"What project?"
Nicole turned to look at Samuel curiously.
Samuel smiled and said, "Nothing much. We are looking for partners for a project approved by the
board. Since Uncle has said so, of course I will keep this within our family."
"Good to hear that. I'll go to your company tomorrow morning and we'll talk about it in detail."
Jason was decisive and Samuel nodded.
Mark couldn't stand it.
"Jason, look at the monger you have turned into. You have become so unscrupulous as to send Nicole
and the children away for a project? This isn't a nice thing to do."
"Mark, even if there is no project, Nicole and the children have to go back. After all, they are part of the
Green family. If you like children, find a woman to have one yourself. No, as many as you like. Nobody
will care."
Mark picked up a cushion and threw it at Jason upon hearing this.
"Fuck off! You sound like you have a girlfriend."
"I do. I just found one on a blind date."
Hearing Jason's words, Nicole became interested.
"Uncle, you had a blind date?"
"What choice do I have? I'm a cripple. It will be a blessing to have someone marry me. I can't leave our
family no descendants. Otherwise, I won't have the gut to face your grandmother after I die."
"Save your crap. You just want a woman. Don't use grandma as an excuse."
Mark didn't humor Jason.
Nicole couldn't help laughing when she saw them quarreling like this.
"Tell me, who is she? How was it going with the date?"
Seeing that Nicole was interested, Samuel smiled and shook his head. He took off the coat, rolled up
his sleeves, and walked to Mark's side and said, "Do you need my help?"
"Of course I do. Are you going to eat lunch here?"
"I was going to eat at home, but Nicole is so excited. When she finds out about Uncle Jason's blind
date, she will probably be starving. So I'm gonna stay."
Samuel had an affectionate expression.
Seeing him like this, Mark stopped being harsh.
"Were you so busy with work? You left her and the kids at my place without caring about them. I
wonder how you do this."
"There are some moles in the company and I have to clean them up. Otherwise, I'm afraid that Nicole
and the children will be plotted against after they return. I'm scared."
Mark's hand froze when he heard Samuel.
He whispered, "Nicole can't live under your protection forever. Also, our family doesn't have any timid
children. I believe that even if your family is hell, she will be there with you."
"It is because I know it that I don't want her to suffer. Mark, you don't know how much pain Nicole has
suffered when she was with me. I just hope that in the rest of her life, she can have what she wants
and I'll try my best to help. This is how I love her."
Samuel took the ingredients and entered the kitchen.
The corners of Mark's lips curled up. Obviously, he was convinced by Samuel.
Nicole was still pestering Jason about the blind date and the two children were playing by themselves.
Jason was so annoyed by Nicole that he had no choice but say, "It's my comrade-in-arms' younger
sister. He acted as the matchmaker. She is an elementary school teacher. She is pretty and has a good
temper."
"Elementary school teacher? That's good. She can teach Zoe and Joseph."
Nicole's words upset Jason.
"We haven't made any progress yet, and you are already onto having her as your kids' tutor?"
"That's right. First come, first served. Uncle, you are not young. When you meet a good girl, you must
seize the chance. So what you are disabled? What you do is serving our country with honor, and you
should be proud. Don't look down on yourself!"
"Look down on myself my ass. Hurry up and draw the drafts. You've been having fun outside these
days. You're not afraid of losing?"
"I'm not. If I lose, I'll come back to your place and be a freeloader, or develop my relationship with my
aunt."
Jason regretted telling her about the blind date when he heard Nicole say that.
"Please spare me."
Seeing that Jason was a little bashful, Nicole couldn't help being happy.
"Looks like you've made some progress. Do you have her photos? Show me, or bring her home
someday?"
"With a relative like you, I'm afraid she'll be scared away."
Jason's words angered Nicole.
"Jason, you haven't married yet but you're protecting my aunt, aren't you? I see. I disgust you now,
right?"
"Stop it, Samuel dotes on you so much that he almost got you the moon. I'm reminding you, stay out of
other people's affairs and just live your own life, understand?"
Nicole knew what Jason was talking about.
Nothing happened in Seapolis City could be hidden from Jason.
However, Nicole still sighed and said, "Jason, I have never thought of being a busybody. I never poke
around. The news came to me themselves. I have no choice."
"How can that be? Just be in seclusion until you finish the design competition."
Jason proposed a good idea, but Nicole felt that if she did this, she wouldn't know how Tim would react.
She was worried about Tim and Martha's health.
"Jason, when Martha's matter is over, I will leave everyone alone, okay?"
She shook Jason's arm like a spoiled child.
Jason sighed and said, "I don't think you should put too much effort into this. We don't know what
happened between her and your mother. The first thing we need to do now is to find your mother. Have
you contacted her recently?"
"Yes, but the call couldn't be connected. I was a little worried. I've asked Finn to do some investigation.
If it doesn't work, I'll go there myself."
Nicole was disturbed by Jason's words.
Seeing her like this, Jason said, "No need. I am going to Bordeaux for business in the next few days. I'll
go over and take a look. You just wait for my message. Your top priority right now is the design
competition. Although you have plenty of time, you can't be distracted. Since you like it and chose to
participate, then don't be perfunctory and make something out of it. This is how we do things within our
family."
"I know. I'm confident about the competition. Don't worry."
Jason smiled with satisfaction at Nicole's confident expression.
"Although this is the Green's, it's improper to let Samuel cook every time, right? Go, call Samuel out
and I'll talk to him about business."
Nicole paused for a moment when hearing this, and then subconsciously looked in the direction of the
kitchen. Only then did she realize that Samuel was busy in the kitchen with his sleeves rolled up.
She saw that the ingredients brought over had gone. She smiled and said, "Samuel is so handsome!"
"Stop being cocky. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. It will be good to you even if he smells like
shit."
Nicole instantly frowned.
"Jason, you're disgusting! You are the one who smells like shit!"
"Then what are you? The niece of shit? Hurry up and call Samuel over!"
Jason pushed Nicole out.
Nicole walked to the kitchen speechlessly and turned around to grimace at Jason.
Jason smiled heartily.
His best wish was to see Nicole happy.
Nicole came to the kitchen and saw that Samuel and Mark were busy. She tiptoed over and covered
Samuel's eyes. She smiled and said, "Guess who I am."
The corner of Samuel's lips curled up.
"Stop messing around. The smell of cooking oil is very strong. Go out and chat with Jason. I'll be out in
a moment."
Nicole couldn't resist Samuel's doting tone.
"Jason asked me to call you out. He said that he wanted to discuss business with you. Hurry up and
go. Leave this to me."
As she spoke, Nicole went to untie Samuel's apron, but Samuel stopped her.
"I'll go out soon. Don't stay here. Just leave it to Mark."
Mark was depressed.
"Hey, it's okay to be lovey-dovey in front of me, but do you think it's right to boss me around?"
"If you can't stand this, find a woman. Old man has no right to be picky."
Samuel retorted, then took off the apron, grabbed Nicole's hand and walked out of the kitchen.
Mark felt like going crazy.
What did he mean?
Why was he an old man?
Wasn't it just that he wasn't in a hurry to get married?
So he deserved that?
Samuel didn't care about what Mark thought. After getting Nicole out, he smiled and said, "Go make us
some tea."
"Alright."
Nicole smiled and went to the tea room.
Samuel came to Jason. Seeing that no one else was there, he sat down and whispered, "You know
that the project is designated, but you still want to participate. Aren't you making things difficult for me?"
Jason glanced at him and whispered, "It's precisely because of that that I have to get involved."
"What do you mean?"
Samuel frowned as if he had learned something else from Jason's words.
Jason whispered, "This project shouldn't be undertaken by your family, but now it's in your hands. Now
both the Green family and the Louis family are related to, and inseparable from my family, and it is
troublesome. I just want to tell you that free lunches aren't necessarily good things. You should weigh it
yourself."
Samuel's expression instantly changed.
Inside information from Jason was definitely more accurate than his. Now that he said these words,
there must be something that he didn't know and was inconvenient for Jason to mention.
Thinking of this, Samuel understood something.
"What do you mean?"
Samuel frowned as if he had learned something else from Jason's words.
Jason whispered, "This project shouldn't be undertaken by your family, but now it's in your hands. Now
both the Green family and the Louis family are related to, and inseparable from my family, and it is
troublesome. | just want to tell you that free lunches aren't necessarily good things. You should weigh it
yourself."
Samuel's expression instantly changed.
Inside information from Jason was definitely more accurate than his. Now that he said these words,
there must be something that he didn't know and was inconvenient for Jason to mention.
Thinking of this, Samuel understood something.
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