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Chapter 605 I Give You Full Marks for This Move

After Brian went out, only Joanne, Freya, and Mrs. Megan were left in the room.

Mrs. Megan called her son who was lying at the bedside of the baby. "Henry?"

"Hush-" Henry turned around and whispered to her mother, "Little brother and sister are asleep. Don't disturb them."

Mrs. Megan smiled and tried to scare her son. "You lying there is the only move that would disturb your little brother and sister."

"No, no." The little boy shook his head and waved his hand. He promised to Joanne with a serious face, "Auntie Joanne, I will be very careful. I won't disturb little brother and sister! Can you let me watch them?"

"Okay." Joanne smiled gently. "You can tell me when they wake up."

Henry nodded solemnly as if he had accepted an important mission. "Uncle Brian told me about it!"

Hearing Henry call Brian so intimately, Mrs. Megan was a little curious. "Henry, weren't you afraid of Uncle Brian before?"

"Oh." Henry shook his head. "Mom, I am not scared of him anymore!"

Mrs. Megan sighed from the bottom of her heart. "After being a father, Brian is really different..."

Joanne was even more curious than Mrs. Megan. "Why would Henry be afraid of Brian?"

Mrs. Megan smiled and said, "During the time you taught Henry English, Henry met Brian many times. At that time, Brian, you also knew-was as cold as a thousand-year-old iceberg. Even I was a little afraid of him, let alone a child. After Gavin scared Henry several times, he wouldn't dare to see Brian."

After a pause, Mrs. Megan continued, "But when I came in just now, I happened to see Brian holding Aiden in his arms. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I definitely wouldn't have imagined that he would be so gentle and careful. Look, even Henry isn't afraid of him anymore."

Joanne thought for a moment and said, "He didn't have any contact with children before, so he doesn't know how to get along with children. Now that he has become a father himself, he knows that he should be gentle with children."

Mrs. Megan nodded in agreement and said, "When you taught Henry English, Henry's father told me that Brian seemed to like you. So after you got married, when Henry's father and I met you at a party, it didn't surprise me at all."

When she recalled the time in college, Joanne couldn't help laughing. "My brother had just started his career at that time, and I really needed that part-time job. Sister Yang, I am grateful to you and Mr. Megan for taking care of me."

Mrs. Megan waved her hand. "On the surface, we were the ones taking care of you. In fact, Brian arranged those things for you. So, Henry's father and I have never believed the gossip between Brian and Rosalyn!"

"..." Joanne did not know what to say when Rosalyn was mentioned.

Mrs. Megan seemed to suddenly think of something. "By the way, Joanne, that thing... has no effect on you, right?"

Joanne was a little confused. "What is it?"

"That Rosalyn was released from prison!" After saying that, Mrs. Megan suddenly realized that something was wrong. She said apologetically, "Don't you know about it? Oh, I'm really..."

Joanne really didn't know that Rosalyn had been released from prison.

However, Brian must know about it, but he didn't tell her, which probably meant that he didn't want her to know.

Joanne smiled as if nothing had happened. "Sister Yang, I know about it."

Mrs. Megan patted her chest with relief and said, "I thought I was wrong to tell you about it."

"It's nothing. I didn't react when you suddenly mentioned it," Joanne said flatly, "Rosalyn and I actually don't even know each other. For me, she is just a stranger whose name I barely know. Whether she is in prison or not, it has no effect on me."

"I knew that because of your character, you would definitely say that!" Mrs. Megan changed the topic. "However, you are too low-key."

This time, Joanne was completely confused. "Mrs. Megan, I really don't know what you are talking about this time..."

"It's about your donation!" Mrs. Megan said with a smile, "You actually kept a low profile after donating such a huge sum of money! If it weren't for the media, were you going to keep it a secret for the rest of your life?"

The donation was dug up by the media?

Joanne asked Freya to help her get the iPad. She tapped on the front page of a news website and saw the news mentioned by Mrs. Megan.

In the report, the reporter described that when she was five or six months pregnant, she donated a large sum of money to the remote region to support the local basic education.

Because of this news, the news that Rosalyn had been released from prison had caused much less attention, and the public opinion was also biased towards her. In addition, she gave birth to a pair of twins, so the remarks were full of blessings for her and her babies.

In contrast, Rosalyn was not only spurned, but even caused the anti-drugs netizens to start a topic called "Rosalyn was not worthy of forgiveness".

After this farce, Rosalyn's already messy public image suddenly became worse.

Joanne put down the iPad and looked at Freya doubtfully. "Not many people know about my donation. If no one hints, it is impossible for the media to find out. So-who revealed it to the media?"

Freya spread her hands. "Who else could it be except for Gavin?"

Gavin appeared careless on the surface, but he never did things that didn't have practical significance.

But Joanne couldn't figure out-what was the practical significance of revealing her donation to the media?

Freya, after all, was a member of the entertainment industry. With a little analysis, she understood Gavin's intention and said, "Gavin wanted the media to help you guide the public opinion."

Joanne was even more confused. "Why does he want to guide the public opinion?"

Freya laughed with schadenfreude. "You still don't know, do you? Rosalyn was released from prison yesterday, on the same day as Aiden and Romy's birthday. Many people thought that this was an irony for Rosalyn.

"This kind of coincidence comes once in a thousand years. So the media gets excited because they can write all kinds of stories. They can compare the fate of you and Rosalyn, analyze why Mr. Brian chose you in the end... It's even possible that some media will mention Rosalyn's achievements in acting, and feel pity for her.

"In this way, public opinion won't do you much good. And Rosalyn still has some fans, and they may reprimand you in a group. At that time, there will be two voices on the Internet, which will be more troublesome to deal with.

"But the exposure of your donation has caused such a one-sided situation-not only is it not troublesome, but it doesn't need to be dealt with at all. I'll give full marks for Gavin's move!"

Joanne wanted to laugh. "In fact, the money I donated... is mostly won..."

Freya was stunned. "You won? I've known you for more than ten years. How come I didn't know that you would gamble!"

"I didn't gamble with money." Joanne recalled. "It should have been last summer. You, Gavin, Wesley, and my brother watched the football game at my house, and also gambled at the same time. Finally, Brian won and Wesley gave me a check. I had nothing to do in the study some time ago and found that the check was still in the book. I thought it was useless, so I donated the money."

Freya felt as if she had swallowed a salted duck egg. "... So?"

"So strictly speaking, the honor of fundraising should belong to Wesley." Joanne looked as if it had nothing to do with her.

The more Freya thought about it, the more troublesome she felt. She waved her hand and said, "In short, now the public opinion is beneficial to you, and there is no hope for Rosalyn-I am very satisfied with this result!"

Before Joanne could say anything, Martha came in with a thermal lunch box. She opened it with a smile and said, "The chef personally went to the farm to pick up the chicken yesterday. He got up early in the morning to cook the soup. When I came out, the room was filled with the smell of chicken soup. Madam, please drink the soup while it's still hot."

Mrs. Megan saw this and got up while saying, "Joanne, you should eat first. I'll go out and talk to Brian and the others."

Joanne nodded. "Okay."

Martha poured out the chicken soup, and the fragrance filled the whole room in an instant. Freya took a deep breath and said, "My God, I want to have some too..."

Martha smiled. "Miss Norris, I've prepared for your too!"

Freya's eyes lit up. "Really?"

"Madam specifically told me that you and Mr. Scott are going to have a baby, and she thinks that you should get more nutrition too!" As she said this, Martha had already filled a bowl of chicken soup for Freya. "You must finish it. This is a token of Madam's love!"

"..." Freya's mood was very complicated, but the taste of the chicken soup was really delicious. She couldn't resist this temptation even if she wanted to. So she decided not to think about anything else for the time being, but to finish this bowl of chicken soup first!

After having breakfast yesterday, Joanne had only smelled the aroma of food until now. She had a big appetite and drank two bowls of soup in one breath.

As soon as she put down the bowl, Henry ran over excitedly. "Aunt Joanne, little brother, ah, no, maybe it was the little sister, anyway, one of them woke up!"

There was a cut on Joanne's lower abdomen, which made it inconvenient for her to move, so she could only let Freya have a look.

Freya to the babies' bedside and found that it was Aiden who was awake. She told Henry that the little boy was awake. Then she picked up Aiden and teased, "Little guy, did you smell the chicken soup?"

Lil Xi pursed his lips and looked like he was about to cry. Freya quickly coaxed him. "Don't cry, don't cry. Be good. I'll take you to your mother!"

Joanne looked at the time and thought that the little fellow should be hungry. So she asked Freya to place him on the bed beside her and fed him breast milk.

Henry leaned over and leaned against the bed. "Auntie Joanne, can I play with my little brother?"

"Can you wait for the little brother to grow up a little bit?" Joanne smiled and gestured with her hand. "When the little brother grows up to be so tall, you can play with him. Now the little brother still doesn't understand what you said to him."

"Okay!" Henry nodded obediently and imitated Joanne's gesture. "When the little brother grows up, I will protect him and the little sister!"

"Good boy." Joanne gently touched the little Henry's head.

After feeding the breast milk to Aiden, Joanne found that the little fellow needed to change paper diapers. Freya noticed her movements and knew that it was definitely inconvenient for her. She was about to call the nurse when she heard Joanne say,

"Freya, help me call Brian back."

"Ah?" Freya was stunned. "Didn't you want to change the diapers for the little guy? Ask your Mr. Brian?"

Joanne was used to it and said, "I called him because I need him to change the diapers."

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