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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.

that Maggie go back to the

the old doctor came and examined her, he prescribed some medicine, and after Maggie drank a bowl of it, she went upstairs and fell asleep again.

she woke up later, she felt much better,

her eyes and saw that the small lamp beside her

over, she saw Franklin sitting there, reading

for a moment.

did she realize that she was in the old

the place where

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

her throat was a bit uncomfortable and wasn’t

She didn’t respond.

grabbed a coat beside her, put it on, and was about to get out of bed, but Franklin walked over and handed her a cup of

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paused. After two seconds, she took

He reached out to touch her forehead, but Maggie, feeling heavy–headed,

her for a moment, then retracted his hand

still downstairs. I’ll have him come up to check on you.”

her to speak,

minutes later, Stanley, Grandma Wilson, Franklin, and Isabella

better,

was physically weak and had some emotional stagnation, so it was easy for her to fall ill when she caught a cold. She needed to take better care of her health.

Maggie nodded.

again, “Maggie, are you hungry?”

at lunch due to her discomfort and had gone to sleep afterward.

was already close to evening, and she was indeed hungry, but

she instructed Franklin to

left the room.

he returned with

and the elderly

He sat beside her as she ate, continuing to

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paid attention before, but now realized that he hadn’t returned

her brow

some of your ideas quite

her lips and

an appetite to begin with,

leaned on his hand and looked at her, saying, “After all these years,

argue properly?”

turned her face away.

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