Chapter 196


    The courtyard, which used to be spotlessly cleaned by Grandma, is now overgrown with weeds.


    Thankfully, Grandma gave away many beautiful nts to the neighbors before leaving


    Otherwise, they probably would have withered by now.


    The grape trellis where the family used to cool off in summer is now decayed and broken, with withered


    grape vines.


    Rosalynn opened the door and walked in


    Most of the furniture in the house is covered with white cloth.


    Rosalynn stood at the door and took a nce


    Sure enough, every nook and cranny of the house held memories of their happy past


    She felt like crying


    A momentter, she enters her mother’s bedroom.


    In the nightstand beside the bed are her mom’s belongings


    There are very few of her mother’s things left


    Apart from some clothes and a few pieces of jewelry, the only thing left was a photo album.


    Her grandfather loved taking photos, most of the pictures in the album were of the family on trips and


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    When she left the house, Rosalynn wanted to take the album with her, but Grandma wouldn’t allow it.


    Rosalynn even went on a hunger strike for two days.


    Finally, Grandma said, “This is what your mom loved. We’re leaving, so we should leave something


    behind for her”


    Throughout the night, Rosalynn wept, clutching the album tightly to her chest. With great care, she


    safeguarded it, cing it within the nightstand, before departing from home alongside her grandmother


    Now, Rosalynn retrieved the cherished album, handling it delicately. She tenderly brushed the surface,


    revealing faded doodles she had drawn as an innocent and naive child Overwhelmed with emotion, she


    cautiously opened the album, tears welling in her eyes. Yet, as she began to flip through the pages, a


    mixture of Taughter and tears fills the room, resonating with the depths of her heart


    The first photo was of her just after she was born. In the bottom righter, Mom wrote, “My ugly


    baby”


    Photo after photo, she looked through them.


    Reading the humorous notes her mom wrote, Rosalynn cried while asionallyughing


    The album quickly came to an end


    Rosalynn thought there would be no more pictures


    Yet, a corner of a photo peeked out from the protectiveyer after casually flipping.


    Rosalynn was taken aback


    She pulled thater slowly, revealing another picture!


    Surprised, Rosalynn eagerly flipped the photo over


    This time, she was utterly shocked.


    It’s a picture of two people.


    Amongst the individuals captured in the photograph, the youthful faces of Rosalynn’s loved ones came


    into focus. There, unmistakably, was her mother, appearing to be around twelve or thirteen years old at


    the time the picture was taken.


    Additionally, standing beside her mother, with an expression of deep affection on his face, was none


    other than Baldrick-the very same man featured in the image Hna had on her cell phone. The


    realization stroke Rosalynn with a mix of surprise, curiosity, and a flood of emotions


    At that moment, Rosalynn finally remembered why Baldrick seemed so familiar


    Rosalynn vaguely recalled the events from that year.


    That day, she was half asleep and saw her mom crying over a photo


    She rushed over to her mom, who hugged her and said, “Mom’s fine, just…”


    She choked up


    Missing Dad”


    Those words were spoken very softly.


    During that time, her grandparents were not around, so Rosalynn assumed that her mom was missing


    her grandfather


    Sheforted her mom for a while, and even took several nces at that photo


    Now that she remembered it, wasn’t it this photo?


    “Missing Dad.” Rosalynn murmured, feeling an icy chill down her spine as she seems to realize


    something