In the living room.


    Yuri was dishing up the fruits that had just been delivered. She saw Louis walk in with an angry look on


    his face. She frowned and asked with confusion, "Who upset you?"


    "Where''s my mother?" asked Louis.


    "She headed upstairs with a golden pine tree ornament in her hands. Who gave that? I can see she''s


    happy. Is it made of pure gold?" asked Yuri. She reckoned that if the ornament was truly made of pure


    gold, it would be worth at least a million dors.


    "Luke gave it to us. She opened the gift in front of him. I''m going upstairs to find her," Louis replied


    shortly and made his way up the stairs.


    Yuri watched him leave and pondered.


    If the ornament was a gift from Luke, there was no doubt that it was made of pure gold.


    She did not expect Susan would take such a valuable ornament before her...


    Yuri looked at the fruits on the table and shook her head helplessly. Even though she did not like things


    that were made of gold, the ornament was valuable, and it could be sold for a significant amount of


    money.


    Louis went upstairs. Susan was nowhere to be seen in the living room. He pushed open the bedroom


    door.


    Susan was cing the ornament on the table when the sound of the door mming open startled her.


    She turned around and saw Louis, then she ced her hand on her chest to calm herself down. Then,


    she said, "Why did you open the door without knocking? You scared me."


    "Do you think what you did was right?" Louis'' eyes were slightly red as he looked at Susan. She


    clutched the ornament tightly in her hand. He knocked it out of her hand.


    Susan nced at the ornament and remained silent. Then, she ced it on the shelf near the window.


    "Mom, you went too far with what you did today!" It got on Louis'' nerves when he noticed that all Susan


    cared about was the pine tree ornament and she ignored him.


    "What did I do? I was just unwrapping a gift. Besides, Luke''s your brother. We''re a family. Why are you


    making a fuss when he didn''t even say anything about it?" Susan was impatient.


    Louis fell speechless. Susan had never treated Luke as family, and now she was using this excuse to


    exin it away...


    Louis used to work at T Corporation, and he was always being taken care of by Luke. He was grateful,


    but he also knew what the others talked about behind his back.


    He was the younger brother who could never grow up...


    It took him a while before he finally convinced Old Master Crawford to let him start his own business.


    When he made some achievements, Susan would always find a way to trample on his dignity.


    Luke would not say anything or look down on him because of his mother.


    Still, Louis felt ashamed because of what Susan did. The embarrassment he felt due to Susan''s actions


    caused a hot flush to spread across his cheeks.


    It felt like someone was pping him in the face.


    Susan noticed that Louis seemed to have suffered a major setback. He stood there silently with his


    head lowered. A wave of fury suddenly rose inside her.


    "I just unwrapped a gift, and it was Luke''s gift. You think it''s shameful, don''t you? To you, Luke is your


    noble brother. You have never put me, your mother, in your eyes. In this case, let''s make things clear


    with the old master. You don''t want me to stay here, so instead of staying here and enduring you giving


    me that attitude, I might as well move back to Crawford Manor!" Susan had never wanted to move


    here. Now, she had an excuse to move back to Crawford Manor.


    "Don''t make a fuss!" Louis reached out to stop her from leaving and looked for Old Master Crawford.


    Susan stomped forward furiously. She did not stop walking when she was stopped by Louis. Louis


    blocked her way, and she could not help but take a few steps backward. Then, she gave him an


    incredulous look and said, "Did you just push me?"


    Louis withdrew his hand with a defeated look on his face. "I didn''t."


    Susan approached him and poked his chest with her finger. "Louis, you pushed me over a trivial matter


    today. Will you abandon me under a bridge when I get older?"


    "I told you I didn''t do that!" Louis'' voice grew louder as he confronted her.


    He sounded like a wild beast growling. It frightened Susan. After she came back to her senses, she


    yelled at him, "Are you nuts?"


    "I am. You want to talk to Grandpa, right? Then let''s go and tell him what you did today!" Louis nned


    to take the bull by the horns. He grabbed her by the wrist and headed outside.


    Old Master Crawford was sunbathing and enjoying his cup of tea in the backyard. Louis was going to


    take the other stairs that led to the backyard.


    Susan knew that what she did was out of line, but she relied on her status as an elder to get her way.


    That was why she thought it was not a problem. However, when she heard Louis say he would tell Old


    Master Crawford about what she did, she knew she would be scolded for what she did.


    Susan did not want to get scolded by the old master. She knew that she was allowed to move back to


    Crawford Manor together with the kids during the school holiday only because she made a deal with


    him.


    She might lose the chance to move back there if she was caught doing something wrong.


    This would undoubtedly give Allison and Luke more opportunities.


    Susan was unhappy about it.


    "Let me go. I''ll move out if you keep acting like this!" Susan thought Louis would worry about her


    leaving. That was why she used this to threaten him.


    "Isn''t that great? I''ll tell Grandpa that you''d like to move back to Crawford Manor right now," replied


    Louis. He was outraged and not intimidated by her.


    The expression on Susan''s face changed drastically. Louis had always negotiated with her to get her to


    move into the new house.


    However, his attitude had changed because of the incident just now.


    Susan was worried that she would be kicked out by Louis and Old Master Crawford.


    "What''s going on here?" Yuri''s voice rang in their ears.


    She thought she heard Louis'' roaring with rage downstairs. It was faint, so she came up to see what


    was going on.


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    "Yuri, Louis is out of his mind. Help me," Susan asked for help.


    Yuri came over and tried to pull Susan away, but Louis held her tightly and he refused to let go.


    "Louis, her wrist is bruised!" she reminded him.


    Louis grabbed Susan''s wrist so tight that it left a bruise on it.


    He looked down at it but still held her wrist tightly.


    "We''re a family. We can talk about this. Do you have to make a big deal out of it on such an important


    day?" Yuri got anxious.


    Louis was usually easy to talk with, but he was as stubborn as a mule when it was something he


    pursued with great determination.


    "If you don''t care about your reputation, think about Thea. Thea''s ssmates areing over today.


    Do you want your daughter to lose face in front of her ssmates?" Yuri had to bring up Thea to


    reason with Louis.


    Thea was Louis'' soft spot. Even though what Susan did was too much, he loosened his grip and let out


    a heavy sigh when he was reminded of Thea.