The streets were full of people, and many were engaged in entertainment activities in large squares, livening the atmosphere.Jensen walked on the street alone quietly, as if he was out of tune with the hustle and bustle around him. Unconsciously, he walked to the gate of the Kooper residence.In his memory, he only felt the Christmas spirit in this villa.'Gilbert, Grandma, and I will always have Christmas dinner together at that time. Although only three of us were there, we didn't feel lonely. Grandma will prepare a gift for each of us on Advent. I was always so excited when I received her gift, and I stayed up for the whole night.'Flashes of childhood memory entered his mind as he arrived in front of the gate to the courtyard. The gate was half-opened, with someone already in the yard.Jensen saw Madalyn when he raised his head. Subconsciously turning back to the direction he came from, Madalyn's call stopped Jensen. Madalyn and George were chatting in the yard, but Madalyn's
Kisa's heart sank. She squatted in front of Blake hurriedly and asked, "Blake, what's wrong?"Blake pursed his lips and showed a note to Kisa. "Ma'am, dad and mom are gone."'Gone?'Kisa frowned fiercely and looked at the note hastily.[Kisa, I'm sorry. Please help me to take care of Blake again. I have to go back to Raworth to deal with something. See you next year - Jensen.]'It's strange. Is there something happening in Raworth during Christmas?'Kisa led Blake into the house without thinking much of it. "Don't be sad. I'll stay with you to celebrate Christmas this year."Blake sniffled and sat on the couch, bravely withholding his tears. Kisa took out her phone and sent Jensen a message after settling him down.[ Leave taking care of Blake to me while you focus on resolving your affairs. Merry Christmas, Jensen.]Mia snickered and looked at the line of words lit up on the screen of Jensen's phone in the darkened room. "It seems she really trusts you. She would believe what
It was a video call request sent by Andrew.Kisa answered quickly and handed the phone to Blake."Blake!" It was Ada's sweet and soft voice which was pleasant to hear.Kisa dragged a chair, sat beside Blake, and looked at the cute face in the video. "Ada, have you taken your Christmas Eve dinner?""Yeah, I've eaten. The servants are on vacation today. So, Daddy cooked us delicious food.""Ma'am!" Andrew came over too. "Have you two eaten?""We're eating now." Kisa took another dish for Blake and asked him to eat.Blake's mood lightened after the video call with Andrew started. He was finally willing to enjoy the meal, swallowing the food and asking Andrew, "When are you coming over?"Andrew thought for a while, then shook his head. "Great-grandma hasn't slept yet. So, we don't know when we will be able to go there.""Where's daddy?"Kisa was eating. Suddenly, she was startled when she heard Blake's question. Then, she thought it might be the easier way for kids to communicate
"Listen to me. Don't be with her. Never be with her."Gilbert put his hand on the doorknob. He turned his head to look at Madalyn and then walked out quietly.He pressed against the cold door and remained silent for a long time after closing the door. He felt bitter, unable to understand why Madalyn rejected his relationship with Kisa.'Grandma was the one who supported us most for being together at the beginning. What happened? What is the truth that she kept saying?'Gilbert turned around and leaned against the door in annoyance.Madalyn's rambling haunted his ears.'I don't want to make grandma sad, but I couldn't lose Kisa either.'Blake kept staring at the clock on the wall. Finally, he could not wait any longer when the hour hand pointed to ten o'clock. He said to Kisa, "Ma'am, why don't we go to them?"Kisa resigned.'Kids act based on impulse.'They needed to go to Kooper's residence if they wanted to find Gilbert, yet Madalyn would kick them out if they were found ou
"Pig-brained! Pig-brained!"'Pig-brained?'Gilbert's expression immediately darkened as he narrowed his eyes, his gaze instantly cast at the direction of the voice.He then saw a woman trying to stuff a rag into a parrot's mouth. The parrot screamed and shouted happily as it dodged about.Gilbert snorted, "And here I was wondering why were you so kind as to invite me to pass Christmas Eve with me. It turned out you taught that thing to curse me, huh?""No, I didn't teach it that!" Kisa tried to explain. Oh, how she wished she had turned that parrot into a roasted fowl.Gilbert clearly did not buy that and said mockingly, "Bah, you dared to teach it how to curse at someone, but you dare not admit the deed."Kisa was speechless.She gave up trying to explain. The parrot was right. Gilbert was pig-brained.The three kids had already started playing the moment they stepped into the house.When Gilbert got into the house, he realized that the place was a little deserted.He looke
Gilbert was speechless."Hurry up. I want to make the ravioli wrappers," Seeing that Gilbert just standing there, Kisa could not help but to urge him again.The children could not wait to make ravioli already.Kisa then got them to test it with the store-bought ravioli wrappers instead.Sure enough, aside from Blake's pretty decent work, both Andrew and Ada had no idea how to make one.Soon, Gilbert was done kneading the dough.He hid one hand behind him as he handed the bowl to her with another.Looking at the glistening dough, she could not help but praise him. "Not bad, but..." She looked at the white soup bowl with the dough and asked, "Why did you change the bowl?""Dough doesn't stick to porcelain, so it's good for kneading."Gilbert said with a straight face.Kisa did not doubt him and continued to ask, "What are you hiding behind you?""Nothing."Gilbert turned around and walked to the living room.In the end, Kisa did not manage to catch sight of what he was hidin
Just as he was engrossed in staring at her neckline, Kisa's angry voice rang out.He quickly snapped back to reality and looked away with a straight face.Kisa was both embarrassed and angry. She did not realize that this man was still a pervert.The three children made quite a number of ravioli using the store-bought wrappers, but they were so strange looking that no one could recognize that they were ravioli without being told.Kisa then brought the rolling pin and a rolling board over.She put the store-bought wrappers aside and said to the children, "I'll be making the wrappers now, so all of you will be using the wrappers I made to make the ravioli, okay?"The three kids nodded at the same time.As Kisa said that, she took a coin from a small bowl and placed them together with the original filling.Gilbert said in disdain, "Those coins are so filthy. Can you even eat it?""I've already washed them." Kisa rolled her eyes at him. She then mixed the coins into the filling an
She muttered in a low voice, yet Gilbert still heard everything clearly.The man smiled, his eyebrow raised as he grabbed another sheet.He took another spoonful of filling and put them onto the wrapper. A few deft finger movements later, a filled, very nice-looking tortelloni appeared before everyone.Kisa was totally stunned. "You learned how to make that before?""Do you even need to learn this? Just stuff that you can pick up with a glance. The man said so proudly and gleefully.Kisa snorted, "Well, well, aren't you capable.""Daddy, teach me how to make a bunny.""I want to make a tortoise."Blake hesitated for a few seconds before chiming in, "Uncle Gilbert, teach me how to make a cat, please."The three children immediately surrounded Gilbert.Gilbert frowned and was speechless. "A bunny? Tortoise? A... cat?"Seeing the man's confused look, Kisa could not help but add salt to the wound, "Didn't you just claim to be omnipotent? Aren't those things you'll know with just