Nora hadn't even married into the family, yet she was already punishing the Hunts' servants who had bullied her son.
To be honest, if news of the incident spread, it really wouldn't sound very nice.
On top of that, the worst thing was that she didn't even succeed in doing so, which would only serve to make it look even more like she was not respected at the Hunts' residence. This was exactly Roger's objective.
He had fought Justin for the position of the head of the family for a lifetime, yet he'd never been able to obtain the position all this time.
Now that he finally had the opportunity to make trouble for him, Roger was really giving it his all.
He looked at Nora triumphantly and said, "Nora... you may be Justin's fiancee, but it's not right of you to do that! Without any evidence, how can you fire the servants so carelessly? We are no longer in ancient times. The servants are also humans, we are all equal here. We have signed contracts between us. If you must fire them, sure. You'll just have to pay them additional wages as compensation. Shall I ask the Finance Department to give them the extra wages and then dismiss them?"
Dismissing them with extra wages would be tantamount to admitting that the two servants hadn't made any mistakes, but were dismissed purely because Nora didn't like them.
Should news of it spread, wouldn't it still end up as Nora abusing her authority?
Those sure were some nice plans that Roger had made.
Nora still looked as calm and dispassionate as ever.
Seeing Roger's stance, she looked straight at the two servants. With a contemptuous smile on her lips, she asked, "Are the two of you really not going to take the initiative to resign?"
Lionel and Greg hurriedly shook their heads.
"We really didn't do anything wrong, how can we resign?"
"Yeah. You can just say so if you don't like us, Ms. Smith. You can fire us, but surely you can't be so bossy as to force us to resign, right?"
The more they spoke, the more aggrieved the two of them became, which attracted people nearby to gather around them. A group of servants hired by the Hunts had gathered at the back door to the garden and were watching the excitement.
Roger glanced behind him. His men among the crowd immediately started to fan the flames. He said, "Ms.
Smith, you haven't married into the family, right? What right do you have to deal with the Hunts' servants?"
"Yes, besides, servants are also humans. What makes you think you can be so overbearing?"
"There's equality in the society now, you can't look down on us! We are just working for the Hunts, there's no other relationship between us. Your actions are really disappointing!" "Yeah! Ms. Smith, you are too much!" Nora raised her eyebrows and looked at them without speaking.
The dispute quickly reached the few masters of the Hunts.
Soon, Iris came over. When she entered, she immediately reprimanded the servants gathered there. "What are all of you doing gathered around here? Go and do what you should be doing!"
When the rest of the servants heard her, they subconsciously wanted to leave. However, Roger said, "You can't put it that way, Aunt Iris. Aren't they all servants? They just want to see whether our family will treat them fairly! The Hunts' hundred years of good reputation mustn't be ruined by Nora today!"
Roger's men also spoke up at once. "Yes, we are going to stay right here. Greg, Lionel, don't be afraid! Sometimes, we just have to stand up strong and safeguard our interests!"
"We and the Hunts are just employer and employees, we don't have a master-servant relationship here! Make no mistake about it, guys!"
"Exactly, we are not slaves! Slavery has long been overthrown! It's the era of peace and democracy now..."
The rest of the servants were manipulated into thinking that Nora had bullied the servants and was looking down on them.
As a result, people from the other villas also started to echo them.
The bigger the commotion became, the more people started to gather...
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