Female Novel
Chapter 1572
Luke drove back to Crawford Manor right after sending Luca home.
He parked the car and walked into the house. He saw Mr. Griffin in the living room and said, “Followme."
"Yes, Young Master Luke." Mr. Griffin nodded and followed Luke into the kitchen.
"Where do they usually keep the dried foods and supplements?" Luke asked.
Mr. Griffin opened one of the cabinets and said, "All the dried foods and supplements are kept in here."
Luke squatted down and took out the dried foods that were packed in bags.
Mr. Griffin was puzzled when he saw him doing that, so he asked, "Young Master Luke, may I knowwhat you're doing?"
"Open them all," Luke said nothing else and ordered Mr. Griffin.
Mr. Griffin nodded and opened all the bags one by one. Mrs. Nancy saw them when she walked in andasked immediately, "Young Master Luke, Mr. Griffin, what's the matter?"
Luke took out the last bag and stood up. He looked at Mrs. Nancy. "The dried foods and supplementsare all kept in here?"
"No, I keep some of them in the cabinet beside that one too. But they're mostly supplements andtonics. Young Master Blanche, Young Master Tommy, and Young Miss Rainie usually like to eat snacks,so I always prepare some iced tea for them to cool down their bodies," said Mrs. Nancy as she openedanother cabinet.novelbin
Luke squatted down again and took everything out.
"Young Master Luke, what are you looking for?" Mrs. Nancy asked hurriedly when she saw him actingstrangely.
Luke did not say anything. He opened every bag that he took out. At last, he saw a bag of blood tonicand looked at Mrs. Nancy. "What's this?"
"It's blood tonic." Mrs. Nancy looked at it to make sure.
"Do you normally add this in the stew?" Luke asked. He glanced at the blood tonic and looked at thephoto that Luca sent him.
"Yes. This helps to boost blood levels. It's good for adults and children. Young Master Luke, is thereanything wrong with the tonic? Madam Crawford bought these back and asked me to add some inevery time I made stews. She said it's to nourish the body." Mrs. Nancy looked at Luke's gloomy faceand thought she was probably in trouble, so she told him everything.
Indeed, blood tonic had such effects. She made sure the blood tonic had such effects before sheadded in.
Hence, Mrs. Nancy could not understand why Luke was behaving this way.
"Don't add this in the food anymore." Luke took some blood tonic pills and held them in his palm. Then,he walked out of the kitchen.
"Young Master Luke, why? Did I do something wrong?" Mrs. Nancy did not know pharmacology.However, she had done some research online when Susan gave the blood tonic to her. The effects ofthe tonic were exactly like what Susan had told her.
Susan would also drink the stews. That was why she added the tonic in without worrying much about it.
"It's not suitable for the elderly to have this every day. Leave the tonic here. Don't throw it away, anddon't tell Madam Crawford," Luke ordered.
Mrs. Nancy nodded hurriedly. It was not suitable for the elderly?
Old Master Crawford had been taking it for some time...
Mrs. Nancy was so shocked that she broke into a cold sweat. Fortunately, the old master's health wasin good condition.
It dawned on Mr. Griffin as he listened to Luke. He remembered that Old Master Crawford had beencomplaining about not being able to sleep well at night. He did not feel sleepy when it was time to go tobed. He even planned to ask for some sleeping pills from Dr. Cairn.
Luke went to the tea room to look for Old Master Crawford after he left the kitchen.
The old man was brewing tea.
He walked into the room and smelled the strong fragrance of floral tea. He felt relaxed at once.
Old Master Crawford took a sip of tea. When he saw Luke coming in, he asked, "Did you send Ms.Luca home?"
"Yes." Luke sat opposite him. "The tea you're drinking today is different from usual."
Old Master Crawford nodded and took another sip. "I'm not used to drinking this tea. But Mr. Cairn saiddrinking more of this tea will help me sleep. He wants to see if it's effective, then he'll decide whether togive me sleeping pills or not."
"You haven't been sleeping well these days?" Luke had heard him mention it before. Indeed, he hadbeen busy. He could not even handle the kids, not to mention the old master.
"Yes. I haven't been able to fall asleep recently, and I don't know why. But Mr. Cairn said it's normal forold people to have poor sleep quality," said Old Master Crawford.
Luke handed him the blood tonic pills he was holding in his hand. "It's because of these."
"What are these?" Old Master Crawford had no idea about it.
"Blood tonic. They're for blood nourishment. Mrs. Nancy said that it was Mother who asked her to addsome in every time she made stews, so Mrs. Nancy followed her instructions. The tonic is good foryoung people. But it's too much for the elderly to handle if the tonic is taken frequently, and it can causehealth problems." Luke assumed that the blood tonic was what caused the old master to lose sleep.
Old Master Crawford took one of the pills and frowned.
"She asked Mrs. Nancy to add this?"
“Yes. Mrs. Nancy doesn't know much about pharmacology. She thought it was good for your health,"replied Luke. Mrs. Nancy had been serving the Crawford family for more than ten years. They hadbeen kind to her. Hence, she would not have waited until now to come up with such a wicked idea to goagainst the old master.
He believed in Mrs. Nancy.
"Hah, it looks like someone in the house can't stand me anymore." Old Master Crawford narrowed hiseyes. There was a hint of astute in his cloudy eyes.
The tonic was not considered a poisonous drug. However, based on what Luke said, his health wouldnot improve but deteriorate if he took it frequently.
When the time came, his body would be too weak and she could take control of the family.
Old Master Crawford knew what Susan had in mind. She did not like him because she was under hiscontrol.
However, he did not expect her to make such a move. She was not brave enough to feed him poison,so she fed him this blood tonic instead.
“Grandpa, I'll leave this to you to deal with." Luke did not plan to deal with this matter. The old man wasnot muddle-headed, and he had a mind of his own. Moreover, Susan was the madam of the household.He should at least show some respect to her.
"Sure. Just pretend you don't know any of this. And about Mrs. Nancy..."
"I've told her about it. Don't worry." Luke took a sip of the flower tea. It was indeed refreshing. He wasfeeling a little sleepy now. "Blood tonic was added to the stew today. You should be able to slowlyimprove your sleep after tomorrow."
The old master loved having stews, so it would be served for dinner every day.
Old Master Crawford should be able to get back to his sleeping routine after stopping the tonic intake.
"It was Ms. Craw who told you, right?" Old Master Crawford asked.
"She noticed it when she had the stew." Luke helped the old master refill his cup of tea. It was fortunatethat they had found out about it earlier and that Old Master Crawford's health was not yet affected bythe tonic.
"It looks like it was the right choice to invite her here. She's amazing. Also, she treats the childrensincerely. She's beautiful and gentle too. Luke, you might want to consider her. I like her morecompared to Tia." Luca had left quite a good impression on Old Master Crawford.