When he asked that question, Lu Xin's expression turned serious as well.
The Eclipse Research Institute had said that Mom had left something important for him, which naturally included her message.
Lu Xin had assumed she had left a letter or something similar, but he had never expected her to leave behind a person...
When he first met Little Nineteen, Mom had sent her to the Eclipse Research Institute because Little Nineteen had been affected by some mental power in Chen Xun's hands. If she had not been sent there, she might not have survived. So it had looked like something done to save her. But after hearing Number Fourteen's words, Lu Xin suddenly felt that the matter might not be so simple anymore.
If Little Nineteen had been forced into it, Number Fourteen had been living perfectly well in his tiny room.
Why had Mom brought him out of prison, sent him to the Research Institute, and only now brought him before Lu Xin?
After all, Mom did not belong to the orphanage, and fundamentally had nothing to do with them...
"Speaking of it, things are a little complicated..."
Number Fourteen's reply was somewhat muddled.
Kid had already brought in all the food, and there was quite a lot of it.
She had been extremely enthusiastic.
Besides, after hearing Number Fourteen talk about expensive and high-quality food—things that normally did not exist in this villa—she had brought over the food from the Nanny Squad's dining hall. There were huge chunks of beef, pork knuckles, and whole roast chickens.
That had left Number Fourteen so excited that he called her "sister-in-law" at every turn.
Kid was clearly both shy and delighted. In her excitement, she had even wanted to go out and get him more food.
Fortunately, Lu