The Sweet Pursuit by Golden Autumn
Chapter 200

Suzy faintly pursed her lips and turned around to say, "Have you changed your mind, Mr. River?"

Josiah seemed annoyed and said, "Seeing that you're younger than I am, I'll allow you to have your way this time around. If you want to stay, then stay. But don't patronize me and flirt around without properly doing the task I assigned you." Suzy immediately smiled and said, "Yes. We promise you that we'll get the pollen.". "Welson!" Josiah called out.

The old man who led them in before came in and asked, "What's the matter, Mr. River?"

"Take them to the back room to rest for now, then take them to my flower room at night." After Josiah gave Welson the order, he turned to instruct George and Suzy, "Follow Welson, and don't come bothering me if there isn't an emergency."

George said in a low voice, "Thank you!"

Josiah reluctantly responded to him with a light hum. Then, without batting another eyelid to the two, he got up and went out the side door to go fishing. When the curtain fell behind him, a smile appeared on the face of the originally sullen old man. He even began to hum a little tune.

The layout of the backyard was similar to that of the front yard, except that there was a gate under the west wall. Outside the gate was where Josiah grew his flowers. Mr. Welson took them to the guest room. Suzy's and George's rooms were next to each other. Although the rooms were full of mahogany furniture, they still had modern facilities. Hence, it was not inconvenient for them to stay here.

"It's almost lunchtime. I'll send someone to send the food over to the dining room next door. Just call me if the two of you need anything." Mr. Welson's face was kind. When he was looking at Suzy, his smile was even more benevolent. George nodded lightly and said, "I'm sorry for troubling you." After Mr. Welson left, George said in a deep voice, "Why did Mr. River ask you to stay behind?"

Josiah was the only head of the family left, and there were not many servants around the house. However, it was still very easy for him to get someone to help him collect pollen at night. Why did he want Suzy to stay? He would even give the bracelet in exchange for that?

Suzy had her back turned to George and was reading the books on the shelf. Hearing this, she did not turn around immediately. She merely paused before finally turning her head and saying, "Have you ever hung around old people?" George raised his eyebrows and asked, "Would you consider my father old?"

Suzy shook her head. "I'm talking about someone older. My grandfather is around the same age as Mr. River, and many of these old people are eccentric and childish. They'll get ideas out of nowhere without any reason. Their thoughts are beyond a person's normal thoughts." She smiled and continued, "Or, Mr. River might be testing our sincerity, so he thought of a random excuse to make things difficult for us. Doesn't he have a weird temperament? It's

natural for his thoughts to be different from other ordinary people."

George nodded slowly. "Maybe. It's just that I'll have to be troubling you now."

Suzy's eyes were clean and clear as she said warmly, "Although we agreed not to talk about feelings, we're still friends, right? You've helped me a lot, and I've always remembered those favors. I'm very happy to be of help to you."

George looked at her and felt somewhat stifled in his heart. After a slight pause, he said lightly, "There's no need to distinguish things so clearly."

"Then you shouldn't say that you're troubling me." Suzy smiled and walked out.

There was a pure white myna under the porch. Suzy walked over and teased it with a handful of millet in the small bag that was hanging next to it. "Can you talk? Let's hear you sing a song."

The myna called out, "Zeezee! Zeezee!"

Suzy was startled for a moment, Then, she glared at the myna with her back turned against George.

The myna flapped its wings and continued to shriek at Suzy, "You meanie! You meanie!"

George walked over and looked at the myna while asking, "What did the bird call you just now?"

Suzy felt her heart tightening up. She bit her lip, turned her head, and smiled in embarrassment. "It wasn't calling me. I think it was saying Chichi, Chichi. It's a kind of dry food that's unique to the mountain in Cloud City. Mynas and other birds love to eat them."

George nodded and fed it some millet. Then, the myna shouted, "Not eating! Return my

Zeezee. Not eating!"

George frowned and said, "Who took your Chichi? What a stupid bird!"

"Stupid bird? You stupid bird!" The myna screamed at him in a loud voice. Suzy leaned against the pillar and laughed uncontrollably. She laughed so hard that tears were almost flowing out of her eyes.

Watching her laugh, the gloom in George's heart suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Soon, the servant had prepared the meal and asked the two of them to head over and eat.

Jessie had already left, and since Josiah told them not to bother him, only the two of them were inside the dining room. All of the dishes served on the table were practically grown and raised by the River household. There was roasted boar meat, stewed vegetables, grilled fish served with lemon, chicken soup, and more.

Every single one of the dishes was Suzy's favorite food. She raised her head and asked George, "These are all of Cloud City's delicacies. Will you be used to the flavor?"

George nodded. "Sure. It's no problem."

"Then eat up." Suzy placed some fish on his plate. "This fish is only found in the river under Green Cloud Mountain. It's delicious, but you might replace some small bones. Be careful when you're eating it."