There was an old lady sitting in the living room. Her hair was white and there was a pair of presbyopic glass on her nose. She was peeling the peanuts in the basket slowly.
"Grandma." Patrick called her excitedly, then she raised her head in surprise, "Patrick?"
It was only then that Amelia saw that her face clearly. Her face was comely and her eyes were amiable. Was she Patrick's grandmother?
Granny Hopper stopped peeling the peanuts and stood up to greet Patrick. She touched Patrick's face and sighed, "My dear Patrick, you're still so handsome."
Granny Hopper noticed Amelia who was next to Patrick soon. She took a step forward and looked at Amelia up and down carefully. Then she said, "You're as beautiful as your father has described."
Amelia's face blushed a little, "Grandma, you're flattering me."
Patrick glanced at Amelia with the corner of his eye and mumbled, "Is she as beautiful as you said?"
Granny Hopper scolded him with her face darkened, "You brat, what are you talking about?"
Patrick shook his head and said, "Grandma, did I say anything? You must have misheard me."
Amelia was surprised that Patrick blinked in front of Granny Hopper.
Granny Hopper took Amelia's hand intimately. When she touched the callus in Amelia's palm, she smiled more happily.
Because she knew from Amelia's callus that she was an industrious girl. She liked Amelia more, "By the way, your grandfather is upstairs. Come and meet him with me."
Patrick said in a hurry, "Grandma, let me support you."
"No!" Granny Hopper smiled kindly. "I want Amelia to take my hand."
Patrick ordered Amelia, "Watch the road. Mind grandma don't fall."
"I see." Amelia was very depressed. Was she that unreliable?
In the study.
Grandpa Hopper sat in the center of the sofa. He dressed in a black-and-white Taoist robe, and there was a with a cane in his left hand. He was dignified and grave.
After recognizing Patrick, he suddenly stood up from the sofa and punched Patrick's leg with his cane, "Why don't you come back until now!"
Grandpa Hopper was fierce and strict, which was completely different from Granny Hopper.
Amelia was scared that when she saw that Patrick was beat by Grandpa Hopper.
After a while, she looked at Grandpa Hopper nervously, only to find that he was calm, as if beating Patrick in this way was normal!
Patrick felt painful in his shin, but he didn't say anything. He looked at Grandpa Hopper and said stubbornly, "I really don't want to come back. It's you who begged me to come back to see you."
Grandpa Hopper's face darkened as he said in a trembling voice, "How dare you!"
Granny Hopper stood in front of Patrick and scolded Grandpa Hopper, "Do you know why Patrick is unwilling to see us? Because you're too fierce every time he comes! No one wants to see you!"
Hearing this, Grandpa Hopper couldn't say a word. Then he sat on sofa, pointed at Patrick and said, "You have been disobedient since you were a child. Compared with your big brother, you are really..."
"Worse than him, right?" Patrick said coldly.
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