“I know. I’ll wait until daddy’s company gets well.”
Neo had always been a thoughtful little boy. Clara knew that he would understand it after hearing her explanation.
Moreover, Neo must know they were doing this for his safety.
Clara looked at Neo with a smile.
Then it occurred to her that Isaac was still in the hospital. She didn’t trust others to protect Neo, but they couldn’t take him with them,
“Horace, how about taking Neo to grandpa’s place?” Clara thought that Russell loved Neo.
He would be glad to look after him for a few days.
“We can ask him,” Horace answered. He wasn’t sure if Russell would agree, but he was willing to give it a shot.
“Neo, do you want to stay with great grandpa for a few days?”
Clara asked for Neo’s opinion. Clara thought that Neo was an independent individual and he should make his own choices.
“I do!” Neo agreed readily. Clara turned to look at Horace, the two of them nodded at each other and Horace made a turn at a corner.
Since they were dropping Neo at Russell’s, they thought they should buy some quality tonics as gifts for him.
“But Horace, what if he refuses to help?” Clara had more thoughts than others, it suddenly occurred to her that if Russell refused to help, it would be awkward.
“Don’t worry. He’ll love it if he could take care of Neo for a few days, we don’t have to worry about bumping into him.” Horace knew Russell well, after all, he had spent the most time with Russell.
Hearing his answer, Clara felt relieved and continued selecting tonics for Russell.
Although Russell was old now, he had a relatively robust health among his peers.
He seldom used tonics. Therefore, it was a hard job looking for quality tonics for him.
Luckily, when Clara was free at home, she happened to read some information about tonics for the elders. It didn’t take her much time to select the goods. After she paid the bill, she walked out of the shop.
“What’s wrong?” Clara asked when she got on the car and saw Horace looking out of the window.
Out of curiosity, Clara looked over, following his gaze. Then, she saw a few men in casual outfits staring at them.
Clara was a bit surprised. Had they been following them?
So, if they didn’t stop to buy the tonics, they would have followed them to Russell’s place?
Clara couldn’t imagine what would happen if they found Russell’s house.
“Don’t worry. There are a lot of guards at his place.” Horace withdrew his gaze, took a look at the worried look on Clara’s face and figured out what she was thinking.
“That’s good. We should take a detour there,” Clara proposed. Even though there were guards at Russell’s place, she thought it better not to let those men found it.
Horace was thinking the same. Soon, he managed to get rid of the men.
He drove away at a fast speed, as if mocking them.
“Daddy, mommy, who are they?” Neo had been listening to their conversation, but didn’t know what was going on.
Therefore, he asked in confusion.
“They are the bad guys I was telling you about. Be careful when you are out here, okay?” Clara was worried that the men would try and find Neo, so she thought she should remind Neo.
Although Neo didn’t understand why the men wanted to hurt them, he nodded obediently.
Looking out of the window at the scenery, Clara wondered when this would end.
She just wanted to live a peaceful life. She was done with this.
However, she had no control over her current situation.
As she was thinking, the scenery outside became familiar.
She knew that they had arrived at Russell’s, so she straightened her clothes, grabbed Neo’s hand and got out of the car.
Horace didn’t ring the doorbell until the car was parked. Then, a maid came and opened the door.
“Sir, ma’am, young mister.”
The maid greeted them and made way for them.
“Grandpa,” as soon as Horace walked into the house, he saw Russell, who was reading the newspaper, and greeted him,
Then, Clara and Neo greeted Russell.
After that, Russell put down the newspaper in his hands and looked at them.
“Take your seats,” Russell said. He then grabbed the cup of tea on the table and took a sip.
“So, what is it?” before Horace could say a word, Russell asked.
Russell knew that Horace wouldn’t come to him if there was nothing.
Horace knew that he wasn’t being a good grandson, but he chose to fix the most urgent problem for now. He could make a change later.
Horace looked at Russell with guilt and didn’t know where to start.
“Just say it. I won’t blame you.”
Russell knew that Horace was a grown young man now, young men like him didn’t like to spend much time with an old man.
But Horace was his only grandchild, he couldn’t ask him for anything. Russell sometimes wished he had a granddaughter.
“You should know what I’m faced with, right?” Horace asked tentatively. If Russell didn’t know what had been going on with him, it meant his men failed to do their jobs well.
“I know.”
“Grandpa, I was wondering if Neo could stay with you for a few days.”
“Okay.”
After a simple conversation, Russell agreed to Horace’s request.
Of course, Russell knew what situation they were in,
What’s more, he knew that he was the only person they could turn to.
The Solrace Corporation was founded by Horace, and as Horace’s grandfather, he didn’t want it to go bankrupt either.
He prayed that they could get the Solrace Corporation out of trouble and flourish again. After that, he could continue enjoying his retired life.
“Thank you, grandpa.” Clara was delighted when she heard that Russell had agreed.
She had been worried that he might refuse to help them. Luckily, she was wrong.
“You are welcome. You two have brought me so many gifts, how could I not agree to help?” Russell liked Clara, hearing her words, he spoke in a fake-angry voice.
Of course, Clara knew he was joking, she smiled.