Huston least wanted to hear Cathy say these things, so he interrupted in a low voice, “I understand.”

“Then… are you coming back?”

“Mm.”

Cathy breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s good. I’ll make dumplings and wait for you to come back!”

After hanging up the phone, Huston parked the car in a temporary parking space by the roadside, feeling restless. He lit a cigarette and rolled down the car window halfway.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to go back; it was just that no one in his family understood him. They only knew he was busy but didn’t know what he was busy with. Moreover, going to the old house for dinner with Cathy would inevitably involve the man she had remarried. It’s not that he disliked him, but he didn’t know how to interact with him.

gaze of a younger

he was still

When he heard Cathy say those things, he

penny. He took care

Just go then.

up the stairs. Lucas had never climbed stairs like this in an old building before. He panted as he climbed, struggling. Finally, they reached the fourth

Mama had been acting strange recently, always zoning out, and her movements were particularly sluggish, unlike when

out to Grandma and Grandpa. No matter

he tried hard to understand and nodded, “I know.”

gritted teeth, Evelyn raised her hand and pressed the

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footsteps approaching from the other side. Her heart rose to

the housework, wearing an apron and arm sleeves. She muttered, “Coming, coming,” but when she saw the person in

had never been wealthy, they had never struggled for food and clothing, but Lucy showed no signs of improvement

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