"Here are your photos. Pick your favorites." Luke handed him the remote.


    Lanie took it and started going through his photos.


    He flipped through all the photos but did not have many thoughts, so he looked at Luke, unsure of


    which to choose.


    "I think they''re all good," Luca said when she saw his expression.


    They had looked through all the photos. She did not see much of an issue for Lanie to pick everything.


    Rainie chimed in, "Yeah, Lanie is so handsome. If you can''t choose, let''s have them all?"


    Lanie looked at Luke. He was unsure of which to choose.


    "Let''s take them all." Luke knew that his eldest son was not good at choosing photos, so he stopped


    embarrassing him and helped him make a decision.


    Luca smiled, looked at Rainie, and said, "It''s Rainie''s turn."


    "I''ll choose carefully!" Rainie gave a victory gesture.


    Luke started to show Rainie''s photos.


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    She loved to look at the details, and each of her photos was selected with special care.


    Aunt Neile, who was on the side, could not help but sigh in admiration. "Ms. Rainie is so beautiful.


    When she was doing her makeup, I overheard the makeup artist mention that she wanted to hire Ms.


    Rainie to be a child model for her studio."


    "Really?" Luca knew that Rainie liked taking pictures. She looked over at her.


    Rainie seemed to know what Luca wanted to ask her. She shook her head and said, "I don''t agree.


    Daddy says that I should focus on my studies."


    Luca smiled when she saw that the child was so sensible.


    The Crawfords did not need Rainie to earn a living as a child model.


    It was a waste of time for those people to try. After all, Rainie had to learn ballet in addition to her daily


    studies. Her schedule was full. She did not have the time to do these things.


    She felt that Rainie had made the right choice.


    Rainie took a look at the photos and eliminated a few where she felt that her movements were not


    perfect. She wanted all the rest.


    Finally, it was Tommy''s turn.


    Tommy put down his fork, sat next to Luca, and said yfully, "Ms. Luca, I''m like Lanie. I''m not very


    good at picking photos. Can you help me choose mine?"


    "Okay. If they all look good, let''s take them all," Luca said. After all, she was more than happy to have


    more photos that marked the memories they made that year.


    Luke helped put up the photos while Luca chose them.


    Tommy was like Lanie. Both did not have strict requirements for photos. They would not look at them


    as meticulously as Rainie. After Tommy finished looking at the photos, he did not spot any that he


    thought seemed bad.


    Luke decided to go with all the photos.


    The rest was family portraits.


    "Onest set," Luke said.


    Luca nodded. She knew he was talking about their family portrait...


    When Luke disyed the photos, Tommy said, "I think we can take all of these because they all look


    good."


    "Yeah, Daddy, we don''t need to pick much. Let''s choose a group photo and have the photographer


    erge it." Rainie said. She wanted to hang the family portrait in the living room.


    That way, if someone visited their house, they would know that they were a happy family.


    ‘Erge it?'' Luca could not help but wonder if the photo was going to be hung in the living room.


    The kids had photos of them and Luke, but she could tell that Rainie was talking about erging


    another photo.


    It was a photo of her with them...


    Luca looked at Luke.


    He nodded and closed theputer. "Okay, I''m going to talk to the photographer. Stay here and don''t


    make any noise. In the evening, there''ll be some important guests over for dinner."


    "Important guests?" Luca looked at him in shock. She had not heard him mention that they were


    expecting any guests.


    "Mm, Ray and Vivian are about to get off the ne. They''ll arrive in an hour and a half. I''ve asked Lliam


    to pick them up," Luke said. He had forgotten to tell Luca.


    "So soon? Do you need me to clean up the guest room?" Luca asked. There were a few guest rooms


    in the vi, but no one usually stayed overnight. Although they were cleaned daily, there were only


    some simple decorations in the room. Even the mattress was covered with a dust cloth to minimize


    Aunt Neile''s workload.


    "No, they''re just here for dinner. I''ve booked a hotel for them," Luke said.


    His vi was smallpared to Ray''s family vi.


    As such, Luke decided to book a hotel for them so that they could be morefortable.


    After all, Aunt Neile could not serve them because there was anguage barrier.


    "Is it Uncle Ray and Aunt Vivian? Great! I haven''t seen them in a long time. I miss them so much!"


    Tommy pped.


    Bianca had brought him to Russia when he was a kid, so he was particrly impressed with the


    siblings.


    Lanie and Rainie did not feel any different about them.


    "Okay, do you want me to prepare Western or Russian food for dinner tonight?" Luca asked. After all,


    Ray was important to Luke. He had saved Luke and helped with a lot of things, so she paid special


    attention to hosting Ray and Vivian.


    "Local food. You don''t have to prepare anything special. They love home-cooked food," Luke said. He


    nced at the time. "I have a meeting to attend. Promise me you''ll be good, okay?"


    "I promise, Daddy." Tommy was the first to respond.


    Luke went upstairs with hisputer.


    Luca frowned. Luke did not tell her about Ray and Vivian''s visit to A City before this, so she did not


    know if Aunt Neile had enough ingredients.


    "Aunt Neile, what do we have in the fridge?" she asked.


    "Ms. Craw, don''t worry. Mr. Crawford told mest night, so we''re all set for tonight," Aunt Neile said with


    a smile. She bought the groceries from the nearby supermarket this morning.


    "I''m d that we''re prepared." Luca breathed a sigh of relief. Although Ray and Vivian requested


    home- cooked food, they had to have enough ingredients.


    After all, they already had six people to feed. If dinner tonight included Ray and Vivian, it would not look


    great if they did not have enough food.


    "Aunt Neile, let''s start preparing for dinner now. Vivian likes sweet foods. I can make a cake for her,"


    Luca said.


    "How wonderful! We''re getting a cake for dessert!" Tommy overheard her and pped happily.


    "Okay, Ms. Craw. Let''s start now." Aunt Neile nodded and walked into the kitchen.


    Luca told the three children, "Be good. We have guestsingter, so don''t make a mess of the


    house."


    "Ms. Luca, don''t worry. We n to go upstairs to read some books. We won''t cause trouble," Rainie


    said sweetly.


    Luca patted their heads respectively and said, "By the way, I put all the clothes I bought for you in my


    bedroom. You can go take them, try them out, and let me know if you like them. I''ll make you some


    snacks, so go read your books."


    "Okay, Ms. Luca." The children nodded and ran upstairs.


    Luca took out some snack molds from the storage room and went into the kitchen.