Old Mr. Rowland found Old Mr. Knight’s phone number and wasted no time in dialing it. The phone was quickly answered, but the voice on the other end was not very friendly.

“Are you out of your mind? Look at what time it is now! It’s almost midnight. You may not need to sleep, but I’m different!”

“Holland, I have good news to tell you.” However, Old Mr. Rowland was not angry at all even though he was being yelled at. Instead, he was still in a very good mood.

“What good news could you possibly have?” Nonetheless, his old buddy snorted coldly on the other end of the phone.

“Well, well. It’s something that you would have never expected. I have a great-grandson now.” Old Mr. Rowland could not help but boast about his great-grandson. So, obviously, his voice was accompanied by a hint of gloating.

There was a dead silence on the other end of the phone, and it was only after a few seconds that Old Mr. Knight sneered, “What kind of dreams are you having?”

“I’m not dreaming. It’s the truth. You know I won’t joke about this kind of stuff. Let me ‘enlighten’ you about how adorable, well-behaved, sensible, intelligent, and witty my great-grandson is—”

Old Mr. Knight promptly hung up on his friend, cutting Old Mr. Rowland’s excitement short. Mr. Rowland was surprised for a moment, but swiftly dialed the number again, assuming that the hang-up was an error.

time, but his tone was obviously annoyed because he started cursing Old Mr. Rowland, “James, are you out of your

affect Old Mr. Rowland’s good mood. Instead, he burst out laughing, “Holland, why did you hang up so quickly? I really have a great-grandson now. If you don’t believe me, I’ll send you photos and videos tomorrow

his old friend by sending photos and videos of his great-grandson tomorrow. The photos

that she could not fall asleep. So, instead, she contacted toy companies, children’s clothing companies, and anything else she could think of a child of Apollo’s age might need in the middle of the night so that they could bring things over to her house early

when he came downstairs and saw most of the hall was filled with children’s supplies, leaving

see what Apollo likes when he wakes up,” said the usually strict and frugal Old Mr. Rowland. He was fully supportive of his daughter-in-law’s actions and

“Well, I don’t know what Apollo likes, so I had to buy everything.” She had been married to the Rowland Family for so many years, and this was the first time she had received such direct praise

Residence last night. No one would listen to him speak at all because everyone’s attention was on Apollo. Well, not that he was complaining or that he was against his mother buying things for Apollo, but he highly doubted if Apollo could even

thought that it was her responsibility to take care of her grandson since she was his

walking down the stairs, dressed neatly and cleanly, looking

I am amazed!” It would be disingenuous to say that she was not surprised at all. After all, most, if not all, seven-year-olds still required adult assistance with

Rowland could not help but let out a satisfied smile. “Excellent, my boy! You’re indeed really sensible, and of course, it’s all

and knew that Apollo would appreciate anyone who praised her. Therefore,

her unwillingness to marry, but she now understood that her assessment of Alice had been erroneous. She had to admit that her father-in-law and son had a keen eye for people and had noticed something in Alice that she

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