After saying that, Jane Sampson sensed that James Blackâs breathing seemed to have gotten noticeably heavier.
Itâs over, the more she explained, the angrier he seemed to get?
But, why?
"Jane Sampson."
James Black took a long breath before calling out her name and surname included, the woman who was earnestly and anxiously explaining on the other end of the phone. Then he said, word for word, "That âhusbandâ is me."
"..." Jane Sampson seemed to lose her ability to speak, stammering out a sound, "You? You? How did you become âhusbandâ?
What Jane meant was, how had his mobile number in her contact list turned into âhusbandâ?
She remembered...
"You took it upon yourself to change it that day we went to the shopping mall last weekend!" Jane Sampson immediately remembered that last weekend, James Black had taken her phone and discovered the nickname she had set for him, and then apparently he had changed it himself?
At that time, Jane Sampson thought James Black would at most change his contact nickname back to James Black.
She hadnât expected, never thought that he would change it to âhusbandâ?
"If Iâm not mistaken, at the shopping mall, didnât you call me that yourself?" James Black snorted, "What, is there a mistake? Do I need to pull out our marriage certificate for you to check again?"
"..." Sitting inside the car, Jane Sampson was stunned, covering her forehead, "Sure, I said that, but you didnât tell me what nickname you changed, how would I know you changed it to âhusbandâ? Just like my name in your phone is Jane Sampson, I thought you just changed it back to James Black."
"Are you reminding me that in the interest of fairness, I should change yours to âwifeâ?" James Black asked very seriously and considered it for two seconds, nodding, "Thatâs right, Iâll change it right now."
When James Black said âright nowâ, he meant it. He was gripping the phone in his hand, and changing a nickname was really a matter of a few seconds. By the time Jane Sampson started calling out to him, he had already clicked complete, and the three words âJane Sampsonâ were replaced by the two words âwifeâ.
Then James Black said, "Indeed, the two words âwifeâ are indeed more pleasing to the eye than the three words âJane Sampsonâ."
Peter Gingery, standing next to him, was taken aback and interjected, "Brother, do you think that comment was a compliment? It sounds to me like youâre dissatisfied with Janeâs name."
"Shut up!"
"You should tell Peter Gingery to shut up too!"
As James Black hurled those two words at Peter Gingery, Jane Sampson was also shouting at James Black over the phone.
Initially, Jane Sampson hadnât felt like her name was being disparaged by James Black, but after hearing Peter Gingery say it, she began to feel slighted.
So be it, obsessing over a nickname is pointless, Jane Sampson asked lazily, "Itâs all a misunderstanding. Iâll pull you out of the blacklist in a second. Also, why were you calling me?"
"To let you know, I wonât be able to make it back this weekend," James Black said. "Donât wait for me to come home."
"???" Jane Sampson blurted out her question, "Didnât you say that when you left in the morning that day? Why did you need to make a special call? I wasnât waiting for you to come home."
This time, it was Peter Gingeryâs turn to hold his forehead. Jane Sampson, oh Jane Sampson, didnât you understand that his brother thought she wanted him to come home? Why clarify things so emphatically at that moment?
As expected, James Blackâs face grew darker, "When I left, I said âmaybe,â âpossibly.â I didnât tell you for certain."
Is there a difference?
Jane Sampson muttered in her heart, anyway, at that time, she had just assumed the message that James Black wouldnât be able to come back that weekend.
"Okay, okay, I got it now. If thereâs nothing else, Iâm hanging up, Iâm still driving."
Jane Sampson hastily hung up the phone, then immediately freed James Blackâs number from the blacklist, and just as easily changed the nickname âhusbandâ back to âJames Black.â
That âhusbandâ nickname, it just felt too cheesy.