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Settlement

Author: XiaoyenLi
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

It was said that the countryside typically has a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural development was mostly in rural areas, but recently, the population growth had risen as more and more people choose to settle down in the countryside away from the city's polluted air.

Emilia pulls out her phone and reads the message she received from her parents asking for an update on where she currently is and how she was doing. Emilia stuffed her phone back after she sent a reply. She noticed that she was nearing her bus stop, and so she fixed and straighten her windbreaker a little. She steps out of the bus and hailed a tricycle to her parent's house.

Things went smoother than what Emilia had expected except for her parent's outburst and three weeks had passed since then, but she was thankful that everything went fine afterward. She had left out the part of Aiden's identity and just told them that everything was just an accident a

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