《My Sexy Wife》 Chapter 1 Beautiful Liaisons Chapter 1 Beautiful Liaisons ¡°Hello?¡± ¡°Hi, good day. May I ask if it¡¯s Ms. Jasmine Wong? This is Jetta Express. You have a delivery.¡± Johnny Franco said in a t tone as he looked at the parcel in his hand. ¡°Where are you?¡± Jasmine asked coldly. However, Johnny was mesmerized by her extremely sweet voice. ¡°I¡¯m just outside your viplex. I was supposed to send them to your doorstep, but the security guards didn¡¯t allow me to get into theplex. So I have to trouble you toe out to collect them. If not, you can contact your apartment management and ask them to let me in.¡± Johnny made an exnation. He had no choice but to call Jasmine as this was a high-end viplex which was strictly guarded and the security guards wouldn¡¯t allow couriers like Johnny to get into theplex. ¡°I¡¯m at the office and not at home.¡± ¡°How about this, I¡¯ll leave the packages at your security office, but you¡¯ll need to notify them and ask them to ept the packages on your behalf.¡± ¡°No, these were bought overseas and cost a lot. I need to ept it in person so that I can inspect it.¡± ¡°But¡­ but ¡­ you¡¯re not at home.¡± Johnny was in a fix. ¡°Then wait for me, I¡¯ll be home in two hours.¡± ¡°Ah¡­ how about this, Ms. Wong, can you let me know what time you¡¯ll be at home tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? I¡¯ll deliver the packages when you are home. I have a lot of parcels to deliver today, I¡­¡± ¡°Cut the craps. I need them today and I can¡¯t wait till tomorrow. I will get off the work at five-thirty and will be home by six o¡¯clock. Wait for me at the entrance to myplex at six o¡¯clock. I will lodge a unreasonable. Thereafter she ended the call. ¡°Damn bitch, what got into her? She must be going through menopause. These packages are from overseas? It must be dildos and extrarge ones!¡± Johnny continued to grumble after the call was ended. He had encountered all sorts of people as a courier. It was only normal that he was berated. But Johnny couldn¡¯t help but grumble. He looked at the time and it was only a little after three o¡¯clock. If he were to wait for her until six o¡¯clock, then he would not be able toplete the delivery of the rest of the parcels. When that happened, then he would certainly receive manyints. If there was anyint, his sry for this month would be deducted. Jetta Express had many strict rules for management and once being on the seriousness. Nheless, if he didn¡¯t wait here, that menopausal woman would definitely deliveries and then rush back here before six o¡¯clock. This was his life as a courier. At a ce like Pearl City, the number of parcels that they received each day was enormous and the parcels allocated to each courier to be delivered were rming. A courier like Johnny would have to work continuously from morning till the evening even without time for a proper lunch. Johnny had to quicklyplete his other deliveries because he needed to return to that ce at six o¡¯clock. After a great effort to finish his other deliveries, Johnny sped his electric tricycle towards the vi Thisdy was so beautiful that Johnny was startled. Johnny had been a courier for several months in a cosmopolitan city like Pearl City and had encountered tens of thousands of people daily. He had seen countless women and interacted with numerous beautiful women but this was the first time he had seen such an exquisitedy! Johnny estimated that she was no more than thirty and probably twenty- seven to eight years old. She looked mature, elegant, and lofty. She gave Johnny a feeling that she was a strong career woman. ¡°There¡¯s no need to call, I¡¯m Jasmine Wong.¡± Thedy walked to Johnny and said coldly. Johnny was stunned and then smiled and said, ¡°I¡¯m sorry to let you wait.¡± ¡°I told you to be here at six o¡¯clock and now it is already five past six. I already called yourpany to lodge aint against you.¡± Thedy said with disregard for Johnny. Johnny red at her with his eyes wide open and cursed angrily, ¡°Damn woman, was that necessary for being five minuteste?¡± ¡°What did you say? You cussed at me?¡± Thedy frowned. Johnny also knew that he shouldn¡¯t scold her. He suppressed his anger and said, ¡°Madam, I¡­¡± ¡°Who are you calling a Madam?¡± Thedy was more dissatisfied. ¡°No¡­ Miss Wong, I couldn¡¯t wait two hours for you. We couriers have a route to follow from the nearest to the farthest. I had to quickly deliver all the packages and return from the furthest point to deliver these packages to you. Look at my electric tricycle, I can¡¯t ride that fast. If you insist on lodging a extremely wronged. He actually wanted to say that she was despicable but he controlled himself in the end. If they had continued to argue and she was to lodge anotherint, then he would be severely punished. ¡°That¡¯s your problem. Since you are in the service industry, you should already know what your job entailed. Not to mention five minutes, even a secondte would be a problem. I already told the N?velDrama.Org owns this. security guard. Follow my car in and deliver the packages to my doorstep.¡± Thedy didn¡¯t bother about Johnny. She turned to enter a beautiful BMW 7 series and drove into the residentialplex. ¡°What a bitch! It¡¯s obvious that she hasn¡¯t been satisfied for a while. Her menopause must havee early! Oh my, one hundred dors! Fuck! Delivering parcels to this woman is really unlucky. What Brown said was right, beautiful women are all vile and vicious.¡± Johnny rode his tricycle and followed behind the BMW as he cussed away. This was the viplex and the entire residentialplex wasndscaped like a huge garden. The greenery was beautiful and done tastefully. Behind the rows of flowers and trees were the luxurious vis. Although Johnny had been a courier for several months, this was still the first time that he had delivered to a high-ss viplex. This was also the first time that he had a glimpse of how the wealthy lived. The BMW drove slowly and was obviously waiting for Johnny but no matter how slow it drove, it was still quicker than the electric tricycle. Johnny almost lost sight of the BMW but still managed to catch up and finally drove into a courtyard. Johnny stopped the tricycle behind the BMW and then got out of it. ¡°There are a total of eleven packages. Please sign here.¡± Johnny took out the delivery invoice and scanned each package before giving the invoice to Jasmine. ¡°Help me open all the packages. I want to ensure that the contents are undamaged before signing them.¡± Thedy said coldly. ¡°Miss Wong, it¡¯s your right to inspect the contents before you sign for it. But you need to open the packages by yourself. We are not allowed to open the packages. What if I open the package and there is a problem with the contents, then wouldn¡¯t it be my responsibility? Who will I turn to then?¡± Chapter 2 Nasty Woman Chapter 2 Nasty Woman ¡°I will lodge aint if you don¡¯t open the packages for me.¡± Thedy replied directly. ¡°You¡­ you¡¯re good. Okay, you win!¡± Johnny was pouting as he got angry. In the end, he took out a small knife from his bag to open the boxes for her. ¡°Have a look, this is fine, isn¡¯t it? So is this. This¡­ and this¡­ they are all fine.¡± Johnny swiftly opened the boxes and then piled them on the ground. He finally said, ¡°Now you should be willing to sign for them. ¡°Give me the pen.¡± Thedy took a pen from Johnny and signed the invoice. Johnny took back a copy of the invoice and was ready to leave. ¡°Wait a minute.¡± Thedy said. ¡°What do you want now Madam? No worries, you don¡¯t have to feel bad and ask me to stay for dinner. This is my job as a courier. I¡¯m Buzz Lightyear and don¡¯t need to rest and eat.¡± Johnny said sarcastically out of anger. ¡°Dream on. Carry these into the house for me.¡± Thedy said as she pointed to the pile of packages. ¡°No way,dy. I¡¯m a courier, not a porter. I already delivered them to your doorstep. You still expect me to bring them into your house? Our service is delivery to the doorstep, not into the house. I¡¯m sorry, please take your time to carry them in by yourself.¡± Johnny said proudly. The invoice had been signed and he didn¡¯t need her for anything else. ¡°You won¡¯t carry? I¡¯ll call yourpany and lodge aint.¡± Jasmine said as she took out her cell phone. ¡°Fine fine fine, you¡¯re the boss and I¡¯m your ve, will that do? Can we just focus on what needs to be done? You could just ask me properly. Don¡¯t always threaten me with theint. Let''s be friendly and have some trust in each other, alright?¡± Johnny yielded as soon as he heard her threat. He dismounted his tricycle, mumbling and then began to carry the packages. ¡°Be gentle, your minuscule sry won''t be enough topensate me if you break any of that.¡± The ¡°Biatch, I¡¯m sure shecks a man in her life. Her hormones are imbnced.¡± Johnny grumbled as he carried the packages into the vi. ¡°What did you say? Say that again?¡± Thedy turned around and red furiously at Johnny. ¡°I¡­ I didn¡¯t say anything. I said that Miss Wong is young and capable, gracious and elegant. Yes, gracious and elegant. I didn¡¯t say anything else.¡± Johnny quickly reacted. All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. ¡°You better watch your mouth.¡± Thedy red sternly at Johnny and then knocked on the door and a middle-aged maid opened the door. ¡°Missus, you¡¯re back!¡± The maid said. ¡°Yes, bring them in.¡± Thedy said calmly and then walked in. ¡°Where shall I put them?¡± Johnny carried the packages in and said with an attitude. ¡°Put them on the coffee table. Remove the packaging and then throw them outside.¡± Thedy demanded as she walked without looking at Johnny. ¡°You¡­ do you take me as your personal servant? I only earn two bucks per package a day. For two bucks you expect me to be a porter and a cleaner. You even threatened to lodge aint against me. I will be penalized five hundred for eachint. Did I owe you something in my previous life?¡± Johnny couldn¡¯t endure it anymore and just ced all the packages onto the coffee table. ¡°It¡¯s alright, Missus, I will take out the empty boxes.¡± Her maid, Hannah Rees quickly said. ¡°Lady, it¡¯s okay. I¡¯ll throw them out, no worries. I¡¯m leaving anyway. It¡¯s not an issue about throwing out the boxes, but an issue with the person¡¯s attitude. Do you know that you¡¯ve gone too far?¡± Johnny said as the maide over and tried to take over the empty boxes. Johnny removed the boxes as he said to Jasmine, ¡°Hey, Madam, can I ask something of you?¡± ¡°Speak, what do you want?¡± Jasmine asked sternly. ¡°I beg you, please don¡¯t select our delivery service the next time you purchase anything online. If you do, then I¡¯ll still have to deliver to your area. I really can¡¯t afford to serve you. I need to earn my living and I have to feed my family. If I have to deliver packages to you every other day or so, then my sry will all be penalized due to yourints. I beg you to do some good and take pity on a poor courier like me. Please?¡± Johnny said as he carried out the boxes. ¡°You¡­¡± Jasmine pointed at Johnny furiously and was speechless. ¡°Fine, I already said that you need not keep me for dinner. No worries, see you¡­ oh no, farewell!¡± Johnny said as he left and closed the door behind him. ¡°What a luck ass am I! Next time I¡¯ll make sure to avoid such beautiful women. No wonder the fortune teller said that I would have beautiful liaisons this year. Didn¡¯t I encounter it today? At a price of five hundred bucks!¡± Johnny cussed as he rode his tricycle. ¡°Hey, Missus, this bottle looked like it had been damaged,¡± Hannah said as she was sorting out the stuff. ¡°Let me have a look.¡± Jasmine walked over to look at the delicate bottle. Indeed there was a scratch on the bottle. ¡°Call him back!¡± Jasmine quickly said to Hannah. Hannah ran out. When she returned, she said, ¡°He had already left.¡± Jasmine looked at the bottle and then rushed out and drove her car to chase after Johnny. Johnny felt terribly sore for being penalized five hundred bucks for theint. He sighed as he smoked a cheap cigarette and grumbled, ¡°Oh¡­ my five hundred bucks, my lovely five hundred bucks¡­ why did you abandon me? I miss you so much!¡± As Johnny rode the tricycle out of the viplex and onto the road, he saw a kid around 4 or 5 years old running to the middle of the road to pick up a ball. At this moment, a car sped towards the kid without any signs of slowing down. Johnny stared with his eyes wide open, spat out his cigarette, jumped out of his tricycle, and dashed towards the kid. He grabbed the kid, fell onto the ground, and rolled several times to the side of the road. It wasn¡¯t until the driver saw Johnny that she realized that there was someone in front and frantically braked and swerved the car. Johnny rolled away with the kid in his arms and barely avoided being run over by the car. Johnny rolled to the side of the road with the kid and only he knew how dangerous it was. His heart pounded non-stop and he was drenched with sweat. Before he could stand up, he heard a loud crash. Johnny turned around and saw that the car had crashed into a wall on the roadside and flipped upside down. The driver of the car initially didn¡¯t notice the kid and realized that there was someone only when Johnny ran in front of it. She panicked and swerved but because the speed of the car was too fast, the car flipped several times beforeing to a rest when it hit the wall. Johnny ced the kid on the ground and said, ¡°Quickly go back to your mother and ask her to take you to the hospital for a checkup. Go!¡± After saying this, he hurriedly ran towards the car. He saw that the car was upside down and the driver had passed out. What made things worse was the car was leaking gasoline. Furthermore, one of the car¡¯s wheels was on fire. Just like in the Hollywood movies, Johnny assumed that the car would soon explode or be engulfed in fire. If he didn¡¯t remove the driver soon, she would perish inside the car. Chapter 3 Jobless Chapter 3 Jobless Johnny didn¡¯t notice that his hand had been injured and was bleeding after saving the kid. He opened the door and grabbed the driver but couldn¡¯t pull the driver out as the safety belt was still on. Johnny out. He used all his strength and was finally able to get the driver out. He then carried the driver and ran several steps before hearing a boom as the mes shot to the sky. Johnny¡¯s legs wobbled when he saw the scene as he had two close shaves with death in a matter of minutes. He was in a daze as he continued to carry the female driver while looking at the burning car. The onlookers started to call for emergency services while several traffic policemen saw the ident and rushed over. What Johnny didn¡¯t realize was that when he was staring nkly at the car, the female driver was looking at him closely too before closing her eyes and passed out. After Johnny came to his senses, he ced the driver down and then realized that the driver was a woman and how dangerous the situation was. Johnny didn¡¯t notice the gender of the driver when he rushed to rescue. After the ordeal, both of their faces were covered with soot and dirt. He couldn¡¯t make out waht the woman looked like and didn¡¯t have the mood to. He ced a finger under the woman¡¯s nose and ascertained that she was still breathing. At that moment, the traffic police ran over here and Johnny stood up to walk back to his tricycle. He was drenched with sweat and covered in dirt. Johnny took out his jacket and gave it several hard flicks to dust off the dirt. He then realized that his arm was bleeding after saving the kid. Arge portion of his skin had been scraped off. It was only now that the pain started to set in. Johnny quickly rolled up his sleeve, his arm was in a mess. Johnny looked back and saw that many emergency vehicles had arrived. He took out a cigarette and lit it. He started to ride his electric tricycle and a whileter heard the wailing sirens of an approaching ambnce. Just behind Johnny¡¯s electric tricycle was the entrance of the viplex where a BMW stopped. Inside the BMW was ady who saw the entire event unfold before her eyes. Thedy looked in a daze at the pathetic-looking Johnny. She seemed to be in deep thoughts before she smiled radiantly. Johnny would have been shocked if he saw this exceedingly beautifuldy smiling, as she was Jasmine who had filed ained against Johnny. Johnny looked at the time and it was already half-past six. All the drama had cost him about half an hour and he had to rush back to thepany. If he didn¡¯t go back to thepany in time to submit the invoices, then he would be penalized again. At this point, he couldn¡¯t be bothered with his bleeding arm. When Johnny returned to thepany, he was pleasantly surprised that not everyone had left. At least the manager was still there at that hour. ¡°Sir, why haven¡¯t you gone home at this hour?¡± Johnny smiled tteringly at the manager. ¡°I¡¯m waiting for you.¡± The manager replied coldly. ¡°Waiting for me? Oh? You are really a great example for us to learn from. I will take you as my role model and work hard. I will ¡­¡± Johnny assumed the role of a shameless kiss-ass. ¡°Oh stop it. Do you know why I¡¯m waiting for you?¡± The manager said impatiently. ¡°Could it be¡­ waiting for my invoices?¡± Johnny said in surprise. ¡°Is that my job? Do I have to wait for those invoices till this time of the day?¡± The manager snapped, and then he took out an envelope from the drawer and tossed it to Johnny and said, ¡°This is your sry ofst month andmission of this month. Give it a count.¡± ¡°Sry? Why are you paying me now? We¡¯re not even halfway through the month! Sir, why am I feeling that something is not right?¡± Johnny was puzzled. ¡°There are eight thousand and three hundred inside. I checked with the finance department. Yourst month¡¯s sry is five thousand four hundred and to date, your sry for this month is one thousand nine hundred. Of course, today¡¯s pay is not included. Thates up to seven thousand three hundred. I acknowledge that you had been very diligent in your work and I¡¯ve instructed finance to give you an extra one thousand. It¡¯s consideredpensation from me plus yourmission today. Take it and take care of yourself.¡± The manager said calmly. ¡°Sir, what¡¯s going on?¡± Johnny was still bewildered. ¡°Do I have to spell it out for you? Fine. You¡¯ve been fired. Take your money and leave the keys to your tricycle here.¡± ¡°Why? Why are you firing me? Sir, you should at least give me a reason instead of dismissing me like this!¡± ¡°Would I fire you without any good reason? Let me ask you, did you deliver packages to a woman called Jasmine Wong?¡± ¡°Yes, there was such a woman, why?¡± All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. ¡°Why? You¡¯ve got to ask yourself. She called the head office to lodge aint against you. She said that you weren¡¯t punctual. Soon after, she called again and demanded thepany to fire you.¡± ¡°Is that woman mad? I was onlyte by five minutes from the appointed time. Was it necessary to cause me to be fired? You can''t just dismiss me based on her call! Why don¡¯t you ask me what happened exactly?¡± ¡°She said that there were scratches on the item which was worth thirty thousand. She demanded your dismissal. If not, she will have herwyers sue thepany. You should know that we are a small courier agency and the industrial pressures are already so high. There are already forty to fifty other courier agencies in Pearl City, not counting the logisticspanies. I know that this matter was not totally your fault but we can¡¯t take this risk. If she really sued us and thepany¡¯s reputation is ruined, then it would also affect my image in the head office. So, the only thing we can do is to fire you. You are young and resilient and can find a job anywhere. I didn¡¯t penalize your sry even after she lodged severalints against you, and I also gave you another thousand bucks as a form of will understand my predicament. I really had no choice.¡± The manager exined himself with a lengthy speech. Johnny was stunned when he heard these words. After a long pause, he scoffed and said, ¡°You ask me to understand you, but who the hell will understand me? So be it, I will not waste my time with you. So what if you fire me. I¡¯ll leave since I¡¯m not weed. Remember, this extra one thousand was not meal. Add today¡¯s sry of two hundred and that makes a thousand. Baldy, with the way you handle things, it would be a damn shame if you don¡¯t be the Secretary-General of the United Nations!¡± Chapter 4 Bitch Chapter 4 Bitch Johnny grabbed the envelope, walked a couple of steps and looked back at the desk, took the packet of cigarettes, and walked out. ¡°What are you doing? Why are you taking my cigarettes?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t have any more cigarettes. Don¡¯te after me or I will remove all the wheels on your car! You smoked so many of my cigarettes. What¡¯s the big deal that I¡¯m taking a packet of yours?¡± Johnny pointed at the manager before walking out of the office. Johnny was fuming in anger when he stepped out of the office. Setting aside that woman who he was wondering what the hell was wrong with her for going against him. He was first upset with this manager who he tried his best to fawn on so that he could earn more money and increase his chances of being promoted. For these, he had spent time, effort, and money to buy him cigarettes, meals and sucked up to him when opportunities arose. When the manager was enjoying the attention and the gifts, he treated Johnny like a pal but now that something happened, the manager immediately tossed Johnny N?velDrama.Org owns this. away. He clearly knew that this had nothing to do with Johnny and he wasn¡¯t totally in the wrong but the manager didn¡¯t want to risk his job by speaking out for Johnny. Now Johnny was totally disillusioned. Johnny was riding slowly on his old rickety bicycle which was bought from a scrapyard at a price of eighty. He arrived at the bank he normally went, touched the envelope in his pocket and then walked slowly towards the Automatic Teller Machine. He ced the bank card into the ATM and deposited the money into his ount. He then checked the bnce in the ount. In total, he had about nine thousand two hundred remaining in his ount. Johnny smiled bitterly as he looked at the pittance he had in the bank ount. He took out a small booklet from his pocket, on which were some names and ount numbers; next to the them were some figures referring to the amount of money. Some of the figures were up to forty thousand while the smaller ones were about seven to eight thousand. Several lines in the preceding had been crossed off with a stroke. Johnny looked at the third line on a page and then transferred nine thousand to that ount; he then took out a pen to cross off those numbers. Thereafter, Johnny counted and then sighed and muttered, ¡°I still owe five hundred and twenty-three thousand!¡± As he walked out of the bank, he was pondering to himself that it was with much difficulty that he found a job, and now he was jobless again. He immediately became furious and turned his anger on Jasmine. He was in this predicament all because she picked on him andined against him. As soon as he thought of this, he took out his phone to look for Jasmine¡¯s number. But as a courier, he called countless unfamiliar numbers every day. He lost track of which was Jasmine¡¯s number. ¡°Damn! Forget it. I will take it out on you, you bitch!¡± Johnny cussed as he rode his bicycle in the direction of Jasmine''s house. He was stopped by the security guards at the entrance of the viplex. Johnny handed out some cigarettes that he took from that manager to the guards. Johnny exined that he needed to pick up a package from Jasmine¡¯s house. One of the security guards recognized Johnny and Johnny was still wearing the courierpany¡¯s uniform and so they let him in. Johnny rode the bicycle towards Jasmine¡¯s vi and opened the gate. He ced his bicycle in the courtyard and walked to the door. He started to pound on the door as if he wanted to vent his anger on the door. ¡°Coming,ing!¡± At this point, the family maid came to open the door. When Hannah saw that it was Johnny, she asked curiously, ¡°Why are you here again?¡± ¡°Where is she? Where¡¯s that bitch?¡± Johnny said angrily. ¡°Hannah, who is it?¡± Jasmine''s voice was heard behind the door. ¡°It¡¯s me, your nemesis.¡± Johnny heard that Jasmine was at home and barged in. He could see that Jasmine was eating at the dining table. ¡°Why are you here again?¡± Jasmine looked at Johnny as if she had expected it. She continued to eat nonchntly. ¡°Why am I here? You should know better why I am here! How could you be so vile and vicious? I¡¯m just a courier and I was here at three o¡¯clock to deliver your packages. You asked me to meet you at six o¡¯clock. I had no choice but to turn around afterpleting my other deliveries. I had to travel over ten kilometers just to deliver your packages. You nasty bitch had to lodge aint just because I¡¯mte for five minutes. Fine. I delivered your packages and you wanted me to open them and I did. You wanted me to carry the packages in and I did that too. You wanted me to remove the boxes and again I did. I literally served you as my boss. After all those you still had to lodge aint demanding for my dismissal? What had I done to you to deserve this? Did I rob your virginity or killed your father? Was it necessary to be so mean to me?¡± Johnny couldn¡¯t care less and vented his anger at her. Jasmine was furious after listening to Johnny but maintained herposure. What rmed Johnny was that Jasmine didn¡¯t lose her temper but calmly said after Johnny ranted, ¡°Are you done?¡± ¡°No. I¡¯m here today especially to give you a good scolding,¡± Johnny yelled. ¡°Then go ahead, I¡¯ll listen.¡± Thedy said and continued to eat her dinner. Thedy¡¯s indifferent attitude caused Johnny to be even more worked up. It was as if he was punching into thin air and without any satisfaction ofnding the punches. Johnny had been prepared to slug it out with this woman but now it turned out like he was kicking up a big fuss. ¡°What attitude is this? What do you mean by ''go ahead''? Am I wrong for scolding you? I¡¯m already nice enough for not hitting you. Why are you doing all these to me? Give me a reason! Or else!¡± Johnny demanded angrily. ¡°Or else what?¡± The woman calmly asked. She was veryposed and totally didn¡¯t take Johnny¡¯s threat to heart. ¡°Or else¡­ or else¡­¡± Johnny thought for a while but couldn¡¯t figure what he would do to her. Finally, he blurted, ¡°Or else I wouldn¡¯t leave your house today.¡± ¡°What? That¡¯s trespassing! Must I call the police?¡± The woman calmly said again and then instructed Hannah, ¡°Hannah, bring the first aid kit and dress up his wounds.¡± ¡°Ah?¡± Johnny was stunned by what the woman said. He looked at his blood-soaked arm and waved his hand, ¡°Don¡¯t you pretend to be so kind. My arm is fine and doesn¡¯t concern you. I just want you to answer me how did I offend you that you had to ruin me?¡± ¡°Disinfect his wound and then apply some betadine before bandaging it.¡± The woman totally ignored Johnny as she said to Hannah. ¡°Yes, Missus.¡± Hannah did as she was told and approached Johnny. ¡°No need, Hannah. My arm is fine. How would I dare to trouble you? I¡¯ll do it myself.¡± Johnny said to Hannah politely. ¡°It¡¯s okay. Oh, look at your arm. What happened? How did it get so seriously injured?¡± Hannah asked with concern when she saw the state of Johnny¡¯s arm. ¡°Erm¡­ I was careless and fell off my bike and scraped myself. It¡¯s alright. Argh!¡± Johnny suddenly yelled in pain as Hannah started to clean his wound with the antiseptic. Only those who had experienced this understood the intensity of the initial sting when the antiseptic contacted the open wound. Chapter 5 Beholden Chapter 5 Beholden ¡°Why? Is it painful? Just bear with it for a moment and you¡¯ll be fine.¡± Hannah was startled by Johnny¡¯s yell andforted him. ¡°No, it¡¯s alright, go ahead with it.¡± Johnny ground his teeth and endured. ¡°It¡¯s done. Just remember that this arm should note in contact with water for the next few days. You should change the dressing and reapply betadine on it daily. You will be fine in a few days.¡± Hannah reminded Johnny after bandaging his arm. ¡°Have you eaten? Hannah, get him a bowl of rice and a pair of chopsticks.¡± Jasmine said. ¡°Why? Do you feel guilty? Are you trying to relieve my hatred for you with these little favors? No way! As the saying goes, a warrior would not eat with the enemy and shouldn¡¯t ept any pity from strangers. Let me tell you, I won¡¯t eat anything thates from your home!¡± Johnny said stoutly. ¡°Hannah, have your meal and return to your room to rest. I have something to discuss with him.¡± Jasmine said to her maid as she ignored Johnny. ¡°Yes, Missus,¡± Hannah answered and returned to her room. ¡°You really don¡¯t want to eat?¡± Thedy turned to look at Johnny. ¡°No, I won¡¯t take pity from you. I¡¯m here for some justice today. How can I continue to vent my anger if I were to eat at your table?¡± Johnny persisted but his temper had already waned since he barged in. ¡°Up to you, if you won¡¯t eat, I¡¯ll have Hannah throw them away.¡± Thedy calmly said. ¡°Don¡¯t, how wasteful is that. What a sin it is to waste.¡± Johnny said and started to eat. He was really hungry and started to salivate when he saw the table of dishes. He only had breakfast in the morning and was busy the entire day. He didn¡¯t even have the time to eat lunch. He only ate two buns and drank a bottle of water for the entire day. He was famished. ¡°I just want to ask you. Why did you have to get me fired? Why should you be so mean? What good is Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. it for you that I¡¯m fired? Although I was not so polite to you back then, that doesn¡¯t mean that you needed to get me dismissed. There wasn¡¯t any grudge between us at all.¡± Johnny grumbled as he ate. ¡°Was this job so important to you?¡± Thedy had already finished eating. She sat opposite Johnny and calmly asked him. ¡°Isn''t this nonsense? Whose job isn¡¯t important? There is no sry without a job. How will I eat without money? Do you think that everyone is like you with luxury cars and a house? You have enough money to spend all your life without even working!¡± ¡°Are you short of money?¡± Thedy asked. ¡°Can you stop asking stupid questions? Who on earth wouldn¡¯t want more money?¡± ¡°How much do you earn a month?¡± ¡°Why do you want to know?¡± Johnny became cautious as he looked at Jasmine. ¡°Why? Are you worried that I have intentions on what little money that you have?¡± ¡°Five thousand plus. I may touch six thousand when I¡¯m busy. You shouldn¡¯t be impressed with this amount!¡± ¡°Are you married?¡± ¡°No, single.¡± ¡°How old are you?¡± ¡°Are you conducting a census?¡± Johnny almost lost his temper. ¡°Why? Are you so secretive about your age?¡± ¡°I¡¯m a man, twenty-eight this year. Do you have to ask so much just because I used some of your ointments and ate your food?¡± Johnny said with annoyance. ¡°How about this? It was wrong of me to cause you to lose your job and I apologize. I happen to be looking for someone to work for me. You may start tomorrow. What do you think?¡± Thedy asked. ¡°Work for you?¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Thedy nodded. ¡°Not on your wildest dreams. Why would I want to work for a woman like you? Anyone who works for you would die early from your antics. I can¡¯t afford to work for a person like you.¡± ¡°Your sry at the courier agency is five thousand. I¡¯ll pay you ten thousand a month. You¡¯ll only work one or two days a week. It¡¯s up to you if you ept this. If you don¡¯t, leave after you¡¯ve finished your meal.¡± Thedy didn¡¯t get angry with what Johnny said. ¡°How much did you say? Ten thousand a month?¡± Johnny red with his eyes wide open. ¡°Yes, as long as you do a good job, we can negotiate again in the future.¡± ¡°Work two days a week?¡± ¡°It¡¯s a day per week for now. To be precise, you¡¯ll only need to work for three hours a week.¡± ¡°Are you kidding me? How can there be such a good job?¡± ¡°Are you willing to ept it?¡± Thedy started to get impatient. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me that you want me to print counterfeit money for you? Let me tell you. I won¡¯t do anything illegal regardless of how much you pay me.¡± Thedy finally couldn¡¯t endure it any further, who red at Johnny and said, ¡°Do I look like a criminal?¡± ¡°Who knows? You can¡¯t judge a book by its cover.¡± Johnny said directly. ¡°You¡­ fine. Get lost if you¡¯re not willing to. Otherwise, I¡¯ll call the security guards to drive you out.¡± The ¡°Wait, wait! I¡¯ll do it. I didn¡¯t say that I won¡¯t do it. But you need to at least tell me what you want me to do.¡± ¡°You¡¯ll know when the timees.¡± ¡°No, but you don¡¯t even tell me what you want me to do. How can I be assured?¡± Johnny became flustered. ¡°Didn¡¯t I tell you that the job is not illegal? You only need to help me settle some personal matters. But you need to guarantee several terms. Firstly, you muste whenever I call for you. You must arrive immediately after I call you.¡± Jasmine said. ¡°I have toe even at midnight?¡± ¡°Of course! Listen carefully, you muste right away whenever I need you to handle something. Secondly, you must keep it a secret. No one can know about this apart from you and I. Thirdly, you cannot have any other job. You can only serve me.¡± Jasmine told Johnny her three terms. Johnny stared at Jasmine with his eyes wide open as he listened to her terms. He then stood up and remarked, ¡°You¡­ woman! I¡¯m a stand-up guy with my pride and dignity. I will not be your gigolo!¡± Jasmine was stunned when she heard Johnny and was digesting what he had said. After a moment, she pointed her finger at Johnny as it trembled and yelled, ¡°Get lost, get the hell out!¡± Johnny was taken aback when he saw that Jasmine was furious. He scratched his head and asked, ¡°So you¡¯re not asking me to be your gigolo?¡± ¡°Are you that handsome?¡± Jasmine said furiously. ¡°No, except¡­ except¡­ perhaps some people have some fetish and somehow like my type,¡± Johnny mumbled. ¡°I won¡¯t waste my time with you any further. If you are willing to do it, then wait for me at eight-thirty tomorrow morning at the entrance of thisplex. If not, I¡¯ll look for someone else to do it. Okay, you can leave now.¡± Jasmine said angrily. ¡°Wait a minute.¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± ¡°Can I have another bowl of rice?¡± ¡°Eat as much as you want,¡± Jasmine said, got up, and went upstairs. Johnny didn¡¯t stand on ceremony and filled his bowl with rice and ate his fill. He took a napkin to wipe his mouth and then picked his teeth with a toothpick before swaggering out of Jasmine¡¯s house. As he was riding his rickety bike home, he became puzzled with what had just happened. Wasn¡¯t he there to look for trouble and seek justice from Jasmine? How did it turn out to him eating at her house and now he was hired by her? Johnny didn¡¯t take it seriously that Jasmine¡¯s job offer was real. He always believed that there was no free lunch in this world. He only had to work several hours a week and he would be paid ten thousand a month? Where on earth could anyone find such a good deal? Either it was illegal or it was just a joke. But Johnny didn¡¯t reject it. Regardless, he would be there the next morning to see if it was real because he really needed the money and could not afford to be jobless. Chapter 6 Become a Gigolo (1) Chapter 6 Be a Gigolo (1) Johnny felt that his day had passed very strangely. He had beenined out of the blue, and he had saved someone all of a sudden. He had been fired too, not knowing the reason, and in the end he gotten himself a high sry job for strange reasons. With a cigarette dangling from his mouth, Johnny made his way into a tube-shaped apartment. This was a building that catered to the family members of factory workers which looked like it had been here since the eighties. It was built with red bricks and spanned four floors, with corridors outside each unit. There were seven or eight more buildings that resembled this one. Over time, this building was now a gathering space of poverty-stricken city dwellers. Those who lived here were people who came from other ces to work here. They didn¡¯tmand a high sry, so they couldn¡¯t afford to buy proper houses nor renting a condo. They could only dwell in this ce. Johnny stopped in front of one of the doors and opened it. He then walked in. Inside the unit, there was a man and a woman getting tangled up on the sofa, and upon seeing Johnny¡¯s intrusion, both of them shot up in shock. The man hastily mbered up from the sofa and swore at Johnny, ¡°You motherfucker, why didn¡¯t you knock on the door?¡± ¡°Fuck you, are you ming me now? Can the two of you be decent human beings? What time is it now? It¡¯s only eight o¡¯clock, and nobody starts doing that so early into the night. One more thing, this sofa here is my bed, can you both go into your room if you want to fuck? It¡¯s not like you don¡¯t have a bed in there. This sofa is only this big. Do you think you will befortable doing it on this?¡± Johnny walked further into the unit with an unconcerned look on his face. He continued to babble as he took a sip of water he had just got from a water dispenser. ¡°Johnny, seriously? What do you mean that the sofa is yours? This unit has been rented by us, you remember? You just came barging in with your backpack and you didn¡¯t even pay a penny for the rental. And I still need to make sure you have a roof above your head and food on the table.¡± The woman¡¯s face became flushed as she reprimanded Johnny vehemently. From the looks of her face, she was really infuriated. ¡°Hey, hey, hey. Are you guys that ungrateful? Brown, you should speak up now. Didn¡¯t you use my money when you first went dating with Lucia? And some more, when you were in the third year of university, Lucia got pregnant, and in order to make sure you guys have enough money to pay for the operation, I had been eating cup noodles for two whole months. Do you guys still have any conscience?¡± Johnny walked towards the sofa and wore his slippers. As he rambled on, he kicked out at Brown¡¯s butts and shouted, ¡°Go over there.¡± Then, he sat his ass down on the sofa. ¡°Johnny, Johnny, we have no intentions of sting out of the ce. You can see very clearly what kind of rtionship we share here, and your existence here really makes things ufortable for us. Think about it, we still have our needs, right? When you work during day time, we are working too, so naturally when we came back, we would want to go at it. Despite that, you are upying the whole space here. How can we live our life properly with you acting like that?¡± Brown wasining towards Johnny with a miserable expression. ¡°You sound like you guys didn¡¯t have sex for a long time, damn you! You do it seven days a week from Monday to Friday for every night. As for Saturday and Sunday, I don¡¯t know whether you are here or not during day time, but I am sure that you guys will do it twice on Saturday night. The only night I have my ears free of noise is on Sunday. Young people, you don¡¯t need to squeeze all ounces of your energy N?velDrama.Org owns this. like that. With the frequency you do it and considering Brown¡¯s frail body, I would say you only have five years to enjoy. You should cut down on it!¡± Johnny patted Brown¡¯s shoulders while he gave a sound advice to him. ¡°What the hell? How could you remember all of these?¡± Brown widened his eyes while Lucia blushed as she kicked repeatedly at Johnny. She was obviously embarrassed. ¡°Can you me me on that? There is only a wall separating us, and to make things worse it is not soundproof. Whenever Lucia screamed out, it is very hard for me not to take notice.¡± ¡°Wow, you really have no sense of shame!¡± Lucia grew even more embarrassed as Johnny continued to describe their sex life, and she was hammering at him while she desperately tried to stop him. ¡°That¡¯s enough, Johnny. I''m begging you to move. I will be traumatised soon if you continue to stay here. Please. Don¡¯t you have a job now? I know you are in a difficult situation, but I don¡¯t think you are opposite block? I saw someone moving out of that unit just today, and thendlord is looking for new tenants. From now on, you will be staying there, but you can stille here to eat with us, alright? I will promise you good food every day.¡± Brown waspletely speechless towards Johnny now. ¡°My dear brother, it¡¯s not like I am deliberately messing with you. I don¡¯t really have a choice. You know my situation here, let alone a few hundred bucks, I even need to save up one penny if I have it. To tell you the truth, I am indeed nning to move out and find a cheaper ce, but let me break it to you a bad news, I am jobless again now. I don¡¯t think I can move out for the time being. You guys need to endure a little longer, just pretend that I¡¯m not here. You can do whatever you want.¡± Johnny took out a cigarette from his pocket and hurled it at Brown. ¡°What? You¡¯re jobless again? Are you kidding me?¡± ¡°I was fired because I bumped into a maniac. I was shunned out of thepany just like that¡­¡± Johnny leaned against a sofa and used a remote control to switch the channel on the television. He then started to exin everything that happened today. Among the two people living here, the guy was named Brown Tee, which sounded like a certain brand of tea leaves. This was purely a coincidence. ording to him, his name came into being because his father''s family name was Brown and her mother''s was Tee. His father just felt that Brown Tee was a very memorable name. The woman¡¯s name was Lucia Levy, and the three of them were in the same university. Brown and Johnny were close like brothers who lived in the same dormitory. Lucia started to have a rtionship with Brown since the beginning of their university years, which had formed a strong bond between the three of them. After graduation, Johnny returned to hometown, and both Brown and Lucia had started their career in Pearl City. Now, Brown was working in a salespany while Lucia was a clerk in an international per month. In fact, they were just joking when they imed they wanted Johnny to go away. When Johnny first arrived here, he only brought with him a small luggage bag. It was Brown and Lucia who personally weed him from the train station to this ce. After settling in, Johnny had been staying here ever since, and as Lucia described, they both knew what kind of situation Johnny was in. Therefore, in his life here, they didn¡¯t let Johnny spend anything on food and rental, and besides, every night he was able to enjoy dinner personally cooked by Lucia. They never asked Johnny to do anything here. As friends, there was nothing more they could do better. ¡°Ten thousand? She only needs you to work for a few hours every week?¡± Brown eximed with his eyes wide open after listening to Johnny¡¯s story. ¡°That¡¯s right, that¡¯s what she told me.¡± ¡°Wasn¡¯t she trying to scam you? There''s no free lunch in this world?¡± Lucia felt unbelievable. ¡°She¡¯s right. Besides, although you have a pretty face that could barely live up to the standard of a gigolo, with your weak stamina, you can¡¯t possibly be a real one, can you? Why did that wealthy woman set her eyes on you? We have been brothers for so many years, but I didn''t know you have the potential to be a gigolo.¡± Brown continued to ramble on as he studied Johnny. ¡°Get lost. What I am telling you now is the truth. Whether it¡¯s actually true or not, I have to see it myself tomorrow. I can¡¯t be unemployed now. If worstes to worst, I would just have to look for a new job tomorrow!¡± Johnny let out a yawn on the sofa as he exined. He had been too tired today. ¡°That¡¯s enough, bro. Don¡¯t be too stuck up on this since you can¡¯t clear your debt in one go anyway. Take it easy. You can¡¯t push yourself to the brink anyway. Right, let¡¯s go to sleep now. You go to sleep too!¡± Brown noticed that Johnny was looking exhausted, and he dragged Lucia back to their room. That room belonged to Lucia and him, while the sofa they were sitting on just now was actually Johnny¡¯s bed. Chapter 7 Becoming a Gigolo (2) Chapter 7 Bing a Gigolo (2) ¡°Queenie is such a nasty woman. Look what she had gotten Johnny into.¡± Brown murmured as he walked to his room. ¡°Enough, you should stop bbering nonsense. Nobody will think that you are a mute even if you don''t talk. Get in and don¡¯t forget to wash your feet.¡± Lucia pulled Brown along as she reprimanded him as they entered their bedroom. Johnny saw them disappear into their room before copsing on a sofa with a lighted cigarette. He wanted to blow off some steam before sleeping. Suddenly, there was a pair of earplugs falling from above. It almost hit him. ¡°What the hell?¡± Johnny sprang up from the sofa and roared at Brown who was standing by the door. ¡°There¡¯s a MP3 in the cupboard, use that to plug into the device and listen to some music before you fall asleep. Don¡¯t keep eavesdropping on us. I am just afraid that if a single guy like you keeps listening to that kind of sound, you will have some mental problems soon. How is that? Look how considerate I am!¡± Brown was grinning at him. ¡°Get the hell out of my sight! One day, you will drop dead on that bed.¡± Johnny couldn¡¯t help cursing. Johnny switched off the lights and lied down on the sofa just like that. He covered himself with a nket and lighted a cigarette. He blew on it slowly, and all those incidents hidden in his heart slowly surfaced. Like Brown, he used to have a girlfriend when he was studying in university, although they were not in the same ss. They belonged to the same faculty, and that girl¡¯s name was Queenie Nunez. It was a sweet name, and like her name, she was a looker too. She was the undisputed campus belle of their faculty with her innocent looks. Johnny had spent a long time to capture her heart, and in the end they were together as a couple. They shared a very good rtionship as they loved each other deeply. After graduation, Johnny returned to his hometown to work. He had passed the exams to be a civil servant, and he was dispatched to a small ce. This was the nature of being a civil servant; unless you¡¯re in the top brass, as an ordinary employee the work was not too tedious and he could earn his living without any worries. However, after deductions from his monthly sry, the actual amount he made was barely three thousand. Queenie had found herself a job in anpany near her school right after graduation, and she had a nice ie that amounted to around five thousand a month. Two years had gone by just like that, and the two of them were ready to tie the knot. However, at that time, Queenie¡¯s father had fallen sick. Her mother had long passed away when she was young, and she grew up with her father by her side. Her father¡¯s condition was very dire, and it was said that he had a very low chance of making it out of this alive. Of course, Queenie couldn¡¯t just watch her father die off like this. She would cherish every chance to save him. But they weren''t well off in the first ce and didn''t have that much money to pay for the treatment. Johnny was not wealthy either since both of his parents were farmers in the countryside. They made do just by working on their fields and it was a miracle that they could sessfully raise Johnny to this age. In order to gather enough money for Queenie¡¯s father to treat him, Johnny had borrowed money from his rtives, friends and colleagues. In the end, he had amassed around five hundred thousand for her father. However, after spending that humungous amount of money, her father¡¯s live still could not be saved. He was finally gone for good after holding on for no more than one year. After Queenie¡¯s father had passed away, one day, she suddenly sent a text to Johnny. The text was still stored in his phone till this day. The message was short and concise, ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I am leaving you. I can¡¯t endure much longer this kind of frugal lifestyle. I am leaving to Pearl City. I want to live a rich life. Forget about me, and I wish you all the happiness in the world.¡± After sending this message, Queenie suddenly evaporated from his life, and no matter how hard Johnny tried, he couldn''t even sniff her shadows anywhere. There was absolutely no news of her from that moment on. At the same time, Johnny was shouldering a debt of five hundred thousand, which was borrowed from a lot of people through much difficulty. With that amount of debt, if he continued to work as a civil servant earning two thousand a month, he would go through his lifetime without being able to repay that amount fully. In order to pay his debt, and to get an answer from Queenie, Johnny resigned and came to Pearl City alone. In the words of Brown, Johnny was the typical lovesick fool. He had been tricked by a woman and now he wasn¡¯t left with anything at all. Despite that, Johnny neverined about anything. He just worked hard to earn money to repay his debt, and he would do anything that could earn him a lot of money. In the end, he gave up on joining bigpanies to have an easy-going job, and he had be a delivery man, which ording to him was a job that gave him a high ie. In fact, being a delivery man wouldn¡¯t pay that much, at most he could earn five or six hundred a month. In a huge city like Pearl City, this was really not a high sry. Only Brown knew that Johnny had chosen to be a delivery man because it gave him the chance to scour the whole city on a daily basis. He would have a higher likelihood to bump into Queenie that way. That was all there was to it. The next day, Johnny woke up like usual just some time after six. After waking up fully, he realized that he was without a job now, and there was nothing for him to do by waking up so early in the morning. Thinking that Jasmine¡¯s appointment with him was at eight thirty, he hesitated for quite a while before finally giving up on his n to go to the talent market. After tidying himself quickly, he went to the end of the staircase and pushed his bike out of the shade. Then he began his journey. He ate some breakfast in a breakfast shop nearby, and then he slowly rode to themunity where Jasmine was in. He checked his watch and it was eight twenty-five. He parked his bike by the road and started to smoke while squatting by the bike. By the time it was half past eight, a BMW emerged from the viplex. Johnny recognized that it belonged to Jasmine. Jasmine stopped her car by Johnny and just stared at him. She knitted her brows and pointed to the bike next to him, ¡°Is this your means of transportation?¡± ¡°What about it? Don¡¯t you know I am doing the earth a favour by riding it?¡± ¡°Can¡¯t you dress yourself up more nicely?¡± Jasmine thenmented on Johnny¡¯s shirt which looked a N?velDrama.Org owns this. little worn out. ¡°You are indeed peculiar. How I dress myself is up to me. Why do you care about it? Do you really have a job for me? Otherwise, I am leaving. I don¡¯t have time to shoot the breeze here with you.¡± Johnny said exasperatedly, then he hopped onto his bike, looking like he was about to leave. He didn¡¯t actually believe that Jasmine was able to offer him a job in the first ce. ¡°Hop on!¡± Jasmine called out after pressing her honk twice. ¡°What?¡± ¡°I said, hop into the car.¡± Jasmine repeated herself. ¡°Wait. Let me lock my bike.¡± Johnny hesitated for a moment but in the end he got off his bike and was going to lock it onto amp post by the road. ¡°Don¡¯t bother locking it, nobody will steal it.¡± Jasmine sounded a little impatient. Johnny thought about her words and found that she was right. It was just a poor-looking bike, and it wasn¡¯t likely anyone would set their eyes on it. Even if someone stole it, it could only be sold for around no more than twenty bucks. So, he went straight to pull the door to the passenger¡¯s seat and got in the car. ¡°Hold on to this.¡± Jasmine took out a letter and tossed it at Johnny while she drove. ¡°What is this?¡± Johnny was curious. ¡°Your sry for this month. Ten thousand. Check it yourself whether the amount is correct.¡± Jasmine said in an unconcerned tone. Johnny peered into the envelope and found that she was right. There were indeed a stack of notes in it. ¡°Look, what are you actually scheming? I haven''t done anything yet and you already gave me my sry. This is the first time that I earn money before I even do the job.¡± ¡°What? You don¡¯t want it? Then give it back to me.¡± ¡°No, wait. Of course I want it. There¡¯s no reason for me to refuse money, that¡¯s the general consensus around the world. Money is indeed the best thing I could get my hands on in this world." Johnny broke into a wide grin at that stack of money. Seeing that Johnny was encapsted by money alone, Jasmine couldn¡¯t help making a disgusted expression. She muttered, ¡°Are you really that crazy about money?¡± Chapter 8 I Don鈥檛 Sell My Body (1) Chapter 8 I Don¡¯t Sell My Body (1) Johnny turned around and met Jasmine¡¯s eyes and he immediately sensed the disgust hidden within them. He could read between the lines with her words. He then replied faintly, ¡°It¡¯s not like I¡¯m crazy about money, but I really need money. I always earn my money through hard work. Be rest assured, if I don¡¯t do anything for you, I won¡¯t even take any of your money. Now that you have given me my sry, aren''t you supposed to tell me what I should do now?¡± ¡°When the timees, you will know about it. Besides, I am going to set a rule for you. Don¡¯t ask anything unnecessary. I will naturally tell you everything that you need to know. I don¡¯t like talkative person, and you only need to follow my orders. Everything else, you don¡¯t have to care.¡± Jasmine uttered with coldness. Johnny frowned a little, then he muttered, ¡°Since I need to earn this money, I will put off with you.¡± ¡°This is a contract. Read through it, and if you don¡¯t have any problem, sign your name on it.¡± Jasmine then took out two copies of contract and a pen and hurled them at Johnny. ¡°Signing a contract? What is it that has to go through such formality?¡± ¡°Do I sound like I¡¯m joking?¡± Jasmine was a little enraged. ¡°Damn it, and this contract is so wordy too.¡± Johnny stared at these contracts which were five pages long. His head suddenly hurt. ¡°Let me brief you on it, judging that you wouldn¡¯t be able to understand most of it anyway. I''m Party A and you''re Party B. I hire you to work for me, and there is no limit to your job scope. Party B will ensure that all of your jobs would be within your ability, and there will be no immoral and illegal jobs. The time of the job is flexible, but it will not exceed the stipted time limit set by the Labourw. Your remuneration is ten thousand per month, and this amount may increase depending on the situation. Party B must ensure that he follows Party A¡¯s instruction whenever he is carrying out his job. He must always be avable at anytime and anywhere. And he cannot bete. He cannot leave his job early or be absent from work. He must uphold a serious and responsible attitude during work. These are basically what the contract is about.¡± Jasmine exined the important points while driving. ¡°That¡¯s fine, I¡¯ll sign it!¡± Johnny¡¯s head was throbbing now after listening to all that. He hastily picked up the pen and signed his name. Jasmine tossed the contract back into her bag and then she added, ¡°Right, there is something else I forgot to tell you. ording to the contract, if you don¡¯t fulfil your job scope as per my discretion, I can always terminate this contract with you, and I preserve the right to pursue for apensation from you that is ten times more than your sry.¡± ¡°What the hell? Damn you, are you trying to scam me? Ten times? How much is that?¡± Johnny¡¯s eyes widened in fear as he fumbled with his copy of the contract. ¡°Your monthly sry is ten thousand. Can¡¯t you do the maths?¡± ¡°A hundred thousand?¡± Johnny¡¯s eyes became even wider as he hastily asked, ¡°What do you mean by ¡®don¡¯t fulfil my job¡¯?¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t everything spelled out clearly? Party B has to ensure that you follow all the instructions given by Party A. You must make your avable at any time. You can¡¯t bete, can¡¯t leave work early and can¡¯t be absent from work. You must be responsible and serious. If you vite any of that, you will breach the terms of the contract!¡± Jasmine said in a t tone. ¡°To hell with that! You¡¯re trying to scam me, don¡¯t you?¡± Johnny had a feeling that he was being scammed. ¡°One more thing I forgot to mention, all kinds of curses, vulgarities thrown at Party A would be considered a vition of the contract too. This time, I will forgive you. I hope that you won¡¯t repeat this.¡± Jasmine continued. ¡°That counts too?¡± Johnny hastily flipped the contract and found that indeed, there was a sentence there detailing what she had just said. Everything was in ck and white. ¡°Hey, why do I feel like I have been thrown onto a pirate ship?¡± ¡°My surname is Wong, so from now on you will address me as Ms. Wong. Since this is abor contract, I will pay you, and of course you have to carry out your jobs dutifully. This is only natural for all kinds of do your job well. I also mentioned that you will get a pay raise if you are good at your job. Alright, the contract has been signed, which signals the start of our officialbor rtionship. I hope that you will study those terms in your contract carefully. I am someone who follows the rules strictly at work, and if there is any vition, don¡¯t expect me to give face to you. By then, you would have toe up with some ways to pay me thepensation.¡± ¡°Fu--!¡± Johnny couldn¡¯t help cursing. Jasmine turned her face to him while ring sternly at him. ¡°Fundamentally, you can¡¯t rely on others but only count on yourself. Don¡¯t you think so?¡± Johnny reacted quickly. He was secretly cursing in his heart, ¡°Damn it, I have been ying around too much to the point of getting hurt myself.¡± ¡°We¡¯ve arrived. Get off.¡± Jasmine parked her car in the underground parking lot of a huge shopping mall while announcing to Johnny. ¡°This is your work ce? Yourpany is here?¡± Johnny asked curiously. ¡°Stop with your nonsense. I have told you that you can¡¯t ask anything unnecessary. I will tell you everything you need to know when it''s time.¡± Jasmine answered curtly while heading towards the elevator. ¡°Fuck it. Whoever ends up marrying this woman in the future would be the most unfortunate person in the world.¡± Johnny muttered under his breath. Johnny followed Jasmine into the elevator which carried them to the mall. After a few turnings, they arrived at a specialty shop with had an English sign board. At this point, Johnny was a little befuddled. This was a men''s clothing shop, and the goods sold inside were mostly suits and the like. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. Jasmine went in directly and pointed at some of the pieces on disy as she instructed the saleswoman there, ¡°I want this, this and this.¡± In the end, the saleswoman had more than a dozen pieces of clothes on her hands. Of course, they included shirts, undergarments, ties and so on. ¡°Dress him up in those. Let him try them on.¡± Jasmine then pointed at Johnny before settling down on a sofa. ¡°Let me try them on?¡± Johnny felt his eyes once again wide open. ¡°Of course. Or do you think these are for me?¡± Jasmine answered tly. ¡°No, wait. Why are you buying clothes for me?¡± Johnny was confused. ¡°Why are you staring at me like that? Don¡¯t worry, I will pay for it. You don¡¯t need to fork out anything.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not about that. I just don¡¯t understand why you are buying clothes for me? What are the reasons? I won¡¯t go in and try them on if you can¡¯t give me an answer.¡± Jasmine raised her brows and answered simply, ¡°This is part of the job.¡± ¡°How does that have anything to do with buying clothes for me?¡± ¡°I will be the judge of that. Are you going in or not? If you don¡¯t want to, return that ten thousand to me.¡± ¡°I will return them to you now.¡± ¡°Besides, get ready with the one hundred thousand. We will see each other in court¡± ¡°You¡­¡± ¡°What? If you can¡¯t pay thepensation, then go in and try those clothes on. I can¡¯t believe that you¡¯re making a scene here when we are just buying some clothes. Go!¡± Jasmine was beginning to feel speechless. ¡°Sir, the fitting room is this way. Please.¡± The saleswoman couldn¡¯t understand what was going on between this man and woman here, but she still entertained Johnny with hospitality. Johnny had no choice but to take that bunch of clothes and enter the fitting room. With Jasmine dragging him forward, he had a feeling that he was oppressed all the time. His soul was under her oppression.¡± Johnny checked the price tags while removing his own clothes , and his eyes automatically widened. Damn it, this cost thirty thousand. Then, he picked up another one and saw that it cost twenty thousand. There wasn¡¯t a piece of clothing there which cost less than ten thousand. Johnny held these clothes with the utmost caution as if they were sacrificial items for the gods. He didn¡¯t dare to exert any force while he put them on carefully, as if those clothes would break and tear under the slightest force. If any of them was torn, he wouldn¡¯t be able to pay for them. He could only go sell his liver. Johnny changed his attire from his head to his toes, and then he came out of the fitting room with a pair of leather shoes worn on his feet. The moment Jasmine saw Johnny, her eyes immediately expanded. It seemed that clothes really maketh the man. At the moment, it felt like Johnny was not the same person as he was earlier on. Tall and handsome, he now looked like a wealthy man. A moment ago, Jasmine still thought that Johnny wasn¡¯t anything to be taken seriously, but at the sight of him wearing high-ss clothes, she suddenly realized that he was indeed good-looking. Chapter 9 I Don鈥檛 Sell My Body (2) Chapter 9 I Don¡¯t Sell My Body (2) ¡°This is fine. I''ll take this whole outfit. Go and try on another one.¡± Jasmine sounded like she was scrutinizing amercial product as she let Johnny spin around to show himself. She then nodded towards the saleswoman before muttering, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that he looks so good wearing decent clothes. He has a good figure.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t say? I am one of the core members of the basketball team back in the day. I have all of it, height and strength.¡± Johnny interjected as he went back to the fitting room once again. He wasn¡¯t lying about that. During his university days, he indeed joined the varsity basketball team. He yed the point guard position, and of course, as a point guard, his height wasn¡¯t that special from a basketball standpoint. However, for most people, his height was outstanding enough: one hundred and eighty centimeters. Although it wasn¡¯t shockingly tall, it would make him look big wherever he was. From the beginning until now, Jasmine had purchased three outfits for Johnny, which added up to one hundred and eighty thousand. Despite the staggering amount, Jasmine didn¡¯t even blink when she swiped her card. ¡°I¡¯ve decided, you are going to wear this outfit now. You can throw away your old clothes!¡± After making the payment, Jasmine said to Johnny. ¡°Why should I throw it? It¡¯s not like they are torn or anything.¡± Johnny put his old clothes into a stic bag. ¡°You don¡¯t think your new clothes are good enough for you to rece your old ones? I have bought you three set of clothes, which are more than enough for you tost.¡± ¡°I can wear my old clothes when I do the dirty work. These clothes still cost me a few dozen bucks, and it would be a waste to throw them.¡± ¡°Can you not be that stingy? Do you really see money as something so important?¡± Jasmine couldn¡¯t take it anymore as she was getting more and more disgusted by Johnny¡¯s thirst for money. Johnny raised his head and looked at Jasmine, then he said seriously, ¡°Money is not the most important thing to me, but sometimes, money is even more important than a person¡¯s life.¡± ¡°Fine, if you want to take them with you so badly, then do it. Follow me.¡± Jasmine resigned herself to his stubbornness. She then took Johnny to a shop selling timepieces. She bought a watch for him which cost her a few tens of thousands, and then she proceeded to buy him thetest iPhone. ¡°Jasmine, what are you doing now? I am here to work for you, not to sell myself to you. Why are you buying me all of these? Do you think you are having too much money or what? Let me make it clear to you: I am indeedcking money, but I am not going to sell my body to you. I won¡¯t be a sell-out in any way.¡± Johnny couldn¡¯t hold himself in anymore as he came clean with Jasmine. ¡°Sell yourself? You think you are worthy?¡± Jasmine was utterly amused by Johnny¡¯s promation. ¡°Why not?¡± ¡°You think I am going to keep you as a sugar baby? Aren''t you thinking too highly of yourself?¡± Jasmine was very speechless now. ¡°Then, why are you doing all of these? Not only did you buy me clothes and watches, you even bought me a phone. All of these add up to a few hundred thousand. I am not rted nor close to you in any way, so why are you buying these for me?¡± ¡°I have already told you. These are all needed for your work. From now on, whenever I summon you, you need to wear these before you see me. As for what you have to do, you will know naturally afterwards. You can be rest assured that I have no interest in you. I am not that desperate. Go do your hair in that shop there and shave yourself.¡± Jasmine finally said to Johnny before dragging him into a salon. By the time Johnny had a makeover of his hair, coupled with the expensive suit and shoes and watch, you could say that he now looked like someone who had a sessful life. Jasmine examined him carefully beforementing, ¡°Hmm, you don¡¯t look half-bad. I guess you finally fit my minimum requirement. Come on, hop into the car.¡± Jasmine finished saying that and got on the car first. ¡°Jasmine, you must tell me now what I am going to doter. Otherwise, even if you sue me in court, I won¡¯t do whatever you ask me to do. Let me be straightforward with you, I won¡¯t do anything that vites thew.¡± Johnny demanded firmly as he got into the car too. After what happened just now, , he waspletely clueless about what her intention was. He had never met someone who would spend so much on dressing someone up before hiring them to work. Besides prostitution and criminal activities, he couldn¡¯t think of anything else that made sense. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? You previously thought that I am going to be your sugar mummy, and now you are thinking that I am going to ask you tomit some crime?¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t that what this is leading to? Or do you think of me as a fool? There is no free lunch in this world. Have you heard of any employer who would spend tens of thousands of money to buy things for his or her employee? All the things you have bought me are here. I won¡¯t take any of them.¡± Johnny remained cautious. Jasmine shook her head, obviously irritated and speechless. She then announced, ¡°Alright, let me tell you what you are going to do.¡± ¡°Can you see that there? That is an international kindergarten, and my son is studying there. Your job is very simple. You just need to be the father of my son.¡± Jasmine drove for ten or so minutes before reaching what looked like an expensive kindergarten catered to the rich. ¡°What? Be the father of your son? Shit, I have told you time and again that I won¡¯t sell myself to you.¡± Johnny¡¯s eyes were bulging as he stared at Jasmine. ¡°You are thinking too much on that. I am merely asking you to be a father figure to him. My son is only five years old, and I have been telling him that his father is managing apany abroad, which renders him unavable toe see him. It is easy to fool him when he is very young, but as he grows older, it is getting harder to continue with the lie. Besides, he feels that he doesn¡¯t actually have a father, which causes the other students to look down on him in the kindergarten. They bully him, which makes him more and more withdrawn. His teachers have talked to me about this for several times, and I have toe up with a solution. Or else, if his personality and character is set in stone, his life would be definitely ruined. I don¡¯t have any other way except for finding someone to y the role of his father.¡± Jasmine nced at Johnny while exining. After listening to Jasmine¡¯s exnation, Johnny finally understood what is going on. He then asked, ¡°So he has never seen his real father?¡± ¡°No.¡± ¡°Then where is his father?¡± When Johnny raised this question, Jasmine suddenly shot a piercing gaze at him. Then, she answered Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. coldly, ¡°I have told you before. Never ask anything unnecessary.¡± In fact, Johnny was still very much intimidated by Jasmine, and after getting a re from her, he obediently shut himself up. He then continued, ¡°So, you are thinking to let me pretend to be your son¡¯s father and continue the lie, right?¡± ¡°You can put it that way, yes!¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but I decide that I don¡¯t want to do this job.¡± Johnny announced while he tried to remove his watch. ¡°Why is that?¡± ¡°Do you think lying to a child is a morally right thing to do? I¡¯m sorry. I can¡¯t do it.¡± ¡°Then let me tell you. He keeps asking me about his father, but where can I conjure one for him? Do you know how severe the repercussions are for a child to grow up without a father¡¯s love? I don¡¯t want him to have any defects growing up, and I certainly don¡¯t want to see him getting depressed or autism. I have consulted a psychologist on this method, and I have gained his approval. You are right, it is indeed not morally right to lie to a child, but it is in essence a white lie. He is still young now, without an understanding of the ways of the world, which means that he has limited mental faculties. When he bes older and more mature, I will then tell him about the truth. As his mother, this is the only way I can think of.¡± Jasmine continued to exin while her eyes started to redden. Seeing Jasmine bing emotional, Johnny suddenly felt his heart go soft. ¡°Besides, we have signed a contract. If you decided to forfeit now, that¡¯spletely fine. I will sue you in court, and then you would have to repay me that huge amount aspensation. In addition, all the things that I have bought you today is for your job. If you are going to default and not do your job, the cost of these items will be counted as my coteral lost too. You also need topensate me for that. Not only do you need to pay back the amount after viting the contract, you also need to repay me everything I have bought you today.¡± Jasmine said coldly. Chapter 10 I Don鈥檛 Sell My Body (3) Chapter 10 I Don¡¯t Sell My Body (3) ¡°What? So you are not going to reason with me? All of these things, you have bought it on your own ord. I never said I want any of them as you shove them at me. Are you really going to pretend that we have agreed on this?¡± ¡°If you have so much to say, you better say them to the judge in court!¡± Johnny gnashed his teeth but he couldn¡¯t refute her. He could onlye to a resignation, ¡°Alright, I can do that too, but you have to raise my wage.¡± ¡°Raise your wage? Is ten thousand a month not enough to you?¡± Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°Of course. I have reiterated that I won¡¯t do anything criminal and against my moral belief. Obviously, what you want me to do now has gone against my moral belief. It has gone against my bottom line. So, I need a raise, topensate for my mental damage. I have to go through a lot of anguish to lie to a child every day, you know.¡± ¡°I have seen many people going crazy for money, but I have never seen someone who craves for money as much as you. You are practically shameless at this point. Fine, how much do you want for a month?¡± ¡°Fifteen thousand. The additional five thousand is topensate for my mental damdage.¡± Johnny rolled his eyes around beforeing to a number. ¡°An extra five thousand? Alright, I can do that. However, if you don¡¯t follow my instructions closely, I will sue you. Listen, the kindergarten that my son is in is a boarding school. He will be at school from Sunday night to Friday afternoon. Wednesday is Open Day, so you need toe with me to see my son every Wednesday to have lunch together. Your job only falls on Wednesday every week.¡± ¡°That¡¯s great, what about weekends?¡± ¡°I will fetch him home every weekend and apany him personally. I will tell him that you have gone to other regions to work, and you can only see him every Wednesday. Other than that, the whole school would think of you as his biological father, which means you will be thought of as my husband. That includes the school teachers. Therefore, I hope that you can cooperate well with me in school and don''t give yourself away in front of others. Secondly, you are the father to my son, so I hope you can maintain a gentlemanly image. You can¡¯t make me lose face, and you can¡¯t make my son lose face. Remember, you''re supposed to be a sessful CEO, which is why I have made you dress up like this today. Furthermore, I hope that you can treat my son with care, and don''t just hoke him. I hope he can feel some fatherly love from you to fill up the hole in his heart. These are my requirements, and you must fulfil all of that.¡± Jasmine slowly exined, and she was very serious about what she had just said. ¡°You don¡¯t have anything to worry about. As long as I am paid enough, everything can be done.¡± Johnny thought about his monthly sry of fifteen thousand and he couldn¡¯t suppress his delight. Jasmine stared at Johnny¡¯s face which looks exactly like a moneygrubber and she couldn¡¯t help feeling disgusted once again. She started to doubt her decision to hire Johnny to y the role of her son''s father. ¡°Get off now.¡± Jasmine drove to the parking lot beforemanding Johnny. ¡°Alright, alright. You don¡¯t have to sound so rude.¡± Johnny muttered while getting off her car. Then, Johnny followed Jasmine to a school building. Jasmine then knocked on the door of an office before pushing the door open. ¡°Ms. Ward, nice day!¡± ¡°Hey, good day to you. Have a seat, Ms. Wong.¡± Ms. Ward was acting very passionately towards her, and then she caught a glimpse of Johnny, which made her pause, ¡°May I know who is this?¡± ¡°Me?¡± Johnny suddenly felt at a loss for words. ¡°He is Samuel¡¯s dad,¡± Jasmine nced at Johnny as she introduced him to Ms. Ward. ¡°Oh, good to see you! I have heard Ms. Wong here mentioning you many times in the past. I am Samuel¡¯s homeroom teacher, and my name is Ms. Ward.¡± ¡°Nice to meet you, Ms. Ward. I am thankful for your continued tutge and care for Sam.¡± Johnny froze for a moment before shaking hands with Ms. Ward. ¡°That¡¯s what I should do. Have a seat, you guys!¡± ¡°Ms. Ward, may I know how is Samuel doing in school nowadays?¡± Jasmine began. ¡°s! Even if you didn¡¯te visit today, I would have called you here anyway. Samuel has be more and more unruly nowadays. Yesterday, he has fought with three students here and he had yed truant today. The other students are studying in the ssroom, and only he alone has escaped, not willing to go back to ss. No matter how we teachers try, we can¡¯t make him go back. He even hit us, you know. We have been put into a dilemma. We decided to punish him by making him stand still for half an hour. I hope you can understand this decision. For the matter of his education, I hope that you can cooperate with us teachers to try to modify his personality. ording to my observation, I found that he is very reclusive. He ys alone without any interaction with the other kids, and he loves to fight with others. This is serious and we need to pay more attention to help him get better!¡± Ms. Ward slowly described the problem. ¡°I¡¯m really, really sorry, Ms. Ward. It seems that I have brought you lots of troubles.¡± Jasmine sounded very apologetic. ¡°You don¡¯t have to say that. This is part of my duty, and we are held responsible too for failing to educate him well. Let me bring you to him!¡± Ms. Ward said with a smile as she motioned for Jasmine and Johnny to follow her to the ssroom. ¡°ording to our analysis, Ms. Wong, let me be straight with you. The reason Samuel bes so isted might be due to yourck of attention on him. Perhaps you didn''t spend enough time with him at home too. The best teachers for a child are actually his or her parents, and you can even say that parents are the most important teachers to their children. If it is possible, I hope the two of you can shower more attention on him, even if it¡¯s just apanying him during his ytime. Mr. Wong, you are usually not at home, but now that you are back, please stay with your son more. If you can do that, your son would make an amazing turnaround in no time. ording to a scientific study, a child always craves for fatherly love.¡± Ms. Ward exined as they walked. ¡°Thank you, Ms. Ward. We will do so.¡± Jasmine answered while nodding. ¡°That would be great. Let me call him out here.¡± Ms. Ward answered before entering her ssroom. ¡°This kindergarten looks great. How much is the tuition fee for a semester?¡± Johnny scanned his surroundings while asking Jasmine. ¡°Is that something you should ask? Don¡¯t forget about your role.¡± Jasmine spoke in a cold, hushed tone to Johnny. Johnny pursed his mouth with dissatisfaction. ¡°Mum, you are really here!¡± Suddenly, a boy flew out from the ssroom and threw himself at Jasmine¡¯s embrace. ¡°Samuel, I havee here to see you. Come, let me bring you to your favorite pizza joint.¡± Jasmine scooped him up and made her way out. ¡°That¡¯s great! So great!¡± The boy danced around happily before noticing Johnny on their side. He asked immediately, ¡°Who is this? Why is he with us?¡± Only then did Jasmine noticed Johnny¡¯s existence. She simply said, ¡°Samuel, he is your dad. He has ¡°You liar, he is not my dad at all.¡± Samuel interrupted abruptly. Both Jasmine and Johnny were stunned when they heard that. They didn¡¯t expect that this child was so smart to the point of seeing through him at first nce. ¡°What makes you say that?¡± ¡°Yeah, why do you think that I am not your dad?¡± Johnny chipped in. ¡°My mother has told me that you were abroad, and I have seen a foreigner before. One of my ssmates¡¯ father is a foreigner, and he looks nothing like you.¡± Samuel exined with a serious expression on his face. The two of them who were initially nervous cracked intoughter when they heard his words. Chapter 11 Part Time Husband (1) Chapter 11 Part Time Husband (1) ¡°Silly, that''s because his dad is a foreigner, but I only work in a foreign country and I wasn''t born there, so I definitely won''t look like a foreigner. You see, if I look like a foreigner, won''t you look like one too? Your school mate looked like his dad too, right?¡± Johnny smiled as he said. ¡°It seems so!¡± Samuel gave it a thought before he nodded and said that. ¡°All right, sit here with dad, mom will bring you your favorite pizza.¡± Jasmine put Samuel on the chair, looked at Johnny, then went out to order some food. That school was truly huge, where there were various things for children to eat, use, and y. ¡°Are you really my dad?¡± Samuel opened his eyes widely and stared at Johnny. ¡°That''s not supposed to be a question. Of course I''m your dad! If I''m not your dad then why would I follow your mom to see you?¡± ¡°Then, tell me, what''s my name?¡± ¡°You''re Samuel Wong!¡± ¡°Then what''s your name?¡± ¡°I''m Johnny Franco.¡± Johnny said that, then he soon realized that something was wrong. ¡°You''re lying, you''re not my dad. Others have the same surname as their dad, why is my surname Wong and your surname is Franco?¡± He frowned and said, ¡°That''s because you followed your mom''s surname! Your mom loves you more, so you just used the same surname as hers, which is Wong, right?¡± ¡°Yeah, my mom''s surname is Wong and my surname is also Wong too. I followed my mom''s surname.¡± Sam nodded like he had realized something. ¡°Are you really my dad?¡± Sam still asked Johnny uncertainly. ¡°I am really your dad.¡± Johnny could only nod as he said that. ¡°What are you two talking about?¡± Jasmine brought food over and smiled as she asked her son. ¡°Mom, is he really my dad?¡± ¡°Of course, he''s absolutely your dad. Your dad has been working abroad before. He''s very busy at work so he hasn''te back. Now that dad has returned to work here, he cane visit you with mom every Wednesday.¡± she said while giving his son some food. ¡°You''re my dad, so you''re my mom''s husband?¡± Samuel opened his eyes widely as he asked Johnny. Johnny goggled as he looked at Jasmine, he really didn''t know how to answer that question. ¡°Yeah, for sure, dad is definitely mom''s husband. All right, just eat, why are there so many questions?¡± Jasmine said that before ncing at Johnny and said, ¡°Johnny, you should eat too. Just order what you want to eat there.¡± ¡°No, he''s not my dad!¡± ¡°Why are you saying no again?¡± even Jasmine felt a bit tired by then. ¡°Just now you called him by his name. Other students said that their moms call their dads ''Honey'' or ''Hubby''.¡± Samuel asked in suspicion as if he had found a problem. In children''s hearts, logic was all so simple and ridiculous. Jasmine frowned and said, ¡°What are you children talk about every day? Who said that moms should call dads like that? That''s just how their parents call each other.¡± ¡°If you don''t call him like that then I don''t believe that he''s my dad. You are lying to me. Both of you are lying to me... I have no dad at all. They all said that I don''t have a dad.¡± Samuel suddenly cried out. ¡°Okay, okay, I''ll call him then!¡± Jasmine had no other choice but to agree. She looked at Johnny, and blushed in an instant. She had opened her mouth for a few times but just couldn''t say it out. In the end, she gritted her teeth and said to Johnny, ¡°You call me.¡± ¡°Me?¡± ¡°Yeah, you call me.¡± Jasmine red at Johnny. She couldn''t call him like that no matter what, so she just throw the impossible task to Johnny. ¡°I... I... What should I call you?¡± Johnny became cheerless too. ¡°What do you think you should call me? Didn''t you hear what Sam said just now? Quick!¡± Jasmine red at Johnny, which was to give more pressure to Johnny. Johnny opened his mouth several times, but how could he call a woman he barely knew in such a cheesy way? ¡°Quick, otherwise I''ll deduct your sry.¡± seeing how Johnny couldn''t say it for a long while, Jasmine mumbled to Johnny. Johnny red at Jasmine, he went all out because of her sry deduction threat. He then gritted his teeth and called, ¡°Honey!¡± after that, both Jasmine and Johnny blushed, that was indeed too cheesy. ¡°All right, now you believe us, right? Eat now!¡± Jasmine scolded her son as she blushed. ¡°You guys should keep calling each other like that from now on! Aw yeah, I have a dad, I finally have a dad!¡± Samuel shouted in excitement. Suddenly, He pulled Johnny''s hand and said, ¡°Dad,e with me.¡± ¡°What for?¡± ¡°Juste!¡± ¡°Go ahead!¡± Jasmine nodded as she saw Johnny seem to be asking for her opinion. Johnny just followed Samuel outside. Samuel held Johnny''s hand and walked to another table next to them. He stood by the table and spoke to another boy, ¡°Michael Lee, you see? This is my dad, I have a dad. My dad has returned from abroad. From now on, you can''t say that I don''t have a dad.¡± The parents on that table were shocked, and Johnny felt quite awkward too so he smiled to the parents and said, ¡°I am sorry to disturb you.¡± After saying that, Samuel pulled Johnny to another table again and spoke to another kid firmly as if he was dering his ownership. He was very proud and impressive when introducing his dad. Jasmine couldn''t help crying at that sight. She could see how her son really yearned for a father and father''s love. Samuel pulled Johnny around the school. He told every kid and teacher he knew that he had a dad and introduced Johnny to them. ¡°Dad, they often bully me because they say that I don''t have a dad. From now on, I want to see whether they still dare to hit me! I''ll call you if they hit me again. You''ll help me beat them, right?¡± ¡°No way! You''re a man. How could you ask parents to help you fight? I tell you what, the key about winning a fight is to be the one who''s fiercer, you know? From now on, just hit the person who hit you, and hit so fiercely that the person won''t dare to hit you again.¡± Johnny shook his head as he said that. ¡°But mom said that I shouldn''t fight and I should tell the teacher if other people fought.¡± ¡°Nah. Ratting on to the teacher after fighting are for cowards. Men like us should do the real thing. We should use our own power to make the opponent scared. Beat him until he wouldn''t dare to beat you again. I tell you what, you are not allowed to hit others if they don''t hit you, but if others hit you first then you must fight back. If he beats you once then you hit him twice; if he beats you twice then you hit him three times. You must not be in a disadvantage and you must win. If you can''t win then it''s okay. We must show our attitude and resolution. We''ll win when we have beaten them so hard that they won''t fight us again. Now tell me, are you a man?¡± ¡°Yes, I''m a man!¡± ¡°What do you have to do as a man?¡± ¡°I must win!¡± ¡°That''s right, let me tell you, when I went to school and others hit me, I never tell the teachers nor parents. I just fight them and hit them harder. There were many who bullied me at first but they were all N?velDrama.Org owns this. scared after I beat them. No one dared to bully me at school again and they all listened to me. How is it, dad''s awesome, huh?¡± Johnny hugged Samuel as he said proudly. Chapter 12 Part-Time Husband (2) Chapter 12 Part-Time Husband (2) ¡°Dad, you are so cool! If anyone tries to hit me in the future, I will beat them up.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right! We should act like a man. But you must remember not to tell your mom. This is a little secret between us, okay?¡± Johnny suddenly shuddered thinking about Jasmine¡¯s devilish ferocity and quickly said to Samuel. ¡°Okay, I won¡¯t tell mom. This is a secret between you and me.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right! I¡¯ll tell you how to fight.¡± Johnny began to teach a five-year-old child about how he used to fight in school. ¡°What were you talking to him about just now? I can see that he looks very happy.¡± Jasmine asked Johnny as they walked out of the school. ¡°Nothing much. I just told him some jokes.¡± Johnny said. Of course, he wasn¡¯t going to say that he was teaching her son how to fight. ¡°Anyway, thank you very much. I haven¡¯t seen him smile so happily in a long, long time.¡± Jasmine suddenly said in a very sincere tone to Johnny. However, her words made Johnny start to feel guilty. ¡°Don¡¯t thank me. You spent so much money to hire me so it is my job to make your son happy. I am a very professionally ethical man.¡± Johnny said solemnly. Jasmine looked at Johnny but didn¡¯t say anything more. After leaving the school, she said to him very straightforwardly, ¡°Okay, you have finished your work this week. Take your clothes from the car and go home yourself. I will call you next Wednesday.¡± ¡°You are leaving?¡± ¡°Yeah. I have to go to work.¡± ¡°You should at least drop me back at your neighborhood, my private vehicle is still parked there.¡± Johnny didn''t buy it. ¡°Private vehicle? You mean your bike? I think your bike is cheaper than my gas fuel, isn¡¯t it? Take a taxi and go get it. Send your ount number to my cellphone tomorrow. You have my cellphone number. Your monthly sry will be paid to your ount on time at the end of each month.¡± Jasmine said as she got into her car,pletely ignoring Johnny and drove away. ¡°Fuck! How can you be so ungrateful? How can you just took me here but without sending me back?¡± Johnny cursed and walked to the bus stop with a few bags of expensive clothes and waited for the bus. He couldn¡¯t lose his bike as it was his only means of transportation. Although, its speed wasn¡¯t fast enough, it was still faster than walking. Sitting in the bus, Johnny felt bored. Thinking about the fact that he didn¡¯t have anything to do for the next few days, he became a little flustered. Since he came to the Pearl City, he had been busy every day. He had been busy from morning till night every day and almost didn¡¯t stop to rest at all. Now all of Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. a sudden, he had nothing to do and it made him feel very ufortable. Moreover, he still needed to make money, make a lot more money, incessantly make money. Only by this way, he could cross out all the debts written in the book as soon as possible. But how did he find a job? He had no clue. Although he had a bachelor¡¯s degree, he didn¡¯t have any work experience. His previous job was sitting in a government office, drinking tea and reading newspapers every day. It wasn¡¯t difficult to find a job in this city, but it was indeed difficult to find one with a good ie. ¡°Let¡¯s go to the talent marketter and take a look!¡± Johnny finally sighed and said to himself. He hadn¡¯t been able to breathe freely due to the pile of debts he needed to settle. Johnny slowly rode his bike. As he rode and rode, suddenly a car drove by him. It just so happened that the road was uneven and a puddle of water was umted. The car sshed the water on him as it drove by. Seeing that his clothes which were worth tens of thousands of dors had all been stained with dirty water, Johnny was furious. He chased after the car angrily. As he was chasing, he suddenly felt that this car looked very familiar, especially the te number. Then he remembered that it was the manager Mr. Grant¡¯s car from the express deliverypany that he used to work in. ¡°Damn it! It seems like this time I will have to deal with you about the old and new grudges.¡± Johnny sped up the movement of his legs and rode his bike to chase the car. Fortunately, the car didn¡¯t drive fast on the congested city road. The car drove not that far and it stopped at a shopping mall. Then, Johnny saw the so-called manager Mr. Grant getting out of the car with his wretched appearance. A woman also got off with him who looked very familiar to Johnny. This woman was thepany¡¯s financial manager Be. She wasn¡¯t that pretty and was medium in appearance. However, she was very flirty, which was amonly known fact in thepany. Usually, the men in thepany liked to chat and flirt with her when they had nothing else to do because she dared to say anything and had no limit when joking. ¡°Why are these two people together?¡± Johnny felt a little strange. Then he saw Mr. Grant directly put an arm around her waist. The two of them walked straight ahead slowly. Johnny¡¯s eyes widened as he even saw Mr. Grant¡¯s hand rubbing Be¡¯s butt from time to time regardless of whether or not this was a public ce. Seeing this, there''s no way that Johnny hadn''t realized what was going on. ¡°Fuck! So, they are actually having affairs. Ha ha! Let me teach you a lesson.¡± Happiness exploded in Johnny¡¯s heart. He took out his cellphone and followed them, snapping their photos from all angles. ¡°This Apple phone really has a high definition and it''s the right fit for taking sneaky shots.¡± Johnny flipped through the photos he had taken and chuckled. He followed the two not far behind from them and saw Mr. Grant buying purses, clothes and cosmetics for Be. Johnny followed them shopping around the mall for more than an hour and then he couldn¡¯t stand it anymore. Maybe because they too were tired from walking, they walked out of the mall and found a ce to eat nearby. Poor Johnny could only stand outside the restaurant and wait while they were eating. He could not go inside to keep an eye on them, right? If he did that, wouldn¡¯t he be discovered at once? Johnny was really determined. He bought two pieces of bread and squatted in front of the restaurant waiting for them. After waiting for another hour, he saw the twoe out. They got into the car before Johnny had the chance toe over and drove away. He would not catch up with them if he rode his bike. He stopped a taxi and followed them. Mr. Grant¡¯s car finally stopped in front of a hotel. The two of them held each other arm in arm and entered the hotel to get a room. Johnny followed behind them silently taking photos all the way. As they got on the elevator, Johnny saw that their elevator stopped at the seventeenth floor. He frowned, then returned to the front desk and asked the receptionist, ¡°Hello, may I ask what is the room number of the gentleman anddy that just came in?¡± ¡°Why are you asking this?¡± ¡°Oh! I am the driver of our manager. He forgot his cellphone in the car and I have to give it to him. Could you please tell me the specific room number? Thank you!¡± ¡°Then you tell me what is his name?¡± ¡°Randy Grant.¡± ¡°Are you really his driver? We have to keep our guests¡¯ information confidential.¡± The receptionist hesitated. ¡°If not, why would I be asking this? It is not easy for us to do this job! If I don¡¯t take his cellphone to upstairs, he won¡¯t be able to contact anyone and I will definitely be fired! Please, I beg you, please!¡± ¡°1702.¡± The receptionist looked critically at Johnny a few times more to make sure. ¡°Okay. Thank you, beauty! You are so pretty and a total sweetheart who has saved my day.¡± Johnny smiled and then ran into the elevator. Chapter 13 Part-time Husband (3) Chapter 13 Part-time Husband (3) He went straight to the 17th floor and walked towards room 1702. He wanted to knock, but after timing it out, he stood by the door and smoked. Then, he boringly yed with his phone for more than ten minutes. By then, Johnny guessed that they must have already started doing it inside the room. He smoked a cigarette while knocking on the door. As he thought of their possible rage due to his continuous knocking while they were in the heat of the moment, he couldn¡¯t help butugh. ¡°Who¡¯s there?¡± It took a long time for Mr. Grant to respond from inside the room. He sounded extremely irritated and impatient. ¡°I¡¯m the maintenance man. Something¡¯s wrong with the power circuit in your room. We need to check it. Please open the door.¡± ¡°We don¡¯t need you to fix it. Go away.¡± ¡°Sir, I hope you can cooperate with us. If there really is a problem with the power circuit, it could cause a fire. We need to quickly fix it. If you won¡¯t open the door, we¡¯ll have to swipe open the door with our own card. I¡¯m sorry!¡± Johnny yelled with all his might. ¡°Don¡¯t, don¡¯t, don¡¯t. Wait a minute. Fucking hell. What kind of shitty hotel is this? I¡¯m nevering back here again,¡± Johnny could hear Mr. Grant¡¯s curses from inside the room. After a while, the door clicked and opened. ¡°What¡¯s there to repair? Johnny? It¡¯s you?¡± He saw Johnny right away as soon as he opened the door. ¡°Hello Mr. Grant!¡± Johnny smiled, then he pushed Mr. Grant away and walked inside. When he entered, he saw the so-called Be Lamb from finance wearing a piece of outer garment. Obviously, she wasn¡¯t nning on wearing any clothes inside since she would be taking them off again ¡°Oh, Be. Why are you here?¡± As he spoke, Johnny took out his phone to take pictures. ¡°Johnny, what are you doing?¡± As Mr. Grant spoke, he came over and tried to grab Johnny¡¯s phone. However, with Johnny¡¯s figure, there''s no way Mr. Grant could beat him? ¡°Johnny, what, what¡­are you doing?¡± Be also panicked. ¡°I¡¯m not doing anything. I just passed by and saw youe in here. So I thought, since we used to be colleagues and Mr. Grant was even my boss before, then I should drop by and say hi. What are you guys nning to do? Be, why did you also take that off?¡± Johnny yed dumb and asked as he pointed at the underwear on the side of the bed. ¡°No, no, no. This¡­¡± Be was also stunned. She kept shaking her head, but what''s the use of denying it? Mr. Grant stared gloomily at Johnny. Then, he closed the door and took out a cigarette and handed to Johnny. He directly asked him, ¡°Johnny, just say it. What do you want to do?¡± ¡°What do I want to do? Let me think,¡± Johnny just thought of this question. He really didn¡¯t think over what he wanted to do. ¡°Just say it. How much do you want for you to delete those photos on your phone?¡± Mr. Grant continued to ask. ¡°Money? No, I don¡¯t want money. If I wanted money, wouldn¡¯t that be ckmailing already? I would never do anything illegal.¡± ¡°Then what do you want? What do you want for you to delete the photos on your phone?¡± Mr. Grant was very angry. ¡°Don¡¯t be so agitated, Mr. Grant. When you fired me for no reason, I didn¡¯t even get this angry. How about this, I don¡¯t have a lot of requirements. Just let me go back to work tomorrow and expand my area. Include all thosemunities along QY road to my area. Also, I need to have a break every Wednesday morning, but rest assured, I¡¯ll send all packages in the afternoon. What do you think?¡± Johnny smoked as he sat on the chair and casually said. Mr. Grant already looked extremely upset. He gritted his teeth and said, ¡°Alright, delete the photos on your phone right now in front of me.¡± ¡°Delete? I can¡¯t do that. What if you fire me again after I delete it? Do you think I¡¯m that dumb?¡± Johnny giggled and put his phone inside his pocket. ¡°Johnny, I¡¯m already giving you the chance. Don¡¯t you believe that I can bring you down at any time here in Pearl City?¡± Finally, Mr. Grant couldn¡¯t contain it anymore and yelled. This is property ? of N?velDrama.Org. ¡°I believe you can. But do you believe that I can also bring you down at any time? I know where your house is, and I know your wife. I¡¯ve been following the both of you today for a long time already, so I have a lot of photos here. If I show these photos to your wife, then wouldn¡¯t you lose everything right away? Don¡¯t forget, you¡¯re a manager now because of your father-inw!¡± Johnny giggled as he talked. Then he stood up and said, ¡°Since you don¡¯t think you can coborate with me, then I don¡¯t have any choice. I¡¯ll leave now. Bye!¡± As he spoke, Johnny started walking out. He clearly knew Mr. Grant¡¯s background. He was actually a nobody. He just married a wife and worked as a manager under a subsidiary of his father-inw¡¯s courierpany. ¡°Don¡¯t, don¡¯t, don¡¯t. Okay, I agree to that. Come to work tomorrow, but you have to promise me that nobody can ever see the photos in your phone. You should also not say anything about it. If my wife learns about this, I¡¯ll kill you first.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯m a professionally ethical person. I don¡¯t care that you¡¯re cheating. I just need work. Since you already agreed, then I¡¯ll go back to work tomorrow. I¡¯m sorry for bothering you guys. Please continue. Don¡¯t let me affect your excitement. Oh right, Mr. Grant, you didn¡¯t zip your pants. Don¡¯t get your little brother chilled or else you won¡¯t be able to have fun anymore. I''ll leave you. Goodbye!¡± Johnny giggled as he spoke. Then he walked out and closed the door. After he walked out, Johnny finally couldn¡¯t contain it anymore andughed out loud. He could guess their expressions at this moment. They probably didn¡¯t have the excitement to continue doing it today. ¡°I can¡¯t believe finding a job is this simple! It¡¯s not hard at all!¡± Johnny giggled as he talked. Then he casually walked out of the hotel. The next day, Johnny started delivering packages again all over the city. He couldn¡¯t let go of this job because first, although it was a very tough job, his sry was way higher than most of the office jobs. If he was hardworking enough, he could earn up to nearly six thousand a month. Brown Tee and Lucia Levy had already worked in Pearl City for so long. Although they only needed to sitfortably inside the office for the entire day, they could only earn around four thousand a month. However, the most important reason was that he could run around the city as a delivery man. Johnny needed this because he hoped to meet the woman he had been looking for one day. ¡°Come here, Johnny. Let¡¯s drink together tonight,¡± After Lucia finished cooking food, Brown took a few bottles of beer and put them on the table. He popped one open and gave it to Johnny. ¡°You must have ill intentions for suddenly being so friendly to me. Let me tell you. If you¡¯re asking for money, I don¡¯t have any, but I¡¯ve got one life,¡± Johnny spoke after looking at Brown. ¡°Your words are too hurtful. Am I this kind of person in your eyes?¡± ¡°A little bit. Well, I know it¡¯s not good news whenever you suddenly be warm to me. Just say it. What do you want me to do this time?¡± Johnny drank a sip of beer and started eating the side dishes. Lucia rolled her eyes at Brown and directly said, ¡°Ugh, you can¡¯t even say it, you dumbass. Johnny, he¡¯s embarrassed to say it, so I¡¯ll say it. You already know that the two of us have been living in this small home together. It¡¯s fine that you live here in our home for a few days, but a grown man like you have been living here for a few months already. It¡¯s really inconvenient for us. You also said before that you earn fifteen thousand every month from working as the father of that woman¡¯s son. With your sry of five or six thousand from your delivery job, that¡¯s a total of more than twenty thousand. Are you still reluctant to rent a ce for yourself with twenty thousand? We also feel really bad that you have to crowd here with us and sleep on the sofa every day!¡± Chapter 14 Lower Your Voice (1) Chapter 14 Lower Your Voice (1) ¡°You are so annoying. You keep talking about the matter recently.¡± ¡°We are not nagging. We have said so many times but you don¡¯t want to leave. Johnny, you have been the third wheel for a long time. We didn''t intend to chase you away purposely but we find it really inconvenient for us that you stay here,¡± Lucia pulled a long face. Johnny looked at Lucia and then at Brown. ¡°Bro, it''s not that we''re being shitty friends to you. You are not poor now. You can simply look for a ce and stay. It doesn¡¯t have to be too far, just rent a ce nearby. I have promised that I will let you have your meal here. Is it ok? I can even pay the rental fee for you. My wife and I need an independent space. I am fine with everything but she is a woman. How do you think?¡± Brown said awkwardly. Johnny smiled and looked at Lucia seriously, then he said, ¡°Lucia, you and she are good friends, right?¡± ¡°Who?¡± ¡°You know who I''m talking about, Queenie. You got on really well with her at that time, right?¡± Johnny said seriously. ¡°Yes, because you are in a rtionship with her. Brown and I always followed you. Queenie followed you as well. Thus, I always met her, which was why our rtionship became better!¡± Lucia answered honestly. ¡°You know her ssmates and friends, right? Do you keep in touch with them?¡± ¡°Some do, some don¡¯t.¡± ¡°Then have you helped me to search for Queenie?¡± ¡°Johnny, I have helped you. How did I not? I had searched for her in every corner but no one knows where she went. She changed her phone number. She never used any of the social media since. You definitely had tried all the ways I tried too. I really did not hear from her at all. She purposely wanted to hide from you, so she won''t let you find her easily, right? Let alone me.¡± ¡°It is impossible for one to leave the original life and does not show up at all. She must have kept in touch with her friends and ssmates. I don¡¯t know them. I only know you. So, I will only see you. I have said that I will not leave unless you help me find her. If you want me to move out as soon as possible, you should help me find her quickly.¡± Johnny took a sip and said to Lucia while smoking. He was not kidding about this, but being serious. ¡°Are you trying to extort from me?¡± Lucia was angry. ¡°Yes, I am. Lucia, do you dare to say that you didn''t hear from her at all? You have a good rtionship with her. I don¡¯t believe that she will not leave any message to you before she left. The only objective I tell me anything. Lucia, Brown, ask yourselves, how did I treat you in these years? Did I treat you unfairly? Have I done you any wrong? Why did you help her to conceal everything from me?¡± Johnny pounded the table after saying that. Obviously, he was outraged. After Johnny finished his words, Lucia and Brown did not say anything. They did not dare to speak, especially when they saw Johnny¡¯s reddened face. ¡°Calm down, Johnny. We know how good you treat us and we appreciate that,¡± Brown said. ¡°Johnny, why do you have an obsession with her? I had told you to forget her when you arrived here. She is not worthy for you to miss her. The hundred thousand bucks you helped her to borrow¡­ just regarded it as the money you lost in gambling. With your sry now, you can pay off the debt after a year or two. You should observe a woman carefully in the future. Don''t let this kind of womane near you anymore,¡± Lucia said slowly. ¡°Yes, Johnny, forget her!¡± Brown said. ¡°The reason I search for her is not about the money. She never asked me to borrow the money for her, I borrowed the money from my rtives and friends voluntarily. So, the money has nothing to do with her. I borrowed it so of course I will pay it back by myself. I don¡¯t me her nor hate her. I don¡¯t have an obsession with her too. I just want to get an answer from her, to know why she left me.¡± ¡°The answer is obvious, right? You were poor, she couldn''t bear to live a poor life with you. It is so simple!¡± Lucia said. ¡°She had been in a rtionship with me for a long time, and she knew that I am poor in the very N?velDrama.Org owns this. beginning. Furthermore, I don¡¯t believe that she is a vain woman unless she tells me by herself. No matter what the answer is, I want to find her. I want her to stand in front of me and tells me by herself,¡± Johnny said coldly. ¡°Why do you want to do that? Johnny, you are so stubborn!¡± Lucia sighed, ¡°People would change. You can''t be sure that she is still what she used to be. You¡¯re right, she had contacted me before she left but I didn¡¯t know much. I only knew that she got in touch with a rich guy frequently. She told me by herself. I even scolded her at that time. However, I could feel that she was hesitant. She hesitated on whether she should continue the rtionship with you or she should follow the rich guy. Then, you came here. I never contacted her afterwards and couldn''t find her. The answer is obvious. She abandoned you and followed the rich guy. That is what I know. I never told you about this because I was afraid that you would be hurt. We thought that you might forget her and forget about the matter gradually over time. But you''re still obsessed with that after several months. Why do you have to be so persistent? It is worth it for a woman like her?¡± Lucia said earnestly. ¡°There''re so many things in this world that can''t be judged by whether it''s worthy or not. I also want to forget her but I am so stubborn. I will not give up until I heard from her in person. Alright, Brown, Lucia, don¡¯t say so much. Let¡¯s drink. I am appreciative of having both of you as my friends. Cheers.¡± After Johnny said that, he sighed. He cheered with Brown and took the beer bottle, startign to drink. Then, he started eating again while saying, ¡°I have gotten the answer I want. I will look for a new ce tomorrow and not disturb you love birds anymore. If Brown has erectile dysfunction afterwards, I won''t take the responsibility.¡± ¡°Yuck, a filthy mouth cannot utter decentnguage,¡± Lucia scolded him with a reddened face. Johnnyughed loudly. ¡°You don¡¯t have to rush. Do you have time to move? Lucia and I are off on weekends and we will help you look for it!¡± Brown said, he was guilty to chase Johnny away, but with his wife staying here, it was indeed inconvenient for them. He had no choice. ¡°Never mind, it is easier for me to look for a housepared to you. I ran around the city all the time and know where there''re houses for rent. But it is hard for me to move out immediately, I need at least two more days. So, you should tolerate with me for another two days. Keep in mind, lower your voice tonight. And I have to say, Lucia, your crying is so rhythmic!¡± ¡°Get lost! If you say one more word, I will shove you to sleep on the corridor,¡± Lucia yelled. Chapter 15 Lower Your Voice (2) Chapter 15 Lower Your Voice (2) The next morning, Johnny tidied up his things before Lucia and Brown woke up. He did not have many things with him, just a few clothes. He took a single luggage bag with him when he came, and the clothes were all his property. Johnny carried the luggage and went to work. He was guilty. Even if they did not say about it, he wanted to move out too. He could not keep disturbing them. The reason that he stayed there was to hope that he could get any news from them about Queenie but Lucia told him clearlyst night. He did not have to stay there anymore and kept bothering them. So, he carried his luggage and nned to search for a house when he went out for delivery, while he could directly move in, very convenient. Once Johnny had decided to move out, he did it in a fast pace. He rented the house that morning and then moved in. Johnny did not have a specific requirement to rent a house, so it was easy for him to do it. The only requirement was cheap because he had to save money. Just like what he said, he was clear about where there were cheap houses for rent as he weaved through the city every day. When he passed by the ce that day, he went in straight away and met thendlord. He rented it without much bargaining. The room was in the basement, it seemed to be a basement carpark previously. Thendlord bought it afterwards and had the electricity and water supply all set. The basement was divided into several small rooms. The room rented by Johnny just had an area of 15 meters square, which was quite big as furniture provided. He had to pay the electricity bill and the 500 rental fee every month. It was the cheapest ce to rent in Pearl City. Johnny was satisfied with everything in it. The only thing that he was discontented with was the lighting. It was too dark. Besides, the air was quite stale. But the rental was just 500 bucks and he was happy with that. He would just stay there during night time, so he would not consider much. After having a busy day, he went to a nearby supermarket after getting off his work. He bought the necessities and even bought an induction cooker and a pot. They were all his property. When he went back, he found Brown and Lucia standing outside of his rented ce. Johnny was not surprised that they were there because Brown had called him before and he told Brown the location. ¡°Damn, this is the ce you rent? Why are you so stingy? Does it deserve you? You see, there are manybourers living here!¡± Brown chided once he saw Johnny. ¡°Why? Labourers are not human? Don¡¯t look down onbourers, they y an important role to build the city. If there is nobourer, who wants to urbanize the city?¡± Johnny took the key and entered. Lucia helped him to carry the things. ¡°I am telling you something serious. Don¡¯t brush the subject aside. I know you owe a lot of money and want to pay off the debt, but you should not push yourself so hard, right? Look at you, work so hard to earn money. Making money is important but you can treat yourself better. You could at least rent a ce that isfortable. How can you stay here? Why do you have to torture yourself? I really empathize with you.¡± Brown was furious obviously. He continued, ¡°If I knew that you would stay in this kind of ce, I would have let you continue to stay in my house.¡± ¡°Why? You miss me, are you?¡± Johnny smiled and said, ¡°Bro, I get your kindness. Well, I am single. I go to work from dawn to dusk and just stay here for a few hours at night. I don''t need a fancy ce to live in. A man does not really care about the living condition. This ce is good enough. Apart from the shared bathroom and the fact that I have to go to the public tap to get water, the rest is fine. You see, it''s got electricity, wifi and a bed, right? I will be relieved after I pay off the debt. I am so tired of worrying about the debt all the time. Alright, bro, it is nothing to me. What is thispared to the tough life of our ancestors, huh? Lucia, have a rest, I will tidy up the things by myself. Let me take you two out for dinner tonight and have a housewarming party. Order whatever you want to eat. Of course, if it costs over 300 bucks, you pay for the extra,¡± Johnny joked, as he brought Brown and Lucia out to have dinner. ¡°Hello!¡± ¡°Hello!¡± ¡°Are you Mr. Franco?¡± ¡°Yes, I am, who are you?¡± Johnny picked up the phone while driving his electric tricycle. ¡°Hi, I don¡¯t know if you still remember a girl you had saved from a car ident a few days ago? I am her father. We really appreciate your help. If you are not there, my daughter would''ve died in the explosion. You¡¯re our saviour. I asked the traffic police for help and saw your car in the surveince video. And I get to know your working location. I went to your office just now and took your phone number. Mr. Franco, are you free now? My family and I want to meet you in person to express our gratitude,¡± the man said in the phone. Johnny thought for a while and recalled the ident. He asked directly, ¡°Is your daughter alright?¡± ¡°It''s no big deal. She passed out that day. After staying in the hospital for two days, she can leave now. Mr. Franco. Is it convenient for you now? Can you tell us where is your precise location? I will ask the driver to pick you up,¡± the man said politely. ¡°You are so kind. Mister, I just did it out of my instinct. Whoever in that situation would save your daughter as well. I remembered after I saved your daughter, there was a lot of people helping her at that time. So, you don¡¯t have to thank me. I didn''t save your daughter for rewards or anything. I am d that your daughter is safe now.¡± ¡°No, no, it might be a small matter for you but for us, you¡¯re saving our entire family. We must thank you in person.¡± ¡°Forgive me, sir. I already said that I don¡¯t need you to repay me. If I really wanted you to thank me, I would''ve stayed and waited for you there. I don¡¯t like to show off. I am an introvert. So, don¡¯te here. I have helped your daughter now; then maybe one day if I am involved in an ident, someone will help me, right? Mister, if you really appreciate my help, don¡¯t look for me anymore. Don¡¯t spread this matter to my office or wait for me there. Everyone is on social media right now. If someone posts it on the inte, it would be really cringy for me. I beg you, forget about it. Don¡¯t look for me. This is how I wish you to thank me. Ok, bye!¡± Johnny hung up the call instantly after that. ¡°Jesus. If someone really puts that on the inte, I will have to say goodbye to the peaceful life.¡± Johnny was nervous, but then he smiled and murmured to himself, ¡°I am a real hero, a real anonymous This is property ? of N?velDrama.Org. hero, a keen hero, right? Hahaha!¡± On Friday night, Johnny got off work a bitte. ording to the rule of the deliverypany, he normally had less parcels to deliver on Saturday and Sunday because a lot of people were out during weekends and couldn''t receive the parcels. So the delivery men would have a half-day leave during weekends, resting in the morning and then working for the entire afternoon. Johnny did not know about otherpanies but hispany had been following this rule. Chapter 16 Bedroom (1) Chapter 16 Bedroom (1) After work, Johnny went back to his small ce. He looked around and was toozy to cook, so he took a pack of instant noodles and boiled some water. He would make do with that. After the noodles were ready, he turned theputer on, and started searching for traces of Queenie as usual. He opened Facebook and checked Queenie''s Timeline, then went to her Twitter and other social media, but he found nothing. When Johnny almost finished his instant noodles, his phone rang. He saw the name ¡°Tigress¡± on the screen, which was the nickname Johnny gave Jasmine for the obvious resemnce he found between the two. ¡°Hello!¡± Johnny felt that it was very strange for Jasmine to call him at such time. What for? ¡°Where are you? Come to my house now.¡± Jasmine still spoke coldly as usual in a bossy tone. ¡°Are you crazy? It''s already 8 o''clock now. Also, didn''t you say that I only work on Wednesday? It''s Friday today.¡± Johnny retorted. ¡°Go through the contract and see what''s written there. ''Be avable at any time'', remember? I don''t care what you are doing now. Get changed ande here within 10 minutes.¡± Jasmine said tly. ¡°I can''t arrive within 10 minutes even if you threaten me with a knife. I haven''t even eaten my dinner.¡± Johnny was also angry at heart. ¡°Tell me where you are right now. I''ll go and pick you up.¡± ¡°Huh? You''re being serious? What does she need me for at this hour?¡± Johnny was speechless. ¡°We''ll talk about it in the car. Tell me your address. Go get dressed now.¡± Johnny had no choice but to tell Jasmine his address. He had to earn money from her after all. Johnny was so exhausted that he just wanted to lie on the bed and have a good sleep, but thinking of his monthly sry of fifteen thousand, he quickly finished the instant noodles, washed his face, and changed his clothes. Not long after, Johnny heard someone knocking at the door. He went to open it while fixing his necktie. Jasmine stood by the door and the first thing she said to Johnny was, ¡°You don''t need to wear necktie at night.¡± Then, she looked at Johnny''s room and frowned, ¡°Why do you live in such ce? You only eat instant noodles for dinner?¡± ¡°What''s wrong with it? Do you know what we''re called? We are called the ''cave dwellers" because we live underground. That¡¯s badass, isn''t it? Do you want to sit for a moment? There''s no tea but I can buy you a bottle of mineral water!¡± Johnny was being quite polite. ¡°No need. Are you ready? Come with me if you are.¡± ¡°What''s the matter? Why are you in a rush?¡± Johnny followed Jasmine out while asking that. ¡°I''ll tell you in the car.¡± Jasmine walked very quickly. One could see that she was in a rush. ¡°This afternoon I picked Sam up, but he kept looking for you once we got home. He kept asking me why you weren''t at home. I had to lie to him that you were working at another city. After that, he started crying and saying that he wanted you. He wouldn''t listen to anything we told him. Until now, Hannah and I had no choice but to call you. I told him that I''m picking you up at the airport and you came back specially to see him. That''s it. Otherwise I wouldn''t call you sote at night. Go andfort him. After he fell asleep, you can go back home,¡± Jasmine said. Johnny didn''t say anything. After a while, he just sighed, ¡°From this, we can see how much he longs for a dad in his heart.¡± Jasmine didn''t say anything, she silently agreed to Johnny''s words. ¡°But isn''t it also a problem if you keep deceiving him like this? You can deceive him once or twice but you''ll never be able to deceive him all his life, right?¡± Johnny said that. ¡°You don''t need to worry about this problem. You just need to do what you should do.¡± Jasmine replied evenly. ¡°Fine, it''s not my ce to ask!¡± Johnny snapped in a bad mood and didn''t say anything else afterwards. When they arrived at Jasmine''s house, Johnny followed Jasmine into the house. As expected, they heard Sam''s cry once they entered the house. Hannah had been coaxing him too but it was clearly not very effective. ¡°I want dad, I only want dad.¡± Samuel kept on crying and making a fuss there. ¡°Son, daddy is home.¡± Johnny walked in and take a look as he shouted to Samuel. Samuel almost jumped up from the chair when he saw Johnny, and he dashed to hug him. Johnny was surprised and he hugged back. Human seem to have natural affection towards children. Not to mention when the child was very attached to and fond of you! Even though Johnny was rted to Sam by work, the lovees from his heart. ¡°Dad, dad, you''re finally back! I thought you had left and you didn''t want me anymore.¡± Samuel cried in Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. Johnny''s embrace. Johnny didn¡¯t know what to say for the moment so he looked at Jasmine. Jasmine whispered, ¡°Comfort him, tell him not to cry. He''s been crying all night.¡± ¡°Sam, dad''s already here, right? How could he not want you? You said that you wanted dad, and dad flew back as soon as possible. All right, stop crying,¡± Jasmine said softly. ¡°Then, dad, you won''t leave tonight, right?¡± Samuel looked up and asked Johnny with a face full of tears. ¡°I...¡± Johnny didn¡¯t know how to answer that for the moment. ¡°No, dad will not leave tonight,¡± Jasmine hurriedly responded. She just wanted her son to stop crying. ¡°Stop crying. If you stop crying then I won''t leave tonight. If you cry again, then I''ll just leave.¡± Johnny put Samuel down and squatted in front of him. ¡°No, dad, I''ll stop crying. Please, don''t go!¡± Samuel was so anxious. As expected, he immediately stopped crying as he wiped his tears. ¡°Now that''s right. What did dad say to you? You''re a man. Men should be tough. How could a man cry so easily? We are all men, you know? Men shouldn''t cry even when we''re bleeding. Tell me, are you a man?¡± Johnny pretended to be serious. ¡°I''m a man!¡± ¡°Then will you cry or not?¡± ¡°I won''t!¡± ¡°Now that''s right!¡± Johnny smiled. ¡°Hannah, help him wash his face. His face is full of tears after crying for so long.¡± Jasmine instructed Hannah. Somehow she felt her heart softened after seeing that. ¡°Go, go wash your face. I''ll y with youter.¡± Johnny stroked Samuel''s head. ¡°O-okay!¡± Samuel happily followed Hannah to wash his face. ¡°I really can''t leave tonight? Why did you say yes to him? What should I do tonight?¡± Johnny whispered anxiously. ¡°Could I say no to him when he looked like that? His eyes were even swollen because he kept crying. Just wait until he fell asleep. If there''s no taxi at that time, I''ll drive you home." Jasmine answered. She added, ¡°I know that calling you sote at night indeed bothered you. What about this, I''ll give you an extra five thousand each month, so it''s 20.000 each month, okay?¡± Johnny opened his eyes widely out of surprise but he felt very happy at heart. However, he said, ¡°I didn''t say I want a pay rise. I''m not that kind of guy.¡± Chapter 17 Bedroom (2) Chapter 17 Bedroom (2) ¡°All right, that''s because I feel bad about it. Since you don''t want it, then there''s no extra.¡± ¡°Wait. Extra is always better than none. No one would reject earning more money, right?¡± Johnny said that with a bashful smile, looking like an idiot. Jasmine couldn''t stand it whenever Johnny acted like a gold grubber. She just said, ¡°All right, I''ve told you before that money is not a problem. As long as you do it well, I''ll treat you properly. Keep him Johnny nodded. ¡°Dad, I''ve washed my face. Let''s go out and y!¡± Samuel dashed out after washing his face and grabbed Johnny''s hand. ¡°Where are you going to y when it''s sote now? Look at the time. It''s almost 8 o''clock. Did you forget? You should go to bed when it''s 8 o''clock.¡± Jasmine spoke sternly. ¡°No, no, I want to go out and y! I want to go out and y with dad, just for a moment, okay?¡± ¡°No!¡± ¡°I... I''ll take him out and y for a while. It''s Friday, he doesn''t need to go to school tomorrow so he can sleep a bitter!¡± Johnny smiled as he said. He sincerely felt sorry for that boy. ¡°You don''t understand. The most important thing for a child is to have enough sleep. Sleeping on the right time is crucial for him.¡± Jasmine rolled her eyes at Johnny. ¡°Is that so? You don''t need to take everything so seriously, right? A child is also a person, who has his own feelings and need. He''s not a machine that can fall sleep or wake up whenever you tell him to. What''s wrong with giving him an appropriate amount of rxation?¡± Johnny really disagreed with Jasmine''s way of educating Sam. ¡°You don''t need to teach me how to educate my son, alright?¡± Jasmine was fuming. ¡°Don''t forget that I''m his dad. Son, I''ve made the decision to bring you out to y tonight. But we''ll just y for a while and then we''lle home to sleep, okay? What do you want to y?¡± Johnny was also stubborn. No one could control him when he''s made up his mind. He then carried Samuel and walked out the door. ¡°I want to y with the ball, I''ll take the ball!¡± Samuelughed as he rushed into the room and took a This is property ? of N?velDrama.Org. small basketball. ¡°Johnny, please be aware of your status.¡± Jasmine looked awfully sullen. She gritted her teeth as she said to Johnny. ¡°I know my status, but let me remind you. Although scientifically raising a child is the right thing to do, don''t do everything exactly by the book. It''s best to give him a rxed environment and certain freedom. If you keep on restraining him with so many rules, do you think he''ll be sessful in the future? You don''t need to remind me here. If you''re unsatisfied then you can just fire me tomorrow.¡± Johnny retorted in a bad mood. ¡°Dad, here''s the ball.¡± ¡°Okay, let''s go, dad will teach you how to y it. We''re not going far. Just y in the yard.¡± Johnny carried Samuel again and walked into the yard. Thus, Johnny yed ball with Samuel in the yard. The two of them yed happily. Jasmine stood by the window and watched them. Her face was stiff at first and she stared at Johnny coldly, but slowly, she was fascinated by the sight and started to smile. The scene in the yard was very harmonious and sweet. It was nothing special but she was quite moved. ¡°It seems that Mr. Franco likes Sam very much. I think he really likes him and he''s not faking it.¡± Hannah walked over and said to Jasmine. ¡°Yeah, he has a loving heart; otherwise I wouldn''t have chosen him.¡± Jasmine indifferently replied quietly. Johnny didn''t let Samuel y for a very long time, just 40 minutes before he told Samuel to go home and sleep. He didn''t have a child and he didn''t understand how to raise one, but he just felt that every child naturally loved to y and there''s no need to restrict a child''s nature. Some things just didn''t need to be so serious. Of course, he also understood that he was just a fake dad and the child wasn''t his, so he couldn''t go over the line either. He yed for a while before telling Samuel to stop. No one knew what''s with that child. He wouldn''t listen to his mom nor Hannah, but he followed almost everything that Johnny said. Johnny told him to go home and sleep, and he obeyed. Hannah carried Samuel inside to take a bath because he was all sweaty when they got home. ¡°He''ll go to bed after taking a bath, and you can just leave after he fell sleep!¡± Jasmine said that to Johnny. ¡°Yeah, okay!¡± Johnny nodded, he then walked to the window and lighted up a cigarette. He didn''t want to say too much to the stubborn Jasmine. She always held an condescending attitude which Johnny couldn''t bear with. For him, women should be tender and mild. ¡°Sorry, I was being too harsh on you. Please don''t take it to your heart.¡± Jasmine suddenly blurted out to Johnny. Johnny goggled at Jasmine. He couldn''t believe that Jasmine said those words. ¡°Why are you looking at me like that?¡± Jasmine felt that Johnny''s gaze was so strange. ¡°Nothing, I just thought that hearing ''sorry'' from your mouth was such a miracle!¡± Johnnyughed as he said. ¡°You!¡± Jasmine was pissed. She coldly said, ¡°People like you always forget easily who you are when others treat you well. Take anything you want to eat. There are drinks in the fridge and fruits on the table. I''m going to shower.¡± Jasmine really ignored Johnny after saying that. She just walked inside. ¡°I was really talking nonsense!¡± Johnny talked to himself. He didn¡¯t take it too seriously. After he finished smoking, he took a drink from the fridge, turned the TV on, and started drinking. He was truly tired when he sat on the sofa and he was very sleepy because he had been working for the whole day. He hadn''t even sat for long before rushing to Jasmine¡¯s ce. He was not a robot, so this was definitely tiresome for him. Right when Johnny almost fell asleep on the sofa, he heard Samuel calling "dad". Johnny turned his head and saw Jasmine in her sleepwear carrying Samuel and walking to the living room''s door. Jasmine spoke to Samuel, ¡°All right, say good night to dad. We''re going to sleep.¡± Johnny smiled and spoke to Samuel, ¡°Good night, sweet dreams.¡± ¡°No, no, dad! Don''t go, don''t go! I want to sleep with you.¡± Once Samuel heard Jasmine''s words, he immediately sensed something wrong so he started making a fuss. Jasmine frowned again as she said, ¡°Dad hasn''t left and he won''t leave.¡± ¡°No, I want to sleep with dad, I want to sleep with dad and mom.¡± ¡°What?¡± Jasmine was dumbfounded, and so was Johnny. Sam''s request was really too shocking. ¡°What nonsense are you talking about?¡± Jasmine''s face slightly blushed as she scolded her own son. ¡°I''m not talking nonsense. They all said to me that they sleep with their parents, why? Why can''t I sleep with my parents? No, no, I want to sleep with dad and mom!¡± When Samuel made a fuss, it was really eye-popping. ¡°Okay, all right, dad and mom will sleep with you. We''ll sleep together.¡± Jasmine couldn''t stand any longer so she could onlypromise. ¡°What? That''s a yes?¡± Johnny opened his eyes widely. He looked at Jasmine in disbelief. ¡°I don''t even mind, so why do you mind? Come in!¡± Jasmine fiercely red at Johnny, and then she carried Sam into her own bedroom. ¡°Holy shit, w-what is this?¡± Johnny couldn''t believe this was happening. But he had no other choice than to follow Jasmine into her bedroom. Chapter 18 Bedroom (3) Chapter 18 Bedroom (3) This was Johnny''s first time entering a woman''s bedroom. It''s a woman''s bedroom after all. The decorations inside were all sweet and soft with a faint woman''s scent which was the same scent as Jasmine''s. ¡°Dad,e, sleep here!¡± Samuel sat on the bed and pointed at it as he said to Johnny. Johnny felt very awkward. He stood by the door without entering the room, and spoke to Samuel, ¡°Good boy, you can sleep first and dad will just watch you sleep, okay?¡± ¡°No, no, I don''t want to. I want to sleep with dad and mom! From now on I want to sleep with dad and mom every day! All the other kids sleep with their parents. Dad, please, sleep with me and mom!¡± Samuel started crying again after hearing Johnny''s words. Such a fuss made Johnny feel like his head could explode. ¡°You sleep there, sleep on his side.¡± Jasmine said that as she whispered to Johnny, ¡°You can leave after he fell asleep. He''s tired so don''t let him make a fuss anymore.¡± Johnny scratched his head. This was extremely awkward. Actually, he could also see that Jasmine was forcing herself to calm down. Ever since Johnny entered the bedroom, Jasmine''s face had been blushing. It was clear that she felt very shy and awkward too. But for her child, she had no other way. Thinking of that, Johnny felt an admiration towards Jasmine. Mothers were all remarkable. Johnny had no other choice but walk to the other side of the bed. He didn''t know whether he should take his clothes off or not. In the end, he just took his jacket off andid down on the edge of the bed. He slept on one side while Jasmine slept on the other side and Samuel slept in the middle. Luckily, the bed wasrge enough, because both Jasmine and Johnny slept on the edge, the middle part of the bed was empty, and thus there wouldn''t be any skinship between them. It''s just that, it''d definitely feel awkward and strange for man and woman who were strangers to sleep in the same bed. Sleeping under the nket, Johnny smelled the intoxicating scent from the pillow. He couldn''t help admitting that it smelled really good and refreshing, it also made Johnny feel a bit excited. After all, he''s a vigorous man with basic needs. ¡°Dad, can you... hug me to sleep?¡± Samuel opened his eyes widely as he looked at Johnny. ¡°Okay, dad will hug you to sleep.¡± It was impossible for Johnny to refuse Sam¡¯s request. He stretched his hand out and held Samuel in his arms. ¡°Dad, I want you to tell me a story,¡± Samuel said in a seriously tone. ¡°Tell a story?¡± ¡°Yeah, mom tells me a story every night so that I can fall sleep. Dad, it''s your turn today to tell me a story. From now on, tell me a story every day, okay?¡± ¡°Just tell him a story. He has a habit of listening to a story before he sleeps.¡± Jasmine reminded him. ¡°But... But... I don''t know how to tell a story.¡± Johnny looked helpless. ¡°Can''t you just make one up?¡± Jasmine muttered. That really troubled Johnny. Making up a story was not that easy and he''s no Hans Christian Andersen, how would he make up a fairy tale out of nowhere? ¡°Read along!¡± Jasmine suddenly crawled up from the bed, walked to a side, took a book, and threw it to Johnny. She then turned the lights off and said, ¡°Turn the tablemp on.¡± Johnny turned the tablemp on, flipped over a few pages, then looked at Samuel. Samuel was hugging himself tightly while staring at him.N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. ¡°Once upon a time, there''s a diligent little squirrel and azy little crow. They are best friends. Autumn is almost over and winter ising. The wind is chilly and the snow is heavy. Little squirrel is looking everywhere for food, but little crow just stays on the bed watching TV and eating the leftovers fromst year.¡± Johnny held the book, turned to a random page, and started reading it. While he was reading, he suddenly felt someone kicking him, so he turned his head and looked at Jasmine. ¡°Take a look. Is he asleep?¡± Jasmine lowered her voice and asked. Johnny nced at Samuel, who already fell asleep while hugging Johnny''s hand. Sam was sleeping soundly. ¡°He fell asleep. I''m leaving.¡± Johnny also whispered. ¡°Okay!¡± Jasmine sat up on the bed and looked at her son. ¡°He''s hugging me very tightly. Help me move him away.¡± Johnny moved a bit and realized that Samuel was gripping him. Jasmine came over. She was going to pull away Samuel''s hands that were hugging Johnny to make it easier for Johnny to free himself. Before she did it, Samuel cried out, ¡°Dad, dad, don''t go, dad.¡± The two of them were shocked. They immediately took a look and saw Sam shutting his eyes tightly, who was still asleep but kept crying out "dad, don''t go". He''s clearly dreaming about Johnny leaving. Seeing that, they were both stunned as they looked at each other. ¡°What if you just stay here tonight?¡± Jasmine hesitated for a long time before saying that, and she blushed even more. ¡°Huh?¡± Johnny was very surprised. He didn''t know how to answer that. ¡°If you really left, just in case he woke up in the middle of the night and didn''t see you, he''d make a fuss again. He''s really too dependent on you.¡± Jasmine sighed as she said that, ¡°Just sleep there. You can leave tomorrow morning, and at that time just say that you''re going to work. He shouldn''t be making a fuss out of that.¡± ¡°T-that¡¯s inappropriate... Right?¡± Johnny was also dumbfounded, but he felt that this was so wrong. ¡°Why is it inappropriate? Just remember not to move too much when you sleep at night, just sleep where you are. I tell you what. I''m awyer. If I find you trying to do something bad, you''ll be in the jail for your whole life!¡± Jasmine was clearly quite afraid so she said that first to Johnny. ¡°What? I don''t get your logic. You''re the one who wanted me to sleep on your bed, but why are you suggesting that I have bad intentions? I''m the one who''s afraid of you trying to do something bad, you know?¡± Johnny retorted. ¡°You!¡± Jasmine once again was pissed off by Johnny. After a while she finally said, ¡°It''s best if you don''t. Sorry for troubling you. It''s all for the child. He had never had a dad since he was born, as I owe him that. Luckily, I¡¯ve found you. Seeing how he depends on you so much right now, I assume his condition might really develop into a mental illness if he don''t see his dad soon.¡± Johnny nodded. That child was indeed pitiful. Even though he had great living conditions, he had no father since birth. ¡°Sorry to ask this, but where''s his father?¡± And he hurriedly continued, ¡°I don''t mean to pry, nor am I gossiping. I''m just afraid that if you have a husband, then your husbandes home and sees me sleeping on your bed, he would definitely beat me up. You should tell me the truth and give me some sense of security. This request doesn''t go over the line, right?¡± Jasmine looked at Johnny, agreeing that his words made sense too. After staying quiet for a moment, she said, ¡°He has no dad and I don''t have a husband too. Don''t worry, no one wille trouble you. Just sleep at ease!¡± Chapter 19 Bedroom (4) Chapter 19 Bedroom (4) "How could he have no dad?" Johnny felt puzzled at heart, but he didn''t ask anything else because he could tell that Jasmine disliked it when others asked about that. "Do you have a girlfriend?" Jasmine suddenly asked after a very long time. "That''s privacy." "I don''t care about your privacy. I just hope that you''ll be responsible as you¡¯re getting paid by me. If you have a girlfriend, please exin this job clearly to her. Don''t let her think of something bad and trouble me." Jasmine said tly. "Don''t worry, I''m single. I don''t even have rtives in this city, let alone a girlfriend. You can rest assured!" Johnny sneered. Jasmine just looked at Johnny and didn''t say anything, and after some time she only said, "That''s good, then." "You really don''t know how to keep a conversation going, do you? I don''t have a girlfriend and you say ''good''? What does that mean?" Johnny couldn''t help saying that. "All right, just sleep. Turn the tablemp on your side off. No, forget it, don''t turn it off." Jasmine first told him to turn the lights off, but soon after she hurriedly said don''t turn it off. Johnny knew clearly why she said that. Any woman who was going to sleep in the same bed with an unfamiliar man wouldn''t feel safe about it. Keeping the lights on was actually just for some sense of security in her heart. Even though Johnny said he''s going to sleep, he couldn''t actually fall asleep of course. In a new environment and a stranger''s bed... Surely, that''s not the main point. He had never had difficulties sleeping in somewhere other than his own bed. As long as he''s tired and sleepy he could sleep anywhere. But the problem was, someone''s son was hugging him and someone''s wife was sleeping by his side, which felt inexplicably strange. Johnny couldn''t sleep, while Jasmine was even worse. She felt so nervous at heart. She''s afraid that Johnny was a beast that would suddenly crawl up and do something immoral to her. The two of them didn''t fall asleep but none of them said anything. They both opened their eyes widely as they stared at the ceiling. After quite some time, Johnny suddenly crawled out of the bed. "Ah!" Jasmine immediately crawled up once she saw Johnny get up. Almost reflexively, she lifted the quilt and jumped off the bed. She was groping around and in the end she took a slipper from the side of the bed. She nervously spoke, "What are you going to do? I tell you what, don''t mess around, I''m a Johnny just sat on the bed and looked at Jasmine speechlessly. He was bemused at what Jasmine was going to do. Seeing Jasmine''s strange action, he asked after a while, "What are you doing? Sleepwalking?" Jasmine was also stunned. Seeing that Johnny didn''t seem like he was going to do something bad to her, she stuttered, "You... You... What are you going to do? Why did you get up?" "I have to pee so I''m going to the toilet. What do you think I was going to do?" Johnny asked her back. "N-nothing, I''ll turn the lights on for you." Jasmine blushed in an instant at Johnny¡¯s words and found a make-do excuse. It was really so awkward that it couldn''t go worse. "Themp here is already on. Don''t bother." Johnny pointed at the bright tablemp as he said that. He then put on his shoes. "You can just sleep peacefully. I''m not a gentleman or something, but I''m absolutely not a bastard who''d take advantage of others'' difficulties. Since you''re letting me sleep here then you should trust me. Otherwise, we''ll both feel bad. If you don''t trust me then you shouldn''t let me stay here. There should at least be trust between people. Sam wouldn''t be woken up anymore I guess. It''s almost 2 o''clock. I''m going back first. Call me again if he makes a fuss and asks for me tomorrow night!" Johnny felt uneasy at heart when he looked at Jasmine who was so on guard with him. It was impossible not to be angry. Johnny put on his own jacket and shoes before he walked out. When Johnny walked out of the toilet in Jasmine house''s, he saw Jasmine wearing her sleepwear and a jacket waiting for him there. "Sorry, I should have trusted you," Jasmine said sincerely. "No problem, we are strangers that have only met for a few times. It''s logical for you not to trust me. All right, just sleep. I''m going home. I''ll close the door for you." Johnny indifferently said that while lighting a cigarette up. "Will there be any taxi at this time? Just sleep here!" Jasmine looked at the clock as she said that. It was nearly 3 o''clock. "Do you think you can fall asleep if I sleep here tonight? Forget it, it''s fine. Let me see if I can get a taxi!" Johnny replied slowly. "Wait a moment. Let me get dressed and send you home!" Jasmine gave it a thought before saying that. "What about Samuel if you leave? If he wakes up and both of us aren''t here, he''d cry so badly. It''s okay. Don''t worry about me. I''m leaving!" "Can you drive?" Jasmine asked in the end. "Yeah, why?" "Wait a second." Jasmine ran into her room, rummaged through her bag, took a car key out, and handed it to Johnny. "Just drive my car back home. I don''t need to go to work tomorrow and I have no ns on going out anyway. Come over tomorrow night and have some meal. He''s too dependent on you. I also hope that you can oftene here to apany him and let him feel some father''s love, which should be good for his growth. You''ve also seen that he''s very happy when he''s with you. I''m really sorry. I''ll give you extra sry!" "More again? Do you have too much money? It''s already twenty thousand per month and you''re still adding?" Johnny didn''t know what expression he should put on. In the end, he smiled as he took the car key, "Are you not afraid that I''ll get your car scratched?" "There''s insurance." "That''s true, all right, I''ll drive the car and I''lle over tomorrow after work. You don''t need to give me extra sry, just give me fifteen thousand a month. It''s not worth it if you add more. The things I do aren''t worth that much. Actually fifteen thousand is not worth it either, but it''s mainly because I really need money now. I''ll feel bad if I ept more. No matter what, thank you for giving me this job. I really need it right now. Just go to bed. I''lle on time tomorrow. You can give him my phone number. If he All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. cries again and asking for me, tell him to call me and I''ll coax him," Johnny said while taking Jasmine''s car key and he walked out of her vi. Johnny indeed could drive and he had gotten his driver''s license for years. Even he had no car, he had driven the take-home vehicle out many times when he worked in the government so his driving skills were pretty good. "What a nice car indeed. Look at this space!" Johnny sat inside the car, as he touched and looked around. In the end he started the car and slowly drove out of Jasmine''s house. Jasmine, who kept looking at Johnny until he left, had a strange feeling in her heart. All of a sudden, she didn''t find him so revolting. She returned to the room and started to sleep. She couldn''t sleep at all before, but she felt at ease and fell asleep in a short time after Johnny left. "Now I''ve be a professional in apanying people to eat, drink, and sleep!" Johnny drove the car as he muttered to himself. He drove the car to around his house, but he didn''t dare to park randomly on the roadside like other cars, in case someone scratched it. He wouldn''t be able topensate Jasmine. In the end, there was no other choice than driving a few minutes more to a parking lot, where he even gave dozens of bucks as parking fee. Doing some calctions, Johnny felt that driving Jasmine''s car back home wasn''t a good deal because he had to walk almost ten minutes to go back home. Chapter 20 Bedroom (5) Chapter 20 Bedroom (5) It was nearly 4 o''clock when Johnny arrived home. He just went on the bed and slept. He woke up very earn some more since he wasn''t busy anyway. He was delivering packages when he got a call. "Is this the delivery man from express deliverypany?" It was the voice of a woman on the other side. "Yes, that''s right, hello, what can I help you with?" Johnny asked in a polite tone. He had always been very polite since he worked in thatpany. You just have to, since you''re in the service industry. "I need to send things out. Can youe and pick it up?" "Yes, sure, can you tell me the address? I''ll go over right away." Once Johnny heard that he''d need to pick it up, he hurriedly took a paper and pen to write the address down. Commissions of pick-up deliveries were multiple times more than themission of merely delivering things. She told her address to Johnny. After writing it down clearly, he said, "Please wait for a while I''ll go over as soon as I finish delivering the current parcels. In around 20 minutes." After he was done, Johnny hurriedly rode the tricycle to that address. That''s a single apartment. Johnny went on the elevator and then he stopped in front of the door of the address and started knocking. Not long after, a woman opened the door. She looked like she was around 24 to 25 years old. Even if she was wearing sleepwear with no make- up on, her appearance still surprised Johnny. She had a delicate face and a tall figure, if Jasmine was a mature red rose, then the girl in front of him was a fresh and refined lily, different scents but with the same beauty. She was the second stunning beauty Johnny had met in Pearl City while the first one was Jasmine. Johnny was stunned by her beauty. He could only react after a few seconds by smiling and asking, "Excuse me, are you the one who wants to send a package?" "Right, that''s me,e in!" The girl said politely as she took a pair of sandals for Johnny. Johnny was quite moved so he hurriedly said thank you, because there were few people who would be so polite towards a delivery guy. Most of the times people didn''t really wee delivery men to enter the house. They were treated as low-ss workers for most people, just like migrant workers who got looked down upon. "You''re Johnny, right?" She looked at Johnny. "How do you know my name?" Johnny felt very strange. He somehow felt that she looked at him with a very strange gaze. Else than that, he felt some kind of deja vu with her. Perhaps, every man felt some kind of deja vu when they saw a beautiful woman, maybe in their dreams. "I..." she was quite nervous but soon after she said, "I called yourpany." "Oh, I see. Right, hello, I''m Johnny." Johnny didn''t doubt it so he just nodded. "Hello, I''m Victoria." She stood in front of Johnny and stretched her hand out. Her smile even looked enchanting. "Ah, yeah... Hello, hello!" Johnny was stunned, he then shook her hand. The hand he shook was so soft and the skin of her fingers was so fair. Johnny was quite moved, who would be so friendly to take the initiative and shake hands with a delivery man? In short, that was the first time Johnny encountered such case since he started working. "I''ll pour you a cup of tea!" She wasn''t in a haste to send the package but was going to pour tea for Johnny. Soon after, she stuck her tongue out and said, "Sorry, I forgot, I don''t drink tea so there''s no tea in my house. How about a cup of coffee?" "No, thanks. There''s really no need. Thank you very much. Where''s the item that you want to send? Let''s fill the form!" Johnny hurriedly said. How much time would be wasted if he drank the coffee? He still got many parcels to deliver. "What I want to send. Wait a second, I''ll look for it!" Victoria looked around the room after hearing that. Look for it? Johnny felt it was a bit odd. "Right, just send this!" The girl walked to the small side table, took a book, and handed it to Johnny. Johnny felt strange. It seemed like she just randomly grabbed something in her house to send. Johnny looked at that book. It was a very famous book, ¡®Tiny Times¡¯ by Jimmy Grant, favored by many women . "Nothing else?" "Do I still have to send something else?" Victoria asked in confusion. Johnny suddenly felt extremely annoyed. "Only you yourself know whether you need to send other things or not. How would I know that? I''m asking you, are there other things you want to send together? If there is none then I''ll seal your package." "Oh, I see. There''s nothing else, just seal it!" Victoria replied hurriedly. "Okay then, you just need to fill the form!" Johnny took out a pile of forms and a pen from his own bag, handed it to Victoria, then he took the wrapper and started wrapping the book. "It''s my first time filling this so I don''t know how. Tell me which of these should be filled in." Victoria asked after looking at the form for quite a while. "Write the sender''s full name, which is your full name, and your address, contact number, and zip code here. Then write the full name, address, contact number, and zip code of the person you want to send it to, that''s all. I''ll help you fill the rest." Johnny exined to Victoria as he had done this many times. "I have a question. Can I just fill in a random name and address for the receiver?" Victoria asked. Johnny opened his eyes widely. The first thing he felt was, there might be something wrong with her brain. "Miss, I..." "Haven''t I told you that I''m Victoria? Don''t call me Miss, it sounds so bad." Victoria was very unsatisfied with Johnny''s way of addressing her. "Miss Victoria, the receiver''s name, address, contact number, and zip code must all be filled correctly. Otherwise, it''ll be impossible for the other party to receive it." "What will happen if it''s not received?" Victoria asked again. "If the location is wrong or no one sign to receive it, then the express deliverypany will send your package back to you. It''ll be very troublesome for us and it''ll also cause unnecessary trouble for you, right? So please confirm the receiver''s full name, address, and contact number." Johnny exined in seriousness again. "Oh, okay then!" Victoria nodded like she understood. She took the pen and started filling the form. Meanwhile, Johnny was focusing on wrapping the package. "Alright, all done." Victoria finished soon and she handed the form to Johnny. Johnny looked at the form, surprised. He asked, "Send it to Pearl City?" "Yeah!" "Are you sure you have written it correctly?" "Yeah, why? Can''t you send it to the local area?" Victoria asked him back. "You can, but it''s just not many people would do so." Johnny didn''t bother to care about it so much. She could send it to wherever she liked. It''s none of his business. "Okay, the shipping fee is fifteen bucks in total." Johnny stuck the form onto the parcel first before saying that to her. "Fifteen bucks, so cheap!" Victoria looked astonished. Johnny didn¡¯t even know what''s best to say so he could only smile, "Yes, it is pretty cheap." N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. Victoria took her wallet, spent a long time to find a twenty bucks, and gave it to Johnny, but Johnny didn''t find a five bucks change on him. He felt sorry as he asked, "Sorry, I don''t have 5 bucks for change. Do you have another 5 bucks? I''ll give you 10 bucks." Victoria took her wallet out and searched carefully. It''s full of 100 bucks; let alone 5 bucks, the only 20 bucks was the one she had just taken out. "Do you have 70 bucks change?" Victoria in the end asked Johnny. "I have it, but I don''t have five bucks. 70 bucks change is useless too!" "It''s useful, how is it useless? This way, I''ll send another one and it''ll be 30 in total, I''ll give you 100 and you just need to give me 70." Victoria said that as she tidied up her wallet. "You''ll send another one?" Johnny choked, "To the same address?" "Yeah, let me see, what should I send... Oh yeah, this one!" Victoria looked around again. In the end she took a fashion magazine and handed it to Johnny. The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!