Callis kept his head down whereas Raeleigh stood on the staircase, which made them appeared to be about the same height. After seeing Leander leave, Raeleigh asked Callis, “Would you like to have an apple?”


    Callis did not answer while still lowering his head. Raeleigh handed him an apple that she bought.


    “Take it.”


    Still looking down, Callis did not extend his hand.


    Raeleigh took his hand and ced the apple on his palm.


    “I can’t finish all the apples I bought. Here’s one for you. You can treat me in return next time.” Raeleigh was ufortable with leaving Callis alone. Hence, she waited until Leander returned.


    “Where do you live?” Raeleigh asked before she left. Leander replied, “Just in front.”


    Raeleigh looked in the direction Leander indicated.It turned out that it was in the same direction as her home. Thatsurprised her. “Aren’t you staying with the other workers?”


    Leander walked on one side of Raeleigh while Callis walked on the other. Callis did not make a sound and kept his gaze fixed on the ground.


    Raeleigh kept ncing at Callisbut he didn’t look back at her.On one asion, he stoppedthen sidestepped her before he continued moving forward.


    Raeleigh wondered why Leander said that Callus was used to smiling at beautiful girls. Was she not beautiful?


    Raeleigh felt stupid at the thought and could not help chuckling.


    As he strolled down the street, Leander told Raeleigh why they did not live with the other workers.


    “We are outsiders. We’re considered lucky to have the opportunity of living in the vige. The houses over there are free exclusively for the vigers. My brother and I have to rent a house somewhere else.”


    “I see. Is the rental fee expensive here?”


    “It’s eptable. We can make a few hundred dors per day. In this way, I can get myself a wife in a few years,” Leander said with acent smile. Raeleigh was staggered for a moment before asking, “If you’re going to have your own family, what about Callis?”


    “He can look after himself.”


    Raeleigh followed them to the ce where they lived. Stopping and having a look, she said, “I’ll prepare breakfast for you and send it over tomorrow morning. When does your shift start?”


    Raeleigh just felt that it was not easy for them to cookand it was not troublesome to deliver some food to them.


    Initially, Leander rejected her offer. After she insisted,he epted it.


    After going back, Raeleigh prepared the food ingredients required for the dishes that she would make the next morning. At first, she nned to cook some oatmeal. Later,she changed her mind and preparedto make waffles instead.


    Those two men had a physically demanding job, which made Raeleigh think that two bowls of oatmeal would not be sufficient. Thus, she made preparations for that ordingly.


    By the time Xanthus came back, Raeleigh had already made dinner. After dinner, she went to call Jacky, inquiring about his investigations into the prison and the search for Ste. Xanthus tidied up the dining table and saw that there were some fish and ribs in the kitchen. He turned to ask Raeleigh, only to find that she was still on the phone. Thushe didn’t interrupt her. When Raeleigh came back after the call, Xanthus asked, “Did you want to eat fish?”


    “No,” Raeleigh replied quite straightforwardly.


    “Then why did you prepare fish and ribs?”


    Xanthus disapproved of having such a hearty meal in the morning, although they indeed should do it.


    “It’s for Callis, the worker we met. They’re living nearby because they couldn’t live in the free houses meant for the local vigers.They can only stay in a rented house.With their jobs,I bet they don’t have time to bother with their meals. So, I’ll bring a portion of our breakfast to them.”


    “Living nearby?” Again, Xanthus became alert. Raeleigh told him, “I met them in the supermarket. You can rest assured that they aren’t bad guys. I have tested them.”


    In fact, Raeleigh had never tested them. But if she did not say so,Xanthus would not let it go.


    Rxing on the sofa, Raeleigh held a red apple in her hand. She wanted to nibble it, but due to the food she ate at dinner, she couldn’t really do so.


    Xanthus satopposite her andasked, “Why did they go to the supermarket?”


    “Xanthus, quit behaving like you’re afraid of your own shadow.”


    Raeleigh took a bite of the apple. It was so sweet!


    Xanthus threw a nce at her. “With a sister like you, it will be difficult for me not to be afraid of my own shadow.”Original content from N?velDrama.Org.


    Wearing a grin, Raeleigh chewed on the apple even though she was full.


    As sleepiness set in, she got up and went into her room.


    Seeing her go back, Xanthus decided to go out. He locked the door and told the surrounding people not to let their guard down. After asking where Leander and his brother stayed, he headed straight for them.


    Xanthus knew all the people living nearby. When thendlord, who rented the ce to Leander, saw Xanthus, he thought Xanthus came to make a house call.He even told Xanthus that nobody in his house was sick.


    “I’m not here for consultationbut to inquire about something.”


    Xanthus did not hide anything. Instead, he went straight to the point.


    Thendlord beamed at him. “Well then, what’s the matter?”


    Xanthus mentioned Leander and his brother without saying anything else other than the fact that they had conversed with his sister. He intended to get some more information on the brothers because it concerned him.


    Thendlord gazed at Xanthus for a while. Ever since knowing that Raeleigh was his sister, everyone in the vige thought Dr. Osteen was a decent guy, with the only exception being that he had somewhat deprived Raeleigh of her freedom.


    Originally, when they heard that the two of them were an unmarried couple, they had thought their rtionship abnormal since the two of them had never been intimate with each other. At most, they only caressed each other’s heads, which was unconventional.


    Later, they found out that the two of them were siblings.It stillbaffled them as Xanthus kept an eye on his sister all day long, as if he was fearful of losing her.


    “Keep your voice down while checking around. Don’t let them find outor my rental business will go up in smoke.” Thendlord was helpless at meeting a worrywart like Xanthus.


    Xanthus thanked him and ascended the stairs. There was an attic up thereand Xanthus was eavesdropping outside the door.


    For a long time, he couldn’t hear Callis speaking. All he had heard was Leander’s words regarding work the next day and a reminder for Callis not to keep smiling at girls.


    Xanthus listened briefly before he turned around and left.


    Thendlord, who remained downstairs, asked, “Are they the bad guys?”


    “No.”


    With that, Xanthus took his leave of thendlord, who shook his head, thinking that Xanthus would be driven to madness sooner orter.


    Knowing that Leander and his brother were not bad people, Xanthus went back to have a good sleep. The next day, Raeleigh woke up and prepared breakfast before she personally delivered it to the brothers. There were five waffles, a pot of oatmeal, a te of fish, and barbecued ribs. Raeleigh watched as they shoveled down the food before drinking some water. They ateas though they were not full.


    “I’ll make more tomorrow.” Raeleigh stood up and cleaned up while Callis remained voiceless. Raeleigh gave him an apple. “Here, my brother didn’t eat it. It’s left for you. You can eat it. I’ll purchase some more in the evening.”


    Raeleigh left after tidying up. She had been treating Callis like a child.


    Following that, Leander took Callis to work.


    Raeleigh then began to zero in on searching for Ste and Austin. Other than that, she spent the rest of her time with Callis.


    However, there was nothing else between them other than having food and drinks together.


    Meanwhile, news from Capital City circted that the Richards Group’s products had reached a low point that seasonand that the enterprise had suffered a major loss. This coupled with the incident with the Richards family’s second young master had greatly affected thepany. In short, the Richards Group’s deficit had risen to a record high.