Upon hearing this, Rouge Jarvis felt her temples throbbing, a wave of pain in her head.

Rouge asked, "Did you all plan this together?"

Maxim Ford said nothing, but it was indeed the truth.

Initially, when Tiana came to him and asked him to release Meredith Ford, he hesitated for a long time. He didn’t plan to release her, but because of this reason, he let Meredith go.

He didn’t know what Tiana intended to do at the time. In hindsight, the whole process seemed extremely dangerous.

The only solace was that their mother finally saw Meredith’s true nature and would no longer grieve for her in the future.

"Okay, so half of your reason is due to Julian. What’s the other half?"

At first, Maxim didn’t intend to hide the sister. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have told Julian she’d returned before he came back to the country.

The other half of the reason was harder to explain; to their mother, it would sound too selfish.

At that time, he wanted to have Julian share in spoiling the sister together.

Later, Aiden came and recruited Isaac as Tiana’s bodyguard, leaving them no choice but to agree to indulge the sister together.

This reason was truly difficult to vocalize.

Besides, there was another reason, and it was the most important one.

From Tiana, he learned that it was their mother who had always been stopping them from finding the sister.

Now, their mother must be hurting inside, probably blaming herself, but he couldn’t reveal this reason—it had to remain a secret, never to be spoken of.

Rouge, seeing how he remained silent, furrowed her brows deeply and turned to Isaac Ford: "Sixth one, you tell me, and be detailed. Did you brothers come up with some kind of agreement?"

She directly bypassed Julian Ford.

In her mind, Julian was the least trustworthy.

Isaac glanced at his brothers, then finally nodded: "...Yes."

Maxim: "..."

Julian: "..."

Aiden Shaw narrowed his eyes slightly; he had already formed his own opinion about what kind of agreement it was.

Rouge’s expression grew more displeased.

All right!

At least one of them has spoken up.

She wasn’t afraid of them not talking.

Rouge was so angry that her heart felt like it was being squeezed, and she demanded, "Explain clearly, what agreement? You brothers, hiding such a big thing from your parents, what were you thinking?"

Although Isaac was a feared Sect Leader, at home, he was the most obedient.

Seeing his mother so angry, he suddenly became agitated, his usual awe-inspiring presence nowhere to be found, slightly anxious: "I... Mom, this matter..." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Listening to his stammering voice, Rouge slapped the table: "Isaac! Speak clearly for me; I’m not even that agitated, what’s got you so worked up?"

Isaac: "..."

He went silent for a few seconds before cautiously replying, "Mom, please don’t be angry. This was our mistake."

"Where did you go wrong? Be specific!"

Clearly, Rouge’s patience had run out; no matter how she looked at her sons, she was displeased.

Isaac knew there was no way to hide it anymore.

The longer they kept silent, the angrier their mother would become. If her heart condition acted up and their father returned, it wouldn’t just be a broken leg he’d face.

He took a deep breath and confessed: "We thought, since you have so many sons, fifteen in total, but only one sister, the three of us decided to hide her for a while, spoil her, and only bring her back once she’s developed a deep bond with us as her brothers."