“No matter what, I’m happy because it’s arranged by my wife.” To be able to be together every day, watching her smile and having her sleep in his arms every night, for him, it was already very satisfying.
Actually, he knew what his honey wanted to do. He actually had a plan too. He just didn’t say it, intending to give her a little surprise. However, since the little girl was so proactive, he let her make the arrangement. It was also a kind of happiness for him to enjoy it.
His honey was a very honest person, the kind who lived life at ease and wouldn’t pursue those fancy things. But the occasional romantic stuff was an icing for their relationship.
At 4:30, Peng, the driver, was in front of her hotel’s door on time.
After her car accident, Alan had completely confiscated her car key. Even if her hands no longer had problems with strength, he still refused to let her touch the steering wheel.
She knew it was because he was worried about her safety, fearing that the same thing would happen for second time. She didn’t try to show off anymore to not increase his burden.
Regardless of his relaxed appearance in front of others every day, she could actually feel his spirit running at a high speed. He had too many things to consider, and everything needed to be detailed. The scope he had to control was too wide, and everything needed to be alike. He couldn’t make the slightest mistake, otherwise it would be a waste of all his previous efforts.
Such days weren’t a day or two, but for many years, which showed how much pressures he had.
So, one day, after he took a bath, she was blowing his wet hair for him. Then suddenly she found a few white hairs were hidden under his thick black hair. Her heart jerked.
Now, there wasn’t something he wasn’t worried about. Even if she felt that his worry was unnecessary, she would try not to do it and cooperate with him as much as possible.
Although this looked very unfree, she didn’t feel imprisoned. She just needed to wait for those things to be completely over, then she could live with her heart’s content again.
Soon, he said.
She didn’t ask for when. She just wished that everything would be safe.
Olive asked Peng to drive her to the supermarket. Humans couldn’t function properly on an empty stomach. No matter how romantic the date would be, she couldn’t have empty bellies. So, she felt like there was really nothing new about her arrangement.
It was just that when she walked to the fresh food area, the feeling of being peeped once again provoked her sensitivity. The feeling was so strong that she could tell the person was standing not far from her left.
Who was that person?
She pretended not to sense anything, and continued to pick beef seriously. She scanned over the direction of the target, still nothing.
Was that person’s alertness too high that they were highly good at pretending to be an ordinary citizen, or was she too paranoid?
This feeling was haunting her entire time at the supermarket. There was obviously something wrong, but the person hid in the crowd like they were wearing an invisible cloak, making her unable to distinguish.
But sometimes, once she competed with something, it meant that she wasn’t that easy to give up.
Since that person liked to spy on others so much, they might as well play a game of hide and seek.
Pushing the shopping cart, which full of her groceries, to the cash register, she called the driver for safety. “Peng, drive the car to the underground parking lot. I have a lot of stuffs.”
“Do you want me to help?” Peng asked.
Olive said, “No, I can take all of them. I can just take the elevator.”
Her voice wasn’t loud, but was clear enough to be heard by several people around her. If that person was a certain person in the crowd, they had to have noticed her words.
Although small cars had become more and more popular as a means of transportation, they weren’t affordable for everyone. Most people still relied on buses and subways. If that person intended to continue to follow her, they would definitely follow her to the underground parking lot, which could narrow her range.
Olive snorted inwardly. She didn’t believe that she couldn’t catch them. She wanted to see how holy that acquaintance was.
She had been here many times and was familiar with the entire mall, and the supermarket was only a part of this mall.
There weren’t many people on the lift to the underground parking lot. She pretended to look behind her. All the people were no different from ordinary shopping mall customers, and she still couldn’t make out the suspicious person.
Or, each of them was suspicious, which could be a big headache.
Olive turned her gaze back in disappointment and her mind was running fast, thinking about which one was most likely the person. She wasn’t Sherlock Holmes. She didn’t have that deep insight.
But sometimes, when you couldn’t find it and thought you were in a dead end, it would give you a sudden turn.
She kept confining the person who was following her, but forgot that the person might also walk in front of her, or even wandered in front of her like a passerby.
She paid attention to the woman who was three steps away and wearing big sunglasses. The woman was hurriedly turning her head away.
The sun in an early summer had already begun to feel warm. If there was such a person at outdoors, even if a group of people was standing in front of her, she wouldn’t feel surprised. But they were at indoors, and the lights in the underground parking lot weren’t that bright. It could even be said that it was a little dark. Sunglasses could prevent the intensity of sunlight attacking the eyes and increase one’s beauty and mystery. However, if you insisted on wearing it in a place with insufficient lights, didn’t you think it would hinder your vision?
Although intuition might not be effective, the woman made her look twice.
The woman seemed to sense that Olive was paying attention on her too. When she got off the elevator, she hurried forward several steps without looking back.
Olive took advantage of this opportunity to cover herself with the cars in the parking lot, quickly and successfully hiding herself in a favorable position for observing.
Under the dim light, cars were going in and out. No one stayed, only the woman in sunglasses. She sneaked around the parking lot for several times. In the end, she seemed to look puzzled and muttered to herself, “Where’s she?”
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