The next day, Juju's time at home ended and she went back to Leslie's place.
In the morning, Amos and Eudora sent her over themselves.
Since the last time Leslie had found out about Amos's accident, he had not seen him. These days, there were many rumors about Amos on the Internet, so Leslie asked Raymond to invite them inside.
The couple looked at each other then went in.
Leslie was playing chess as usual. Upon seeing Amos walk in, he no longer treated him as harshly as before.
He pointed at the chair across from him and said, "Sit down! Let's play a game!"
Amos did not hesitate either, sitting down and started playing chess with Leslie.
When Juju saw the scene, she excused herself and started training once again. Eudora followed her out to watch her for a while. When she saw how happy Juju was during training, she finally felt at ease.
Eudora did not want to disturb her, so she silently returned indoors.
They were already at the endgame. When Amos moved his piece, he said, "Checkmate."
Leslie snorted, "Don't you know how to show your respect to your elders? You're so aggressive. No wonder you have so many enemies!"
Amos did not back down as he retorted, "You're not that aggressive, but you have a lot of enemies too!"
Leslie was taken aback.
Truth be told, Amos had already gone easy on him. At the very least, he had to be polite towards Leslie as he was training Juju.
However, Leslie refused to admit defeat, "I won't talk about the past, but things are different now. I'm your senior. For Mr. Holt's sake, I'd like to give you a word of advice. Even if you start from scratch now, don't forget the one who has always stood by your side!"
His words made Eudora and Amos curious.
"What's wrong?" Eudora asked.
Leslie had a downcast expression as he said, "Eudora, how could you not know about this? Don't you surf the Internet? I've seen it all. Whenever an article about Amos gets published, many girls comment about how they want to marry him. Some even refer to him as their husband. It's absolutely ludicrous!"
Eudora burst into laughter.
She had thought that something serious had happened! She did not expect it to turn out this way.
"How can you laugh at such a moment? Your husband is about to be taken away!" Leslie was anxious.
Amos had been calm at first. However, he became nervous upon hearing what Leslie said.
"Eudora, I didn't..."
Eudora grew even more amused.
"You two, that's enough! All of that is just Internet slang! Many young girls call their favorite actors their husbands! Some of them would go as far as to call them their father!"
Leslie's face was full of contempt as he grumbled, "The world is getting worse day by day! Don't they have a father themselves?"
Eudora was in a state of exasperation.
"It's not what you think. They're just joking!"
"That won't do either! How can they joke about their parents?"
Amos was also speechless, "You're the only wife I have!"
Eudora rubbed her temples and realized that she had no way to justify herself to the two gentlemen in front of her. Leslie was, after all, old-fashioned due to his age!
However, Amos was still young. How could he be so behind on trends as well?
Eudora's phone rang at the same time, an excuse to get out of the room.
"What is it? It's urgent and you need me to come back immediately? I'll head back right away!"
After that, before Clint could speak, Eudora hung up on the call, "Uncle Clarke, I'll get going first! There's an emergency!"
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