Ashley Shaw pretended not to notice, keeping her eyes fixed on the podium.
The eting lasted for about an hour and a half before it finally ended.
When they reached the exit of the sports field, the three of them happened to run into Ariana Grant.
Before they could say a few words, Tyler Joyce ca over.
He was holding four bottles of water.
But only Ariana Grant’s bottle was flavored soda water, while the others had mineral water.
The subtle difference was instantly detected by the girls, and Jocelyn Hayes and Lynn Redding both winked at Ariana Grant.
Ariana turned bright red and hurriedly dragged the three away.
Jocelyn Hayes was the first to bring up Tyler Joyce: "Ariana, I think Senior Tyler is quite nice. Why don’t you consider him? If you go with him, we’ll have a connection in the form of the student council president."
Ariana pretended to glare at her with mock anger.
"Are you willing to sell out a friend for such connections?"
Jocelyn imdiately hugged Ariana’s arm.
She was the kind of person who, when she liked soone, embraced everything about them, and when she didn’t like soone, even their breathing seed wrong.
That’s why she especially liked Ariana.
"I’m not selling out my friend, I just think Tyler Joyce is really nice. Anyway, you’re single, so why not consider it? In college, you should learn how to study and how to date. Otherwise, once you’re out of school, your parents will rush you into marriage, and you’ll end up marrying soone without any experience in love."
Ariana looked conflicted.
"I really don’t have those feelings for him..."
Although she seed to have a thing for handso guys, being attractively inclined, deep down she was actually very loyal.
When she liked soone, that person was the only one in her world, and no one else could squeeze in.
Seeing her discomfort, Ashley Shaw simply made it clear: "Robin, Ariana actually has soone she likes, but that person doesn’t go to our school."
"Oh? Which school is the person from?"
Ashley hesitantly replied, "A school in Westcroft."
"No wonder soone so handso and also a student council president doesn’t interest you. Turns out you already have soone in your heart!"
Lynn Redding pointed out sothing practical: "If you were in a long-distance relationship, that’s one thing, but with such a distance, it’s ti to make more effort."
Ariana just gave a small smile, saying no more.
It wasn’t that she wasn’t trying; she was actually working hard to lose weight.
But Leon Zeller... he was still filming a variety show!
She couldn’t get in touch with him at all.
Not even Leon’s parents could reach him, she thought.
...
In the survival reality show.
By now, everyone was no longer just concerned with "eating"; they started pursuing quality of life.
Everyone had their own "wooden bed," and even the dinners were made with special materials, prepared through baking.
Moreover, they had set up many traps, so waking up ant a big harvest, vying for the one with the highest quality of life to win the championship.
Of course, this was the case for the Stardust Team.
The situation in other teams was slightly worse.
Only Leon had the talent and knowledge to make these things, while the others were still lingering at the simplest "survival" line.
And this day, Leon revealed why he had these skills.
It wasn’t that he did a lot of howork; his father was an expert in this area—a biologist who loved to explore rainforests.
Upon learning about Leon’s family background, his fans went crazy for him.
His social dia followers increased by hundreds of thousands again.
Ariana saw this through her phone, and her heart was filled with a young girl’s complex feelings.
She loved how amazing he was, loved his radiant glow, but also hoped that glow would be seen by her only.
That would an less competition.
Ashley Shaw, on the other hand, had no ti to watch variety shows at all.
Wilson Wallace had notified her that she needed to perform on stage without a script, so she had to seize every mont to morize her lines.
To prevent stage fright, she even had Jocelyn Hayes and Lynn Redding pretend to be the audience to rehearse with her several tis.
The rehearsal went smoothly without errors, which provided so reassurance.
After practice, Ashley Shaw checked the ti and saw it was already past five.
Ariana ca upstairs to call everyone to the cafeteria for dinner, but Ashley, with her mind preoccupied, found an excuse about needing to continue morizing her lines and asked them to bring her back a serving of noodles.
ntioning the noodles, Lynn Redding rembered that was the beginning of their friendship and volunteered to bring them for her.
Even though it didn’t matter who among the three of them brought it, Lynn’s gesture was noted fondly by Ashley, who replied with a smile, "Then I’ll have an extra egg."
"No problem, and I’ll add a sausage for you too, wishing you smooth success in your speech tonight."
"Thanks for the good wishes."
The three quickly went out while Ashley Shaw took out her phone from the drawer.
There weren’t any ssages from Assistant Lowell or Xavier Quincy, whether on WeChat or email.
Instead, Brooke had sent her a ssage two minutes ago, asking if she was adapting well to school.
Ashley responded promptly: "Pretty well, and I’ve made two new friends."
Two seconds later, Claire Xavier called directly.
"Ashley?"
Hearing the familiar voice on the other end of the line, Ashley’s eyes grew warm as she exclaid, "Ms. Grant!"
Claire was silent on the other end too, seemingly a bit choked up as well.
She quickly composed herself and said, "I hope I’m not disturbing you by calling at this ti?"
"Not at all, not at all."
"That’s good. I was afraid you’d be too busy with the start of school and not able to answer calls, so I texted you first."
This indicated she had sothing to say.
Ashley asked, "Did sothing happen?"
"Ivy Bond is not doing well; she’s being transferred to Aethelgard by dical helicopter tomorrow. I’ll be coming with her... if there’s ti, maybe we can have a al together."
Ashley was happy at the prospect of seeing Claire, but since the cause for the eting was a bit serious, she didn’t want to seem too joyful.
So she just said, "Of course, I’ll pick the place?"
"Sure. Is it okay if Archie cos along?"
Ashley paused slightly, then said, "It’s fine."
"Great, I’ll text you after I land and get things settled here. We’ll arrange it according to your schedule."
"Okay."
"Oh, one more thing."
"What is it?"
"It’s more gossip than sothing serious. Did you know that Rosalind Lynch was sent to Curtis Bowen’s bed by her dad... and now Mrs. Bowen is making a fuss."
Ashley was montarily stunned and asked, "Who is Curtis Bowen?"
"Do you rember once we had a big order delivered to Westcroft Hotel?"
"I rember, we made a lot of mini cakes for the wedding of a company chairman’s daughter."
"Yes! Her dad is Curtis Bowen."
Ashley was shocked.
She rembered that the man holding the bride’s arm at the ti was at least fifty, with a large belly and a greasy face.
Although he seed to be quite wealthy, there was sothing unsettling about him.
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