Louis never thought that Susan would really open the gifts in front of Luke!
"Mom, that''s enough. We just moved into our new home today. Please don''t make things look ugly."
Louis stepped forward and pressed down the art knife that she held in her hand.
"What are you doing? He agreed to this. Why are you against it?" Susan pushed his hand away and
mercilessly cut the wrapping paper.
Louis''s face turned live with rage.
He disagreed with the idea of registering the gifts and disying them in the first ce, but there was
no way he could talk Susan out of it. Louis reluctantly agreed to it only when Susan promised that she
would not register or open the gifts in front of the guests.
After Susan cut the wrapping paper, she opened the gift box and looked at the exquisite decorations. It
was an affordable luxury style, and it was from a good brand.
Still, Susan curled her lips and asked, "It looks beautiful, but women at my age don''t really like this
style."
Luca tightened her fists. It was the decoration she prepared for Louis'' new home. Even though it was
not made of gold, it cost her a fortune.
However, the look on Susan''s face was full of disdain.
Luke looked at the bag and said, "There''s more than that."
Susan gave a cold snort as she thought that Luke would never think of giving her gold. It turned out she
might be able to pick on him today.
Hence, Susan picked up another gift and held it in her hands. She could not help but mutter, "This is
heavy.”
"Mom, cut it out." There was anger in Louis'' voice. He could no longer tolerate Susan''s rude behavior.
Susan ignored what Louis said to her and opened the gift.
Luca noticed the wrapping paper of the gift. It was not a gift she bought.
Then, Luca looked up and nced at Luke''s side profile. Did Luke prepare it?
That was why Luke let Susan do as she pleased when she was nitpicking about the gifts. It seemed
that he saw thising and prepared in advance.
When Luca was admiring Luke for being thoughtful, she also med herself for not being attentive
enough. If it were not for Luke''s good preparation, he would have lost face today.
Susan opened the gift box and found a golden ornament shaped like a pine tree.
Even though it was not the type of decoration that young people nowadays would like, it looked
magnificent when the ornament was ced in the house.
To put it in her own words, it made her look rich enough when it was disyed in the house.
Susan was stunned for a moment when she looked at the pine tree ornament. She did not expect Luke
to actually prepare something like this in advance.
Previously, a senior employee of thepany praised Luke in front of Old Master Crawford. He said
Luke was detail-oriented, and he was good at foreseeing something ahead of time before it happened.
The way he did things was impable.
Susan had secretly scoffed when she heard the exaggeration. There was no way someone could have
such prescience.
She believed that the person was simply trying to side with Luke. That was why heplimented him.
Susan put up a tough front and said, "The pine tree looks impressive. I wonder if it''s gold-ted. Many
gold-ted ornaments on the market are worthless these days."
"There''s a certificate in the bag." Luke reminded her. He had personally chosen it with Jason. It was
made of pure gold.
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Susan took the certificate out and nced at it. It was indeed a pine tree made of pure gold.
She could not find any other faults with it.
Susan sneered and immediately left with the pine tree ornament in her hand.
Susan''s behavior had put a sulky expression on Louis'' face. He looked at him apologetically. "I''m sorry,
Luke."
"It''s okay." Luke shook his head. Louis had nothing to do with this. "Has Grandpa arrived?"
"He''s in the backyard,” replied Louis. Fortunately, Old Master Crawford was in the backyard. He would
have been angry if he saw what Susan did.
However, Susan would not dare to deliberately make things difficult for Luke if the old master was here.
"I have something to tell Grandpa. Let me talk to him first." Luke turned to look at Luca and told her. He
was talking to her.
"Okay." Luca nodded.
After Luke left, Louis looked at her and said, "Dr. Craw, would you like me to show you around?" Luca
initially wanted to agree with him, but she smiled and rejected him at the thought of Susan''s behavior.
"Master Louis, you can leave me here. I''ll sit with the children."
She pointed at the pavilion nearby.
"Okay. Food and drinks are served in the living room. Just head to the living room if you''re thirsty or
hungry. We''ll start the barbecue when all of the guests have arrived," said Louis. He had hired chefs to
cook for the guests.
"Okay," replied Luca as she led the three kids to the pavilion. After they sat down, she noticed how
quiet the kids were and touched each of their heads. Then, she asked, "What''s in your mind?" "Ms.
Luca, is it rude to open gifts in front of others?" asked Rainie. She was curious when she saw what
Susan did just now.
"Yes." Luca nodded. She knew why the child asked such a question, but she did not want to give them
the wrong impression just to protect Susan''s reputation.
"Then why did Grandma do such a thing?" asked Rainie.
Rainie remembered that Luke stopped her from opening her birthday gifts in front of the others during
her birthday party. He told her that it was rude to do so.
She knew she could not open her gifts in front of the guests as it was rude and disrespectful.
The right thing to do was to wait until after the birthday party had ended and the guests had left. Only
then was she allowed to open her birthday gifts in her bedroom.
Rainie remembered what Luke told her. That was why she was confused. She also picked up on
Susan''sck of respect for them when she opened the gifts in front of them earlier.
She was unhappy about it.
"We can''t tell others how to behave themselves. We can be responsible for our own behavior. What
others do may not be right, but we should do what is right when we know what''s the right thing to do,"
Luca held Rainie''s hands and exined to her in a soft voice.
Luca could not tell the kids why Susan did that. After all, the adult world wasplicated. She did not
want her children to be exposed to them.
Therefore, she could only tell them what was right and let them focus on doing the right thing.
"Ms. Luca''s right," said Lanie, who stood next to her. He knew why his sister was upset. He went along
with Luca.
"Alright!" Rainie nodded. She leaned against Luca''s arm, showing her trust.
"Would you like to y and have some fun? I heard that there are toys for kids in the backyard," Luca
asked the kids.
She saw someone delivering a few props for a yground when she went out. There were slides and a
see-saw.
Luca reckoned that Louis must have bought them specifically for Thea.
She did not see them in the front yard, so she figured that they must be in the backyard.
"I''m not going. I''d like to sit here and spend some time with Ms. Luca," said Tommy.
"Lanie and I would like to sit here and apany Ms. Luca too," said Rainie as she clung to her.