Chapter 319: A Visit from Two Riddles
It was considered impolite to visit without any notice during holidays, and when Hina opened the door and saw the smiling brother and sister, she sadly realized that she could not blame such impoliteness as she lived in a house given by others.
What is it like to live in a house where you can be visited at any time?
Xina felt humiliated, but it was of no use, as her self-esteem had long since succumbed to reality.
"Hello, Miss Perea, please forgive us for coming uninvited." Della didn't really intend to target Hina. She didn't have that twisted possessiveness towards Maggie, but she did need to see Maggie's attitude towards the doll she mentioned. "My brother kept saying during the holiday that I didn't give you a good Christmas present. I really couldn't stand it, so I dragged him here."
"Gift!" Without waiting for Hina to reply, Beretta, wearing a dress, dragged the doll over. She looked even cuter than before after being carefully dressed up, but the innocent look on her face hadn't changed much. She opened her clear blue-green eyes and looked at Della and Maggie expectantly, "Brother and sister, what gift are you going to give Beretta?"
Maggie smiled and raised her finger to make a silence gesture. When Beretta cooperated and covered her mouth, he took a step to the side and moved the corner of his long black windbreaker. Two puppies with ribbons tied around their necks actively pushed aside the corner of his coat and jumped forward, as if they knew who would be their breadwinners in the future, and rolled in front of Beretta affectionately.
"Puppies!" Beretta shouted in surprise. She couldn't help but touch the two puppies' chubby and soft bodies. After playing for half a minute, she looked at her sister who had been looking at her quietly. Beretta picked up the snow-white puppy and brought it to Hina. The two puppies twitched pitifully. "Can I keep Wally and Spot, sister?"
Della couldn't help but laugh. Beretta's act of giving the dog a good name at first sight also temporarily dispelled Xina's depression. She felt that if it was for her sister, then it was all worth it.
Hina pursed her lips and pretended to be serious. She kept staring at Beretta until the little girl was about to cry. Then she picked up the black spotted puppy lying on the ground around Beretta's feet and smiled. "Who can refuse a family member who has been given a good name?"
Beretta smiled immediately. She hugged the puppy and threw herself into her sister's arms to rub it. Half of her little face, which was red from rubbing or excitement, was exposed. She loudly expressed her gratitude to Della and Maggie for sending the puppy. "I love Wally and Spot so much. I also love sister Della and brother Maggie the most!"
"Let me guess," Della also squatted down and pinched Beretta's soft little face, "Does Beretta have many favorite sisters?"
Beretta blinked twice with her big eyes, as if she was struggling for a second, then her smile came back immediately, "Because the sisters are all so nice, and Beretta likes them all!"
"What a promising kid," Maggie laughed softly. The tall and thin boy stood beside them. Although he looked down at the girls, he did not have the condescending feeling that he usually had. Unfortunately, his next words made people feel a little unhappy again. "Can we go in and have a cup of tea now, Hina?"
This sentence sounded as if the two puppies were giving a gift of apology, which immediately brought back Xina's sense of humiliation.
Both Sheena and Della looked up at Maggie, the happiness on Sheena's face faded, and Della raised an eyebrow and looked her bad brother up and down.
"Come in! There's cake in the refrigerator!" Little Beretta had no idea about the sensitive verbal battles between adults. She only wanted to entertain her favorite brothers and sisters. Xina also put her mind at ease. She stood up and pretended to welcome the guests.
"Excuse me," Della and Maggie said in unison, both nodding politely.
Della followed the two sisters and looked around the fully decorated and cozy small villa. Being used to living in good houses, she didn't have much opinion about the house. In the past two years, she had turned every house into a model room. She was just surprised that the random placement of toys, books and documents could create a natural atmosphere of life without being messy.
"Haisia (Why did you say that just now? It's obvious that Xina will invite us in in a few words)," Xina went to make tea and Beretta took the cake with great interest. Della chatted with Maggie in snake language, "Sa-sis (How come I don't know that you have a bad habit of belittling others to please the other party)?"
"Hai-Shisa (Because she didn't do a good enough job. If she couldn't reject our rudeness, she should have thought it through and let us in earlier)," Maggie rested his elbows on the table, critically looking at Hina's busy back, "Xi--Siya (Even if she could make a few sarcastic remarks, she just kept it to herself and felt embarrassed. I really can't respect someone who doesn't respect me)."
Della did not refute Maggie's words, but only said softly, "Hissa-s (We are guests after all, and it is even more rude to be so ruthless)."
Ok?
Della's unclear attitude suddenly changed Maggie's mind. He didn't like people who had no self-respect. Maybe Della wouldn't like such people either, but her disgust in daily life would not be as obvious as his.
But for someone you care about, in theory, you will subconsciously demand that "you should understand my feelings better", just like he subconsciously demands more from Ximena's face.
If Draco obviously showed more and more characteristics that did not conform to Della's ideas around her, then...
Maggie, who had just thought a little about love today, finally found the right way to stir up a relationship. As a meticulous conspirator, he used to think things were too complicated and rejected countless plans to make Draco disappear that Della might have caught him in. It was only at this moment that he realized that he should not have let Draco disappear, but should have made Della disappointed in the childish ghost.
Bingo!
"Hai-Xi (Okay, no problem, I will be careful not to hurt her self-esteem)." Maggie, who had made up her mind, felt better. Her critical eyes softened, and the negative words in her heart subsided.
After the tea and cakes arrived, Maggie, who had put aside her dissatisfaction, turned into a fully educated gentleman and spoke patiently and politely. Also at the table was Della, who was equally good at observation and conversation. Within five minutes, Beretta, who felt that he was not being treated as a child but was taken seriously, became even more excited. Xina, who was surprised by Maggie and Della's knowledge and cultivation, who could connect with anything, completely forgot the meaningless unhappiness and enjoyed the conversation that brought her pleasure.
Indeed, as long as people like Riddle put a little effort into it, they can easily control people's hearts.
Della and Maggie, who easily coaxed the two Perea sisters into being almost intoxicated, narrowed their eyes at the same time at a certain point, and both felt that they had to meet Trevor as soon as possible to consolidate his loyalty.
They had finally caught Barty Jr.'s knife, which could stab Voldemort. If it was stabbed back, it would be a laughing stock.