You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 579 An Elder Brother

On the way, Vicente asked while walking, "It's September now. Three years have passed, so when will you go back to Lexingport City?" "Are you reluctant to leave me?" Nina raised her eyebrows and asked

"No, no, no. The ones I am reluctant to leave are Van and Don, not you," Vicente retorted.

Without trying to expose her, Nina nodded, "If you say so."

"Your wedding is supposed to be at the end of October, right? I have postponed all the meetings at that time," Vicente informed.

"Have you made your choice yet?"

"What?" Vicente rolled her eyes and looked away.

Nina patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't act now. I had printed out the pictures I sent to you. I've just sent them to Mimi as well and asked her to choose her favorite dress. You'd better pick quickly so that I can get your size."

"No. I wouldn't dare," Vicente refused, pursing her lips

Nina comforted, "Don't be afraid. After putting on your wig and makeup, no one will recognize you. Moreover, you will be in the Lexingport City, not in C Island. What are you afraid of?"

"I'm just afraid." Vicente hadn't worn women's clothes for more than 20 years. Now she suddenly had to wear a dress, and this whole thing made her so nervous that her heart constantly pounded in her chest. Nina watched her expression carefully and asked, "You actually are willing to do it, aren't you? Don't worry. I won't let anyone find out. It's going to be my first real marriage and it'll be such a tragedy if you and Mimi aren't my bridesmaids."

"How about I wait for your next wedding?" Vicente joked, glancing at her.

Nina rolled her eyes, raised her arm and wrapped it around Vicente's neck, threatening, "Do you want to die or be my bridesmaid. Take your pick."

Nina wasn't squeezing tightly at all and the person she was threatening was taller than her as well. Vicente was forced to lean back a little and smiled, "At least give me some time to think about it." "Haven't you had enough time?" Nina tightened her arm again, as her captive was forced to lean back further, with the back of her head leaning against her shoulder.

All she could see now was the blue sky and white clouds.

"My princess, it's only been a few hours since you've sent me the photos to choose from." Vicente was at a loss whether to cry or to laugh.

Nina wasn't having it though. "You should feel lucky that I'm letting you have more than a few minutes."

"Minutes? There's no point in giving me time. You should rather choose for me," Vicente jokingly remarked. "Okay, no problem. I'll make the decision for you. You don't have to choose." Nina then let go of her happily. "I..." Vicente was left speechless.

Nina was distracted because of a WeChat message from John.

After reading it, she said, "I may have to go back to the Lexingport City tomorrow. John said that our enemy has taken the bait."

"Tomorrow? Are you going to take Van and Don with you?" Vicente asked.

Nina nodded. "Of course."

"So I'm going to have to be apart from the children, right? I don't feel like talking to you anymore. I'm going to play with them," Vicente said hurriedly as the reluctance seeped into her face. She wasn't ready to leave the kids so she wanted to spend every last second with them right now.

Bruce and Anne were no different. They sat with their grandchildren and spoke to them until the midnight.

The three of them almost started fighting because they all wanted to spend the little time they had left with the kids.

Nina, who seemed to not even be considered in the matter, was speechless.

The next day, before leaving, Bruce squatted down, held the two children's hands and said, "I can't tell you two apart. No matter what, you should always help and take care of each other, okay? To protect yourself is to protect your mother, understand?"

"Grandpa, don't worry. I will definitely protect my younger brother," Don proudly announced and patted his chest.

"Van, good boy." Bruce pinched Don's face.

The real Van stood quietly beside him and didn't care enough to expose his lies.

"Dad, he is Don." Nina wasn't going to allow the confusion though.

"What?" Bruce was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. This little trickster fooled him again.

Anne came over, rubbed Don's head, squatted down and asked, "Why do you always want to be the elder brother?"

"I just want to. An elder brother should protect his younger sibling," Don said, raising his chin.

"You want to protect Van, right?" Anne asked.

Don kept nodding. "I'm a better fighter than Van. I want to protect him."

Vicente whispered beside Nina, "Have you realized that Don is a crazy little boy that loves his brother more than anything?"

Van said in a sweet voice, "Grandpa, Grandma, I will protect Don as well. Don't worry."

"Of course, we can rest assured. Your brother likes to cause trouble. You have to stop him." Anne held Van's little hands.

"No, I won't stop him. I will help him..." Van suddenly couldn't find the words. He thought for a while before saying, "...deal with the aftermath."

Everyone was a little taken aback by the little genius.

All Nina could do was frown.

Anne quickly composed herself and said, "Van, don't be silly. You have read far too many stories. You should know how to distinguish right from wrong. I hope that if your brother is about to do something foolish, you'll stop him. What if he hurts someone?"

"Grandma, my brother won't hit anyone for no reason. If he hits someone, it's probably their fault. If they don't do anything wrong, he'll leave them alone," Van said as he held his brother's hand. Once again, their grandmother was left speechless.

'That sounds reasonable.'

The frown on Nina's face smoothed and she suddenly adopted a happier grin. "Well as you can see, Van is also crazy about his brother, right?"

"I see that now. Van is only four years old. Why does he speak like an adult?" Vicente asked, perplexed.

Nina sighed. "I wanted to have lively and lovely sons. Maybe John's and my genes are too strong so our boys took after us. Van likes to read and think about things in depth like his father, but he turns out to be much more considerate than him."

Her eyes shifted from Van to Don. "As for Don, he likes to fight just like me. I don't know why he's so naughty thought." Vicente smiled and said, "Van doesn't like talking that much anyway. Just let Don do the talking and he won't get bored." "That's true. They have a good relationship and are practically raising themselves." Nina smiled with relief

The two kids said goodbye to their grandparents and stood aside hand in hand obediently.

Anne walked up to Nina and held her in her arms. Soon, everything she wanted to say all came out in a single word "Nina."

After Nina got along with her mother for three years, their relationship was nothing but harmonious. She knew what her mother was trying to say.

She patted her mother on the back and said, "Mom, I will take good care of myself and won't let anyone take advantage of me."

"Okay." Anne let go of her daughter and smiled.

"My dear daughter, you have to video call us a lot, okay?" Bruce said with a smile.

"The kids and I will video chat with you all the time. Say goodbye to your grandpa and grandma," Nina instructed touching the children's heads. "Goodbye, Grandpa and Grandma." The little boys raised their hands and waved.

After they got in the car, Vicente drove them to the airport. In the rearview mirror, they could still see Bruce and Anne waving at them. Nina didn't tell anyone that she was taking her children back to Lexingport City ahead of time.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐