CHAPTER 198: CHAPTER 198: THE ENGAGEMENT BANQUET: PACKED FULL OF EVIDENCE!

"Damien Lancaster, what exactly do you intend to do?" Gregory Lancaster stared at Damien Lancaster.

He understood now that Damien had no intention of getting engaged.

"Is causing this commotion fun? Isn’t it embarrassing enough?"

Damien raised an eyebrow, "Embarrassed you?"

Zachary Lancaster walked over, "Dad, haven’t you always thought Rachel Shaw is the suitable candidate for my brother’s wife? Mom, haven’t you always said this woman is the Lancaster Family’s lucky star? Take a good look at the true face of this lucky star, Julian."

Julian Jacobs quickly stepped forward with the evidence in hand.

"President Lancaster, madam, everyone, what I have here is the evidence of crimes committed by Eldest Miss Shaw."

"What things? What evidence? I’m not guilty!"

Rachel Shaw scrambled up and lunged forward, trying to snatch the items from Julian’s hands.

But how could Julian possibly let her succeed?

Zachary Lancaster looked at the woman sprawling on the ground, his eyes filled with nothing but coldness, "Your claim of innocence is the biggest lie you’ve ever told."

Gregory Lancaster and Seraphina Kennedy stepped forward, wanting to stop the situation, not wanting a perfectly good engagement party to be ruined.

Gregory Lancaster, "What’s this about guilt or no guilt, discuss it at home."

"Does causing your father’s death count as guilt?"

When Zachary said this, Gregory Lancaster and Seraphina Kennedy lifted their eyes, shock written all over their faces.

Gregory Lancaster, "What do you mean?"

"Julian, read it."

Rachel Shaw’s eyes widened, she kept shaking her head, "No, no, no!"

Don’t read it!

Julian Jacobs ignored her attempts to stop him, "Below are all the evidences of Eldest Miss Shaw’s crimes!

On July 7th, Eldest Miss Shaw colluded with hired child traffickers to kidnap Sophie at school.

On July 12th, Eldest Miss Shaw pretended to commit suicide, setting up Miss Summers on the Ferris wheel, falsely accusing her of attempted murder.

On July 30th, airport car crash, attempted murder of Miss Summers.

On August 25th, again colluded with child trafficking organizations, used the kidnapping of Annelise to threaten and intimidate the Lancaster family into exchanging Sophie, and then hired an overseas assassin to kidnap Miss Summers and Sophie, intending to kill them, resulting in severe injury to Miss Summers and Sophie’s disappearance.

On September 30th, attempted once more to take Sophie away at the Sterling Family banquet, to make her disappear.

On October 12th..."

"Stop reading, stop reading!"

Rachel Shaw screamed in terror, scrambling up to stop Julian, but tripped over her dress and fell flat on her face.

Rachel never expected Damien Lancaster to list her crimes in front of so many people.

How could he do this to her?

He was so gentle to her in the past!

Zachary Lancaster’s eyes were dark, "What? Can’t bear to hear the rest now? Aren’t these all things you did?"

"Julian, continue!"

Damien’s deep voice rang out.

Julian Jacobs stared at the woman on the ground, enunciating each word loudly: "On October 12th, at the hospital! Bribed a hospital nurse, pretended to pass by when Old Master Lancaster was alone in the garden, but in fact gave him a heavy blow to the back of the head, ultimately leading to his death!"

As Julian read, the entire venue fell into silent shock, and after he finished reading, it was quiet for a full ten seconds before a sudden uproar ensued.

"Oh my god! What did I just hear? Is this even something a person could do?"

"Unbelievable, colluding with child traffickers, targeting a child, simply despicable!"

"She also caused Old Master Lancaster’s death, my god! This woman killed Old Master Lancaster and still wanted to marry First Young Master Lancaster, she just kept professing her love for him! How dare she!"

"Utterly reprehensible, executing her ten thousand times wouldn’t be enough!"

"Exactly! Even ’utterly reprehensible’ can’t describe her! Such a malicious woman disguised in beautiful clothes!"

Ivy Summers stood aside listening to this, her hands quietly clenched.

"No, it’s not, these aren’t things I did, really, I didn’t do them!" Rachel Shaw shouted hoarsely, her throat raw.

Phillip Shaw and Penelope Page quickly stepped forward, trying to appease the guests, "There’s a misunderstanding here, there has to be a misunderstanding. My daughter wouldn’t dare kill a single ant normally, how could she harm a child? There must be some mistake."

Penelope Page approached Gregory Lancaster and Seraphina Kennedy with a panicked expression, "In-laws, this isn’t how it is, Rachel respected Old Master Lancaster immensely, she would never harm him, someone must be framing her."

As she spoke, her gaze landed on Ivy Summers.

"Ivy Summers, you’ve always been jealous of our Rachel, haven’t you? Did you frame her? I heard that after Old Master Lancaster’s death, the old housekeeper who was on the way to your house also died, are you completely unrelated to this matter?"

Ivy Summers looked at Penelope Page, "How do you know the old housekeeper died on the way to my house?"

"I..." Penelope Page choked, her face instantly turning pale as her eyes darted around in panic.

Old Master Lancaster had mentioned the butler’s death, but he had never said the butler died on his way to Ivy Summers’ home.

Yet Penelope knew it very clearly!

Ivy Summers stepped forward, "How do you know that?"

Penelope looked evasively, "I... saw it on the news."

"News? The news said the butler died on the way to my house?"

Penelope instinctively looked to Phillip Shaw for help, but Ivy Summers was already closing in, "I’ll ask you again, how do you know the butler died on the way to my house?"

"I, you... I just... just know!" Penelope rambled incoherently, looking at Ivy Summers’ cold face, she weakened and fell back, landing beside Rachel Shaw.

Ivy Summers squatted down, gazing at the two, "Because it was you who orchestrated the butler’s death. You knew Grandpa was going to give me shares, and the butler was the only one who knew about it. By getting rid of him, no one could confirm the source of my shares, and you wanted to pin Grandpa and the butler’s deaths on me."

"No, it’s not, you’re talking nonsense!"

Rachel Shaw and Penelope Page’s eyes glittered with intense panic. These were murder accusations, accusations of killing Old Master Lancaster; admitting them would be their end.

They looked toward Gregory Lancaster and Seraphina Kennedy, hoping to speak.

But Gregory Lancaster and Seraphina had already snatched the evidence from Julian Jacobs’ hands, scanning it repeatedly with wide eyes.

It’s all! All are Rachel Shaw’s evidence.

Evidence harming Sophie, evidence harming Ivy Summers, and even Annelise Lancaster’s kidnapping was fake, orchestrated by Rachel to let Annelise act on her own.

And Old Master! Old Master’s death was also Rachel Shaw’s doing.

Gregory Lancaster and Seraphina Kennedy stood pale-faced and stone-like in place. After seeing everything, they finally realized the magnitude of their mistake.

Seraphina Kennedy, in a fury, rushed up and slapped Rachel Shaw across the face, "You beast! Beast! The Lancaster Family treated you well, yet you harmed my granddaughter and killed our Old Master, you beast! Beast!"

Seraphina Kennedy harshly slapped Rachel Shaw twice more.

This evidence made her look like a fool, foolishly being kind to Rachel Shaw, foolishly believing her.

"Mom! I didn’t! I really didn’t!" Rachel Shaw cried out, covering her face.

"Don’t call me Mom! You harmed the Lancaster Family, killed Old Master, and you still want to marry into the Lancaster Family, who gave you the courage, who!" Seraphina Kennedy, shedding her usual elegance in rage, slapped Rachel Shaw twice more.

She once thought of Rachel Shaw as a lucky star, bringing good fortune to the Lancaster Family.

What was the result?

The result was she almost destroyed everyone in the Lancaster Family.

Seraphina Kennedy was furious to the brink of madness.

What kind of lucky star, she was a total fiend, a demon, had the Lancaster Family wronged her in a previous life to meet her now!

She almost let her in, almost let her call her mom!

Just the thought made Seraphina Kennedy nauseous!

"No! I didn’t! I really didn’t..." Rachel Shaw cried with her tear-streaked face, unable to utter any other explanation, only repeatedly denying it.

Gregory Lancaster held those pieces of evidence, petrified for a long time, until Phillip Shaw spoke to him.

"Gregory, you have to believe us, we’ve been friends for so many years, this has to be a setup, give me some time, I will give you a satisfactory answer, can I?"

"A setup." Gregory Lancaster raised his head, suddenly letting out a cold laugh, staring straight at Phillip Shaw, raising the evidence in his hand, "Alright, since it’s a setup, explain each and every piece to me then!"

"I... I..."

"Explain!" Gregory Lancaster suddenly flung the evidence in his hand at Phillip Shaw’s face.

The paper sliced across Phillip Shaw’s face like a blade, hitting Rachel Shaw and Penelope Page on the head.

Phillip Shaw lowered his head, unable to say a single word in explanation.

Gregory Lancaster, twisted with rage, pointed a finger at Phillip Shaw, "Shaw Family, great! Just great! I’ve helped you so many times, even letting your daughter marry my son, and this is how you repay me! Phillip Shaw! You deserve death! Your entire Shaw Family deserves death."

"Deserve death!"

It was Damien Lancaster, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke, "The Shaw Family should go down to atone for those eighteen lives."

Old Master and seventeen workers, how many sins had the Shaw Family committed?

"What eighteen lives?" someone among the onlookers questioned.

"Eighteen lives! My god, how many more has the Shaw Family killed?"

"This is terrifying!"

Damien Lancaster raised his hand, and Julian Jacobs handed over the investigation documents to Damien, who raised an eyebrow, "An incident from earlier this year, President Shaw must have almost forgotten."

Upon hearing Damien Lancaster mention ’earlier this year,’ Phillip Shaw’s whole body stiffened, understanding immediately what he was referring to.

Phillip Shaw approached with a pale face, pressing down on Damien Lancaster’s hand, eyes full of panic and pleading.

"Damien, for the sake of me watching you grow up, for the friendship between our families these many years, for the childhood bond between you and Rachel, spare me this once. I’ll make Rachel atone, I’ll sever ties with her, send her abroad, I’ll ensure she never returns to Aethelgard, I beg you, don’t wipe us out completely."