Sven rubbed the rings on his fingers and said, “I came to dig some gold.”

Elizabeth glanced at Sven’s fingers with a ring on each of them and she seemed surprised.

However, she didn’t say anything. She probably took it as Sven’s weird hobby.

“So, did you get the gold?” she asked curiously.

Sven pointed at the two travel bags on the back seats with his thumb and said calmly,

“one of them is full of gold and the other is filled with my clothes and some gadgets.”

The truck moved forward along the road full of snow as the two people chitchatted.

“Seventy grands. That’s all I can give you,” said the shopkeeper of the gold buyer shop.

Sven didn’t bother to bargain back and forth. He agreed directly and asked for cash.

“You’re rich,” Elizabeth said with a smile as soon as they came out of the shop.

Sven offered his right arm and said calmly, “how about I treat you to dinner?”

Elizabeth happily hooked his arm and said, “let’s not waste money. We can buy some groceries and I can cook for you. We are going to have large portions so you can have a full meal.”

“So, are we dating?” Sven asked knowingly, lowering his head to look at her.

She didn’t look up and just said yes in a low voice. Her white face flushed red.

Suddenly, Elizabeth looked up at Sven and stared at his face for a while with her beautiful eyes.

Something seemed to be telling her to not forget this moment.

But she strangely couldn’t understand what that meant. Sven felt something but he didn’t catch it.

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At the end, the two didn’t go to a nice restaurant.

They bought groceries at a local supermarket and drove straight to Elizabeth’s house.

It’s a nice one story townhouse with a bedroom, a living room connected to the kitchen, a bathroom and a toilet. According to her, she remodeled the house. Sven thought that she’s really rich.

“Have a seat first. I went back to visit my parents and stayed there for several days so I need to clean up here and there a little bit,” said Elizabeth.

Sven looked at the warmly decorated living room and felt that it was not bad at all.

“To me, everything looks fine,” Sven commented.

He casually put down the travel bags at a corner and walked out to clean the snow on the roof and the driveway.

After working hard for a while, he completed his goal and put the tools back in place.

He leisurely sat down on the long sofa in the living room when he got back into the house.

The temperature inside the house was already back to normal at that time so it's comfortable.

Since it's become unnecessary, he simply took off his jacket. In a glance, he noticed that Elizabeth was already in comfortable usual clothes.

Looking at the busy figure in the kitchen, he felt bored and decided to read something. After looking at the stacked books on the table for a while, he chose a book and started reading.

“Lunch is ready.”

Sven was awakened by Elizabeth who was standing in front of him. He glanced at the watch and found out that nearly an hour had already passed. He felt embarrassed for losing the track of time.

Quickly, he put a clipper on the page which he was reading and put the book on the table.

Sven rubbed his eyebrows and felt that some ideas in it were really thought provoking.

On the other hand, Elizabeth walked back to the kitchen with a smirk while holding her smartphone in the pocket.

After a while, the two people were sitting across the dining table and started enjoying the food.

There were fried chicken, steaks, bean stew, french fries, some sausages and bread.

When Sven found out that they tasted really good, he immediately started devouring.

He swept away four fifths of the food on the table and said sincerely,

“excellent food. I haven’t had a nice meal like this for quite a while.

I’m really glad that I listened to you.”

After being stared and complimented by him, Elizabeth felt satisfied and smiled happily.

Sven picked some french fries and asked, “by the way, what do you think about the Imperium of Man in that book?”

“What book?” asked Elizabeth in confusion.

“The Horus Heresy,” Sven replied after he finished the french fries in his hand.

“I’m sorry. I just bought that book last month and I haven’t even read it yet,” she said.

Sven didn’t continue that topic again. After they enjoyed the meal, the two snuggled together on the sofa and watched the TV shows. Slowly the two couldn’t help but started hugging, kissing and finally doing the intense physical exercise which every couple would love to do.