Through the book: The villain’s son’s stand-in

Towards evening, the busy siblings of the Lawrence family slowly returned.

The eldest brother Berg is calm and quiet, but the second sister Croy seems to have inherited her father Bailey's awkward temperament, with a sharp tongue and arrogance.

Tonight’s family dinner is destined to be extraordinary.

The three children of the Bailey family have a clear division of labor. The eldest brother inherited the family's energy industry. The second sister took her own dividends and a fortune that she will get as an adult and started her own business with great success. The younger brother just graduated and will be around ten years later. , parents will allow him to play wildly and will not interfere too much in his life.

After dinner, the children finally gathered together and accepted questioning from their old father in the side hall.

Berg sat upright and reported concisely: "In August of this year, the energy channel for the four-sided battlefield was basically completed. The scientific research department also improved the folding jump technology, reducing the transportation cost by one-tenth. In the same month... ..."

During the nearly half-hour report, Berg didn't get stuck at all, and answered Bailey's sudden questions with ease. Bailey couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

"Begg, I can trust you to leave the group to you."

Berg nodded slightly and said, "Thank you father for the compliment."

At this time, Bailey turned his eyes and looked at Croy.

At this time, she was lowering her head and stroking the pearls on her manicure, looking uninterested.

"Croy, what about you? I heard that your clothing brand has suffered a blow. What's going on?"

Bailey fulfilled the role of a strict father to Croy, a daughter whose personality is exactly the same as his own.

After all, it's not enough if he's not strict. He understands that his character is called personality at best, but arrogant at worst.

He didn't even think it was strange to be beaten with a sack.

"It's nothing, huh, it's just a new brand worth mentioning. If you want to step on me and build momentum, you don't have to look at your own strength."

Croy smiled casually, but Bailey warned with a straight face: "Be careful, remember to find out the strength behind it, and don't make too much of a fuss. The relationships in this capital star are complicated, and maybe a little person's There's a huge thing standing behind you."

"I understand, father." Croy was annoyed by the nagging, but he had to respond patiently.

Bailey shook his head helplessly, and finally stopped at James, who was sitting obediently on the sofa, using his optical brain to browse videos.

Regarding his youngest son, he immediately softened his gaze and said softly: "James, what about you, how are you and your...boyfriend doing lately?"

When James heard his name, he suddenly raised his head, put down his computer in an instant, sat down properly, and then shyly replied: "It's okay, we get along well, he is very good to me."

Looking at his youngest son who was hooked by the "pig" outside, Bailey snorted in dissatisfaction: "Good for you? Is this the reason why you move out and don't come back for half a month?"

Hearing his old father's deep resentment, James blinked his eyes quickly, and his little head was thinking about how to explain it.

"Hmph!" Bailey didn't want to embarrass James, so he changed the subject and said, "What about him, why didn't you come with us today? Your mother misses him very much."

"Hmph, she also said that she is a few years younger. She will definitely pursue him. You two will be so fascinated by him that you will be dizzy."

Hearing this, James instantly understood why his old father was so angry today. It turned out that his mother was adding fuel to the fire.

"Oh, Dad, what are you talking about? Mom doesn't miss him. She just wants to use Brother Cheng to say she misses me."

"Mom has the same vision as me, so she is using Brother Cheng to say that she wants to chase you. Dad, don't you understand?"

"Ah?" Bailey's expression was stagnant, but the smile on his lips couldn't help but widen, obviously he was happy about it.

"Hmph! You are right, but if he doesn't come to such an important family dinner, does he look down on our Lawrence family?"

The conversation changed and Bailey suddenly returned to the original question. James shook his head and said, "I was originally going to come, but something happened at the game, so he had to work overtime temporarily."

He sighed and said, "I wonder if my brother will stay up late today. He will definitely be lonely without me by his side."

While talking, James secretly observed his old father's expression from time to time, feeling both guilty and bold.

"Don't leave!"

After hearing this, Bailey still didn't know that his youngest son was applying for early leave. He thought that he had not seen him for half a month, and now that he had only seen him for less than half a day, he was about to leave, and his anger suddenly surged.

"Hmph! If you dare to leave, he won't come again in the future."

"Okay, okay, I just won't leave. Dad, don't be angry."

"Humph!"

After this, Bailey stopped asking any more questions about Gu Cheng.

He has now discovered that regarding Gu Cheng, two members of the family are secretly turning towards him. He only has a dull and taciturn eldest son and a second daughter who cares about things that have nothing to do with him. How can he be fair?

He stood up and left. Seeing that the situation was decided, James had no choice but to send a message to Gu Cheng to cry.

[Brother, I can’t come back today. You have to eat well and sleep well. Don’t stay up late~]

At the same time, Gu Cheng is cooperating with the intelligent system to fill in these "loopholes".

After receiving James' message, Gu Cheng raised the corners of his mouth, quickly typed a few words, and then fell into busyness again.

He couldn't imagine what a scandal it would be if these bugs were found before the update was completed.

James looked at the simple "yes" on the screen and the words to pick him up tomorrow morning, and bubbles of happiness suddenly floated all over his body.

At this time, Croy and Berg were standing behind him at some point.

Berg couldn't help but pursed his lips when he saw his brother's message with a coquettish tone.

Croy was not as restrained as him, and hummed: "Your boyfriend is not that good either. You see in your conversations that you care about him, but you don't see him taking the initiative to send messages to care about you."

When James heard this, the joy in his eyes suddenly turned into unspeakable sourness, and the bubbles around him instantly shattered. Croy froze when he saw this, secretly thinking something bad.

So, Croy, who always had a bad mouth, smiled and comforted him warmly: "There's nothing wrong with it. Your boyfriend is not the kind of person who can talk sweet words. This is the best, at least. It’s also reassuring to have it outside.”

After hearing this, James' expression looked better, but he could never return to his previous good mood.

That night, Gu Cheng was busy until early in the morning. He finally fixed all the bugs and set up a wave of system updates from early morning to 8 am. Then he packed up and prepared to go home.

At this time, he had time to turn on his optical brain and scanned the messages that were not set for special attention.

Unexpectedly, he clicked on James' avatar, and saw that the top of the page had been typing, but no message had been sent for a long time.

Gu Cheng frowned and hesitated for a moment before typing and asked: "Aren't you asleep yet?"

The message being typed disappeared for a while before being typed again.

When he walked to the garage, a brief message came back from there: "You're not asleep either!"

Gu Cheng raised his eyebrows with a look of surprise in his eyes.

James is a little cranky today.

But then I thought about today's missed appointment, and I figured it out in an instant.

I sent a voice message directly.

"Go to sleep and wait until I find you tomorrow. Good night."

"..."

James was shocked when he saw the sudden voice message, but like a thief, he observed the surroundings before carefully clicking on the voice message.

The man's voice is low and magnetic, with a slight hoarseness, as if he is on his way, and his breathing is slightly heavy. With these words, it is like he is whispering in your ear late at night, asking you to be good and wait for him to come to you... …

James immediately didn't dare to think any more, and with a hint of crimson in his eyes, he quickly said good night and got into bed shyly.

A good night's sleep.

At the dinner table, several people in the Lawrence family noticed James's extraordinarily exquisite makeup and style today.

He was eating his meal with a smile on his face and peeking at the door.

Let Bailey, the father, have sour bubbles all over his body.

"Have a good meal. How about your manners? You've only been out for a few years and you're so undisciplined!"

Bailey deliberately raised his voice and spoke insinuatingly. His two big backs straightened instantly. James also withdrew his gaze and smiled at him knowingly, no longer distracted.

"Humph!"

After the anger subsided, the second half of the breakfast gradually became more harmonious.

The eldest brother and the second sister deliberately left late today. They wanted to see what kind of magic power this Gu Cheng, who had caused them so many unreasonable disasters, had.

The last time we met, both of them were busy with work, so they glanced at each other in a hurry, said hello and left. They wanted to see each other well today.