---- Chapter 4. I nodded but did not accept the door gifts. After remaining silent for a long while, Hedgar suddenly apologized to me. "I crossed the line during dinner that day. I was just too angry at my dad. Don't take it to heart..." What did she say? Oh, yes. James was against Leon and thought that I was the best choice for Hedgar, so she used me as her punching bag. "Dream on! I don't like Henry at all! Stop thinking about it!" Ihad no idea whether those words were directed at me or at James. But it no longer mattered. I smiled. "Okay. I still need to pack up. Why don't you head back first?" ---- I met up with my friend the next day and flew to our destination. The restaurant's business was surprisingly good. Customers kept pouring in. We also heard plenty of stories from our customers while we were there. One night, when we were closing shop and drinking with a few of our regulars, Charles York, my friend, suddenly said, "Henry, you've changed a lot." I gave him a puzzled look. "How?" "you're really independent now. You do everything on your own. You weren't like that when you were in university. You just lay in bed and even asked me to bring the glass of water straight to your lips." His hyperbole made me laugh. ---- Ineeded him to take care of me after I was disfigured in my previous life, but I was fine this time, and I wanted to repay his kindness tenfold. I met Hedgar a year later. Ihad gone back home and ran into the Stanes moving out. Irene recognized me and immediately turned around to leave. I was not expecting that reaction. "Mom, where are they moving to?" I asked curiously. I noticed after I came back that things seemed to have become rather strange between our families. Had some unpleasant thing happened while I was gone?