Filed to story: Uncategorized
It’s so cold!
This is Jasper’s first impression, his hand is so cold!
“William, actually I didn’t just find out about this today. I knew about it a long time ago! But over the years, haven’t we been good to each other? Besides, it was your mother who caused trouble for my mother, not you! I dislike your mother, but she’s no longer here. My mother said that since she’s gone, everything should end here,” said Jasper
Is this the end? William pursed his lips, wondering if everything could really end here.
But the things that the mother had done seemed like stains that he couldn’t erase, and they would always exist between them.
She looked at his gloomy face and continued, “William, to me, you are you, and your mother is your mother! We will be together, and we will always be together!”
He remained silent for a while before stammering, “Why don’t you mind?”
She responded with a slightly amused tone, “Why should I mind? We’re friends, and you’re so good to me. If I still minded, wouldn’t that be wrong? Besides, my parents don’t mind either!”
As she spoke, she placed his hand to her lips and blew warm air onto his cold hand. Then she rubbed his hand repeatedly with her own palm, trying to warm it up.
“If anyone says anything about you again, I’ll help you give them a good beating,” she said, but then added somewhat embarrassedly, “Just now was the first time I’ve ever slapped someone, and my palm hurts so much! I didn’t realize that slapping someone would hurt my own hand so much.”
“Your hand hurts?” He was surprised and took her hand to examine her palm.
“Oh, I haven’t warmed up your hand yet,” she exclaimed.
But he only asked, “Does it hurt a lot? Is it painful here?”
As he spoke, he moved his fingertips around her palm.
“It’s okay now, not as painful as before,” she muttered.
Nevertheless, he continued to massage her palm, saying, “Don’t do it again next time. Your hands are precious as a pianist, and they can’t be easily injured. If you really hurt them, you won’t be able to practice for a while, and you’ll suffer.”
“But if they keep talking about you and make you feel upset, what will you do?” she asked.
He took her hand to his lips and gently kissed her palm, saying “As long as you don’t make me sad, I won’t be sad.”
At that moment, Jasper felt his heart racing and his palms getting even hotter.
It’s even more fiery than when I slapped you just now.
At this moment, outside the hotel where the birthday banquet is being held, a figure sits inside a car, looking through the window at the brilliantly lit hotel.
This is the best hotel in Emerald City. A few days ago, news media reported that the Reed family chose to have their triplets‘ birthday party here.
Tonight is also a night where the elite of Emerald City gather.
The boy’s eyes gazed quietly at the hotel’s entrance. After a while, he spoke up and said, “Let’s go, let’s go back.”
“Yes,” responded the driver in the front seat.
The car slowly drove away from the hotel. The young man lowered his head and looked at the wooden figurine in his palm. If Jasper were here, she would recognize this wooden figurine as one of the dolls she gave to Lawrence as a set of wooden toys for playing house. However, at this moment, there was a dark brown stain on the wooden figurine in the young man’s hand, which had seeped into the wood and could not be removed. But if someone knowledgeable looked at it, they would see that the stain on the wood was actually…bloodstains.
The young man’s fingers repeatedly rubbed the wooden figurine, and then he tightly held it in his palm, letting the hard wood hurt his palm. “Jasper, do you regret it?” The young man murmured these words.
But the only response was silence.
One day, he would return to Jasper and ask her face to face if she regretted not answering his call and not extending a helping hand to his family. If the Reed family had helped them at that time, maybe…his parents would not have died in that way.
The Reed family, Jasper…one day, they would definitely meet again…
The car is driving in the darkness, just like how there are many things in this world that are hidden in the shadows.
The birthday party of the Reed triplets ended perfectly and became a topic of conversation among many people in Emerald City for a while.
At Veronica’s school, Veronica and Mason are also the center of attention among their classmates.
Of course, the focus of attention is on Mason, while Veronica is only receiving attention because she is Mason’s “big sister“.
In school, most people, whether they are teachers or students, know that if they want Mason’s help with something, they must first please Veronica.
If Veronica is willing to speak up to Mason, he will agree to it.
However, many people flatter and please Veronica on the surface, but behind her back, they gossip about her and think that she only took advantage of knowing Mason since childhood.
When Veronica once again rejected the proposal of the class president from the next classroom, his face immediately fell.
“The school requires each grade to organize an activity as part of the school anniversary celebration. If
Mason agrees to perform with us on stage, it will definitely have a great effect and the teachers will also praise us. What’s wrong with that?” Leyna said.
“He doesn’t enjoy participating in any performances, and he doesn’t have any special talents in that area either. You can go find other people to perform with,” said
Veronica.
She knew that this kind of group performance was like being a puppet for Mason, which he didn’t enjoy, so she helped him decline.
“You can talk to him. Everyone says that as long as you ask, he will definitely agree. Besides, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any special skills in performing. He looks so good and he’s a celebrity in our school. Just standing on stage will be enough!”
What Leyna didn’t say is that Mason is the second son of the
Reed family. If he participates in this performance, they can get whatever kind of costumes, decorations, and makeup they want, and the Reed family will sponsor it.
And if she could perform on the same stage as Mason, then she would have more opportunities to get in touch with him, right?
In her opinion, Mason is not good at dealing with people, and Veronica is only not particularly close to
Mason because she spends more time with him.
As long as she gets to spend time with Mason, she believes she can also become good friends with him!
By then, her family will also rise to the top because of Mason.
She has heard people say that Veronica’s family was originally just an ordinary family, but because Mason and Veronica were close,
Mason was fostered by Veronica’s family. As a result, the Barlow family benefited greatly, and the Reed family gave them a lot of money every year!
Leyna must be so envious.
Sometimes, when my parents are casually chatting at home, they also talk about this topic. They even said that it would be great if Mason could be fostered in our family, because then he could enjoy the luxury of being picked up and dropped off in fancy cars and living in a big house!
So she thought of using the opportunity of performing in the grade to get closer to Mason.
But the result was unexpected, Veronica refused so decisively!
“Just help out a bit, it’s for the grade after all!” Leyna continued to persuade.
“Sorry, if you really want to, you can talk to Mason yourself,” said
Veronica.
She is now 16 years old, and over the years she has encountered people like Leyna, so she knows very well what the other person is thinking.
As Leyna saw that there was no room for improvement in the situation, her face became increasingly unpleasant, and she turned around and walked away with resentment.
As she walked away, she muttered angrily, “What’s so great about her? She’s just a fake older sister. Besides, who knows what kind of relationship she has behind the scenes, even if she calls herself a sister!”
Veronica’s face turned pale for a moment. Since starting high school, she has been hearing more and more rumors and gossip.
The high school she attended was not a prestigious one in
Emerald City, but rather a regular high school with a good college admission rate. Most of the students here were children of ordinary people.
And because Mason skipped a grade with her, he also went to high school with her.
After starting high school, Mason and Grace stuck together just like before. They even had seats arranged next to each other in class.
And the gossip in high school is far more abundant and harsher than in middle school.
Many people behind her back say that she is in an early relationship with Mason, and some even go so far as to say that they have engaged in inappropriate activities.
She knew that these were just automatically filtering out gossip and rumors.
Mason is an important younger brother and a close relative to her.
Even though there is no blood relation between the two, after so many years of being together, they have become a habitual presence.
Veronica turned around and was about to head back to the classroom when suddenly a ball flew towards her from the direction of the playground and hit her shoulder.
She winced in pain and furrowed her brow.
Next, a figure rushed up to her and apologized urgently, “I’m sorry, are you okay? Do you need any help?”
Veronica frowned and felt a sudden pain in her shoulder.
However, she shook her head and said, “It’s nothing, it doesn’t matter.”
Just as she was about to leave, the other person suddenly stopped her and threw the ball back, shouting to their teammates on the field, “I’ll go with this classmate to the infirmary, you guys keep playing.”
He said to Veronica, “Go to the infirmary and have a look. The force of the ball hitting your shoulder must have hurt you.”
Veronica was taken aback and finally got a good look at the boy In front of her. He was tall and had a cheerful face. Judging from his school uniform, he was probably a year older than her.
“No need, senior. I’ll just go home and apply some red flower oil myself,” said Veronica.
“Let’s go to the medical room to have a look. It will put my mind at ease. Otherwise, if this small injury turns into a big one later on, it won’t be good.” The other person insisted.
Veronica hesitated for a moment, but the other person took her hand without hesitation and led her towards the medical room.
“Hmm?” Veronica was taken aback and for a moment, she couldn’t quite regain her composure.
So, she followed the other person to the medical room, and the doctor there drew the curtain and examined the injury on her shoulder.
And that boy stood outside waiting.
“It’s okay, just a little bruising. Your bones are fine. Just go back and apply some medicine,” said the doctor. “Do you want me to prescribe some medicine for you here?”
“No need, I have some bruise medicine at home,” said Veronica.
The boy breathed a sigh of relief, “Luckily, there’s no bone injury. I was worried about it all along.”
“You boys, when playing ball, also need to pay attention to your surroundings,” said the school doctor.
