In the third person's point of view, the following paragraph is faithfully translated into English:
"Cliff, what do you mean?" Grace was about to step forward, but she was stopped by Derek.
Women's matters are to be resolved by women themselves, while men's matters require their intervention.
Derek walked up to Grace and said, "Cliff, today is the Gilbert family event, you wouldn't not know the rules, would you?"
Cliff ignored Derek's words and looked at Grace instead, "Did you kick Melinda out?"
"It was me who kicked you out, what do you want? Are you trying to retaliate against me for your affair?" Grace's tone was full of disdain and contempt, which only fueled Cliff's anger.
"Melinda had a car accident, and she is still lying in the hospital!" Cliff said loudly.
Grace froze when she heard Cliff's words. Had there been a car accident?
Derek also furrowed his brow.
Cliff said coldly, "If something really happened to Me
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