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"Oh my Sheng Mei, that is quite smart!  I never thought of putting things in that order.  It is really intelligent of your brother to have thought so far ahead while he was an invalid." Nadius looked incredulous as he realized this.

"He was dying. Conrad had to be sure that his future was secure.  He had to think of everything." Sheng Mei swirled the contents of her water with a cold expression.

Nadius looked at the text message with a irritable expression.  "I doubt this would be a good idea to leave Henry without support.  I should probably go back to the city to make sure he doesn't make a bigger mess." He said this with much reluctance. It was good weather in Rhode Island and it was a blissful oasis away from his obligations.  It was such a waste to come all the way out here and then go back. His wife was not due to travel back to China for several weeks as she had decided to organize her affairs in the States for a while.  To think his wife would be this close for a while was a delicious pull to stay where he was. It would be nice to reconnect for a while.

"They are newly weds.  They are honeymooned together in a suite with all the trappings of romance.  Why should we intrude or interfere?" Sheng Mei pushed his shoulder playfully.  "You never know with the young ones. Why should the older folks go to bother them?  Maybe their proximity could progress to a point where they decide they would rather try their relationship.  Would that not be a good ending to a situation with a lot of loose ends?"

Nadius tapped his phone against the table as his grin dissolved.  "Henry is no ordinary man. If he could be wooed with women close to him, our problem would have been solved years ago.  Chou has tried. I have tried. He is not without his traumas. I am worried that how Henry used Ellie to achieve his own ends may have created a real rift that neither can deal with."

Sheng Mei's delicately drawn eyebrows rose up as she listened.  "You really think a silly city boy like that has traumas? Do you remember the mechanic who told me he was going to be a billionaire when my father told me you would never amount to much.  You worked to prove him wrong. Remember when you kidnapped me to the county court house when you decided that we had had enough waiting?"

"We were young!  It was what the seventies?  You know I have spent years teaching others about patience and investing in education.  If Henry knew I had ever been so reckless, he would never take my advice seriously ever again." He caught her hand in his and twined his fingers through. "You know but if your father had not been impressed with my skill I would have just taken you to elope in Tahiti or somewhere nobody knew us to raise you and our children in paradise.  I don't need these societal trappings to make it a proper relationship."Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting.