Chapter 375 Feel Bad for Matthew

“Mm. I am Veronica’s friend. I am here on a trip.” Caleb was a police officer. As it was a requirement he needed to meet in order for him to solve cases, he had to be able to read commonly used sign language phrases. That was why he understood it when she first signed to him.

Oh—so you are Veronica’s friend. I heard them talking about you and the others earlier. The girl continued to sign, her smile brimming with joy.

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hard for one not to like it. He walked to her side and asked, “My name

a self-introduction, the smile still on her face. Right at this moment, a plump middle-age woman came stalking in their direction. Her face looked murderous as she pointed at Abby and scolded, “What are you being all

arms. Judging from the color alone, he could tell there were

the temperature was more than minus 10 degrees. The villagers could only wash their clothes if they were to break the frozen ice of

actually making such a young girl wash so

couldn’t help but ask, “Shouldn’t you be visiting houses during Christmas? Why are you making her do so

stood alone. Everyone would usually go door-to-door

of wearing new clothes on Christmas. However, Abby’s aqua coat had

who wore clothes like this in

drop the blankets beside Abby before she

pointed at Abby. “Get done

she glanced at Caleb with a look in her eyes before she lowered her head and continued to do the

word as he stood by smoking a cigarette while listening to the sound of water splashing as the soft mallet noisily hit the

clothes in a big basin and started with the

got wet. She

reminded her while holding her

went pale from the shock of almost falling into the water, but she

signed

soundless greeting somehow made his heart

the cigarette butt aside and said to

water is too cold. She was in the middle of signing when he had rolled up his sleeves and took the wet and heavy blanket

only realized that it was piercingly so when

that he was closer to her, he noticed how pitiful she was with her hands covered in chilblains and

there still was such

sweetly at him, and then smeared some laundry powder on the blanket before she beat it hard with the mallet. Caleb must have been standing too close when she did the chore, which

at first, but she quickly signed. I am sorry; I didn’t do that on purpose. You… She pointed at the spot he was standing a while ago. It might be better if you stood

lowered his head to look at the foam all on the legs

aside so that he wouldn’t interfere

would fall from washing laundry that was too heavy for her. He was about to take his leave when he realized that the clean laundry had piled

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only for her to put two blankets back

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