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Chapter 149 - Night Interruption & the Returning Sister

"Hm? What are you doing out here this late at night, young man?"

A voice suddenly echoed from above the tall metal fence.

It was Uncle Acok — a middle-aged man with a mischievous face, the type who always appeared when he wasn't supposed to.

He stood on the top rail with one hand resting on his hip, the other casually tucked into his pocket. Dressed in a neatly pressed white batik shirt and dark slacks.

He looked more like someone on his way to a family gathering than a man trespassing in the middle of the night. His eyes, however, were narrowed with clear suspicion.

Huh... what's this old man doing here of all places? Al thought, his expression stiff.

"Ah, nothing," he replied flatly. "Just checking something."

"At this hour?" Uncle Acok asked again, squinting down like an interrogator who wouldn't give up.

Al, clearly in a hurry, sighed in mild irritation. "What's with you, Uncle? I just lost something earlier this afternoon. So I came back to look for it."

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