The Bodyguard System

Jaden raised his brows upon hearing that. What could he say now? Nothing. At the end of it all, if Scarlet did not know what she could buy for her mother, then why did she even bother to think much about it?

She could not ask, because she wanted to keep it hidden, and it was going to be a surprise for Lynette. But if she did not ask, how was she supposed to know what Lynette would love?

This was a dilemma, and neither Jaden nor Scarlet knew how to solve it. Jaden had already given the suggestion that he was having, but it was outrightly rejected by what Scarlet had said.

When Scarlet noticed that Jaden was no longer thinking much about the idea, and he had already taken out the phone, scrolling through it, she could not help but purse her lips.

"Hey, are you not going to help me brainstorm on what I'm going to buy for my mother?" Scarlet asked in a displeased tone.

Jaden raised his head from the screen that he was looking at, and gazed at Scarlet, before looking around, trying to see if there was somebody else that Scarlet was talking to.

But it was only after looking around, that he realized that there was nobody that was paying much attention to them, that Scarlet could be talking to. That implied that Scarlet was definitely talking to him.

"Are you asking me that?" With a doubtful voice, Jaden asked.

Upon noticing Jaden's reaction, together with his question, Scarlet was momentarily stunned. Then in the next moment, she was infuriated.

She pointed her finger at Jaden and said, "Of course I'm talking with you. If not you, who else am I talking to? A ghost? I'm asking you, why don't you help me to think about something that I can buy for my mother? You know, on Saturday, it is going to be her birthday."

Jaden: "…."

Jaden was left speechless with Scarlet's anger. Why the heck was she shouting at him? Was this even a way of asking somebody for help? Moreover, Lynette was her mother.

The Interaction that Jaden had with Lynette was very low, as compared to the ones that Scarlet had. So, if Scarlet, who had the most interactions with Lynette among the two of them, did not know what to buy, what was he, a person who did not know much about Lynette, know?

"You…know that I don't know that much about your mother, right? Besides-" Jaden was just responding, when he suddenly stopped.

When Jaden said those words, Scarlet thought that it actually made sense. After all, Jaden had only interacted with her mother a few times, and every time that the two of them interacted, it was always about work.

So, it seemed too much for her to ask him to give a suggestion on what she could buy for her mother. Nonetheless, she thought that it was not impossible for Jaden to make some random suggestions, and perhaps there was going to be one of them that was going to be good.

After all, at this moment, Scarlet was completely blank on what to purchase. Rather, it was just that she had many things in her mind, but she did not know what she could buy among them. As of purchasing everything that she was thinking about, that was completely out of question.

Not to mention that she was trying to save money, she would not just go ahead and purchase things that would end up being thrown aside by her mother, after Saturday.

Of course, for somebody to feel that whatever they had been given was special, whatever was given to them had to be unique, or have some special meaning. If she suddenly bought everything that she thought about, it would definitely not have much of a meaning, as a gift that she wanted her mother to enjoy getting.

But she had only thought of that when suddenly, she realized that Jaden had stopped talking midway. She gazed at him, and realized that Jaden seemed to be looking at nothing, despite his eyes being wide open.

That's right, his eyes were currently staring in front of him, yet there was nothing in front of him, other than herself. But Scarlet could easily tell that Jaden's eyes were not focusing on her at all.

Scarlet felt veins popping up on her forehead as she glared at Jaden. It was just that no matter how much she glared, Jaden did not seem to react to her at all. It was as if she, who was standing in front of him, was not existing at all.

Jaden did not know about Scarlet's reaction at this moment. Instead, he was completely dumbfounded by the prompt that had appeared in front of him while he was speaking.

[Optional mission generated. Help the client think about a gift for her mother. The reward will be calculated according to the completion of the mission.]

That's right. The system that had been silent for quite a while now, suddenly generated a mission. It was a good thing that the mission that had been generated was not due to Scarlet experiencing danger. It was just that she was currently in a dilemma, and did not know what to do.

Now, the system had generated an optional mission for Jaden. This was something that excited him. After all, with the mission being generated, that implied that there was a chance for him to get a good reward.

It was just that he did not know what the reward was going to be, but nonetheless, he hoped that it was going to be something good.

But there was only one problem here. What was he supposed to suggest to Scarlet? He did not know Lynette that well, so it was extremely difficult for him to be able to tell Scarlet what she could buy for her mother, and her mother would end up loving it.

This was a very tricky situation. Jaden kept on thinking about it, but after a long while, he could not come up with anything that he could suggest to scarlet so that she could buy for her mother.

According to his observation of Lynette for the past few weeks, he realized that she was always a busy lady. Most of the time, she was always dealing with professional things. It was things related to the family business, or Scarlet's safety.

"Hey, what are you looking at? If you don't want to give me a suggestion, then stop wasting time staring at nothing. Instead of standing there like an idiot, why don't you come with me so that we can go around the stores once again, and see if we can find something that my mother might like?" Scarlet's voice brought Jaden back to the real world.

Jaden looked at Scarlet, who seemed to be quite furious after she had been ignored for quite a while. Jaden could only give a helpless smile at that. It was just that he was so consumed by the mission that had been generated by the system, that he even forgot about Scarlet.

"Well, before I make a suggestion, why don't you tell me about your mother. That way, I can at least have an idea on what I am supposed to suggest to you." Jaden stated after a moment of thought.

Despite still having a displeased expression on her face, Scarlet was finally relieved in her heart. It seemed that Jaden was going to help her out in this situation. Since that was the case, she did not need to be angry at him anymore.

Nonetheless, she did not show that at all, and still put on the angry expression on her face. This way, it would make this guy be serious a bit. Otherwise, he might end up staring at the empty space in front of him again.

"Well, all that I know is from the time that I was with my mother when I was a child. Back then, my mother would always spend a lot of time with me, as compared to now.

From those memories, I can remember that she really loved paintings. She could paint, but she only did that during her free time. She painted me a few times, but she did not continue when I reached 7 years old.

It was at that time that she finally began focusing on the business again. And until today, the interaction between me and my mother has been way little as compared to during my childhood." As she reached this point, Scarlet seemed melancholic about the past.

Jaden could associate to that a little. After all, his parents were always busy, and while they usually gave him time, and would occasionally come back and take him out, the time that they spend together was extremely low.

Nonetheless, Jaden did not say anything concerning his past. Instead, he thought about what Scarlet was saying. Other than painting, it seemed that she loved reading novels as well.

After thinking about it for a while, Jaden asked, "If that is what your mother loves, what are we doing on this floor anyway? Is this not a place for ladies' clothing? I don't think that either the paintings or the novels can be found on this floor, right?"