Nora felt that something wasn't right. "Wait, wait, wait, wait. Ashley is the lady of The Hopper Family. Why won't she be like Florence but Amelia and I?"
Owen said, "Obviously, Florence is a case of failure in education. How can I regard her as a model of education for Ashley?"
"You're exaggerating. Is Florence that bad? No!"
Sensing that she was about to change the topic, Nora immediately replied, "I'm talking to you about Ashley right now!"
"She came to give you a mobile phone. It was reasonable that she forgot to knock on the door. How can you punish her indiscriminately? If so, I will punish you tonight!"
Owen froze. "Punish me? Nora, are you kidding?"
"I'm not joking with you," Nora said seriously.
"We've already agreed that we'll have to wait until the children fall asleep before we kiss. You broke your promise tonight. You even came up with such a lame excuse. Do you really think that Ashley is three years old?"
"What excuse did I come up with?" Owen looked confused.
Nora said in shame and anger, "It's... it's just that you said I accidentally fell, you just came to help me up, what kind of rotten excuse is this? Did you have to unbutton the clothes on my chest when you help me up?
"You might as well say that my chest hurts, and you are treating me! Ashley said that she heard my painful cries! It's all your fault!"
“Great!" Owen was so angry that he laughed. He rushed to the door and said, "That little girl, I am now..."
Nora stepped forward to stop him. "What are you doing? Do you want to continue to punish her? I'm telling you, if you dare to punish her again, I'll sleep in a separate room with you! "
Owen's heroic spirit weakened instantly.
"Nora..."
"Don't call me, there's no need to discuss this!" Nora said firmly, "You can sleep on the floor tonight. This is your punishment."
The veins on Owen's forehead bulged. "Nora, you two can't work together to bully an honest man like me!"
"You're honest?" Nora slightly unbuttoned her collar, revealing the hickeys around her collarbone. "Then who left these behind?"
"Nora!" Owen's desire had yet to dissipate. When he saw Nora's skin, he immediately extended his hand.
"Don't you dare!" Nora quickly avoided him and said with red eyes, "You saw that Ashley wasn't as steady and promising as you were, so you deliberately made things difficult for her. You even punished her while making a call. How can you be so wicked? Can't you talk reason with her?"
"Alright, alright, alright, it's all my fault!" Owen admitted defeat the moment he saw his wife's teary eyes. "I'll apologize to her right now. Don't be angry, alright?"
Nora was worried that he would take advantage of her ignorance to teach her a lesson, so she immediately said, "Mm, I'll go with you."
"Okay, but you should recover first, in case the children see us and think I'm being fierce to you."
As Owen spoke, he held Nora's face and lowered his head to gently blow on her eyes. Soon, her face was no longer red.
"Are you done?" Nora's heart had softened a long time ago, but for the sake of Ashley's injustice, she still pretended to be indifferent.
"All right, let's go." Owen changed his mind and held her hand. When they opened the door, Ashley and Andrew had already retreated.
At this time, Ashley was in her room, covering her mouth and smiling dully.
Andrew looked at her bewilderedly. He did not understand why she was smiling so happily.
After calling out "Daddy" and "Mommy", he leaned to one side and let them in.
"Ashley!" As soon as Nora walked in, she realized that the Ashley was crying so hard. She just silently shed tears, which made Nora's heart ache for her!
Almost at the same time, Nora shook off Owen's hand and went forward to hold Ashley in her arms. She was kissing and coaxing her. She even said, "Ashley, you've been wronged."
Owen thought to himself, "I haven't complained about being aggrieved, but that crafty fellow has played it first."
"But I'm an adult now. How can I compare myself with a kid? Will I like my jealous brother?"
Patrick, who was on the shore of the Land of Fragrance, sneezed suddenly.
On this side, Owen walked forward, took Ashley from Nora's arms, and asked face to face, "What's wrong? Why are you crying so much?"
Ashley looked at him with her red crying eyes and said, "Daddy... Hiccup! I'm fine... Hiccup, I'm reflecting on myself!"
"Do you need to cry like this to reflect on yourself? I feel distressed that you are crying so much." Owen hugged her with one hand and patted her on the back with the other hand.
Feeling ashamed, Ashley covered her eyes with her little fleshy hands. "Daddy, don't look at me..."
"Our Ashley is so beautiful. Who else can I look at if I don't look at you? Don't cry. If your eyes are spoil from crying, how can you watch TV? Play computer? Am I right right?" Owen's words carried a double meaning. On one hand, he advised her not to cry. On the other hand, he was being sarcastic to her for not wanting to study.
A hint of cunning flashed in the eyes of Ashley under her hands, and then she slowly put down her arm and looked at him pitifully. "Daddy hates me like this, right?"
Ashley's words had a lot of meaning. If one put it more simply, it would mean that she was asking if Owen didn't like her crying; if it went deeper, it would mean asking if Owen didn’t like her not studying. If Owen couldn't answer her properly, then she would have to wait for Nora to retaliate.

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