147: Chapter 147: Planning Life 147: Chapter 147: Planning Life “Alright, I promise you,” Jas Brown and lody Yoody locked eyes for a full minute before he finally caved in.
In his life, only lody Yoody could force him to agree to sothing with such a strong approach.
Even if soone like Lucy Campbell forced him to do sothing, he wouldn’t go through with it.
Childhood sentints made it impossible for Jas to harden his heart and reject lody; besides, his reluctance to get involved in emotions was primarily because he reserved this unique emotional space for her.
“Great!
We’ll go and register tomorrow then,” lody’s words once again brought a wry smile to Jas’s face.
“What’s wrong?
Did you just agree reluctantly?”
Jas imdiately shook his head and then seriously said, “lody, since I’ve promised you, I won’t go back on my word, but emotions are emotions, marriage is marriage.
Marriage really is a lifelong commitnt, and I don’t know if we can truly adapt to each other’s lives, so I…
hope we can seriously consider our matter and not rush into it.
This is being responsible to you and also to myself.
Do you want us to end up married and then constantly arguing over incompatible personalities, eventually parting ways with sadness?”
As a mayor, lody Yoody’s path may have been paved by her family, but her personal abilities were incontestable, always able to swiftly judge if sothing was right.
Today was only a forceful approach to Jas after all these years, having seen him again and being overwheld.
Nevertheless, she was clearly aware that what Jas was saying was completely correct.
“So what do you suggest?” lody questioned Jas.
Jas once again lit a cigarette, took a few drags, and said, “I think we can start by dating normally, getting to know each other again.
After calmly considering our compatibility, we can then make this decision.
How does that sound?”
lody, looking squarely into Jas’s eyes without blinking, asked, “Then how long do you think it will take for it to be appropriate?”
“There’s no fixed ti limit.
It could be a year or half a year, but it could also be a month.
As long as you truly decide you want to marry , I will marry you.”
“Okay!
Let’s do that then,” lody imdiately agreed quite readily.
From Jas’s words, she completely understood.
Jas had not hastily agreed; he had wanted her to reflect, not both.
From this point alone, Jas hadn’t changed; he was still the sa, caring for her and not wanting her to get hurt.
Seeing lody’s reaction, a smile spread across Jas’s face.
His first love had grown so much over the years and no longer acted as unreasonably as she did as a child.
“By the way, when I return tomorrow, help sort out the job situation.
You transitioned from the military, how co you didn’t get a job placent?”
Jas replied, “I turned it down.”
“Then were you not an officer but an enlisted soldier?”
“Yeah, just a soldier.” Although Hawk Squad had a high rank, Jas was just a deputy commander in the team, hardly any sort of official.
“No wonder, but that’s fine.
Normal resettlent is common.
If you had already been placed, it would have been difficult for to intervene.
Now that you haven’t, I can use this excuse to place you in our town.
As long as you work hard, you could move up to a head position in two or three years.
After that, I can pave the way for you.
I believe that within ten years, before you turn thirty-five, I will make sure you reach a senior departntal level.”
Seeing how earnest lody was in planning his future, Jas was startled and hurriedly said, “No, no, I don’t want to be an official.
Don’t worry about the job for .”
lody suddenly furrowed her brows and asked, “So you don’t want to be an official.
You want to do business?
That’s not bad either.
Official-business collusion, then, let’s do that.
As long as my career goes well, it will be easy for you to make money in business.
I’ll look into it and see what business would be good to start now, sothing that won’t cause gossip but will allow your business to be profitable from the start.”
Jas couldn’t help but give a bitter smile and said, “lody, can we not be like we were as kids, with you planning everything I do?”
“I’m not planning for you,” she countered.
“I’m just helping you plan your life.”
“I am an adult man with my own ideas and likes.
How I go about doing things, I want to be in control.”
lody Yoody stared at Jas resolutely and declared, “Okay, I promise you.
You can do whatever you like.
Does this work for you?”
Jas heaved a sigh of relief.
“Good.”
lody imdiately followed up with another question.
“So what do you want to do?
Can you tell now?”
As a mber of Hawk Squad, his rank was directly that of a colonel.
In regular military units, this was sufficient to hold a division-level officer position.
To transition into a role in YODC City, he would have been at least at the level of a T District chief.
But he didn’t want that – being an official felt boring to Jas.
As for business, Jas really wasn’t in need of money.
Upon transitioning from military service, he had received a substantial resettlent sum.
Moreover, over the years while carrying out missions, he had received bonuses and had so gray inco from special tasks, which often amounted to even more.
These accumulated funds ant that Jas didn’t have to worry about money for a lifeti, and he certainly didn’t want the burdenso trouble of getting into business.
He hadn’t touched that money.
Now, earning a modest salary, living month to month on that inco, he found his life satisfying.
However, he didn’t want to discuss these matters with lody.
He didn’t want money or power to change the special bond between them.
With a light chuckle, Jas said with a smile, “I haven’t quite decided what I want to do yet.”
“How can this be acceptable?
You’re already 26 years old, this is pri ti for a man to start a business.
No, no, I must help you plan your life.
Of course, I’ll respect your opinion and help you plan around things you enjoy.
You must think hard these next few days about what you really want to do; you can’t continue to waste your life away.”
Watching lody Yoody like this, Jas Brown was reminded of her as a child; back then, she would make study plans for him in the sa manner, leaving no room for his objections.
Now it was the sa, except she was planning his life.
The thod was the sa, but Jas felt uncomfortable this ti.
As a child, he found her guidance enjoyable, but now it felt like pressure.
“lody Yoody, here you are!
Everyone’s been looking for you,” David Johnson strode over with a cheerful smile, glancing at Jas Brown.
Although he found it strange that lody was chatting in private with such an average guy as Jas, he didn’t think much of it—it wasn’t as if they could be imitating each other.
Most likely, Jas had seen her by chance and simply struck up a conversation.
David Johnson’s arrival interrupted the conversation between Jas and lody, which slightly irked her.
However, she still responded with a smile, “David and I were just chatting here.
Is sothing the matter?”
David Johnson laughed, “The Township Chief Smith disappeared on us, and without you, the conversation just isn’t complete.
We need you back there.”
“Yeah, you’re the star of our class now, Township Chief Smith.
Hurry up and have a good chat with everyone.”
lody wanted to say sothing, but Jas Brown spoke up, “You seem to have your hands full with work, Township Chief Smith.
Let’s get going.”
lody and Jas had always had an unspoken understanding.
While fiery in their high school days, they never let their classmates catch on to their closeness—only David Johnson occasionally caught them shopping together, which led him to suspect sothing more than ordinary between them.
Now, lody imdiately understood that Jas didn’t want to reveal their relationship, and she gave him a harsh look, “Hmph, then you better make a good impression.
Don’t disappoint ,” she said, walking forward in her high heels.
The private room also had a karaoke setup, and everyone was gathered around singing.
As lody entered, Amy Smith stopped singing abruptly and called out loudly, “lody Yoody, where did you run off to?
It’s your turn to sing a couple of songs now.”
lody smiled graciously, “No problem, let’s have a blast singing.”
“Township Chief Smith, you’re in a good mood today, aren’t you?
Normally, you’re not this eager,” Amy Smith said, surprised by lody’s deanor.
Taking the microphone, lody replied, “Can’t I be in a good mood today?”
Excitedly, Amy Smith said, “Of course!
We’d be thrilled if Township Chief Smith is in high spirits.
How could we not be?”
The other classmates laughed and applauded.
lody would make ti to gather with them every year and a half; although informal, she had never seized the mic like this before.
David Johnson gave Jas Brown a weird look; he couldn’t believe that Jas could rekindle anything with lody.
There was an impassable gulf between their statuses.
When younger, David could believe that love could conquer all, but years of work experience taught him the epheral nature of love in the face of reality.
And with a character like Mayor lody, whose future career was boundless, how could she possibly be together with Jas again?
So he concluded that seeing Jas again had rely stirred lody’s youthful sentints montarily, but once she cald down, it was impossible for them to be together again.
lody had a beautiful voice, and she sang wonderfully.
As a student, she had been active and proficient in singing and dancing.
Since becoming a leader in recent years, she often had to maintain a composed image, making such passionate singing rare.
Everyone could sense that lody’s mood was different from usual, but nobody suspected it had anything to do with Jas.
The applause that broke out during her singing was fifty percent due to her status and the other fifty percent purely attributed to her singing.
“Hey Jas Brown, do you still have any of those cigarettes from last ti?” one of the classmates ca over and grinned as he asked Jas for a smoke.
Jas took out his cigarettes and said, “Yes, go ahead and have one.”
“Really?
You didn’t get these from the overhead bridge again, did you?” The classmate, surprised, took a cigarette and quickly lit up.
“You guessed it, I went back there and bought a whole carton.”
“Still as cheap?”
Jas laughed heartily, “Cheap, sure, but does it still taste the sa as before?”
In reality, for most smokers, the taste of ordinary cigarettes wouldn’t vary much; those costing over fourteen dollars taste roughly similar to each other.
Only the true aficionados can discern subtle differences and appreciate the good stuff, which is often just about the prestige that cos with an expensive brand.
With Jas’s provocation, everyone tried the cigarettes and began to notice a difference from the last ti, eventually concluding they were counterfeit.
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