Chapter 10 Your Tilth Uncle Will Teach You to
Martin raised a hand, and seven or eight black-clad bodyguards
immediately rushed up and began dragging the Bishop family away from the orchard.
“Mr. Murray told you to leave, don’t you understand human language?”
“You’re not wanted here, isn’t it obvious? You bootlickers are so annoying!”
The bodyguards scolded derisively as they dragged the Bishops away and deposited them just outside the front door.
Because of all the commotion, the neighbors on either side of the mansion were all craning their necks to watch the show Some were pretending to drink tea in their backyards, others pretending to walk their dogs, but they were really all watching the public humiliation of the Bishop family.
Jay and Christine were both red in the face, overcome by shame and anger. This was their own house! How could the Murrays throw them out like this? It was so unreasonable!
The Bishop family was used to being pampered, and they were deeply offended by the situation. But the Murray family was too powerful to provoke, and they didn’t dare to fight back no matter how upset they were. They could only wait helplessly by their own front gate and wait for the Murray family to come out….
With the Bishop family now taken care of, Susie continued her efforts
to coax Alex.
“Alex, Alex, come quick! Look at this, I’ve got something yummy for you…”
The little girl tilted her head and stretched out her hand. A small piece of an apple lay in her palm. Ryan gave her the apple when she got out of the hospital this morning, and she’d kept part of it.
The parrot inched slowly across the branch, swaying back and forth. Its small eyes rolled around and around, examining the Murray family cautiously
The Murray family was now standing a good distance away. Craig leaned on his cane, watching the scene with a serious expression, but there was a trace of tension around his eyes.
Michael was the most impatient out of any of them. He wished he could grow a pair of wings, fly up to that parrot, and drag it down to eat the fruit!
Susie’s tiny arms were starting to get sore from holding the apple bits up.
Ryan had found a handful of grain somewhere and held it in his hand, crouching beside Susie. “Alex, don’t you want some of this delicious grain? Come and get it…”
Susie nodded vigorously in agreement. “Yes, Uncle Ryan’s very nice,
Alex! Come quickly, we have to leave soon!”
The Murray family looked at Ryan and Susie. They didn’t know when those two had become such good friends, and suddenly they were a little jealous…
At that moment, the parrot finally flapped down toward them, stretched out his claws-and landed directly on Ryan’s head.
Ryan:
Suddenly, Susie let out a gleeful chuckle, and the Murray family looked at her in disbelief.
From the moment they met her. Susie was like a numb little robot, always speaking in a monotone voice. In the past ten days of recovery, she hadn’t even cracked a smile. No matter what, she was always restrained and careful, so much so that it was heartbreaking
Now she was finally laughing…
Craig felt his eyes get hot again. He felt very old, with how much he seemed to be crying over the past few days.
Seeing Susie’s bright smile, the parrot seemed pleased with himself. He spread his wings and shook them back and forth: “Stinky, stinky!”
Ryan:
Susie couldn’t help but giggle, and she corrected seriously, “He’s not stinky, he’s my uncle!”
Parrot: “Stupid boy, stupid boy!”
Ryan’s mouth twitched, and he wanted to yank the parrot off his head. A colorful green bird standing on his head, what kind of ridiculous situation was this?
But seeing how happy it was making Susie, all the anger left him. He spread out the seeds in his hand, tempting the parrot to fly down to his wrist, and then grabbed the bird’s foot when he wasn’t looking.
Alex shouted, “Help! Help! Don’t stew me! Don’t stew me!”
The crowd: ”
This parrot was really noisy…
Finally, the parrot was put on a lead and taken back through the Bishop family home.
Susie stroked the little bird’s head, leaned close to his ear, and comforted him with a voice only the two of them could hear. “Don’t be afraid, it’s just a necklace. Just a nice little necklace for Alex! I’ll take it off for you when we get home.”
Craig walked through the house with the help of his cane, looking around the Bishops’ mansion with cloudy eyes.
This was where his precious daughter lived before she died. He wondered if she ate and slept well while she was here…
When she was sick, did she have someone to take care of her? Had she walked through the same backyard he was just in? Did she ever stare at this tree through the window and watch the leaves rustle in the wind?
Craig’s heart felt like it was breaking for Clara all over again. As the Murray brothers watched their father hesitate to leave the house, their hearts were heavy as they thought of Clara, too.
Outside the mansion’s front door, Andrew saw the Murrays
approaching and greeted them immediately
The Murray family had already shunned him once, but now he thought
maybe he could win Susie over.
Jay smiled and said, “Wow, our in-laws are so talented! You got the
parrot!”
Andrew also plastered a big grin on his face. “Susie likes parents, I didn’t even know… How careless of me. Susie, Daddy will buy you lots of parrots in the future, what do you think about that?”
Children might not know as much as adults, but that didn’t mean Susie was stupid. She looked at Andrew’s fake smile and bowed her head without saying a word, cuddling her stuffed rabbit to her chest.
She didn’t want a lot of parrots. After her mom died, all she wanted was for her dad to hug her.
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