My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit

Chapter 917 Persuading the Old Madam

"That's right," the Old Madam said resignedly. "I was angry at that time. I believed your mother, and I thought even if she didn't love your father, you were her son. Because of the responsibility for you, she stayed in the Flint family and didn't immediately divorce your father. So I thought she would treat you well, but I didn't know she made you a stand-in for that man out of selfishness. You are my grandson and the third-generation heir of the Flint family. How could you become a stand-in? Even if you were just a child of an ordinary family, I believe you wouldn't want to become a stand-in for anyone, right?"

Julien nodded his head. "Yes."

This was his pride.

It was also the pride of any person.

Every individual was unique and unwilling to be a stand-in for anyone else.

This was true for both the rich and the poor.

"So how could I stand it?" The Old Madam pestled her cane. "I took you away from the Flint Mansion on the pretext that I needed you to come to the old residence to study. I couldn't let you stay with your mother anymore. Otherwise, you will become the real Dallin one day. I couldn't watch you become another person, so I had to change your character. Yet I didn't expect it to be too late. By that time, your character was basically set. I couldn't change it anymore."

The Old Madam regretfully shook her head. "I could only let this go on. Six years ago, I didn't know what had suddenly happened to you. Your character suddenly changed greatly, which made you become like this. To be honest, at that time, I was really happy."

"I know." Julien got up, walked to the Old Madam, and reached out to hold the Old Madam's hand. "Grandma, sorry to have made you worry for so many years."

The Old Madam patted the back of his hand and smiled, "You are my grandson. I am your grandma. It's natural for me to worry about you. The good thing is that all I have done is not in vain. You have finally gotten rid of the character formed by your mother and built your own character."

Although Julien's real character was cold and a bit annoying, as long as it was his own character and not imposed by others, she was relieved.

"Well, I have said what should be said, and I told you about your parents' past. Is there anything else you want to know?" The Old Madam sipped her tea and looked at Julien inquiringly.

Julien shook his head. "No more for now. I came here today mainly to know this. Thank you, Grandma, for clearing up my confusion."

"It's nothing. You are my grandson. I can tell you whatever you want to know. Or do you think I will be buried with these things?" the Old Madam laughed.

Julien frowned. "Grandma, don't say that. You are still young. You will live a long time."

"Alright, I won't say it anymore." Seeing that her grandson was a little upset, the Old Madam hastily conceded defeat.

Julien's tense face looked much better this time.

The Old Madam looked at the sky. "Alas, it's so late. It's almost dark."

Hearing this, Julien lowered his head to look at his watch and saw that it was already six o'clock, his brow furrowed even tighter.

Felicia, who had not said anything, suggested, "Mrs. Flint, it's almost time for dinner. Since Mr. Julien is also here, I will ask the kitchen to prepare more dishes. What do you think?"

The Old Madam didn't answer immediately. She looked at Julien. "Julien, what do you say? Do you want to stay here and eat with me or go to Syd's place? Speaking of which, you seem to be living at Syd's place." NôvelDrama.Org copyrighted © content.

Julien didn't deny it. "Yes, it has been a while."

As he spoke, his thin lips clearly curved up, and his tone revealed a faint touch of complacency.

The Old Madam and Felicia saw this and looked at each other with a smile.

The Old Madam even shook her head. "So?"

"I can't have dinner with you tonight. I promised Leaf that I would go with her to the Chase family. Mrs. Chase wants to see me." Julien glanced at his watch again.

The Old Madam was surprised. "Mrs. Chase? You're talking about Paisley, your mother's friend, right?"

Mrs. Chase's first name was Paisley.

Julien quickly reacted and nodded. "Yes, she is also my mother's classmate in college, but Mrs. Chase was closer to Sydney's mother, so Sydney treated Mrs. Chase as her second mother. Mrs. Chase wants to see me, and she also wants to test me as Sydney's second mother."

"So you're meeting Sydney's 'parents'?" Felicia teased.

Julien coughed lightly. "Something like that."

Looking at his embarrassed look, the Old Madam felt it was rare and laughed, "Did you prepare gifts? If not, I have a lot of tonic products here. You can take some."

Julien shook his head and refused. "Grandma, keep them for yourself. They are all for you. It's not appropriate to give those tonic products to them. Don't worry. I have a sense of proportion. The gifts are ready."

The Old Madam knew that Julien never lied. So when she heard him say so, she didn't doubt it and instead nodded. "That's fine. It's late. You can go now. Bring Syd over for dinner another day."

"Okay, then I'm off, Grandma," Julien said and glanced toward Felicia.

Felicia immediately understood and smiled at the Old Madam. "Madam, I'll see Mr. Julien off."

The Old Madam, aware of the glance Felicia had just exchanged with Julien, probably knew what they were going to say. She wanted to stop them, but thinking that they were worried about her, she finally sighed and waved her hand. "Go ahead."

"Okay," Felicia replied with a smile, relieved.

She knew that she and Mr. Julien could not hide it from the Old Madam, so she was afraid that the Old Madam would refuse.

The good thing was that the Old Madam did not do so.

"Mr. Julien, this way please." Felicia looked at Julien and made a gesture of invitation.

Julien nodded slightly and went out of the hall.

The two walked along the woodland pathway out of the old residence, and no one spoke.

Only after they left the old residence and came to Julien's car did Julien turn to look at Felicia. "Felicia, try to persuade Grandma to go to the sanatorium. You should know why I can't force Grandma to go there, right?"

"Yes." Felicia's face was a bit anxious. "If you do so, she will not be happy, and the treatment in the sanatorium will not work. On the contrary, it will make her body decay even faster. Mr. Julien, I understand your difficulties."

"That's good," Julien said.

Felicia looked at him. "Don't worry. Even without your words, I will try to persuade her."

"Thank you, Felicia."

With these words, Julien bowed to Felicia.

Felicia hurriedly stopped him. "What are you doing? Don't do this. I can't afford it. Anyway, I've been working for Mrs. Flint for decades. How can I bear to see her condition worsen like this? I've already taken her as my family rather than my master. So, as her family, I should think about her and try to let her live. In short, I will try my best to persuade her. Just leave it to me. Mr. Julien, go to Ms. Raines now. I will contact you about your grandma at any time."

"OK, thanks a lot." Julien nodded, pulled open the car door, and got into the car.