"I want to help Daddy and Lanie." Tommy nodded. He had no intention of managing the company. He

just genuinely wanted to lend a hand.

Whenever he saw Luke working day and night, he felt that he was working hard and wanted to help.

"Good, that's great! When brothers work together, the Crawford family will only get better and better."

Old Master Crawford became even happier.

Old Master Crawford used to observe Luke and Louis, the two brothers. He believed that Luke's

temperament was more suitable for managing the company.

When Luke returned to Crawford Manor, Old Master Crawford began training him to be the heir.

Due to his old age and the absence of his son, training an heir became an urgent matter.

Everyone in the Crawford family thought he was biased toward Luke, assuming that was why he was

training him as the heir. However, in reality, he believed Luke's temperament was the right fit.

Now, it was Lanie and Tommy, the two brothers. One's temperament was similar to Luke's, while the

other was more outgoing, akin to how Louis used to be.

Hence, Old Master Crawford thought Lanie would take Luke's position. As for Tommy, if he was willing,

he could also join the company. The two brothers could manage the company together, which would be

better than Lanie handling it alone.

After all, Luke was the only one managing the company now, and it was becoming too tiring.

If Lanie and Tommy worked together to manage the company, it would be even better. At least the

responsibility would not solely fall on Lanie.

Luca looked at the two brothers, and a smile appeared on her face.

She had not discussed these future plans with the children, and she knew that Luke had not mentioned

them either.

However, seeing the brothers united and wanting to help Luke lighten his burden made her feel that

they were doing their duty as sons.

Even though she never really taught them about these, Luke had been with the children all along. They

understood these principles on their own, which was truly rare.

After breakfast, Old Master Crawford, who had a chess appointment, changed into the clothes brought

by the driver and got ready to leave.

The driver was waiting at the villa's entrance.

When Old Master Crawford walked out leaning on his cane, he coincidentally bumped into Susan, who

was coming out from another door.

Susan was surprised to see Old Master Crawford and asked, "Father, what are you doing here?"

Something crossed her mind as she added, “Were you here yesterday?"

Old Master Crawford did not expect to run into Susan.

He wore a stern face and replied, "I came here for dinner and stayed the night. What's the matter?"

"How could you..." Susan was about to say something about him staying in Luke’s villa.

He should have stayed in Louis’ villa.

Was this not showing favoritism?

However, she changed her mind when she realized that Luke was also his grandson.

Bringing up favoritism might just ignite a fire within the old master.

Susan recalled her futile attempt to ring the doorbell yesterday.

Since no one answered and the rain was pouring with thunder and lightning, she could not continue to

stand at the door. She returned home feeling awkward.

It turned out Old Master Crawford's dinner appointment yesterday was just an excuse to escape to

Luke's place.

Old Master Crawford probably knew that she had come to the door last night.

Susan secretly felt relieved, thankful that she did not hysterically ring the doorbell at Luke's house

yesterday.

If Old Master Crawford found out about this, a scolding session would have been unavoidable.

"Oh, it's nothing." Susan quickly changed her words. She added, "If you were staying at Luke’s place

yesterday, you should've let me know. I would've come over to have dinner with you."

Susan forced a smile as she glanced inside the door.

"There’s no need to look inside. Louis isn't here," Old Master Crawford said with a cold expression on

his face when he saw her actions. He knew what she was up to.

Susan withdrew her gaze and looked at the old master’s stern face.

When Old Master Crawford walked out of the door, she seemed to have seen a slight smile on his

wrinkled face. Now, there was no trace of it.

There was only seriousness on his face. He would never give her a warm smile.

It was as though the person standing before him was not his daughter-in-law but someone who owed

him money.

Susan felt uncomfortable at the thought of this and said, "Father, are you heading home? I need to go

back to Crawford Manor to get something. How about I ride in your car?"

Old Master Crawford thought that she would ask about Louis' whereabouts if she got into his car. He

shook his head and said, "I'm not going home."

"You..." Susan felt displeased, secretly cursing Old Master Crawford’s favoritism.

He appeared warm and welcoming in front of Luke, but his demeanor became serious when he

interacted with her. If she observed carefully, she could sense a discernible sense of disapproval from

the old master.

Why would Old Master Crawford hate her?

She gave birth to his grandson, Louis. She never did anything wrong to Zachary either. Why would he

disapprove of her?

"Madam, Old Master Crawford needs to go to the park. He has a chess appointment." Mr. Griffin knew

that if Old Master Crawford did not explain to her, Susan's resentment would deepen.

To avoid escalating the conflict, he spoke on behalf of him.

However, after yesterday's experience, Susan no longer believed what they said. She thought that Old

Master Crawford was just coming up with excuses to avoid her.

Knowing she wanted to go back to Crawford Manor, Old Master Crawford simply refused to go home

and decided to go to the park.

Whether he actually went to the park or not, he ultimately just wanted to avoid her.

"Alright then, Father. Go ahead." Susan thought about it and realized she should not insist on getting

into the car at this moment.

Mr. Griffin opened the car door for Old Master Crawford. After they both got in, Mr. Griffin closed the

door and signaled the driver to leave.

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on the entrance of Luke's villa.

Aunt Neile, who had sent Old Master Crawford and Mr. Griffin out, stayed back out of courtesy and

respect. Since the old master had not left yet, she did not feel it was appropriate to close the door.

Thus, she had been standing there, waiting.

Now that Old Master Crawford had left, she was about to close the door. That was when she met

Susan’s gaze.

Aunt Neile was taken aback for a moment and thought that things might take a turn for the worse.

Susan soon walked over.

Even though Aunt Neile currently worked for Luke, Susan was still the lady of the Crawford family. Aunt

Neile did not want to offend her.

As she watched Susan approaching step by step, Aunt Neile knew that closing the door was out of the

question. "Good morning, Madam Crawford."

Susan arrogantly lifted her chin and went straight to the point, "Did Old Master Crawford stay here last

night?"

"Yes," answered Aunt Neile.

"Did he say anything?" Susan asked again.

Aunt Neile was puzzled. "Old Master Crawford said a lot, but I don't remember everything clearly..."

Susan secretly cursed, realizing that Aunt Neile was indeed not someone she chose. She showed a

lack of proficiency in both talking and doing her work.

She decided to be direct. "Did Old Master Crawford mention anything about Louis with Luke

yesterday? Do you know where Louis is staying now?"