They returned to Orchid Garden together.Oliver, holding his little schoolbag, jumped out of the car and happily waved at Everly. "Goodbye, Aunt Violet!"Everly waved him back and watched as Carson and Oliver walked back to Rose Pavilion next door.She watched for quite a while before going back inside, smiling in spite of herself.Not until she was inside Orchid Garden did she stroke her face, having mixed feelings.…In Rose Pavilion.On returning home, Oliver scampered towards the far end of the house. Running along, he looked at Carson and said, "Dad, did you come up with some good idea?"But Carson just walked over calmly, removed Oliver's schoolbag from his back and replied, "Oliver, you may go to her place to scrounge free meals, but don't ask her to drive you to or from school.""Why?" Oliver asked confusedly.Carson held out his hand. Oliver promptly trotted over and looked at him.Carson didn't answer the question immediately. Instead, he crouched down, held Oliver
Everly furrowed her brows slightly. She had always felt that she had neglected something. Now she realized she should have made everyone quiet on what happened at the gate of Oliver's kindergarten. But then she let it go. After all, in her power, she couldn't do that.Unless Carson, the once most powerful man in the city, was still at his prime. At that time, no one would have dared to do such things to him. She felt sad for him. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. 'Who's that?' She turned off the news, turned off the gas, and wiped her hands as she headed for the door. "Coming." She answered as she opened the door. But when she opened the door, she didn't see anyone. "Aunt Violet!" Everly looked down and found it was Oliver. Oliver looked sneaky. She wondered what the little boy was doing. "Oliver?" Everly was puzzled and surprised. She crouched down and looked at Oliver, "What are you doing here?" Oliver quickly rolled his big eyes and whispered, "Auntie Violet, my da
At a loss what to do, she just gazed at him like that.She had never seen this side of him before."Okay." Not until he spoke with a nod did she jerk out of her trance."Ah, oh!" She inclined her head and made way for him to let him in."Sorry for the trouble," he said. Then he walked inside and changed his shoes in the hallway alone before heading for her kitchen as Oliver had done a moment ago. Standing at the kitchen door, he glanced over his shoulder at her and asked, "Is there anything I can do for you?""Yeah. There's some unwashed vegetables in the basket. Rinse it for me," she instructed."Okay," he replied calmly before he rolled up his sleeves, had Oliver move aside and went to rinse the vegetables.Not to be outdone, Oliver carried a stool, placed it beside Carson and stood on it to help.Watching them doing that in the kitchen, Everly suddenly came to understand why she had felt something was amiss.He used to be bent on getting back with her on the pretext of look
Yet the meeting room was quiet. No one spoke.If there had been a way to settle the matter, they would have dealt with it many days ago.And if they gave advice but failed in the end, they might have to take the blame."Why do you all keep silent? Didn't you have a lot of ideas at the very beginning?" the leader roared, slapping the table.However, no one answered.After a minute, someone trembled and said, "Then ... shall we find Carson and make him the president again?""What are you talking about?" The leader was even angrier.But another person said, "I think he's right. The share price is falling. We have less and less money. If it goes on like this, none of us can stand it. We'd better get Carson back... When he managed the company, the share price was rising.""You're looking down on yourself and flattering Carson!" the leader growled, "and the share price is falling. Their losses must be bigger than ours. They should be the most anxious!""But..." the person who had be
She immediately quickened her pace to rush over and snatched Oliver from Carson's hand."Hmm..."Before Oliver jumped into her arms and complained to her, Carson's cold voice sounded, "Stop. You're covered in mud."Oliver stopped immediately, looking down at himself, then he glared at Carson. Just a few seconds later, he sat down on a small rock and pointed to the big mud puddle beside him. "Aunt Violet, I just fell into it."Everly glanced in the direction that Oliver pointed to. There was indeed a mud puddle and a human shape was still there. Oliver's father just wiped his face. Otherwise, he could not be recognized.Looking at him sitting on that small rock and his aggrieved look, Everly thought he was so cute and couldn’t help laughing out loud, "Puff..."Hearing her laugh, Oliver turned his head. Everly immediately tried to hold back her laughter, but she failed."Ah! Aunt Violet, you laughed!” Oliver directly came down from the rock, sat in the mud, and childishly showed
The shopkeeper felt embarrassed. He looked at Oliver and replied, "What? I couldn’t do that. Don’t talk nonsense."Oliver pouted and didn’t say anything. Carson patted his head and then looked at the shopkeeper.The shopkeeper already understood his meaning. So then he handed three sets of clothes to Everly and Carson, "You can rinse over there.""Thank you." Everly nodded, then they went there together.After lifting the curtain of the outdoor shower, Carson and Oliver both frowned slightly and looked at her at the same time.Everly was a little confused, so she asked, "What’s wrong?""You can change the clothes in the car." Carson opened his mouth.Oliver nodded and explained, "Right, Aunt Violet. This place has some leaks. It’s okay for me and dad, but it's not okay for you, and there’s no mud on you. It's just me falling into the mud puddle."Everly looked at him and then at Oliver, understanding what they meant.She nodded and pinched Oliver's face with a smile, "Okay,
While waving at her, Oliver murmured and walked in with Carson.Everly nodded with a smile. With the clothes in her hand, she got into the car and changed her clothes.The clothes were very simple, which were just a big white T-shirt and a pair of casual shorts. Looking at the clothes, she couldn't help wondering what Carson and Oliver would wear.She walked out, with her mind wandering. She saw Carson and Oliver not far away, both of whom were wearing a white vest and a pair of shorts to their knees. The color and style of their clothes were the same, except for the size.They two seemed to be talking about something, with buckets in their hands. Carson held a big bucket while Oliver held a small one. There was another bucket on the ground, obviously prepared for Everly.Noticing her coming, Oliver turned around and looked at her. "Aunt Violet!"Carson also looked up at her.Her heart was thumping faster inexplicably.‘He seems to be closer to me these days.’Maybe it was bec
Everly, Carson, and Oliver were playing on the beach. Meanwhile, Lisa came out of her villa to a car and talked to someone on the phone.She got into the passenger seat, smiled at the man in the driver's seat, and said, "I've just heard that the opposition faction of the Baxter Group changed their minds. They want to get Carson back."The man started the car without speaking. Lisa made up her face, smiled contentedly while looking into the mirror at her delicate figures, and continued, "I knew that the Baxter Group couldn't do well without Carson and that they would give in!"The car's tires squealed.The man suddenly braked."What are you doing?" Lisa growled at the man with a frown, hurriedly grabbing something to steady herself."Lisa, what the hell do you want?" the man said resignedly, "didn't you say that you just wanted to help your family out of trouble? I don't understand what you're thinking. Do you love Carson? Are you proud of him?""What's the problem with this?"