Chapter 537 Escape from Here
"Richard, oh, dear, my baby! Mommy is so worried about you......"
Along with this anxious and concerned cry, the woman who Richard should have called mother by blood rushed over like a gust of wind and hugged him tightly in her arms.
However, at that moment, Richard knew clearly in his heart that those guys must have started to take action.
You know, he didn't follow the pre-arranged plan and was not picked up by his parents on the way and taken home.
In this case, we can only adjust our strategy slightly. As long as we reveal some clues, those people will be able to easily find out where Richard is at the moment.
Richard had no interest in this sudden hug. He just felt uncomfortable all over, and that feeling was terrible.
Because this so-called mother hugged him too tightly and too stiffly, as if he was being hugged by a cold skeleton.
What is even more unbearable is that this lady was still wearing a corset and vest even at such an important moment when she came to welcome her own son home!
The hard material fits tightly against her body, without a trace of softness.
Really hard......
Richard thought so, and then was hugged again by his so-called sister. However, Richard could feel that this sister was pinching him hard in a place where no one else could see.
Did he want to frown and look painful, so that others would think he was resisting contact with his biological parents?
The Richard of the past might have done this, but the Richard of today won’t do that. After so much training, Richard has long learned to turn his face into a mask.
"Sister, I miss you so much...When that group of people took me away, I kept calling you sister. I was so scared..."
Richard hugged his sister back, but what he said startled the adults present.
Especially Richard's parents, because when their daughter came back, she said, "My brother wanted to play there for a while, so I came back first."
Richard's sister wanted to say something else, but she was also a shrewd woman. She knew that it would be meaningless to say more at this time. She could only let Richard hug her and tell her about his grievances.
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The only adult present who was unaware of this was probably Kreacher.
But just in case, Kreacher felt that he still needed to ask a few more questions.
"Richard, are they your parents?"
no!!!!!!!!
Richard looked calm on the outside, but in his heart he was shouting over and over again, No! They were not his parents!!! So disgusting!!! He actually came out of that woman's belly!!! He was about to vomit!!! So disgusting!!!
Although the soul in his body resisted, Richard's body still showed the innocent smile of a child.
"Yes, Uncle Dean, they are my parents."
Richard is a good boy, because he knows that the uncle dean likes good boys and the uncle dean is the "king" of the "knights", so Richard will listen to the uncle dean and protect him like a knight.
So Richard must be patient now, he must follow the script set by those people, but don't worry, Uncle Dean, Richard will definitely come back, just like the knight will return to the king no matter how far away he is...
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Kreacher watched Richard leave the orphanage with his parents. What a wonderful ending! A lost child found his biological parents, and a pair of parents found their lost child.
However, before leaving, Richard did something very strange. He secretly hid from his parents and sister, and buried the wooden box that Kreacher had bought for the orphans, which contained their little secrets, under a tree in the orphanage.
"When I grow up, I will go back to the orphanage and dig this box out!"
Is it the children's time box? How cute! Kreacher had done this before, but after a while, he buried the boxes and forgot about them all.
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Of course Richard buried the wooden box in the orphanage...
Because if he took it back, he knew without a doubt that his sister would snatch the wooden box from him.
Richard didn't want the box to be stolen, nor did he want his sister to see the paintings he had drawn in the box.
After all, wouldn’t it be boring if the treasure that rewards the knight in the story appeared halfway through?
The knight should have set off on the journey according to the plot. He was going to kill the dragon and save the princess, but just as Richard had imagined in his mind, the "knight" would resist. He would cut off the heads of the "dragon" and the "princess" together and present them to his loyal king.
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As expected, as long as people have a goal, they can do anything very quickly.
Who could have imagined that it would only be four months or even less than half a year.
Cracks were already beginning to appear between Richard's parents.
However, Richard was not surprised at this result. Just like before, Richard knew that he had claustrophobia, but he still sneaked into the warehouse when Kreacher was not paying attention and locked himself in. Only physiological reactions are the most authentic acting.
Richard was the only one in the family who knew about the dirty things his parents had done to each other.
The reason is simple, they know how to avoid people, because they know that trouble comes from the mouth, and they can't control everyone's mouth;
They would avoid Richard's sister because she was their beloved daughter and she shouldn't know those things;
But they forgot to avoid Richard, just like you wouldn't care about the ants passing by you when you are talking.
Richard cleverly presents certain things to another person in an extremely subtle and unobtrusive way.
Although some things are clear to both of them, there are still some things that they both want to hide as much as possible...
For example, his seemingly righteous father was actually soliciting prostitution behind the back of his gentle and virtuous mother!
However, it should be noted that compared with what was revealed next, this was merely the most low-level and insignificant scandal.
Look at his mother, this usually dignified and virtuous woman actually has a dark side. She deliberately tampered with the family's account books, quietly accumulated a sum of money through this means, and generously used it to satisfy her fanatical pursuit of jewelry.
Not only that, she even went to great lengths to purchase a property outside specifically to hide her vast collection of jewelry.
What's even more shocking is that the house contains far more than just dazzling jewels...
For example, when my father stopped running a casino and started doing "serious" business, my mother's family would definitely cooperate with him. But everyone knows that businessmen are the most profit-oriented group, even to my wife's family.
But if the other party finds out about the things they wanted to hide, won’t they suspect Richard?
Haha, of course not. As I said at the beginning, if your secret is known by others, would you suspect that it was the ant who told it?
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"boom!!!!!!"
It was the sound of a door slamming shut. Whenever this sound was heard, Richard knew that he was about to see something interesting.
It was really ridiculous. Every time his father quarreled with his mother, he always wanted to close the door. Maybe he wanted to maintain the last bit of dignity. But unfortunately, with such a loud noise and such a heavy sound of the door closing, who in the whole mansion could not hear it?
When Richard rushed over, the door in front of him could not be closed because his father slammed it hard, and it bounced open again.
But it was better this way. Richard could save himself some trouble. And it was not easy for his parents to find out if he did this. Last time, he quietly opened the closed door and was almost discovered by his parents. Fortunately, he found an excuse in time, "I, I heard a noise... What happened to Mom and Dad?"
No one would doubt that a child who had just been found would discover such a deep secret in his family, and that this child was ignored by them since childhood, like air. Just as mentioned before, no one would doubt that ants would reveal secrets...........
"Richard! Go to bed! Don't leave your room!"
Richard did as he was told. After all, he had to pretend to be a good boy to facilitate the next plan. However, if he did so, he would miss that scene, which made him feel a little bit regretful...........
Fortunately, this time when the door was injured by his own strong swing, it bounced open again due to the force.
This made it much easier for Richard. He only needed to stand in the crack of the door to hide his body and only show his eyes to peek into the drama.
His father grabbed his mother's neck and slapped her, leaving a bloody mark on his face.
There were constant noises of quarreling and fighting, but Richard just thought it was all wonderful...
Yes, this is what this home should look like...
Haah...it was all so wonderful. Unexpectedly, Richard tasted true happiness amidst the endless sounds of domestic violence and quarrels.
It's wonderful...
This is how it should be... This is what this "happy" family really looks like, so wonderful...
Richard looked at the people in the room, his whole body shaking with excitement, he hugged himself tightly to prevent himself from making any sound...
"Master Richard, why are you here?"
The old butler in the mansion heard the quarrel and wanted to stand at the door and wait until everything quieted down before going in to clean up the mess. After all, this was a matter between the master and the mistress, and he was just a butler. He had no reason to interfere, nor was he allowed to interfere.
But what the butler did not expect was that Master Richard, who had been lost and recently found, was also standing at the door of the room, and seemed to be watching the scene of the master and the mistress quarreling through the crack in the door.
Speaking of Master Richard, the old butler is actually a little pitiful. He is obviously the biological child of the master and the mistress, but he is the least valued person in the family.
The old butler could even guarantee that if the incident of Master Richard's disappearance had not caused such a big fuss at the time, the master and mistress would not even want to look for him.
But no matter how pitiful he is, he is still just a butler, a handy tool in this mansion, and he has no right to judge his master's thoughts.
"Guan, Grandpa Butler... I, I heard my parents arguing again, what should I do? I'm so scared..."
For Richard, it took less than a second to go from excitement to fear and panic.
When Richard turned his head, he had already turned into a child who was attracted by his parents' quarrel and was frightened and at a loss when he saw the scene inside the door.
"...Master, go back to your room and sleep. Everything will be fine when you wake up."
This was obviously a lie to fool a child, but what else could the old butler do? He could do nothing.
But seeing Richard so scared that he cried, the old butler still wanted to do something, at least to let Master Richard... the most innocent person in this mansion escape from here.