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Both grandmothers immediately showed concern. “Are you okay? Did you catch a cold?”

Maggie wiped her nose with a tissue and said, “Maybe.”

She might have caught a cold last night, but it hadn’t been obvious until now.

Maggie’s grandmother and Grandma Wilson had been friends for many years.

However, neither of them mentioned the events that had occurred at her birthday banquet

or the issues involving Franklin and Julia. They just continued chatting happily.

After sitting for a while, Maggie received a call from Jessica, who told her that she had run into Franklin and the Brown family again.

Jessica said, “I can’t believe I keep running into this kind of thing! I don’t want to deal with

it!”

Then she asked where Maggie was.

Maggie replied, “At my grandmother’s place.”

“Did you go back alone?”

“With Isabella and Grandma Wilson.”

Jessica immediately understood: “So, Franklin didn’t come back with you, but went over to have dinner with the Brown family?”

Maggie didn’t say anything.

After hanging up, Maggie sneezed again.

Maggie’s aunt, Harry, was worried that she might be coming down with something, so she made her a bowl of ginger soup. After drinking it, Maggie felt her head get heavier and,

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soon after, fell asleep.

When she woke up, she realized she had a high fever, and her head was spinning.

Isabella approached her, looking somewhat concerned. “Mom, are you sick?”

Maggie: “Mm.”

Grandma Wilson was also very worried and wanted to take her back to the Wilson family so that the family’s regular doctor could check on her, saying that the old doctor would help her recover quickly.

insisted that Maggie go back to the old Wilson family home for the

came and examined her, he prescribed some medicine, and after Maggie drank a bowl of

much better, her head no longer felt as

and saw that the small lamp beside her

over, she saw Franklin sitting there, reading a book.

for a

that she was in

where he had

some movement, and Franklin turned to look at her. “You’re

a bit uncomfortable and wasn’t

She didn’t respond.

coat beside her, put it on, and was about to get out of

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After two seconds, she took it, but

say anything either. He reached out to touch her forehead, but Maggie, feeling heavy–headed, reacted quickly and

a moment, then retracted his hand

have him come

waiting for her to speak, he left the room.

later, Stanley, Grandma Wilson, Franklin,

was already feeling much better, but she still needed to continue taking the medicine.

stagnation, so it was easy for her to fall

Maggie nodded.

“Maggie, are you

due to her discomfort and had gone

evening, and she was

Franklin to go

and left the

returned with the

the elderly left the room.

beside her as she ate, continuing

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spring resort.

that he hadn’t returned the

brow and

of your ideas quite interesting. They gave me new insights, so I

pursed her lips and

hadn’t had much of an appetite to begin

his hand and looked at her, saying, “After all these years, you still can’t

argue properly?”

her face

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