Female Novel
Chapter 2156
After a while, Luke's people rushed over.
Then, Luca briefly explained everything to them and let them go back.
Luca heaved a sigh of relief as the matter had finally been resolved. Wanda saw the smile on her faceafter the problem was dealt with and could not help but lift her hand to dust off the fallen snow onLuca's shoulders.
“You must've rushed over here, right? You don't even have your gloves on. It must be freezing. Let's goinside," she said.
"Okay, Aunt Rayne." Luca rubbed her palms together and followed Wanda into the neighborhood.
Wanda walked beside Luca, and when she looked sideways at her, she was momentarily distracted bythe fact that Luca was the same height as Bianca.
Bianca used to walk beside her like this, but walking with Luca beside her gave her the same feeling.
She was bewildered.
Wanda shook her head slightly. Luca noticed and asked, "What is it, Aunt Rayne?"
"Nothing. It's a cold winter day, so let's hurry inside the house. Old Master Crawford is here too. Youshould know him, right? He's Luke's grandfather," said Wanda as she pressed her fingerprint to openthe door.
Old Master Crawford was here?
Luca stopped in her tracks and paused for a moment as she remembered what happened yesterday.
If Old Master Crawford could carry out such a plan, he must be trying to matchmake her and Luke.
He was here as a guest today...
Luca knew that he was close to Grandpa Rayne, and she could only pray that the old master would notsay too much when he saw her later, lest he aroused the suspicion of Grandpa and Aunt Wanda.
"What's the matter?" Wanda closed the door and noticed that something was wrong with Luca'sexpression.
Luca forced a smile and said, "I didn't expect Old Master Crawford to be here as well."
"Old Master Crawford came this morning and seemed to be in a good mood. He's been playing chesswith my father and even stayed for lunch. Both of them are probably well-rested now and are ready tocontinue playing chess," said Wanda.
Ever since Old Man Rayne's health improved after Luca's treatment, Old Master Crawford often cameover to play chess with him.
With a chessboard, a few cups of tea, and some simple refreshments, Old Master Crawford couldspend the entire day here.
As he would say, this place was better than Crawford Manor. At least it was quiet.
After seeing how much he liked staying here, Wanda had the maids prepare a room for him as a naproom as the elderly had the habit of taking naps in the afternoon.
Wanda was also glad that there was someone to play chess with Old Man Rayne as it could relieve hisboredom.
Luca nodded in agreement with her words.
Wanda thought that she was nervous to see Old Master Crawford because he was her boss'grandfather, so she reassured her by saying, “Don't worry. Old Master Crawford is quite nice to getalong with in private. He's easy-going and not fussy."
"Good." That was all Luca could say. She was not worried that Old Master Crawford would be hard toget along with at all. She was worried that he would slip up and expose her.
Besides, Aunt Wanda and her grandpa would definitely side with her old identity.
The two of them walked into the house.
Wanda instructed the maid, "Luca, take off your jacket and let the maid help you dry your clothes."
"Ah, alright." Luca took off her jacket.
The maid took her jacket and said, "Ms. Craw, is there anything in the pockets? If not, I'll pick it up anddry it for you."
"No, there's nothing in them. Thank you," said Luca politely.
The maid nodded and said to Wanda, "Madam, the two elderly are up and playing chess in the second-floor living room."
"Alright. I'll send some refreshments over later." Wanda nodded slightly. She took off her jacket and putit aside for the maid to dry Luca's jacket first.
The maid walked into the laundry room with Luca's jacket.
After taking off her scarf and gloves, she said to Luca, "Luca, have a seat first. I'll go prepare somesnacks and tea."
"Let me help you," said Luca.
Wanda shook her head in disagreement. "You're the guest. How can I let you help?"
"Just let me help. Moving around is better than sitting," said Luca. She had not made food for Old ManRayne in a long time.
She remembered that he used to love her cooking and her snacks. He even praised her for making thebest food in the world.
At that time, she had thought that she would be able to spend her entire life as his filial granddaughter.Little did she know that after changing her identity, even the simplest things like visiting him hadbecome so difficult.
Wanda saw how she insisted and was ready to say no until she heard Luca say, "Aunt Rayne, if youwant me to sit in the living room and wait until you're done, maybe I should just leave."
"Don't, don't. I can't argue with you, huh? Come on, let's go prepare together," said Wanda.
After she agreed, Luca smiled and walked into the kitchen with her.
"I'll make tea for the two old masters first. They both love to drink tea after waking up," said Wanda asshe handed her the other apron.
After taking that apron and tying it on, Luca said, "So, what do I have to do?"
Wanda took out the tea leaves and picked up the mountain spring water used especially for making teaand said helplessly, "I need to think about what snacks to prepare. Usually, I would've had everythingprepared, but because Jean and Marie came over and caused so much trouble, I didn't have the time."
"I'll make some sugar-free cookies. Is that okay?" asked Luca.
"You even know how to make cookies?" Wanda was a little surprised.
"Yup, I like eating them too," said Luca.
"Sure. My father loves cookies, but he still likes his granddaughter's cookies the most. However, aftereverything that happened, he hasn't eaten them in a long time. The cookies I make are not as good asmy niece's, so I'll hand the task to you, okay?" said Wanda while making tea.
"No problem. Where are the ingredients?" asked Luca.novelbin
"They're in the cupboard and fridge."
"Alright. I'll get started, then." Luca did not dilly-dally and started working on it right after she found theingredients.
Wanda was a little shocked to see her movements. How did she find all the ingredients so quickly?
She knew where all the ingredients were as if she lived here.
Luca gathered all the ingredients and skillfully made the cookies.
After Wanda finished making the tea, she said, "Luca, I'll send the tea up first. I'll come down and helpyou later."
"Alright," said Luca. After taking a look at the kitchen oven, she saw that it was big enough to makesome cupcakes after she was done making cookies.
She remembered that Grandpa Rayne was different from others. He loved these snacks the most andsaid that they were delicate and delicious.
Luca understood that the older generation had been through a lot, so these snacks were new foods tohim at the time, which was why he liked them.