Chapter 472 (Massage Chair Extra - )

James waved his hand, and the two rows of servants slowly retreated, only then did the children feel a bit less constrained.

Seeing the table covered with all sorts of delicacies she had never laid eyes on, Anna could barely take it all in, having lived as beggars, neither of them had the slightest resistance to food.

"Brother, look at those pastries, they’re so pretty!" Anna pointed at an exquisite sweet.

Liam couldn’t help but swallow. "Yeah, Anna, we’ve never eaten anything like this."

Seeing the children practically drooling, James smiled and ushered them over. "Come, Liam, Anna, sit down and eat, all the food here was prepared for you."

The two sat at the dining table staring at the feast, looking somewhat overwhelmed, James personally served them, introducing each dish by name and flavor, Anna couldn’t wait any longer and bit into a pastry, a blissful smile bloomed across her face. "Wow, it’s so delicious!"

Liam tasted a dish as well, a flash of surprise crossing his eyes. "Mr. James, these dishes are incredibly delicious!"

Over the next few months, James took the two little ones to experience every kind of lavish and extravagant living imaginable.

Exotic delicacies, fine silk garments, no matter what it was, only the absolute best was provided, all manner of novelty toys were bought, and he even hired theatrical troupes to perform at the manor specifically for them, so long as it could be thought of, James gave it to the two children.

Several months passed in the blink of an eye, under James’s meticulous care, Liam and Anna lived a life they had never dared imagine.

The exotic delicacies let them taste the finest flavors in the human world.

The fine silk garments gave them comfort they had never known.

The novelty toys and performances made them so overjoyed they forgot all past hardships.

However, Adam began to worry whether this luxurious lifestyle would corrupt the children’s hearts, making them forget their past suffering, he decided to set up a test to see whether they could still maintain their original pure hearts.

One day, James called Liam and Anna to his side. "Liam, Anna, have you been happy living here?"

"Very happy, Mr. James," the two answered in unison.

James nodded. "I need to go away for a while, during this time, it will just be the two of you at home, can you take good care of yourselves?"

"We can!" They agreed without a second thought, as former beggars, looking after themselves was nothing to fret over.

"Excellent, then wait for me to return!" James patted both their heads, when he left, he deliberately did not leave any silver in the house, there were only valuable calligraphy, paintings, and jewelry.

He also arranged for the servants to later go on strike, demanding their wages, in the end, only the two children would remain, and the real question would be whether they would steal the paintings and jewelry to sell for cash.

The next day, the two had planned to sleep until they naturally woke, but a burst of noisy clamor outside jolted them awake.

"Mr. James didn’t pay our wages and ran off!"

"Should we report this to the authorities?"

"How could Mr. James do this? I never expected him to be that kind of person!"

The servants’ gossip drifted into Liam’s ears, he couldn’t take it any longer.

He rushed out and yelled at the servants. "Don’t speak nonsense! Mr. James is not that kind of person!"

"You say he isn’t, so he isn’t? Do you know what day it is? It’s payday! But Mr. James ran away!"

"Exactly! He ran out of money, which is why he abandoned you two here as well!"

"Then why should I keep working? I quit! I’m leaving!"

One by one, the servants all left.

"Brother, what happened?" Anna rubbed her sleepy eyes drowsily.

"It’s nothing, Anna, go back to sleep, I will take care of it!"

In the days that followed, the servants appeared less and less under various pretexts, until every last one had gone, leaving only the two of them in the large estate.

Looking at the empty hall and quiet courtyard, an indescribable feeling welled up in Liam’s heart, a deep sense of loss.

Anna was scared, she grasped Liam’s hand tightly. "Brother, what should we do? Where did Mr. James go? Why did the servants leave? Why didn’t he leave us money? How are we going to eat?"

Liam took a deep breath, trying to look strong. "Anna, don’t be afraid, Mr. James probably just forgot, we have to rely on ourselves and live strongly, just like before."

"Mhm, but... Brother, I want to eat roast duck!" However, Anna was just a child after all.

"I’ll figure something out!" Liam patted her head and went to the kitchen.

But all the food had been taken by the servants, not a single scrap was left.

The little boy frowned, these servants had gone too far.

He wandered into the study and caught sight of the room full of calligraphy, paintings, and jewelry, his eyes lit up, if he took some of these to exchange for money, they could eat whatever they wanted.

But he hesitated, if he did that, he would be stealing.

No way! He shook his head vigorously and closed the study door.

But he couldn’t find anything else edible, there was no other way, he dug up wild weeds from the back garden and made a pot of wild weed porridge.

"Brother, where’s the roast duck?" Anna asked in confusion.

"We’ve been eating big meals every day, we’re tired of them, let’s change our tastes today!" Liam forced a smile.

"Okay, Brother!" Anna picked up her bowl and started gulping it down.

But the next second, she spat it right back out.

"Wah, Brother, it tastes awful! Why didn’t I think it tasted this bad before!"

"You still have to eat it, there’s nothing else in the house, we don’t know when Mr. James will return, so we must rely on ourselves!" Liam sighed, deciding to tell the truth.

"Ah? How could this happen? My roast duck!" The little girl’s face crinkled up in distress.

Liam sighed. "Hurry and eat, in the past, just having wild weed porridge was considered pretty good!"

With that, he buried his head, took a sip, and put on an expression of enjoying something sweet and delicious. "See? It’s still very delicious!"

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