Chapter 182: Caring uncle
(Mason and some of his friends even reported it to some gang members but didn't achieve anything. As for Karen and her, they have also almost exhausted all their money, and will probably stop investing more.)
" M- Maiwere? " Tess asked, looking curiously at Lucian with her big watery eyes.
" You don't need to know that now, you should first learn all the counting, okay? " Lucian said, caressing her head, which she really liked.
" Owkay. " She nodded with resolve in her eyes and began to study with all her heart for six minutes straight, before she leaned onto Lucian and fell asleep.
Lucian picked her up and brought her into her room, then he put her onto the bed and tucked the bedsheet in, closing the light before he left the room.
" That is good, it made more than I expected. I just sent it to them but those people are really stupid.
Anyway, what about the music video that I uploaded, how is it progressing? " Lucian asked, as he walked back into the music room.
(It already has more than 1 million views. The speed at the beginning was slower, but now that video is rapidly gaining popularity.
From the comments, all the viewers are showing a positive reaction, and the number of shares is increasing rapidly.)
Lucian nodded; it was doing exactly as he predicted. This was one of the best songs which most people loved in his previous life, so it was bound to gain extreme popularity again—it was just a matter of time.
" Still, I didn't think it would spread so much in such a short period.
That song came many years later, and at that time there were many hits that were released one after another, so its speed of growth was slower at that time, but right now there are barely a few songs that could even compete. "
Lucian mumbled, as he checked social media and could already see that song appearing in different reels.
While Lucian was looking over it all, he received a call from his second uncle again. It seemed he had called from a different number this time.
After hearing about Lucian's secret fortune, Robert had been quite shocked, but it also made him a little happy.
Since the 1st uncle took more than half of Lucian's money, he received comparatively less.
And after spending all that money on luxury and living to the fullest, they had expended a large part of it, so he was wondering how to earn more.
And this news came at the perfect time. The only problem was that he couldn't take the money away again like they did previously, as Lucian was already grown up now.
But Robert was already thinking of ways to make Lucian willingly give all his money away. He called his wife, who had traveled to another country, and then told her about this news.
She was just as shocked. Of course, she too wanted to snatch all of his money; she even felt that they were the rightful owners of that money since the 1st uncle took most of it the previous time, so this time they should get all of it.
" Make sure you don't let your brother know about any of it or that cunning bastard will take everything away.
We have to think about it carefully, or we will lose our money again, so don't try anything until I am back.
I will book the tickets right away; we need to have a good talk with our nephew. " The aunt spoke on the phone.
She felt euphoric—after all, she needed more money to keep her luxurious life in check.
Even in high social circles, none of the women could match her beauty, so she didn't want to make a joke of herself by being poor again.
" Okay, get back as soon as you can and bring that stupid son of ours along too. We would need every bit of mind we could use. This time, we would have to take a completely different approach. "
Robert spoke, then cut the call, feeling extremely excited.
So at night, he finally couldn't hold it in. He tried calling Lucian's old number and finally the call connected.
But because of a network problem, the call was cut. Robert cursed the network operator several times before rushing out of his house and going to the bakery shop.
It was still open, so he borrowed his friend's mobile to call Lucian again.
" Tch, I knew it. You are definitely going to go after his remaining money. Haven't you taken enough already? Just have some dignity and let that kid live his life. " The shop owner spoke as he passed his mobile to Robert.
" Just focus on your shop. A few others are asking me to let them use this shop. If you don't want it, then I can easily get someone to fill this area. " Robert spoke as he hastily entered the number.
In his haste, he even dialed a wrong number, then he entered the number again, carefully this time.
" Hello Lucian, this is your uncle, Robert. " He spoke with a brilliant smile on his face.
" Uncle? You still had my number? " Lucian's voice sounded from the other side. Robert could sense the surprise in his voice.
" No, actually I lost my mobile a long time ago, and I lost your number at that time too. I have been searching for you, but I couldn't find you.
And today I was lucky enough to finally be able to discover your number. Believe me, you don't know how happy I am. If I never saw you again, I didn't know how I was going to look my brother in the eye.
You are more sob sob precious to me than my own son. It was weighing on my heart for so long, I want to see you again.
I don't even know in what condition you are living, so don't care about anything else and come meet your uncle as soon as tomorrow. You won't be alone anymore, just think of me as your father. I'll do my best to fill that role, I will take care of you forever. "
Robert kept speaking, his voice filled with feelings, and he even seemed to have shed a few tears in the middle.
Lucian didn't interrupt him in the middle and just listened to all this gibberish.
If it was some naive 18-year-old boy, then he might really have believed it, but Lucian had already experienced the cruelty of this world once. These words had no effect on him.
Finally, when his uncle finished, Lucian spoke:
" U- Uncle, I didn't know you cared so much for me. I even thought I had been abandoned by everyone. I feel so bad for having even a little doubt about you in my heart. I- I want to see you and aunt again too. Let us meet tomorrow. "
Robert stayed silent for a few seconds; he knew his wife would be returning in the early morning of the next day, so he nodded and replied:
" Yes, let us meet tomorrow. Even though I just want to see you immediately, it is already night and I don't want to disturb you, so let's meet tomorrow evening. I will send you all the details by message. "
After talking for a minute or two more, and saying all kinds of emotional things, the call was finally disconnected.
" This is going to be really fun. Haha, I really wanted to see my second aunt, after all, she loved me the most—that is, before they took all the money. " Lucian mumbled and chuckled.
He had a good plan to deal with the family of his uncle.
After working on a couple of things, like a new song and the game, Lucian went to sleep.
The next morning, he woke up early as usual, freshened up, then dressed for school and decided to meet the drama club since he needed to do some special practice.
He first ate breakfast with Angelina and Tess. Soon, he walked out of the house.
The car was still parked there—the one that he took from Karen's husband—and he was not planning on returning it anytime soon.
The school was quite close to his house. He soon arrived and saw students walking in.
" Have you heard about the news from yesterday? " A boy spoke, who was walking in a group of three.
" About our school? I can't believe so many things happened in one day. Someone was actually bitten by a snake? And I even heard that the snake was placed there by someone. " The 2nd boy added.
" Not only that, two people from the same class ate something strange, and they have been admitted to the hospital after that. They still haven't woken up. " The 3rd boy said.
" Oh right, that rich bastard had his leg injured yesterday. I heard he would never be able to walk again. Haha, he was related to the principal. "
All the students walking were talking about different things, some about the incidents from the school, some about different movies they had seen.
Some of them were even talking about the song Lucian had just released.
Since it had only just been released, not many people knew about it, but the best advertisement was the people who had listened to it.
Many of them were even talking about Smile, who had killed so many criminals already. The boys all had stars in their eyes when they talked about him as if he were some kind of superhero.
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