When Luca said that Old Man Rayne needed them, Wanda was persuaded. After all, Luca knew better


    than her what nutrients Old Man Rayne needed.


    She took one of the bags and said, "Thank you, I''ll take these. You can take the rest back."


    Luca looked at Wanda''s slightly sallowplexion and remembered that in the past, she was always a


    graceful woman. After she got divorced, she spent a lot of energy taking care of Old Man Rayne. She


    had no time to take care of herself. That was why her current physical condition was not the best.


    She continued to persuade Wanda, saying, "Please take these too. I’m sure you''ve been putting in a lot


    of effort taking care of Old Man Rayne. You need to take care of yourself too. These are for


    conditioning your body and external use. I promise, these are much better than the cosmetic products


    you see on TV”


    Wanda was touched by what she said. "In that case, I''ll ept your gifts and—"


    Before she could finish speaking, Luca shoved the bag in her hand and said, "Just take it. I don''t need


    these things."


    "Okay, okay." Wanda was moved by what she said. She believed in Luca, so she epted both bags


    of gifts.


    Luca nced at the time. There was still some time before their meal. She said, "Mm, is Old Man


    Rayne upstairs?"


    "Yeah. He knows that I invited you over for a meal today and has been happily talking about it the


    entire day," Wanda said. Luca was the savior of the entire Rayne family.


    Luca smiled shyly. Even though she was not Bianca, she was overjoyed that Old Man Rayne still liked


    her. "Can I go up? I want to check Old Man Rayne''s pulse, and if possible, I''ll y a game of chess


    with him?"


    She knew that Old Man Rayne''s favorite pastime was ying chess. It was boring for him to y chess


    alone. He would only y when someone who knew how to y visited the house.


    "You know how to y chess? That''s great. Go up, then. My father likes to y chess with others.


    Unfortunately, no matter how hard I tried to learn it, I still can''t y well. Old Man Rayne doesn''t want


    to y chess with me," Wanda said. She ced the two bags on the coffee table for now, held Luca''s


    hand, and walked toward the stairs with her.


    Luca did not enjoy being in close contact with others but Wanda was her aunt, so she was not against


    it.


    The two went upstairs together and Wanda took her into Old Man Rayne''s room. "Dad, guess who''s


    here?"


    Old Man Rayne was basking in the sun with half-squinted eyes. When he heard Wanda''s voice, he


    opened his eyes. They lit up when he saw Luca. "Ms. Craw, you''re here." "Old Man Rayne and Ms.


    Rayne, call me Luca." Luca listened to how they addressed her and did not want to put a distance in


    the rtionship between them, so she told them to address her casually.


    "Okay, Luca. Come here and sit down." Old Man Rayne was sitting under the sun on a chair by the


    window. When he saw Luca, the wrinkled smile on his face grew like a blooming sunflower.


    Luca nodded and sat on the chair opposite him that he pointed to.


    Wanda felt a little embarrassed with what was happening. "Dad, Luca said she wants to check your


    pulse. Oh, by the way, she can y chess. Do you want to y a game with herter?"


    "Chess? That sounds wonderful! Wanda, go and get my chessboard. I didn''t expect that someone


    would y chess with me today." Old Man Raynepletely ignored the part where Wanda mentioned


    that Luca wanted to check his pulse. All he thought about was ying chess with Luca.


    "Okay, I''ll go get you your chessboard now." Wanda nodded, turned around, and walked out.


    Luca''s mood was influenced when she saw Old Man Rayne''s smiling face. "Old Man Rayne, can I


    check your pulse first?"


    "Okay." Old Man Rayne readily agreed and reached out his hand for her to take his pulse.


    Luca put her fingers on his pulse.


    When Wanda came in with a chessboard, Luca was done checking Old Man Rayne''s pulse.


    "Luca, how is my father doing?" she asked.


    "It''s still the same as thest time I checked. Old Man Rayne''s body needs to be conditioned for a long


    time. Do be mindful," Luca said.


    "Sure, sure. I''ll follow your prescription and take good care of him." Wanda put the chessboard on the


    table between the two and said, "Dad, Luca, have fun ying. I''ll go prepare our meal."


    Old Man Rayne set up the chessboard, waved his hand, and said, "Go ahead."


    Wanda looked at Old Man Rayne who was deeply immersed in the game of chess. She shook her


    head with a smile and left the room.


    On the other hand.


    Luke listened to his subordinates as they reported to him that Luca had bumped into Marie at the


    entrance of themunity where the Rayne family stayed.


    After they were done reporting, Luke''s gaze appeared deep. It seemed that Marie was exhausting all


    means to move into the Rayne family''s house. He said, "Keep watch of the situation and Marie."


    "Got it," the subordinate listened to hismand and responded.


    Luke put aside his work and texted Wanda: [Is Luca with you?]


    Wanda quickly replied to him: [She''s here. She''s ying chess with Old Man Rayne upstairs.]


    Luke replied: [Marie was making trouble at the entrance of themunity today and pestered Luca.


    Did she mention this to you?]


    After a while, Wanda called him and asked in a nk tone, "Luke, you said Marie came to cause


    trouble? She picked on Luca?"


    "Mm, Marie didn''te alone and brought some gangsters with her. She was stopped and made a big


    fuss. The security guards almost called the police," Luke said. He did not tell her that his subordinates


    saw the whole thing.


    Wanda was shocked. "Luca didn''t tell me. Sigh, Marie is... troublesome."


    Luke sighed. Sure enough, Luca did not say anything. It seemed that she did not want to worry Wanda.


    "Luke, Marie is not a good person. I''m afraid she''ll wait for Luca to leave our ce. When she leaves


    tonight, will youe and pick her up?" Wanda no longer cared about her previous suspicions.


    Instead, she just wanted Luca to be safe.


    Luke thought of picking up Luca as well but he had to work overtime tonight. He turned her down and


    said, "Aunt Wanda, I still have work to attend to. When she''s about to leave, text me and I''ll arrange for


    someone to pick her up."


    "Okay," Wanda said. His arrangement assured her.


    Luke said, "Act like you know nothing about what happened today. She didn''t tell you because she


    didn''t want you to worry."


    Wanda found it a little strange. ‘Why does Luca not want us to worry? The way she does things seems


    like she''s being too considerate of us.''


    "Okay. She''s so silly. I know what to do. Don''t worry, I''ll let you know after dinner," Wanda replied to


    him.


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    After Luke responded to her, he hung up the phone and resumed work.