Chapter 70: Everyday Excesses
"I can pick up Peggy at school on weekdays, and she lives with me too, so if I have anything else, I'll trouble you."
After dinner in the evening, Locke said to Susan.
"That's what I'm supposed to do, to be honest, I didn't expect you and Barry to be so close."
At first, Susan speculated that Rock and Peggy were brother and sister, but after learning about the Swanson family, she learned that this was not the case.
"Rock is a very reliable guy, I've known Barry for two years and he's been taking care of Peggy at school all the time.
After all, you know, Peggy was only nine years old when she first started high school, and if it weren't for Locke, she would probably be bullied by the bad girls at school. ”
Linda replied with a smile that the past two years had made them extremely reassuring of Locke, otherwise Peggy would not have let Peggy live here with Locke:
"I'll be back tomorrow, the summer vacation is almost over, I'm going to my mother's to pick up my other daughter, Peggy will ask you later."
"Don't worry, Julie and I both like Peggy, wow, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really didn't know there would be such a smart child, and now Julie has problems with her homework, so I ask her for advice."
"That couldn't be better." Linda said with a smile.
The overall atmosphere of the conversation was extremely harmonious, and the next day, Ashley and Susan, whom they had just met, went to do their hair and went shopping, and Locke took Lynn to the airport.
Waiting for Linda's plane to take off and drive back again, Peggy, who was sitting in the co-pilot, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief:
"I'm really tired these days, and seeing people who want to do so every day makes me feel like a circus clown."
"Hahaha...... How can there be such a beautiful and cute clown. Locke smiled and stretched out a hand to rub Peggy's head:
"Since you feel troublesome, then take a good rest for two days first, and then I'll take you to report, and you'll probably meet Sheldon at that time."
"He told me he would go to Beverly's house a few days early, and Leonard called me and felt like a child abandoned by his mother." Peggy said with a grin.
"Indeed, with Sheldon here, Leonard's future life will be difficult." Thinking of the possible scenario, Locke chuckled at the corners of his mouth.
"An interesting thing comes to mind." Peggy suddenly said, "Maybe after we sign up, we can go to Beverly's house to have a look." ”
Compared to Sheldon, who regards Peggy as a lifelong enemy, Peggy has always found Sheldon quite interesting, after all, there are not many people who can really get along with her.
Except for Locke and Sheldon, even Leonard, who often takes the initiative to contact her, is a little worse.
It's just a pity for Leonard, and Locke can sense some of his caution about Peggy.
Since I first met, I often called Peggy and contacted him on the Internet, but looking at Peggy's attitude, the probability of success is too low.
"As long as you can stand two Sheldons." Locke shrugged his shoulders.
……
When he got home, Locke parked his car in the garage and saw a blonde woman standing on the side of the road: "Hey, Edie, how is your new home?" ”
Locke took the initiative to say hello to the other party, Yidi is a real estate agent in a few nearby streets, and Locke chose this house at the beginning, and she was also approved.
"The progress is not bad, thanks to the willingness of the insurance company to compensate, otherwise the house I got from my ex-husband would be completely ruined." Eddie smiled and said, "Are you still used to living here?" ”
"It feels ok and the people who live here are welcoming."
"Yes, everybody will love a cute boy like you."
It's a pity that Eddie looked at Locke, her garrison range is very wide, but it is the first time for a handsome man like Locke, and it makes her feel happy as soon as they meet, but unfortunately she tried it when Locke bought the house before, and she didn't get any response.
Locke, who could see that Eddie was thinking, responded a few words, went back to his room, and went to the kitchen to boil a pot of water, when he heard a knock on the door.
"Hey, uh-huh~ I'm here to find Peggy." Julie, who was standing at the door, smiled and raised the book in her hand: "I just saw you guys come back and wanted to ask Peggy for a question, from school." ”
Locke's eyes rolled: "Peggy, she just went upstairs to get ready to rest, I can answer you if you don't mind." ”
"Really? That's fine. Julie nodded, and followed Locke to the living room and sat down.
"Drink something, coffee or tea?" Locke asked.
"Tea will do." Julie replied in a proper manner.
"What the hell is the problem?" Locke brought the brewed tea and picked up the book that Julie had brought.
"It's a math ......," Julie pointed to a question, "Peggy told me yesterday, but there are some things I can't understand." ”
"It's nothing, Peggy she's just not used to explaining to ordinary people." Locke glanced at it: "This question should be ...... like this"
In less than ten minutes, Julie completely figured it out: "Wow, I already understand when I hear you say this, thank you for your help." ”
"It's nothing, you can come to me if you have any questions in the future." Locke chuckled.
"That's great, my mom isn't good at math either, she's a painter." Julie said: "Mainly for illustrations of calligraphy and painting. ”
"That sounds good, maybe I can ask her for help." Locke smiled and said, "My latest version of the novel is still a while away, maybe I can ask her to illustrate it." ”
"Really, you're still a writer?" Julie asked in surprise, "What type of novel?" ”
"Arcane Constellation, it's a fantasy novel related to magic, and most of the people I like are boys."
"Sounds interesting."
"If you're interested, I've got a published one here, so you can take it and read it."
"Thank you very much, and I can show my mother too, well, I said that if she wants to take over the job of illustrating your paintings and calligraphy, it would be better to read your novels."
"It's okay, you wait here, the book is in the study, I'll go get it." Locke got up and went to the second floor, and when he came to the study, he saw Peggy sitting at his desk.
"You're lucky today." Peggy said to Locke, who was standing in front of the bookshelf looking for a book.
"Huh?"
"Ashley just went to the barber's shop and didn't bother you."
"I'm just doing a little favor, Julie is too young for me."
Locke said and went downstairs with the book and handed it to Julie: "This is the first volume, you can read it first, and if you like it, you can ask me for the second volume." ”
"Thank you." Julie nodded, stood up and took the book: "I still have some things, so I'll go back first." ”
"Okay." Locke didn't hold back, opening the door to see Julie out.
As he said, Julie is indeed a little younger for her now, but she doesn't have to wait too long.