In A city.
It was three o'clock in the afternoon when Alaina walked out of the bus station with Arvis.
Looking at the stream of cars outside, she narrowed her eyes, and her back tensed.
Originally, she wanted to go to Sias City first, but she had to come here because of Avone. Drorit and Rhory were so kind to her, so she couldn't refuse them. Moreover, they were uncultured. Even if they came here, they might not be able to help Avon.
Therefore, she... came here.
Seeing that Alaina didn't move, Arvis stood beside her obediently.
After a while, he stared at a well- dressed woman who passed by for a while. When the woman had walked far away, he said to Alaina, who was standing still, "Mom, the aunt is so beautiful!"
Alaina came to sense, "What?"
Arvis pointed to the woman in the distance, "That aunt! Her lips are red and her face is rosy. She is so beautiful."
Alaina thought for a moment and understood, "That's because she put on makeup."
"What is makeup?"
"It's a kind of thing that can make people pretty. Her lips are red because she put on lipstick."
"Mom, when I grow up, I'll buy you that kind of stuff."
Hearing this, Alaina smiled at Arvis and touched his head, "At that time, I must be old. Arvis, do you want me to be good-looking?"
That day, Isaac returned to the Bai family, because it was the birthday of Maxwell's wife, Madelyn Fan.
When he entered the house, Maxwell and Lucho Bai were talking in the living room, and the atmosphere was pretty nice. Madelyn asked the nannies to add some food at the dining room. It could be seen that she was in a good mood.
However, after she saw Isaac, the smile on her face disappeared. She glanced at him with disdain.
Isaac pretended that he did not see the change of Madelyn's expression. He took out the gift that he had asked Hymen to buy this afternoon, "Aunt Madelyn, happy birthday."
Madelyn glanced at the gift. After a few seconds, she reached out and took it, "Thank you. You're considerate."
"This is what I should do."
Maxwell heard his voice. He looked in this direction and was no longer as good-tempered as he was when he talked to Lucho. He said with a straight face, "Do you know what day it is today? Why don't you come back until we've finished our meal?"
Isaac pursed his lips and didn't speak.
However, Lucho said, "Dad, Isaac is busy, isn't he? He has just started his business, and he doesn't have much experience. If he doesn't work hard, his company will go bankrupt and it will disgrace you, right?"
Isaac nodded at Lucho, pretending that he didn't understand his implication, "Brother."
Lucho replied to him and continued to talk to Maxwell. However, just as he said a few words, he seemed to have thought of something and asked Isaac, "Why did you come back alone? Where is Chloe? Didn't she go back with you?" Before Isaac could reply, he frowned, "What's wrong? Do you have a quarrel again?"
Isaac frowned, and he felt more and more irritated.
If he could, he didn't want to come back to this house at all. However, he had no choice but to come back.
"I heard that you have been doing a good business recently." Lucho pointed at the sofa, "Sit down. Why do you stand there?"
Isaac sat down, "You flatter me. I can't be compared to you."
"You're being modest, aren't you?" Lucho asked as he poured tea, "Recently, I heard that you've signed two important contracts."
Isaac frowned, but he chuckled immediately, "You're so busy all day, but you're concerned about me. It's so kind of you."
Lucho pretended that he didn't understand Isaac's implication. He gave the teacup filled with tea to Isaac, "You're my younger brother, so I should care about you." Saying this, he picked up the teacup in front of him. Just as he was about to drink, he stopped, "Although you and Chloe are engaged, and her family can help you a lot, you're still inexperienced."
"Yeah, I hope you can help me and teach me more in the future."
"I should help you. As forteaching... I'm afraid you will be unhappy. But if you really want me to teach you something, I think you should get along well with Chloe. Otherwise, you'll feel bad in the end. I can see that Chloe likes you, but you treat her indifferently. What if she wants to leave you? Can you get engaged to such a girl again? You don't like her, but it doesn't mean that others won't like her."
"I heard that she went to see you two days ago. She was injured, and she left with tears in the middle of the night. Look at you. You don't know how to take pity on women. Think about it. If someone cared about her that day, wouldn't she fall in love with that man?" After saying this, Lucho raised his head and drank up the tea in the teacup.
Isaac's expression did not change, and he even said with a sincere smile, "Thank you for reminding me. I will pay attention to it in the future. However, I am really... touched because you care about my personal affairs so much."
Lucho smiled, "This is what I should do.
You're my brother." He emphasized the word "brother".
Isaac smiled at him, "Lucho, if I... care so much about you and even care about your trifles, you will also be moved, won't you?" After that, he nodded, "Since you are so kind to me, I will feel guilty if I don't work hard. After all, you're a great brother."
"However... are you really as perfect as you're on the surface?"
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