The Knight and Her Rose

I thought Landon would make money by gambling or by selling his body in a nightclub.

But when I saw him squatting at the door of a restaurant washing dishes, I knew my mind had been poisoned by the novels I read.

When I rode my bike towards him, he was sticking his butt out to rinse the plates.

I took a photo deftly and gave him a gentle kick in the ass.

He looked back at me in confusion. To be honest, his silly look was quite adorable.

I asked him, "How many dishes do you have to wash to earn the five thousand dollars?"

He seemed very humiliated with a blushed face and ignored me.

I shook my head and said, "Your highness, don't be so stubborn and go home so that you won't suffer such a pain in the live-as-an-ordinary-person game."

I knew Landon came from a rich family, so it's particularly imperceptible for me to understand why he made things difficult for himself.

However, Landon slammed the plate and shouted at me with tears, "Shut up! I'm not playing any games!"

He lowered his head and clenched his hands, saying in a low and hoarse voice, "I don't have home anymore."

However, the restaurant owner, Tom Burton, rushed to us in rage and pointed at the broken plate on the ground. "You have to pay fifty dollars for this! I'll take it from your wage!"

Landon immediately protested, "But I only get ten cents for washing a dish!"

Tom spat and patted his belly. "I bought them from an antique shop! Don't even think about leaving unless you pay!"

Immediately, I picked up a plate and threw it at him, yelling, "I bought this broken plate wholesale from the market next door for 20 cents each. How dare you blackmail him for fifty dollars?

"Let him go, or I'll tell everyone around that you are a cheat. Let's see if anyone will come to your restaurant.

"By the way, I know someone from the Market Supervision Administration. Do you have a health license? I'll tell my friend to check your restaurant three times a day!"

My threats worked. Tom apparently wanted to refute but was frustrated by my threats. Then, he gestured to us to leave and said, "Never come here again, you kids. Don't get on my never again."

I spat in his face and pointed at Landon, who was standing there in a daze. "Pay him all his wages now!"

Then, Landon sat on the back seat of my bike with his head leaning on my back, and said in a muffled voice, "Ruby, you are awesome."

"Yeah, you still need to learn a lot from me," I said perfunctorily.

The hands around my waist tightened, and I felt a little wet on my back.

His choked voice was blown by the wind. "You're the first one defending me like this."

I thought, "So, the most popular boy in our school was also a crybaby."

I mocked him in my heart, but somehow, his words made me a little sad, probably because he cried like a baby.

Although Landon didn't make any money, he still stuck to living in my house. After all, he was too shameless.

In order to ensure that he could pay back my money as soon as possible, I found him a part-time job in the bakery where I worked.

Landon said he liked this job very much. I thought it was probably because he could eat cake for free after the store closed.

After getting off work, there was a piece of chestnut cake left in the store, so I packed it up and took it to school.

When I arrived at the classroom, I saw Landon sitting by the window in a daze. I handed him the cake and said, "Here. It's your favorite chestnut cake."

To my surprise, he threw the cake at me as if he was greatly shocked. "Bitch, stop getting close to me. You're disgusting. I'll never date an ugly girl like you!"

"Piss off!" His eyes were wide open with bloodshot.

All our classmates around were whispering and laughing at me.

I slowly wiped the cake off my face and looked at him coldly.

"Landon, calm down, okay? Remember to be nice to girls." A tall and robust young man walked towards us.

I looked up at him and saw his gentle smile at me. Before he raised his hand to wipe the cream off my hair, I slapped it away and said, "Don't touch me."

He was a little stunned but soon showed me a friendly smile.