6. I Won't Lend It to You!

Charlotte was stunned when she heard the unfortunate words of her mother and father.

"Oh my God, Dad, Mom. How can you say that? Sean already bought this for a lot of money, Mom. He bought it at-"

"Expensive? What did you buy? Burger? Kentucky chicken in front of the convenience store?" Barbara interrupted with a lazy look.

Before Charlotte could answer, Charles, who was smoking, said, "What's expensive? 3 dollars at most. You're giving your mom and dad obscure fringe food."

"It's not fringe food. I bought this at ...."

The girl didn't continue, as Shane touched her arm again. Her handsome husband shook his head as if asking Charlotte not to say anything.

Shane took over, "Well, if you don't want to eat it, let me deliver it to Aunt Rosalia's house."

Barbara replied nonchalantly, "Oh, good. We also can't eat food that is not clear like that."

"Yes, yes. Rosalia is often short of food. Just throw it over there!" Charles added in a mocking tone.

Charlotte was increasingly surprised by her parents' increasingly outrageous behavior.

She wanted to reply to her mother and father's words, but her husband was again seen shaking his head.

"Yes, Dad, Mom. We'll leave for a while to go to Aunt Rosalia's house," Shane said in a polite tone.

"Hm," Charles replied briefly without turning to the two men.

Meanwhile, Charlotte suddenly said, “Shane, shall we use the motorcycle?"

Before Shane could answer, Barbara, who had heard her daughter's words, said sarcastically, "You mean my motorcycle?"

"No, I won't lend it to you," Barbara continued while slicing garlic.

Charlotte said, "Why not, Mom? We're only borrowing it for a short time. Aunt Rosalia’s house is quite far away, Mom. It will be a long walk."

"Well, that's none of my business. Besides, she also walked here before. So why do you want to borrow a motorcycle now?" Barbara said, raising her thick eyebrows drawn with an eyebrow pencil.

"There's no need to borrow a motorcycle, you'll end up borrowing all the time. Nothing, nothing," Barbara added curtly.

Charlotte sighed and turned to her husband with a guilty look, "Shane."

"It's okay, let's just walk!" Shane said with a gentle look.

"Are you sure? It's really hot, Shane." The woman looked at the sunlight that was quite hot at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Shane smiled a little, "You know, I'm used to this weather. Remember, Charlotte. I'm a shoe sole maker, I'm afraid you're the one who can't stand the heat."

Charlotte immediately shook her head, "I'm fine. I often go out to the convenience store in the heat of the day."

"Oh, well then let's go!" Shane asked,who was ready to take his wife's hand again.

Charlotte nodded without thinking and linked her hand with Shane.

Charles, who saw the couple start walking, commented, "Well, it's good to walk. It's healthier than wasting gasoline. Gasoline is expensive, and you don't necessarily want to change the gasoline."

Charlotte looked eager to reply, but her husband held her arm and said in a very low tone, "Just walk, Charlotte!"

Slightly annoyed, Charlotte finally obeyed her husband and walked away from her parents' house.

After walking for some distance, Charlotte, who was confused by her husband's behavior, asked with an impatient expression, "Why don't you let me explain about the restaurant? And about the motorcycle and the gasoline. Oh my God, Shane. We can change the gasoline. Why don't you want me to reply to what they said?"

She shook her head, unable to think. But Shane didn't answer her right away and instead typed something on his phone.

"Shane, why don't you answer? How come you're busy with your phone?" Charlotte asked, holding back her annoyance as

she glanced at her husband's phone.

Shane lifted his face and smiled again, "Sorry, I'm calling an online taxi."

Charlotte’s mouth half opened, "Huh? An online taxi? For what?"

"To take us to Aunt Rosalia's house," Shane replied casually.

Charlotte blinked, somewhat surprised. But, before she could ask further, a black luxury car drove slowly towards them.

"There's the online taxi!"Shane exclaimed.

Charlotte was of course even more surprised.

"How come it's so fast?"

It had only been a few seconds, not even a minute. How come the taxi is already here? Charlotte wondered.

"Yes, because he just happened to be around here, Charlotte," Shane said.

"Oh, right!" Charlotte replied, who was no longer surprised.

Shane opened the car door for Charlotte. The fragrant scent of flowers immediately wafted to her tiny nose.

Usually, Charlotte would be nauseous if she smelled the car perfume, but this time she was strangely not nauseous. On the contrary, Charlotte felt relaxed after smelling the scent.

She then looked at the interior of the car and was amazed.

"Why?" Shane asked, who had just closed the car door and sat beside his wife.

The car had already started moving.

Charlotte put her head close to her husband's ear and whispered, "You are smart to choose an online taxi, Shane."

"How smart?" Shane replied in a quiet tone too, somewhat surprised.

“I don't understand car brands, but I guess it's an expensive car so it's comfortable here. The perfume doesn't even make me nauseous, Shane," Charlotte explained innocently.

Shane chuckled and instantly Charlotte put on a frowny face.

"Uh, sorry, Charlotte. I didn't mean to laugh at you."

Charlotte was still silent, somewhat resentful.

Shane felt bad and said softly, "I'm sorry, Charlotte. Really, I just thought you were very cute, but that doesn't mean I mocked you."

Charlotte sighed and chose to forget about it, "Yes, never mind. So, what about earlier? You haven't answered my question yet."

Shane did not pretend to forget and finally said, "There are times when we do not need to explain something that people sometimes do not necessarily believe. We don't have to respond to unpleasant behavior with a rebuttal either."

Charlotte looked confused, "So, what does that mean, Shane?”