Sophia asked Linus, “Uncle Linus, what are they doing? What’s that red-colored thing?”

“That’s called a New Year’s greeting. Those you were looking at are red packets; there’s money in them. When someone comes over to wish you Happy New Year, you have to give them red packets,” explained Linus.

Sophia saw the little girl coming over toward their unit. She anxiously asked, “What should I do now? I don’t have any red packets!”

Linus was well prepared, and he assured her, “Don’t worry. I have some ready.”

Sophia hastily grabbed a stack of red packets as she saw the little girl approaching her doorstep to knock on the door. She opened the door and found the little girl standing right in front of her. She was immaculately dressed, and the purse hanging in front of her belly was bursting with red packets.

“Happy New Year! May you be blessed with prosperity!” greeted the little girl in her sweetest voice as she shamelessly reached out to Sophia with open palms.

Sophia placed a red packet into her hands and replied, “Happy New Year to you too.”

The little girl got what she was after and was about to leave. Sophia subconsciously wanted to stall her but struggled to conjure any excuse at such short notice. She was also aware of the teenager whose cold, wary gaze had never left her since they arrived.

Linus suddenly appeared at the door and offered a friendly welcome. “Aren’t you Nate? My, my, you’ve grown so much!”

At the sight of Linus, the teenager’s solemn facade melted into a genuine smile. “Uncle Linus, you’re here!” It had been three years since they last met, but Nathan never forgot about Linus, the coolest man in his life—the man who gave him Nicholas.

 

“Good lad, you’ve grown so tall. Come in and have a seat!” invited Linus.

Nathan brought Carmen into the house while an elated Sophia trod behind. The little girl got in and helped herself to a seat on the couch. As she looked around the hall, she noticed Sophia’s Shae, so she asked curiously, “Is there a Nicholas in your house too?”

 

the girl asked about her robot, she quickly replied, “It’s Shae. You could say it’s Nicholas’

Sophia was the poor woman she had tricked the other day,

took a good mental note of

did not stay for long, as they had to move on to the next unit for more red packets. Seeing them leave, Sophia

her, “She lives in Villa No.8. If you wish to, you could always go see her there.”

when Judge needed a break from babysitting, and it would come to seek refuge at Sophia’s unit. Carmen would then end up going over to get it, and Sophia would have more opportunity to see her too. Little Carmen’s sweet voice and witty charm had Sophia falling

for an appointment with an ENT specialist to have her vocal cord checked. This medical center had been bought by Cooper, and it welcomed Sophia

he admitted that her injuries were severe but curable.

next available slot for her surgery right after the consultation. However, the specialists required more time to study and discuss her surgical case. Hence, Sophia left the doctor’s office with Cooper as his nurse called for the next patient to go

did her laryngoscope inspection, wore her face mask to cover her wound. She donned a hat and walked along

of the man. He seemed young and fashionably dressed, but he unfortunately had a

the hospital. Cooper was also wearing a face mask because he happened to resemble Chester, the online influencer, and

thorough check and performed a laryngoscope inspection. After it was done, the man returned to sit at the doctor’s desk while putting on his face mask

as good as new now. You’ve been taking good care of it, and I think you’re ready

and nodded. “I see.

I be seeing

Michael replied, “Not anytime soon. I’m doing this simply because my daughter

in the process. For an actor like him, having his voice ruined was akin to putting an end to his career, but he did not care, because the person who loved watching him sing and act was no longer

heard a petite voice complaining, “Daddy, your voice is scary, like the big bad wolf!” At that moment, he realized he had another role to play—a father. He could

once again, “If you ever decide to get back onto the screen, do

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