Leonard Winston returned home. Initially, he was in a somewhat urgent mood, but at the moment he was about to reach the door, he changed his mind...
Why should he be in a hurry?
She was just a woman, and it was just a common fever. What did it have to do with him?
Moreover, there was Aunt Lily at home, who was very good at taking care of people. What was there for him to worry about?
So, Mr. Winston, who said he wasn't worried, actually wandered outside for a while longer. Then, as the sky was getting dark, he finally returned home.
Aunt Lily came to open the door and was quite surprised to take the large bag of take - out lunch boxes in his hand.
When Leonard Winston met Aunt Lily's smiling face, he felt uncomfortable all over. Although she didn't say anything, it was as if she had said everything.
Leonard Winston also thought he was an idiot. With Aunt Lily around, why did he buy take - out? Aunt Lily's cooking skills were no less than those of a five - star chef. What couldn't she make?
Aunt Lily, who was very tactful, immediately saw Leonard Winston's embarrassment and smoothed things over with a smile. "Our young master has grown up. Now he knows how to care about people. When will you think about this old woman? My health is getting worse day by day."
Aunt Lily had come to take care of Leonard Winston's daily life and meals since he was very young. Calculating it, Leonard Winston had spent his entire childhood and adolescence with Aunt Lily.
When he was happy or sad, when he won awards or was bullied, Aunt Lily was always by his side, talking to him and studying with him. Aunt Lily was like half a mother to him. Later, when Leonard Winston's parents passed away, he cried in Aunt Lily's arms all night.
Growing up overnight was extremely cruel to a child. But he was the heir of Winston Group, and he was Leonard Winston. This was the destiny he had to bear.
Hearing Aunt Lily's words, Leonard Winston's embarrassed mood eased a lot. He smiled and said, "Aunt Lily, you're joking. You'll always be my family. I'll never forget that."
"Hehe, I know this little monkey won't forget me. Alright, I'll go heat up the porridge for you." With that, she carried the things into the kitchen.
Leonard Winston knew she was deliberately leaving some private space for him and Rachel Saintclair. He even guessed that if the timing wasn't right, Aunt Lily would keep heating the porridge indefinitely.
He went straight to the second floor and pushed open the bedroom door. When he saw Rachel Saintclair wrapped in the quilt, he felt an inexplicable sense of relief.
But her quietness made Leonard Winston wonder. Had she not seen the news?
If she had seen it, how could she be so calm? If she hadn't... then all his fussing around would be meaningless.
Leonard Winston had forcefully removed the phone card from Rachel Saintclair's phone to prevent her from contacting the outside world, but he hadn't stopped her from accessing the Internet.
Seeing Rachel Saintclair sleeping so calmly... Leonard Winston felt a bit hurt.
He walked over gently and peeked. She was indeed asleep. He reached out to touch her forehead, and the temperature had dropped.
In fact, Leonard Winston also knew he was making a big deal out of nothing. But in that situation, the more Rachel Saintclair resisted, the angrier he got. He just wanted to keep her by his side and make her listen to him.
This had everything to do with Henry Edwards.
"... Rachel, wake up and have something to eat." After thinking for a while, Leonard Winston decided to wake her up.
He called her several times, but there was no response from Rachel Saintclair hiding in the quilt. Leonard Winston frowned. Could something else be wrong?
Just as he was about to check, the doorbell rang, getting more and more urgent.
Aunt Lily, very appropriately, hid in the kitchen and pretended not to hear. So, it was up to him to open the door.
He glanced at Rachel Saintclair and decided to settle the score with her later.
He opened the door, and Ethan Winston's sunny and handsome face suddenly appeared in front of Leonard Winston.
"Brother!" Ethan Winston greeted Leonard Winston enthusiastically.
Leonard Winston was startled. Perhaps he didn't expect him to come. But after thinking for a moment, he understood. "Yeah, besides you, who else would be so impatient and keep pressing the doorbell like they're in a hurry to die?"
When it came to "in a hurry to die", Ethan Winston was unhappy. "Brother, what nonsense are you talking about!" Then he craned his neck and peeked inside the door. "Aren't you going to invite me in?"
Leonard Winston sighed helplessly and made a small gap for Ethan Winston to enter, then closed the door behind him.
"Brother, the place where you and sister - in - law live is really different. It looks so cozy!" As soon as he entered, Ethan Winston started acting like a tourist, conducting a thorough inspection of every corner of Leonard Winston's house.
"What smells so good?" Sniffing, Ethan Winston trotted towards the kitchen. He immediately saw Aunt Lily busy in the kitchen and his eyes lit up.
"Brother, you even brought Aunt Lily here. You're something else!" He circled around Aunt Lily and casually reached his mischievous hand towards the food being prepared.
"Ethan, take your hand away!" Just as his hand was about to succeed in stealing some food, Leonard Winston, who had been silent, finally spoke up to stop him.
Ethan Winston looked puzzled, holding a small steamed bun in his hand, looking at the smiling Aunt Lily on one side and the gloomy - faced Leonard Winston on the other.
"Is this food... expired?"
However, Leonard Winston didn't say anything more. It was Aunt Lily who smoothed things over for him. "This porridge and side dishes were specially bought by the young master. The young mistress is ill, and the young master has learned to care about people."
After Aunt Lily said that, Ethan Winston's mouth opened wide enough to fit several small steamed buns.
In fact, he did just that. He directly stuffed the one in his hand into his mouth, making Leonard Winston almost burst out with swear words.
"Wow, brother, I never knew you could be so considerate. Tsk tsk tsk, as expected, after getting married and having a wife, a man changes completely." He was smacking his lips with the small steamed bun in his mouth. After eating that one, taking advantage of talking, his hand actually tried to reach for a second one.
But this time, Leonard Winston firmly stopped this "crime", slapping the back of his hand hard, making Ethan Winston cry out in pain.
"Brother! I'm your real brother!"
Leonard Winston glared at him. "Aunt Lily, bring all these over." Then, after thinking for a while, he thought that if it were Aunt Lily, she would surely allow Ethan Winston to steal another bite.
So, in Ethan Winston's horrified eyes, Leonard Winston carried the food to the dining table one trip after another.
Ethan Winston's mouth was wide open, and he couldn't come to his senses for a long time.
"Hey, Aunt Lily, am I hallucinating? Do I need to go to Covington Hospital to see an ophthalmologist..."
Aunt Lily just smiled, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were full of kindness and contentment.
When it came to eating, Ethan Winston slapped his forehead, remembering another important thing. He had come this time to visit Rachel Saintclair, to see his little sister - in - law.
However, if he said directly that he was here to visit the patient, given Leonard Winston's awkwardness at the moment, he probably wouldn't be allowed in. So, while Leonard Winston was setting the tableware, Ethan Winston crept up to the second floor on tiptoe.
He pushed open the bedroom door and immediately saw Rachel Saintclair's black hair sticking out. He exclaimed, "Hey, this long hair is exactly the same as in the photo!"
"Little sister - in - law, I'm Ethan. I've come to see you." Ethan Winston called out. And surprisingly, Rachel Saintclair, whom Leonard Winston couldn't wake up no matter how hard he tried, opened her eyes at Ethan Winston's casual call.
"Ethan, why are you here?"
"I came to see you." Ethan Winston, of course, didn't know what had happened just now. He sat on the edge of the bed carelessly and started chatting with her.
"What exactly happened? Why did my brother send you to the hospital?"