Chapter 696 Traveling around the World


    Max, on the other hand, contemted for seconds. Then, he leaned in and said with a smile, “Mom,


    Dad, did you… win a lottery today?”


    The two looked up and asked in confusion, “What are you talking about?”


    “What lottery?”


    Max smirked impishly. “Haha, if you didn’t win a lottery, why are you hugging each other so tightly? It’s


    as if you were afraid that you might lose each other! It’s weird.”


    Chad and Christine were both stumped for words.


    They quickly let go of each other. Chad cleared his throat. His expression was rather awkward.


    He scowled at Max and said, “Nonsense. We were just watching TV.”


    Max nodded pensively.


    “Oh, you were watching TV. But that’s no reason to hold each other that tight.”


    Christine’s temper towered. She grabbed a cushion and tossed it at Max.


    “Why are you everywhere? Go wash your hand! Leave us alone!”


    Max caught the cushion with one hand. Aware that he had ruffled his mother’s feathers, he didn’t dare


    to talk back. Smiling apologetically, he replied, “Okay. I’ll go right away.”


    With that said, he ran off to the bathroom.


    When he and Kevin returned to the dining room after washing their hands, Chad and Christine were


    seated side by side at the table.


    Dinner had been served. There were more dishes on the table today. The food looked more ptable


    than usual, too.


    Max had keenly observed that several dishes seemed to be cooked by his mother.


    His eyes lit up at once.


    “My instinct is right. Something is different today.”


    “Otherwise, how could Mom, who rarely cooks, have prepared those dishes in person?”


    Associating this with the intimate embrace the two had on the sofa, Max came up with a bold guess.


    Kevin had also sensed something unusual.


    But with Max here, he didn’t want to y the fool with him, so he didn’t admit it.


    Even so, he had clearly noticed that Chad and Christine were both somehow different today.


    But the difference was good. So he was not worried or eager to point it out.


    Anyway, since they had summoned him and Max back, they would not hide it from them. They probably


    wanted them here just to tell them about this.


    Sure enough, after the two sat down by the table, Chad told the servant to open a bottle of wine and


    pour a ss for each of them.


    Christine also had some wine. Chad couldn’t have alcohol yet, so he just poured some water into his


    ss.


    “We called you back here tonight to have dinner because it’s been quite a while since the four of us


    had spent some quality time together.”


    “I heard that Ally has gone abroad to further her study, so she isn’t home today. Laura is shooting a


    new TV show, right?”


    Max nodded at once and said, “Yes. She’s not in Eqitin. She’s gone to Pratu.”


    Chad then chuckled and said, “What a pity! I wanted to invite her and Ally over as well. Maybe next


    time then.”


    As he said this, he couldn’t help but peer at Christine out of the corner of his eyes.


    Seeing that she showed no trace of annoyance, he breathed a sigh of relief.


    Then, he continued, “Other than having a reunion dinner, today, I and your mother also have an


    announcement to make.”


    Hearing this, Max and Kevin were dazed. They put down their forks at the same time.


    “What’s up?” asked Max.


    Chad held Christine’s hand and said beamingly, “Your mother and I have decided to go on a trip after I


    recover. We n to travel around the world. Thus, from now on, you two will handle everything in the


    family and thepany. You have to shoulder the responsibilities. When you don’t know what to do,


    call me or your grandfather. The Nixon family is in your hands now.”


    Max and Kevin were both stupefied.


    They never saw thising.


    Kevin put on an almost imperceptible frown. When Max came to his sense, he directly jumped to his


    feet and said in shock, “You’re going on a trip? Why do you suddenly wanna travel around the world?”


    Christine rolled her eyes at him.


    “We’ve always wanted to go, but because of you two brats, we never got the chance.”


    Max had been called names by her many times, so he didn’t mind this at all.


    But Kevin had attached great importance to manners since he was a child. This was his first time being


    called a “brat”. His face stiffened after he heard that.


    Maxughed. “OK. Go ahead. I just felt this happened all of a sudden, so I freaked out a little.”


    Christine sneered.


    “What? Are you saying that we informed you toote? So you think we should tell you several months


    in advance if we want to go travel?”


    Max knew he could never beat his mother in arguing.


    He threw in the towel, “How dare I? I’d never request you to do that. I’m already very d that you told


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    us about this now. Don’t worry. When you’re not here, Kevin and I will do a good job running both the


    house and thepany. Nothing will go wrong. I promise.”


    This time, Kevin didn’t pull the rug from under Max’s feet.


    He also nodded in agreement.


    Looking earnestly at his parents, he remarked, “Mom, Dad, you’ve been working hard for years. You


    should go and have some fun around the world. Don’t worry about us or thepany.”


    Smiling, Chad nodded and said, “Good. Now you said that, I know I have nothing to worry about.”


    Christine was always a woman of action.


    Now they had decided to go on a trip, she immediately started to make ns.


    After all, they were going to travel around the globe. They needed to make a lot of preparations before


    they could set off.


    Therefore, while Chad was staying home for his recovery, Christine made the arrangements for the trip.


    No time was wasted.


    After all the details were nned out and all the preparations were made, Chad would have basically


    recovered.


    Since the surgery went well, Chad had noplications.


    After saying goodbye to their children and friends, they immediately boarded the ne and set off.


    That day, Max and Kevin went to see them off at the airport.


    Watching them leave, Max said to Kevin with emotion, “Kevin, when can we live such a free life like our


    parents? I so wanna go on a trip on the spur of the moment. How romantic!”


    Kevin turned around and shot him a disdainful look.


    “With you? Forget it. I don’t wanna go with you.”


    Max was rendered speechless.


    Seeing his older brother walk away, he snorted with contempt and punched the air.


    A whileter, he finally growled, “Who said I wanted to travel with you? I meant with my wife!”


    That night, Max went home and told Laura about this.


    Laura had just finished the shooting for her new show. Thus, she had three precious days off.


    Hearing that they had boarded the ne as nned, she nodded in relief and said, “It does sound


    romantic. But they may face trouble on their way. Don’t forget to call them from time to time and check


    if they are safe.”