Chapter 325: Chapter 324 Daisy Ginger is too ashamed to face anyone
On the way back, they encountered Granny Dixon on the street, who was out buying rice.
She was carrying large bags filled with the groceries she had just bought.
Seeing Daisy Ginger and Edward Stephens, Granny Dixon greeted them warmly: "Young Master Edward, Miss Ginger!"
Daisy turned her head upon hearing the voice and saw Granny Dixon’s frail, tiny figure almost swallowed up by the plastic shopping bags.
Quickly, Daisy hurried over to help carry a few of the bags, which were quite heavy. When she looked down, she noticed they were all filled with pork and beef.
Granny Dixon cheerfully said, "I’ll make braised pork for you tonight! The pork and beef here are all locally raised, and the braised pork tastes wonderful!"
Edward took the bags from Daisy’s hands and said to Granny Dixon indifferently, "No need to trouble yourself. We’re leaving at noon."
Both Granny Dixon and Daisy paused for a moment, surprised.
Daisy couldn’t help but knit her brows, but out of respect for Granny Dixon’s presence, she held back.
Yet Granny Dixon remained enthusiastic, saying, "Then have lunch with us first and leave after eating!"
Having saved Daisy at a critical moment and solving a major problem for the village, Granny Dixon seemed to hold Edward in high regard, eager to keep them around for a few more days.
On the way back, Daisy remained silent.
Granny Dixon went to prepare the meal, while Daisy returned to the small house, grabbed her fishing rod, and headed to the lakeside to fish.
Edward sat beside her. As soon as a fish swam by, he would throw a stone into the water. Usually, Daisy could catch three fish within half an hour, but with Edward there, she didn’t catch a single one.
She was frustrated and ignored him no matter what he did. It wasn’t until Granny Dixon called them for lunch from the courtyard that Daisy finally responded.
Daisy acknowledged with a nod, put down her fishing rod, and left. Edward stood behind her, watching her departing figure with deep eyes.
*
The farewell meal was not a pleasant one.
Jasper White hid in his room, refusing to come out. Daisy handed the snacks she bought over to Granny Dixon, asking her to give them to Jasper after she’d left.
The child probably developed an attachment so easily because he’d never seen a woman her age before. Once she left for a while, as he grew older and met more people, he would eventually forget about her.
After lunch, the people Edward brought began packing their things to leave.
Daisy did not want to return with him.
This was not part of her plan.
However, seeing Edward’s people naturally enter her room and start packing up her belongings still stirred a bit of anger in Daisy’s heart.
She chased them out, locked the door, and crawled into bed alone.
Though she was lying down, she couldn’t actually sleep.
The door creaked open, and Daisy pricked up her ears, listening to the footsteps. Slightly agitated, she turned her head: "Edward, you..."
But it was Jasper, standing barefoot at the door, his eyes red like a pitiful little rabbit, looking at her with grievance.
Why was it him?
Daisy felt a bit annoyed, but she softened her expression and sat up on the bed.
She reached out her hand toward Jasper, "Come, let’s talk."
Jasper walked over awkwardly and climbed onto the bed to sit with Daisy.
"Why are you here?" Daisy thought, with how stubborn this child was, she might not have seen him until they left.
"He said you’re leaving," Jasper said with his head lowered, "and told me to come say goodbye to you."
As he spoke, his voice became choked with emotion.
Daisy paused, then reached out to pat his head.
"When you grow up a little, you can come to the city and find me."
Jasper looked at her, his eyes still red, but because of her words, there was a glimmer of hope in them.
"Jasper, you have to become excellent, very excellent, so that we can meet again."
If he succeeded, there would inevitably be an opportunity to meet again one day.
Jasper let out a choked sound, reluctantly hugged her, and buried his face in her embrace.
Daisy consoled him for a while, finally managing to coax the little one into agreement, promising him that once he graduated from college, he’d come work at her company.
Even though Daisy wasn’t sure if her company would still exist twenty-plus years from now...
Edward came in, politely lifting Jasper to carry him out.
Then he held out his hand to Daisy.
"Let’s go."
Daisy looked at the long fingers extended in front of her, but didn’t take them.
She lowered her head and spoke weakly: "Edward, what kind of person are you, really?"
After spending a year together, she still couldn’t see through him at all.
This fact made her doubt her intelligence.
"Why do you say that?"
"I’m a bit afraid of you," Daisy admitted honestly.
Edward lowered his eyes to look at her, speaking quietly: "I’ve always been this way, never changed. It’s you who never seriously looked at me from the beginning."
Daisy pressed her lips together.
The man knelt down halfway in front of her, taking hold of her slim, white hand.
"I carry his shadow with me. When you stop seeing me as him, you’ll be able to see me clearly. It’s you who refused to understand me, and now you say you’re afraid of me when I’ve never changed from the start."
"..." Daisy remained silent for a while, stubbornly saying, "He never forced me."
Edward pulled her up from the bed, "Didn’t I say? Don’t compare me with him. I’m not the same kind of person as he is."
Daisy pursed her lips, shook his hand off, slipped on her slippers, and walked out of the room in displeasure.
*
At 2 p.m., Daisy got into the off-road vehicle that Edward had brought, and they set out.
They needed to reach the county town by 5 p.m., or else they would have to spend the night on the road.
Daisy rested her chin on her hand, not even glancing at the man sitting beside her, instead watching the scenery outside the window.
"Daisy—!!"
The convoy reached the village entrance.
Jasper’s voice echoed from the back of the convoy.
Daisy leaned her head out and saw the little guy running towards them from the end of the convoy.
He shouted to her loudly.
"I will become very, very excellent—!"
"Wait for me!"
"When I grow up! I’ll come to marry you—!"
"We promised each other!!"
...
Jasper was panting heavily, but his voice was loud and clear.
Daisy was just starting to get emotional when her expression gradually froze.
—What did she promise him?
The man sitting next to her opened his eyes, turned his head to look at her, and frowned.
That look seemed to say—Daisy, how could you not even spare a three-year-old kid?
Jasper was still saying something behind them. Edward rolled down the window and flashed the platinum diamond ring on his ring finger.
He didn’t speak loudly, but his words were clear in the traffic.
"Kid, she’s already married to me."
Jasper, seeing the ring on Edward’s hand, paused in shock, then started crying loudly.
"Daisy, you liar—"
"..." Daisy didn’t know where to hide her face.