Stephanie returned home carrying lots of shopping bags.
"What did you buy?" Seeing so many bags, Spencer started to nag Stephanie, "Don't waste money. You don't have a job now, so don't buy useless things."
"Just some clothes and food," Stephanie threw a bag to Harold, "Here, it's for you."
Harold took it and thanked Stephanie.
"Emily and I went shopping together," Stephanie said nonchalantly.
Harold stopped for a moment.
Stephanie picked up the down jacket that she had bought for Spencer and unpacked it for him to try on.
After entering the room, Harold opened the bag, which contained a down coat, a sweater, a pair of pants, and a pair of shoes.
When he thought of Emily standing in front of the window and looking at the clothes with a frown, Harold couldn't help but smile.
"By the way, I also recorded a video of us singing. Do you want to watch it?" After dinner, Stephanie took her phone and said to Harold, "Come to my room if you want to watch it."
Spencer hesitated and said, "Stephanie, it's at night now..."
"Are you afraid that I'll do something to him?" Stephanie was speechless.
Spencer didn't know how to reply.
"Don't worry," Stephanie said as she patted Spencer on the shoulder, "I won't do anything to a patient."
Spencer kept silent.
Stephanie got herself a projector. She used to sit and look at the computer screen for a long time, so her waist felt sore and her back hurt. Later, she got a projection cloth on the ceiling, so she could lie on the bed and watch whatever she wanted to watch. There were also some snacks on the side. Her life was very comfortable.
After taking a shower, Harold saw Stephanie lying on the bed in woolen pajamas. She said to him while applying a facial mask, "Come, lie down on the side."
Harold was embarrassed.
"I will sit here." He pointed to the chair.
"Up to you." Stephanie continued to lie on the bed and looked up.
In the video was the scene of Jaquan and the others singing, then was the scene of Emily and Vincent singing "Two Orioles".
The camera swept across everyone's faces, and each of them had a happy smile on their faces.
Harold leaned back in the chair, staring at Emily's smiling face in the video. Emily and Vincent clasped their hands together. After they finished singing, they kissed passionately on the sofa.
"You like Emily, don't you?" Stephanie suddenly asked.
Harold was stunned for a moment, and then slowly shook his head.
Stephanie removed the mask on her face and asked, "When your face recovers, do you plan to go back to Emily?"
"Then where are you going?" Stephanie looked at him in confusion, "Why don't you go to Emily when you recover?"
Spencer was not sure that Harold's face could recover. Harold was Spencer's first patient who was disfigured in a car accident. But Stephanie was not clear about the details of the situation. If Spencer failed to heal Harold, Harold's face would still be full of wrinkles and burn marks. If so, Harold would definitely not go to see Emily. If he was really cured, perhaps he might go to Happisland City to see Emily.
But he might only go there to take a look.
A few years had passed, and Emily had probably already forgotten about him. He didn't want to bother her.
"How about this, before you make a decision, you stay here and accompany Spencer." Stephanie asked, "Everything here is free. If you have anything you want to buy, you can tell me. I may not be able to pay your salary for the time being, but in the future, when I make money, I will pay you. Okay?"
"When I recover, I will go out to make money to support you two," Harold said.
"Support... us?" Stephanie pointed at herself," you mean you gonna support me?"
"You can't show your face in public for the time being. When I find a job, I'll make money for you," Harold stood up.
"Stop joking," Stephanie said.
Harold did not say anything more, opened the door, and went out.
Stephanie did not take Harold's words seriously. It was not until a few days later that she did not see Harold when she woke up in the morning that Spencer told her, "He goes to carry timber."
"What? What do you mean?" Stephanie asked in confusion.
"One hundred and eight a day," Spencer said, "He has to carry timber for the whole day."
"Only a hundred and eight for the whole day?" Stephanie was stunned and asked again, "Where does he work?"
Spencer pointed to the west and said, "It's just across the road. There is a wood processing factory over there. They need to unload timber from the truck. Some of them go to the mountains with the truck to cut wood. For that kind of work is two or three hundred a day. Harold said he would go take a look first. If it's appropriate, he would go with the truck."
"No, Spencer, why did you let him do that kind of work?" Stephanie was helpless.
"I didn't ask him to do. He made the decision himself." Spencer pointed to the purple sandalwood teapot that Stephanie had bought on the table and said, "It's because you waste money every day and he wants to support you."
Stephanie didn't know what to say.
"I'll call him to come back." She went back to her room to get her phone.
"He doesn't have a phone," Spencer shouted behind her.
Stephanie was speechless.
"Well, I'll go and find him." She changed her clothes, wore a mask and a hat, and walked out.
Spencer warned, "Don't quarrel with him in front of outsiders. Men need dignity outside. You can talk to him in private. He's quite stubborn. If you can't persuade him, come back."
"What's there to quarrel about?" Stephanie laughed.
When Stephanie arrived, she finally understood the meaning of Spencer's warning.
In the cold winter, at the entrance of the wood processing factory were piles of wooden planks and lots of workers. Many middle-aged men stood on the side, smoking, and chatting. There were only a few honest workers who worked hard and carried the timber. Harold was one of them.
Stephanie was furious. The work here was not only dirty but also tiring. What annoyed her most was the old employees bullied the newcomers. They did not work at all, but smoked and chatted early in the morning. The work that should have been done by the whole team was now left to Harold and the other newcomers.
When Stephanie came over, she attracted many people's attention, but Harold did not notice her. He lowered his head and was busy marking the timber and checking the number.
"Look, there's a woman here," a man said to Harold.