The three kids all looked at Old Master Crawford and shook their heads.
Luke had never told them the whole story. All they knew was that if this incident was not handled well, their mother would have to
leave them again.
They did not wish for Luca to leave.
"What's going on with Luke?" Old Master Crawford was troubled. It had been so long, yet Luke had yet to succeed. He could not
accept the slow progress.
"Great-grandpa, Daddy doesn't have a choice either," Rainie said. Their mother had changed ever since she returned, but she
still treated them well. It was just that nothing could sway her, so their father was left with no choice as well.
"I'll go over tomorrow to know what's going on.” Old Master Crawford had made up his mind. Since his grandchild was not
making fast enough progress, he had no choice but to personally head over.
"Great-grandpa, ours and Daddy's happiness will all depend on you. We want our family to reunite as soon as possible," said
Tommy with a smile. He believed things would be much easier to handle with their great-grandfather advising their father.
Susan was standing at the door of the study. She had her ears glued to the door to listen to what was happening inside. Hearing
that Luke was trying to win over Luca's heart made her have a dark expression.
'They want to make Luca join the Crawford family?'
It had taken her great effort to get rid of Bianca so that there was one less person to fight over the inheritance. However, from the
current looks of it, Luca would be joining the fight?
She would never allow such a thing to happen.
Susan wanted to record the conversation between Old Master Crawford and the kids so she could hand it to Queenie. She
wanted to let Queenie know about the Crawford family's intentions.
However, she was separated from them by a wall. Coupled with the good soundproofing, she could not hear properly and could
only get the gist of the conversation. Hence, she could not record it with her phone.
She placed her phone against the door, thinking it might record the conversation much clearer.
She wanted to make Luke lose the authority to rule over T Corporation. To do that, she would have to get rid of the people
around him. For starters, she would have to get rid of Jack's support.
If she could let Queenie hear the conversation about Old Master Crawford expressing his support to have Luke win over Luca,
that would be the end for Luke.
Old Master Crawford nodded. "I won't rush it, then. I'll just head over tomorrow and see how it goes." After the discussion, the
kids left the study.
As Susan wanted to get more information from them, she did not have time to react and ended up bumping into the three kids.
"Why are you standing here, Grandma Susan?" Lanie saw Susan holding her phone against the door and couldn't help but feel
suspicious.
Susan pretended to look at her phone and said casually, “I'm here to look for Old Master Crawford. Is he inside?"
"Great-grandpa is inside," said Lanie. He pushed the door open and said to Old Master Crawford, who was inside, "Great-
grandpa, Grandma Susan is here for you."
Susan stared at him with resentment in her heart.
Luke and his kids were all stumbling blocks keeping her away from gaining all of the Crawford family's inheritance.
Old Master Crawford's voice was heard from inside, "Come in."
Since he had already spoken, Susan had no choice but to enter. She snorted and walked in.
Lanie pulled on his siblings' hands and walked back to their playroom.
Rainie closed the room door and muttered softly, "Brother, was Grandma Susan eavesdropping earlier?"
"Yes." The first thing Lanie saw when he opened the door was her odd posture. Besides, from the way she was holding onto the
phone, it was definitely possible that she had been trying to record their conversation.
"Why did Grandma Susan want to eavesdrop..." Rainie blinked her eyes. The things they were talking about were not secrets.
Tommy was flipping through a picture book on the side and answered her question, "That's because Grandma Susan doesn't like
us."
Rainie looked at her younger brother. She knew since she was younger that Susan disliked them. However, because of their
father and Old Master Crawford, Susan could not do anything to them despite disliking them.
After all, it was Old Master Crawford who had the final say in the family.
"Grandma Susan wants to take our father out." Lanie took out a book about the universe and touched his chin. His expression
when he was deep in thought was just like Luke's. "Do you think we should inform Daddy?"
"We should tell him. Otherwise, something bad might happen. That's going to be worse," Rainie said.
They were all especially mature because they had been living in the Crawford family for a very long time. Furthermore, Luke was
always busy, and Bianca was not by their side when they were younger.
Lanie nodded and looked at Tommy. "Tommy, you'll be the one to tell Daddy."
"Alright, Brother." Tommy took out his phone and typed a message to Luke, telling him about Susan eavesdropping on their
conversation with Old Master Crawford. Then, he sent the message.
In the study.
After Old Master Crawford saw Susan entering the study, he put on a cold expression and asked, "Is there you need to talk to me
about?" "It's nothing much, Dad. I'm just concerned about how is Luke doing. Do we need to get him some supplements?" Susan
could not think of anything important to discuss with the old master and ended up asking about Luke's condition.
Old Master Crawford had a cold expression and said, "What could've happened to Luke? He's just suffering from a minor bone
fracture. If you're really concerned about him, why don't you look after the three kids on his behalf? After all, the kids are now
staying here. They need love and concern."
"Hehe, I wish to do so too, Dad. But those kids haven't liked me since they were little. Besides, it's already so exhausting to look
after Thea for Louis. Where will I have the energy to look after Luke's three kids? If he thinks we can't manage to look after them,
why don't we hire a servant?" Susan said. She had long ago complained about the lack of maids in the manor. Whenever her
friends came over to have fun or for afternoon tea, she was not able to show them a grand display.
Among all big families, the Crawford family was the one spending the least amount of money on servants. The number of
servants they had did not match the Crawford family's fame and status.
"We have enough servants in the manor. Just spit out if you don't want to take care of the kids," Old Master Crawford lectured
with a cold expression.
Susan's face went scarlet as she said in an aggrieved tone, "I'm not saying I'm unwilling to do it. But there are really too many
kids. Besides, we don't have enough servants. All of them are Allison's biological grandchildren too. Now, she's enjoying her life
abroad and leaving me all alone to look after the kids. How can I cope?"
"Back when she went abroad to receive treatment, weren't you the happiest person?" Old Master Crawford questioned.
Susan was speechless. "Alright, forget it. Dad, I'll leave now if there's nothing else. I won't disturb you from admiring your
antiques."
She looked at the antiques that were placed on the table by Old Master Crawford and felt depressed. He had the cash to
purchase antiques, but he was not willing to hire a few more servants. How would their family keep up with their image, then?
Old Master Crawford shook his head helplessly when he saw Susan making her way out of the study.
Even though Allison was gone, Susan was still around to cause havoc in the family.