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the bus and wandered through the bustling market in a daze. Where could his Kelly be?
While he was wandering, he saw a figure resembling Kelly appeared in the crowd in front of him. George was excited. He hurriedly rushed forward and called out, “Kelly! Kelly!”
“Spring is just around the corner. Let’s pick up a few outfits for you,” Ken said. “Oh, buy more of that orange–flavored fruit candy from last time as well. I notice you quite love it.”
Ken kept rambling on the side but Kelly was a bit distracted. He then asked, “What’s wrong? Are you feeling sick?”
Kelly turned her head and looked behind her but found nothing.
“Ken, I think I heard someone calling my name just now.”
Ken turned to look behind them but saw nothing. With a reassuring smile, he said,
“There’s no one there. You must‘ ve
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misheard.”‘
Kelly furrowed her eyebrows and saw that
there was indeed no one behind her before she squeezed out a smile, “Maybe I really heard it wrong.”
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In his excitement of seeing Kelly, George accidentally knocked over the stall next to
him.
“What are you arguing about? I have said that there is an emergency now, how much will this pile cost in a while, I will pay as usual!” George argued.
The stall owner, however, did not agree.
He held George’s hand tightly. “You knocked over my stuff, don’t want to leave until you pay the money back! Gather here, people. This man is bullying me. Quick! Help me pin him down.”
Just like that, George could only watch helplessly when the figure he had been.
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dreaming of disappeared from his eyes.
His heart ached and he almost could not breathe.
After he finished compensating the owner and walked out from the crowd, he could not find Kelly anywhere in the market.
George was devastated. He took out Kelly’s photo and asked the people on the market.
“May I ask if you have seen this girl?”
“May I ask if you’ve seen her? She just walked right past here.”
“Please….”
George’s appearance was too maniacal and the people in the market thought that he was not in his right mind and hurriedly hid to the side.
At this moment, he felt an unprecedented sense of helplessness. “Kelly … where are you?”
After searching everywhere to no avail, George remembered that the shuttle bus
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was going to and leaving from the base. He rushed back to the station, maybe he might catch Kelly when she returned to the base!
However, when George rushed back to the shuttle bus pickup point, the shuttle bus just drove away! Without thinking, he opened his car door and followed it.
“Kelly, wait for me!” he said
Inside the shuttle, Ken and Kelly remained blissfully unaware of the car trailing behind them. Kelly was admiring the clothes they had just bought in the store.
“Can you believe this cost two cents? It’s so expensive!”
Ken looked dotingly, “As long as you like it, it’s worth it.”
When they arrived home, Kelly eagerly went to the bedroom to try on her new clothes and left Ken in the living room to tidy up.
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