Ian was dumbfounded.

Seeing that he was not moving, Susan threw herself at him. She wrapped her arms around him and buried her head in his neck groggily.

Purring like a cat in its dream, she pleaded with him piteously, "Ian, I was wrong. D-Don't run away again, please? It was all my fault. I'll never back down again. Let's be together happily from now on, hmm?"

Ian was thunderstruck.

He was as motionless as a statue, and his mind went blank. He could neither hear nor sense anything.

What's the matter with her? What did she mean?

Why did she plead with me not to run away and to be together happily from now? I'm her nephew. Isn't it preposterous for her to say so?

Her words had stirred ten magnitude turbulence in the young man's mind. Having lost some snippets of his memory, he was utterly overwhelmed.

"Ian, you're back." Right then, a familiar voice sounded behind him.

It was none other than Sigrun, who had surprisingly stayed up late to wait for them.

Ian came to his senses in an instant. He was about to pull Susan away from his arms and push her into the car.

 

Let me help her upstairs." Sigrun volunteered, stifling her boiling rage. She had

second, he tightened his arms around Susan and said to Sigrun indifferently, "It's

the car, slammed the door shut, and

smile on

Susan had

you're finally awake! Breakfast is

an auction!" Vivian chirped, grinning from ear to ear. She had rushed into the room excitedly when she discovered that Susan was awake.

refreshed after waking up from a deep

and whipped out the fountain pen from the auction the day before to

What a unique fountain pen! I bet my great­grandpa will be overjoyed if he sees this!" Vivian gasped admiringly, rejoicing earnestly at Susan's success in retrieving

 

carefully. "Oh yeah! Isn't it about time to head for class? I'd

"Aunt Susan, are you still dreaming? It's Saturday today. Anyway,

Fishing?

at the moment. Apart from her studies, she had to grab the time to work and save money to pay off her debt of fifty thousand to someone. Hence, she could only turn Vivian

dining room, Sigrun was over the moon when she heard that Susan would not be

bad we can only proceed with our plan without her.

your Aunt Susan busy

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