Chapter 402

Mr. Brennan was instantly moved, his eyes full of warmth as he looked at her. “Lauren, you really do have a good heart. With such a thoughtful granddaughter, I’ll live another twenty years, easy!”
The rest of the Brennan family echoed his sentiment, glancing at Lauren with fondness and approval. Mrs. Brennan went so far as to pull Lauren into a tight embrace, holding her close as if she were the most precious thing in the world.
Murray Brennan added his own praise, then spoke in a gentle tone. “While you’re out there on your own, we all worry about you-no one wants to see you put yourself through any trouble. Next time something needs to be done, let us handle it, okay?”
Everyone else nodded in agreement.
Lauren shook her head, dutiful as ever. “As long as Granddad feels a little better, what’s a little trouble for me?”
The Brennans only grew more touched by her devotion.
Only Juliet Brennan seemed distracted, pushing her food around her plate with a fork, clearly lost in thought.
She glanced at the housekeeper, wanting to ask if Anastasia had stopped by today, but swallowed the question before it could escape. No one else in the family cared for Anastasia; if she brought it up, her parents would only get upset.
Benson Brennan, too, seemed ill at ease.
After dinner, as everyone drifted off, Benson called out to Lauren.
“Was it you who sent me that medicine five years ago?”
Five years ago? Medicine?
Lauren’s eyes flickered with recognition.
She remembered: five years ago, Benson had been filming in the mountains when he was bitten by a poisonous snake. Someone had sent him a package of medicine, and it had saved his life at the last moment. He’d never revealed who his savior was, and the whole thing had become a bit of a family mystery. Why was he suddenly asking about it now?
“Why do you bring it up all of a sudden, Benson?” she asked, her expression unreadable.
She hadn’t denied it. Benson’s gaze grew more intense, searching her face. “So it really was you? It was you who saved my life back then?”
Lauren managed a soft, slightly helpless smile. “How did you figure it out?” The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the.net
So she was admitting it!
He could hardly believe it.
Benson let out a long sigh. “If it was you, why didn’t you just tell me back then?”
Lauren replied quietly, “It was nothing, really. We’re family, aren’t we?”
After a pause, Benson broke into a warm smile. “Yes, we are family.”
He ruffled her hair, his voice softer than usual. “I owe you a thank you, Lauren. If not for you, I might not be standing here today.”
Even after five years, he still remembered how close he’d come to death. He’d been certain he wouldn’t make it, until a last-minute delivery of healing herbs had brought him back from the brink.
Lauren smiled sweetly. “I’m just glad you’re all right.”
Juliet, passing by at that moment, caught sight of the two of them standing so close, their bond obvious. She pressed her lips together in irritation.
It should have been Anastasia by his side tonight…
Turning away, Juliet headed upstairs and called Anastasia.
“Anastasia, didn’t you say you were coming to see Grandpa today? Why didn’t you show up?”
Thinking of everything going on, Juliet felt a pang of sympathy for Anastasia. “After today, Grandpa and the others are going to like Lauren even more. You should’ve seen her-she made Grandpa a special ginseng broth, and apparently, she went through a lot just to get her hands on hundred-year-old ginseng
In her apartment, Anastasia’s eyes narrowed sharply. “Hundred-year-old ginseng?”