The remaining clansmen finally came to their senses. One after the other, they hurriedly fell into their knees.

“Madam, my name is Avianna. It's an honor to finally meet you!"

“Madam, I am Isaac Jenkins. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

"I'm Garfield Jenkins, madam, I wish you a long and healthy life!

When almost everyone had knelt down and kowtowed in front of the old lady, Maria, who was standing at the last row of the crowd, remained standing. Everything seemed to have happened so fast.

The old lady's cloudy gaze scanned the large group of people kneeling in front of her. Then, she caught a glimpse of Maria. She didn't even say a word; she just stared at Maria with a quiet intensity.

Maria, on the other hand, didn't look away. Instead, she met the old lady's gaze with her own.

She could remember clearly.

This old Lady in front of her was the one Clark and Denis had mentioned in the letter.

“Miss Maria, why aren't you kneeling down? Don't you know how to show basic courtesy?”

With the matriarch by her side, Doris felt more confident to scold Maria in public.

Meanwhile, Maria's expression remained blank. She only said casually, “Well... Ma'am, nice to meet you. My name is Maria."

Doris gasped and covered her mouth. "How rude!" she shouted. However, in Maria's mind, she wasn't being rude at all.

The so-called acknowledgement of the family and return to the clan had to wait for her name to be officially written into the Jenkins family genealogy.

She also knew that it would take a long time to determine the seniority between her and the matriarch.

Right now, it was only appropriate to show her a certain amount of respect.

“Am I being rude? Then how should I call her?" Maria asked indifferently.

Doris snorted.

“What kind of question is that?! According to seniority rules, her ladyship is your grand—"

"Doris, quiet!" the old Lady cut Doris off. The entire time, she had her eyes fixed on Maria.

My goodness!

Doris snapped back to her senses.

According to their seniority, the old Lady was Maria's grandmother. However, had Doris finished her sentence now, would that mean the old lady had already accepted Maria as her granddaughter?

If she was really willing to, then they would've already admitted Maria's existence. Why did they have to delay that until today?