What bothered him was the fact that Susan did not know how to properly educate her daughter-in-law.

She let Yuri become like her, which made Old Master Crawford very unhappy. The good thing was that no matter how similar to Susan Yuri's nature became, she would at least pretend to be well-behaved in front of him.

Therefore, Louis was the one at a loss.

Old Master Crawford had no intentions of interfering with that as Louis was very frivolous when he was younger, so having a wife like Yuri to keep an eye on him was not such a bad thing.

Luca assisted the old master to the main seat while everyone was watching.

After the old master had sat down, Luca thought about sitting somewhere near the edge, but Tommy waved at her. “Ms. Luca, sit here!"

Looking at the spot next to the child, she hesitated for a bit.

There was an empty spot next to Tommy, and to the right side of this empty seat was Luke...

It was like this seat was purposely reserved for her.

It would be odd to leave an empty seat if she did not sit there.

Old Master Crawford deliberately said, "Luca, just sit next to Tommy."

Since the old master said so, Luca had no choice but to sit in between Luke and Tommy.

Tommy smiled sweetly at her and sat upright.

Table manners were important in the Crawford family.

After everyone had arrived, Old Master Crawford spoke, "Since everyone is here, Mr. Griffin, serve the food."

"Yes, Old Master Crawford." The butler walked into the kitchen and had the maids serve the dishes for dinner. Original from .

Old Master Crawford knew that Luke was bringing Luca over, so he had the chef prepare a sumptuous dinner that was as luxurious as a meal at a hotel.

Tommy looked at the dishes on the table and got greedy. After the old master said to eat, Luca picked up her chopsticks and gave Tommy his favorite dish.

Although she had missed out on several years of their childhood, they were still her children. During this period of time, she had found out what the children liked to eat.

She thought it was normal, but this attentiveness had caught the old master's eye.

He was even more satisfied with her.

Luca even knew what Tommy's favorite foods were. It seemed like she did not intentionally approach the children. She was not deliberately pleasing them with ulterior motives. Besides, the children liked many kinds of food. Knowing what they liked the most took a lot of time and effort to understand. In the old master's eyes, among all of the dishes that the child liked, Luca managed to pick Tommy's favorite because she put in the effort and knew him well.

“Thank you, Ms. Luca," Tommy thanked her contentedly.

Susan saw them looking like mother and son and deliberately spoke, "Tommy, I think you shouldn't call her Ms. Luca anymore. You'd need to change the way you address her sooner or later, so you might as well change it now."

Tommy chewed his food and looked at her with a puzzled look, obviously not understanding the meaning of her words.

Luca's face had a grim expression after hearing Susan's words. The children may not know what she meant, but she did.

In the eyes of outsiders, Luke had a wife, so even if she really stood beside Luke, she would not bear a title.

What Susan meant was that she seemed to want to be the mother to these children.

In the children's minds, their mother was still the fake Bianca, so Susan's words made her feel deep malice.

No matter how much the children liked her, they would be more attached to their mother.

If Susan were to really break down her words, the children would think that she was here to take the place of their real mother.

Luca was very unhappy, but she did not have the identity nor a reason to criticize her for saying this.

Susan saw the change of expression on Luca's face and could not help but feel smug. She said, "Tommy, do you know why?"

Tommy swallowed his food and answered innocently, "Why, Grandma?"

"Because..."

Before Susan could finish, Louis interrupted her with a frown, "Mom, what are you going on about? Don't talk when eating."

"What's wrong? This rule doesn't usually exist. I was just trying to explain to Tommy since he's so curious. What's the matter with that?" said Susan, unaware of the old master's ghastly expression.

Luke put down his chopsticks and said with a cold expression, "Mother, Grandpa doesn't like hearing people gossip at the dinner table."

"I wasn't gossiping, I was just—" Susan's words were ruthlessly interrupted by Old Master Crawford.

"If you're not using your mouth to eat, get out." Old Master Crawford's words were filled with disgust for her.

Although the children liked Luca and would not mind if Luke and Luca took a step further in their relationship, the old master was still unsure about how the children felt about their mother's role. He did not wish for the children to think that after Luke and Luca got together, she would replace their biological mother's position.

The children still had feelings for their biological mother.

Susan was dissatisfied and retorted to the old master, “Father, I was just telling the children.."

"Mom, have some vegetables. If you have anything to say, wait until dinner is over." Louis put some vegetables and meat on her plate.

When he found out that Luke was bringing the children back for dinner with Luca, he knew that there would be a bloodbath.

Although nothing Susan said would affect the relationship between the two brothers, he still wished that Susan would talk less as angering the old master would not do her much good.

Susan grunted, her own son was not helping, and her daughter-in-law could not even be counted on. It was as if everyone else at the dining table was standing on one side and her on another. Whatever she said was useless.

Louis cast an apologetic glance at Luke.

Since childhood, he had not been able to stop Susan from doing anything. In this family, only Old Master Crawford was able to calm her down.

Old Master Crawford took a sip of soup and asked, "Louis, how's the villa renovation going?"

"Grandpa, the renovation is almost done. We just need to wait for the smell to go away," said Louis. Although new materials that were environmentally friendly and not harmful to their health were used for the villa renovation, there would still be a little formaldehyde in it.

For the sake of Thea's health, he intended to wait for the smell of formaldehyde to fully disperse before moving in.

"When do you plan to move in, then?" Old Master Crawford asked.

"After the new year, I suppose..." said Louis.

"Alright. After the new year, your whole family will move out," said Old Master Crawford. The whole family would, of course, include Susan.

Susan could tell that those words included herself and immediately said, "I'm not moving. I won't be used to living in a new villa. Just let them move out."

Louis did not listen to her advice and moved out anyway. Her child had grown up, and she had no way of controlling him.

However, she had to stay here to guard whatever belonged to her. She could not let Luke take it away.