Chapter 923



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Nora took a sip of water and said, “I never thought about drinking anything. Seeing that I seemed to have made up my mind, she decided to give the NTT to Cherry.”

Justin understood the situation.

It was no wonder Cherry had never cared about the Hunt estate. It turned out it was because she already had NTT.

The Hunt’s assets were indeed comparable to NTT’s.

She looked down and took Nora’s hand. “Yes. We’ll talk about it again when the time comes.”

Nora nodded.

The two chatted for quite a while. When they suddenly fell silent and were about to rest, they became aware of Pete and Xander whispering to each other nearby.

Nora had keen hearing, so she overheard the two little boys’ private conversation.

Pete asked worriedly, “Is Cherry going to be mad that we exposed her like this?”

Xander, who adopted an arrogant and fearless posture, lifted his chin and said, “So what if she does? We’re doing it for her own good. Playing every day is not good for her health.”

Pete nodded. Suddenly, he suggested, “Why don’t we have a good talk with her?”

Xander pouted. “What’s there to talk about? Let me…”

But before he could finish, Pete suddenly sighed and said, “You’re the oldest among us, so you should act like it. Considering how unreliable Dad is – he either fakes his death or shuts up and ignores us all the time – Cherry and I will have to depend on you in the future.”

Xander’s expression immediately turned arrogant. “Heh, so you admit I’m the oldest now?”

Pete replied, “Yes. I’ll do whatever you say from now on, Xander.”

His admission caused Xander to step forward. He patted his little chest and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of you and Cherry. I won’t let the two of you go down the wrong path.”

Pete asked, “Shall we talk to Cherry?”

“Of course!” Xander insisted on acting like the big brother and said, “I’ll ask her to come over right now. We’ll talk to her together.”

“Okay, Xander.”

Pete’s submissive attitude caused Xander to walk over to Cherry with his chin up. He said, “Cherry, as your big brothers, Pete and I have something to tell you.” Cherry was totally taken aback.

She said to Queenie, “Brush Flora’s hair for me, Great Aunt Queenie. I’ll be back in a moment.”

“It’s obvious this is your doll, and yet you insist on making me do it…okay, go away.” Queenie complained as she took the doll from Cherry, who jumped toward Pete and Xander.

The three little ones gathered themselves together.

Nora rested her chin on her palm and watched curiously as the two brothers brought up their lost little sister.

Xander coughed and began the sermon. He said, “-Cherry, after thinking about it for quite a while, I don’t think it’s right for you to keep playing like this every day. Do you want to turn into an adult who doesn’t know how to do anything but play?”

Cherry seemed immediately oppressed. She lowered her head, twiddled her thumbs and said sadly, “But I really want to play. Are you also going to tell me what to do when Mommy’s already doing it?”

Xander nodded. “Yes. As the oldest of us, it’s my responsibility. Besides, we both feel like you’re not doing the right thing.”

“Really?” Cherry looked at Pete. “You think so too, Pete?”

Xander looked at Pete as well.

However, after pondering for a while, Pete looked at Xander and said, “Why don’t we reduce our supervision over Cherry, Xander? As big brothers, we can keep her for a lifetime.”

Cherry’s eyes immediately lit up and she said, “Pete’s the best!”.

Xander: “?????”

Cherry then glared at him and said, “I don’t like you anymore!”.

Xander: “!!!!”

After Cherry spoke, he hugged Pete and said, “Pete, let’s play together!”.

Pete was very reserved. He reluctantly said, “… I don’t like to play with dolls, but for your sake….. geez, okay.”

The two walked towards Queenie hand in hand.

Xander: “…”

Xander stood in place, dumbfounded.

Only then did he realize he’d been tricked!

Beside him, the corners of Nora’s lips spasmed.

Was there such intense competition between boys with sister complexes these days?

Did they have to initiate a battle of wits and courage just to curry favor with their younger sister now?

Justin, who was standing next to her, also found the spectacle unbearable.

Pete was too twisted! The family amused themselves all afternoon. This continued until the Queen called in the evening. With a listless attitude, she asked, “Is Black Cat back or not?”.

Nora: “?”

No, really, it had been a long time, why was she still hanging on Black Cat?

She replied, “He’s back.”

“Okay.” The Queen hung up on her right away.

The Queen left Nora a little speechless. When the children fell asleep for the night, she looked at the clock: it was time to pick Ian up at the airport.

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