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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

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

she felt much better, her head no longer felt as

eyes and saw that the small lamp beside her

Franklin sitting there,

for

she realize that she was in the old house,

where he had grown

Franklin turned to look at her. “You’re

was a bit uncomfortable

She didn’t respond.

get out of bed, but Franklin walked over and handed her a cup

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paused. After two seconds, she took it, but didn’t say

out to touch her forehead, but Maggie, feeling heavy–headed, reacted quickly and avoided his

moment, then retracted his hand and

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

to speak, he left the

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

examined Maggie and said she was already feeling much better, but she still

so it was easy for her to fall ill when she

Maggie nodded.

again, “Maggie, are you

much at lunch due to her discomfort

and she was indeed hungry, but

eat something, so she instructed Franklin to go downstairs and

left

a while, he returned with the

the elderly left the

He sat beside her

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spring resort.

now realized that he hadn’t

brow and said,

half an hour that day and found some of your ideas quite interesting. They gave me new insights, so I took

lips and

much of an appetite to begin with,

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

argue properly?”

her

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