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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.

sudden illness wasn’t something that should be delayed, so she insisted that Maggie go back to the old Wilson family home for the

and examined her, he prescribed some medicine, and after Maggie drank a bowl of it, she went upstairs and fell

she woke up later, she felt much better, her head no longer felt as

saw that the

she saw Franklin sitting there, reading

for

she was in the old

was the place where

Franklin turned to look at

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

She didn’t respond.

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

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took

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

at her for a moment, then retracted

Stanley is still downstairs. I’ll have him come

speak, he left the

Stanley, Grandma Wilson, Franklin, and

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

stagnation, so it was easy for her to fall ill when she caught a cold. She

Maggie nodded.

asked again, “Maggie,

much at lunch due to her

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

Wilson insisted she eat something, so she instructed Franklin to

left the

while, he returned with the food.

Wilson and the elderly left the room.

He sat beside her as she ate, continuing to read his

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spring resort.

paid attention before, but now realized that he

furrowed her 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 to

lips and ignored

appetite to begin with, and

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

argue properly?”

her

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