Winter Wonderland

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Alaric had turned the house upside down, rifling through every drawer without finding a trace of the family register. His anxiety was mounting when his eyes landed on the safe in the corner of the room. Alaric knew his mother was always cautious, safeguarding their most vital documents meticulously.

Considering the family register was an essential item, could it be locked away in the safe?

Without hesitation, Alaric decided to try his luck with the safe. He first entered his sister Angelina's birthday as the code, but it was wrong. Next, he tried using his father's birthday, but no luck there either. Could it be his own birthday?

birthdate, the room door swung open abruptly, flooding the room with light and catching

are you up to?"

his mother striding toward him, her

up and abandoning his attempt to crack the safe, Alaric tried to play

his initial attempt at conversation, approached the safe, reset the failed attempt, and turned to Alaric with a stern look. "What's this, Alaric? You go off and live on your own for a while and come back picking up bad habits from those troublemakers, learning to

you mean 'troublemakers'? And what's this about me picking up bad habits? Can't you

at herself incredulously, letting out a cold laugh. "Am I the harsh one, or have you just turned your back on us for someone else? You came back with the intention of stealing from us, didn't you? I was wondering why you suddenly showed up. I thought maybe you'd reconciled with Georgia and arranged for

you think. You were the one who insulted her with money, causing her to leave so abruptly. I haven't

her? She seemed pretty happy taking the

money she sent you for, then what?" Angelina suddenly asked,

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