affect the child."
He said, "I think this matter should be handled as soon as possible. There's a law firm's carriage right at the village entrance. How about we take Benny and set off immediately?"
Penny hesitated for a moment, but her eyes quickly hardened again: "Okay."
"Wait!" Penny's father suddenly said to her with a mournful face, "Son, what if Mr. Barron gets angry? If he..."
"Father," Penny smiled and said, "this may be my fate. Since I cannot change it, I might as well embrace it."
The old man shook his head: "No, no, I can't let little Penny at home get hurt. I, I have to go with her." After saying that, he found an axe and tucked it into his waistband.
Just as Penny was about to dissuade him, Hobart smiled and said, "Sure, but you should hold onto this axe carefully and not damage the carriage seats."
Penny said with some concern, "Mr. Lawyer..."
Hobart smiled and said, "You should understand a father's worries, just as you worry about Benny."
Actually, he suddenly recalled his father from the Common Era. If he caused trouble that he couldn't handle, his father would probably do something similar to this old man.
After resuming their journey, the carriage became somewhat crowded, as it was only a two-wheeled carriage, yet it now carried three adults and one child.
It seemed like Benny was riding in a carriage for the first time. He sat on Penny's lap and asked all sorts of questions with curiosity.
Upon learning that Hobart was a lawyer, Benny's eyes widened as he asked Hobart, "Are you like Upton, who's always arguing?"
"It's different!" Penny exclaimed. "This uncle is a real lawyer!"
She smiled and explained to Hobart, "Upton is a young man in the village who always likes to argue with anyone he meets, but strangely enough, he is very eloquent and has never lost an argument or quarrel."
"Some people joked that it was a pity he didn't become a lawyer, and gradually 'lawyer' became his nickname."
"However, he doesn't seem to like this nickname. Once, I saw someone call him 'lawyer,' and he turned pale with anger!"
Hobart grew increasingly suspicious: "Has this young man named Upton always had such eloquence since he was a child?"
Upton behaves much like a "lawyer," and Hobart, after taking the "lawyer's" potion, also finds himself arguing with others without realizing it.
After Hugh's unintentional reminder brought this to his attention, he tried to avoid arguing with others so as not to expose his extraordinary abilities and methods.
It's likely that Upton didn't dislike the nickname "lawyer," but rather that it was the name of the potion he was taking. He wasn't pale with anger, but rather he was terrified when a group of ordinary villagers exposed his secret.
"I don't know," Penny said. "Upton and his mother moved here five years ago. They seem to be very wealthy; they've bought a lot of land."
"Look, that house is their home!"
Hobart saw a two-story house with a charming pastoral feel; in the countryside, this would definitely be considered a mansion.
He guessed that Upton was likely a self-employed "lawyer," so he talked to Penny about Upton's family and learned that Upton's father had passed away ten years ago and that Upton's mother had always been in poor health and had also passed away last year.
Now, Upton and a male servant live in that large compound.
Having learned this information, Hobart already had the idea of finding time to investigate further.
He didn't intend to harm Upton; he was just curious about where Upton's potion came from.
The carriage traveled for more than half an hour before arriving at the gate of Mr. Barron's farm.
It was in the stables again that Hobart met Mr. Barron, who was bathing a large white horse.
(The plot from this chapter to chapter 50 has undergone a complete revision, with some scenes deleted, so this chapter is shorter than other chapters.)
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