"Everyone's here now. Ren has slept enough, so let's dig in." Sophia seated Renee at the table and said cheerfully.
"Good morning, Grandpa Baldwin, Uncle Jack, and Justin." Renee greeted them politely and smiled broadly at them.
"Did you sleep well last night?" Austin looked at Renee fondly. The more he looked at her, the more he liked her.
"I slept very well last night. Thank you for your concern." Renee nodded slowly. She was very experienced in all this, since this was how she survived in the Hunt family for four years. She had emerged unharmed thanks to all the masks she wore.
"Really?" Justin suppressed his laughter and asked, "Weren't you walking around in the courtyard in the middle of the night? You even energetically fixed a hole in the wall! I thought you couldn't sleep because you weren't used to the environment."
Renee glared at Justin, fighting the urge to reach over and choke him. 'Damn that troublemaker! He should know who I was trying to help and why I was forced to do this! What an ungrateful man…'
"A hole?" Austin's gaze instantly turned cold, like the gaze of a soldier on the battlefield. It was terrifying.
Renee hurriedly explained, "I couldn't fall asleep because it's a new place, and I saw that the moon was very beautiful last night, so I went out for a stroll. At that point, I happened to see a hole in the wall, so I fixed it."
Austin nodded and did not ask further. "Today is your first day here, so you can sleep in, but you can't do it anymore. Everyone in the Baldwin family abides by military rules, and we keep to a strict schedule every day. This is to strengthen our minds!"
"Huh?" Renee was dumbfounded.
"She disappeared?" Austin slammed the cutlery on the table and demanded, "What happened?"
"When I went to start my shift this morning, there was nobody in the room. The lock wasn't damaged - it's like she disappeared into thin air!"
"What nonsense. Do you not want your tongue anymore?" Austin scoffed.
Jack asked, "Unless she was let go, how could a person disappear out of thin air?"
The maid suddenly realised something and shouted, "The new maid… It must be that new maid!"
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