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Chapter 16: The Comatose Old Mr. Cooper
Author: Enigma Stone
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"I... I was just using a metaphor. I'm your second uncle. Is this how you talk to me?" Hugh Cooper was stunned for a moment, unable to respond.

"If you don't know anything, just shut up, okay?" Fiona was quite disdainful.

"Fiona, my father is your second uncle, after all. You're talking to him like this. With such disrespect for your elders, I guess you don't respect Grandma in your heart either," Ryan Cooper spoke up.

"I don't want to waste my breath on you. If you want to investigate my character, you can do it in private."

"Grandma, I just want to ask you one thing. Did you call me here to investigate my character too?" Fiona looked at the old lady and asked.

"Hugh, and you too, Ryan Cooper, did I let you speak? You're so eager to talk. Do you have any good solutions to solve the family's current predicament? If so, I'll let you talk all you want," the old lady tapped her cane on the ground, her expression very serious.

Hearing this, Hugh Cooper and Ryan Cooper opened their mouths
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