Karin feels that her heart is in pain and says with certainty, "No, it certainly can be achieved. You and
Robert are still young. And now the medical treatment is so advanced. Any difficult disease can be
cured. Now the most important thing for you is to get well. As for the rest, you don’t have to think about
them."
Billie smiles sarcastically, "Forget it, I have given up. And I can no longer withstand any toss and blow.
If I experience the same blow again, I definitely will break down..."
"Do you give up? What about your in-laws? Won't they blame you?"
Karin met Robert's parents. But she never knew them. So she doesn’t know what kind of people they
are. However, a daughter-in-law who can’t have children surely won’t be favored.
"My in-laws suggested that I adopt a child. They are good people. And they treat me well."
"Really?"
Karin is quite surprised. As she is sad about her best friend's situation, suddenly, she is relieved to hear
her say so.
"Really."
Billie pauses for a moment, "I haven't contacted you for the past few years. You're not angry with me,
are you?"
"Why would I? I know you have a worse life than me. I can't wait to feel sorry for you. How come I will
be angry with you."
"You're always so understanding. By the way, are you still in touch with Troy?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Then did he tell you about his current situation?"
Karin is shocked in secret, "What's wrong with his situation?"
"It seems that he didn’t tell you. Forget it. It is nothing."
Karin is already suspicious. Although Billie says so, Karin surely isn’t convinced, "Billie, don’t hide it
from me. Say it quickly!"
"He probably doesn’t want you to worry about him..."
"Do you think now I can be carefree now?"
Billie sighs gloomily and says, "Troy is now in a very difficult position. He is sort of being surrounded by
enemies. Regarding his uncle's death, a lot of evidence of it is against him. Moreover, surprisingly,
even Jacob's death five years ago is related to him. I wonder who reported it to the police, providing
some relevant evidence to them. Before Jacob died, there was a woman named Eira Byrne. It is said
she was also killed by Troy. Within half a month, he has been suspected to have taken away three
lives..."
“Bang!” Before Billie can finish her words, Karin feels that her legs go limp and sit on the ground. And
her face suddenly turns pale. She looks like a lost soul. An urgent call rings on the cell phone in her
hand, "Karin, are you still there? Are you still there..."
That day, it is unknown how Karin has been home. that day, she cries outside for a long time before
going home.
When she arrives home, she forces a smile so that her daughter won’t see anything wrong. After eating
dinner and putting Esme to bed, she goes to her parents' room.
"Mom, Dad, I want to tell you something."
She is in tears before she can speak further. And before she can say anything, her tears flow
unstoppably.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing her daughter crying so sadly all of a sudden, Jane feels that her heart has been torn to pieces.
Mike asks nervously, "Did something happen to Troy?"
Both of them know clearly that if something hadn't happened to their Troy, Karin wouldn't be crying so
sadly.
"Yes! So I have to rush to Zurich as soon as possible."
"What exactly happened?"
"He was framed. And now there are three murder charges that he can't get away with."
Karin recounts what had happened in Zurich before in a concise manner. And after hearing her words,
Mike and Jane fall into deep thought.
"Mom, Dad, can you help me take care of Esme?"
She falls to her knees in front of her parents at once. Thinking of Troy's current situation, she feels like
she is going to be torn apart with tears flowing from her eyes and blood dripping from her heart.
"We are okay with taking care of Esme. But if the situation is indeed as complicated and sinister as you
say, what can you solve if you go there? You can't help him at all."
"Even if I can't do anything for him, I have to stay by his side. I just need to stay by his side. You have
no idea how many people want his life. Only if I stay by his side will he know how important he is. Only
then will he always think about protecting himself. If he needs the motivation to survive against all odds,
then I am the biggest motivation in his heart ."
Karin cries more and more sadly. And she grabs her parents' hands and says, "So, you guys let me go.
Knowing his current situation, I can't continue to wait here. Even if we don't have a wedding ceremony
yet, we have already seen each other for the other half of our lives. In front of my grandmother's grave,
I also made a vow that no matter how much difficulty and pain there is in this life, I will follow him
unconditionally. If he was killed, then I surely wouldn’t live alone in the world..."
Mike closes his eyes in pain. Quite a while later, he takes a stand, "Okay, you should go. Don't worry
about Esme. We will take care of her. Go. This time, you should be by his side."
"Thank you, Dad. Thank you, Mom..."
Karin jumps into her mother's arms and cries sadly. Jane is also in tears as she pats her daughter's
back, "You are much luckier than your grandmother. At least, there is someone you want to guard and
wait for in this life. While your grandmother, besides waiting, she can do nothing else..."
The next day, Karin doesn’t go to work. Instead, she takes his daughter out to have fun the whole day
and purchases a lot of food and items for fun for her. And in the evening, she solemnly says to her
daughter, "Esme, Mom will be away for a while. You will be obedient to Grandpa and Grandma, right?"
Esme is suddenly stunned, "Where are you going, Mom?"
"To where your father is."
"Why don't you take me with you?"
"Because Grandparents are too lonely. I want you to stay here with them more.”
"When I didn't come to London before, weren't my grandparents lonely?"
"They didn't know you existed before. But now that they know and have seen you. Of course, they can't
let you go anymore."
"But I want to be with Mom and Dad."
Karin's nose is sore. And she pats her daughter's head, "Esme, be good. There are plenty of days
ahead when you can be with Mom and Dad. But when you go back to Zurich, it will be hard for you to
see your grandparents again."
She winks at her parents. And Jane immediately said, "Yes. Grandma likes you the most, Esme. If your
mother took you away, then I would l be sad and couldn't eat or sleep..."
"Yes, yes, me too. And last time, I promised to take you to see the bullfight. Don't you want to go
there?"
Mike’s offer finally makes Esme sway. And she bites her lips and nods with difficulty, "Okay then. But
you have to come back early to pick me up."
"Well, don't worry. I won't make you wait too long, Esme."
"Then let's pull the hook."
"Pull the hook and no change for a hundred years..."
In the end, Karin takes a flight and heads for Zurich. Before going to Zurich, she doesn’t tell Troy or
anyone else.
By the time she gets to Zurich International Airport, it has been the evening. After five years, she is on
this familiar land again. And she doesn’t know how to describe her feelings in her heart. But she knows
that she feels complicated in secret.
Instead of rushing to find Troy first, she takes a taxi to the Ziteng Garden, a place that has appeared
countless times in her dreams.
Originally, she thought that the garden would be uninhabited. Seeing that the door isn’t locked, she
pushes it open and walks in, only to be greeted by a familiar scene and a yet no longer familiar
environment. Those wisteria flowers once beautifying the garden have been transplanted, which are
replaced by the purple dandelions that Troy mentioned. Unfortunately, the time for purple dandelions to
bloom isn’t here yet. Even so, the furry lavender balls still make her very excited. She squats down and
picks off a ball, holding it in her hands. As she blows on it gently, the white hair flurries flutter in the sky,
which looks beautiful and touching.
"Miss Karin..."
A surprising call comes from behind her. She stiffens and recognizes that it is Yuma's voice. But she is
a bit incredulous. Five years have passed. How come Yuma is still here?
"Miss Karin, is it you?"
Yuma runs forward excitedly and grabs her arm. After she sees her face, tears suddenly gush out of
her eyes. She says, "It's you. I'm not dreaming, right? Oh my God, am I getting old and blind..."
She is somewhat incoherent. And she is indeed too excited in her heart.
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