Female Novel
Chapter 622
Besides, if she agreed with John’s plans to take the villagers with them, she would have a hard timeparting ways with John. Since the villagers assumed that they were married as they knew nothing oftheir long-standing feud, Sophia understood herself well enough to know that she might continue toassociate herself with John to some extent in order to cover up the lie.
Glancing at Sophia, John said, “Why don’t you give it some thought? My opinion is that the young menwouldn’t be making anything of themselves if they were to spend their whole lives in the village, so theyshould venture out.”
It wasn’t until a while later that Sophia gave her reply. “Let me think about this. But I have to say, theymight not want to leave. Maybe they like the lifestyle here.”
John didn’t press on. “Think about it. If you think my suggestion sounds good, you should ask them.”
Letting out a grunt, Sophia said nothing else. Both of them walked on hand-in-hand, each in their ownminds, but it was still a sight to behold for the villagers. Coming out to put some trash away, a villagermade fun of Sophia as soon as he saw her. “Sophia, when are you planning on having a child? You twoseem to get along well, so it’s about time you get one.”
Sophia wasn’t sure how to answer that, so John replied flatteringly, “We are getting to it. We might haveone after today.”
The man exclaimed, “Yeah, I suppose it’s time. You should give birth to a few more children whenyou’re still young so that you can raise them together. Isn’t that nice?”
Upon hearing what he said, Sophia’s smile froze on her face. She already felt like a goner despitebeing still in the beginning stages of her pregnancy, so she couldn’t imagine going through the processa couple more times. When they arrived at home, John had Sophia get some rest while he startedcooking.
Standing by the door of her room, Sophia observed him as he worked clumsily. It would be a lie to saythat she wasn’t touched at all. In fact, she was shocked that he came all the way to find her. She knewfull well how remote her village was, so it must have taken a lot for John to find her on his own. novelbin
The sun was setting when the families began cooking, and Sophia left the house after looking aroundher. All of the houses had their own vegetable garden that they cultivated on their own. She askedaround for some veggies, and she was given loads of them to be brought home, as the veggies weren’tworth much in a village such as theirs, so nobody would be stingy with their veggies.
Upon arriving home with the veggies, John took them from her before washing them by the well in theyard. At first glance, he sure seemed like he knew what he was doing. Later on, Sophia left for thestore to buy some rice that was being sold in small amounts. She then had John step aside before shebegan cooking, which she made quick work of while suppressing the nausea triggered by the smoke.
Coming from behind, John hugged her while saying, “I missed you a lot during your absence.”
Her movements came to a halt. While she didn’t struggle to break free from his hold, she questioned,“Do you miss me because you can’t get me to return to you now, John?”
Startled, John clicked his tongue in dismay, but he soothed himself before replying in a gentle tone,“Must you interpret my care toward you as something despicable, a means to an end? Can’t I be niceto you simply because I want to, or simply because I love you and I miss you?”
Lowering her gaze, Sophia questioned, “Why do you love me now? Throughout our one-year marriage,you only ever showed me disdain, so why would you say that love me now that we’re divorced?”
To be honest, John had no answer to that. In fact, he didn’t think that anybody would have an answerwhen it came to romance. Silently, he held onto her stubbornly. After mulling over the situation, Sophiatold him, “Alright, it’s time for our meal, so let’s tidy up the table.”
Meanwhile, John still had a lot of items in the trunk of his car, so he went to fish out some milk andcanned fruits.