Female Novel
Chapter 1685
When Luca said that Old Man Rayne needed them, Wanda was persuaded. After all, Luca knew betterthan her what nutrients Old Man Rayne needed.
She took one of the bags and said, "Thank you, I'll take these. You can take the rest back."
Luca looked at Wanda's slightly sallow complexion and remembered that in the past, she was always agraceful woman. After she got divorced, she spent a lot of energy taking care of Old Man Rayne. Shehad no time to take care of herself. That was why her current physical condition was not the best.
She continued to persuade Wanda, saying, "Please take these too. I’m sure you've been putting in a lotof effort taking care of Old Man Rayne. You need to take care of yourself too. These are forconditioning your body and external use. I promise, these are much better than the cosmetic productsyou see on TV”
Wanda was touched by what she said. "In that case, I'll accept your gifts and—"
Before she could finish speaking, Luca shoved the bag in her hand and said, "Just take it. I don't needthese things."
"Okay, okay." Wanda was moved by what she said. She believed in Luca, so she accepted both bagsof gifts.
Luca glanced at the time. There was still some time before their meal. She said, "Mm, is Old ManRayne upstairs?"
"Yeah. He knows that I invited you over for a meal today and has been happily talking about it theentire day," Wanda said. Luca was the savior of the entire Rayne family.
Luca smiled shyly. Even though she was not Bianca, she was overjoyed that Old Man Rayne still likedher. "Can I go up? I want to check Old Man Rayne's pulse, and if possible, I'll play a game of chess
with him?"
She knew that Old Man Rayne's favorite pastime was playing chess. It was boring for him to play chessalone. He would only play when someone who knew how to play visited the house.
"You know how to play chess? That's great. Go up, then. My father likes to play chess with others.Unfortunately, no matter how hard I tried to learn it, I still can't play well. Old Man Rayne doesn't wantto play chess with me," Wanda said. She placed the two bags on the coffee table for now, held Luca'shand, and walked toward the stairs with her.
Luca did not enjoy being in close contact with others but Wanda was her aunt, so she was not againstit.
The two went upstairs together and Wanda took her into Old Man Rayne's room. "Dad, guess who'shere?"
Old Man Rayne was basking in the sun with half-squinted eyes. When he heard Wanda's voice, heopened his eyes. They lit up when he saw Luca. "Ms. Craw, you're here." "Old Man Rayne and Ms.Rayne, call me Luca." Luca listened to how they addressed her and did not want to put a distance inthe relationship between them, so she told them to address her casually.
"Okay, Luca. Come here and sit down." Old Man Rayne was sitting under the sun on a chair by thewindow. When he saw Luca, the wrinkled smile on his face grew like a blooming sunflower.
Luca nodded and sat on the chair opposite him that he pointed to.
Wanda felt a little embarrassed with what was happening. "Dad, Luca said she wants to check yourpulse. Oh, by the way, she can play chess. Do you want to play a game with her later?"
"Chess? That sounds wonderful! Wanda, go and get my chessboard. I didn't expect that someonewould play chess with me today." Old Man Rayne completely ignored the part where Wanda mentionedthat Luca wanted to check his pulse. All he thought about was playing chess with Luca.
"Okay, I'll go get you your chessboard now." Wanda nodded, turned around, and walked out.
Luca's mood was influenced when she saw Old Man Rayne's smiling face. "Old Man Rayne, can Icheck your pulse first?"
"Okay." Old Man Rayne readily agreed and reached out his hand for her to take his pulse.
Luca put her fingers on his pulse.
When Wanda came in with a chessboard, Luca was done checking Old Man Rayne's pulse.
"Luca, how is my father doing?" she asked.
"It's still the same as the last time I checked. Old Man Rayne's body needs to be conditioned for a longtime. Do be mindful," Luca said.
"Sure, sure. I'll follow your prescription and take good care of him." Wanda put the chessboard on thetable between the two and said, "Dad, Luca, have fun playing. I'll go prepare our meal."
Old Man Rayne set up the chessboard, waved his hand, and said, "Go ahead."
Wanda looked at Old Man Rayne who was deeply immersed in the game of chess. She shook herhead with a smile and left the room.
On the other hand.
Luke listened to his subordinates as they reported to him that Luca had bumped into Marie at theentrance of the community where the Rayne family stayed.
After they were done reporting, Luke's gaze appeared deep. It seemed that Marie was exhausting allmeans to move into the Rayne family's house. He said, "Keep watch of the situation and Marie."
"Got it," the subordinate listened to his command and responded.
Luke put aside his work and texted Wanda: [Is Luca with you?]
Wanda quickly replied to him: [She's here. She's playing chess with Old Man Rayne upstairs.]
Luke replied: [Marie was making trouble at the entrance of the community today and pestered Luca.Did she mention this to you?]
After a while, Wanda called him and asked in a blank tone, "Luke, you said Marie came to causetrouble? She picked on Luca?"novelbin
"Mm, Marie didn't come alone and brought some gangsters with her. She was stopped and made a bigfuss. The security guards almost called the police," Luke said. He did not tell her that his subordinatessaw the whole thing.
Wanda was shocked. "Luca didn't tell me. Sigh, Marie is... troublesome."
Luke sighed. Sure enough, Luca did not say anything. It seemed that she did not want to worry Wanda.
"Luke, Marie is not a good person. I'm afraid she'll wait for Luca to leave our place. When she leavestonight, will you come and pick her up?" Wanda no longer cared about her previous suspicions.Instead, she just wanted Luca to be safe.
Luke thought of picking up Luca as well but he had to work overtime tonight. He turned her down andsaid, "Aunt Wanda, I still have work to attend to. When she's about to leave, text me and I'll arrange forsomeone to pick her up."
"Okay," Wanda said. His arrangement assured her.
Luke said, "Act like you know nothing about what happened today. She didn't tell you because shedidn't want you to worry."
Wanda found it a little strange. ‘Why does Luca not want us to worry? The way she does things seemslike she's being too considerate of us.'
"Okay. She's so silly. I know what to do. Don't worry, I'll let you know after dinner," Wanda replied tohim.
After Luke responded to her, he hung up the phone and resumed work.