Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 319

She didn’t expect that by the time they got home, her Granny had already boiled hot water ahead of time.

Rows of thermos flasks were lined up in the kitchen.

Agnes brought out the tub for bathing.

The tub was very clean, waxed on the top, making it look brand new.

However, when Agnes started pouring water into it from the thermos, Jared couldn’t help but frown and ask, “Am I really supposed to bathe in this?”

Agnes nodded seriously and said, “Haven’t you watched period dramas? People in those shows bathed in tubs like this. I’ll sprinkle some dried flower petals in it later, a king’s treatment. What do you think?”

Jared joked, “So what was the king’s treatment like, bathing with whichever lover he wanted to?”

Seeing the mischievous look in Jared’s eyes, Agnes knew what he was about to say,

So she held up her hand in a stopping motion and said, “Stop dreaming, you’re not a king.”

up. Agnes clapped her hands satisfactorily and said, “I’ll wait for you in the yard, enjoy.”

Jared’s response Agnes

afraid she wouldn’t be able to leave

there was no moon,

yard lay an old locust tree.

not long ago and was chopped off its branches and leaves, leaving only a thick trunk lying there, yet to be

in the countryside were quiet and dreamy.

in the sky were the

not beside their loved ones, they were watching from

knew this was just a beautiful fairy tale

preferred to believe it was true, that way, her mother was watching her from the

suddenly felt sentimental.

missed

thought, Agnes decided to find something to do

yard, Agnes found some potatoes that her grandmother had just

branches to make a fire pit on the ground, and then buried the

few corns from the kitchen and threw them into the fire pit.