Chapter 41

Douglas' expression turned serious. "Nancy, do we really need to split hairs like this?" He made it sound so natural that it was starting to convince me that paying him for the book was blasphemy for our friendship. Caroline had teased me about being too uptight before, so I decided to change my approach and smiled. "Fine. Thank you." "Hello, Mr. Irvin, Nance," a soft voice suddenly interrupted. "What a coincidence." I turned around and immediately spotted Bruce and Cindy who were standing not far away. Bruce was holding several books and stood quietly by Cindy's side. There was a weird glint in his eyes and he was even sneering mockingly. Cindy had come to the bookstore to find materials related to game programming. As for Bruce, it goes without saying that he came along to keep an eye on his sweetheart. The two had been browsing the bookstore for a while but were still short on one programming book on their shopping list. They were anxiously looking around for it. "Mr. Irvin,