He burst out laughing. "You can actually say that."
"Anyway, don't mistake other people. It's really impossible between me and him."
"Not your type?" Adrian asked cautiously.
"...That's right!" Evie replied awkwardly.
"I understand. Don't worry about it. This kind of thing always needs mutual feelings!" Adrian comforted her.
"Thank you, Mr. Cole!" Evie laughed and nodded.
"I don't know how to explain this when I get back!" Adrian sighed.
In the end, Adrian paid for the meal. He said he didn't have the habit of letting a girl pay.
Evie wanted to call it male chauvinism, but she held back. She felt she and Mr. Cole weren't close enough for that kind of joke. So she put her wallet away and stopped insisting.
After lunch, they walked out of the cafeteria and parted ways. Evie headed toward the dormitory building.
She remembered what Mr. Cole had just told her. She couldn't help feeling embarrassed.
Alas, things had been so strange lately!
She went back to the dormitory, washed her face, and was about to take a nap when Stella and Emily came back.
Emily said there was a handsome guy downstairs holding roses. She wondered who he was waiting for!
"Didn't you ask? Maybe they're for you!" Evie said with a smile.
"Think too much!" Emily complained. "According to novel logic, sending flowers on a non-special day means either it's the girl's birthday, or he wants to confess!"
As soon as Emily finished speaking, they vaguely heard someone shouting outside—
Evie, Evie—
Stella and Emily turned their heads almost at the same time. They looked at Evie and said, "Evie, it sounds like they're calling you!"
"No way!" Evie's eyes widened in dismay.
Emily walked over and opened the balcony door. Someone was shouting Evie's name downstairs.
Emily looked down and laughed. "Evie, it's for you! The handsome guy with the roses!"
Evie walked out onto the balcony and looked down. She couldn't see the person clearly. She only saw a boy holding a big bunch of roses, standing outside the wall, shouting her name.
How embarrassing!
"Is there someone else with the same name as me?"
"No!" Stella and Emily answered in unison.
The next second, they heard the girls in the next dormitory say with a smile, "Evie, they're calling you! There's a handsome guy downstairs!"
Evie could only shout awkwardly downstairs, "There's no such person here!"
As soon as Evie finished, everyone burst out laughing.
The boy downstairs looked up at her side. He saw Evie and laughed. "I'm looking for you."
Suddenly, everyone upstairs and downstairs started clamoring.
Evie almost impulsively picked up a basin of water and poured it directly down.
Finally, she changed her clothes and was about to walk out of the dormitory. She felt something was missing.
So she turned to Emily and said, "Emily, please lend me your makeup!"
She hadn't put on makeup in a long time. She smeared blush all over her cheeks. Then she painted a bloody mouth with the reddest lipstick.
She looked in the mirror and couldn't help shivering. She scared herself.
"Evie, you're not planning to go downstairs like that, are you?" Emily asked with a frightened face.
"Yes. See how beautiful I am!" Evie turned her head to answer and smiled sweetly at Emily and Stella.
Emily and Stella shivered almost at the same time!
They were scared to death!
"Wish me luck!" Evie waved her hand and walked out of the dormitory.
She went downstairs and walked out of the girls' dormitory gate. She saw the boy standing by the flower stand, holding a big bunch of roses. He looked familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere before.
She hesitated for a moment, then walked over and asked, "Hello, who are you looking for?"
After asking this question, Evie thought she was an idiot!
"I'm looking for you!" the other side laughed and replied.
"Do you know who I am?" Evie pointed to herself and asked.
After all, she could hardly recognize herself. But he recognized her at a glance!
"Evie Vance, freshman in the Finance Department!" Jackson said.
"...What can I do for you?"
"For you!" Jackson handed out the roses in his hand and said.
Evie didn't reach for them. Instead, she instinctively stepped back and said, "I'm Jackson King. I've liked you for a long time. I hope you can be my girlfriend!" Jackson's face turned red. It seemed he had used all his strength to say this.
"But I like girls!" Evie said with a distressed face.
Jackson was stunned. He stared at Evie.
"Don't be sad. It's not your fault for liking the wrong girl. I can only say you have bad luck. So I'm sorry, I can't accept your flowers. You'd better give them to someone else! Actually, with your looks, it's very easy to find a girl more beautiful than me! Besides, even if she's not as beautiful as me, she's at least a normal girl. No! Good luck to you, Jackson!" Evie comforted Jackson with a smile.
Jackson was still staring at Evie, as if he couldn't recover from the shock.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go back to the dormitory first. Goodbye!" Evie said and turned to go back.
As soon as she reached the gate, she heard Jackson yell, "You're lying to me!"
Evie staggered for a moment and almost fell down. Finally, she steadied herself, turned around, and said with a smile, "No, I'm not! By the way, please keep it a secret for me!"
After entering the dormitory building, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Alas, it's not easy to refuse someone. It tests your intelligence and courage!
The people watching the show on the balcony saw the female lead go back to the dormitory empty-handed. They saw the male lead walk away dejectedly, leaving all the roses behind. There was no more good show to watch, so they went back to their dormitories one after another to take a nap.
Evie returned to the dormitory. Stella and Emily came over and gossiped, "Did you refuse him?"
"Isn't that obvious? Would I accept him?" Evie replied, a little speechless.
"What a pity. He looks very handsome!" Emily sighed.
"He is very handsome!" Evie said to her.
"Then you still let him go!" Stella answered in surprise.
"Just because someone is handsome doesn't mean they're suitable. Don't go to the theater. Lend me the makeup remover. I have to take this off. It's frightening." Evie looked in the mirror again and said.
"It really is scary!" Emily handed the makeup remover over and said.
"Do you think I'm really beautiful?" Evie turned her head and asked curiously.
Stella and Emily rolled their eyes almost at the same time. "You're usually pretty. Now you look like a ghost!"
"That's exactly the effect I wanted!" Evie said triumphantly, taking the makeup remover to wash her face.
For the next two days, Evie ran into Jackson repeatedly. Was this a narrow road for enemies?
Jackson looked at Evie strangely.
Evie was much calmer and more generous. She took Emily's arm and nodded to Jackson with a smile to say hello.
"Isn't he... that boy who was chasing you?" Emily responded and turned to Evie to ask.
"Yes!" Evie nodded.
"Why did he just look at me like I was his rival?" Emily asked with a puzzled face.