Chapter 235: Knew Everything

Just as Lauren was about to grab the glass of water, she saw a math exercise book on the table in the living room.

It was only then that she remembered the question she wanted to ask Susan Harding.

“Auntie, when did Ruby learn about math? She’s so amazing! She’s ranked first in our class.”

To Lauren’s surprise, Susan Harding shook her head.

“I don’t know when my child learned it either. When the math teacher told me about it, I was also surprised.”

“Huh?”

Lauren Torres could not help but ask.

“Ruby’s math has already reached the level of junior and senior high school. She’s so amazing. Auntie, you actually don’t know?”

Susan Harding frowned and shook her head. “I don’t know. Last year, she couldn’t even do addition for a single digit. This year, she inexplicably stopped reading those storybooks and became much quieter.”

Susan Harding sighed.

“So, Lauren, if you’re free, come visit her more often. It’s not good for her to stay in her room reading all day.”

Just as Susan Harding finished speaking, Ruby Cromwell’s room door opened.

Ruby Cromwell was wearing a gray dress today, which made her look even paler.

Seeing Ruby Cromwell come out, Lauren Torres jumped off the sofa.

“Ruby, are you ready? If you’re ready, we’ll be leaving. Otherwise, we’ll be late and there’ll always be traffic on weekends.”

Ruby Cromwell nodded.

“I’m ready.”

“Auntie, Ruby and I are leaving now.”

“Okay, you guys go ahead. Have fun.”

Before leaving, Susan Harding helped Ruby Cromwell adjust her collar and tied her hair into a braid.

On the way, Ruby Cromwell did not talk much as usual. If Lauren Torres asked her questions, she would answer. But she would never take the initiative to speak. She kept looking out of the window.

Lauren Torres kept thinking about the chocolate cake. She licked her lips and then asked, “Ruby, you and your mother…”

Upon hearing this, Ruby Cromwell immediately turned her head. She was so fast that it surprised Lauren Torres.

“What’s wrong?” Ruby Cromwell asked.

“Um… nothing. I just wanted to ask if you and your mother have a good relationship?”

“My mother and I? We’re not that close. Why did you suddenly ask this question?”

Ruby Cromwell’s gaze suddenly sharpened.

Lauren Torres quickly found an excuse, “I asked this because I’m not staying with my mother. So I want to know how it’s like when a child lives with his mother.”

“Oh, okay.” Ruby Cromwell seemed not to have heard the answer she was looking for and was a little disappointed.

She shrugged and said, “It’s normal. There’s no difference.”

Upon hearing this, Ben Carson could not help but raise his head to look at Ruby Cromwell’s expression in the mirror. She looked very indifferent as if she was talking about something unimportant.

This was indeed not the expression as well as the evaluation she should have for her mother as a five-year-old girl.

When they arrived at the concert hall, they found their seats by the seat numbers on the tickets.

This is a symphony concert. Franklin Torres gave Lauren Torres the tickets. Since he was busy lately, he did not have time to accompany Lauren Torres. Thus he gave her the tickets to go out with her friends.

Lauren Torres didn’t know anything about symphonies. She had thought it was some children’s play.

She was surrounded by adults in formal attire.

A woman and a man were sitting beside Lauren Torres.

The woman was wearing a red dress and looked like in her twenties. The man was wearing a suit and looked quite old.

The two of them were chattering at the side.

“Miss Torres, do you know anything about this?”

Ben Carson had been driving for decades and knew nothing about music, let alone this kind of music.

Lauren Torres shook her head, indicating that she did not know either.

Soon, the concert began.

Although Lauren Torres did not understand it, she was still very shocked.

The only flaw was that the woman next to her kept talking to the man, and she was talking quite loudly.

Not only did Lauren Torres hear it, but Ruby Cromwell as well.

Lauren Torres glanced at the persons beside her.

However, the two of them seemed to be in their own home. The more they talked, the more excited they became.

The woman held the man’s hand and said, “Dear, is this a concert of Tchaikovsky’s works? He’s German, right? If I’m not wrong, this should be his first symphony.”

The woman seemed to be deliberately flaunting her knowledge and spoke very loudly.

Fortunately, someone reminded her. So the woman did not speak anymore.

After listening to the symphony for a few hours, they stood up and prepared to leave.

After Ruby Cromwell stood up, she walked past Lauren Torres and Ben Carson and walked towards the woman in red.

“Auntie, what you said just now was wrong. First of all, this is indeed a concert of Tchaikovsky’s works. But Tchaikovsky is a Russian, and what was performed just now was his fifth symphony.”