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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.

her sudden illness wasn’t something that should be delayed, so she insisted that Maggie

medicine, and after Maggie drank a bowl of it, she went upstairs and fell

later, she felt much better, her head no

opened her eyes and saw that the small lamp beside her was

saw Franklin sitting there, reading a book.

for

then did she realize that she was in the old house, in

the place where he had grown

some movement, and Franklin turned to look at her.

was a bit uncomfortable and wasn’t in the mood to talk.

She didn’t respond.

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

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seconds, she took it, but didn’t

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

looked at her for a moment, then retracted his hand and stood

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

to speak, he left the

later, Stanley, Grandma Wilson, Franklin,

Maggie and said she was already feeling much better,

and had some emotional stagnation, so it was easy for her to fall ill when she caught

Maggie nodded.

Wilson asked again, “Maggie,

eaten much at lunch due to her discomfort and had gone

evening, and she was indeed hungry, but didn’t have much of an

so she instructed Franklin to go downstairs and

left the room.

a while, he returned with the

the elderly left

did not leave. He sat beside her as

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spring resort.

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

her brow and said, “You-”

smiled and said, “I read it for half an hour that day and found some of your ideas quite interesting. They gave me new insights, so I took it to

her lips and

an appetite to begin with, and now it was worse.

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

argue properly?”

her face

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