On New Year’s Day, Ashlyn wished her family before excitedly heading over to Calvin’s house.She had already texted him and told him she was on her way.Calvin’s parents, Ray and Dana, stayed in a villa while he himself stayed in a single-story bungalow. Every year during the holidays, he would spend time with his parents. He had already told them that Ashlyn was coming over.Ray and Dana knew about their relationship, and were very much for it. They loved Ashlyn.Ashlyn arrived at around 11:00 a.m. Calvin answered the door when she knocked, and her eyes lit up with joy upon seeing him. “Have you guys been waiting long?”“No, of course not. Come in! It’s cold outside.” He tugged her in, and she stumbled before falling right into his arms. She wasn’t in a rush to break away, though; she loved the way he smelled.Today, she was wearing a white sweater with a red woolen overcoat. She had just washed her hair last night, and it cascaded over her shoulders. A few locks brushed again
Calvin’s fingers brushed over Ashlyn’s chest with a feather-light touch. He didn’t dare to linger, lest he lost control of himself.While they were caught up in their desire for each other, they suddenly heard the sound of people talking downstairs. It seemed there were guests.“Maybe we should head downstairs,” Ashlyn said.She was excited about what would happen next, but also a little scared. Moreover, Ray and Dana were just downstairs. It would be embarrassing for anything to happen at the moment.Calvin got up and held her hand as they headed downstairs. It turned out that Milly was downstairs chatting with Dana.When he saw her, he frowned. He had tried his best to avoid Milly since she came to Genovia, yet she still managed to find her way to his parents’ house.When Ashlyn saw that the guest was a young woman, she immediately felt uncomfortable. After all, she and Calvin were in their honeymoon period—it didn’t feel nice to have a young woman suddenly visit her boyfriend’
“Let’s go home after you finish sending the gifts to your grandfather. I don’t want to stay here anymore.” Ashlyn pulled at Calvin’s hand and said, “Mr. and Mrs. Conrad, I’ll take my leave for now.”“Okay.” After saying that, Calvin moved all the things outside and into his own car.While Calvin was moving the things, Ashlyn stood aside and watched. When she was young, she never had to do anything around the house. So, she wasn’t used to helping out with household chores.After a while, they drove out.“Would you look at your son! He’s all over Ashlyn. I bet our future daughter-in-law isn’t someone who can do any housework. Poor Calvin, I hope he doesn’t suffer too much in the future.”In fact, Dana was just joking around. She knew in the Lawrence family, Ashlyn had been living the perfect life ever since she was young. However, Dana didn’t feel comfortable at the prospect that Ashlyn would be her future daughter-in-law. Well, she wouldn’t want to see her son’s world revolving aro
When Calvin and Ashlyn arrived at the Lawrences’ residence, it was already three in the evening.On the way back home, Ashlyn kept thinking about what to give to Dana. Since Dana seemed to care a lot about the culture of giving presents, Ashlyn planned to give her something she would like. In the end, Ashlyn decided to give her a gift card worth 20k. Ashlyn knew Dana frequented beauty care centers, so she would definitely love a gift card to a high-end beauty and spa center.Aside from that, Ashlyn heard from Calvin that his grandfather loved classics. She thought about giving the old man an original edition of classics that was worth quite a buck.After all, she didn’t want to leave a bad impression on Calvin’s family.Thinking about her plan, Ashlyn’s lips curved into a relieved smile.Calvin glanced at her and asked, “Why are you so happy?”“Oh, it’s nothing. I’m just happy you’re here with me. Since I’ll be turning 21, you’ll be turning 29 this year, right?” Ashlyn turned to
In the living room. After the guests left, Neil said to Michelle, “Can you stop Amber from visiting our house in the future? Can’t you see the way she’s eyeing Calvin just now? Don’t make things difficult for Ashlyn!”“She’s the one who came here without prior notice! I won’t invite her to our house in the future, okay?” Michelle said.Neil didn’t press on the matter further when he heard Michelle’s indirect apology.Today, Damien and Clarissa had gone outside to meet up with an old friend, leaving Michelle and Neil in the house.Around an hour later, Calvin and Ashlyn came out of the room. Ashlyn’s face was all red and puffy ,and she was even combing her hair.Calvin was about to leave when Neil joked, “Calvin, are you leaving now? Come on, stay here. I bet Ashlyn would love that a lot.”“Can you just shut up for one second?” Calvin was holding hands with Ashlyn. He bade goodbye to Ashlyn, saying he would come to visit again tomorrow.“Just stay here if you’re that reluctant
On the way back, Calvin made a phone call to Dana, informing her that Ashlyn didn’t tag along to visit his grandfather just now. Calvin told his mother not to call Grandpa about it, for fear of leaving a bad impression. The reason Calvin went back early today was because he didn’t want his mother to catch his lie.“I’ve already called your grandfather about it. I even asked him about his first impression of Ashlyn. Your grandpa was quite confused, because he didn’t even see her just now,” Dana said.“What?” Calvin was displeased.At first, he didn’t want Grandpa to know that Ashlyn didn’t get out of the car just now. Now that Dana had exposed his lie, Calvin felt that he should explain the situation to his grandfather personally.Calvin called Grandpa and said, “Grandpa, Ashlyn was in the car with me today when I visited you. She didn’t get out of the car because she didn’t bring along a gift. She told me she’d visit you in the future with one. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about it
Even though it wasn’t the first time the couple had met each other, they still couldn’t take their eyes off each other every time they met. Nobody could diminish the intensity of their gazes at each other.“Hey, Ashlyn, you’re here!” Calvin greeted her. He reached out and pulled her into his embrace. Every time they met, they would always hug to show their love for each other. Eventually, it became a habit.“Hey!” Ashlyn was happy as well.Since the holidays were almost over and they would have to resume work soon, Ashlyn wanted to spend more time with Calvin before they parted ways.During the first few days of the holidays, Calvin lived with his parents. After that, he moved back to his own place. Before Ashlyn arrived, Calvin was actually in the kitchen busy preparing Ashlyn’s favourite dishes. After he greeted Ashlyn, he returned to the kitchen to continue his work. Ray invited Ashlyn to sit in the living room while they waited.“Sit down. We’ll be waiting patiently for good
Dana’s words left Ashlyn pondering about Milly’s gifts to the Conrad family that day. Milly had bought all the gifts from her hard earned money. Dana would’ve thought Ashlyn as a daughter living off her father if she used Damien’s money to buy the gift card. Ashlyn knew Dana hated lazy people.Although Ashlyn didn’t like Dana’s reaction, she knew Dana had always been a woman who was honest with her feelings. It was true Dana didn’t want to spend Damien’s money. It just didn’t seem appropriate to her.Today, every single dish that Calvin prepared was Ashlyn’s favourite. The only thing he didn’t prepare today was her favourite pork chop, which she seemed to not like anymore nowadays.Calvin was curious why she had such a sudden change in palate. After lunch, the maid cleaned up the dishes for them. Then, Calvin led Ashlyn to his room.The moment they closed the door, Ashlyn wrapped her hands around his waist and placed her head sideways against his chest, swaying gently as she did
Benjamin walked to her side and suddenly hugged her. It was as if there were thousands of words that could not be said. Jacey did not refute. It was as if the two of them had known each other for a long time. It was as if they had known each other for a long time."Your mother did a good job with this exhibition," Jacey said."It's good. After all, you're an expert in this field," Benjamin said. "Or if you have any requests when you get married, tell my mother and let her customize the most beautiful jewelry for you.""Married?" Jacey didn't understand.She had never thought about marriage. Why did she feel so close to her when Benjamin mentioned it?She still felt quite confused."I'll treat you to a meal later?" Benjamin said. "What do you want to eat?"Jacey's eyes lit up. "Hotpot? How about a hotpot?"Benjamin smiled and said, "I thought you had a profound hobby. This is it."Jacey smiled again.Jacey didn't like the feeling of being surrounded by people, so she chose the
Kenny smoked as he spoke. He had the look of a veteran in society. It was hard not to believe that he was a nouveau riche who did not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of his subordinates to save money."Sir, you've found the right person. Come and take a look." The workshop owner said. Then, he whispered a few words into Kenny's ear and asked, "Can you accept it?""What's so unacceptable about that? I'm definitely showing it to Party A. These people grew up in the countryside. What kind of milk have they drunk? I can't tell if it's true or not," Kenny said."Alright, alright," the workshop owner said with a smile."Just don't make it obvious. I'll go take a look at the manufacturing workshop." Kenny said.The owner of the workshop was initially quite shy, but Kenny said that he had ordered a lot, so the other party agreed.As soon as he entered the workshop, Jacey secretly turned on the pinhole camera when the workshop owner was not paying attention and filmed the production proce
Jacey felt that under Kenny's serious and unsmiling appearance, there was a soft and warm heart.This note looked like it had been around for a long time. It was unknown how long Kenny searched last night before he found it and gave it to Jacey so easily.Jacey left.However, she did not expect that something would happen on her first day there.She brought a vacuum camera and made her clothes look like rural women's. After finding the milk production point, she said that she wanted to order milk in large quantities because she heard that the milk here was very cheap.The people in the workshop looked at each other and said, "I'm not selling!"The people in the workshop were very smart and vigilant. Their workshop had a fixed delivery channel. This woman was alone and was unlikely to be here to order. They found an excuse and sent Jacey away.No matter how much Jacey dawdled, the other party refused to let her in.For a moment, Jacey didn't know what to do. She was quite depres
Jacey was a little stunned. She really didn't know much about what the parents were talking about.Moreover, she hadn't interacted with Benjamin for a few days. Moreover, when Ashlyn came to visit this time, she didn't say a word about him. It made her feel very uneasy. She even wondered if he didn't mean that at all. It was all her own wishful thinking…For the past few days, Benjamin had not come to look for Jacey. She had not contacted him either.However, a few days later, Jacey received a Whatsapp message from Benjamin. There were many photos. It was a rather high-class living room. There were boxes in the living room. The living room was simple and noble, like a top-notch courtyard house.[This is the showroom and display cabinet for my mother's medieval jewelry. How about letting your mother take a look?] Benjamin said.[Where is this place? This place is so beautiful.][My mother's dowry. The courtyard house in Genovia.] Benjamin said.Jacey thought to herself, "As expec
Today, Benjamin had already returned home."How is it? How's your first time meeting your in-laws alone?" Calvin teased Ashlyn."It's quite good. I'm preparing to hold a medieval jewelry exhibition and then let my employees learn medieval video skills. I said that I wanted to use their jewelry as an exhibition, but they didn't even want the deposit. How generous," Ashlyn said lazily as she leaned against the sofa."It's… it's over?" Calvin looked at Ashlyn and said in surprise.Benjamin sat there and smiled."What else?" Ashlyn asked."What are you going to do this time? Aren't you going to look for your daughter-in-law? Did you see what she looked like?" Calvin poured a cup of tea for Ashlyn.After so many years, Ashlyn still hadn't changed from her usual macho self. In fact, she was even more macho than before. Perhaps Calvin had been the one to deal with everything after marriage, developing Ashlyn's habit of not using her brain.Of course, it only meant that she didn't use
For some reason, Ashlyn felt like crying when she saw this. In the past, these jewelry had traveled to another country. Now, these jewelry were all back with stories.She thought about how the person who owned these jewelry had brought them overseas and brought them back…She felt that the Irving family was worthy of admiration.Linda had gone out at some point. Seeing that Ashlyn was looking at her very seriously, she didn't disturb her.When she came in again, she was carrying a cup of coffee. The fragrant Americano she'd just ordered from the coffee machine on the first floor. It was made from good coffee beans.She handed the coffee to Ashlyn."Have a cup of coffee when you're tired. Anyway, these jewelry don't have long legs. They won't run away on their own," Linda said. "You can come and take a look whenever you want. I've always been here."Only then did Ashlyn feel that she had been watching for an hour or two, but she had always been like a pious primary school student
On Saturday afternoon, Ashlyn drove to Jacey's house, a very simple villa.Ashlyn knew that writers liked to live in such a quiet place because they had inspiration in such a place.Jacey's mother, Linda, was already standing on her steps to welcome her.Linda was dressed in a Chinese-style robe. She looked very ancient, but because she was slender, she looked especially good. She looked like a fairy.Ashlyn was dressed in a very fashionable modern outfit. She was wearing a knee-length skirt, pearl earrings, and earrings. She looked especially round and beautiful. One look and one could tell that she was the kind of person who had never experienced the blow of life."I'm Jacey's mother. Nice to meet you, Mrs. Conrad." Linda reached out and held Isobel's hand. "Jacey said that you're coming to our house to take a look. I am so happy. I specially brought all the jewelry from the other houses here and packed them up. If these jewelry can be displayed in the exhibition and let everyon
"Excuse me, how did you know about me?" Jacey asked."Oh, Benjamin's phone was on the table that day. He went to the washroom and I happened to see the photo album he was looking through. I picked it up and saw these few pieces of jewelry. You know it too. As jewelry makers, we won't let go of those rare jewelry no matter what. I asked Benjamin where these pieces of jewelry came from and he told me about you," Ashlyn said neither servile nor overbearing.She understood a girl's mentality very well. She knew that if the woman found out that the man had taken the initiative to leak her news to her parents, she would be very disgusted and feel passive. Therefore, she did not say that. Instead, she said that she had seen it herself. She even said that Benjamin was looking at these photos at that time.Jacey's heart would probably feel warm. After all, a man was looking at her photo behind her back. She should have a good impression of this man.Jacey really thought so. When she heard A
After Benjamin returned home, he showed Ashlyn the jewelry he had taken for Jacey.Ashlyn was very knowledgeable. One look at this jewelry and she knew that it was priceless.Moreover, the girl wearing the jewelry also had extremely good skin and was extremely delicate.Calvin, who was sitting at the side, also watched.However, Ashlyn didn't just look at the jewelry. She said, "You only bought jewelry. Who is this person wearing jewelry behind you?"Ashlyn asked Benjamin gossipily."Don't ask," Benjamin said.Ashlyn smiled. "You said that you only took photos of the jewelry but didn't take photos of her. Aren't you trying to arouse my curiosity? Now that I'm curious, you're not making a move. However, I've been working on researching National Jewelry recently, so I'm lacking samples in this area. When are you going to ask this girl out? Let me take a closer look. From her appearance, I think she's dressed very well. Moreover, I can see her face from her bone structure. I think