In the Lap of Luxury

Chapter 405 Autistic

Grace frowned slightly. Were they just going to give up? She wouldn't accept that!

At that moment, a tiny figure caught Grace's attention.

Not far from them, a little boy squatted in a corner, holding a Rubik's cube in his hands.

He was playing with it intently, and his fingers were a blur as he moved the squares on the cube. In less than half a minute, he had solved it.

Grace rose and walked over to the little boy. "Ms. Wentworth, is this your son?"

Adeline thought that Grace was planning something and hurried over to stop her. "What are you doing? Don't touch my son! I'll fight to the death with anyone who touches my son!"

Grace was frightened by her ferocity.

She hurriedly explained, "You misunderstood me. I just noticed that he's very good at solving the Rubik's cube. Most children of his age aren't that mentally developed, and he looks like he's very good at it.

"The fact that he's able to solve a Rubik's cube in less than a minute shows that he must have very high intelligence."

Upon hearing these words, Adeline appeared happy for the first time in a long time. She grabbed Grace's arm in slight disbelief. "Is that true?"

Grace couldn't understand why she was reacting so strongly. NôvelDrama.Org: owner of this content.

However, she said truthfully, "Yes! Most three-year-old children have difficulty playing with a Rubik's cube, especially a 12x12 one. But he does it very well, which shows that he must have talent."

Adeline's eyes reddened at once. "They all say that my son's an idiot who has autism. You're the first person to say that he's smart."

Grace was surprised.

Then, understanding dawned on her, and she asked, "Did you say that he's autistic?"

Adeline nodded. "The doctor said that he was born with it and has a very withdrawn personality. He's now three years old, but he can't even communicate simply."

Adeline could go on forever when it came to her son. Finally, she sighed. "No matter what, I have to do my best to help Reggie."

Grace looked at the little boy. She walked over, picked up a toy, and then arranged it into a symbol. Then she asked, "You're Reggie, aren't you?"

Reggie stopped what he was doing and looked at her with a pair of clear, bright eyes. However, he didn't say anything.

Grace said, "Reggie, you must be a smart boy! Can you tell me how to move two of the sticks without changing the shape of this symbol?"

Reggie seemed to be thinking about what she had said. He turned to look at the symbol on the floor.

Without thinking too much, he reached out and moved two sticks. As expected, the symbol on the ground didn't change at all.

Adeline, who was watching, was speechless with shock.

"How … how could this be? Reggie, do you understand what we're saying?" Adeline embraced him at once, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Everyone said that children were a mother's Achilles heel, and this was definitely true.

Grace confirmed her own guesses through Reggie's reaction. "I don't think there's anything wrong with Reggie's intelligence. Quite the contrary, he's even smarter than most children.

"If we give him a bit more time, he'll definitely be able to communicate well with people."

When Grace finished speaking, Reggie smiled slightly. He reached out and held Grace's hand, his eyes sparkling.