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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.

so she insisted that Maggie go back to the old

medicine, and after Maggie

better, her head

and saw that the small lamp beside her was still

she saw Franklin sitting there, reading a

paused for a

was in

where he had grown up.

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

uncomfortable and wasn’t in the mood to talk.

She didn’t respond.

was about to get out of bed, but Franklin walked over and handed her a cup of water.

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she took it, but didn’t say

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

moment, then retracted his

have him come up to check on you.”

for her to speak, he left the room.

Grandma Wilson, Franklin, and Isabella all entered the room.

she was already feeling much better, but she still needed

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

Maggie nodded.

Wilson asked again, “Maggie, are

her discomfort and had gone to sleep afterward.

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

she instructed Franklin to go downstairs and bring up food

and left the room.

a while, he returned with the food.

elderly left the room.

sat beside her as she ate, continuing to read

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spring resort.

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

brow and said,

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

lips and ignored

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

leaned on his hand and looked at her,

argue properly?”

her

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