Serenity said, "Just keep running. I can't push you, but your big brother can. One day, he'll show up in person-and trust me, he's not as gentle as I am. If he can't get through to you, and Grandma ends up flying over herself, you'll see how miserable things can get."

River sighed helplessly. "Sister-in-law, it's not that I don't want to get married-I just haven't met someone who meets my standards. Our family has really high expectations when it comes to choosing a wife. Go ahead and call my big brother so he doesn't worry. I'm taking the kids out for a bit."

With that, River quickly left the house with the two children.

Serenity let out a long sigh.

As she watched River disappear with the kids, she turned her attention back inside, pulled out her phone, and made a call-not to Zachary, but to the old lady first.

It took a while for the old lady to pick up.

it used to be. She hadn't heard the phone ringing until someone nearby pointed it out. She quickly put on her reading glasses and hearing aids before

"Grandma."

smiled through the phone and asked,

for some snacks and then brought us

about it. "Oh, nothing much," the old lady replied. “Just invited

of her old companions had passed away. Only one or two were still around, and even they weren't in

came from humble backgrounds and had lived hard lives. They had long histories of illness, and now that they were older, they were constantly struggling

them to come up the mountain to visit her. Instead, she sometimes had the butler drive her down to see them- those friends she had

who brought along elderly parents was given housing so the family could stay together. And when those elderly relatives got

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