"What?" Where did this Lawrie appear from? Levi cupped his forehead in annoyance and groaned, "Hey little one, repeat what you just said."
Larry was about to continue, but he was interrupted by Julien, who said, "This is none of your business. You can go back now."
Larry said pitifully, "Uncle Julien, I still want to play with Lawrie."
Julien said emotionlessly, "Lawrie is going to bed. He needs to get up early for his operation tomorrow."
Larry understood that Lawrie had to get a good rest before the operation. Thus, he nodded sensibly, "In that case, I will wait until after his operation is over to come play with him again."
Julien was satisfied with his answer and nodded, "Yes. Now, go back and accompany your mom. She must be missing you."
Levi stretched his neck to try and catch a glimpse of who was lying in the ward, but the door was half- closed, so he couldn't see anything at all. Since he couldn't see anything from the outside, he wanted to rush into the room and check it out. However, he was stopped by Julien as soon as he moved, "It's late. You should bring Larry back and make sure he gets to his parents."
Lawrie was in the room. All Levi needed to do was take a step forward to catch a glimpse of this mysterious Lawrie. Unfortunately, to Levi's frustration, Julien had blocked his way. Levi grumbled, "Julien, tell me, who is Lawrie, actually? What is the truth?"
Julien replied with an icy glare. Only the cute kid Larry bothered to answer Levi. He tugged on the corner of Levi's clothes and said, "Uncle Levi, please take me home first. I'll tell you all about Lawrie on the way home."
"But I want to know now. Who is Lawrie, actually?"
Larry replied innocently, "Well, Lawrie is Lawrie."
Levi was dumbfounded.
He had a feeling that this brat was deliberately provoking him in order to help his Uncle Julien.
Larry tugged on the corner of Levi's clothes again and said in a low voice, "Uncle Levi, let's go. If we don't go now, Uncle Julien will be angry. On the way back, I will tell you everything I know about Lawrie."
"Fine, I'll take you home."
Did he have any other choice?
No!
After successfully chasing the nosy Levi and the sensible Larry away, Julien realized that something was up with Vanessa.
A while ago, Vanessa had fallen silent after having heard what Levi said. Her facial expression now was still sour. She lowered her head and bit her lip tightly, looking as though she was lost in her thoughts.
"Vanessa, Levi likes to talk nonsense. Don't take what he said to heart. You just need to remember that Lawrie is our child," Julien was sure that Vanessa's mood must have something to do with what Levi said earlier. If he had known that Levi would be so inconsiderate, he would not have let him show up here.
However, Vanessa couldn't listen to a thing Julien said. Instead, she pushed him away as if she had gone mad and took a few steps back. She stammered, "No, that's not true... Lawrie is not our child. Lawrie is the child that I gave birth to with another man."
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