Chapter 634



The butler turned his attention to Justin. As he was about to speak, Justin stopped him. He approached the door and looked inside silently.

He narrowed his eyes, forming a scrutinizing look inside.

Truth be told, parents had no resistance to their children.

Especially in the case of those who had had children before. So, even if Xander was an imp who had been raised by Trueman, and even if he had turned the whole Hunt mansion upside down after his arrival, Justin gradually went from considering the boy a stranger to feeling a little tenderness towards him.

But when he saw him sitting across from Ruth, he couldn’t help but frown.

The boy didn’t understand the difference between right and wrong, let alone what was right and wrong. Besides, what he had done after returning to the Hunts had infuriated him.

However, when he thought about what might be the third child he would have with Nora, he would give in again.

In fact, something bothered him. If the child really was hopeless, and if he was determined to side with Trueman and Ruth, then even if he had to imprison him for life, he must not allow him to harm those he loved.

As he contemplated, he saw Xander hand Ruth a carrot. He was telling her about the benefits of eating carrots.

“Carrots contain a lot of nutrients. They also contain carotene and anthocyanins. Eating three a day can reduce cholesterol levels by 10 to 20%. It can also effectively prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, which is very important for the human body…”

He prattled on and on about the benefits of eating carrots, but Ruth got angry instead. She said, “I told you I want bread! I want rice! I want carbohydrates! Xander, I’ve already been hungry for six days! If you keep this up, I’ll die.”

G aln ove ls . com has stories you’ll love “No, you won’t. Carrots have nutrients, they’ll keep you alive, so don’t worry. Besides, even if you really are dying, I’ll find someone to save you…”

Xander spoke with a lot of confidence.

Ruth: “…”

She was furious. She said, “Xander, tell me, are you doing this just to get back at me? Because I made you eat carrots when you were younger?! The opportunity has come to you now, hasn’t it? But don’t forget this: I’ll come back sooner or later! When I do, I’ll tell your father what you did! As for you, there will come a day when you will fall back into my clutches!”

A hint of contemplation appeared in Xander’s eyes, but his expression remained friendly. He cupped his chin in his hands and said, “What are you talking about? I don’t understand.”

“What do you mean you don’t! You did it on purpose! When you were four years old, my brother entrusted you to me and told me to take care of you for a week. During that week, all I fed you was carrots every day. You must hold a grudge against me for that! You brat, I didn’t expect you to still remember all that even though it’s been so long. How dare you do this to me? You must be sick of living.”

As Ruth spoke, she stepped forward to hit him.

However, as he had not eaten for a long time, he was weak all over. As soon as she moved a little, she fell straight to the ground.

Xander stood up in front of her and rubbed his nose.

This subconscious action of his was actually exactly the same as Justin’s.

At the door, Justin froze as he overheard their conversation and saw Xander’s subconscious action.

He had always been a little leery of Xander. Therefore, he had never liked this son of his since his return.

Even if he felt a little fondness for him, he repressed it deep in his heart and kept it hidden.

He had thought that Trueman must have treated Xander very well, which had been conducive to the development of his anarchic character, but he had never imagined that Xander had actually gone through all of that….

Giving a child nothing but carrots for seven days? How exactly did Ruth have the heart to do something like that?

Suddenly, she clenched her fists and stared at the interrogation room.

Xander was standing there, staring at Ruth. After a while, he said, “Yes, if my father hadn’t come back in time, I really could have starved to death!”

Ruth shouted angrily, “What nonsense are you talking? You have everything in your room! There’s a fire, there are pots, and there are rabbits too! All you had to do was eat those rabbits! Who told you to be so pretentious and say ridiculous things like rabbits are your friends? You even gave the carrots to the rabbits! What a joke. Those rabbits are delicacies for humans! I really don’t know who you’re doing that pretentious act for! My brother can spoil you and let you play with the rabbits, but not me! You love your rabbits very much, don’t you? Well, see if you can’t resist the urge to eat them when you’ve been starving for weeks.”

Xander lowered his head. “They’re not food or animals. They’re my friends.”

Ruth scoffed and said quietly, “So what if they are, didn’t they eat them anyway after they died? Hahaha! When my brother came back, he took you out and gave you a pot of meat, didn’t he? It was a pot of rabbit meat! And also the meat from your favorite #6.”

Xander shivered a little. The thin boy seemed to exude a sense of loneliness and confusion.

He stared at Ruth. “Yeah, Dad scolded you after that. I thought you’d change, but unexpectedly, instead, you killed #6 the next moment and even tricked me into eating it…”

Ruth smiled. “Aren’t rabbits delicious? I remember asking you how it tasted at the time and you said it was delicious. And then what happened next? Whenever your rabbits died, you chose to eat them. So is there something wrong with what I did?”

Xander stared at her.

Indeed, ever since that incident, he ate his rabbits when they died.

Because…if he didn’t, they would take the rabbits and use them as specimens for further research. His friends would not be able to rest in peace even after his death.

If he ate them, the rabbits would be safe.

As Xander thought about it, the door to the room suddenly opened. Justin came striding in, his deep-set eyes staring at Ruth.

There was murderous intent in his eyes.

Ruth felt surprised and intimidated by his stare. But right afterward she asked, “Mr. Hunt, have you come to let me out?” Justin’s gaze turned even colder. “Yes, I’ll send you home.”

Ruth’s eyes lit up. But the next moment, instead, she heard Justin add, “After all, one must eventually return to one’s roots.”

Ruth suddenly understood what he meant. Her eyes widened and she screamed, “Are you planning to kill me? No, you can’t do this to me. I’m Xander’s mother.”

Xander had promised Trueman that he wouldn’t reveal her identity – this was the only thing that could protect her now!

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said that, Justin said, “Oh, are you? Are you… worthy of being his mother?”

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