Genius Girl

Chapter 37 - 37: Stubborn Selena

The driver proceeded and stopped in front of the main door.

A man, with wrinkles and freckles on his face and neck came out of the car, his cane supported his body as his feet lay on the ground.

Andrew Su, Evan\'s grandfather. He has winter-white hair, his face was timeworn and was wrinkled.

As his feet walked towards the main door, the tip of his cane tapped on the floor – supporting his body yet he still walks unsteadily.

He has a very cold smile; anyone would be embarrassed by just looking at him. The powerful aura showed on his serious face, the skin on his cheeks was flawed showing that he doesn\'t smile so much.

But unlike the dark aura lurking around him, an old woman, his wife – Linda Su, walking behind him has a smile bright as the sun in the sky.

Her hair was just like his, and it\'s long and lush – though this time, it was tied like a bun. As her lips curved a smile, her eyes gleamed with energy.

She walks with no difficulty, she\'s neither fat or thin – years of looking after her health was paid off, unlike her husband, she\'s very healthy, energetic and full of life.

Standing by the door, Selena was beaming a smile, a simple white cotton dress with embroidered flower on the right was making her look stunning.

She beamed a radiant smile and enthusiastically ran towards her great grandparent. Being their only great-granddaughter, the two elders love her dearly, they will give and do everything to put a smile on her lips.

She was unsure why they are here, even herself find it strange, they usually call them to come over to their house for either meeting or dinner. When she heard that they are coming, a thought came in her mind, she will use this opportunity and ask her great grandparents to convince Evan that she doesn\'t need a sitter.

She looked to her right side, aside from the villa, there is another house around two kilometers away from the villa. It\'s her uncle\'s Matthew\'s house.

She could see by the distance her uncle Matthew walking with a frown on his face, she already knows what will happen later, the elders will ask her uncle Matthew to either start working in the bank or to get a wife but knowing her uncle, those two options are not on his plate.

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As the elder couple sat on the chair, Selena positioned herself between them, each of her arms was wrapped on the elder\'s arm.

\'Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Evan hired another sitter for me. I am thirteen, I don\'t need a sitter,\' her voice was soft and sweet while her eyes were blinking like a puppy.

\'I thought you already have a sitter?\' her grandmother spoke next to her, as their eyes met, the elder\'s glowing eyes were matching the smile on her lips.

Selena pouted, \'I had one but, she resigned,\' she bit her lips, even without telling them, they already know why her previous sitter resigned.

Who wouldn\'t resign, Selena throw tantrums worse than a sick baby, she would torture her sitter by hiding until midnight, fail all her subjects and the worse was her pranks, she would scare the poor sitter until she gives up.

\'Your uncle is only worried about you,\' the elder man spoke, his hands were on his knees massaging it lightly.

"Worried? He hired a woman with such a bad temper, she almost killed me!\' remembering what she had gone through with Daniella in the two days she was around has made her cheeks flushed with anger.

\'She - oh my god!\' her voice shook as the anger rushed over her body.

\'She woke me up at 6 am, asked me to cook my breakfast and the worst of all, she threatened me,\' nose wrinkling with anger as she exaggerated every word she said.

The elder man frowned, seeing the anger on his only granddaughter\'s face has made him worry.

\'What else did she do?\'

Selena got up, with the same anger expression she stood in front of them.

\'She took the steak knife, came closer to me and said, I am stuck with you as much you are stuck with me so let\'s make our life easy,\' as she mimicked Daniella\'s voice, the teaspoon she grabbed from the table earlier was now pointing at her great grandfather.

The two elders gasp, both were bothered by Selena\'s story.

\'Where is Evan?\' the elder man\'s angry voice roared around the living room.

Emerging from his study room which was just next to the stairs, Evan\'s figure appeared, looking exhausted after three days of nonstop working.

Limping, the elder man walked towards Evan with his cane, and as he stood in front of his grandson, he lifted the cane and started hitting his grandson\'s leg.

\'How could you hire such a woman, fire her immediately.\'

Evan just coldly stands and accepts all the pain, his face was stiff, lips pressed together tightly.

When the old man stopped, Evan looked at him.

\'Grandpa, what are you doing here?\'

\'I saw the news about the scandal? Do you know who leaked those doc.u.ments? We should find that person and let him admit that they are not real,\' the elder man fumingly whispered.

Evan frowned; his eyes narrowed as he looked at his grandfather.

\'Oh? they are fake now, are they?\' he scoffed, head shaking with disbelief.

\'Grandpa, I have doc.u.ment filling on the table, if you are worried about our company, why don\'t you arrange a marriage for Matthew? At least we can expand our connection through marriage.\'

Saying that Evan looked at his cousin sitting on the armchair of the couch, enjoying his tea.

With a shock, Matthew looked at him, face paling with surprise.

\'No, no, no, no marriage. I am still moving on from my ex-girlfriend,\' Mathew vigorously shook his head.

Selena\'s face beamed after hearing the panic in her uncle\'s voice.

"Uncle Matthew, you said your ex-girlfriend is here right?" she innocently asked.

"yes, why?"

"What is her name?" as she waited for his reply, a grin is curving her lips.

"Ella," he replied short.

Selena blinked, wondering if she saw the picture on his screen cover wrong. She could swear it was her babysitter Daniella.

Out of nowhere, the elder woman spoke, "Matthew come on, it\'s been a year since she left you, why don\'t you try dating someone else?"

Matthew shrugged, "I am dating Grandma, I won\'t waste my youth waiting for someone who\'s probably in the Amazon picking up mushrooms," he chuckled, head shaking with amus.e.m.e.nt.

"You see what I did there? Mushrooms?" he said as he chuckled.

"Don\'t worry uncle Matthew. For sure, your dad can find a suitable match for you," Selena grinned at her uncle like a bully.

"No, I don\'t want to get married," saying that with a loud voice, Matthew put down his teacup on the table and then rushed out of the house like a tornado.

The elder\'s face went flat after seeing their youngest grandson leaving the place in a hurry.

The elder man sighed, and then turned to Evan, "fire the babysitter. I will find a new one,"

"No, grandpa." He firmly said.

The elder man\'s eyebrows creased indifferently.

"Are we going to have a fight over this Evan?"

Evan shook his head, coldly he said, "No, grandpa, but you asked me to take care of Selena so as her guardian, I have the right to decide who is going to be her sitter,"

Evan turned back, not wanting to waste his time arguing to the elder.

On the other side, the elder woman\'s eyes swelled, her hand shook as she held Selena\'s shoulder.

"Selena. Breathe!" she said panicking.

Selena held her breath, she doesn\'t care if she can\'t breathe and how hard it is to hold her breath but, she is determined to have her new sitter fired.

The elder man together with Evan walked in a hurry towards the couch, they are encouraging Selena to breathe but, the girl was so stubborn that she even blocked her mouth and nose with her hands.

Gnashing his jaw with anger, the elder Su hit Evan with his cane.

"Fire that sitter or I will fire you,"

Evan just stood there, face so cold like snow.

Selena\'s face started to turn crimson, she\'s really determined to get what she wants even it will cost her - her life.

"wait. Let\'s talk Selena," Evan impatiently said, seeing his niece\'s veins angrily popping in her neck has made him worry.

Selena gasped, chest rose up and down as she catches her breath.

"I have a contract with Ms. Chen, we can talk to her on Monday and," He was interrupted when Selena stomped afoot.

"No, I want her fired uncle. She\'s pretty, yes, but, doesn\'t mean we should keep her."

Evan shut his eyes, he turned around and left the living room before he could shout at his niece.

On the other side, the elder man stroked a hand on Selena\'s hair as he soothed her.

"Don\'t worry honey, I will make sure that she won\'t step foot in this house." He assured her.