Jas Black’s reply was to tighten his palm, leaving Jane Sampson’s fingertips unable to move. Lowering his gaze, he saw her smile slowly fade, replaced by a look of sorrow. Her fingers were still feebly struggling against the center of his palm. Eventually, Jane’s antics made Jas laugh.
"How old are you?" Jas asked with laughter in his voice.
"Eighteen," Jane responded quickly. "I’m a forever 18-year-old fairy."
"Heh," Jas laughed, not arguing with her.
The elevator door opened, and Jas led Jane inside. From the basent level to the second floor, soone else ca in. It was the sa auntie they had encountered that morning while buying groceries.
The auntie ca in, carrying bags of stuff, glanced at the two in the elevator, her eyes settled on their clasped hands for a mont, her mouth twitched, and she muttered, "Kids these days, in public no less, have no restraint."
Jane sneakily looked up at Jas, and when he looked back at her, she exaggeratedly rolled her eyes and then covertly nodded toward the auntie.
Jas, on the other hand, showed no reaction, as if the muttering woman was not talking about him.
"Miss, I’ve heard that your husband is a defender," the auntie suddenly spoke up to Jane. "So neighbors have seen him coming back in his team uniform."
"Ah," Jane replied nonchalantly, wondering if the auntie might have inquired about her and Jas after they went their separate ways this morning.
Fortunately, she had been wearing her mask and hat the whole ti, only taking off her sunglasses after getting in and out of the car.
"Why marry a guard? Isn’t that bad? It’s true that guards’ salaries have gone up recently, but how high can they really go? It’s still a fixed salary, right? And he has to stick around the guard team, sacrificing so much. Where’s the good in that? You say your husband is busy with work. He’s stuck at the team base all year round, how can he not be busy? So, marrying a guard? There’s no benefit in that."
"Whether it’s good or not, that’s for , his wife, to worry about," Jane’s temper flared up. "Auntie, you don’t know anything about it, and yet you’re rat-a-tat-tat criticizing soone’s occupation. That’s not very nice, is it?" Jane was hardly polite as she spoke out.
"Young lady, I’ve been around the block. I’ve eaten more salt than you’ve had als," the auntie said with an air of having more experience and knowledge than Jane.
By now, Jane was amused by the annoyance. She had seen people who couldn’t take a hint, but never soone quite like this.
Since the auntie was being rude, Jane was not going to show courtesy either.
"Auntie, you said you’ve eaten more salt than I’ve had als. I believe that. It indicates that the living conditions during your youth weren’t very good, so you’d put more salt in cooking, which would save so money on groceries. I understand that."
When the house first ca on the market, Jas bought it, because they were officially engaged at the ti. Jas surveyed new property developnts throughout Capital Province before finally choosing to settle here for their marriage ho.
Partly, it was because this real estate was a high-end building. The house prices and property managent fees alone would exclude the majority of ordinary people. Jas considered that, since Jane would mostly live alone for so ti, when choosing the house, he deliberately picked the best location with the highest price.
After getting the keys, Jas had arranged for the decoration, and they moved in post-wedding. Jane had never seen this old couple when she first moved in; they only moved in over the past year.
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