That was also a matter from many years ago. However, the young lady had a very good memory. She took the bus and then changed to the subway. After she got off the subway, she took a long car ride before she finally arrived outside of the Shaw Residence which was located at the foot of a mountain.
At first, Aino was still uncertain if she had come to her great-grandfather's house. After all, there were quite a number of Shaw families in the South City. However, when Aino saw the black cloth hanging outside the entrance of the Shaw Residence and also the obituary, Aino was certain that this must be her greatgrandfather's house.
Many black cars were parked outside. Aino had made a call to her mother earlier on, and she had heard that her greatgrandfather was going to be cremated that day. Seeing that so many cars and so many people were going in one after another, her great-grandfather's ashes must have already returned.
In fact, Aino did not care about that. She had no sense of kinship with her greatgrandfather at all. She only cared about her mother and her grandmother. She heard that her grandmother's knees were injured from kneeling. Once she thought of her grandmother, Aino felt so heartbroken that she feared up. The teary-eyed little girl looked around at all the guests, who were dressed in black, heading inside, and then she also followed them to the entrance.
Huh? How Strange? Why were there three people kneeling in front of the entrance? Were the three of them guarding the entrance? Aino came to the three men kneeling outside the entrance with a dejected expression and asked very politely, "Sir, may I know if you are the doormen of the Shaw Residence? Do doormen also need to kneel to mourn for the deceased?"
The young girl was right at the age where she had a great desire to learn about everything. Whenever she saw anything new, she would want to learn about it and expand her knowledge. That included the rites of the funeral.
"Who are you?" Keegan was so annoyed that he looked askance at the little grownup who had suddenly appeared.
"Whose child is this? Go, go away! Don't be a busybody here!" Caelus also followed along and chased the girl away.
Lokni had the worst temper. He directly said two words, "Fuck off!"
Hmph! Aino immediately put her arms on her waist! "My great-grandfather has passed away. This is a funeral! The deceased is to be respected. Do you know that? The entire family had to be very meticulous when there was a funeral in the family! Are the three doormen such as yourselves going to disgrace the family like that? It's such a shame that Uncle Marcus and my granduncle still gave you jobs! Is this how you bring disgrace to the family who had hired and paid your salary? Do you believe that I’ll take a picture of what you look like now and upload it online?"
While saying that, Aino deliberately took her phone out of her backpack. Actually, she only wanted to scare the three doormen so that they would not be so arrogant. How could she not give them another chance at all? As long as the three of them admit their mistakes, she would not upload them online. However, she never expected that one of the men would suddenly look at her in a daze and ask, " What did y-you say? What did you call the deceased?"
"Hmph! The person who passed away is my great-grandfather!" Aino said very seriously.
Keegan was speechless. He and his two other brothers looked at each other and they all had a mutual understanding. That was truly a heaven-sent opportunity! Sebastian had usually been standing inside the entrance guarding the door, but it so happened that Old Master Shaw's ashes had just been brought home at that moment, so Sebastian was occupied at the memorial space. He certainly still had no idea that his daughter had come over! "My child, we are not doormen. We are your relatives." Keegan immediately got up and came to Aino.
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