<h4>Chapter 904: Chapter 904: I’ll Be Back Soon</h4>


    Rosie Wood seemed to be arguing with him, her voice getting louder, and Henry Dales’s tone increasingly impatient.


    "I have nothing more to say, think whatever you want, I have other matters to attend to, that’s it."


    Before Henry Dales hung up the phone, Scarlett Yates heard Rosie Wood’s angry questioning again. Though she couldn’t make out the words clearly, she could tell from the tone that she was furious.


    After hanging up, Henry Dales was silent for a long time.


    After a while, he turned around, looked down at Scarlett Yates, his lips moved slightly as if to speak but hesitated.


    Scarlett Yates proactively suggested, "Senior Brother Dales, you mentioned you bought me from the auction, has this news spread, and Senior Sister Wood found out? She must be very upset now, you should go back to the school andfort her."


    Henry Dales was silent for another moment, his voice deeply resonant: "Scarlett, she doesn’t know it’s you, don’t worry about it."


    He paused again, his voice even more somber: "I’ll be back soon, you..."


    "Senior Brother Dales, you better go ahead, don’t worry about me, I’ll walk around nearby, familiarize myself with the area, and then head back."


    Henry Dales looked at her with concern: "But you’re not entirely safe alone, I should at least see you off."


    Scarlett Yates shook her head,ughed lightly, and said, "I’ll just wander around this street, I promise not to stray too far, rx, I want to see more of the snow scene."


    The just-hung-up phone rang again.


    "Dear, it’s me, please pick up the phone."


    Henry Dales’s hand tightened slightly, looking down at the name flickering and jumping on the screen, then he lifted his gaze to Scarlett Yates, his deep eyes shrouded in shadow.


    "Scarlett, I’ll be back shortly, there’s a local snack shop nearby with great food, I’ll take you to try it out tonight." When Henry Dales said this, his tone was definite.


    He gave her reassurance again that he would return soon.


    As if worried that Scarlett Yates might not believe him, he set a specific time: "It’s one o’clock now, I’ll be back by five, and then we’ll go out for dinner at six."


    Scarlett Yates smiled and nodded, agreeing: "Okay."


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    Afterwards, the two went their separate ways.


    Henry Dales gave the umbre in his hand to Scarlett Yates, then returned to the apartment empty-handed to fetch the car.


    Before leaving, he also gave her all the cash from his wallet.


    His bag was full ofrge bills, and the money given to Scarlett Yates was enough tost several months in Fort City under normal spending conditions.


    The snowfall got heavier.


    Further ahead, there was a river with a stone bridge over it.


    The river was frozen,yers of snowkes fell on it, beautifully.


    The trees on both banks were bare, snow piled on the branches; from a distance, they looked like radiant silver trees.


    Such beautiful scenery, Scarlett Yates had only seen on television and in magazines.


    Experiencing it first-hand for the first time, she found everything intriguing, unable to resist taking out her phone to capture numerous photos.


    She stood on the bridge, her small figure covered by the hood of her down jacket; from behind, from head to toe she was all white, resembling a snowman.


    She became addicted to taking photos, focusing entirely on capturing the beauty of thendscape, paying no attention to the person standing at the bridgehead, who had been staring at her motionlessly for a long time.


    It wasn’t until Scarlett Yates finished photographing one area of the snow scene and decided to move on to another spot that she finally noticed the person at the bridgehead.