Because of the arrival of Jim, Rita had been cooking the dishes of her best for the first time since she was reborn.
Although there were all home-cooked dishes, they enjoyed them very much.
After a full meal, Rita and Jim leaned on the sofa and chatted.
And Liam crossed his legs and read the newspaper, not wanting to join the conversation between them.
"Rita, do you remember the Cooper family next door to the old house?"
"Is that Grandpa Cooper who moved his family to the south a few years ago?" Rita said as she handed a cup of warm tea to Jim's hand, and he nodded repeatedly, "Yes, that's him."
"I remember him, what's the matter?"
"A few days ago, when his family came back to visit relatives, we just ran into him. Cooper is now a grandfather, and his little granddaughter is six years old and has a very lively personality and is especially likable. Oh, I envy him."
As Jim was talking, he looked at Liam and then at Rita and asked, "When will you two let me have my great-grandchild?"
Liam didn’t say anything and Rita felt embarrassed.
It was so sudden to Rita to be urged to give birth to a baby.
Maybe they had been silent for so long, and Jim on the sofa started to pull a long face and asked, "What, don't you still plan to have a baby?"
"No." Rita shook her head for fear that Jim would be angry.
“Then for what?”
"Because..." Rita, who couldn't find an excuse, bit her lip, being silent for a few seconds and pointed at Liam, "He can't!"
This word had many meanings, and it was obvious that both of them on the sofa had misunderstood it at the moment.
Liam wrinkled his eyebrows while holding the newspaper, and then coughed dryly.
"Well. Liam, have you ever seen a doctor in this area?"
Jim glanced at Liam, forced his embarrassment and slowly asked.
Then he coughed meaningfully and continued, "If you have a problem, go to the doctor soon, get well and try to get Rita pregnant as soon as possible."
Liam felt so embarrassed.
And Rita was astonished.
At this moment, she realized that Jim had misunderstood.
This was so embarrassing!
In fact, she didn't mean that. She wanted to say that Liam was too busy and the time for them together was limited.
She wanted to explain, but after thinking about it as a valid excuse, she said, "Grandpa, let's pass this topic. Don't let Liam feel embarrassed."
Hearing the conversation, Liam kept a straight face, and said nothing.
"Oh, I'm getting old. Sitting for a while, the back pain feels like it's not my own. I'll go upstairs and rest for a while." Jim got up slowly.
Seeing this, Rita hurriedly stepped forward to help him and said, "Grandpa, I will help you up."
“Okay.”
Then, they went up to the second floor.
Although it was only a minute's walking from the first floor to the second floor, it took Jim a full five minutes.
When he walked to the room, he was already coughing. And because the cough was so bad, his loving face was flushed.
"Grandpa, are you okay?" Rita patted Jim on the back gently with her eyes full of concern.
"It's okay. I'm just getting old and useless." Jim smiled faintly, and slowly sighed in bed, "Recently, your uncle also sent me some ginseng supplements for me; Otherwise I'm afraid I can’t hold on anymore. I guess I’m going to see your grandma.”
Although the Wilson family didn't dare to tell Jim about his illness, he knew how his body was.
He could guess that he might have not much time for living.
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