Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

"There are too many people in this spot, so the fish are swimming to you. You're sitting where the current flows. If any fish come, they'll definitely bite your hook first," Esther confidently explained, thinking she had mastered some secret.
She then stubbornly changed her spot and started fishing again.
After three quiet hours, Esther was getting sleepy. Suddenly, she woke up to find three people standing around her, all with faint smiles.
"Weren't we fishing? Why are you all here all of a sudden?"
Esther had just woken up, thinking she had just dozed off. But when she checked the time, three hours had passed.
"I haven't caught a single fish, have I?" she exclaimed.
James shrugged, a faint smile on his lips. "You've been asleep here for so long. Even if there were fish on the hook, they've probably all eaten the bait and left."
"What? I'm going to lose?" Esther drooped her head in disappointment. But then she saw James walking over with his bucket and pouring all his fish into hers.
"It doesn't matter. I'll give you mine. Consider yourself the winner."
Esther didn't feel it was unfair. Instead, she smiled happily. "Fine. I won anyway!" Feeling content, they decided to grill the fish by the lake that evening.
James and Esther were in charge of setting up the barbecue, while Pearl and Richard went to gather firewood. Near the lake, there was a small, not-so-dense grove.
The two walked deep into the forest, and Richard held Pearl's hand tightly, afraid she might get lost. After collecting plenty of firewood, they were about to head back when Pearl suddenly saw a familiar figure standing before her.
Pearl squinted slightly, and when she saw the person clearly, she exclaimed, "It's her!" Richard also looked over and saw a young woman standing before them with a child.
"They're the ones who I met in the hospital the other day, the little
who looks a lot like you and poet
mother," Pearl explained.
Richard frowned. "Should we go say hi?"
He was also curious about the little boy Pearl said looked like him. How similar could he be?
"Sure." Pearl nodded.
But as soon as they approached, the woman noticed them. She panicked and prepared to run away with the kid. Pearl felt even more puzzled when she saw the woman about to run away again.
Richard acted quickly and grabbed the woman's arm. "Who are you? Why did you run when you saw us?"
The woman lowered her head, trying
to cover her eyes with her hair. "I
don't know you. I'm afraid of
veline
meeting people in a place like this,
so wanted to run."
It was hard to tell the truth from her words. Pearl stepped forward and asked, "Do you remember me?"
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The woman shook her head, denying,
"I don't know. I'm not sure who you ve
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The little boy beside her frowned.
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"Mom, you're hurting me." Due to panic, the woman unconsciously left red marks on the little boy's arm. The content is on Novelxo.org! Read the latest chapter there!
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Pearl found it all very strange. They hadn't met before, so why was this woman so scared and eager to run when she saw her? The content is on
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