He thought that his son would say that. If his son had said that, then he would be thinking what he and his wife were thinking.

However, Vireo cried even more. He looked straight at his father. "Dad, I am adopted by the Payne family and I am not your biological child, right?"

Lucius was stunned. His wife also said in a panic, "Vireo, what nonsense are you talking about? How could you say that? Who told you that?"

Holden's voice was still very miserable. It was both miserable and helpless. He was having a sense of fear and his tone was very dejected. "I had often heard you say that I am here to snatch away the family's properties. I don't know what the family's properties are and I had never thought of snatching it away. It's our family's things, so what is the need for me to snatch it?"

Both Lucius and his wife were speechless.

"But, Dad, Mom, I understand what it means to be adopted. Being adopted meant that I am different from my sisters. I am not your biological child. My siste