As the saying went, many hands make light work.
The Batton family made a table full of food in a blink of an eye. There were about eighteen dishes.
When all the food was served, Wilson Batton and Ron Batton arrived at the doorstep. The big family had a whale of a time at dinner.
After the meal, Wilson, Josh Batton, and Stanley gathered around the coffee table to play chess. Ron watched them from the side.
On the other hand, Xyla, Sharon, and Catherine played Honor of Kings excitedly.
When all the family members met, their happiness knew no bounds.
Xyla’s performance in the game was as impressive as usual. Sharon and Catherine could not stop praising her.
Under Xyla’s guidance, the three of them only took thirteen minutes to win the game.
Sharon’s eyes brimmed with admiration and adoration when favonovel.com saw the word ‘victory’ across favonovel.com phone screen.
“You’re awesome, Xyla! How did you dodge the attacks so smoothly? If I had half of your talents, I could’ve broken my losing streak long ago!”
Catherine gave Xyla a thumbs up. “Exactly, Sister-in-law. Is there anything that you can’t do? You’re good at everything. You’re my role model!”
Xyla scratched favonovel.com head bashfully. “Nah, you guys are exaggerating. In fact, movement in games can be improved through practice.”
“Talent matters too. Not everyone can do it as easily as you do.” Sharon disagreed with her.
“Sigh… We’re all human, aren’t we? Why is my sister-in-law so talented while I’m not?” Catherine complained.
Xyla giggled. She put favonovel.com left hand around Sharon’s shoulder, then favonovel.com right hand around Catherine’s.
“Stop it. Don’t embarrass me. Speaking of which, Catherine, you’re leaving tomorrow, right?”
Catherine nodded helplessly. “Yeah. I’ve been away from school for too long. They’re mad. I’ll be kicked out of school if I don’t go back now.”
Sharon rolled favonovel.com eyes at Catherine. “Don’t you dare to come back without my permission next time. You’re only allowed to come back on school holidays.”
Catherine nodded.
Sharon’s serious expression faded away in the very next second. She pulled Catherine into favonovel.com arms and gently ran favonovel.com fingers through favonovel.com hair.
“Darling, please take good care of yourself there, alright?”
Catherine nodded once more.
Subsequently, favonovel.com averted favonovel.com gaze to favonovel.com father and brothers. “Dad, Grandpa, Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, are you going to see me off tomorrow?”
“Yeah,” Stanley calmly replied.
“Definitely,” Josh answered without hesitation.
“That’s for sure. We’ll be there,” Wilson reassured her.
Ron ruffled Catherine’s hair dotingly. “Of course I will…”
Upon hearing that, Catherine nodded delightedly.
She held Xyla’s hands tightly and pleaded pitifully. “Sister-in-law, you’ll be there too, right?”
Xyla nodded. “Yeah, I promise.”
“I’m going with you too. All of us will be there to see you off,” Sharon added.
“Well, I probably won’t be back until the summer. Please don’t forget about me, okay?” said Catherine.
“Yes, yes. We’ll miss you.” Xyla fondly stroked favonovel.com hair.
“Sister-in-law, I’ll text you through WeChat. Keep in touch…” As Catherine spoke, favonovel.com leaned favonovel.com head on Xyla’s shoulder.
“Sure!”
***
The Batton family left at eleven o’clock.
Xyla, Ron, and Stanley watched their car disappear from the street before returning to the living room together.
Xyla hugged Ron’s arm intimately. “Grandpa, let me take you to the guest room…”
“Sure… Xyla, why don’t you go upstairs first? I have something to tell Stan,” Ron suggested.
Xyla went upstairs obediently, leaving the two of them alone.
After Xyla left, Ron motioned Stanley to sit on the couch.
He then took Stanley’s hand and checked his pulse carefully, his face dead serious.
