When she returned to the Aiken Family Mansion, it was Aunt Luo who first came out to greet her.

While helping her with her things, Aunt Luo quietly reminded her, "Miss, sir and madam are both here, and they've asked us to prepare a lavish dinner, saying they'll wait for you to come back and eat together. Something's off, so be careful."

Ever since Aunt Luo became a servant at the Aiken Family, she had never seen sir and madam being nice to Lia. The fact that they instructed the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous dinner and even sent a driver to pick Lia up from the airport was not something that made Aunt Luo happy for Lia, but rather worried.

Lia quietly thanked her, even though Aunt Luo would advise her not to keep fighting with her father and obediently marry into the Aibileen Family to avoid further mistreatment by her father. But in this house, only Aunt Luo felt sorry for her.

Once inside, Lia did see her father and stepmother, and even her half-siblings were present.

"Sis, you're back." Surprisingly, Violet, who usually treated her as invisible or was rude to her, immediately stood up to greet her with a smile as soon as she entered and tried to warmly take her arm.

"Don't touch me."

Lia warned Violet coldly.

This half-sister was cunning, who knows what trap she's digging again now?

"Sis, I just haven't seen you in a long time and missed you, do you really have to treat me like this?" Violet pouted in complaint.

Lia glared at her coldly with a side glance and walked past her.

Violet was just acting, and she wasn't doing a good enough job, she wasn't used to it. In the past, she would provoke Lia, but now she was trying to butter her up, acting as if they had a strong sisterly bond. Since Lia wasn't cooperating, she couldn't keep up the act.

"Really think you've flown to the top, huh? Hmph, a sparrow is just a sparrow, even if it flies up it won't turn into a phoenix." Violet muttered softly after Lia coldly ignored her, and then turned with an aggrieved face towards her parents.

The only son of the Aiken Family, Liam, sneered at his sister, ostensibly mocking his elder sister, but his words were aimed at Lia: "Who told you to stick your warm face to someone's cold butt, can't even get a good look, you deserve it."

"Liam." Celine Taylor reprimanded her son in a low voice, "Your elder sister is back, greet her."

Liam turned his head to one side, clearly not wanting to deal with Lia.

Liam was only sixteen, going through his rebellious phase, and as the only son of his parents, he was spoiled rotten. Compared to Violet, he had even less regard for Lia, especially since he was taught from a young age by his mother that Lia would split the inheritance with him. There was no sibling bond between them, only hostility.

Even in front of their parents, he disrespected Lia as the eldest sister. Behind their backs, he was even more arrogant, often leading people to smash Lia's studio, though each time he failed and was driven out by Lia.

Last time Lia could easily deal with Ethan Aibileen because she had accumulated experience from fighting with her half-siblings.

"I wouldn't dare. As long as he doesn't let his wolf dog chase and bite me, I'm thankful enough, dare I let Young Master Aiken greet me?" Lia sat down by herself, naturally opposite the family of four.

Although she was a member of the Aiken Family, she was redundant in this house; they were the real family.

"Whatever you have to say, just say it all. I'll leave right after I hear it." Lia looked coldly at her father and spoke coldly.

Aunt Luo originally wanted to help her take the luggage upstairs, but hearing this, paused and looked at Mr. Aiken, unsure whether she should still help Miss take her luggage upstairs.

"This is your home, where else would you go? Go wash your hands and eat!" Mr. Aiken, bearing Lia's coldness, retorted her words, noticing that Aunt Luo hadn't taken Lia's luggage upstairs, he turned and instructed Aunt Luo, "Take Miss's luggage upstairs, her room is still the same one."

Lia's eyes held sarcasm, but also sadness, the affection between father and daughter was no match for Ivan Horne's interest in her, because Ivan had openly expressed his admiration for her art to her father. Hatred overwhelmed her father as he endured his dislike and let her move back home, even giving her back her old room.

Little did she know, Ivan had subtly hinted to Mr. Aiken that he wanted her!

Aunt Luo quickly helped Lia take her luggage upstairs.

Lia stopped Aunt Luo and coldly spoke to her father, "No need to pretend, I will cooperate with you in business. Please stop using the ghost of your ex-wife to threaten your daughter at every turn."

With that, she stood up, walked over, took her luggage back from Aunt Luo, turned, and left.

"Lia!" Mr. Aiken called to her darkly, "I said, this is your home."

Lia sneered at Celine Taylor, sarcastically addressing her father, "When some people are kicking me out, why didn't you think it's my home? Is there a place for me in this home? When you need me, you pretend, Tom Aiken, you're disgusting!"

Celine Taylor clenched her fist bitterly but quickly released it, saying nothing, only looking aggrievedly at Tom Aiken.

Everything she did was with her husband's silent approval, sometimes even his instigation.

Tom Aiken really wanted to slap Lia dead, but they were going to T City tomorrow, if he laid a hand, considering Lia's rebellious nature, she would definitely show up with a swollen face to meet Ivan Horne.

He glared viciously at Lia, then turned his head to look at his wife, suppressing his anger, saying to Celine Taylor, "In the future, Lia will move back home. You can't bully her anymore." He then addressed his two children, "Violet, Liam, did you hear? She's your eldest sister, as siblings you should respect her. If you give her trouble again, watch out for dad's chicken feather broom."

"Dad, she..." Liam complained unhappily, quickly stopped by Celine Taylor, preventing her son from saying anything unpleasant.

Now her husband was keen on using Lia to collaborate with Valence, if her son was to defy him now, it wouldn't yield any benefits.

Anyway, Aiken Family was her son's, if they could use Lia to help the Aiken Family through difficulties, why not.

As for Ivan Horne, Celine Taylor had already discussed with her daughter, letting her also go to T City. Her daughter was young and attractive, maybe Ivan, upon meeting her daughter, would immediately disdain Lia.

Besides, Lia being unloved in the Aiken Family was a known fact.

Lia's external conditions couldn't compete with Violet's, Celine Taylor didn't believe the Horne Family wouldn't value family background when choosing a daughter-in-law.

Under Tom Aiken's "low posture," Lia ultimately stayed for dinner, returning to her former room. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

However, all the things from her former room had been completely cleared out by Celine Taylor.

The spacious room only had a bed, not even a wardrobe for her.

Closing the door, Lia leaned against it, looking at the empty room, feeling suffocated and deeply aggrieved. When would she truly be able to end these days of constant threats?

The indulgence by her father days ago was just for more future constraints.

Lia held a deep grudge in her heart.