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Chapter 352: It Doesn't Matter Who Comes First in Love
Chapter 352: It Doesn't Matter Who Comes First in Love
Lily can't look straight at him because his gaze is blazing.
She moves her lips and lies, shaking her head with a smile, "Yes, I will always be with you."
"Really?" John's eyes light up as if he were reborn. Then he takes her to the dining room.
"I cooked lunch. It's all your favorite."
Guilt crosses Lily's heart. She forces a smile and sits down at the table to dine with him, praising, "Chef
Dawn, you are getting better at this!"
"Then loosen your belt."
"Don't worry. I will eat up because you prepared it!"
John is pleased and chuckles, handing over a bowl of soup.
Noticing Lily's mouth is greasy and cream is at her lip corners, he reaches out his thumb to wipe it off
for her, but she leans back to avoid intimate contact.
John's hand stops there, his eyes gloomy.
She looks a little awkward and whispers, "I didn't mean to.... Please don't mind."
"I was being rude." John quickly puts on a warm smile and hands her a napkin. "I still have time. I will
wait for you to accept me."
Lily nods. "After a month, you'll be healthy as a horse!"
John puts food in her bowl and says after a while, "The hotel is boring. I don't want to stay any longer. I
want to live somewhere with neighbors and gardens."
"Alright, I'll look for it this afternoon," Lily quickly says. She also feels the hotel is like a cage. John can't
stay there for long. "We will plant camellias in the garden."
John remembers that woman's snarky words and resentful gaze in the restaurant in South City. His
heart aches as if it were stabbed, the pain unbearable.
He looks down and whispers, "No.... I don't like camellias. I don't want to see them ever again."
It reminds him of his indecent parentage and how his whole life has been a lie.
Lily thinks of all he has gone through, and her nose turns sore. "Okay, then we won't have them. What
about green roses? I like the ones you gave me when we were having a good time in Hanchi."
John looks up at her and says, "You already know?"
"Yes." Lily's eyes are sore, and she doesn't know what to say. "You idiot, you always bottle things up.
Why didn't you tell me...?"
"Yes, I wish I had told you sooner," John murmurs.
If he played dirty and were braver, and if he confessed everything to her and kept her around no matter
what, Louis wouldn't be part of her life.
It turns out the most conniving one always wins, no matter when he joins the game.
"Have some more." Lily suppresses her bad feelings and puts more food in his bowl, smiling, "Let's
look for a house after dinner. It won't rain today!"
John also smiles, "Great."
After lunch, Lily helps to clean up. At around one o'clock in the afternoon, they leave the hotel together.
Lily finds a few good residential areas with convenient transportation on the local real estate websites.
She arranges an appointment with an agent and drives John to visit the open houses.
They drive around the city for more than an hour for the houses and nail down a villa with a garden in
the residential area of Randulas Road.
This place seems to be favored by those who come from China. On their way here, Lily and John meet
several Asians with black hair and eyes and greet them amicably.
After signing the contract, Lily and John go back to the hotel to pack their things.
They don't have much stuff, so they finish the work fast and go to the villa.
After tidying up the rooms, Lily goes downstairs and notices John is cleaning the living room with an
apron. She can't help but tease, "Hello, Mr. Snail."
"Why Mr. Snail?"
Lily briefly tells him the story of Lady Snail and adds, "I feel I am like that farmer. Delicious food and a
clean house wait for me at home every day."
"That's a good story," John smiles and looks at her with burning gaze. "If you like it, I can be Mr. Snail
for you forever."
Lily's cheeks are hot. She coughs and changes the subject, "Didn't you say the porch light in the living
room wouldn't work? Let's go to the supermarket to buy some vegetables and meat as well as light
bulbs."
John is used to her avoiding his confession, so he takes off his cleaning clothes and goes out with her.
They buy a lot of vegetables and fruits in the supermarket, as well as daily necessities and light bulbs.
It is dark when they return. Lily volunteers to cook dinner, and John changes the light in the living room.
Dinner is ready, and Lily sets the table, saying proudly, "Have a taste. I also cooked the meat sauce. I
guarantee these are the best meat sauce noodles you've ever tried!"
John smiles, "Are you sure?"
"Stop it there."
After John picks up his fork, Lily leans closer and asks him, "How is it? Isn't it delicious?"
"No."
"What?"
Lily tastes the noodles on her plate. Just as she is about to say "it is good", John chuckles and praises,
"It's super delicious. These are the best meat sauce noodles I've ever put in my mouth."
"John, can't you finish your sentence in one go!" Lily pretends to be angry and glares at him. "I wanted
to make soup for you tomorrow, but now I change my plan."
John quickly begs for mercy and chuckles, "It's my fault. I didn't speak my mind in time. Let this one go.
I'm looking forward to my lunch tomorrow."
Lily snorts, "You will do the dishes tonight, and tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow!"
"Alright."
"I bought some seeds of green roses. Tomorrow, you will build a shed and dig up the soil, okay?"
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Lily rolls some spaghetti around her fork and put it into her mouth, slurring, "We will decide what we are
going to watch tonight playing rock-paper-scissors. I've selected my movie."
"Maybe I will win?" John smiles. He feels relaxed and happy chatting with her, as if they were in love. "I
want to watch Saw."
"I'm a girl. Aren't you going to let me win?"
"It isn't fun that way."
Lily props up her cheeks and sighs, "Men are so inconsiderate. I don't feel loved."
John chuckles again.
John pulls a trick during the rock-paper-scissors match. His gaze is gentle when he watches her turning
on the projector with joy. She is the only one in his heart.
Lily chooses a war film "Schindler's List". She watched it in school. It is lengthy, but she would review it
when she is free to feel the warmth in the war.
The living room is pitch black. There is only the light from the projector. She and John sit on the sofa
and watch the movie quietly. It feels peaceful and beautiful.
Lily cries easily when she is moved. Halfway through the movie, she is in tears and gropes for the
tissue box in the dark but touches a slightly cold hand.