"Slow down. There are several rice grains around your mouth."
Nicole pulled out a tissue and was about to wipe Zoe's mouth. But Lucas helped Zoe ahead of her.
Nicole was gratified by her son's meticulous care for her daughter.
Samuel's dissatisfaction also dissipated slowly.
"What did you guys do just now?"
Nicole didn't see Samuel and Zoe for a while, so she couldn't help but ask.
Before Samuel could say anything, Zoe began to complain.
"Mommy, Daddy is a bad person!"
Hearing Zoe's words, Samuel was bitterly disappointed.
"Zoe, how can you be so unreasonable?"
"I am telling the truth."
Zoe continued with great confidence, "Mommy, I met a boy named Armand. He bought me delicious
food and played the flute for me. But after Daddy came to us, he said that Armand did something
wrong and even criticized him."
"Who is Armand? What has happened?"
Hearing this, Nicole was confused, while Lucas' face darkened.
Pulling a long face, Samuel told them what happened just now.
Nicole broke out in a cold sweat after hearing it.
"You don't know that boy, but you followed him just because of an ice cream? Zoe, have you forgotten
what you should do when meeting strangers?"
Nicole was instantly enraged.
Her daughter's stupidity indeed astounded her.
Zoe could run away with a stranger because the latter offered her an ice cream. What was worse, she
even blamed Samuel for scolding that boy. How could she be so brainless?
Lucas' face also fell, but he didn't say anything.
Realizing that Nicole was angry with her, Zoe shrunk her neck and said, "But Armand doesn't look like
a bad person."
"How do you know that? You can't tell good people from bad ones just by their appearances."
"I just can!"
Zoe retorted stubbornly, angering Nicole so much that she even wished to use something to break her
daughter's head and see what was inside.
Seeing Nicole's angry face, Lucas whispered, "Mommy, she was just fooled by that boy and became
less judgmental. Please be more patient with her. This is the first time for Zoe to come outside. It is
inevitable for her to feel that everyone is a good person."
"That's not true. Armand is as good-looking as you are. Moreover, he can play the flute very well."
Before Zoe could finish, Lucas directly took the food in front of her and dumped it into the trash can.
His action caused Zoe to be dumbfounded.
"Lucas, what are you doing?"
"Go find Armand and ask him to buy food for you. We offer you free accommodation and food, and you
enjoy your parents' love for you. But now, you are targeting us for a boy you met only once. Do you still
need to be with us?"
Lucas' voice was neither loud nor low, and there wasn't even a hint of anger on his face. However, Zoe
was afraid.
She nervously pulled at her clothes and said in a somewhat aggrieved tone, "Lucas, do you still like
me?"
"Do you like us? Zoe, do think carefully. Since you were a child, who took care of you by your bed day
and night? Is it Armand? You've only met him once, and now you're defying your parents for him. What
do you think of us? We are angry because we are worried about you. Have we spoiled you for the past
few years that you become so ungrateful and arrogant? Since you prefer that boy to your family, you
can just go and find him now!"
With a stern face, Lucas looked so frightening. Even Nicole was a little scared.
He was only a four-year-old child!
Why did he even have an air of authority like Samuel?
Nicole nudged Samuel and whispered, "Why don't you stop him? Is it appropriate to let Lucas teach her
a lesson like this?"
"Let him do it. Zoe indeed made a mistake today. If she doesn't know the seriousness of what she has
done, she will follow a good-looking stranger again. If that happens, where are we going to find her? So
it's important for her to realize her mistake,"
Samuel whispered.
Zoe looked at Nicole and Samuel. None of them spoke up for her, and Lucas was still so serious. She
suddenly panicked.
"Lucas!"
She reached out to pull at Lucas' clothes.
Lucas looked at her coldly, which frightened Zoe a lot that she didn't dare to touch him. Biting her lower
lip nervously, she was about to cry.
Samuel couldn't help feeling sorry for Zoe.
"Lucas, stop being angry with your sister. We'll teach her how to behave properly in the future."
Just as Samuel was about to get up and hold Zoe in his arms, he saw Lucas cast a cold glance at him.
"There is an old saying in China that doting parents always raise up the black sheep. Samuel, do you
want that to happen?"
What he said surprised Samuel.
It was such a strange experience to be scolded by his own son.
Samuel had mixed feelings about this.
Seeing that Samuel didn't help her, Zoe immediately cried out.
"I was wrong. I'm sorry. I won't do this again."
Zoe's sad cry broke Nicole and Samuel's heart.
Nicole turned to look at Lucas.
Only then did Lucas take a tissue and give it to Zoe. "Remember that no matter what happens, your
family is the most important. Even if you leave us one day, you still need your family's support when
you get bullied. Without a family, you are equivalent to a helpless orphan, and no one will help you. No
matter how good other people are, you can't blame your own family for the sake of outsiders. Do you
understand?"
"Yes, I do."
Zoe sobbed lowly, for she didn't dare to break into a storm of crying. Nicole's heart ached with pity for
Zoe.
"Alright. Lucas, Zoe has known that she is wrong."
Seeing her son teach Zoe a lesson, Nicole was somewhat afraid. This child was bound to do great
things after he grew up!
Lucas also sighed and pulled Zoe to sit down.
"Do you want to eat some more?"
"Yes!"
Zoe was indeed a foodie. After being taught such a lesson, she still had the appetite to continue eating.
Samuel quickly stood up and handed Zoe another portion of food.
They had forgiven Zoe, but Samuel now looked at Lucas with fresh eyes.
Lucas was a child with integrity. It seemed that Nicole's education on him was good. Moreover, he was
quite strong-minded. It was possible that he might be more promising than him in the future.
Thinking of this, Samuel felt relieved.
After finishing their meal, they went to play for a while. Samuel didn't drove them back until the two
children were a little tired.
By the time they got back, it was already late at night, and their children were asleep. "Are you tired?
Do you want to go rest for a while?" Samuel asked Samuel with a smile as she looked at her children
sleeping soundly.
"I'm not too tired. The children's happiness is the most important thing today."
Today was the happiest day for them, and it was beyond doubt that Nicole was overwhelmed by
delight.
When they arrived at the entrance of the villa, Nicole saw a figure standing there. She couldn't help but
be surprised.
Samuel also saw that person, but he didn't expect that it would be Mrs. Don.
Being a little shocked, he whispered to Nicole, "Take the children back first. I'll have a good talk with
her."
Nicole didn't want to come into contact with the Dons, especially for the time being. So she nodded to
Samuel in agreement. However, it surprised them that Mrs. Don directly stood right in front of their car
after seeing them come back.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Jason hurried to stop Mrs. Don, and Samuel also stepped on the brakes in time. However, he broke
into a cold sweat because of fear.
Even if Nicole was angry, she didn't have the heart to blame Mrs. Don. She immediately got out of the
car to check Mrs. Don's condition.
"How are you? Are you hurt?"
Samuel knew Nicole was in anxiety, but it was inappropriate for him to say anything.
When Mrs. Don saw Nicole get out of the car, her face instantly darkened. She said in an unfriendly
tone, "Do you still care if I die or not? I thought you were so ruthless that you wouldn't give a crap about
your relatives."
Hearing this, Nicole was struck dumb.
"What do you mean?"
Hearing Mrs. Don's sarcastic words, Jason stopped her in a hurry.
"Mom, we haven't figured this out yet. Don't blame Nicole so harshly. At least you should ask her first."
"Ask her? How can Viola frame her?"
As soon as Mrs. Don said this, Nicole knew that Viola must have spoken ill of her in front of Mrs. Don
again.
She was no longer in the mood to care about Mrs. Don's safety, for the latter's words distressed her.
"You believe in Viola so much that I don't even have a chance to defend myself, right? Since that's the
case, why are you here? Just convict me and expel me from the Don family. There's no need to say so
much."
Nicole's voice was slightly cold, and what she said vexed Mrs. Don even more.
"Have you heard what she said? Nicole, you're also a member of the Don family. The Dons are all
grateful and kind-hearted people, but how can you be so ruthless? Since you've done something
wrong, I have to lecture you as your grandmother. You almost killed Viola! Do you know what terrible
things will happen if this matter is exposed to the public?"
Nicole answered with a sneer, "What on earth did I do? Do you still know you're my grandmother? Why
do I think you treat Viola as your grandchild? Mrs. Don, I'm very tired today. If you don't have anything
else to say, please leave. I want to go home!"
"You've gone too far!"
Mrs. Don never thought that Nicole would retort her like this.
Since the situation was getting serious, Jason immediately said, "Mom, Nicole doesn't even know what
happened. This must be a misunderstanding. Stop messing around."
"How dare you blame me? The reason why she is so domineering is that you spoil her too much!"
Nicole was utterly enraged by this.
"Spoil me too much? Mrs. Don, I'm almost thirty years old now. For so many years, I haven't asked
anything from the Don family. To get my ID card, I even have to agree to let an outsider enter our family
as an adopted daughter. The Dons haven't pampered me at all!"
Nicole didn't want to be furious, but now she couldn't suppress her anger at all.
It was OK that Mrs. Don liked Viola, but she shouldn't force her to accept Viola as a family member as
well.
Mrs. Don never cared about the grudges between Viola and her. However, she came to lecture and
scold her just because of Viola's unproven accusation. Nicole couldn't put up with this at all.
She indeed came from the Don family, but she could not stand such insults!
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