After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 354

Chapter 354: PDA
Aberdeen City, a few years ago

Along the beautiful, well-maintained cobblestone path, a gorgeous couple could be seen walking along it. They were all smiles looking at each other with googly eyes, their contrasting hands intertwined as if it was meant to be.

It was her soft, dainty hands with his large calloused ones, except the couple only felt each other’s warmth.

They were framed by the trees and the scrubs as they ambled. Most people around would end up sighing in admiration at the sight of them.

Of course, the world would never lack dissatisfied people, and it so happened that there was one nearby.

“TSK!” A grumpy voice entered the leisurely couple’s ears, “Kids nowadays have no shame!!!”

Althea blinked, unconsciously loosening her hold on her boyfriend’s hand. However, Garan immediately tightened his grip and he gently pulled her as they continued to walk.

“No, don’t listen to them,” Garan said, guiding her forward, back to their leisure walk in the few public green parks in the country. “We have such limited time together now. How can we care about others?”

She blinked, thought about it, and nodded a moment later. “Hmm, you’re right.”

Garan grinned, leaning down to kiss her hair. His (future) wife is so cute.

“But… I don’t want them watching our kisses though.” She told him, very seriously, and he chuckled in response.

“Of course not. We don’t want to be spectacles right?” He then gently pinched her nose. “Our kisses are left behind closed doors.”

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Present.

The couple didn’t announce the children’s name in the end, as they decided to hold the babies’ one-month celebration instead. It was within a few days anyway, which was just in time.

As they sat down at the table for the midday meal, they couldn’t help but look at Beanie.

The man had made considerable improvement from yesterday, as seen by how stably he held onto his son and not sobbing his heart out.

For lunch, they had several dishes a la carte. There were various meat and vegetable dishes, plated nicely by the talented team chef.

They also had a number of fish dishes, the catches courtesy of Ansel. He was quite smug about this. He said he stayed long hours under the sun to catch this meal for them and they ought be thankful.

It was just that his smug monogue was cut abruptly when he caught sight of Garan who was staring blankly at him. He didn’t even say anything, but Ansel bitterly shut up.

Unexpectedly—

“Good job,” Garan said, voice deep as always, “A fish could feed two people.”

Ansel’s eyes brightened like the sun.

He immediately schooled his expression though, pretending to be nonchalant. Except… it was too late because Althea and the others already saw the exchange.

They had to stop themselves from chuckling and embarrassing the poor lad.

Back to the food, this ‘special’ dish was delivered in grilled fish form, tender and perfectly seasoned. It was also glazed with the local citrus fruit (as their own lemons were still flowering).

Next to it was the bluish nutritious mound of steamed local rice. It was fluffy and fragrant. It was also shaped into a half globe, as if promising their stomachs would be this shape after a while.

This was topped by scrambled Gugu bird eggs, mixed with Terran tomatoes and mushrooms, adding a delightful contrast to the fish.

And finally, there was a vegetable mix stir-fry to add a burst of freshness.

It looked very sumptuous.

More prominently, Harold had successfully made half the dishes to have special effects for the spirit, which was very fitting for everyone.

“This looks really good, Harold,” Althea said and Harold smiled widely.

“Thank you. I’m just doing my part,” he said, and the group began to start eating.

Garan carefully deboned the fish and placed it on the rice, allowing it to absorb more flavor.

He then scooped it up with the ceramic spoon with a wooden handle. But instead of going into his own mouth, he placed it in front of Althea’s.

Althea blinked, but otherwise naturally took it into her mouth.

The others stared at the ceiling, wondering when they’d get used to all this PDA.

Althea then wiped the milk on the children’s faces as she chewed, promptly refilled by Garan as she swallowed.

“You eat as well.” She told him, unable to reciprocate because she was taking care of the babies who were drinking from the baby bottles she got from Terran.

Garan regretfully went to serve his own food and was about to eat a spoonful when Harold leaned forward and mentioned village gossip.

“Have you heard? A group of powerful people gathered and were waiting around the village center for the past few days.” He said. “They all look very powerful, like soldiers.

Garan, who just remembered he had people with him, froze a little and his spoon hung in the air for a second before he awkwardly finished the move.

Althea, who was also reminded, turned to look at Garan. “I’ll go see,” she said, and Garan cleared his throat.

“I’m coming with you,” he added, his baritone voice as monotonous as ever.

The couple then rushed to eat their food and excused themselves, standing up to prepare for an excursion.

They placed the two babies on the stroller and Garan naturally pushed them out.

The others were puzzled, but Ansel saw all this and cackled.

He really liked it when Garan was the Idiot.

…

It could be said that a beautiful couple casually walking together with a stroller was an unusual sight in itself, catching attention everywhere, let alone half of the pair was the well-known Miss Althea.

“Who is that?” They asked, eyes shifting to the extremely dashing and tall man pushing the specially designed stroller of the twins.

The ladies couldn’t help but gasp. “So handsome!”

“It must be the mysterious husband!”

“Wow…”

“Maybe it’s not her husband. She’s so beautiful, she can have whoever!”

“Ssshhh! What if people hear?! You don’t know how scary that man is!”

“You know him?”

“Yeah,” the man nodded. He had just moved from Bright, but he had made plenty of friends here beforehand.

However, he happened to be one of the people who ‘trained’ with the guards of Bright as part of the deal, and he saw the stark difference in strength. “Very strong. No less than Rowan.”

“Whoa…”

“What??” A pause, “How is that possible?”

“Eh, not only is it possible, but he’s not the only one,” Gossipmonger #1 said, “Do you know those soldiers hanging around the square? Those are his men.”

“Ohhhh~”

“You mean they’re settling right?”

“Oh my~!”

Then another voice came, quite smug. “I tell you he is indeed her husband. I saw her being carried home!” A stall owner helpfully said, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.

This made a small crowd gather around him, wanting him to tell them more.

“Well, there was a friend of a friend who was one of the people sent to Vismont,” Gossipmonger #2 said, “He said that Ms. Althea was being cool and beautiful as always, beating the monster that was destroying the village when time seemed to stop.

“It was quite dramatic like imaginary cherry blossoms floated around or something.

“My friend described the turn as something in slow-mo. Ms. Althea apparently felt a heated stare from a direction, her beautiful emerald eyes widening at an unexpected sight.

“She saw her husband there, and the two ran into each other’s arms without care for others!

“It was said it was more romantic than Juni’s top romcom ‘I Will Always Love You’!”

“Wow, I cried in that movie!”

The customer swooned. “They found each other! How romantic!”

Gossipmonger #2 was not yet done with his story. “I heard… he carried her all the way to her villa!”

“Oh my~”

“Kyaa~”

Someone even whistled.

Then, Gossipmonger #1 looked at he couple again, narrowing his eyes, and paused. “Are those… kiss marks?”

“What?”

As if a signal, everyone’s heads turned in a particular direction.

Gossippy citizens level 2 and above had naturally good eyes. Even several meters away, they could see the woman’s skin.

They all looked closely and their eyes widened to saucers.

Ohmyy. Those were definitely kiss marks!

Big news!

It seemed that Ms. Althea didn’t even bother to cover her multiple hickeys!!

They knew Ms. Althea didn’t care for others’ opinions, but they didn’t think she’d be this… inconsiderate!

If Althea could hear this gossip, she’d pout in annoyance.

Skin-safe powder required special soft minerals currently unavailable to her. How was she going to cover them?

Not to mention: she wore a comfortable high-neck cotton shirt today. But who told Garan to mark so high when she saw he saw her shirt?

She could only send sideways glares at her husband, the true inconsiderate one.

She was really… misunderstood!

He then looked and met her eyes, blinking as if innocent. Her lips twitched, but it wasn’t because she was smiling.

This man definitely did it on purpose!