Yolden replied gratefully, "Charlie, thank you so much! You can rest assured that I will surely do my best to repay you when the time comes!"
Charlie bowed slightly before he said, "Uncle Hart, you're welcome."
After that, Charlie checked the time before he said," Uncle Hart, you still have some classes on later, right? I n that case, I will not disturb you anymore. We can continue chatting another day."
Yolden looked at his watch, and he hurriedly said, “Oh!
I would have forgotten all about it if you did not mention it. I will have to conduct a class right away. Charlie, if you have nothing else to do, why don’t you stay in my office and wait for me, then? Don't be in such a hurry to leave. We could have lunch together at noon after my class." 1
Charlie replied, "Uncle Hart, you must certainly be very busy with work. So, perhaps we could enjoy a meal together some other day instead?"
Yolden waved his hand and said, "I might be busy, but I will always have time to rest. Besides, both of us are finally meeting again after so many years. To be honest, I really feel very close to you, and I want to continue chatting with you a little more."
As he spoke, Yolden earnestly replied, "However, that will depend on your schedule too. If you have something on later in the afternoon, we could arrange t o have a meal together some other day, then. Anyway, the both of us are living in the same city, so it will be easier for us to look for an opportunity to get together again."
Charlie actually did not have anything else to do in the afternoon. He was only afraid that he would cause a delay to Yolden's work if he were to continue staying here. In truth, Charlie really wanted to continue chatting with Yolden. This was because, over the past twenty years, Charlie did not know much about his mother's past or her life experience at all. Now that he finally had the opportunity to meet her classmate from back then, Charlie really wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to hear more stories and learn more about his mother's past from Yolden.
So, he replied, "In that case, you can go and get your work done first then, Uncle Hart. I will just wait for you here.”
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