As there was no reply from Florence, Nora glanced at her in a reflexive manner.
But she found that Florence had stood up at some point. She was looking at a point in front of her blankly and was thinking of something in a daze.
Seeing this, Nora could not help but to follow her gaze. However, similar to Florence previously, she could only see Amelia's head because she was sitting down.
Nora turned her puzzled face back. She asked Florence, who was standing there blankly, "Florence, what are you looking at?"
"Huh?" Florence came back to earth. "Nora, are you talking to me?"
Nora's eyes were filled with worry as she said, "Yeah, I saw you suddenly stand up. I'm curious is there anything that caught your attention? Then, you haven't responded yet, so I was a little worried."
After Florence sat down, she laughed heartlessly and said, "Heh, I'm fine! It's just that my butt hurts a little after sitting for a long time. That's why I stood up to take a break."
Florence did not say the truth in detail. In fact, she was just happy to see Patrick find a woman he could love and rely on once again. Coincidentally, this woman happened to be his lawfully wedded wife. She was so happy that she was a little absentminded.
Seeing Florence smile so widely that her eyes could hardly be seen, Nora found it strange but she still nodded and said , "It's good that you're fine. Come on, it's your turn to play."
"Okay!"
After half an hour, there came the voice of the doorbell ringing from the door.
Amelia was shocked and was about to get up to open the door, but the numbness on her lap reminded her of the fact that she was stuck.
The doorbell continued ringing.
With a sigh, Amelia shouted to the others, who were almost obsessed with the game. "Florence, Nora, there are guests ringing the doorbell. Can you please open the door?"
Florence managed to give a reply, "Oh! They're not guests. It's gramps, Owen, Howard, and Andrew who came back from the walk!"
As her voice fell, Florence played a card and said to the crowd whose face changed, "I'm sorry, I won again. You can decide whether to pay me or not. It's up to you. I'll open the door for them first, if not they'll be locked outside."
Upon hearing Florence said that it was Gramps Hopper and the others who rang the doorbell, Amelia suddenly came to realization.
No wonder she felt something different when she came down the stairs just a moment ago.
It was because there were only the women of The Hopper Family in the living room, and all the men of The Hopper Family had mysteriously disappeared.
On the other side, Florence had already opened the door and welcomed the men in.
In fact, such matter could be done by the servants. But because the venerable Gramps Hopper was also standing outside the door with them, Florence did not dare to neglect at all.
Moreover, other than Ashley, who was still young and ignorant, Florence was the youngest in the house.
If she did not take the initiative to get up and open the door, she would definitely be exhorted to death by Gramps Hopper later!
Everyone knew that Gramps Hopper paid the most attention to seniority.
But Florence was greatly taken aback by the scene
right in front of her.
She was afraid that she would see wrongly that she rubbed her eyes. But her action was meaningless. The scene in front of her eyes was still exactly the same as before!
She could not help murmuring, "Gramps, you..."
Hearing the sound, Gramps Hopper looked up at Florence and said in a serious tone, "Shh, Andrew is asleep. Don't wake him up."
"Oh, oh, I got it..."
He was a lively man, and he would support The Hopper Family's next generation with his remaining meager strength.
As of this moment, she suddenly had the feeling...that the men of The Hopper Family were too affectionate rather than fickle.
Just because they were afraid that their affection would be disappointed, they did not dare to put in many feelings for a long time.
At this time, Howard was taking out a small and exquisite package of tissue paper from his pocket. After drawing a piece of it, he wiped the saliva on Gramps Hopper's shoulder in silence.
In response to his son's sudden action, Gramps Hopper was puzzled. "Howard, what's wrong?"
Howard hurriedly explained, "Uh, it's Andrew's saliva that dropped on your clothes. There's only a little. I'll quickly wipe it off for you."
"Don't mind it!" Gramps Hopper laughed heartily and said, "When Owen and Patrick were young and naughty, they've even peed on me frequently. Just
wait for it to dry up naturally. Don't bother it."
After he spoke, Gramps Hopper blocked Howard's hand from continuing. He was telling him that he really did not care through his actions.
"Alright then." Howard did not force it.
He could tell that starting this afternoon, Gramps Hopper's mood had been rising.
As to when it began to soar, and why did it start to rise, Howard subconsciously began to look for a beautiful figure in the living room.
"Oh ya, talking about Patrick!" Gramps Hopper's eyes widened. "Has he not done yet? Is he going to finish off on his wife!"
Florence could not help but secretly nodded. Was Patrick not finishing off? He was so tired that he fell asleep on Amelia's lap!
Whereas Amelia still looked energetic. She was even switching to different shows on the TV.

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