On the other side, in the Antica Duke’s mansion.
Today was the first ti Litte entered Lucius’s room alone.
Although Orson had arranged for his absolute confidante, Vivian, to be in charge of Lucius’s daily care, Litte still wanted to personally see Lucius and observe if his condition had improved.
Litte took a deep breath, then opened the door to Lucius’s room.
Lucius was currently sleeping in bed.
Since telling Orson about his mory problems, Lucius’s daily sleeping hours had been increasing.
However, upon hearing the movent at the door, Lucius still groggily opened his eyes.
“Is that Litte?” He looked at Litte, his eyes unusually clear for a mont.
“Yes, Father, it’s ,” Litte heard this, nodded, and then sat down by the bed. “How have you been feeling physically recently?”
“Alright,” Lucius nodded. “It’s just that I sleep for quite a long ti every day, and I always feel like I have no energy.”
“By the way, where is your brother Orson?”
“Orson, he had sothing to take care of, so he’s been away from ho for a while.”
“Oh, he’s busy, is he?” Lucius heard this and said with satisfaction, “He has grown into a successful man, Litte. You must learn from your brother. As long as you have half of his talent, I can confidently entrust this family to you.”
“Yes, Father,” Litte nodded.
It seed Lucius’s current ntal state was still relatively stable, and he could recognize people.
“Then who is handling the family affairs now? Your mother?”
“Yes, I guess Mother and I are sharing the responsibilities,” Litte said this. “However, in terms of familiarity with the staff, Mother is better, so Mother is busier most of the ti, and I’m helping her.”
“Good, good. Entrusting it to you, I feel much more at ease.”
“Sigh, it’s just a pity for your mother, that she couldn’t see you beco successful,” Saying this, Lucius reached out and stroked Litte’s hair.
“Sigh, Margaret followed her entire life, giving up the pursuit of wealth and power. I struggled for half my life outside, just wanting to give her a decent life, but I didn’t expect... Sigh.”
Litte certainly knew that Lucius was not talking about his current wife Mary, but her previous mother, Margaret.
“It’s alright, Father. I’m sure Mother would be very happy to see the life you are leading now.”
“Heh, happy? Her husband is about to forget her. Can that be happy?” Lucius laughed self-deprecatingly.
“Apologies, Father, I didn’t an that...”
“I know, Litte. You are a good child. Of course, I know you didn’t an that,” Lucius said, pointing to the table. “Pour a glass of water, Litte.”
“Alright,” Litte nodded, then got up and poured Lucius a glass of water.
“By the way, Litte,” At this mont, Lucius suddenly spoke, as if he had rembered sothing.
“What is it, Father?”
“In the family, no one should know about my condition now, right?”
“Besides Brother Orson, Miss Vivian, and myself, I think no one else knows,” Litte thought for a mont, then spoke.
“That’s good,” Lucius nodded with relief. “Alright, Litte, you can go now. I’ll co down for dinner later.”
“Alright,” Litte heard this and left Lucius’s room.
When it was ti for dinner, Lucius, rarely, ca downstairs and had dinner with everyone. This was also the first ti he had left his room in several days.
“Master, you have worked hard these past few days,” At the dinner table, Mary deliberately flattered Lucius.
“It’s alright. I’m just lying in bed. What’s there to be hard about?” Lucius said this, looking at Mary and Litte.
“It’s you two who have been managing the household affairs for . It’s you who have worked hard!”
“No, no, this is all part of our duty,” Mary said this, smiling.
“By the way, Master,” Mary said this, and suddenly spoke, “I am pregnant.”
“What?” Lucius heard this and looked at Mary in surprise. “You’re pregnant?”
“Yes. I couldn’t believe it before, but now that I think about it, I must be about three or four months pregnant.”
Although Mary and Lucius had been sleeping in separate rooms for the past few years, they occasionally shared a bed.
It was just that Mary, who hadn’t been pregnant in these past few years, happened to get pregnant at this mont, which was truly strange.
However, Lucius didn’t think too much about it. As soon as he heard he was going to have another child, he imdiately felt a lot better.
Although there was no saying like “having a child for good luck” here, having children was always a good thing for a prominent family.
Even Litte was a little happy to hear that she was going to have a younger brother or sister.
“Alright, our Stranick family is truly prosperous,” Saying this, Lucius smiled happily.
Then he looked at Litte.
“Then you should rest more these next few days, wife. Just assign more of the household affairs to Litte.”
“I understand, Master.”
The atmosphere of the dinner beca cheerful because of this news.
After finishing his al, Lucius even took a walk in the courtyard with Vivian to recover his strength.
Just as Litte thought everything was developing for the better, the next morning, her door was suddenly knocked.
Opening the door, Litte found Vivian standing at the door with an anxious expression.
“Sothing’s wrong, sothing’s wrong, Young Master Litte. I was going to the Master’s room this morning to see how he was doing, but he’s gone!”
“What? Father is gone?” Litte heard this, imdiately beca fully awake. She quickly put on her clothes, then ran downstairs.
After searching for an entire morning, Litte finally found Lucius standing in a patch of grass under Virgil’s guidance.
“The Master occasionally cos here before,” Virgil explained to Litte beside him. “Young Master Orson told . He said that the Master’s forr wife, Lady Margaret, is buried here.”
“Although I don’t know why the Master would suddenly co here, if the Master suddenly disappears from the house, he is most likely here mourning his deceased wife.”
“Sigh,” Litte heard this and sighed.
Buried here was Lucius’s deceased wife, and also Litte’s biological mother.
“Father... he is still too sentintal,” Litte said this, her attitude towards Lucius full of respect.
“Alright, Young Master Litte, please go and see the Master quickly. It’s also a good reason for you to go there.”
“Mm,” Litte nodded, then walked towards Lucius.
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