Man is an animal that is very afraid of loneliness, so since ancient times, we have lived in groups, but whether it is a human or other animals, once they form a group and form a family, there will be various internal interest struggles, which is not excluded in the Morgan family.

Therefore, when John took Fanny by the hand and walked through the banquet hall to the bedroom on the third floor, the hearts of the other members of the Morgan family present changed more or less.

This is something John did on purpose, he just wanted to tell everyone that he liked Vanny and the girl who seemed to be on the verge of becoming a peripheral member.

In the Morgan family, in order to prevent members from eating and waiting for death, there is a strict family rule: the status of family members is not divided according to blood, but determined by contribution.

Therefore, in the Morgan family, the clan is divided into core members, direct members, collateral members, peripheral members, and delisted members.

Among them, the core members have the highest status, there are only fifteen in total, in addition to the thirteen elders, the other two are the assistants of the patriarch and the future patriarch. The assistants are mainly responsible for assisting the patriarch and future patriarchs in managing the affairs of the family, while the thirteen elders are responsible for managing the rest of the family, including the selection of future heirs to the family.

The direct members are the secondary, and they are mainly responsible for overseeing the affairs of the Morgan family in politics, military, business, and society.

As for the collateral members, they are mainly responsible for supervising some important business companies in the Morgan family or getting the support of some families to go out and work their own. The Vanne family is a side member of the Morgan family, her grandfather is responsible for overseeing the general mills company for the family, and her father has the support of the family and works his own, so the couple will both die in a plane crash when they go to a company in France to discuss cooperation.

As for the outsiders, they are the lowest-ranking members of the Morgan family, not only are they not qualified to oversee the company for the family, they do not even have support, they can only get a share of the family fund and receive a certain amount of living expenses every month.

But even if they have the lowest status, the Morgan family will not give up on them, and still give them a promotion channel, so in the history of the Morgan family, there are examples of people who have successfully become core members as peripheral members, but this is a minority after all, and more people are still in the capacity of peripheral members for this life.

As for the removed members, they are the ones who have been removed from the Morgan family, but there are very few such people, because the elders will not easily remove anyone's surname unless they have done something detrimental to the family.

And it is precisely because of such strict family rules that the Morgan family will not fall through six generations, just imagine when everyone in a family is unwilling to be left behind, and everyone desperately wants to get a higher status, more respect, and more recognition, then the family can always keep moving forward.

But such clan rules also create class divisions within the family. Core members look down on immediate members, immediate members look down on collateral members, collateral members look down on peripheral members, and peripheral members look down on removed members.

So as a collateral member, after Fanny told her grandfather that the toy was robbed, her grandfather did not take the lead for her, because it was irrational for a collateral member to offend the core members and direct members for a toy, not to mention that because Fanny's parents died unexpectedly, their team was cut off halfway, which is likely to make their family kicked into the ranks of peripheral members. So in such an environment, even if Fanny's grandfather loves her, it is impossible to offend the core members and direct members of the family for her at this time, because this is related to the future fate of the family.

And John didn't have such concerns as Grandpa Vani, except for old Morgan and Mrs. Morgan in the Morgan family, he didn't have to look at anyone's eyes, and he didn't have to give anyone face. Although he is still in the assessment period and is not yet the real patriarch heir, his words and deeds will also be speculated by onlookers, just like when he passes through the hall holding Fanny's hand, it will make some people start to speculate in their hearts whether they want to contact Fanny in the future.

This is the privilege of those in power, sometimes without speaking, with just one movement, one look, the smart people below know what to do and how to do it.

John, who was in no mood to pay attention to the clever men and stupid guys in the hall, took Fanny up the third floor and into his bedroom, and pointed to the wooden display case against the wall and smiled. "Look...... This is my collection of Transformers, how about it, it's complete!"

"Yes!" Vani nodded excitedly, let go of John's hand, and walked a few steps towards the display case, looking at the complete Transformers models on it, she wanted to take one in her hand and take a look, but when she remembered that it was John's thing, she didn't dare to reach out.

And John on the side naturally knew what she was thinking, and didn't say anything, smiling and reaching out to take out a yellow-colored Autobot from many models.

"Do you know why I like bumblebees?" John asked, holding the model in his hand and looking at Fanny as he turned around.

"Don't know?" Vanney shook his head, her favorite among the Transformers was Optimus Prime, and as for Bumblebee, she felt that it was too small and not powerful enough, so she didn't like it too much.

"I like Bumblebee because he's smart, brave and optimistic. John said as he crouched down and handed the bumblebee in his hand to Fanny. "It's the smallest, but he's the smartest. It is the weakest, but he is the bravest. It is always optimistic in the face of difficulties, so when Optimus Prime is not around, it can become the acting leader, leading the Autobots to continue the fight against the Decepticons. ”

John said as he reached out and touched Vani's head. "So I hope you can be like Bumblebee, no matter what difficulties you face in the future, what hardships you go through, you can move forward bravely and be optimistic. ”

"Yes. Vanny nodded seriously, and after John said this, she suddenly found that the bumblebee in her hand was actually quite pleasing to the eye, at least not as weak as she usually imagined.

"Brother, I'm actually very brave, it's just ......," Vanney said, feeling down. "At night, I sometimes miss my mom and dad. After saying that, she lowered her head and bit her lip gently.

Children at this age don't quite understand what death is all about, but they miss it.

John looked at Fanny's sad appearance, and felt a little helpless. It is a cruel thing for a child to lose his parents, but birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws, no one can escape, let alone change, the only thing a living person can do is to live well and put grief in his heart.

Looking at the sorrow on Fanny's young face, John stood up and led her to the window, pointing to the night sky and whispering. "Actually, our relatives didn't leave us, they just turned into stars and looked at us in the sky, so if you think about them in the future, then look up at the starry sky and find the brightest one among them, that's what they have become. ”

When Vanney heard John's words, he looked up at the night sky, but he didn't see a star for a long time.

"Brother, there are no stars tonight. Looking at the dark night sky, Van Ni was a little disappointed, and he couldn't see the stars in the snow tonight.

John smiled and stroked her head. "Wait. With that, he walked to the door and reached out to turn off the lights in the room.

Suddenly the room became pitch black, and Fanny, who was standing by the window, was a little frightened, but just as she was about to call John, she saw a brilliant starry sky.