A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 674

"Grandfather…"

Cordy walked over to Jesse's side and sat down, and said affectionately, "He can be a little studious, so it'd be difficult if you kept him away from school."

Next to her, Dicky nodded repeatedly.

That was when Linus, Jesse's grandson, sighed feebly beside them. "So Dicky's the neighbor's kid…as one would put it."

Linus was just a year younger than Sean, but his child Silas was already eleven and the eldest amongst his generation.

He had been sitting primly with everyone in the living room, appearing very refined and disciplined.

Of course, he could be doing that only to present himself as a prim and proper child.

"Silas is amazing too. I heard he won first place at the national arithmetic competition," Cordy strategically praised in turn, eager to not make enemies for Dicky.

The air in the room became amicable—Silas was still a child despite being so mature, and he naturally smiled at the flattery.

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It was the fourth day Cordy and Dicky were spending at Cranston Hall, and Dicky still insisted on visiting the science center.

Having been visiting it for days, Cordy felt like Sean was about to get a stroke.

Fortunately for him, Jesse mentioned earlier that relatives were visiting in the afternoon, and asked the whole family to gather. Sean therefore had an excuse to not go, though he promised Dicky to go again tomorrow.

Cordy had heard about them beforehand—they were the Lynds, another important family in the capital. Jean Cranston, the Lynd matriarch, was the eldest of the family following her husband's passing. She was also Jesse's younger sister.

Thus, it was only natural that her eldest son Kenneth Lynd was the heir to the family estate.

While the Lynds weren’t particularly close with the Cranstons, they would always bring everyone to gather a couple times with each other.

One reason was to actually bridge relations, while the other was to show everyone else that they were quite close, in turn strengthening their respective positions.