Chapter 1040


    As soon as Diana returned to her room, La came looking for her.


    La told her that Simon was leaving, and had asked her to ry the message that he couldn’t face


    Diana anymore after what he had done.


    “Would you like to go see him off?” La asked.


    “No.” Diana shook her head. “Parting ways like this is fine.”


    Diana didn’t know what to say to Simon if she saw him again.


    “Please convey a message for me. I hope he can live a good life.”


    Simon heard this, and disappointment flickered in his eyes. He had thought she woulde to see him


    off when he left, but…


    “She really won’te to see me off?” he asked La.


    “No, she won’t,” La replied. “Please have a good rest once you return home. Ms. Winnington said


    she hopes you can have a good life.”


    Even in this situation, she still wished him well.


    Simon couldn’t help the mocking smile that curled on his lips, and looked down at his disabled legs.


    “Please thank her for me, for not getting the police to pursue me further.”


    Meanwhile, Julian took Noel and Cecilia back to the Fulcher Manor.


    It had been a while since they hade here. When they entered, they strangely felt that the manor


    had weathered many storms and looked much older than before.


    Noel couldn’t help but say, “When Madam Fulcher was here … The manor used to be so lively.”


    Thinking of his grandmother, Julian couldn’t help but feel a pang of sadness.


    “I’ll go to Grandma’s room for a while,” he said.


    Noel didn’t stop him. “Alright, sir. I’ll go to the kitchen and prepare dinner.”


    It had been a long time since they had been here. The small kitchen might not have had time to


    prepare the food promptly. Dinner tonight wouldn’t be served early.


    The old manor had aged considerably, but his grandmother’s room remained unchanged. Julian had


    requested the servants not to disturb anything when they cleaned the room.


    Everything was exactly the same as it had been before his grandmother passed away. Even the lipstick


    she had used was left uncapped.


    As she grew older, she was often forgetful. When his grandmother was alive, Julian would often scold


    her, saying, “If you keep being so absent-minded to the point you forget to put the cap back on your


    lipstick, you might end up losing yourself one day.”


    Later on, it wasn’t that his grandmother lost herself.


    She had simply closed her eyes and entered a peaceful rest…forever.


    “When I first found out about Simon’s identity, I med you,” Julian said as he touched her portrait. He


    sat on a chair and looked at her, as if the older woman had never left.


    It was as if the two of them were engaged in a gentle conversation, like old times.


    “But now, after learning about Simon’s character, I believe it was good that you didn’t let me know.”


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    Madam Fulcher hadn’t stopped loving Julian, and she didn’t stop loving him because of Simon.


    She only wanted to protect Julian.


    Yes, Julian had be powerful and was a formidable figure in the capital. But in her eyes, he was


    still a little boy who needed protection.


    She had initially wanted to take Simon’s secret to the grave, so that Julian would never know about his


    parents’ broken rtionship. It was the only beautiful dream she could give him about their family.


    Yet, that dream had been shattered.


    As a result, hecked confidence even in his feelings for


    Diana.


    “That girl hasn’te to see you in a long time,” Julian said. “Are you angry with her?”


    As he spoke, he got up again. “You must be angry. You were so good to her, but she was so ungrateful.


    She even dared to curse me, saying the most unpleasant things about me…”