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CHAPTER 3

Author: dancing_pony
last update Last Updated: 2021-09-10 20:25:13

                  HURTING KNUCKLES

TEN YEARS LATER

A tall muscular man in his late twenties walked around the room as he frowned at the letter in his hand. 

He sat on the bed and rolled his shoulder blades. The pressure of all the workload hurt his head. He settled the letter on the small table next to his bedside, away from his sight.

Apollo Zhong laid on his bed and stared at the ceiling. He clenched his jaw, he hasn't been able to focus on his work nowadays. 

He had been away from his house for ten years. Maybe the homesickness he had pushed down are finally resurfacing so strongly that he couldn't ignore it anymore.

Talking about homesickness…

Apollo got up and walke

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