"O'Donnell, you need to lose some weight…"
On the other side of the aisle, Scarlett, who had just been deeply moved, started to complain about her husband's growing belly after their warm embrace.
She had just seen her husband's handsome appearance when he was eighteen, and he was incomparable to the middle-aged man with a potbelly in front of her now.
The contrast was enormous!
'If only he had recognized me earlier!'
Having found happiness again, some unhealthy desires inevitably appeared in the woman's mind.
O'Donnell didn't know that his wife was secretly craving his youthful body. Seeing that his wife's emotions had finally stabilized, he tentatively asked, "Scarlett, can you marry me again? I promise to be a good husband and father from now on."
After this magical life experience, O'Donnell also understood where he had gone wrong before: since he chose life, he shouldn't regret it, and he shouldn't complain and escape whenever he encountered problems.
"Why remarry? The divorce papers are still with me," Scarlett said, indicating that their marriage had not ended, and then joked, "Of course, if I find you have done anything to wrong me in the future, those documents will still be valid."
"I promise, I will never do anything to wrong you or our family again…" O'Donnell, who had just reconciled with his wife and family, quickly swore.
Looking at her husband's nervous expression, Scarlett smiled and actively embraced him.
Warm moments always pass quickly—
After O'Donnell and his wife lingered in the aisle for a while, a super loud cheer erupted in the indoor basketball court.
A moment later, Ned walked out with a very excited Alex, and immediately saw the middle-aged couple showing affection in the aisle.
"Mom, Dad! You two are finally back together." Alex happily went forward to hug his parents and then shared his performance on the court with them.
According to him, the Columbia University basketball team and the Harvard team had just experienced an unprecedentedly fierce competition. The Columbia University team, relying on the excellent performance of "Werewolf" Scott and the wonderful cooperation of his teammates, finally defeated their opponent.
"It's a pity, I don't know where Mark ran off to?" Alex, of course, did not forget that he was able to play this time because "Big Brother" had given him the opportunity.
"Don't worry, Mark knows about your performance and will be proud of you…" O'Donnell and his wife exchanged knowing glances, then smiled and stroked their son's head.
Then, the couple conspired to fabricate a lie, telling their son that "Mark" was actually his distant cousin and had already left New York due to an emergency at home.
Before leaving, he also asked the couple to tell Alex to practice basketball well in the future and change his timid personality.
This was considered a benevolent lie.
Alex was very dejected knowing that "Big Brother" had left, but he quickly accepted the fact and also said that he would not let "Mark" worry.
Beside him, O'Donnell also approached his rich second-generation friend Ned, and after expressing his gratitude, he again asked him to help handle "Mark"'s follow-up matters.
After all, "Mark" disappeared too abruptly, and subsequent issues such as dropping out of school and identity cancellation all needed someone to handle them.
"Sigh—"
Ned looked at his friend, who had returned to his middle-aged appearance, and couldn't help but sigh. He had actually quite enjoyed being a "father" during this period.
Suddenly, he had an impulsive thought: after dealing with "Mark"'s affairs, should he also try to start a family?
At the same time, "Werewolf" Scott, who had single-handedly led the Columbia University team to victory in the basketball court, was being celebrated by everyone.
Carried on the shoulders of his teammates, parading around the court, he had a happy smile on his face. At this highlight of his life, he wanted to share the honor with Lisa, the campus belle.
However, he looked around several times but couldn't find the person he wanted to see.
She seemed to have already left…
This discovery dampened Scott's happy mood. Even when he met with professional scouts and received tryout invitations from a few small teams, he couldn't cheer up again.
"Scott, you know what, you'll definitely become a great basketball star in the future…" On the way home, his childhood friend Lisa shared Scott's joy.
The two grew up together and had a deep emotional bond; even when Scott was a "nerd," the girl never disliked him.
Now that Scott had become a campus star, Lisa was also happy for him.
But Scott still looked somewhat unhappy.
"You're thinking about Lisa, aren't you!" Lisa suddenly put away the smile on her face and said, "She actually left before the game even ended."
Scott was used to the girl's usual cheerful demeanor, and suddenly seeing her serious, he felt a strange panic and laughed, "What's wrong? Are you jealous?"
His tone was more like a joke.
However, facing the boy's feigned ignorance, the girl walked forward sulkily.
She had made it so obvious, and the boy should have known she liked him. But he just pretended to be confused, never directly responding to her, and often mentioning other girls in front of her.
"What's wrong with you? Say something—" Scott maintained his half-werewolf state, quickly overtook the girl, turned back, and made a funny face to amuse her.
In his mind, he believed that as long as he did this, the girl would be happy, and it had always been this way before.
"Scott, you know, I like you." Lisa reluctantly stopped, but she wasn't amused as he expected; instead, her expression was very stern, and she said, "So, what's your answer? I don't want to keep acting like this is unrequited…"
"Tell me, even if it's a rejection, I want to know what's in your heart."
From the girl's perspective, Scott was always distant, occasionally doing some intimate gestures that caused misunderstandings, but he just wouldn't directly respond to her feelings.
This made Lisa feel very confused, so she wanted to re-evaluate her relationship with the boy.
After all, both of them were grown up now, and they couldn't continue to drift aimlessly together.
"I, I don't know…" Scott, cornered by the girl's strong demeanor, was a bit flustered.
Only then did he realize that Lisa, who had always appeared as a tomboy, was actually a blossoming young woman.
Here, it must be mentioned that boys and girls in adolescence actually differ in emotional "maturity."
Moreover, Lisa also misunderstood the boy; Scott's previous behavior was entirely because he treated the girl as a "buddy."
"Is that your answer?" Lisa was very dissatisfied with the boy's reaction.
Still the same, still avoiding the question.
"Don't come looking for me anymore." Lisa walked past the boy and continued forward, the feeling of grievance slowly filling her eyes with tears. Finally, at one moment, the girl couldn't help but turn back and shout, "Lisa won't like you, you two are not from the same world."
This "vicious" remark was the girl's "revenge" for the boy's previous behavior.
"I… you…" Scott, left behind, scratched the long fur on his head in distress.
He just wanted to know now why the girl was crying when he hadn't done anything.
She seemed quite sad…
In fact, the moment Scott realized Lisa was a girl, he already knew she liked him, but his mind was also very confused now.
Compared to the campus belle with wavy hair, Lisa, with her skinny figure, only had a delicate face…
However, it was impossible to say that Scott unconsciously had no good feelings for the girl. It was precisely because of this that he had a headache.
'Forget it, I'll go home and ask my dad!'
"Werewolf" Scott, whose fur on his head was ruffled into a bird's nest, stopped wasting brain cells and ran home on all fours, taking a shortcut.
It must be said that although the process was arduous, this werewolf teenager made a correct choice—asking his father for help.
Meanwhile, Lisa, the campus belle, left the stadium under Paige's strange gaze even before the school game was over.
At this moment, this wavy-haired campus belle had already arrived at a five-star hotel with practiced ease. And in the presidential suite on the top floor of this hotel, Mike, wearing a bath towel, was studying the abilities he had just acquired.
Power of Faith: Can be collected from believers. The collected energy can be applied to oneself or used elsewhere.
Power of Blessing: God loves the world, bestowing blessings upon others with the Power of Faith.
Power of Protection: God loves the world, forming an invisible light shield with the Power of Faith, which can protect oneself and others.
Power of Punishment: Judging evil with the Power of Faith, or purifying evil energy, etc.