"Andrew! You've finally come back!" Susie cried out cheerfully when she saw Andrew coming in. She hurriedly got up from the sofa in the living room and ran to him.
However, even to his younger sister, Andrew remained sort of indifferent and uttered "hmm" as a response to her excitement.
Two other people appeared on the second floor when they heard Susie's excited voice.
"Is Andrew back?"
An amiable woman in her thirties, hand in hand with a middle-aged man in his fifties, showed on the second floor, looking at Andrew with a warm and gentle smile. The woman was Arya, and the man was Ethan.
"We both miss you a lot. Although you might be occupied with a lot of business at the company at the moment, you need to take some rest. You should also pay attention to your health,"
Arya said softly, as she gave Andrew a fond gaze filled with so much love and care.
"He's already a grown-up. You don't need to have so many unnecessary worries," Ethan next to her muttered. For some reason, he seemed to be very annoyed.
"Dad, Mom!" Susie exclaimed, turning around and looking at them.
With no time to spare, she hurried up the stairs to Ethan, took his hand and said like a child, "Dad, Andrew's finally back!"
Susie was spoiled rotten by Ethan as he had her in his later years.
Ethan gently caressed her head, and as he fondly looked at her with his eyes full of love and affection, he said, "Yes, I see him, darling."
With that, Susie replied, "Then let's go downstairs now!"
With the help of Susie and Arya, Ethan was able to descend the stairs.
Upon getting down, Ethan fixed his eyes on Andrew, who was around 8 centimeters taller than him, and said without much emotion, "What brings you back? You've been gone for so long that I started thinking I don't have a son. Were it not for this call, would you ever come back home? You would forget all about this home, wouldn't you?"
Andrew raised his head and looked at his father indifferently. They looked like they were complete strangers. With a deep breath, he said, "No, I wouldn't."
Ethan sniffed in response. "Well, that'd be good enough for you."
Andrew cast his eyes down again as mixed feelings seized him.
"Why did you ask me to come back? Is there anything wrong?"
"What? Must something go wrong for me to call you back here?" Ethan coldly replied as he once again stared at him devoid of any emotions.
Andrew responded, "If there's nothing wrong, I'd be on my way."
He didn't even cast a single glance at Lesley all this time.
Seeing that Andrew was really on his way out, Ethan called out to him, anger evident in his voice. "Stop!"
He was so outraged that he was almost out of breath. Slowly, he put his two hands on his chest and said, "You rascal! You are really trying to get me killed, huh!"
Andrew stopped in his tracks, but he didn't turn around.
Feeling that father and son were becoming so hostile to each other, Lesley went beside Ethan and gently comforted him, "Uncle, take it easy. Andrew never means it. He must really have urgent matters at hand that he needs to deal with, as he is in charge of such a big enterprise now."
Arya immediately approached her husband and whispered in an angry tone, "What are you doing? Only once in a blue moon does Andrew come back home and you're choosing to quarrel with him! You know that he has taken over the Lu Group, so it's natural for him to become very busy!"
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