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Chapter 1501 Chapter 1501 A man and a woman at the table, no matter their looks, temperament, and clothes at home, they all looked very luxurious and decent. The man looked a little haggard, and his face and lips had lost his normal blood color. At first sight, he was a chronically ill, or even dying person. But the woman next to him was very well maintained and very beautiful. Her appearance was seven points similar to Sara‟s, and she seemed to be in her 30s. Charlie recognized the two at a glance, they were Uncle Philip, whom he had known since childhood, and his wife, Aunt Lenan. Just when Charlie recognized the two of them, the two also recognized him! Philip‟s whole expression was extremely shocked. His face was already very thin. At this time, his eyes widened, trembling and trying to say something, but he seemed to be in his throat. Miss Lenan, who was on the side, was also dumbfounded. She stood up, pointing at Charlie with one finger and covering her mouth with one hand: “You…you…you are… ..You are Wade…Are you Charlie???” Charlie‟s nose was sour, and he sighed softly, and said with a trembling voice: “Aunt Lenan, I am Charlie…” After speaking, he looked at Philip who was trembling and unable to speak, and said in a trembling voice: “Uncle…Hello! And Aunt Lenan, how are you!” Philip looked at him and muttered, “Are you really Charlie?” Charlie nodded seriously and said, “Uncle, it‟s me, I‟m Charlie, do you still recognize me?” “Recognize…recognize…” Philip wiped away tears and said: “You are the same as your father when he was young, and you are similar to the photos of your grandfather when he was young… ….” With that, he stood up laboriously, and then walked towards Charlie. Charlie hurried forward, came to Philip a few steps to support him, and said with gratitude and guilt: “Uncle, for so many years, you and Aunt Lenan have been worried…” Philip wiped out a cloud of old tears and choked up: “Charlie, where have you been for so many years? In these years, I have almost traveled all over the world to find you, and there has been no whereabouts of you… ….” Charlie couldn‟t help but sighed: “Uncle, in fact, I have been in Aurous Hill these years, and I have been growing up in the orphanage until I was eighteen.” “How come?!” Philip blurted out: “I went to Aurous Hill to find you several times. I always went to the welfare home, orphanage, and rescue station, but I never found your whereabouts…” Charlie said, “Uncle, Mr. Stephen, the housekeeper of the Wade family back then, sent someone to take over the orphanage secretly. He was afraid that someone would harm me, so he hid all my information. don‟t know. I only realized that something was wrong after I met Sara a few days ago, so I went to Stephen and asked about it. Then he told me the hidden information…” Philip was stunned for a while, and then he nodded and said: “That‟s how it is, that‟s how it is! It seems that Stephen is indeed a person who knows his gratitude, and your father treated him like a mountain back then not a wrong person!” Chapter 1502 As he said, he couldn‟t help but choked up: “These years, I have not been able to find any of your whereabouts. I once thought that you are no longer alive…” At this point, Philip pursed his lips, but tears have already burst. He endured it for a long time, until tears completely blurred his vision, and finally burst into tears: “Big Brother Wade, you are alive in the sky, look at your son, your son is back, he is back, and I finally have a face to see you…” Philip was agitated and cried a few times before coughing violently. Lenan on the side was busy wiping the tears from her eyes. While carefully stroking her husband on the back, she choked and said: “Philip, Charlie is back here. It is a happy event, don‟t cry, your health is not good now, and you can‟t stand the emotional ups and downs.” After Philip calmed down a little bit, he nodded with tears, took Charlie‟s hand, and said seriously: “Charlie, sit down and tell uncle how you came here these years.” After he finished speaking, he realized something, and hurriedly looked at his daughter Sara, and blurted out: “Sara, how did you and your Charlie meet?!” Sara red eyes and choked up and said, “Dad, I‟m sorry. I have kept this from you and mom. In fact, when I went to Aurous Hill to pick up an advertising endorsement, I already saw Charlie. To tell you, I just want to give you both a surprise after Charlie comes home.” Philip nodded repeatedly, and said with emotion: “Surprise! This is indeed a surprise! It is a great surprise!” As he said, he grabbed Charlie‟s hand with both hands and said seriously: “Charlie, no matter what you have experienced over the years, it‟s good to be able to come back. Don‟t go back to Aurous Hill again this time. The marriage contract between you and Sara was made by Lenan me with your father and mother. No matter what you have experienced in the past, Sara is your fiancée. Now that you come back, my body is deteriorating. You two will take advantage of my old bones. The wedding is held before it gets to the ground!” When Charlie heard this, his expression suddenly became very embarrassed and guilty. Seeing this, Lenan hurriedly blurted out: “Charlie, you must not have any psychological pressure. After you and daughter are married, this home is your home. Whether you return to Wade‟s house or not, you won‟t be forbidden. Forget it, you are our son-in- law!” Lenan‟s words are relatively subtle, but Charlie understands the meaning very well. She is saying that no matter whether you have money or not, you don‟t need to care about it. It is your own home. Hearing this, Charlie couldn‟t help comparing Lenan with his mother-in-law Elaine. This comparison was simply the difference between Ladybug and Wasp. Sara said embarrassingly on the side: “Dad, Mom, Charlie… is… already married…” “Huh?” When the couple heard this, they were both dumbfounded! Charlie was also very embarrassed and said seriously: “I‟m sorry Uncle and Aunt, this matter is a sorry to your daughter, sorry to you and my parents‟ agreement back then…” Philip sighed, patted Charlie on the shoulder, and said earnestly: “Charlie, although I don‟t know what you have gone through these years, when uncle can guess that you must have had a hard time these years, you were 8 years old. I have been wandering outside since 1999. Many things are definitely involuntary. Let‟s not talk about this matter. You can tell your uncle in detail how you came here these years.” “Yes.” Lenan also nodded and said: “The marriage contract can be discussed in the long term. Let‟s eat first and talk while eating!” Chapter 1503 Philip pulled Charlie and sat down on the seat beside him. As soon as he took his seat, he immediately greeted Charlie enthusiastically: “Charlie, let‟s eat first. You see if the food at home is suitable for your appetite. If it doesn‟t suit your appetite, I will let them cook it again.” Charlie said hurriedly, “Uncle, you don‟t have to be so polite.” Philip nodded and asked about Charlie‟s life experience over the years. Charlie didn‟t hide much from Philip‟s family. Except for the secrets like “Nine Profound Heavenly Scriptures” that no one could be told, he basically told them about other things. Including his life before the age of eighteen, and his social experience after the age of eighteen, as well as his acquaintance with Mr. Willson, his marriage to Claire, and his life after marriage. The more Philip and Lenan listened, the more distressed they were. In their eyes, Charlie is after all the descendants of the Wade family, a direct descendant of the Wade family, and his father back then was the brightest new star of the Wade family. It stands to reason that Charlie should have lived the life of a man of fine clothes and food since he was a child, but they did not expect that he had experienced so much outside since he was a child, and ordinary people experienced constant hardships. After listening, Philip kept sighing and sighing, and then he asked Charlie: “Charlie, what are you going to do now? Are you planning to go back to Wade‟s house to recognize your grandfather and the others?” Charlie shook his head: “Uncle, I have no plans yet, and I have always suspected that the death of my parents is inseparable from the Wade family. Before I can find out, the Wade family is murdering parents‟ suspects, so I‟m not going to go back and recognize them.” Philip said earnestly: “Charlie, you can listen to Uncle‟s advice and don‟t go back and recognize the Wade family, but don‟t turn against them either.” Charlie said seriously: “Will you turn your heads into enemies? It‟s not that I have the final say, but the facts have the final say. If they really murdered my parents, how can I not avenge my parents?” Philip sighed and slowly said, “What happened back then…To be honest, I haven‟t found a definite clue yet.
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