The mature shopkeeper stood beside Seele and Black Seele's table, an utterly inoffensive smile on her face as she held a plate of exquisitely made pastries.
"These are complimentary pastries from the shop. Please accept them." The shopkeeper placed the pastries on Seele's table and smiled at the two of them.
However... the shopkeeper accidentally caught sight of the diamond ring on Black Seele's left ring finger and froze slightly...
A diamond ring on her ring finger?
She was married? No way, she was so young... she was not even in high school yet.
Although the shopkeeper's expression did not change on the surface, her thoughts were already churning. Married at such a young age... wasn't that illegal?
Besides... Black Seele looked about the same age as her own child. She could hardly imagine her child, who was still in middle school, getting married.
As for why Black Seele wore her diamond ring on her left ring finger, that was not unusual. Men and women in Western countries both wore them on the left hand, believing that the left ring finger was connected to the heart and represented a lifelong vow.
Only in Shenzhou did men wear them on the left and women on the right. Of course, that was merely the custom followed by most people in Shenzhou; some did not follow it.
"Why did you suddenly give us pastries?"
Black Seele did not care that the shopkeeper had looked at the diamond ring on her ring finger. Unlike Seele, she would not concern herself with other people's gazes.
She was merely puzzled about why the shopkeeper had suddenly given them something.
"There is no particular reason! Just a small token of appreciation!"
Faced with Black Seele's question, the shopkeeper calmed herself and replied politely. The diamond ring on