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CHAPTERS 1266 - 1270
CHAPTER 1266
Julien was not daunted by any of the questions that Professor Bell had put forward. Towards the end, Professor Bell had even forgotten about the lecture and even started analyzing the topic with Julien.
Listening to the exciting conversation, anyone who did not know what was happening would think that Professor Bell was having an academic exchange with a well known professor.
Even Professor Bell himself had already forgotten that the person who he was debating with was just a child whom he had detested a while ago.
Silvia was utterly speechless.
She did not even understand what was being taught in class, but not only did Julien understand everything, but he could even explain it so clearly. Silvia did not know whether she should feel ashamed for herself or happy for Julien.
Levi had already gotten used to all these, so he patted Silvia's shoulder and comforted her. “Sister Silvia, you should never compare your intelligence with someone who is smarter than you.
No matter how Silvia interpreted Levi's words, she still felt that he was criticizing her, so she said, "Levi, are you sure you are comforting me?"
"Sister Silvia, I'm just telling you that it's fine to admit that you‘re not smart. It's not something to be embarrassed about and no one will laugh at you,“ Levi said with a smile.
"Who said that I'm not smart? I'm usually very smart, but maybe just not as smart as you guys." In fact, Silvia really thought that she was not as smart as the boys. Before this, she had always thought that she was smart until she met the Carters.
Andrew, Julien and Levi were all very brilliant. After spending quite some time with them, Silvia even doubted if she could still live like a normal person.
"Sister Silvia, Julien is a child genius and a fast learner too. I'm sure that there aren't many in this world who would have a higher IQ than him, so let's just not compare ourselves to him." At one glance, the very sensible Levi saw right through Silvia and then thoughtfully comforted her.
“Okay..." Silvia smiled and stroked Levi‘s head. "Thank you, Levi! You really are my little angel!"
Levi said sweetly, "Sister Silvia, in my heart, you are beautiful, generous, gentle and kind. You are an angel, not me."
"Really?" Levi's words were so sweet that it was difficult not to be fond of him.
"Of course." Compared to his mother, Angela Carter, who would bully him all the time,Silvia was really an angel.
Professor Bell was famous for his strict teaching and his high requirements for his students. However, he was full of praise for Julien. Therefore, within such a short period of time, Julien had already become a legendary figure in University A.
No matter where Silvia and the boys went, there would be people staring at them. The staring was even more intense than those that happened before the lecture.
Not only were those students curious about the boys, even Prince and Lemur were too. What was even more outrageous was that both Prince and Lemur were already enslaved to the boys not long after they had met. As for how they had managed to tame Prince and Lemur, Silvia did not see it nor did she know how they had done it.
The only thing Silvia knew was that Prince and Lemur were following the two boys around like they were their bosses.
"Levi, your brother is so awesome, but why is he so quiet?" Julien was aloof and he had not spoken to anyone. Since Prince and Lemur could not talk to him directly, they could only talk to his spokesperson, Levi.
"Generally speaking, people who have a high IQ would behave a little strangely and they are just beyond the understanding of ordinary people like us. If you want to know anything about him, you can just ask me. I'm his spokesperson." Levi patted his chest and said confidently, "But I won't answer the questions for free. For each question that I've answered, both of you will have to follow us around for one more day in return."
"Sure, that‘s not a problem at all!" Prince and Lemur replied simultaneously.
Silvia, who was standing aside, could not stand it anymore. "Prince, Lemur, can you guys stop behaving like a loser?"
Prince and Lemur ignored Silvia. At that moment, they were only interested in the boys.
Prince asked, "Levi, is your brother that smart since he was born?“
"Yes, I guess he inherited it. His father has a high IQ. I think not only did he inherit his father's IQ, he also inherited his father's personality. He could never get along with anyone." If it was not because he was forced to, Levi would never want to hang out with Julien.
Lemur continued to ask, "Levi, where did you come from? What are you doing here in Madison City?"
"Prince, Lemur, are you guys done with your questions? Let me tell you, you two better behave yourselves." Prince and Lemur were like interrogators. Silvia was worried that they would play tricks on the boys, so she was trying to protect them.
Prince pulled Silvia away and asked, "Boss, boss, where did you find these cuties?"
To prevent Prince from having any nasty thoughts, Silvia decided to use her trump card. "These cuties are from the Carter family."
Upon hearing this answer, Prince and Lemur's eyes widened in disbelief. "Boss, Young Master Carter didn‘t look that old to have two sons already!"
If they were really Andrew's children, that would mean that Andrew would have knocked a girl up at around fifteen years old! Wasn't that a little too young?!
"What are you talking about?" Silvia patted Prince's head. "They are Andrew's brothers."
Prince breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Oh, that's better. I thought you were going to be a stepmother right after getting married. To be honest, you only look a few years older than them. It's really not that appropriate for you to be their stepmother."
Silvia gave Prince and Lemur a ferocious glare and emphasized, "I am their sister-in-law."
"Sister Silvia, you shouldn't say that you're our sister-inlaw when you're outside. You're still young and I'm sure that you could still meet many more men in the future. You really shouldn't commit yourself to Andrew so soon."
Levi was starting to cause trouble again. Perhaps, he thought that Angela Carter could not do anything to him now, so he was trying to get on Andrew's nerves.
"Okay, you're so thoughtful, Levi. Then from now on, as long as Andrew is not around, you can just call me Silvia." To be honest, Silvia didn't prefer the boys to address her as Sister Silvia when they were outside too.
"Levi, are you trying to get kicked in the ass again?" Julien suddenly said in a cold voice.
"Julien, what else do you know other than squealing on me?" Most of the time, Levi would not be afraid to go up against Julien, unless Julien were to threaten him with that incident.
"Levi, Julien, are you guys up to a trip to try out some of the delicacies in Madison City?" In order to stop the boys from quarreling, Silvia tried to change the topic. At this point in time, she had completely forgotten about the date that she will be having with Andrew later that night.
CHAPTER 1267
Levi, who was bright, understood Silvia's intention very clearly, so he played along and said cheerfully, "Sure, Sister Silvia! One of my favorite things to do is to try out all the delicacies from different places."
Silvia rubbed Levi's head and looked at Julien who rarely spoke. She asked in a gentle voice, "Julien, do you want to come with us?"
Julien was like his father. He would rarely talk to strangers. Since he had just known Silvia,she was still considered a stranger to him. Despite that, he was quite fond of this beautiful sister-in-law so he nodded forcefully.
After Julien had accepted her offer, Silvia was so happy that she held both Julien and Levi's hand on each side and said, "Alright, let's go!"
Prince and Lemur walked up to Silvia's side and said, "Boss, we want to join too."
Silvia looked at them and thought for a while. "Sure, it's good to have you guys too, you guys can help me take care of the boys."
Prince and Lemur did not know what to say. It seemed like their place in their boss’ heart was no longer as before. If it went on like this, their boss might not even remember who they were in the future.
But what could they do about it? It was not only their boss who could not resist the charming boys, even Prince and Lemur themselves adored them.
Then, when the group was about to leave the campus, Andrew, who Silvia had completely forgotten about, called her on the phone. "Silvia, I'm waiting for you here at the campus entrance. Where are you guys going?"
"You're at the entrance?" Silvia looked around and saw Andrew's flashy car. She thought that she might be blind not to notice it in the first place. "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you were going to pick me up? I didn't even know that you were coming over. You would have missed us if you came a little later."
"I didn't tell you in advance?" That very afternoon, both of them had already agreed that they would go on a date like how a normal couple would. However, judging from what this silly woman had said, she had obviously forgotten about it. Andrew raised his eyebrows discontentedly. It seemed that he was being too lenient to her nowadays that she even dared to forget about their date.
"Did you? Why can't I remember it at all?" Silvia muttered to herself and hung up the phone. She looked back at Prince and Lemur and said, "Prince, Lemur, I'm sorry! Young Master Carter is here to pick us up. We can't go with you guys anymore."
Prince said, "Boss, just remember that this isn't the first time you've stood both of us up. Make sure you make it up to us in the future.“
"Okay, okay. I'll treat you two to a nice meal some other day, okay?" Silvia said as she walked away with the two boys. Prince and Lemur ran after them. "Levi, remember to come visit us often, okay?"
Levi said sweetly, "Sure, Prince, Lemur. Goodbye!"
Prince and Lemur were overjoyed. "Goodbye!"
Prince and Lemur followed the trio and sent them to Andrew's car. If it weren't for the fact that Young Master Carter had no intention of inviting them to get in the car, Prince and Lemur would have already forced themselves.
Usually, Andrew would be the one driving the car, and Silvia would sit in the front passenger seat. However, with Julien and Levi around, Silvia gave up the front passenger seat and squeezed into the back seat with the boys.
"Julien, Levi, let me put on the seat belt for you two." After getting in the car, Silvia was so busy fastening the seat belts for the boys that she had no time to take a look at Andrew who was sitting in the driver's seat.
After helping the two boys to fasten their seat belts, Silvia looked at Andrew. "Young Master Carter, we are ready. You can start driving now.“
Humph...
Not only did she ignore him, she even treated him like he was their chauffeur. So, Andrew made sure that he remembers how Silvia had treated him this time. After all, he had all the time to settle the score with her later that night.
Before Andrew started the car engine, he looked back at the boys who were sitting in the back seats and said, "Julien, Levi, tell me, what do you guys want for dinner?"
In front of Andrew, Julien was like a fanboy. He was not as cold as he used to be in front of the others and he would answer all the questions that Andrew had asked him. "I‘ll eat whatever you want to eat. I‘m not picky."
“Yes, we'll eat whatever you want to eat." Levi echoed while nodding his head. Andrew would never let them have shabby meals anyway, so they would just eat whatever Andrew had decided on.
"Boys, does it mean that if I'm not eating, you boys are not going to eat too?"
"That's right."
Andrew said helplessly, "Just tell me what you boys want for dinner. I'll ask Auntie Cherry to prepare them for you two."
Julien responded immediately, "Brother, why are you asking Auntie Cherry to cook for us? Does it mean that you won't be eating at home with us?"
"I'm going on a date with Silvia tonight." It was the first time for Andrew and Silvia to go on a date together, so he had decided to send the boys home first. They couldn't be letting these boys to third wheel them, right?
"Oh..." Julien lowered his head. He was obviously displeased, but in order not to make things difficult for Andrew, he chose not to complain about it.
"Andrew, now that you have Sister Silvia, you don't want us anymore, right?" Levi looked at Andrew and then looked back at Silvia who was sitting beside him. He pursed his lips and said aggrievedly, "Sister Silvia, are you going to abandon us too because you have Andrew now?"
Silvia looked at Levi and patted his tiny face. "Of course not, Levi. Why would I ever want to do that? I'll never abandon you two, Levi. If you're staying at home, I will stay at home with you two."
Levi threw himself into Silvia's arms. "You‘re the best, Sister Silvia."
Andrew was dissatisfied. "Silvia, did you ask for my opinion before agreeing to his request?"
Silvia asked, "Is your opinion important though?"
Andrew said, "We‘ve already made plans this afternoon but now you've decided not to go on with it. Tell me, are my opinions not important at all?"
Silvia, "Did I say that I'm not going? I'm saying that if I'm going, I'll bring both of them along with us. Or else, I'll just stay at home and keep them company."
Andrew was speechless.
Silvia said, "You have two options now, choose one."
Andrew answered, "Silvia, you'd better not push my buttons!"
"Andrew, how can you be so fierce to Sister Silvia?" Levi told Andrew off. "if Dad were to yell at Mom, she would definitely make him kneel down and admit his mistakes."
Although the latter part of the sentence was a little exaggerated, Levi was just trying to help Silvia out.
"You little brat, won't you feel guilty saying that? Aren't you afraid that your father will beat you up?" Andrew had decided inwardly that he would get someone to send the boys back to Jiangbei the next morning. He did not want anyone to interrupt his date with Silvia.
"If I'm going to get beaten up because I was telling the truth, then there‘s nothing I can do about it." Levi dared to talk bad about his father because he knew that his mother Angela would protect him! Victor would never dare to do anything to Levi!
CHAPTER 1268
Silvia insisted on bringing the boys along with her to their date, so it ended up being a group date.
Levi obviously was not aware that he was third wheeling them when he said, "Andrew, why do you look so upset when you're on a date with Sister Silvia?"
"On a date with Silvia?" Andrew looked at Levi. This little guy just had to rub it in, huh? Did Levi really think that this could be considered as a date when he and Julien were there third wheeling them? It obviously felt more like a family outing.
Seeing that Andrew was unhappy, Julien said sullenly, "Andrew, are we disturbing your date with Sister Silvia?"
Andrew really wanted to throw Levi out of the window when he heard Levi speaking with that tone. On the other hand, Julien's aggrieved tone made Andrew feel sorry for him. He rubbed Julien‘s head and said, "I can go on a date with Silvia anytime we want. You two don't visit us often, so of course, we'd keep you two company first."
Andrew's words were nice, but Julien knew that he was just comforting them. If he did not guess it wrongly, Andrew must have been secretly planning on sending them back to Jiangbei.
Julien took a glance at Levi and gave him a warning look. He was trying to tell Levi not to be too complacent and he should not behave thoughtlessly just because he had Silvia on his side.
After receiving Julien's warning, Levi pouted his lips. Now that he had Silvia as his backer, he did not believe that Andrew would actually dare to send them back to Jiangbei.
At the dinner table, the three guys were making up a plan of their own, but Silvia was not aware of it at all. She filled two bowls of soup for the two boys and said, "Julien, Levi, have some warm soup first. The weather is getting cold now, you two should drink soup to warm your stomach before you start eating."
"Thanks, Sister Silvia!" Levi looked at Silvia and said with a sweet smile, "Sister Silvia, you are so kind to us that we don't feel like going home anymore. We really want to stay here with you."
"I like both of you a lot too. If your parents are fine with it, you two can definitely stay here for a little longer." Silvia picked up some of the dishes for Levi and Julien. "These dishes are all the specialties of Madison City. You guys should try it. If you guys like it, we can always come here again."
Silvia, who never knew how to take care of others, was busy taking care of the boys. Andrew, on the other hand, was being left alone aside and neglected.
It was not only like this during dinner, Silvia had also completely neglected Andrew when they went for the movies. Initially, Andrew had chosen a romantic movie, but since the boys were there with them, Silvia had decided to go for a Hollywood blockbuster instead.
After the movie had ended, Andrew planned to go home. However, the boys said that they wanted to watch the night view at Madison River, so Silvia had agreed to bring them there.
What was there to look at on such a cold day?
However, the two boys were particularly excited. Since Silvia was willing to bring them there, Andrew had no choice but to go along with it.
When they were on their way home after seeing the night view, the boys had already fallen asleep in the backseat. Silvia took off her coat and covered them with it. Then, she pinched their faces lightly and said in a gentle voice, "You two little cuties, you two have been out for the whole day now and you're finally feeling tired huh?"
Looking at these innocent faces, Silvia thought how wonderful it would be if their child could inherit Andrew's intelligence or be as smart and good looking as the boys.
Would that be possible?
Would she and Andrew's child be like these two smart boys?
Silvia couldn't stop imagining it and soon enough, she was starting to doze off too. When she finally woke up, she was already in Andrew's arms.
Andrew was carrying her back to her room. Silvia rubbed her face against his chest like a kitten, and then went back to sleep.
But just as she had closed her eyes, she suddenly thought of the boys. She immediately lifted her head and asked, "Andrew, where are Julien and Levi?"
Silvia remembered that before she had fallen asleep, she was still in the car with the boys sitting next to her.
"Huh...“ Andrew sneered inwardly. Did she know how difficult it was for him to take care of the three of them?
After arriving home, he had to carry the boys back to their bedroom and then he had to carry this "giant baby". After working his ass off, not only did he not receive any comforting words from Silvia, the first thing that he heard Silvia asking about was the boys again.
Now that he was being completely ignored and being disregarded like this, Andrew's forbearance turned into anger. He kept his silence and lowered his head to kiss Silvia's lips.
He wanted to be the only person that she would see, listen to, feel and think about. He wanted to be the only person who she would have in her heart... In this life, she would only belong to him.
This man was starting to kiss her so aggressively as soon as she woke up. What's wrong with this man? Was he out of his mind?
He began to gnaw on her the moment he had her in his arms. Did he think he was a dog or did he think that she was a bone that he could nibble on?
Silvia felt uneasy so she tried to push him away. However, no matter how hard she tried, he was unmovable.
Silvia did not like being at a disadvantage, so she turned into a little tigress and copied Andrew. She too, held him and bit him.
After a good fight, Silvia's lips were swollen while there was a bite mark on Andrew's handsome face.
She scowled at him and Andrew was also glaring at her. Silvia suddenly burst out laughing. Her laughter was getting louder and she could not control it at all. “Young Master Carter, you're such a jealous man. It seems like you shouldn't call me a green-eyed monster anymore! You should call yourself that instead."
Andrew's face fell. He was a little embarrassed that Silvia had seen right through him. "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Are you not being jealous because of the boys?" Silvia shot a playful wink at him. "It's okay to admit that you're jealous though. There's nothing wrong with being jealous to see your wife being good to someone else anyway."
“Yes, I am being jealous." She was right. She was his wife. He should be jealous, and it was not a shameful thing after all.
The moment Andrew admitted to it, Silvia felt like her heart had fallen into a jar of honey. She snuggled up to him and poked his chest. "Andrew, the reason why I'm being so good to them and even took good care of them was not only they're adorable, it was because they are your family."
Julien and Levi were his family. They came all the way to Madison City to see their brother. Therefore, as their sister-in-law, Silvia had the duty to take care of them and make them happy during their time here.
Andrew had never thought that Silvia would confess her love to him out of a sudden, so he was stunned at that instant.
Looking at the stupefied look on his face, Silvia tiptoed and kissed the corner of his lips. She said slyly, "I'm going to take a bath now. Would you like to join me?"
Now that his wife had made such an amorous offer and he was also a passionate young man himself, there was no reason for him to reject her offer.
He immediately carried Silvia in his arms and strode to the bathroom.
At that instant, Silvia regretted making such an offer. Did she really regret it?
She had underestimated Andrew's stamina and also overestimated her own endurance. She swore that she would never make such a stupid mistake ever again.
CHAPTER 1269
In the guest room.
"Wake up, Levi! Wake up!" As soon as Andrew left the room, Julien got up and rolled over. He reached out his hand and pushed Levi, who was sleeping like a log.
"Mom, stop touching me. I'm still sleeping!" Levi thought that it was his mother, Angela Carter, who was waking him up so he tried to act coquettishly.
"Who said that I'm your mother?" Julien frowned. Since he could not wake Levi up, he had to use some other means to get him up. He reached out his hand and nipped Levi's ear, "Levi, wake up or I'll twist your ear off."
"Mom, don't do that. I'm tired, I wanna sleep..." Levi reached out his tiny hand and tried to brush Julien's hand off his ear. However, not only did Julien not loosen his grip, he twisted Levi's ear even harder.
"Mom, it's painful!" Levi finally opened his eyes. It was only when he saw that it was Julien in front of him that he had recalled he was still in Andrew's house. His mother was not here at all.
At that instant, Levi felt a little disappointed. "You're disappointed to see that the person next to you is me and not Aunt Angela, aren't you?" Julien said with certainty.
Levi kept quiet. The fact that he was calling for Angela in his dreams proved that Levi was missing his mother. Although he would always badmouth her, he still loved her.
With a calm face, Julien looked at Levi and said, "Levi, since you miss Aunt Angela, i can ask Andrew to get someone to send you back to Jiangbei tomorrow.“
"I'm not going back to Jiangbei." Levi immediately shook his head and strongly opposed the idea.
Although he did miss his parents, what he had done was like a time bomb that could explode at any time.
No matter how much he missed his mother, he must not go home now if he did not want to be beaten to death.
Knowing that he did not dare to go home, Julien immediately put on a serious look and said, "If you don't want to go back then get up now."
Levi was so sleepy that he could even barely open his eyes. He said in a muffled voice, "What for?"
Julien added, "If I'm not mistaken, Andrew is going to send us home tomorrow. Therefore, we must do something about it before he could actually do that."
"With Sister Silvia here, Andrew won't dare to send us home," Levi said.
"Levi, can you just think with your head for once?" Julien looked at Levi with a cold and dissatisfied look, "If Andrew were to tell Sister Silvia that it was our family who asked us to go home, do you think she could refuse it?"
Levi thought that what Julien said was reasonable. He scratched his head and asked, "What do you plan to do then?"
Julien's lips twitched as a cunning glint flashed in his eyes. "Of course we have to run away from home!"
Levi instantly understood what Julien meant. "So you're trying to give Andrew a warning by running away. You want him to know that we will still run away from home if he insists on sending us back to Jiangbei without our permission, right?"
“It seems like you still have a brain after all." Levi was usually very talkative and he would only use his head to think when he was picking up beautiful girls. Other than that, he would never use his brain and that was why Julien would always complain about him. However, now that he decided to run away from home, he would still bring Levi along with him. That was because he felt that Levi was always reliable during crucial times.
After a tiring bedtime 'battle', Silvia slept soundly for the rest of the night. This had happened to Silvia several days in a row.
Sometimes Silvia was glad that she was still young and fit. Otherwise, with Andrew's impressive stamina, she would probably be burnt out after two nights.
That morning, Silvia was still asleep like how she usually would while Young Master Carter, who slept beside her, had already woken up.
Having satisfied his desires the night before, Young Master Carter felt refreshed waking up that morning. Looking at Silvia, who was lying beside him, Andrew could not help but lower his head to kiss her on the forehead. "What a silly girl..."
After kissing Silvia, Andrew felt that he was starting to get a little too excited so he quickly got off the bed and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Silvia was especially good at sleeping. Usually, if no one were to take her up, she would definitely sleep in. However, little did Andrew know that Silvia had already woken up too. She was just pretending to be asleep.
Silvia realized that the first thing Andrew had done right after waking up was giving her a morning kiss and she could even feel his strong desire for her. However, he did not only think about himself...
In the past, she would always think that he had never cared about her and the reason he wanted to be with her was to satisfy his lustful desires. She thought that there was really nothing else between them apart from being extremely compatible with each other in bed.
However, she could now start to feel how thoughtful he was to her. Sometimes, she could even notice how gentle he was to her.
For instance, when they were doing it the night before, she felt a little uncomfortable. As soon as she was moaning in pain, he immediately stopped and patiently waited for her to loosen herself up...
Thinking of Andrew's gentleness and consideration for her, Silvia, who had always been thick-skinned, blushed. She rolled to the other side of the bed where Andrew had just slept in.
His scent was still there. His masculine scent was embracing her as if he was holding her in his arms. At that moment, Silvia thought that she could sleep in for a little longer with him "hugging" her like this.
......
"Knock, knock."
Andrew went to the boys' room and knocked on their door. However, there was no response at all. He knocked again and said, "Julien, Levi, the sun's up. It's time to wake up."
There was still no reply. Andrew thought the boys had already woken up, so he went downstairs. "Auntie Cherry, is Julien and Levi having their breakfast now?"
Auntie Cherry shook her head and said, "Master Andrew, Julien and Levi haven't gotten up yet.“
"They are still sleeping? They must have been exhausted." Andrew turned around and went upstairs. He stood at the door to the boys' room and said, "Julien, Levi, I'm coming in."
Andrew did not knock this time. Instead, he pushed the door open and walked into the room. “Julien, Le..."
Before he could even finish his words, Andrew realized that there was no one in the room. There was only a note that was being left on the nightstand. "Andrew, we know that we have interrupted your date with Sister Silvia and that you were upset about it, so we have decided to leave quietly. We don't want you to be unhappy. Love, Julien and Levi."
Those two brats!
That's right, Andrew admitted that he had thought of sending these two brats home when he noticed Silvia‘s attention was all on them. However, it was just a thought at that split second. He did not actually think of sending them back to Jiangbei.
He had not seen them for so many years, so he really wanted them to stay here for a little longer and hang out with him. With them around, the house did feel livelier. To be exact, it felt more like home.
In the past, he had never regarded this place as his home. It was just a place for him to take shelter.
And it was not until Silvia and the two boys were here that it had started to feel like home.
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Andrew immediately took out his mobile phone and called Julien. To his surprise, the boys actually dared to switch off their phones.
Andrew clenched his fists in exasperation. The boys were really asking for a beating!
Since Andrew was unable to get hold of them, he immediately called Stanley Pierson on the phone. "You said your men saw the kids, where are they now?"
Stanley had just woken up when he received Andrew's call. He was stunned for a moment, but quickly came back to his senses and responded, "Sir, they left after you went home last night."
The reason why West Side could attract the upper class was not only for its great living conditions but also for its safety. The security system that was employed at West Side was top notch.
For the past three years, Stanley's subordinates had never interfered with the security work at West Side. After seeing Andrew and the others off the night before, Stanley then asked his men to withdraw from West Side.
At this time, he suddenly received a phone call from his boss, asking about the boy's whereabouts. He was the one who asked the men to leave. Thinking about the possible consequences, Stanley was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. "Sir, did something happen to Master Julien and Master Levi?"
"Did I ask you to withdraw your men?" Andrew's voice became colder, "I want you to send your men to the airport, the train station, and the passenger terminal to find them right now. I don't care whether they have left the city but I want you to find them. If anything happens to them, you'd better worry for yourself."
Stanley wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead and said repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes... I'll send someone out now. I'll definitely find them and hand them over to you unharmed."
After hanging up the phone, Andrew made another phone call. "Simon, Julien and Levi ran away from home. Send out all your men and don't let them fall into the hands of those who had been targeting them."
Of course Julien and Levi were very bold kids if they were able to come to Madison City from the Jiangbei. This was not something any other ordinary child could do. However, what Andrew worried the most was not about them getting lost. Instead, he was worried about the enemies that were lurking in the dark and covetously eyeing on them.
If the boys were taken away by those guys, how was he going to explain it to their family back in Jiangbei?
Andrew, who had always been calm, had never expected that Julien and Levi would plot against him. When he saw the letter they had left for him, he could not think of any other possibilities and immediately dispatched his men to search for them.
However, the two boys did not go anywhere else. They were just hiding in Silvia's room. After confirming that Andrew had gone downstairs, the two of them covertly ran to Andrew's room.
They looked around and saw that their target was still sleeping.
Julien gave Levi a knowing look, and Levi immediately knew what Julien meant. He crept onto the bed and pulled Silvia's ear. After waking Silvia up, he blinked his eyes and started shedding his crystal-like tears.
As soon as Silvia opened her eyes, she saw that Levi was sobbing. At that instant, she felt a lump in her throat. "What's wrong, Levi? Why are you crying?"
Levi was not as chatty as he used to be anymore. He continued to shed tears and refused to utter even a word.
"Don't cry, Levi. Tell me what happened." Silvia held his tiny face and wiped off his tears. However, the more Silvia wiped it off, the harder he was crying. Looking at him, Silvia was so distressed that she immediately pulled him into her arms.
Levi continued to cry sorrowfully and it was so heartbreaking that Silvia almost cried too. "Please don't cry, Levi. If you continue crying, I think I'm going to cry very soon."
“He doesn't want to go back to Jiangbei." At such a crucial moment, Julien, who was calm, made such a statement.
This was their plan. They wanted to make Silvia feel distressed by having Levi cry in front of her and Julien would then tell Silvia why Levi was behaving that way.
"If you don't want to go back, then don't go back. Andrew and I can afford to take care of you two." Silvia stroked Levi‘s head and continued, "Don't cry anymore, okay? You can stay in Madison City for as long as you like."
Levi continued crying while Julien explained, "But Andrew wants to send us back home."
"Why would he want to do that?" Silvia was a little surprised. After that, she explained, “You have no idea how happy Andrew was that the two of you could come over to see him. Why would he want to send you two home?"
Julien pursed his lips and said dejectedly, "Andrew likes you and he wants to spend time with you alone. He was upset about us because we were third-wheeling you two and that was why he wanted to send us home."
Julien was usually very quiet so this was the very first time Silvia heard him speak so much! He even sounded a little aggrieved, which almost broke Silvia's heart! She said, "No Julien, Andrew will never want to drive you two away."
Julien kept quiet.
There was no need for him to say anything else. At this point in time, all they had to do was to continue to put on a sullen and aggrieved look on their little faces.
"I've already made it clear to him but why is he still being like this?" Silvia believed their words, so she immediately got out of the bed and said, "You don't have to worry, I'll talk to Andrew about it."
Julien stopped her. "No, Sister Silvia! You mustn't tell Andrew about it."
"But how can I let him do you wrong like this? You boys are his brothers, how could he not feel sorry for you two at all?" Silvia had really gotten mad. She was angry and distressed at the same time.
How on earth could there be a man this petty? She had already explained it clearly to him the night before but he still insisted on sending the boys home. Was he happy to see them being sad?
"Sister Silvia..." Levi wiped off his tears and said in an aggrieved voice, "We left a note for Andrew and pretended like we had run away from home, so Andrew has already ordered his men to look for us."
"You..." Silvia was really speechless. She did not know if she should be angry at them for lying to Andrew or she should compliment them for being smart to think of such a trick. However, it was fortunate that the boys did not actually run away from home but instead, they came to her.
Based on the trust they had in her, Silvia had made up her mind that she would protect them no matter what. She would never let Andrew bully them.
Silvia said again, "How about this. You two can go to my room and wait there. I'll go downstairs and check out the current situation. After that, we can come up with a plan together. I promise you two that I'll never let anyone do you wrong."
This was exactly what the boys wanted.
The reason they had put in so much effort to put on such a show was to ensure that Silvia would take the bait. Now that the fish had taken the bait, Julien and Levi began to exchange glances.
Was it a little mean to lie to their silly sister-in-law?
However, in order to remain in Madison City, they could only do this. Therefore, both of them had decided that they would treat her well after this matter was settled.
Silvia went out of the room. After confirming that there was no one outside, she asked the boys to go over her room. Then she said, "Stay here and don't come out, okay?"
"Okay." In fact, the boys knew much better than her when it comes to what they should do. Silvia went downstairs and saw that Andrew was on the phone in the living room. "I'll give you another half an hour. If you can't find them in half an hour, you guys can just go to hell."
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