"Ugh!" Everyone was dumbfounded.
Dan glanced at Sammy as if he was looking at an 'idiot'.
"Oh my God!" Sherry looked down at Sammy and exclaimed, "Sammy, who's Alba?"
"My friend. She doesn't have a daddy or a mummy. Alba is so pathetic, isn't she? I'm going to marry her. I'll keep my word!" Sammy said seriously.
John shook his head.
"What's so great about a nymphomaniac? I wouldn't get married!"
Everyone turned back and looked at Dan.
Dan shrugged and said coolly, "Mummy, don't marry him. I'll marry you when I grow up! Don't worry, your son only wants you in his life, not his wife!"
"Ugh!" Sherry laughed dumbly.
"How would that work?"
"I won’t have you doing that!"
William and John both spoke up.
William had gathered everyone here today to talk about the wedding. But when he saw Dan like this, he suddenly lost his confidence. Was Dan too obsessed with his mother?
"No matter what, your mum is my wife. Whether you agree or disagree, we'll get married!"
"Fine then, I'll get my mummy back when I grow up!" Dan was deliberately pissing off William.
"Sherry, how can you ignore this brat being so arrogant?" William's handsome, cold face was now filled with more frustration and chagrin. Dan's words in particular made William's face get even grimmer.
"William, children say what they like!" Sherry said helplessly, "Why are you being serious with a child!"
"Sherry, do you love me or do you love this little brat?" William got serious too. He had to get this straight.
Sherry was a little embarrassed. How could she say that in front of Mr. Rowland?
"Mummy loves me more, of course!" Dan said again. Seeing that John seemed to look displeased, he immediately fawned over him, "Grandpa, let's eat. I'll play chess with you when we've finished eating!"
"Yes! Let's eat!" At the sound of chess, John was immediately energized, "Let's play two rounds tonight!"
"Sherry, you tell me!" William came over and buried his face deep in Sherry's hair and asked in a muffled voice. Although his question was a bit childish, well, he admitted that it was very childish, he wanted to be the one for her!
Seeing how silly Daddy was being, Sammy followed suit and ran to the table. "I'm going to eat too!"
"William, you're so childish!" She really couldn't do anything with him. "Well, Dan's teasing you. He wants you to be nice to me and not bully me in the future!"
"Fine! I admit I'm childish, but you have to tell me you only love me!" He wouldn't relent.
"Well! Let's go to the cemetery tomorrow! I'll tell you after I visit my dad and brother's graves!" Sherry whispered.
"Why does it have to be tomorrow?" William grumbled in discontent, "I want to know now."
Sherry laughed faintly and didn't say anything. She just pulled his hand away and walked towards the table...
...
In the cemetery.
The cemetery was a little bleak in winter. Sherry held two bouquets of flowers in her hands as she walked to the spot where she had met William a few months ago. She suddenly remembered something and asked, "Did you come to this cemetery that day to visit your mother's grave?"
"No!" William shook his head. "You ran into me here that day and knocked all my flowers off!"
"Yeah!" Sherry thought about it and felt as if everything was right in front of her.
"Yeah! Let's hurry up and go! There's so much I want to say to Daddy and my brother!" Sherry couldn't wait. It was the first time that she was in a pretty relaxed mood to be here.
The past was too sour and her heart was heavy every time she came here.
"Okay!"
When Sherry led him to Clark's tombstone first, William's expression froze for a moment and his face turned miserably white.
Looking at the picture on the tombstone and the words "Clark", William was dumbstruck. How could it be such a coincidence?
But Sherry didn't notice William's expression. She placed the flowers in front of her father's tombstone and couldn't help but stroke her hand over his picture. Looking at the kind face on the tombstone, she smiled quietly and faintly, only with tears in her eyes. "Daddy, I've come to see you!"
"William, this is my dad!" Sherry took William's hand and said, "Dad gave me the most selfless love in the whole world. I didn't know how great he was and I didn't know I wasn't his real daughter until now, but he gave me the deepest and greatest love! He is the greatest father in the world!"
William closed his eyes. There was a sharp pain in his heart and he felt dizzy. He was speechless. Just looking at the picture on the tombstone, he suddenly couldn't stop the tears from dripping down his face. He opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
Sherry looked back at him with surprise, "William, are you crying?"
William was in a trance, "No, no. I'm just grateful that he raised you!"
Suddenly, a feeling of panic gripped him firmly. That feeling of guilt that hadn't been there for a long time flared up again. He looked at the tombstone with open eyes, his heart sank and his hands and feet went cold.
Without thinking much about it, Sherry continued to turn back to the tombstone and said, "Dad, thank you for raising me and giving me a warm home. Dad, I will always love you! You will always be irreplaceable in my heart. Even though I have found my real father now, but you are in my heart like no one else ..."
"Daddy, I've brought William to see you! Are you still happy with the man I like? Would you object if I were to marry him?" Sherry whispered to herself, without noticing anything different about William.
The cold sweat on his forehead increased, and his heart was sinking, sinking, sinking ... all the way down into a deep, bottomless cellar of ice.
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...