My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

He snickered before walking over to tidy my clothes up, pretending as if nothing had happened. He then solemnly promised, "Right then, I'll remind you loudly next time. We were recognized. It's not an eye- opening experience for you..."

"You!" My face flushed red with anger. Remind me loudly? That was clearly a public execution!

"Alright, let's go." Hendrix fixed his belt and held onto my face to kiss me on my forehead. With that, he led me to the stairs and said, "If we're any later, we won't even be able to leave through the back door." All I could do at the moment was to suppress my anger and follow him out of the building.

The good news was that we came out early enough before the crowd discovered the backdoor. After making our way through the crowd and veering through a few alleyways, Hendrix and I managed to blend into the crowd and successfully make our escape.

We watched a fire-breathing juggler perform and saw a vendor selling candied haws passing by, so I begged Hendrix to buy it for me.

In the past, when I watched soap operas to pass the time, I could feel the joy when the main characters shared the same stick of candied haws. Right then as we both had a stick of candied haws in hand, I could taste the best flavor in the world.

A long while later I would remember how the candied haws I had that night was the best I ever had, and that all other candied haws eaten after that never quite matched up to it. In the end, I discovered what conquered the taste buds were more than just the food itself. It included the state of mind and the environment at the present moment. There were not many occasions like this in a lifetime.

Hendrix teased me, saying, "Outsiders might think that I'm not feeding you if you say that."

"Isn't that what you do!" I remained defiant with my mouth stuffed.

"Yes, I'm the meanest husband

stuck my tongue out at him, and after taking advantage of him, I kept enjoying

and crashed into me, causing me to nearly fall over. Fortunately, Hendrix ran up to hold me

toe. After he was sure that I was alright, he put on a solemn expression and reprimanded me in

at him and did not take him seriously. Then, I went to help the child up. A trampling accident was inevitable in a crowd. Concerned, I asked, "Are you alright,

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out to sabotage

patted the dust off her and replied with a wide smile, "It doesn't hurt. I'm sorry, Auntie, for running and accidentally crashing into you." She was really polite

great mood, I handed the extra candied haws in hand to her without a second

you, Auntie! Thank you, Uncle!" The girl thanked us both in quick succession. When she saw us nodding back

go to be on par with Aurelia."

right. No one could

stood firm on that matter. Rather than replying to him, I turned around and walked away with my head held

lifted my foot, I was dragged by

before he took one of my hands in his grasp. As he crossed

let it slide as I didn't have any evidence to prove so. I let him be. Before we had gone far, I felt something tugging at the right corner of