Snare of Love
Chapter 602 Fortunately For You, It Is My Loss

Jasmine frowned as she browsed the menu carefully. A plate of bean curd appetizer cost 15 dollars. It had a fancy name such as Emperor's Icy Jade in thick broth. But it was still bean curd! She felt that it was a rip-off! She continued to browse the menu and the rest were the same.

The cabbage puree was just cabbage and cost 20 dollars.

The French roast duck was 55 dollars each!

The sweet and sour pork ribs were 18 dollars a plate!

Jasmine could not continue and felt that it was clearly a rip-off. The dishes were fancily named and the ambiance was high class but that was no reason to have such outrageous prices!

She closed the menu and gave it back to the server and said, "We won't be ordering."

Boyce was startled and asked, "Don't you like it?"

Jasmine nodded, "There isn't anything that I like here. Let's go somewhere else."

Boyce stood up and said, "Fine, let's go somewhere you like."

Jasmine smiled. The server kept quiet as Boyce was in his uniform and he was obviously someone with authority. She also noticed the age difference between Boyce and Jasmine and figured out that Jasmine would be spoilt by Boyce.

Once out of the restaurant, Jasmine spoke freely, "That was a rip-off! How can a bowl of bean curd cost 15 dollars? What kind of bean curd would cost that much?"

Boyce did not expect Jasmine to be upset because it was expensive and chuckled, "That was your only chance to have a fancy meal with me. You won't have another opportunity."

Jasmine looked at him and scoffed, "Fortunately for you, it's my loss."

"You can still change your mind," Boyce said. Boyce meant it. He wanted to give her a nice treat.

"Fine, I'll pick the place." Jasmine dragged him to the car and continued, "I know a place that serves delicious food. Drive!" Boyce looked at her hand as she grabbed onto his. He could feel that her palm was full of callouses. She must have been used to physical labor. He knew that she was struggling to put herself through university.

"Remember to look for me if you need anything. I promised your mother that I would look after you." Boyce said.

Jasmine's smile waned as soon as she remembered her mother.

Boyce immediately noticed her reaction and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned." Jasmine shook her head, "It's alright."

She wrung her hands and said, "My mother was very pitiful. I was hoping that once I can earn some money, I would save her from that household, but..." Her mother was imprisoned because of murder. "My father loved to gamble. Whenever he won, he would spend extravagantly with those hooligans but when he lost, he would demand money from my mother. If my mother didn't give him the money, he would beat her up. My mother was a housewife and the family income depended on the several acres of lily. She could only work some menial work to earn some meager amounts. The family savings had long been gambled away by my father. He will force my mother to earn money to feed his gambling habits and beat her up when he lost money. I saw this over the years and I wanted so much to take my mother away from him. When I managed to get into this University, I thought that she could endure for a few more years and I would be able to get her out but she did not wait for me."

She shuddered when she recalled the way her father beat up her mother. There was once he took a wooden stool and slammed it against her mother and she collapsed onto the ground and was motionless for a long time. There was yet another time when her father pinned her mother on the ground and repeatedly slapped her until her mouth bled profusely. She tried to pull her father away but was kicked off by him.

"My father is worse than an animal. He deserved death. I never pitied him and this was too easy on him. Sometimes I hate the law. My father was clearly the aggressor so why must the law punish my mother?"☐☐☐☐