Zachary withdrew his arms lamely. Although he seemed very nonplussed on the surface, as though he couldn’t care less about the kids’ behavior, he felt very disappointed indeed.

Turning to Ruby, he said, “I’ll entrust the kids to you then.”

“Of course, of course! I’ll take very good care of them. Don’t worry, Mr. Nacht!” Ruby and the other higher-ups exclaimed at once, nodding vigorously.

Zachary took one last look at the kids before leaving.

As he walked away, Jamie stared after him. He opened his mouth to say goodbye, but seeing as Robbie wasn’t saying anything, he decided to keep quiet too.

“Goodbye, Uncle Zack!”

 

In the end, it was Ellie who opened her mouth first. She sounded a little cautious despite her adorable voice—nonetheless, she still managed to melt Zachary’s heart.

He turned around to look at her, his lips curving into a smile. “Goodbye!”

 

“Goodbye, Uncle Zack…” Jamie finally summoned up the courage to wave to him.

Zachary returned his wave. He then turned to look at Robbie, who had remained silent up till now.

Robbie seemed a little aloof. He looked down at the ground instead of Zachary, but waved politely anyway.

turned to

did not detest him. This meant

send you off,” Ruby said, leading the way back to

at the students to settle down. “These

students look at each other, rather confused. Finally, one of them raised his hand and said, “Thank you

dead in his tracks. He turned around to look at the children, only to find that

little thumbs awkwardly, bowing her head to look at

mouth as though he wanted to say something, but

Jamie returned their smile gamely and chirped,

another whoop of

feeling a sudden wave of relief wash over him. Children were rather simple creatures. If

resting at home when she heard

floor-length windows, where she saw a convoy right outside the gates. Under the watchful eyes of the bodyguards, a group of workers

squinted and realized that most of the

confused, but she didn’t ask

hissed urgently. “Ms. Windt is resting

nodded immediately, afraid that they might wake Ms. Nacht up if they moved too

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