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Chapter 375 Feel Bad for Matthew

“Mm. I am Veronica’s friend. I am here on a trip.” Caleb was a police officer. As it was a requirement he needed to meet in order for him to solve cases, he had to be able to read commonly used sign language phrases. That was why he understood it when she first signed to him.

Oh—so you are Veronica’s friend. I heard them talking about you and the others earlier. The girl continued to sign, her smile brimming with joy.

That smile, so extraordinarily bright without any impurity, was so pure it was hard for one not to like it. He walked to her side and asked, “My name is Caleb Shaw. How should I address you?”

I am Abby Wright. She signed him a self-introduction, the smile still on her face. Right at this moment, a plump middle-age woman came stalking in their direction. Her face looked murderous as she pointed at Abby and scolded, “What are you being all wishy-washy for, Abby Wright?! Hurry up and wash these blankets!”

Caleb noticed that the woman was holding a blanket in her arms. Judging from the color alone, he could tell there were at least three blankets Abby had to wash.

It being Christmas aside, it was a freezing cold day where the temperature was more than minus 10 degrees. The villagers could only wash their clothes if they were to break the frozen ice of the reservoir.

And this middle-age woman is actually making such a young girl wash so many clothes and blankets!

Caleb, who has always been a man of few words, couldn’t help but ask, “Shouldn’t you be visiting houses during Christmas? Why are you making her do so much laundry?”

The villagers lived in self-built houses that stood alone. Everyone would usually go door-to-door to offer their wishes on Christmas every year.

In addition, there was a custom of wearing new clothes on Christmas. However, Abby’s aqua coat had probably been washed so many times the color had faded. There were also several patches on it.

Caleb didn’t know that there were still people who wore clothes like this in this time and age.

The woman proceeded to drop the blankets beside Abby before she glared at Caleb and sassed, “Busybody.”

She then pointed at Abby. “Get done with the washing quickly, you hear me?!”

Abby nodded in reply. After that, she glanced at Caleb with a look in her eyes before she lowered her head and continued to do the laundry.

cigarette while listening to the sound of water splashing as the

later, Abby put the clothes in a big

it after it got wet. She suddenly slipped, and she would have fallen

while holding her by her arm. “Are

the water, but she soon

she signed to him. Caleb Shaw, right? Thank

soundless greeting somehow made his heart skip

aside and said to

water is too cold. She was in the middle of signing when

was cold, but he only realized that

to her, he noticed how pitiful she was with her hands covered

him how there still was such a pitiful young

the slabstone. Abby first smiled sweetly at him, and then smeared some laundry powder on the blanket before she beat it hard with the mallet. Caleb must have been standing too close when she did the chore, which was why the foam from the wash splashed all over

I am sorry; I didn’t do that on purpose. You… She pointed at the spot he was

look at the foam all on the legs of his trousers, and he couldn’t help

that he wouldn’t interfere with her

would fall from washing laundry that was too heavy for her. He was about to take his leave when he realized that the clean laundry had piled into a hill in her

me help

only for her to put two blankets back on the slabstone, and stumbled away while

river. Even though the path had turned icy and slippery from all the snow, she had on a pair of boots that should have

lost her footing,

her and pulled her up by the

out of the basin, which had now been stained with mud. She rather angrily and stubbornly picked

upset seeing her bring her hands up to her face to wipe away her

wasn’t the only pitiful person on earth. He couldn’t possibly

brows furrowed, he decided to head back to Veronica’s house. The ‘spectators’ had