Chapter 354: Keep Her by All Means
Just as she finishes texting, she hears footsteps behind her. She puts her phone on the counter, and
washes her face. When she turns around, she changes her expression. It seems nothing happens to
her.
John is already in the kitchen. Seeing that her eyes are red, he asks, "What happened?"
"It''s fine. It''s because the chili. It''s spicy." Lily points at the chili on the board and grumbles, "It hurts so
much even though I washed it several times with water."
John takes a napkin and wants to wipe it off.
"It''s fine. I''ll do it myself." Lily pulls the napkin out of his hand. "Please wait outside. I said I''ll make
breakfast today."
Hearing her words, John nods. When he leaves the kitchen, he sees the phone on the counter. It
seems that he realizes something, and her eyes darken.
After breakfast, Lily says that she wants to wash the sheets. She refuses him when John wants to help
her.
"I can throw them into the washing machine. It''s fine. You can go to the garden."
"OK."
The greenhouse is warm. The green roses nted half a month ago have already sprouted. When the
branches grow, there''ll be buds. Then these roses will blossom one day.
John wishes they can grow faster. After blooming, the fragrance of the roses is refreshing. Then he''ll
pick one of them and put it in the living room. Besides, he''ll also put one in Lily''s room to apany
her when she falls asleep.
When John returns to the house, there is no one in the living room. Lily seems to be busy upstairs.
He tidies up the living room and notices that Lily leaves her phone on the table.
Thinking of Lily''s expression in the morning, he picks up the phone.
There is no password on the phone, so John turns on the phone with no efforts. There are few apps,
and only two numbers in the address book. But there is a record in the morning.
A call from Country F...
John realizes who the caller is, and he feels upset.
He sees the message sent by Lily. It''s to a number that he doesn''t know. "Louis, I miss you so much.
Forgive me for being so willful. The research on Ixora goes smoothly and we still have to wait for 15
days. When John recovers, I will go back. I can make up for it no matter what you want me to do."
Lily seems to have shut down thework. The message isn''t actually sent out, because there is a red
exmation mark in front of the message.
However, when John sees the message, his heart beats so fast that he feels like he is going to
suffocate. He clutches his chest and suppresses the difort. His eyes be red.
He knows that she has been lying to him. She says that she will always be with him. That''s just out of
pity and sympathy. She never loves him.
The man she loves is Louis in Country F. Not John.
John touches his forehead, not knowing whether tough or cry. He murmurs, "Why didn''t I just be
selfish at that time? Why did I let her go back?"
She''s his, but she''s snatched away and not given back.
The thought of losing Lily panics him and a wicked thought appears. All he wants to do is to keep Lily
here, not letting her go back forever and ever.
If he can have Louis abandon Lily, then she won''t go back to Country Z.
At that moment, an idea forms in John''s mind. He calls someone and asks him to change the program
on a certain number.
The other party quickly replies, saying that it is done.
John turns on Lily''s phone again. He turns on the Inte and resends the message that Lily failed to
send.
The texting program of the phone is tampered with. The message seems to have been sent, but in fact,
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it does not. It stops in the process, and messages from others could not be seen in the phone.
After all this, John puts the phone back on the table.
He suddenly puts on a serious face. He stares at the cell phone and doesn''t feel anything wrong. He
doesn''t feel guilty at all.
Lily knows him and loves him first, so he has to keep Lily by his side.
"Why don''t you turn on the heating in the living room?" Lily walks down the stairs and sees John in the
living room. She turns on the heating system. "It''s raining outside. It''s so cold."
"I don''t feel cold, so I didn''t turn it on." John smiles gently, as if he doesn''t do anything back in the living
room. He sees Lily take her phone and is about to leave. Then he asks, "Do you want to go out? I''ll go
with you."
Lily waves her hand, "No, it''s just that the dryer is broken. The staff said that they''lle tomorrow. I''ll
drive to the mall to buy a quilt cover, and I''ll be back soon."
"I can''t let you go alone."
"Are you afraid that I will be robbed?" Lilyughs and turns to get her coat. "It is cold outside. I don''t
want you to catch a cold. Please stay in the house!"
John escorts her out and instructs her, "Then drive carefully."
"I know!"
Lily waves to him and runs to the parking lot in the rain. She leaves the green ivy garden and soon
arrives at the nearest shopping mall.
After choosing four sets, Lily picks up the items and is going to pay the bill.
She hands over her credit card.
The cashier swipes it, but he shook his head and said, "Miss, this card doesn''t work."
"How can it be? I''ve been using this card all the time. There''s still quite some money in it." Lily thinks
the POS machine doesn''t work, so she asks the cashier to try again.
The cashier does it again, but it still doesn''t work.
"Can''t I have an overdraft?"
"No, it seems there''s something wrong with your card." The cashier looks at Lily suspiciously. Lily feels
herself like a criminal being stared like this. She has no choice but to hand over another card to the
cashier.
The cashier tries again. A few secondster, he looks at Lily and grumbles, "Miss, do you think it''s fun
to tease me?"
Lily apologizes, "I''m sorry. There might be something wrong with my card."
Lily often uses these two cards. She''s also been using these in Country F. She knows how much
money there is in the cards, so she takes the cards and tries them elsewhere.
However, the cards fail to work in the clothing stores and jewelry store, too. Lily goes downstairs to look
for the ATM.
She tries both cards, but she couldn''t get money.
Does the bank freeze her card?
Lily is puzzled and wants to call the bank, and just as she wants to call the bank, she gets a call from a
strange number.
"Miss Lily, how''s life in Country F?"
The familiar male voice at once rings a bell. Lily thinks of that young man with blonde hair and perfect
facial features.
She clutched the phone and said, "Jonathan, how did you know my number?"
"As long as I want to know, there''s nothing I can''t find." On the other end of the phone, Jonathan smiles
and says, "I''m so sorry for you. You abandoned Mr. Smith and followed a man who is dying."
Lily takes a deep breath and says calmly, "Jonathan, no one lives their whole life on a silver tter.
When it is settled, I will get even with you."
Jonathan praises, "I wonder what kind of woman Mr. Smith and my younger brother think this highly of.
It turns out that Miss Lily is such a beautiful and courageous woman."