Flash Sheldon: I'm Not Here to Destroy This Family, I'm Here to Join It!

Late at night.

Just as Adam was enthusiastically showing Paige the workings of his imagination.

Ring, ring, ring.

The phone suddenly rang.

"Ignore it!"

Adam glanced at the caller ID.

His profession as a doctor meant that, although he knew who was calling, he still couldn't help taking a look.

After all, lives were at stake.

"Sheldon?"

Paige turned back to look at Adam.

"Mm-hmm."

Adam nodded.

"Answer it already," Paige said with a smile. "You really got under his skin this time. If you don't answer, he'll keep calling."

"Fine."

Adam could have simply left the call hanging and let Sheldon call forever to no avail, but he was worried Sheldon might get so worked up that something happened to him.

Eye twitching and a spasming mouth were both warning signs of a stroke.

"Hi, Sheldon."

"I hate you!"

The moment the call connected, Sheldon's angry yet aggrieved voice came through.

"Mm-hmm."

Adam smiled noncommittally. "To borrow something Mrs. Cooper once said: I'll always love you, my little darling who feeds lions."

In the Bible, Noah's Ark carried many animals. In Mrs. Cooper's understanding, those animals fed on the corpses of sinners floating in the Great Flood.

To Mrs. Cooper, Sheldon, who didn't believe in God and often blasphemed against Him, was unquestionably a sinner.

But no matter how sinful he was, he was still her most beloved little darling.

"My mother never said the second half!"

Sheldon shouted from the other end. "Though it really does sound like something she'd say... That's not the point! The point is that you gave me nightmares!"

"Didn't you find it fun?"

Adam laughed. "It was like watching a superhero blockbuster.

Tell me, among all your friends, who treats you as well as I do?

I personally wrote all those scenes and