"Mr. Lucas, do you need a scarf?" "No need." "What about gloves?" "No." "What about long johns?" Irene asked Lucas seriously. "You don''t have long johns. Why don''t I get you one!" Lucas was speechless.


    Thest person who had forced him to wear long johns was his mother. However, his mother was now in a new rtionship, and because of that, she had given him up. She no longer cared if he put on long johns or not.


    "No need." Lucas'' expression changed. "Don''t mention long johns anymore!" Irene did not expect him to get angry. She immediately nodded obediently.


    They finished shopping on the street and cto a fork in the road.


    The weather that day was pretty good. Although the temperature was low, there was still sunlight.


    Even if the sun did not bring much warmth, it made one feel betterpared to a gloomy day.


    "Mr. Lucas, are you hungry?" "No, I''m not." "Then, let''s head to the bookstore!" Irene noticed that Lucas did not seem to have any ce, in particr, he wanted to go, so she decided to head to the bookstore to get smaterials for revision.


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    "Are you sure?" Lucas raised his eyebrows. "Do you think the bookstore will be open today?" "Let''s go and have a look! If it''s not open, we''ll head to the mall and shop there." Irene pulled his arm and headed forward.


    Lucas had thought that she was not strong, but at that moment, he realized that she was quite strong.


    They did not expect there to be quite a lot of people in the bookstore that day.


    A couple was sitting by the window. They looked very much in love. Solder children brought their younger siblings to buy books too.


    There were even sparents who apanied their children.


    "There are quite a lot of people!" Irene smited at Lucas. "You can go and see if there are books you want to buy. I''ll go look for materials for my revision. We''ll meet herein a while."  Lucas watched as Irene went hunting for extra revision materials, and he too began to walk around the bookstore.


    An hourter, Irene had chosen the materials that she wanted to buy, and she met Lucas at the point on which they had agreed upon.


    She had gotten two copies of each book she wanted. Once for herself and the other for Lucas. She had got him that as his New Year''s gift.


    Although she knew that giving him that might make him angry, she did not know what else to give him.


    Soon, Lucas cover.


    "Mr. Lucas, are you not getting anything?" Irene noticed that his hands were empty.


    "I bought it and paid for it already. I ced it outside." Lucas looked outside rather unnaturally.


    "Oh... what books did you buy? Did you buy them very early on? Halfway through I cover here to see you, and you were not here. I thought you were still shopping, so I went to browse a little while more," said Irene, showing him that she had not deliberately spent an hour in the bookshop.  "Let''s go and pay!" Lucas did not want to tell her what he had bought. Irene did not press any further as well.


    She carried her revision materials and followed Lucas.


    Lucas turned around and saw the stack of papers in her arms. "Are you buying that many books?" "Half of it is for you. We''ll have one each." Irene rxed her eyebrows.


    Lucas had wanted to help her, but when he heard what she said, he swallowed his words.


    After paying at the cashier, Irene gave Lucas'' revision materials to him.


    "Mr. Lucas, what books did you buy? Ine Why is yours in a ck bag and mine in a transparent bag?" Irene looked at Lucas'' ck bag. She was puzzled.  ?wIrene''s books were ced in a transparent stic bag with the logo of the bookstore on it.


    "I don''t want you to know what is in it and yet, you are still askingabout it." A faint blush colored Lucas'' handsface.


    Irene saw how he was a little shy about it, so she decided not to press him further.