Lily was very thin at that time, and she was shorter than him. Coffey didn't know why Lily have so much strength when she beat the boys and protected him.
"He has me to protect him!"
"Tomorrow I will go to school to sue you. You must apologize to my brother!"
"If you dare to bully him again, I will break your legs!"
Some boys were not afraid of Lily, and said, "He is weak. What is wrong with us beating him?" Lily just hit him with the stick, and that boy dared not speak anymore.
After teaching those people a lesson, Lily didn't say a word. She took Coffey home, helped him deal with the wound, and mended the torn school uniform. She didn’t say "he is useless" or scolded him at all.
Coffey felt his nose sour. Later, Coffey knew that Daisy always cried after she got divorced and the burden of life fell on Lily. She studied while worked part-time, but she didn't complain at all.
From then on, Coffey suddenly realized that he wanted to protect his sister Lily, so he began to study hard and got exercise.
In front of Lily, he has always been a good brother, an excellent student, and secretly learned all kinds of martial arts, trying to get into that martial arts school in order to protect his family.
Because Lily said that she wants to buy a big house, he is desperate to make money, hoping to surprise her by then.
His sister is too tired. He hopes she can live a better life.
"Coffey, I really envy you." Kay is really envious, and says with emotion, "I am the only child in the family, and my parents don’t care much about me. I was alone since high school. Fortunately, after graduated from that school, my cousin helped me; otherwise I don’t know what I would be like now."
Kay continues, "Coffey, does your mother want another son? How about me"
"Get out!"
The sound of insulation is too good to hear what is talking outside. Lily doesn't even expect that her brother who she thinks is studying at home is actually separated from her by a door.
Lily puts the ointment on her neck, just as the waiter says. It feels cool. She eats the rice-shaped tablets and it is mint flavor and it doesn’t taste bitter.
The ointment does not work, but after she takes the medicine for a while, she feels that her throat is better and not as dry as before.
Lily deals with the emails, and when she looks at the clock, it is almost twelve at midnight.
When she is about to close the computer and go to sleep, her phone rings.
It’s called from her country, and it is a strange number.
"Who..." Lily wonders who would call her at night. When she whispers, she finds that she could speak now.
Lily coughs and says a few words to herself.
She’s recovered, and her voice is better than before.
The medicine is too effective.
Her phone keeps ringing, so Lily answers the phone, "Hello, who’s that?"
"Lily, it's me."
When Jason speaks, Lily gets goose bumps. Thinking of what has happened before, Lily feels sad.
Because she wants to avoid John, she married Jason immediately after returning home. When they were just married, Jason treated her well and she liked him very much.
"Mr. Jason, we’ve divorced." Lily calmly says. She knows Jason treated her well, but she doesn't forget how he did to her before they divorced.
"Lily, it’s my fault. I apologize to you." Fearing Lily would be angry, Jason says humbly, "I am sorry."
"Actually, when you have that kind of disease, I should appease you, comfort you, and shouldn't cheat on you. I... I was stupid so that things happen like that."
He apologizes to Lily sincerely, but Lily looks strange.
She has been with Jason for more than a year. How couldn’t she understand him? He's too macho to ever admit he was wrong; otherwise he will not treat her that way when divorced.
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