A hundred turtles!
Suddenly, in Tommy's mind appeared an image of Luke handing Tommy a stack of paper and a pen. He was asking him to draw a hundred turtles. He quickly shook his head and said, “I don't want to draw a hundred turtles. It's not fun!"
Everyone around him laughed at his words.
"That's why you can't be so playful. Uncle Louis is an elder, and he's Daddy's younger brother, so we have to respect him." Rainie educated her brother again.
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Tommy could not help but mutter, "Then, how come you and Lanie could bully Uncle Louis this morning?"
"How is that bullying? I just woke him up," Rainie emphasized as she glanced at Lanie.
"Well..." Tommy seemed to be deep in thought as his gaze fell upon Luca.
"You have to respect your uncle," Luca echoed, reaffirming what Rainie said.
Rainie smiled widely at Luca's words and patted Tommy's head as she said, "You may not listen to what I say, but you must listen to what Ms. Luca says."
"Fine, I'll respect Uncle Louis!" Tommy had no choice but to obey. When he saw the little treats in front of him, he thought to himself that he should give Louis some when he came down as an apology for not respecting him before!
Tommy suppressed his greed at the thought of the little treats and averted his gaze toward the television screen, lest he could not stop helping himself to another piece.
The fewer the pieces meant the lesser his sincerity!
Meanwhile, upstairs.
Luke looked at Louis and Yuri with slight frustration, especially after Louis told him the reason they came.
"Brother, you have to help me. If I still can't go back, it'll be a hassle for Thea to go to school from her grandma's house." Louis and Yuri frowned deeply.
After being kicked out of the house by Susan again that day, he decided to live with Yuri's family for the time being.
The Dunn family had a big house, and they were welcome to stay a few days there, so leaving the house was not a big deal to Louis.
It was not until Louis and Yuri talked that night that they decided to come see Luke.
Yuri had siblings too, so they could not stay there for long. Not to mention, the Dunn family's house was far from Thea's school, so they would have to get up an hour earlier than usual to send her to school.
It was okay for the adults to miss an hour of sleep, but it was not okay for children.
Kids already had a tough time in school, and an extra hour of sleep would do wonders for their concentration in class. After the couple had discussed it, they decided to ask for Luke's help and have him ask Susan to return to the manor.
Louis insisted on sticking to his career, so it was probably not a good idea for him to live with Susan for the time being. Otherwise, he would have to endure her criticisms every single day.
Louis had a good temper, but even he had his limits, so arguments were inevitable.
“Just come back to T Corporation. I'll give you a position. You won't even have to come to work. You can just manage your own company." Luke knew what he was going through, but he did not want to burden Old Master Crawford with this issue.
It was not easy for Old Master Crawford to have finally found peace. If Susan went back home, his peace would be gone.
Since Susan's ultimate goal was to have Louis return to T Corporation, he could just make it happen.
Louis shook his head. "No way. I can't just fill up a position without doing anything. No matter what position you give me, if she finds out that I'm not actually working for T Corporation, she would make noise again. So..."
Yuri originally thought that Luke's idea could work, but Louis' words reminded her that if Susan grew suspicious, she would go to great lengths to find out the truth.
If they did this just to appease her, it would only be a temporary solution.
They did not want just a moment of peace.
"Hm..." It crossed Luke's mind too, but right now, the only way for Louis and Yuri to find peace without disturbing Old Master Crawford was for them to move out.
Louis had two start-ups before, and the family was supportive the first time. Both he and Susan had invested money to support him.
However, Louis trusted his partner too much and got cheated, so all the money they invested was gone.
His current business venture was much more successful as he had learned from his previous mistakes. Moreover, he did not receive any support from his family this time—not even Susan.
Even if Luke wanted to invest, he refused to let him do so. He wanted to start this business entirely with his own money.
Most of his capital came from selling real estate, so other than the mansion next door, Louis and Yuri had no other property.
Susan was living in that mansion, and because of the disagreements between mother and son, Louis refused to go back as that would be sacrificing his peace.
Then, Luke asked, "So, you just want to make sure your mother won't give you trouble?"
"Yes, and I can't think of any other way besides sending her back to the manor. We can't stay in a hotel either because of Thea's condition."
They could afford to stay at a hotel, but the child psychiatrist suggested that Thea should stay in a home environment as much as possible because it would make her feel safe.
Although a hotel was comfortable, it was not a home.
Then, Luke stood up to open the safe in the corner as if the couple were not there.
Louis was taken aback by his actions, so he turned his head away to not look at him opening the safe.
Yuri did not want to arouse suspicion, so she copied Louis and looked toward the door.
After opening the safe, Luke flipped through several property deeds. He gave it some thought and eventually picked out a deed for an apartment building near the school.
He looked at the deed again and saw that it was a four-bedroom and two-living room apartment, which was just right for Louis' family. It had a separate study room, as well as a maid's room so that the maid could take care of the house when they were busy.
Plus, the apartment was in the same district as Thea's school.
Luke wanted to just give the house to Louis, but he did not want to hurt his pride. Thus, as his brother, all he could do was offer help.
Luke put the other property deeds back before handing that one in particular to Louis.
"What's..." Louis looked at the deed in shock.
“This apartment is near Thea's school. If I remember correctly, it's just a ten-minute walk away. Both of you can stay here with the kid, so it's convenient for you to send Thea to school.
"You can get a maid from the manor later. It has four bedrooms and two living rooms, so It's enough for all of you. It's also fully furnished, so you can just move in with your bags," Luke explained as he sat back in his seat.