As she exited the car, she followed the route that she recalled from memory. After crossing the road and heading up the small slope, there used to be a muddy passage in the past, but it has now been developed into two large highways.
It happened to be a weekend when Anna arrived at the village. Hence, there was quite a crowd in the village and she bumped into many familiar faces.
“Frankie Johnson! Sammy Johnson! Leslie Johnson!”
She yelled their names—all three of them were her childhood friends and although they were much older now, she immediately recognized them.
A few middle-aged figures, who were in their late forties to early fifties, turned when they heard her voice. They stared at her in confusion while giving her a once-over.
They did not recognize her, but they remembered Cooper and his family.
The villagers were utterly disappointed with the fact that he was about to remarry. Despite Anna’s death many years ago, he was still emotionally invested in the village—he established a factory and repaired its subway, which showed how devoted he was. Upon learning about his wedding, the village sent two representatives to deliver an expensive gift to him.
The villagers would be attending the wedding since Sophia was getting married to Michael. They were growing suspicious since they had witnessed Cooper entering the village with a strange woman who seemed to recognize the villagers.
“You are—” They were giving Anna a once-over. Although she was modestly dressed, she had an extraordinary elegance and temperament. Hence, it was obvious that the village was not her hometown.
Anna exclaimed in delight, “I am Anna—Annabel Johnson!”
“Anna!?” The crowd carefully regarded her again while they gazed at her in disbelief.
After she announced her identity, everybody seemed to look at her with a set of fresh eyes. The villagers seemed to gradually connect the woman in front of them with the pretty and mischievous young lady they remembered in their memories.
Anna! Aren’t you supposed to be dead?” Annabel did not
Family Village was in shock. Anna’s peers were able to recognize her, but the
knocking on her door to ask for her hand in marriage. In fact, people from tens of miles outside the village hired matchmakers to
look at her. They
leaving the village for decades, she felt as though she had only left yesterday.
Johnson Family’s ancestral hall, members of the older
Their family
her footsteps. Sophia would ask for food from other families when her aunt refused to feed her. Hence, she grew up on meals that were provided by
whenever they prepared delicious food at home, they would still invite both mother and daughter to enjoy the feast together if those two were to show
both mother and daughter harbored
was both shocked and pleased to see that Anna was still alive. It was only then that they learned she was Anna, Cooper’s
putting the things down, Michael distributed wedding invitations and health supplements for the older villagers. Not only that; he even handed some presents and red packets for the young ones. There were a few cars
villagers had never met such
her previous home. Fortunately, the villagers maintained the house she used to live in, which was why it was well preserved. It seemed like
cob wall surrounded the courtyard and the weeds had been removed and cleaned up. The persimmon tree stood tall in the
group photo underneath the persimmon tree which withstood the test of time. However, the only difference this time was the addition of Callum and they did not need to Photoshop Anna’s picture
it was a shame that Cade was missing, so they could only duplicate Callum to pretend that
about his son, who was in cryogenic
the whole day, but they enjoyed spending their weekend at the Johnson Family Village. They also accompanied Anna to
the older generation to be present for such an important event. Hence, Anna invited a few elderlies from the Johnson Family Village
was in a state of chaos
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