Chapter 2653

“Did he mention anything else?” Nicole squinted her eyes, thinking that Lawrence would not usually be so nosy.

Nolan shook his head and replied, “No, he only asked if you’re back. Then, he asked about what Lana and I have been up to recently.”

“That’s all?” Nicole raised a brow, doubtful. ‘So he was genuinely missing the kids?’

“Oh, Godpa also asked if you’ve been busy recently.” Lana asked innocently. To that, Nolan added, “Yeah, I said you’re not that busy. All you’ve got going for you is work.”

“Okay.” Nicole said, and rested the case.

She was worried that the kids might get suspicious if she prodded with more questions, so she changed the topic of conversation at once. “Is Leo still online?”

“Ye-” Nolan looked at the screen.

Then, he frowned and said, “Now he’s not.”

He was online just a few seconds ago, so it was strange that he logged off all of a sudden.

Nicole stood beside the computer and stared at Lawrence’s message to Nolan.

[I have some urgent matters I need to take care of. I’ll talk to you soon.]

As for Nolan’s last reply to Lawrence, it was: [Mom and dad are home.]

Nicole grew more and more suspicious. At that point, she figured that Lawrence did not seem to be missing the kids only. Otherwise, there was little reason as to why he would go offline as soon as he knew that she had returned.

Then, Nicole turned to look at Jared, who returned her gaze with the same cold, silent expression.

“It’s okay. I’m sure he’ll talk to you again soon once he’s free. ” Nicole quickly readjusted her expression and patted Nolan’s head.

“Yeah.” Nolan logged off and tugged at Nicole. “Mom, do you know what Godpa is busy with? Why do I feel that he has a lot in his mind?”

“Why do you say so?” Nicole asked Nolan.

“It’s just that he seems hesitant whenever he talks about something.” Nolan shrugged. “If that’s not the case, I guess I’m just overthinking it.”

“I guess so. Even if Godpa is indeed facing some problems, he would not come to us for help.” Nicole smiled and patted Nolan’s head again. “Now, go and play with your toys.”

“Nolan, I want to play with those wooden blocks.” Lana begged.

“Sure.” Nolan agreed and quickly accompanied Lana for playtime.

Seeing that the little ones were playing, Nicole looked up at Jared and said, “What do you think?”

“I’ll get Max to look into it.” Jared narrowed his eyes.

“Do you think something has happened on his side?

Otherwise, why would he approach Nolan and ask him to spy on us?” Nicole frowned.

No matter how mature Nolan was, he was still a five-year- old kid.

After thinking about it for a moment, Jared said, “Perhaps, it has something to do with the Water Crest.”

“The Water Crest?” Nicole was confused. “How would Nolan have any knowledge about it?”

“Perhaps he got his hands on the Water Crest but was unable to activate the system. It was likely unable to detect and register the owner.” Jared hazarded a guess.

“Can Nolan activate it?” Nicole became nervous. ‘He can’t, right?’

Looking at her, Jared replied, “He can’t do it, but you can.”

“Me?” Nicole frowned and muttered. “What you’re trying to say is, he’s trying to activate the Crest through Nolan? Isn’t he worried that it’ll recognize me as the owner once I activate it?”