Rainie puffed her cheeks out and exined, "I''m the leading role, so the teacher said that my costume


    should be different from the other students."


    The teacher also knew that she had plenty of dance costumes at home, so she did not prepare one for


    her.


    Lanie frowned. "But I don''t know how to pick one."


    "Brother, aren''t you the smartest?" Rainie looked at the tutus. These few were the best-looking ones,


    but she somehow could not pick a favorite among them.


    Lanie raised his hand and flicked her forehead.


    "Ouch, what are you doing?" Rainie touched her head and looked at him in confusion.


    "I''m just a few minutes older than you. You should let mommy help you pick," said Lanie. How could


    she let him pick when he knew nothing about tutus?


    "Shh." Rainie immediately covered his mouth when he referred to Luca as Mommy. She looked back.


    Thank goodness no one was there.


    They had agreed to not address Luca as Mommy even behind her back to avoid Luca finding out.


    Instead, they should get used to calling her Ms. Luca until their dad straightened things out.


    "Okay, don''t be so scared. She''s downstairs preparing dinner right now. She won''te up." Lanie


    patted her head. Although they were twins, Lanie took after his father''s height and was half a head


    taller than Rainie.


    Rainie shook her head and scolded him with a stern face, "Brother, Great-grandpa has said it before.


    Better safe than sorry. We need to be careful. We can''t let Mo—Ms. Luca find out."


    After seeing his sister like this, Lanie could not help but wonder why they had to be so cautious just to


    have their mother around them when they were still kids.


    What in the world happened to their mother that she so heartlessly refused to recognize them?


    "Brother, are you thinking about something?" Rainie looked at Lanie who was lost in thought. She


    called his name in confusion.


    The twins were telepathic, so Rainie could roughly guess what he was thinking about.


    "Nothing. Let Ms. Luca pick one out for youter," said Lanie as he could not possibly pick out a tutu.


    "Okay." Rainie had to give up the idea of letting him help her, so she held the tutus in her arms and


    walked out of Lanie''s bedroom.


    After Luca finished preparing dinner, she asked Aunt Neile to bring the food to the table while she


    called the children down to eat.


    When Tommy heard that dinner was ready, he cheered and ran downstairs after putting down his pen.


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    Luca could not help but shake her head when she saw the child behave like this. She walked into the


    room to look at his writing, and she shook her head again.


    It seemed like Old Master Crawford had done the right thing by sending him to calligraphy ss. Other


    than stabilizing his mind, his handwriting needed more practice as well.


    Otherwise, no matter how smart the child was, if he was behind other people in the future just because


    of his handwriting, it would be hard on him.


    Luca helped put his pen away and informed Lanie.


    Lanie put down his book, nodded, and walked out of the bedroom.


    His nature was calm and steady just like a miniature version of Luke.


    Luca pushed the door open and walked into Rainie''s room to see her staring into the nk space on


    her chair.


    “Rainie, what are you doing? It''s time to eat," said Luca.


    Rainie turned her head, and her eyes lit up when she saw Luca. She stood up to take her hand and


    said, "Ms. Luca, can you help me pick a tutu for tomorrow''s performance?"


    Luca looked at the tutus on Rainie''s bed and blinked. "We''ll pick it out after dinner."


    "Okay. Thank you, Ms. Luca." Rainie did not let go of her hand and walked out of the room. She asked,


    "Ms. Luca, have you told my brothers?"


    "I''ve told them, and they''ve gone downstairs," said Luca.


    "Then let''s go too." Rainie held her hand and went downstairs. Before she went into the dining room,


    she could already smell the aroma of the dishes. It was the smell of their mother''s cooking.


    "It smells so good," she could not help but exim.


    "The vegetables Aunt Neile washed today were all your favorites, so I made the usuals," said Luca. Not


    only did Aunt Neile wash the vegetables, but she also indirectly helped her decide what to cook too.


    "Great. I love everything that Ms. Luca makes." Rainie walked into the dining room only to see that


    Lanie and Tommy were already sitting at the table.


    Lanie sat upright while waiting, whereas Tommy was stealing sips of the soup.


    If not for the strict education in the Crawford family, the kids might have already gobbled up the food.


    "No need to wait. Let''s all eat," said Luca.


    At that moment, Tommy stretched out his meaty arm to stop her. "Ms. Luca, let''s take a photo first."


    Luca was shocked. "Why do you want to take a photo?"


    "Just take it." Tommy pouted.


    Luca did not know what he was trying to do, but she took out her phone and opened the camera app


    regardless. "Do you want to be in the photo?"


    "Nope, just take the food," said Tommy.


    Luca did as he said and took a photo of the food. "Then what?"


    “Can you send it to me, Ms. Luca?" Tommy blinked.


    Luca nodded and sent the photo to him. "Alright, now can you tell me what you need this photo for?"


    "Of course, it''s for Daddy to see that he''s missing out on this delicious food while he''s on a business


    trip. I''m sending it to him to make him drool."


    After hearing his words, Rainie shook her head helplessly. "Did Daddy make you upset?"


    "He told me to listen to Great-grandpa and that I could only learn calligraphy, so that''s why I''m doing


    this," Tommy said with determination as he held a grudge against his dad. Since he was on a business


    trip, he could not do anything to Tommy. Moreover, Ms. Luca was there to protect him, so he had


    nothing to be afraid of.


    "Watch out, Daddy is going to beat you up when hees back," Lanie warned as he took a sip of the


    soup.


    Tommy pushed his chest out. "I have Ms. Luca to protect me, so I''m not afraid."


    Luca did not know whether to cry orugh at the kid''s behavior. They all liked her cooking, but would


    Luke really beat Tommy for a photo?


    She did not think so. He could have anything he possibly wanted to eat. She only made home-cooked


    food. It could not possiblypare to those delicacies.


    "Hurry up and eat before the food gets cold," Luca told them.


    The three kids stopped fussing and obediently picked up their utensils to start eating.


    They were all very respectful as they cleaned their tes and even finished the extra dishes Luca


    made.


    Moreover, they even mercilessly fought for food. In the end, only gravy was left on the tes.


    Luca looked at the tes, then at the three children. "Did you all not have lunch?"


    Rainie shook her head and said, "We did. The extra-curricr sses provide lunch."


    Tommy looked down at his round belly and continued, "But the food there isn''t nice. The food Ms. Luca


    makes is still the best."


    Luca looked at him and the round tummy of his that could be seen even under twoyers of clothes. It


    was wrong of her to have prepared so much food, so she helplessly said, "Don''t sit down after eating.


    Walk around the living room to digest, or I''m afraid you''ll get indigestion."