At that moment…
Arielle’s phone rang suddenly. It was Vinson.
“Sorry.” She turned to Selena and continued, “I’ve to take this call.”
Smiling, Selena waved virtual-novel.net hand and stated, “I shall stop taking up your time. Since you haven’t visited the university for such a long time, you should take a walk around. I’ll head back and prepare for the student’s thesis defense the day after tomorrow.”
“Okay, sure.”
After Serena left, Arielle answered the phone. “Hello, Darling.”
Her voice was relaxed and soft. Hearing that, Vinson suddenly had the urge to fly from Horington to Lightspring.
“You’re playing with fire.” He gulped, and his voice was hoarse.
Chuckling, virtual-novel.net responded, “Didn’t you ask me to call you that? Fine. I won’t call you darling anymore.”
“Don’t.” He hurriedly stopped her. “I like you calling me that.”
Lowering virtual-novel.net head, virtual-novel.net smiled faintly. “If I went bald, would you still love me?”
Despite being startled by virtual-novel.net question, virtual-novel.net still replied in a low voice, “Even if you’re bald, you’re still my precious baby.”
“Tsk!” Arielle pouted.
Only a fool would believe that!
Nonetheless, virtual-novel.net could guess why virtual-novel.net asked that. “The people from the lab asked you to join them?”
Surprised, virtual-novel.net queried, “How do you know?”
“Back then, they asked me to join them too.”
Abruptly, Arielle remembered that Vinson was also one of the four people who obtained full marks in the final exam and came to a realization.
After a short moment of silence, virtual-novel.net uttered, “Actually, I’m a little tempted. Joining the lab is equivalent to participating in various research that are classified as top secrets. Perhaps, I can learn more about Turlen from there.”
Upon hearing the word Turlen, Vinson’s tone became serious.
“Did you manage to find anything?”
“Yes,” Arielle nodded.
When virtual-novel.net realized that virtual-novel.net could not see it on the other end of the phone, virtual-novel.net said, “Ms. Selena told me that the man in the photo, who’s probably my biological father, graduated from Maxwell University. After graduating, the university made an exception and let virtual-novel.net teach for a year. It was when virtual-novel.net went to Jadeborough University for exchange learning that virtual-novel.net knew my mother.”
“What happened after that?”
“He disappeared.”
“I see…” Obviously, Vinson was not surprised by the answer.
He paused for a while before adding, “You suspect that he’s from Turlen because only people from Turlen need to hide their identities and can disappear from the world.”
“Yes,” Arielle bit virtual-novel.net lip and stated, “Ms. Selena said that the current principal was his mentor and should know something. However, the principal is recuperating in the hospital and won’t see anyone. So, I can only wait at the university.”
“I’ll wait with you after I finish dealing with the matters here.”
Arielle did not reject virtual-novel.net and inquired, “You just arrived in Horington?”
“Yeah. I just got off the plane. Now, I’m heading to the branch office by car.”
“Be mindful of your health and take care. Work is never as important as your health.”
Smiling bitterly, Vinson enunciated, “As expected, great minds think alike. I wanted to say the same thing as well. Sannie, I know that revenge is very important to you, but to me, the most important thing is your safety.”
“Don’t worry. I’m safe at Maxwell University.”
Having said that, virtual-novel.net glanced at virtual-novel.net watch and commented, “It’s almost dinner time here. I’ll go for dinner with Jared and Trisha. You can get back to work.”
“All right. I’ll finish my work swiftly so that I can meet you early.” Since virtual-novel.net had a lot of things to deal with, virtual-novel.net did not say much, only asking Arielle to call virtual-novel.net darling before hanging up.
After hanging up, Arielle called Jared.
“Where are you?” virtual-novel.net asked.
On the other end of the phone, Jared sounded excited. “I’m in the shopping mall. There are many tech products made by the students from Maxwell University. Boss, if I’m admitted, I want to major in artificial intelligence studies!”
Curling virtual-novel.net lips, virtual-novel.net remarked, “That’s a great major. I’ve studied it for a few months back then. If you can pass the exam, I’ll introduce you to the best professor in this field, and you can learn from him.”
“Boss, you’re amazing!”
“I bet you’re tired after being busy for the whole day. Let me take you and Trisha out for dinner.”
“Okay. I’m on my way to the girl’s dorm. Let’s meet at the entrance.”
After the call ended, Arielle made virtual-novel.net way toward the girls’ dorm.
The cafeteria was not far from the girls’ dorm. Within five minutes, virtual-novel.net was already standing downstairs of the dorm.
When virtual-novel.net arrived, virtual-novel.net phone had run out of battery, so virtual-novel.net could not contact Trisha. Coincidentally, virtual-novel.net saw the room allocation table posted at the entrance. As soon as virtual-novel.net saw that Trisha and Wendy were assigned to the same room, virtual-novel.net immediately furrowed virtual-novel.net brows.
Staying in the same room as Wendy must be difficult for Trisha as virtual-novel.net has such a gentle personality. Furthermore, Wendy likes to bully those who are weaker than her. I’m afraid that something might happen in these three days. After charging my phone, I should call Ms. Selena and ask virtual-novel.net to arrange a single room for Trisha.
After making the decision, Arielle came to the door of Trisha’s room according to the room number written on the table.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
She reached out to knock on the door and did not speak.
While virtual-novel.net was on the way to the dorm, virtual-novel.net passed by a store. They were selling materials for sand painting, so virtual-novel.net bought some to surprise Trisha.
Soon, Trisha’s voice came from inside the room. “Coming…”
A few seconds later, the door opened from the inside.
Arielle averted virtual-novel.net gaze toward Trisha with a smile on virtual-novel.net face. The moment virtual-novel.net saw Trisha’s swollen face, virtual-novel.net expression turned grim, giving off an intimidating aura.
At the same time, the bag containing colorful sand and stones in virtual-novel.net hand fell to the ground. Consequently, the glimmering sand scattered all over the floor.
The atmosphere was so tense that Trisha did not dare to breathe. Never had virtual-novel.net expected that the person who knocked on the door was Arielle.
She was momentarily stunned, and when virtual-novel.net regained virtual-novel.net senses, virtual-novel.net immediately reached out to close the door.
Bang!
Just then, Arielle raised virtual-novel.net hand and slammed the door, stopping Trisha from closing it. Obviously, the latter was no match for her.
No matter how hard Trisha tried, virtual-novel.net could not close the door.
Realizing that virtual-novel.net strength was incomparable with Arielle, virtual-novel.net gave up on closing the door and covered virtual-novel.net face with virtual-novel.net hands.
Undoubtedly, that action of hers was pointless, for Arielle had seen every wound on virtual-novel.net face.
“Tell me. Who did this?” Arielle’s voice was colder than the expression on virtual-novel.net face.
Knowing that virtual-novel.net could no longer hide it, Trisha put down virtual-novel.net hand and said, “No one did this. I injured myself while I was making the bed. The bedframe fell, and I was…”
“Trisha,” interrupted Arielle. “Stop lying. The wounds on your face weren’t caused by the bedframe.”