Chapter 539

Children are the most perceptive beings. Alvin could sense how others treated him. He wasn't valued by the family patriarch, and even his own father barely spared him a glance. As for everyone else? Forget about it. Even the servants showed little respect to him. So, ever since he could remember, Alvin had learned to tread carefully in the Stone Family household, despite being only three years old. Now that he had finally found a friend who genuinely accepted him, he didn’t want to waste a single moment of happiness. And when something went wrong, his first instinct was to assume it was his fault. So he instinctively hid his pain, insisting it was nothing—just a tiny bump, barely worth mentioning. Lucian, clever as he was, was still just a child. Relieved by Alvin’s reassurance, he happily resumed playing without another thought. As for the servants? Since Alvin had already said he was fine, they couldn’t be bothered to call a doctor. So no one intervened. The games continued, and thou