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Before leaving, Philip came to the dimly lit room and said to the boss sitting in the corner, “As long as you
cooperate, you’ll be fine.”
After a few more reminders, Jack and Philip returned home.
It was getting late. Philip called the siblings to the only table, took out a photo of their family of four, and handed it
to Jess.
Jess was stunned for a while before she burst into tears with the photo in both hands. Jack stepped forward to
comfort his sister and also saw the photo.
Although Jack was young, he understood the significance of finding this photo, so he burst into tears too. The
siblings hugged each other and sobbed bitterly.
Philip looked at the two who only had each other to depend on for the rest of their lives and did not know how to
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtcomfort them for a while, so he just watched and waited for them to calm down.
Jess stopped crying first and asked Philip with red eyes, “Did you find the remains of my parents?”
As she spoke, she sobbed again.
Philip nodded as answer.
After Jess calmed down again, Philip took out their parents’ ashes and solemnly handed them over to Jess.
He had no idea if this action was cruel, but in this small town where it was the survival of the fittest, it was better to
be strong than weak
Jess quickly accepted reality, put the urn away, and comforted her brother.
Just as Philip was about to leave, Jess said, “If you don’t mind, you can stay for the night. ”
Perhaps due to her emotional fluctuations just now, Jess blushed and continued, “There are no regulated hotels in
this town. They’ll extort you.”
Philip was not bothered about the environment, so he agreed to stay.
There were two rooms in this house, one occupied by their parents and the other one by the siblings. After their
parents left, the siblings lived separately. Now that there was a guest, Jess told Jack to vacate his room for Philip.
The room was simple with a double bed, a dilapidated desk, and a wooden wardrobe.
Maybe because Jack had moved in here, there were several uncharacteristic hero posters on the wall.
Philip wondered if the characters on the posters were fictional or real.
After washing up, Philip went back to the room and thought of tomorrow’s plan.
In the middle of the night, Philip woke up when he heard his room door creaking open. He used his senses and
detected it was Jess.
She walked to the foot of the bed and clenched her fists as if she was resolved to do this. Jess just stood there for
three or four minutes.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAs Jess took a deep breath and was about to crawl into Philip’s bed, Philip sat up. In the faint moonlight, the two
looked at each other.
Jess’ face was flushed from holding her breath just now. She was caught red-handed while doing such a bad thing.
Philip put on a jacket and sat on the edge of the bed. He patted the bed for the girl to sit down too, and she sat a
little fearfully.
Staring sideways at the bewildered girl with erratic eyes, Philip asked softly, “How old are you?”
The girl’s eyes darted around, and she said she was 19 years old, but it was obviously a lie.
“How long have we known each other?” Philip continued.
The girl did the math and said, “Seven days…”
“It’s only been a week. If I allowed you into my bed just now, what’s the difference between me and those bad guys
from the other day?”
Philip added, “In that case, you and your brother have just exchanged three wolves with one wolf.”
“It’s not the same!” The girl stared at Philip and said in agitation, “You’re our benefactor. If not for you, Jack and I
might not know what happened to our parents for the rest of our lives.”
Philip smiled and said, “I just do things out of interest.”
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