True Love Waits

Sheffield sat straight and took Evelyn's hand, sending her a playful smile. "Don't listen to the old man. I've always been a good boy. He just enjoys badmouthing me." "Yeah, right!" Evelyn rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. "Silly boy, do you still eat herbs?"

"No!" He was not as stupid now.

"Can you show me around the yard?" The place was full of the fragrance of herbs. Evelyn couldn't wait to see more of it.

"No problem!" Sheffield smiled and kissed her on her cheeks, grabbing her hand to walk out of the living room.

Herbs were spread across Vernon's yard. The boy apprentice was drying them. When he saw Evelyn and Sheffield coming over, he greeted them warmly.

Sheffield softly nodded at the boy and turned to Evelyn. "Honey, this is Wolf." The boy frowned and cast a protesting glance at him. "It's Wolfberry," Sheffield corrected himself. 'Wolfberry?' Evelyn quietly pulled Sheffield's sleeve and stared at him. "Stop making fun of him. It's rude!"

Before Sheffield could say anything, the boy apprentice hastily waved his hand. "It's fine. Sheffield is a senior to me. It's okay for him to say whatever he wants." Evelyn was rendered speechless. 'This boy is so obedient.'

Sheffield had a smile on his face but didn't say anything else. He showed Evelyn around the yard and explained to her the Chinese medicine she was curious about.

When Wolfberry walked into the backyard garden, Sheffield began telling her about the boy. "Wolfberry is an orphan. My master brought him back from the door of the orphanage when he was eleven. He's nineteen now. My master was willing to pay for his education, but he didn't want to go to school. He wasn't even willing to work anywhere outside the yard. Instead, he stayed here with my master every day to guard it, especially with master going out every now and then. Wolfberry is gentle and kind. If you ever treat him nicely, he would be deeply touched. And he has a good temper as well. I often gave him gifts before, so he sees me as his own brother! But he doesn't talk much. He is a thinker."

"Why do you call him Wolfberry?" She suspected that Sheffield had given the boy that name as a joke.

"He has a name, but he likes eating Chinese wolfberries a lot. I call him Wolfberry every time I see him eating them." Vernon used to call Wolfberry by his name, but in time, Sheffield rubbed off on him, and he also started calling the boy Wolfberry too.

'Like eating Chinese wolfberries? It's really a special hobby.'

They had a rich lunch. Vernon cooked many Sichuan dishes. He had asked Sheffield about Evelyn's taste before cooking.

She liked to eat spicy food, so Vernon used pepper in every dish.

the four of them. Just as Sheffield and Evelyn entered the room, a fragrance rich with an aroma filled

the backyard, squatting down and eating alone there, but Sheffield gripped his clothes and stopped him.

"I have food in my bowl. I can eat in the backyard," he said to Sheffield. Evelyn sensed

his face turned

eat." To show her sincerity, she picked up a

his frightened eyes and bowed at Evelyn. "Thank you very much..." He lowered his head to eat

jealously, rolling his eyes at the boy. 'My wife should only be

them

and I get vegetables? It's unfair! Don't you know I

lukewarm look in her eyes was enough to make him lower his head and eat the vegetables.

chuckle. "I

The corners of Sheffield's lips lifted and he nodded. "Master,

eating fish eyes, and few people knew

pipe and ate the fish eye. His stomach calmed down in satisfaction but

the other fish eye into his bowl, and said as if he were coaxing a little child, "All right, all right.

food! I have my hands. You don't have to pick up food for me. Just take good care of

"Okay, Master!"

for tea after lunch. They chatted for a bit

didn't get out the car. She had many thoughts swimming around her mind. She pressed her lips into a thin line and sneaked a glance at Sheffield, who was also looking intensely at her. Evelyn's heartbeat rang faster against her chest. She knew she had to tell

see her troubled expressions anymore and decided to speak first. "Go ahead!

to Vernon's house this morning, she had been anxious and wanted to tell him something. Sheffield had observed the rapid changes in her expressions for a long time. Even though she didn't act the same way in front of others, Evelyn started to be anxious again. In his

a deep breath to calm herself down. "On the 20th, I'm

could imagine how difficult it