HBWnovel Chapter 581: Recording to be Continued Later
Chapter 581: Recording to be Continued Later
"I think we've had enough drama tonight. Can we be quiet for a while? I want to rest now!"
These words were like a thunderclap, exploding in the already noisy living room and making everyone quiet down.
However, at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared at the door, surprising everyone.
This figure turned out to be Mr. Campbell, who was supposed to be recuperating in the hospital!
His appearance completely caught everyone off guard, especially the servants who had just been talking about it. They all had expressions of astonishment on their faces.
However, since Mr. Campbell is back, the police will naturally not miss the opportunity to question the person involved.
After all, there’s a good chance he witnessed the man who shot him, which is crucial to solving the case.
However, when the police asked to question Mr. Campbell, he said that he was very tired that night and did not have the energy to go to the police station to explain the situation in detail.
He hopes to wait for a while, until his body recovers a little, and then go to the police station to cooperate with the investigation.
Sheriff Lestrade felt a little reluctant when he saw Mr. Campbell's pale face and the bandages on his body.
He hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to respect Mr. Campbell's wishes and did not force it.
Just when everyone thought the matter had come to an end for the time being, Mr. Campbell suddenly spoke again.
He glanced coldly at the servants and said, "Oh, there is one more thing..."
Although his voice was not loud, it carried an authority that could not be ignored.
When the servants heard this, they all tensed up, not knowing what would happen next.
Sure enough, Mr. Campbell's next words stunned everyone: "Everyone except the housekeeper, you are fired. Pack up your things and get out tomorrow."
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This decision was like a bolt from the blue, leaving not only the servants confused and bewildered, but also Inspector Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes and the police officers present were caught off guard.
After all, according to common sense, when such a serious incident occurred in the mansion, although the person involved was lucky enough to survive, most people would choose to recruit more people and strengthen security measures to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
What's more, Mr. Campbell's health has not yet fully recovered, and it would obviously be more appropriate to have more people take care of him.
However, Mr. Campbell did the opposite and ruthlessly kicked out all the servants, which is really puzzling.
Perhaps some people would worry that the people around them have ulterior motives and dismiss some of them, but it is really extraordinary for Mr. Campbell to fire everyone at once.
The servants' voices became louder and louder. In this social environment, if they did not work as servants in the homes of wealthy merchants, they would have to do lower-level jobs. They really couldn't understand why they were fired by Mr. Campbell so inexplicably.
Faced with the servants' constant questioning, Mr. Campbell just snorted indifferently, and then said: "I remember I once clearly stated that no one is allowed to appear in my mansion after 12 o'clock at night, and you must wait until 8 o'clock the next morning to leave your room. However, look at you now..."
He stopped talking abruptly, as if there was no need to say anything more, because the situation before him was already obvious. All the servants, due to the police's questioning, also felt that since such a big thing had happened, they no longer had to pay attention to the agreements made by Mr. Campbell. So, they left their rooms without hesitation, which was obviously a blatant violation of the rules.
"But this is not a special case..." Sheriff Lestrade frowned and said with difficulty.
He couldn't help but feel a little indignant for those servants. After all, this was indeed a special situation!
If the servants had not heard the unusual noise and fled the room in panic, they might not have discovered Campbell lying on the first floor.
It was because they discovered Campbell in time and sent him to the hospital that Campbell had a chance of survival.
Otherwise, given the situation at the time, Campbell would probably have died long ago.
However, just as Sheriff Lestrade wanted to continue to defend the servants, Campbell's next words suddenly made him speechless, and he didn't know how to excuse the servants.
For what Campbell had said proved beyond a doubt that it was indeed the servants' fault.
"And if I remember correctly, when each of you came here, I told you to treat Jenny the same as me, but now it seems that none of you remember what I said."
If it were just for this reason, there wouldn't seem to be anything wrong with firing all the servants.
After all, the performance of these servants since the incident had been far from satisfactory.
Although it cannot be said that they were deliberately bullying Miss Jenny, they obviously did not regard her as another owner of the family.
One of the most important duties of a servant is to understand and strictly follow the orders of his master.
However, these servants seemed to turn a deaf ear to Miss Jenny's words and even ignored her instructions.
Such behavior is undoubtedly a blatant challenge to the master's authority and a serious disruption to the entire family order.
A qualified servant should have a high degree of professionalism and loyalty. They should not only be able to accurately understand the master's intentions, but also be able to execute orders quickly and effectively.
However, these servants obviously failed to meet such standards. Not only did their existence fail to provide quality service to their masters, but it may have brought more trouble and chaos to the family.
So, from this perspective, firing these servants was indeed a reasonable decision.
After all, what a family needs are servants who are truly considerate, loyal, and efficient, not a group of people who turn a deaf ear to their master's orders.
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"That's it. If I wake up tomorrow morning and find any of you still here, I will have to call the police and ask you to leave."
Norton Campbell's tone was extremely serious, leaving no room for negotiation. His words were like a heavy hammer, hitting the servants' hearts hard.
The servants looked at each other, no one dared to say anything. They all knew that in this situation, the best option was to take the money and leave.
After all, if they really called the police, they would become servants who disobeyed their master's orders. Not only would their reputation be ruined, but they might even lose their jobs.
"Jenny, help me upstairs." Norton Campbell said, and slowly stretched out his hand towards Jenny.
Seeing this, Jenny quickly stepped forward and held Norton Campbell's arm. "Okay, Norton." She replied softly.
Just as Jenny was helping Norton Campbell and turning around to go upstairs, she suddenly seemed to remember something and looked back at Holmes.
She just smiled and said softly, "Excuse me, Mr. Holmes. Thank you for tonight." Then she helped Norton Campbell slowly up the stairs.
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"Then I'll trouble you, police officers. When Mr. Campbell's health condition improves, I will contact you to go to the police station to record your statement."
Among all the servants, the only butler who was not fired continued to perform his duties as if nothing had happened, and negotiated the follow-up matters with the police.
At this moment, Lestrade finally couldn't help himself. He hesitated for a moment, then said to the butler with some uncertainty:
"Well... I don't mean to offend you, but I want to ask, has Mr. Campbell always been like this?"
What Lestrade really wanted to ask was whether Mr. Norton Campbell had always been so self-willed and inconsiderate of other people's feelings?
After all, he had no hesitation in firing all the servants immediately just because they had behaved slightly inappropriately towards Miss Jenny.
Lestrade couldn't help thinking to himself that with Mr. Campbell's personality, it would be easy for him to offend others.
Thinking of this, Lestrade suddenly felt that it was not so difficult to understand why someone would dare to shoot him.
After all, it was not surprising that a man like Mr. Campbell, who easily made enemies, would encounter such a thing.
"............."
Holmes, who had been silent all along, saw that the butler simply stopped talking after hearing what Inspector Lestrade said. Holmes felt that Lestrade was really a bad guy. How could he say that the master was wrong in front of the butler? How could the butler respond? !
However, what Holmes did not expect was that the butler seemed to have thought for a while before saying something like this:
"I actually don't think Mr. Campbell is that difficult to get along with. He has his own bottom line.
And you have to know that behind every weird regulation there are even more outrageous things that happened.
Although I'm sorry, I can't tell you the details, but I can tell you that Mr. Norton Campbell actually looks fierce, but he is actually a very gentle person. He loves his family and friends very much. "
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upstairs,
After making sure that the room was locked and would not be seen by others, Jack almost threw Norton to the ground.
"Stop pretending, okay? You broke several ribs. This is the first time I know that rocks can break bones."
"Do you think I want to?" Norton was really convinced. There was no other way. After all, after being seen by that group of servants, he would definitely be sent to the hospital. It would be strange if a check-up in the hospital showed that he was not injured at all after falling from the second floor.
"But you really told those servants that they could be fired. The penalty for breach of contract must be quite a lot, right?" Jack said as he found a chair and sat down.
"That can't be helped. To be honest, I was thinking that if any servant listened to me and didn't leave at midnight even if the police called them, then he could continue to stay and work. But I didn't expect that all of them would be wiped out... To be honest, they are nothing compared to the servants in the manor."
But of course Norton also knew that the servants in the manor were just humanoid creatures created by the manor owner. They just looked like humans but did not have human souls or thoughts. But of course, the butler downstairs was an exception.
Ah, yes, the butler is actually the lucky man. Ever since that incident, the owner of the manor has been adhering to the principle of————
Anyway, he has already started to evolve towards a human, so please take him to human society and help him out.
Then he packed up the things and sent them over without saying a word.
However, it must be said that it is truly worthy of being called the "perfect creature" created by the owner of the manor.
To be honest, if it wasn't for the fact that it would seem strange to have only one butler in such a large mansion, Norton wouldn't even want to spend money to hire servants. Lucky could easily do everyone's work alone and still have time to rest.
"Why don't I just apply to the manor owner and hire some servants from the manor to make it look like this? After all, if I really hire servants from here, it will be really troublesome and it will be easy to expose some things."
"That's true........."
Jack agreed with Norton's opinion very much. That group of idiots almost made their plan deviate. Fortunately, Jack had the habit of making contingency plans before doing everything, otherwise they would have really discovered some flaws.