Cherie’s eyes lit up as she gazed at the dazzling Serena Sterling before her; this was her princess! "But princess, Mr. Crawford is unwilling to share the story between him and Caroline Sloan. How are we supposed to uncover the truth?" Cherie asked. Serena turned around, her bright eyes glowing with intelligence and brilliance. She slowly curled her red lips, "Then we shouldn’t ask Mr. Crawford. Let’s ask Mr. Crawford’s confidant." Cherie, "Princess, you mean... Corvus?" Serena nodded, "That’s right, it’s him." The unsuspecting Corvus hadn’t realized danger was approaching; he merely sneezed, finding it strange—why did he feel like someone had targeted him? Corvus arrived, summoned by Cherie, and as they walked along the corridor, Corvus asked, "Miss Cherie, did Miss Serena ask for me?" "Yes, our princess wants to see you." "Why is Miss Serena looking for me? Our master has already booked a hotel and is waiting to have dinner with her." Cherie pushed open the door, her tone serious, "Then your master will not be able to meet with our princess because she already knows everything." Corvus’s eyelid twitched. He hesitated as he walked into the room, only to see Serena standing by the desk, her stunning face cold as ice, as if she were on the verge of losing her temper. "Miss Serena, you’re looking for me?" Corvus sensed trouble instinctively. Serena raised her eyes and let out a cold snort, "Corvus, let me ask you, what exactly is the relationship between your master and Caroline Sloan?" "What relationship? There’s no relationship at all!" Corvus responded quickly. "At this point, you’re still lying to me? Corvus, just look at what this is!" Serena slapped a sealed dossier onto the desk with a "thud." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ Nov3lFɪre.ɴet Because the dossier was sealed, Corvus couldn’t see inside, but his immediate reaction was that Miss Serena had uncovered the past between his master and Caroline Sloan. What did he say before? The truth would come out eventually. "What is this? I don’t understand what Miss Serena means." Corvus chuckled awkwardly a couple of times. Serena pointed at the sealed dossier, "Inside is a detailed account of the story between Hayden Crawford and Caroline Sloan. Actually, I’ve never doubted Hayden’s feelings for me. I’m just upset why he wouldn’t tell me. Could it be that he has some sort of sympathy for Caroline Sloan..." "Miss Serena," Corvus was shocked and quickly interrupted Serena, "Heaven can testify, my master is wholeheartedly faithful to you!" "Then why deceive me? Is Caroline Sloan that important to him?" Serena pressed on immediately. Corvus blurted out, "Miss Serena, the master just feared you’d overthink it. Caroline Sloan saved the master’s life when he was a child. He only cherishes that life-saving sentiment..." Corvus’s words suddenly halted because he realized he had slipped up. He quickly glanced at Serena’s expression. Serena paused, her bright eyes falling on him, carrying a playful smile with a hint of amusement, "Corvus, why did you stop talking? I’m still waiting to hear how Caroline Sloan saved your master and how this connection was forged." "..." Corvus mentally screamed ’oh no,’ quickly picking up the sealed dossier and opening it, only to find it empty inside. This is bad; he fell for a trick! Serena had cleverly played a trick! Corvus’s legs went weak, and he recalled how his master had once instructed him to never reveal this matter to Serena. What had he just disclosed? "Miss Serena, you... you deceived me so badly!" Corvus cried out, feeling aggrieved to the point of tears. Miss Serena’s tactics were too advanced; he couldn’t keep up. Serena sat down calmly, "Corvus, if you were smart enough, you’d tell me everything you know now. That way, I can ensure your safety." "..." Corvus really wanted to ask if he had any choice. No! "Miss Serena, what else do you want to know?" Corvus asked, feeling wronged. Serena pondered for a moment, quickly thinking it through, "You mentioned earlier that Caroline Sloan saved Hayden Crawford. Actually, he once mentioned this when we were in Bayside. But back then, the person who saved him was Yasmine Sterling; how did it become Caroline Sloan?" "Miss Serena, at the beginning, the master also thought it was Yasmine. But one day during a heavy rain, Caroline Sloan bumped into the master’s car, with the jade pendant that the master gave out years ago hanging around her neck. We later investigated, and Yasmine was found dead in jail. Before she died, she admitted she was an imposter, and even the jade pendant was fake." Serena raised her delicate eyebrows with a chuckle; she didn’t expect such twists and turns in a life-saving story. But during her time in Bayside, Serena had known that the little girl from back then held a soft spot in Hayden’s heart, a special existence worthy of such drama. "Was it really such a coincidence that Caroline Sloan ran into the car? Didn’t Hayden Crawford suspect anything?" "Miss Serena, my master had suspicions and thus gave Caroline Sloan the chance to get close. He wanted to see what she was after, and our master wanted to find out who the girl back then truly was." Corvus didn’t dare say more. Serena showed no emotional upheaval as she nodded, "Alright, tell me how she saved him back then so I can help him look for her." Corvus was stunned. Was Miss Serena not upset knowing the master was always searching for another girl? "Back then... the master was ambushed on his way from the City of Aethelgard. By chance, he ended up in Bayside. In the snow and ice, he fell unconscious, nearly freezing to death. That’s when a girl appeared, dragging him to a cave and offering him warmth and strength through the snowy night to survive." As Corvus recounted the story, he observed Serena’s expression. Her clear eyes gradually showed a ripple, and soon even her delicate eyebrows furrowed. "Miss Serena, are you okay?" Corvus asked cautiously. Serena wasn’t particularly shaken; she just felt the story was familiar—coincidentally, in her childhood, she had also saved an older boy in a snowy landscape, spending a night with him in a cave during a snowstorm. How could this not seem like her story? She remembered that back then, the older boy had even left her... a jade pendant, saying he would come back to find her. She didn’t take it seriously and placed the pendant in a drawer, soon losing track of it.