Luke's voice was very nervous, and his steps were very fast.
He walked up to James and hugged the photo tightly to his chest. "Uncle, it's not that I'm stingy, it's just that this is the only photo I have."
"If I lose this photo, I'm afraid I'll forget what my parents look like."
Luke said sincerely. He was also hoping to show this photo to Nita when she grew up a little.
But Nita was still too young to remember anything.
After holding the photo for a while, Luke put it on the bed. "Uncle, let me show you my parents."
He pointed to the goddess-like figure in the photo with his rough fingers. "This is my mother. Look at her eyes, aren't they beautiful?"
"Very beautiful."
James nodded.
It was widely recognized that his daughter-in-law was beautiful. Back then, there were countless rich young masters who wanted to marry Mary but in the end, James was the one who won her heart.
When he married into the family, he made many wealthy young men angry.
"Now, look at my father. Isn't he handsome?"
Luke pointed to James in the photo with his little finger, and tilted his head in confusion.
"He doesn't look like a hero, he looks like a man who lives off his wife."
Luke said seriously, and even turned his head to look at James.
"Uncle, don't you think so?"
"Uh..."
James scratched his head. He admitted that he was handsome, but living off his wife... well, he used to be like that.
"But in my heart, my father is a great hero, and my mother said so too."
Luke held the photo carefully and placed it in the cabinet before closing the door. "I want to be a hero like my dad in the future."
"You will be," James smiled and patted Luke's head. "Boys should endure some hardships in the military. With your resilience, you will achieve great things in the future. But for now, you need to focus on your studies."
"Luke, I forgot to ask you earlier. Which school did you attend before? You must have fallen behind in your studies during your time on the streets," James asked.
"I went to Troy high school in Northfield Troy," Luke replied.
"Then you should go back to school tomorrow and catch up on your studies. Don't let them fall behind," James patted Luke's shoulder and got up to leave.
James had high expectations for his children. As the saying goes, a tiger father will not have a dog son. With Luke's current performance, his future achievements would not be low.
James felt guilty about what his children had gone through, but it was good for boys to experience more hardships. It was just a pity that they had to suffer so much.
So James happily ran outside with Nita, playing with the puppy and making faces to scare Nita. If Freya were here, she would definitely be surprised by James's behavior.
Was this the same military leader who once dominated the world?
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At the Smith family's house, Smith Jay sat on the sofa with a dark face, full of anger in his eyes.
"That useless thing dared to steal your property certificate?"
"What a daring person!" Jay slammed the table and stood up, his anger boiling over.
"Don't worry, as your father, I will demand justice for you right away. If James doesn't give it to you, he won't have a place to stay in Michigan!"
Jay quickly dialed Chad's phone number and got straight to the point. "Chad, I'll give you one day to have that useless person return the property certificate to me. If I don't see the property certificate by tomorrow afternoon, both you and him will be expelled from my family and never allowed to return!"
Faced with Jay's threat, Chad frowned.
"Are you crazy?"
Chad had no idea what Jay was talking about, but he knew that the "waste" referred to James. In Jay's eyes, James was just a waste.
However, Chad was well aware of James's identity. Would James really go after Jay's house? Even if Jay gave the entire Smith family to James, he wouldn't want it. After all, it was just a matter of raising his hand.
"Am I crazy?"
Jay roared, " James stole the house of my precious daughter and future son-in-law. Do you think I'm crazy?"
"Forget it, I can't reason with trash like you. Remember what I said, if I don't see the property certificate tomorrow, you trash will lose the protection of the Smith family."
"Beep beep beep..."
The phone hung up. Chad put down the phone with a frown. "Has Jay gone crazy since he became the head of the family?"
"What's wrong?" Alice asked beside him.
"I don't know." Jay sat on the sofa, feeling speechless. "He said that James took their property certificate."
"Property certificate?"
Alice was even more puzzled. She poured a cup of tea for Chad and then showed disdain.
"Does James care about their property certificate?"
It wasn't that Alice looked down on Jay's family, but mainly because of James's identity... Even the people he called over, who would care about such a property certificate?
Just like the villa where she and Chad lived now, James just gave it to them directly.
"Yeah, that's why I'm annoyed. Where did Jay get the confidence to say that he'll make me and James lose his protection?"
Chad took a sip of tea, feeling speechless at the moment. He wondered if Jay was crazy. He still harbored hatred towards James, but he had to admit that James was skilled. After all, it was the biggest battle he had ever seen in his life.
The next morning, James woke up early and clumsily prepared breakfast for his children. He was knowledgeable about almost everything in the world, except for cooking.
Fortunately, the breakfast look unappetizing but was still edible.
After finishing breakfast with difficulty, James and Nita took Luke to school in his car. In order to cultivate Luke's independence, James did not go to the school to say hello, but instead dropped him off at the gate and left. He still had to find a kindergarten for Nita, which fell on Freya's shoulders once again.
In less than half an hour, Freya found the best kindergarten in the city and completed all the admission procedures, even specially informing the principal to take extra care of Nita, who was still very young and in the middle class. After everything was settled, James and Freya returned to the car.
Freya took out a thick stack of documents from the passenger seat and said, "Military Lord, the appointment letter cannot be rejected."
"The Commander-in-Chief said that the position of the governor is yours and yours alone. The appointment has already been approved, and you have no right to refuse," replied James.
"I have to take care of my children, I don't have time," James refused outright.
"General, Commander Arlo said that if you don't have time, I can help you manage, but the position is still yours." Freya was a little helpless. Both Commander Arlo and the General were stubborn and once they made up their minds, it was difficult to change.
"Alright, do as you please." James waved his hand. Since he could be a hands-off manager, it didn't matter. He just didn't want it to affect his time with his child.
"General, there's one more thing."Freya suddenly became serious and took out her tablet, showing the video that insulted the General's wife.
"This video has a problem."