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Chapter 548

Author: Lean
Before I could finish speaking, Grandma continued, “My little Lily has grown up and wants to support Grandma, right?”

I pursed my lips. “But I still haven’t been able to do anything for you. Even the antidote, we don’t know when it will be available.”

“What’s there to be afraid of?”

Grandma was much more open-minded than I was and sighed, “I’ve been thinking about your grandfather for a long time. If it weren’t for the Shaw family, I would have gone to join him long ago.”

“It’s just that you have to work hard to hold up this mess of the Shaw family. Grandma doesn’t want you involved, but there’s no other way.”

“I know, I know…”

Hearing Grandma’s tone as if she was arranging her final affairs, tears streamed down my face. I clung to her, crying and choking up, “When I was little, I envied other kids who had grandparents. Now that I finally have you, I don’t want you to leave me. I don’t want to lose you.”

At that moment, I understood the burden Frank carried on his shoulders.

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