Old friends

Hearing the concern from her son, the mother gently replied:

"Mom knows! You also go to bed early, go early tomorrow!" - Mrs. San gently patted Conal's head and said. Her son is also grown and knows how to take care of life and for her.

"I wait until mom goes to sleep then I go!" - Conal said stubbornly.

"That child! Let's go." - Mrs. San was powerless to say anything but sigh, so she stood up and punched her back and was helped by Conal into the room.

"Good night mom!" - Conal carefully covered his mother with a blanket and then went to his room. Tomorrow is going to be a tiring day!

Next morning

The sun had just risen in the distance to the east behind the ancient temples of the town of Lotus, the morning dew still on the green foliage evoked a strong and resilient vitality of nature. Early in the morning, the birds chirping and sweet songs arouse the joyful eternal melodies creating a peaceful life in the small town.

On the roads with two sides are wildflowers blooming golden like a dazzling light under the rays of the early morning sun. Lotus town residents also gradually began to prepare for a beautiful new day. A young man with a strong body, a handsome face full of charm smiles and talks to a middle-aged woman:

"Mom, Conal is leaving now!" - The guy is none other than our Conal. He was saying goodbye to Mrs. San to prepare to go to Lily town.

"Bye-bye son, be careful on the road! Remember to listen to Mayor James!" - Mrs. San gently advised.

"Yes, mom! I'm leaving, goodbye mom!" - Conal wearing his black backpack, waved goodbye.

"Goodbye son!" - Mrs. San gently looked at her son's back.

After a long time, a beautiful girl not inferior to Rose appeared and patted Conal's shoulder, saying:

"Hi Conal, how are you, buddy?" - Violet - best friend is Conal's only daughter apart from other young men.

While walking, the two of them talked and looked so happy!

"Oh, Violet! Long time no see! I'm fine, how are you these days?" - Conal said happily. Three years ago, Violet and her family moved to another city, so it's been a while since the two of them met again. Today, she has some work to do, so she is back in town and ready to visit the boy she has a crush on, which is also Conal.

"I am fine! Aunt San, has she been having back pain for the past few days? I miss her so much!" - Violet tenderly inquired, as concerned as before.

"That's right, did you come here to play or work, Violet?" - Conal asked curiously.

"I have a bit of work assigned by my father, but playing is the main thing! Would you mind walking with me, Conal?" - Violet shyly suggested. It had been a while since she and Conal had met again, so there were many things Violet wanted to tell Conal.

"This thing... I'm so sorry Violet, see you another time! Today, I have some business to do in the neighboring town of Lily, so I probably won't be able to go for a walk with you!" - Conal said apologetically. Last night, his mother asked him to go to Lily town to buy some vegetable seeds and some flowers to plant in time for the crop, but Violet doesn't come here from time to time, so he is a bit awkward as to what to say.

"It's okay Conal, we can go together tomorrow! I'm here for a week so we have plenty of time to hang out!" - Violet laughed as she looked at Conal's shy expression. Although it's been a long time since we've seen each other, Violet still can't resist the charm radiated by the enthusiastic and handsome Conal.

From the very beginning when she saw Conal five years ago, Violet knew what it was like to be moved by someone even though she was only 12 years old that year.

"Sorry Violet!" - Conal shyly said.

"It's okay, Conal! That's right, you need to go to town, you have to go to mayor James' house, right? Come to his house, come in quickly!" - Violet suddenly remembered what Conal needed to do, and reminded him.

"Oh thank you, Violet, I almost forgot!" - Conal said dumbfounded. Perhaps worrying about talking too much with a friend he hadn't seen for a long time, the real Conal forgot.

"Goodbye Violet here, I'm going to the mayor's house!" - Conal regretted, his eyes were a little unwilling to say goodbye.

"Goodbye Conal, see you tomorrow!" - Violet watched Cona's tall figure enter the alley and said. The look in her eyes when she looked at Conal was a bit strange and didn't make any sense, but looking at those eyes for a long time made people feel uneasy for no reason.

Crossing the familiar row of houses with red tile roofs, common wild sunflowers, a small river with poetic blue water under an old stone bridge with traces of a long time, on both sides of the river are houses with ancient architecture. The mayor's house not far away gradually appeared in front of his eyes, and Conal quickly sped away.

House of Mayor James

In front of Conal is a house with the old architecture of the previous era, the gate surrounding the house has dark brown rust stains showing traces of time and age of the building. Stepping up to the door, Conal reached out and pressed the bell:

"Ring... ring... ring..."

"Come here!" - The voice of Jenny, the mayor's wife came out.

"Hello Jenny, how are you?" - While looking at the person who appeared, Conal spoke up. Jenny is a friend of Conal's mother, so he considers her his aunt.

"Oh, is that Conal? Good aunt! The big boy is so handsome! Go home son!" - As soon as Mrs. Jenny saw that Conal was coming, she couldn't help but look happy.

"Yes, auntie!" - Conal follows Jenny into the house.