No one was in the mood any longer.

Marshall asked the villagers to go back home first, and those who were about to leave with him to brief their families.

It was when the people in the courtyard left that Katherine eased off. She let out a sigh of relief and felt a dull pain in her womb. The baby must be affected by her mood, so she took a seat immediately.

Marshall walked up to Katherine and took her in his arms, whispering, "Don’t worry. I’m here. You’ll be alright."

Katherine didn’t push Marshall away but grabbed his clothes and said through clenched teeth, "How did he get to be such a man?"

Katherine was disappointed that such a man should be her father. Her grandfather had used to be a soldier. He was a man of integrity and honor, even when life was difficult. Besides, she had never hurt anyone and always been kind to others, but why would her grandfather have such a son and she such a father?

Marshall didn’t know how to comfort Katherine, but held her in his arms. After a while, he carried her into the room.

Katherine curled up in bed, being a pitiful sight, while Marshall sat by her side for a while. He didn’t left the room until she seemed to be asleep. Then he thought for a while in the courtyard before walking outside.

There were only dozens of households in the village, and one could easily see the end of the village when he looked straight.

Since Marshall just snapped his finger, Reuben must have gone out of the village to see a doctor, or to somebody in the village for help. Marshall had no idea whether there was a clinic in the village, so he went to the end of the village first to check the road leading to the outside world. It was a straight road, and Reuben was nowhere to be seen, so Marshall turned around and passed from house to house. Finally, he saw Reuben outside a house at the south of the village.

Reuben would come. They were shouting and

the other villagers. Although he was

below the window, Ted, an elderly man, was puffing on

he got tired and turned to Ted. "Ted, check my finger. I can’t feel it now.

your dad wanted to send Katherine to school. He had no choice but to go into the mountain, trying to get some mountain products to sell. Even though it was raining, he went regardless. It was so slippery that he fell down the mountain accidentally and

on, "I told your dad that he had to go to the hospital because my herbs were no cure for his injuries, and that he could get handicapped, but your dad wouldn’t go. He applied herbal medicine to his legs for over a month, and from then on, he became

the villagers found the story so sad and began to swear at Reuben, while Reuben held

the audacity to come to me for help. Reuben, don’t blame me for being

door, took a deep

about him, he left the village immediately for some other clinic out of the village. But just as he reached the entrance of the village, he saw a man standing under the

for some time before he walked up to him. "Why are you here,

down, asking, "Your youngest son must be in junior high school now, isn’t

widened

far either. Your ex-wife and you are poorly

his

years after you left the village.

as Marshall spoke. The latter gave a smile. "Do you want me to go on? Reuben, I know your address,

stared at Marshall and wondered, "How, how do you

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