Splendid in bag

As soon as Lewis got home, he heard the sound of birds chirping.

He was surprised for a while, turned his eyes to the corridor, and saw a string of birdcages hanging like lanterns.

"Father raised parrots again?" Lewis said in a low voice, as if talking to himself.

But the housekeeper could hear it clearly, and replied with a smile: "Yes, after the two young masters left, the master was a little lonely."

Lewis thought of the incident where his father threw the parrot to death in order to fight against Liu Xiusi, and suddenly felt shuddering.

In this family, love is cold.

When Lewis saw these parrots, he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked, "Where's the wine cellar?"

When the butler heard Lewis asking about this, his expression changed slightly, and he adjusted his expression before replying: "The family reunion before, the master was happy and sent away a lot of wine. The wine cellar is also going to be remodeled..."

"What?" Lewis was horrified, and walked eagerly towards the wine cellar.

When he reached the bottom along the stairs, he saw that the wine cellar was in a mess, and all the whiskey in Liu Xiusi's collection had been emptied.The wine cabinet was originally custom-made by Liu Xiusi, with the words "LUCIUSLAU" engraved on it.But now, all the wine cabinets engraved with these words have been violently smashed.The rest of the wine cabinets survived, but the Moutai and cognac that Lao Liu liked were placed in them, not Liu Xiusi's previous collection.

The set of simple oak tables and chairs placed in the center of the wine cellar also disappeared, and now there are mahogany tables and chairs.

Lewis' face couldn't help changing.

He thought of the time he spent with Liu Xiusi here before.

And these good memories were destroyed when I didn't know it.

He felt both angry and sad, and even blamed himself for not keeping everything well.

The butler followed Lewis, looked at Lewis's expression, and secretly thought something was wrong, but still had no choice but to say in a calm tone, "This is what the old man meant... From his point of view, Lucius will not come back..."

Lewis also noticed that everyone changed their name to Liu Xiusi as "Lucius".

It was as if the word "Liu Xiusi" was difficult to say.For example, "****?" is indecent, so everyone says "WTF".Speaking a foreign language always seems more tactful.

Lewis hurriedly walked towards the depths of the wine cellar, groping around and digging around, as if he was looking for something.

The butler then asked, "Master, what are you looking for? Let me look for it for you."

——This is really interesting, people don't call me "Young Master" anymore.

Lewis twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, and said, "Is the set of special Irish coffee glasses still there?"

The housekeeper looked a little confused: "I didn't pay attention to this. I'll ask Sister Lianzi. She might know."

"No need, I'll ask myself." When Lewis heard the words "Sister Lianzi", he felt both warm and uneasy at the same time.

Sister Lianzi has always been a gentle and elegant female elder to him, but now...

I don't know if this impression will be shattered like the wine cabinet with "LUCIUS" engraved on it.

Lewis went to a place near the flower bed and found Miss Lianzi.Sister Lianzi was as usual, wearing a maid's black and white uniform, and a pair of thick-heeled black leather shoes on her feet.This dress makes her look more reserved and more professional.

Lewis was a little afraid that she would be too reserved and professional, so he coughed twice and said, "I'm back."

"Huh?" Sister Lianzi heard Lewis' voice, turned around in surprise, and said with a smile, "Master?"

Hearing the words "Young Master", Lewis let go of his heart.

"You..." Lewis didn't know what to say for a moment, and after a pause, he said, "Do you know where the set of Irish coffee cups in the wine cellar went?"

"I know." Sister Lianzi replied, "Eldest Young Master took that set of equipment away before he left here for Eastern Europe."

Lewis breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and silently rejoiced.After a long time, Lewis felt a little unhappy again, and felt that Liu Xius was inexplicably disgusting. - He knows everything?But he never told me anything, always making me worry in vain...

Sister Lianzi smiled, and said, "By the way, it's good that you're back. I'm leaving soon. It's really nice to see you before then."

Lewis was shocked when he heard the words, but said, "Why are you leaving? Is... father asked you to leave?"

Sister Lianzi sighed and nodded when she heard the words.

Come to think of it, since Liu Xiusi took charge of the family, Sister Lianzi was his confidant at home.Now, Old Liu even smashed the wine cellar, so naturally he wouldn't leave Sister Lianzi here to be an eyesore.

Lewis said, "But my brother and I can't do without you..."

Sister Lianzi was a little moved when she heard the words, her eyes were slightly wet, but she said, "But young master, will the young master really come back...?"

Lewis wasn't sure either.

To be honest, under the current situation, it is impossible for Liu Xiusi to return to the "Liu family".

Lewis sighed: "But...you don't have to leave, do you? My brother will come back—back to this city, even if he doesn't live here, he will live elsewhere. At that time, he will need you."

Sister Lianzi said unwillingly: "But your brother even knew to take away the wine set, but he didn't say he would take me?"

Lewis smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe he just wanted to brew Irish coffee outside?"

"No wonder!" Sister Lianzi looked disbelieving, "He even took your photo album away! He obviously knows something."

"My...our photo album?" Lewis was taken aback, "What photo album?"

"It's the photos you two brothers took when you were young, and the ones your wife took for you..."

It was only then that Lewis remembered that his mother often took them out for activities and took pictures of them when they were young.But he hadn't seen these photos for a long time, and he thought they were lost with his mother's departure, but unexpectedly, they were always with Liu Xiusi.

At this time, footsteps suddenly came from outside the flower bed.

Lewis and Sister Lianzi unconsciously fell silent.

An old figure came out of the corridor—it was Lao Liu.

Lao Liu gave the two of them a cold look and said, "Are you talking goodbye?"

"Well, yes, Mr. Liu." Sister Lianzi replied calmly, "I have packed my things and I can leave at any time."

"Then you don't have to pick a date," Old Liu said in a cold tone, "Now—"

"Father," Lewis interrupted Old Liu, "I'm still used to the company of Sister Lianzi, and I don't want her to leave."

Old Liu sneered and said, "She's getting old too, wouldn't it be great to let her go back to be with her family?"

"I consider her family," Lewis said.

"Oh! Not everyone is worthy to be your family." Old Liu said unceremoniously, "Are you disobedient now?"

Lewis straightened his waist, his body looked as straight as a bamboo on a flower bed: "Father, we have to discuss the board of directors tonight, do we need to entangle in such a small topic?"

Old Liu's face turned livid, and he gritted his teeth fiercely.

Lewis is very familiar with this expression of Old Liu - he has seen this expression many times.Every time Lao Liu showed such an expression to him, the next second he would curse and even smash things.

Lewis was ready for his father's wrath -- as always.

Unexpectedly, Lao Liu swallowed his breath and said, "Okay! But she can no longer be the leader of the maids. If you like her, let her only serve you! She doesn't need to intervene in other things."

Lewis was a little surprised, he didn't expect Old Liu to give in so quickly.He froze for a moment before saying, "Okay, thank you father."

Old Liu snorted coldly, turned and left without saying a word.

Seeing Lao Liu walking away, Lewis came back to his senses slightly and said, "I know why brother didn't take you away ahead of time..."

"Huh?" Sister Lianzi looked at Lewis in puzzlement.

Lewis murmured: "He knows I miss you...knows that I need to be pushed...he wants me to be this 'hero'."

Maybe Lewis didn't see the wine cellar being smashed and Sister Lianzi being driven away, so he couldn't really have the determination to confront his father?

Lewis recalled what Liu Xiusi said, "Only those who have money can stand straight."

He thought of how straight he was facing his father's back just now, and thought, these words are really rough and reasonable.

After nightfall, Lewis arrived at his father's study.At this time, six uncles were already sitting in my father's study.Lewis also sat down, not polite to them.

Instead, they said that they were going to respond to the news, admitting that Liu Xiusi was not their blood relative, and they had to remove Liu Xiusi from the family tree when they went back.

All they said was, "Let Lucius die as a ghost!"

It's hard to imagine that this was said by someone who has read the book.

Lewis smiled and said, "Why does everyone call him Lucius?"

"Otherwise?" Old Liu said coldly, "His surname is not Liu at all. I gave him the name 'Hughes', and now I want to take it back, can't I?"

Lewis nodded slightly and said, "Of course."

——I don’t think my brother cares about it.

The third uncle said: "Then Xiao Yi, what do you think? You are also a major shareholder now..."

"Lucius is still the major shareholder." Lewis replied, "He still has 13% in his hand. Even if we announce that he is not a blood relative, he can still be the major shareholder with 13% of the shares."

Uncle Wu said: "As long as we are tied together, his 13% is nothing! Besides, after he transfers the shares, your father will become our largest shareholder again. I think that in this troubled time , you can let your father return to the board of directors as the chairman, so that he can preside over the overall situation."

Everyone locked their expectant eyes on Lewis, and Lewis felt the pressure on his shoulders became heavier.But his face was still calm, and he just said: "Okay. But you have to add me to the board of directors first."

Everyone naturally said: "Of course, I wanted you to join the board of directors. Didn't you lose your temper and don't want to?"

This big guy is all kind.The third uncle, who has a bad temper and bad mouth, has never ridiculed Lewis since the meeting until now.This made Lewis sigh again, what Lewis said was right.

Rich people have hard backs.

Is it because of this that Liu Xiusi looks so greedy?

What he actually wants is not wealth, but to raise his head in the family?

Lewis had never thought about Liu Xius' motives for doing these things, but now that he was asked to think about it, he couldn't figure it out.

Liu Xiusi is like a mystery in his heart from the past to the present.

In the past, Liu Xius was a mystery that he couldn't solve.

Up to now, Liu Xiusi is still a mystery, but it seems to be waiting for him to open it.

Lewis had a strange feeling. He believed that not only had his attitude towards Liu Xius changed, but Liu Xius had also changed towards himself.In the past, Liu Xiusi also hid in a hard shell, using a greedy and cold appearance to resist everything from the outside world, and also resisted everything from the outside world, including the treatment of Lewis, which was also inseparable.But now, Liu Xiusi has come out, and he is willing to open a little gap to Lewis, so that Lewis can see a corner of his heart.

Then, Lewis saw Liu Xiusi's unique tenderness.

This made Lewis feel extremely precious.

Lewis also hid in his own shell in the past. Unlike Liu Xius's shell with the words "cold and greedy", Lewis hid in the "tame and harmless" package, aloof from the world.He has gained little, and therefore has little to lose.This can live a stable life.

Because of Liu Xius, he also came out. He showed a cunning look, and according to Liu Xius' wishes, he deceived his blood relatives. ——What is all this?It doesn't sound worth it no matter what.But... Lewis just likes it.