Rue vividly remembered Chuck—the chubby boy who knew his way around words.

Adrian exclaimed, "Yes, that's him!"

"I haven't seen him in a while," Rue said, "Did you know that when you left, Chuck used to come to our house every day asking if you had come back? This went on for over a year."

Adrian took a deep breath. He was surprised to hear this as he never expected Chuck to look for him so persistently.

"What happened after that?" Adrian asked.

Rue replied, "Chuck would bring gifts every time he came to our house. He knew that our family was bankrupt so he bought a lot of study supplies for Ada. But then, after more than a year, he stopped coming."

"Do you know where he went?" Adrian wondered.

"I asked around and it seems that Chuck's father was crushed to death when a building collapsed during his construction work. I don't know how it was handled in the end. Since then, I have not seen him." Rue revealed the sad news to Adrian.

Adrian's face fell from shock and disbelief.

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