Hearing this, Matthew, however, remained as calm as ever, with a cold touch on his face.
-Are you so free that you made a special trip here?
-Hey, that’s right, there’s too much free time, so I came to see my sister.
-Sister? -Matteo narrowed his eyes slightly, not quite understanding the meaning of the epithet.
-Yes, Anna already calls me brother, so why don’t you change your name when you see me in the future?
At that moment, Marcello could not keep a smile in his eyes, -How are you doing, brother-in-law?
Anna, who was sitting on the sidelines, realized that Marcello was joking about Matteo. She was fine with him calling Marcello brother, but she did not expect him to make a joke about such things to Matteo.
It was a joke that was fine with her, but she did not know how Matteo felt about it.
With this in mind, Anna spoke anxiously on Matteo’s behalf.
-Marcello, I…
Before she could finish the sentence, her hand was grabbed by Matteo and then he interrupted her, -What’s the hurry?
Anna froze and tilted her head to look at him.
-That it was a joke didn’t really matter.
The most important thing was that the girl was fine by his side, and the fact that she stood up for him like that was already the happiest thing for him.
Marcello looked at this scene, said harshly, -I thought that even if you fall in love one day, you are definitely not the type to take care of girls, I never thought you can do better than I thought, Anna, you can’t find better than this man even in the future!
Anna blushed at the two men’s words and felt completely unable to be here, so she could only withdraw her hand and say, “There may be some work going on downstairs, so I’ll go down and help while you two talk.
With that, and without waiting for Matthew to ask her to stay again, Anna quickly got up and left.
When she was gone, Marcello’s face still had a flirtatious smile on it.
-A few jokes and you can’t beat it.
At her words, Matteo looked at him slightly: -If you knew, why did you say that?
Life is boring, you have to give yourself something to do, otherwise it would remain boring, right brother-in-law?
Considering that the anniversary of his wife’s death was in a few days, Matthew could only push his emotions deeper into his chest.
-What? Are you serious? Is this the only one you decided to do?
After the joke, the smile on Marcello’s face had not completely vanished, but the seriousness was clearly written in his eyes as he warned him, -As your lifelong friend I would like to warn you that this girl is not to be trifled with, and if you can’t promise to treat her well all your life, you’d better not joke with her.
Matthew looked at him helplessly, “How do you know I won’t?
-Who knows if she will? After all, you’ve been ruthless for too long, and now that you have a girl by your side, who knows if you’ll suddenly go crazy and abandon her?
Although I haven’t seen much of her, I can tell from her behavior that she is a person determined to see it through. If you ever make a mistake or break her heart, I’m afraid you won’t be able to have her for the rest of her life.
These words were true, and Anna was indeed that kind of person.
Matthew had just been with her, but he also knew that Anna was incredibly stubborn, otherwise she would not have stayed in love with him for so long.
But since he was with her, he was prepared for anything, and nothing unexpected or anything else would happen.
Seeing that his friend was silent, Marcello reduced his smile.
-But that thing, you’re not going to let him know?
The mention of that incident…. Matteo’s eyes changed slightly for a few moments, but remained numb as Marcello continued to look at him.
-I don’t think he needs to know, but you have been hiding it all these years, are you really not going to talk about it?
There was nothing to say, Matteo spoke in a light voice: -There are things it is better not to say in this life.
From what Matteo said, Marcello probably understood that he intended to keep it to himself for the rest of his life and never tell anyone.
-I broke the promise I made at the beginning.
There was a vague look of pain in Matteo’s eyes as he said this.
-In fact, how can you say that as long as the result doesn’t change, who cares about the process? The result is good, even if it breaks the promise.
At these words, Matthew could only smile bitterly.
-I hope so.
The two were chatting upstairs when Anna came downstairs and went to the kitchen, where Amelia immediately approached.
-Why are you down here?
Anna blushed a little and said, -They want to talk and I don’t want to be up there.
Amelia finally took the hint: -Do you mean that Marcello and Manuel’s uncle know each other?
-Yes. “Anna nodded.
-Not surprisingly, Matteo was not surprised at all when Amelia said that Anna was accompanying Marcello upstairs.”-They actually know each other, so this
Amelia’s mind turned quickly and she immediately thought of the sudden rent reduction and the special circumstances of the beginning.
-Mom, it’s true he confessed everything and tried to help me, but Marcello himself has said the same since then, telling me to have confidence in my abilities, after all I passed his personal test when we went there that day and he thinks I will run the store carefully and he is happy about it now.
Amelia reached out her hand lovingly and stroked her daughter’s head and said softly, “No need to rush to explain, of course I know my daughter is brilliant, but mainly I want to know if he wants to be good to you, that’s all.
Whether or not what Matthew did served any purpose, the important thing is that he did it for his daughter, and that’s a good place to start.
Anna choked and her face began to blush again.
-He, of course, has been good to me, let’s not talk about it.
-Why weren’t you shy after a few words? Why weren’t you shy when you entered someone’s house?
-Mom.
Amelia laughed: -Enough, enough, make your choice.
Half an hour later, Marcello and Matteo came downstairs to say goodbye. Anna looked at Matteo and inexplicably wanted to follow him, but remembered that she had been separated from him only briefly during the day, so she resisted the urge to do so.
It was Amelia beside her who saw something and tapped her on the shoulder, “If you want to go, go.
Anna blushed and shook her head, “I’m not going.