Just thinking about it, a subordinate hurriedly came to report, "Master, the former master is here."

The former master is Belle.

Because Ella has rarely visited her villa recently, Belle took the initiative to come over.

Of course, every time she comes, she brings new dishes and nutritious soup.

"Don't let her in here, take her to the hall to wait first."

Her current condition is not too good, she doesn't want Belle to worry about her.

"Yes."

The subordinate quickly went to make arrangements.

Ella got out of bed and said to Juliet, "Will my complexion look very bad?"

Juliet wanted to say no, but when she saw Ella smiling, she couldn't bear to refuse.

"Help me put on some makeup."

Ella came to the dressing table, looking at her pale face, she couldn't help but reach up and touch her own face.

She never liked wearing makeup. Her face used to look good with the nourishment of love, but now, it seemed to have aged overnight.

Even she didn't recognize herself anymore. Why had she changed so much in just a few months?

To the extent that she needed makeup to cover up her complexion.

Juliet suppressed her inner discomfort, approached her and started applying makeup for her.

As she watched her unattractive complexion gradually covered by makeup, a faint smile appeared on Ella's lips.

She had never worn makeup before and didn't realize she could look so beautiful.

She felt incredibly regretful that she had never let Xavier see her delicate side, instead facing him bare-faced every day.

I don't know what that man thinks, if I look ugly without makeup.

To make her complexion look better, Juliet put on some lipstick for her, and tied up all her long black hair, making her look much cleaner.

"Alright, Master."

Juliet stepped aside.

Ella turned back and smiled at her, "You look really good, thank you."

"It's what I should do."

Juliet's voice was very hoarse.

Ella stood up, found a bright outfit from the wardrobe, and then walked towards the door.

At this moment, Belle had been waiting for a long time.

Just when she lost patience and was about to go in to find someone, she saw Ella coming out wearing a long green dress.

Belle greeted with a smile and said, "Ella, yesterday mom learned to make a new dish. Come and taste it.”

"Okay."

Ella followed and sat down at the table. Belle opened the insulated box and brought all the dishes out.

Compared to before, Belle's cooking skills had improved a lot.

Each dish looked colorful and appetizing.

But at this moment, no matter what Ella ate, it tasted bland to her.

However, in order not to worry Belle, she still picked up the chopsticks.

The new dish Belle learned to make was fried chicken, mainly spicy. Ella had been coughing a lot recently, and as soon as she tried it, she was choked.

But she still endured the discomfort and managed to swallow the food.

Belle asked eagerly, "How does it taste?"

Ella pursed his lips and smiled at her, saying, "Mom's cooking skills are getting better and better, almost on par with the chefs in five-star hotels." Hearing her Yara's praise, Belle was delighted and couldn't stop serving her more dishes. Standing anxiously on the side, Juliet had just seen the Lord cough up blood and now eating something spicy, she was really worried that he couldn't bear it. Juliet walked away and returned with a cup of sour plum soup in her hand. "Lord, here." Ella gave her a grateful smile, took the sour plum soup and took a sip, barely suppressing the sweetness and fishy taste in his throat. "Lord, there's news from the underground maze, a new mechanism has been discovered." Just then, a subordinate came in to report. Ella put down his chopsticks, suddenly stood up, and said hoarsely, "Follow me down to take a look." "Yes."

Belle watched as a group of people hurried into the entrance of the underground maze, her hands clenched uncontrollably at her sides, even a murky and unclear gleam appearing in her eyes.

She had heard the news before, that Ella had been investigating the secrets of the underground maze.

She was worried that the hidden sins inside would be exposed, so she rushed to Raven Pavilion several times just to inquire about the situation.

Unexpectedly, the mechanism of the maze had been discovered.

Belle felt a faint unease in her heart.

If Ella were to find out about those dirty deeds, he would certainly not treat her with such respect as now.

After finally finding her Yara, starting to rebuild their mother-Yara relationship, how could she just stand by and watch those filthy sins be uncovered, causing her Yara to leave her side again.

No!

She would not allow such a thing to happen!

A cold look appeared in Belle's eyes as she pulled out her phone and made a call.

The agreement between us is now in effect... Yes, I want you to do whatever it takes to stop Ella... You must not let her discover the secret of the underground labyrinth. After the task is completed, I will definitely agree to your conditions as well.

In the underground labyrinth.

Because Ella's body was not feeling well, she hadn't come down for quite some time.

After all, this is a closed space, without light, and the air is thin. Ella felt a little suffocated as soon as she came down.

"Master, your body has not fully recovered, it's better to go up and rest first!"

Juliet reminded with concern.

Ella waved her hand to indicate, "It's okay, I can hold on."

With that, she continued to walk deeper in. The walls surrounded the maze, but because several groups of their people had come down, the terrain ahead had already been explored thoroughly.

Ella arrived at a Stone gate with her subordinates, and someone stepped forward to report, "Lord, the mechanism is inside this Stone gate."

"Open it!"

Ella commanded.

The subordinate quickly opened the Stone gate, and Ella stepped inside. A strong, pungent smell hit her face, the intense impact made her unable to bear it, she held her chest and coughed several times in a row.

Coupled with the spiciness she had just eaten, this cough still coughed up blood.

However, because the environment of the maze was too dark, others did not notice anything unusual, only Juliet saw clearly and worriedly had tears in her eyes.

Inside the Stone gate were all kinds of strange and bizarre things.

The reason for the pungent smell was because there were some vampire bat corpses here, along with some chemical solutions in glass containers, soaking the specimens of the bats.

Being a closed space, the smell was hard to dissipate, and with mold growing in the Stone walls, the various smells mixed together were sickening.

"Lord, the mechanisms here are layered on top of each other, look."

The subordinate covered their mouth and nose, then opened another Stone door. Ella suppressed his discomfort and stepped inside, greeted by the same pungent smell and environment. The subordinate continued to open more Stone doors, leading them back to the original starting point. "What is going on?" Ella asked, frowning as he looked at the ground beneath his feet.