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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 Wilson family home for the doctor

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

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

saw that the small lamp beside her was still

over, she saw Franklin sitting there, reading a

paused for a

then did she realize that she was in

where he had grown up.

and Franklin turned to look at her. “You’re

a bit uncomfortable and wasn’t in the

She didn’t respond.

put it on, and was about to get out of bed, but Franklin walked over and

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took it, but didn’t say

didn’t say anything either. He reached out to touch her forehead, but

her for a moment, then retracted his hand

Stanley is still downstairs. I’ll have him come up

speak, he left

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

already feeling much better, but

to fall ill when she

Maggie nodded.

Wilson asked again, “Maggie, are

due to her

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

so she instructed Franklin to go downstairs and bring

left

while, he returned

elderly left

did not leave. He sat beside her as she

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spring resort.

realized that he hadn’t returned the

brow and

read it for half an hour that day and found some of your ideas quite interesting. They gave me

lips

appetite to begin with, and now it was worse.

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

argue properly?”

her face

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