"Heinz," Alice gave an awkward chuckle and said, "I just arrived."
Heinz remained calm and collected. He could guess that she had probably arrived quite a while ago, and had also eavesdropped on the conversation between him and Gary just now.
Heinz said, "If you have something to talk to Gary about, you should go in."
"Little Aunt," The door opened.
Gary was already standing by the door. When he saw Alice, he smiled.
Heinz held Grace's hand and said, "Let's go downstairs."
Thus, both of them went downstairs.
Alice stayed and asked, "Gary, why are you leaving so suddenly?"
"It's not sudden at all." Gary responded, "I have merely moved my schedule forward by less than a week."
"What about Ernest?" Alice asked again, "Is he not going with you?"
"We are not heading to the same destination, nor do we have the same itinerary," Gary changed the topic nonchalantly.
Alice looked toward Ernest's room and knocked on his door.
The door opened.
Seeing Alice, Ernest greeted her with a smile, "Little Aunt, what brought you here? Isn't it too early for you to send my brother off?"
"When are you leaving?"
"I'm following the original schedule," Ernest answered.
"Then let's have a banquet. We'll see you guys off."
"Won't that be troublesome?"
"Not at all; life has to be ritualistic. Otherwise, how are the younger ones going to learn from you two? You guys are their role models."
"I'm fine with anything," Ernest was still easygoing as usual. Then, he looked toward Gary.
"Why are you looking at me?" Gary asked back, "I don't have any objections either."
"That's settled then," Alice said, "I'll go and discuss this with your parents. Continue with whatever you guys were working on."
"Alright."
The both of them watched as Alice walked downstairs.
Gary was about to return to his room when Ernest called out, "Gary."
Gary stopped and looked at Ernest, "Yes?"
"Gary, have you heard of the saying that love will come in time?" Ernest asked with a smile. He sounded casual as if there wasn't any hidden meaning behind his question.
However, Gary tensed up in an instant. He looked at Ernest and smiled slightly, but it wasn't genuine.
His gaze was excessively sharp as he looked straight at Ernest. After that, he nodded and said, "I agree with you."
Ernest's eyes tightened. It seemed that Gary had really thought this through already.
Based on Gary's personality, Ernest thought that, at the very least, he wouldn't have allowed Celeste to head to England.
Yet, he had clearly been wrong about it.
He realized that he still didn't understand Gary at times.
Ernest smiled and said, "Since you think so too, I'm going to spend a lot of time together with Celeste in England."
Ernest's playful smile reflected in Gary's eyes as if he was trying to remind him of something.
Gary didn't say much. He merely curled his lips and said, "It's best if love does come in time for the both of you. I'll be giving you my blessings."
After saying that, Gary smiled once again, then retreated into his own room.
Outside, Ernest was stunned for a long time.
Was he really going to give up so easily?
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