Chapter 2958: Family Affection

After the carriage took Xia De and Megan to the local Dawn Church, the two went through the same process as before, only they first changed into the clerical robes of the Dawn Sect.

Except for the third daughter, Linda Bennett, who had been expelled from the family, all six members of the Bennett family were here. The Bennett couple and their youngest son lived in one room, and the remaining three daughters lived in the same room. However, this was not crowded, as the isolation review rooms inside the Dawn Church were quite large.

Xia De and Megan went out tonight for this family. Before the final action, this should be the last time he could contact all of them so completely.

Because perception and investigation were ineffective against them, Xia De and Megan didn't intend to cast any spells. After getting the handcart for midnight snacks as they did in the Creation Church, the two first came to the room of the three Bennett daughters.

Because of the precedent of Linda Bennett and what happened just now, Xia De couldn't help but suspect whether anyone among Jane Bennett (eldest daughter), Philly Bennett (second daughter), and Catherine (fourth daughter) was still entangled with the mermaid.

It is worth mentioning that Xia De had only been associated with Jane Bennett before this. This eldest daughter of the family was now engaged to James Cumming, but she didn't know that her husband's father was actually the son of her rival... This relationship was very complicated.

As for Philly Bennett, the second daughter of the Bennett family, she was the most beautiful one among the four daughters, and according to the rumors Miss Bell had inquired about, she was also the smartest girl in this generation of the family.

As for 16-year-old Catherine Bennett, Xia De had only seen her a few times, and his understanding of this girl was all heard from Miss Bell.

But fortunately, the three uneasy girls did not show any suspicious signs, and no one suddenly asked Xia De if he liked mermaid stories or suddenly exposed her chest. However, this did not mean that they were definitely all ordinary people, and Xia De remained vigilant.

"Father, do you know when we can leave? I heard from Father that the hotel at home has also been sealed."

Philly Bennett, who had just been reading a book called "Dawn and Hope," asked Xia De. Xia De gave the answer according to the pre-prepared statement:

"Please rest assured, today's incident is not deliberately aimed at your family. Besides you, many others are under temporary isolation review. After the Church confirms the problem, innocent people will be allowed to go home, and the church will also compensate for your losses."

Behind him came the sound of Megan and the other two Bennett ladies putting the food from the dining cart onto the table.

"Think about the Kant family some time ago, no, no, I'm not threatening you. I mean, compare the treatment of Director Kant's family with your treatment, and you will know the difference in the Church's attitude. Light shines in shadows, shadows follow the dawn, Miss Bennett, the Dawn will not harm any good person."

Saying that, he also skillfully drew the holy emblem of the True God 【Mr. Dawn】 on his chest. After all, one of the Outsider's character settings was a believer in this True God.

This intelligent Miss Bennett was, of course, still worried:

"But we have already answered all the Church's questions. The nun this afternoon even made each of us write down what we said... Don't you want to ask us some questions? Father said before that no matter which of us inherits the hotel, remember not to provide midnight snacks to guests for free, unless the other party's surname is Anjou."

Since she said so, Xia De didn't mind asking a few questions. However, considering that the Church must have asked very detailed questions this afternoon, he could ask the Church for the inquiry records later, so at this time he should ask some questions that the Church shouldn't be too concerned about. However, compared to men, it was clearly better for Megan to speak. This was something they had discussed on the way:

"Is the family education at home usually very strict?"

Philly Bennett nodded gently to the "nun" who looked plain-looking:

"Mother usually manages our discipline at home... People in the city actually know that Mother has always been worried about our marriage, so she pays great attention to cultivating our character. It's just sometimes..."

"She will be too strict."

16-year-old Catherine said. Compared to her two sisters, the young girl clearly had no city-dwelling habits:

"Sometimes I feel that Mother treats marrying the four of us off as the most important life task after she herself got married. Although people in the city sometimes say bad things to describe Mother, Mother still loves us very much... Actually, I feel it doesn't matter if I can't get married. In the future, whether the sisters inherit the hotel or the younger brother inherits the hotel, there will be no shortage of our living expenses."

The eldest daughter Jane put her hand on her sister's shoulder in time to prevent her from saying more sincere words:

"Mother hopes we get married, and the thought of marrying very well is actually for our own good. No sweets after 7 o'clock in the evening, keep the corset as tight as possible when attending banquets, don't go out casually on Saturday nights, don't read romance novels about noble ladies and poor men..."

She couldn't go on either, so Megan asked with a smile:

"I can understand the others, but why not go out casually on Saturday nights? Is it because Sunday night is safer than the night before?"

"We don't know the reason either. This is the 'order' Father asked Mother to give us, and it is also one of the few rules Father requires us to follow."

"Does your father usually care about business matters and rarely pay attention to you?"

Megan asked again, so the three Bennett ladies shook their heads together:

"Father loves us very much, and sometimes even younger brother Albert will say that Father cares more about us four sisters than him."

Talking about their sister/younger sister, the three girls were a little sad again:

"Father is a person who takes great care of the family. His love for our family is not as external as Mother's, but his deep love sometimes makes us happier than Mother, especially when Mother is talking about our future marriage."

The three sisters didn't hate their mother wanting to marry them off, but Mrs. Bennett's hope that every daughter must marry well made the gradually maturing girls feel strange.

This, of course, had Mother's concern for her daughters, but the discussions of neighbors and acquaintances were not too wrong—this woman from the countryside, sometimes sharp-tongued, regarded her daughter's marriage partner as part of her face.

However, the Outsider was not Bennett, so he had no position to evaluate what the relationship between Mrs. Bennett and her daughters was like.

Just from the narrative of the Bennett ladies, this was indeed just an ordinary merchant family in a small town in the countryside. Although it retained the noble style of a few generations ago, it gradually "degenerated" into an ordinary family. A father busy with business but still caring about the family, a mother who was a bit vain but responsible for maintaining internal family relations, four daughters gradually growing up and facing marriage problems, plus a young son, this should have been a happy and perfect family.

Not much valuable information was asked from the Bennett ladies, and when Xia De and Megan went to deliver midnight snacks to the Bennett couple and the boy Albert, the atmosphere was not as relaxed as just now. Just as they walked to the door of the room, a quarrel was vaguely heard in the room, which theoretically had good sound insulation.

There was someone guarding the door of the room. Seeing Xia De cast a puzzled look, the Ringed Shushi responsible for guarding explained:

"It's Thomas Bennett arguing with his wife. That lady seems to think that the whole family being invited to the church for such a shameful thing is all Thomas Bennett's fault."

"Why? What does she know?"

But the middle-aged nun shook her head:

"That woman said that her husband, in order to treat her illness, asked a witch doctor in a small village outside the city and got a secret recipe, which might be the reason why their family entered the church."

"This..."

Even Megan didn't know what to say:

"The history of the Church considering witch doctors as illegal occultists should date back a thousand years, right?"

"We can't require everyone to have historical common sense."

"However, what illness does Mrs. Bennett have that requires asking a witch doctor to treat?"

Xia De also asked. Miss Bell's investigation didn't write that Mrs. Bennett had an acute illness recently, so the nun on duty answered:

"It's probably chronic pneumonia. I hear her coughing from time to time, and when investigating the background of their family, the investigation file said that when the couple first got married, it was the low point of the Accordion Hotel's operation. At that time, the couple fired the chef and accountant, and they guarded the hotel day and night themselves. Mrs. Bennett's illness should be caused by overwork at that time. We checked her, and this is not a disease caused by any supernatural factors."

At this moment, it was better to say that the couple was arguing than that Mrs. Bennett was complaining loudly about her husband unilaterally. Xia De and Megan listened for a while in the corridor and found that Mr. Bennett almost didn't speak, and even if he did, he just wanted to calm things down.

"So the three girls just now said that Mr. Bennett cares more about them than the younger son, which is indeed true."

Xia De said softly to Megan, and the witch nodded:

"Yeah, that younger son is in the same room as them, but when they quarreled, they didn't think about sending him to another room first."

She sighed in her heart "Sure enough, not biological," but actually didn't pity the boy very much. Witches equally hated any male creature—Xia De was now of unknown gender in their eyes. And Xia De tapped his fingers on the door twice, and the quarrel in the room stopped immediately.

The room where the Bennett couple and the younger son lived had the same layout as the sisters' room, a small hall connected to a large and a small bedroom, and in addition, the large bedroom had a small washroom.

The quarrel happened in the small hall. When the gas lamp with a brass ring and ball bulb on the wall illuminated Xia De and the witch at the door, the couple welcomed them as if nothing had happened just now. ===== CHAPTER 2959 =====