Back at her new residence in Bel Air,

Hayley was still furious.

Damn Guy!

It was because of this last time,

She had already broken up with him once,

She didn't expect this guy to have such a bad memory.

So angry.

She really should ask him, is it because I'm not cute enough and charming enough that you actually think that those powders are more attractive than me?

She was too angry.

The butterfly dog obediently crawled in the kennel. She was not in the mood to play with it,

She casually got some dog food for it,

She threw it and its kennel into the corridor.

There were no servants in the house. It was really quiet.

Thinking about it, she was so angry that she could not sleep. She went downstairs to the fridge to see if there was anything else to eat.

She ate half a bucket of ice cream alone in a huff,

She finished an entire jar of walnuts. She went upstairs and brushed her teeth again before falling onto the bed,

She fell asleep.

The next morning, just as dawn broke, she was woken up by the phone.

She lifted the blindfold,

She picked up the mobile phone in a daze and looked,

It was Juven. He immediately got out of bed and opened the window,

He threw the mobile phone out.

She pulled down the blindfold and continued to sleep.

But she didn't sleep for long,

She was woken up again by the sound of knocking on the window.

She lifted the blanket abruptly,

She sat up,

She lifted the blindfold and pulled open the curtains. Outside the window was Juven's smiling face.

Bastard!

This was the second floor!

How did he climb in?

And how did he climb up?

Juven gestured for her to open the window.

She glared at him and closed the curtains again.

"Hayley, Hayley!" First, he called her in a low voice, then his voice became louder and louder, calling her more than ten times.

"Babybear, let me in!

If you don't let me in, how can I apologize to you properly?

Babybear, you don't want to wake up Helen, do you?

Do you want to do this? "

Helen pushed the door open. "I've been woken up."

"Mom," Hayley felt wronged. "I don't want to see him. Tell him to leave."

Helen walked in and sat by the bed. She reached out and touched her chin.

"Okay.

He's too noisy and annoying. "

Hayley smiled again.

Helen got up and walked to the window. She pulled open the curtains and pushed the window open a crack. "Juven, you can go.

Hey, where did you find the ladder?

Don't try to trick her out by falling down.

If you fall, I'll still call 911 for you. "

Juven was dumbfounded. He had really thought of throwing her skillfully to trick her out.

"Helen, I made her angry. Can you let me see her?

I want to apologize to her. "

"No, she doesn't want to see you. Leave.

Don't climb over the wall, I'll open the door for you. "

Juven went down the ladder unhappily and dejectedly, but he didn't put the ladder back. Instead, he just put it under the window.

He walked a few steps in the direction of the gate, then walked back. He thought for a moment, sighed, and walked a few more steps in the direction of the gate, then walked back again.

"Hayley, I love you.

I'm sorry to disappoint you. Can you talk to me? "

After waiting for a few minutes, Hayley didn't say anything. She didn't open the window, nor did she come downstairs.

He thought for a moment, then continued shouting, "I'll come back tomorrow!

I must see you! "

*

But he didn't see Hayley again. The servants had returned to work on the morning of the 27th, so he didn't have a chance to climb over the wall, nor did he have a chance to get the ladder outside her window.

Juven was annoyed.

"What should I do?

She didn't answer my calls. She didn't want to see me when I went to look for her.

Why is she like this? "He was angry and depressed.

Little Robert Downey poured him a glass of wine. "It's hard to appease a girl when she's angry.

But what did you do? "

Juven immediately stammered.

Taking drugs wasn't something to be proud of. Even in Hollywood, everyone did it in private. But once it was made public, it would still be very damaging to one's image.

His agent, Iris Burton, tried to warn him about the dangers of being addicted to contraband, but he thought that he was already an adult and didn't need to listen to her nagging anymore. His agent wasn't his mother. If he didn't want to listen, she could only let him be.

Little Robert saw his awkward expression and thought for a moment. He knew why.

He shook his head. "You."

Juven had long regretted it.

When Hayley left, he was still dizzy and didn't understand why she had run away.

When he woke up, he was already lying at home. In the morning, he suddenly remembered. Oh no!

Hayley had run away in a fit of anger, and he had forgotten to send her home.

He quickly washed up, changed his clothes, and rode his motorcycle to Bellaire's new residence.

In the end, Hayley didn't say a word to him.

He was frustrated and confused, not knowing what to do.

Last time, she had been like this. She had said "break up" and left.

At that time, he had been quite arrogant. Who's afraid of who!

If you want to leave, then leave!

I don't lack a girlfriend!

But he couldn't forget her.

*

Since he couldn't enter her house, he wouldn't always want to be rejected.

After the New Year, he went to New York to continue working.

Hayley also returned to Berkeley after the New Year.

David Bashrov drove her to her Berkeley apartment. According to his father, Alexander, he drove around her apartment a few times and came back.

"I've checked the surroundings. It's pretty good. There's nothing that shouldn't be here."

He was quite vague, but Hayley still understood. He meant that the environment was safe and it was a high-end neighborhood. There were no small gangs or the like, and it wasn't a main area of activity.

He also checked her door and windows very carefully.

"You live alone, so you have to be careful.

Although there aren't any gangsters around, people with high education can be impulsive, especially when you're so beautiful. "He was indeed worried about her." How's the resident across from you? "

"He's a senior in the fourth grade. I'm not familiar with him."

He was even more worried.

He knew about all kinds of rape, sexual assault, and molestation cases in American universities. Universities weren't safe havens at all. It could be very dangerous at certain times.

"You have to be careful."

He reminded her again. "This is different from Beverly Hills where you used to live. Almost every family there has their own bodyguards, so it's relatively safer.

Beautiful girls living alone are the easiest targets. Don't think that it's safe around the school. "

"I've been living alone for a semester." She pursed her lips unhappily.

"I know you're smart and know how to protect yourself. But sometimes, you can't avoid danger just because you want to." David looked worried.

"I heard that you broke up with Little Phoenix?"

"That has nothing to do with you."

"I haven't said anything yet!"

He smiled helplessly. "I'll come again at the end of the month. If there's anything you want me to bring to you, you can call me."

"What are you doing here?

Are you here to see me? "

David wanted to say "Yes," but before he could say it, he changed his mind. "No, I'm here for something else.

I'm also here to see you. "

"I don't need you to bring me anything." If she needed something, she could just buy it. Why bother bringing it?

David frowned slightly. "Maybe you'll be willing to go out for dinner with me.

You don't want to eat with me now, but maybe you'll change your mind later. Don't reject me too quickly. "

Hayley looked at him and didn't say anything.

"I think I should let you understand that I'm serious about you. I want to get to know you, get to know you, and spend as much time with you as possible. This way, you'll gradually get to know me.

Then we'll see if we can go on a date. What do you think? "

"But I've known you for a long time. I'm not interested in getting to know you."

David looked at her and smiled. "Are you afraid?"

"What?" She didn't understand.

"You're afraid that you might fall in love with me, so you don't even want to eat with me."

"What?" She was stunned, and then she laughed for a long time.

"You're really — arrogant. You're the same kind of person as Hari, so you're good friends because you're both selfish and arrogant."

She laughed again, and it was a mocking laugh. "You won't understand a girl like me at all. You only see my beauty, and you don't care about anything else.

I'm different from those gold-digging girls who only want to find a rich husband because of their beauty. I'm beautiful and educated. If I become your wife, I won't embarrass you. I'm also likely to be rich, and I won't be bad at home or in the world.

Ah, in that case, I think I'm a very qualified bride. "

David's expression became colder and colder.

"If I'm interested in you, I won't care whether you treat me as a qualified wife or not. But I'm really not interested in you at all.

Even if you strip naked and do a lap dance in front of me, I won't be excited at all. "She smiled." To put it simply, you're not attractive to me. "

They were all people who had received higher education, so how could they not understand this layer of meaning?

David still maintained his demeanor. "Okay, I know."

He lowered his head and muttered to himself. After a moment, he looked up and looked at her. "You're only 18 years old now. You don't know what love is, what marriage is. Love and marriage don't have to be related.

As you said, you're really a perfect wife candidate, so I think I should give you a chance to choose.

You can continue to date that little Phoenix or other people, I won't care.

As for Hari, you don't have to pay attention to him at all. "

Hayley laughed wildly again. "Listen to that!

Your tone, it's like I'm already your private property.

You're really the same as Hari. Even this condescending tone is the same. I think you two should get married. He's very suitable for you. "

She said sarcastically, "You two are always together. Before this, I always thought you two were a couple — Hey!

What do you want to do?

If you dare to touch me, I'll immediately tell Helen that you raped me.

Helen will kill you, and then your father will definitely forgive her. "

David's face was livid. It looked like he didn't want to rape her, but wanted to strangle her. "Shut up!

If you don't shut up, I'll kiss you until you shut up. "

Hayley immediately raised her hand to cover her mouth and said vaguely, "No!"

Looking at it this way, she was really childish.

David also felt that he couldn't do anything to her, so he could only smile cautiously. "Okay, don't be naughty. I won't do anything to you. I'm not that stupid. I know you don't like it, but I still want to kiss you or take you to bed.

I've been telling Hari before that I haven't slept with you until now. I'm really stupid!

But I'm quite happy that you won't sleep with him. "

"Stop talking. You should go. Otherwise, it'll be after midnight when you get back to Los Angeles."

She didn't want to discuss with him who she was going to sleep with, okay? They weren't that intimate yet.

*

At the end of January, David came again. He wanted to invite Hayley to dinner as planned, but he was surprised to see a handsome man with a pair of beautiful eyes beside Hayley.

The man smiled and talked to her, and she kept smiling. They just left the apartment and went down the stairs. The man came down first, then half turned to hold her hand. She smiled and put her hand in his as she said something.

He didn't get out of the car and stayed in it.

Hayley saw him.

She had been smiling, but she suddenly stopped smiling.

Then, a few seconds later, she started smiling again.

The man noticed her pause and turned to look at her curiously.

Haley quickly reached out and pulled the man's face towards her. Then, she kissed him.

David was about to faint. She did it on purpose!

She kissed that man on purpose to piss me off!

He wavered between getting out of the car, rushing to her and kissing her, and driving away immediately. In the end, he resisted the urge, started the engine, and drove away.

Little Robert Downey's heart raced from the kiss, but he was still quite rational.

"Who was that person?"

It was obvious that she had decided to kiss him because she saw that person. Otherwise, why would she suddenly do that?

"Unrelated person."

"No way." He rolled his eyes at her. "You did it to piss him off.

It's not good for you to treat me like this. If you had told me in advance, I would've cooperated and acted out a drama for him. "I'm not bad at acting!

"I didn't know he was coming today."

"Who is it?"

"Aleksandr Bashrov's son, David."

Little Robert immediately understood.

But it was quite strange. "But …"

David was really strange. Actually, Americans didn't care much about these things. It was common for them to marry their son's girlfriend. Many of them were going to marry their daughter, but after meeting their future mother-in-law, they married their fiancée's mother instead. Even the local newspaper wouldn't publish such a cliche plot.

Besides, she was just the daughter of the father's lover. Little Robert had heard that Alexander had been separated from his wife for many years and hadn't officially filed for divorce, but now he was urging his lawyer to get the divorce done.

If Helen really did marry Alexander, and David wanted to marry Haley, then it wouldn't be a strange thing to keep the goodies within one's own family.

"But what?

I can't persuade him not to like me.

I'm so beautiful and cute, it's normal for him to like me.

It's just that I don't like him.

Let's go eat. I'm starving. "

"Okay.

But I've never been here before. Where do you think we should eat? "

Hayley took a few steps and stopped. "Wait a minute." She kissed him for a while.

They weren't very different in height, so she didn't need to stand on tiptoe to kiss him.

She was kissed again, but she was still very happy. Her heartbeat sped up, and she was a little flustered.

This was strange!

"What do you mean?" He wanted to push her away, but for some reason, he hugged her.

"Nothing. I want to know how it feels when you kiss me."

"Can you tell me?"

"It's okay, but you don't seem to be focused."

"Maybe it's because I'm scared of you."

"I scared you?" Her smile was as bright as the sun. "You're lying!"

"Hayley."

"Yes?"

"Go on a date with me.

I'll finish filming at the end of February, and I'll be in Los Angeles. "It seemed that someone would be back in Los Angeles at the end of February.

"Then you have to come to Berkeley. I don't have time to go back."

"Okay, next weekend. How about the end of next week?"

*

The person who went to Berkeley every weekend was Little Robert. As a good friend of Juven and Little Robert, Kinou said that it was fine as long as they were happy.

Juven finished all his scenes at the end of February and returned to Los Angeles from New York.

There were no secrets in Hollywood.

Beverly Princess dumped Juven and started dating Little Robert in the blink of an eye. Someone had already told Juven about it.

Juven was very depressed.

As soon as he came back, he went to find Kinou and the two drank together.

Kinou didn't say much. Children were very depressed after being heartbroken. So be it if they drank more.

"You're not going to find her anymore?"

Juven said fiercely, "No!

Damn it!

Why is it always me apologizing to her? "

Kinou thought to himself, Isn't it because you did something wrong?

"She likes Bob. That's not a problem!" He threw the half-empty bottle of wine against the wall. "Damn it!

I don't want to talk about her anymore!

This — this — "He was so sad that he didn't know what to say." Bastard!

I like her very much. I love her very much. I don't understand — "

"It's nothing. Who hasn't been heartbroken a few times?" Kinou tried to comfort him weakly.

"Girls … are so cruel. They leave just like that. They don't give you a chance to explain or a chance to save yourself."

Martha was the same at that time. She asked for a breakup and left him decisively.

He struggled in the quagmire of heartbreak for a long time before he gradually recovered.

Sometimes, he could stay at home for a whole week and not go anywhere. Sometimes, he could stay at home all night long and not go anywhere. Sometimes, he could go out and play all night long.

In the second week of March, Berkeley was on spring break and Hayley returned to Los Angeles.

Little Robert picked her up and sent her to her new residence in Bel Air.

Lucia was a little overwhelmed when she saw a strange man send her back.

"This is Little Robert Downey.

Where's Madam? "This time she didn't bring a suitcase, only a travel bag.

"Madam went out."

"Has David been here recently?"

"Miss, David won't come if you're not at home." Lucia understood very well.

"That's good. I was afraid that he was too thick-skinned.

Don't let him in. I don't want to see him. "

"Okay, Miss Hayley."

She turned to Little Robert and said, "I'll go up and change. You go to the living room.

Tell Lucia if you want anything. "

Helen came back in the afternoon and saw her daughter kissing a strange man on the sofa in the living room. She stood aside and watched for a long time.

The two of them didn't notice that someone had come over. They stood aside and didn't leave.

When they finally separated, Little Robert suddenly realized that there was someone next to him!

She had been watching them kiss, and was a little nervous. "Hello, Mrs. Antrick."

He stood up a little awkwardly.

Hayley lay on the sofa and smiled lazily. "Mom, this is Bob, my current boyfriend."

Helen sized up Little Robert. He was also quite a handsome young man.

He was slightly relieved. Hayley's taste was still very good.

She didn't even ask things like "How old are you? What do you do in your family?"

"I'm going to a dinner party tonight. Come with me."

"Okay."

Helen went upstairs.

This was the first time Little Robert had been baptized by Helen's beauty up close. Of course, he couldn't help but be stunned for a few minutes.

"Honey, your mother is so beautiful.

I mean, Mrs. Antrick. "

To be fair, Hayley couldn't compare to her mother. It was mainly because she was too young and still looked like a girl. She didn't have the beauty of a mature woman.

Helen was at the most beautiful age of a woman. She was like a blooming rose, shining like a gem. She had a strong filter that could charm everyone.

"Yes, everyone says so." Hayley was still lazy. "Don't you think Helen is the pinnacle of beauty?"

"Pinnacle?

Probably.

You know those Hollywood actresses in the 30s and 40s.

But they relied on makeup and photography skills. They say that true beauty can only be counted with the naked eye. Your mother — I mean, Mrs. Antrick — is just like her name, Helen. She's destined to be a peerless beauty. "

"You're better at talking than Kinou. Kinou can't talk as well as you," she said with a smile.

"Is Kinou also charmed by Helen?"

"For a long time, but I don't want him to become my potential stepfather, so I interrupted his infatuation in time."

Little Robert first thought, "How could Kinou be like that?" But after thinking about it, it made sense. When he saw a beauty like Helen and didn't have any thoughts about her and didn't want to get her into bed, he was either impotent or gay.

"What about you?" Hayley asked him softly.

"What?"

"Are you also charmed by my mother?"

Little Robert shrugged. "She's beautiful. So beautiful that I can't think of any words to describe her.

If I say that I'm not charmed by her, I'd be lying.

But it's one thing to be charmed by her. It's another thing to be able to control myself from falling in love with her. "

"Why?"

"What 'why'?" He was a little confused by the question.

"Why won't you fall in love with her?"

"Ah, this —" Little Robert was a little overwhelmed by the questions. "Maybe it's because she's too beautiful. So beautiful that it's unreal."

"In other words, you think that she's too beautiful to be approached, so she's unapproachable, but I'm approachable?"

"— What?

What are you talking about? "

Little Robert looked at her in surprise. Her sharp observation skills weren't like an 18-year-old girl's at all. Maybe she was too calm sometimes.

"If you're so sure that you won't be charmed by her, then I'll doubt the credibility of your words." She stood up. "You have to go."

*

Hayley stood at the door of the room. She tilted her head and looked at Helen's back.

It was a very beautiful body, with a straight back and beautiful lines. Her blonde hair hung over her shoulders.

"Has he left?

That person — what's his name again? "

"Bob." Hayley walked over. "Mom, why can't I be as beautiful as you?

Or, why don't you just give birth to me as an ordinary-looking girl? "

"That won't do. It's best for my baby to be beautiful." Helen smiled at her in the mirror. "What's wrong?

That Bob didn't pass your test? "

Hayley shrugged. "He was also charmed by your beauty."

“So？”

"If he says that I'm prettier than you, then he's a big liar." She smiled. "If he wants to be my boyfriend, he has to pass this test."

"What about Juven?"

"I don't want to talk about him."

"What about Bob?

Can he make you happy? "

"I'm not sure yet."

She sighed. "There seems to be something wrong with him, but I haven't found out what the problem is."

"Do you like him?"

"Kind of. I'm not sure." She sighed again.

*

In the evening, Hayley accompanied Helen to a charity dinner. It was probably an animal protection organization or an environmental protection organization. Some people went on stage to talk about some environmental issues in Africa.

Helen wore a bright red gown that reached the floor, and Hayley wore a black knee-length gown. Her blonde hair was braided at the back of her head, and she wore a hairpin inlaid with a few small emeralds.

The meaning of the dinner was that there would be wine and food.

However, in order to show their manners, everyone didn't lower their heads to eat. It was as if they were African refugees who had been hungry for a few years.

Hayley wasn't interested in this kind of dinner. She was so bored that she only wanted to eat. Before she knew it, she had almost finished the food in front of her.

When she came back to her senses, she found that someone had quietly approached her. The person bent down slightly and whispered in her ear, "Baby Bear, you seem to be very hungry."

Helen turned her head and glanced at Juven, then at Hayley.

"Why are you here?" She picked up the napkin and elegantly wiped her mouth. Then she picked up the wine glass and took a small sip.

"I'm quite interested in this kind of thing." Juven simply squatted down.

"Is it some kind of fundraising dinner?"

"Yes.

Why, you don't know what kind of occasion this is? "

"That has nothing to do with you.

Go away. "

Juven tugged at the hem of her dress. "Do you want to come with me?

Let's go out and talk for a while. "

Hayley slapped his hand away. "Don't touch me!" But she still stood up.

Juven stood up as well. He quickly took her hand and led her out of the banquet hall.

Some people came out to smoke in the corridor outside. They walked further away to the end of the corridor and pushed open the side door. There was a very large observation deck there.

"Hayley." He called her and didn't say anything else. He lowered his head and looked at their interlocked hands.

Hayley didn't say anything either.

After a long while, he said, "I'm a little stupid. I couldn't resist temptation.

I'm sorry. Can you forgive me? "

Hayley didn't answer him.

He looked at her face worriedly. "Are you still angry?"

"You're wrong. It's not 'temptation' given to you by others. It's what you want. That's called 'temptation.'

You know what Hollywood is like. On the one hand, you insist on being a vegetarian and care about environmental issues. In the eyes of the outside world, you're a healthy and progressive youth idol. But in private, you smoke, drink, and take drugs. Which part of you do you think can be called 'true, kind, and beautiful?' "

Juven was shocked. He stared at her. "What?

Is that how you see me? "

Hayley shook his hand away. "Didn't Martha break up with you because of this?"

"She's … Can you not mention other girls?!

We're not talking about — "He was suddenly speechless.

"You're very cute."

Her tone softened a little. "But you're too unstable. I don't want to see you fall to the ground one day.

You know what happens to people who take drugs. You're not the first, and you won't be the last. But I don't want to see you become one of those people. "

"W-What do you mean?" He was a little scared.

"It's what you're thinking.

I don't want to be the woman who cries in front of your corpse. If you're determined to quit drugs, maybe I'll consider forgiving you. But — "She frowned and was a little distressed." I don't know what's wrong with you. Actually, you're very lonely, right?

Juven, there's a shadow on you. I don't like it. I'm afraid it'll crush you — "

"I thought you loved me."

"I love you, but love can't encompass everything."

"I don't understand." Juven was pained and conflicted. "I don't understand."

"You don't have to really understand.

Juven, you're still a kid, "she said gently.

*

Little Robert hesitated for a few days and decided not to tell Hayley that Juven had gone to the rehabilitation center to quit drugs.

Kinou wasn't a talkative person, so he didn't tell Hayley.

Hayley and Little Robert's dates weren't very frequent. It was about twice a week. He would pick her up for lunch in the afternoon, go shopping in the afternoon, sit at a cafe, chat, read, and kill time. After dinner, they would go to a movie or a bookstore for a while. Then, they would go to a nightclub and play until 12 o 'clock before sending her home.

Little Robert didn't really understand what she was thinking.

He did not know what to say to a young girl if her most frequent reading material was the theory of the Unified Field rather than the magazines of entertainment and fashion.

Theoretical physics was a high-end field. People who weren't in the field wouldn't know what they were studying. She was too used to reading silently and often ignored him.

Little Robert still remembered that he had once asked her recklessly what the field of theoretical physics was. She had answered casually that they were studying the true meaning of the universe.

Little Robert had thought, Wow, that's amazing. I don't know what she's talking about.

It's good that it's high-end. I don't understand.

*

Helen finally officially divorced Isaac.

She had lost about a million yuan. It wasn't a lot, but it wasn't a small amount either.

Isaac promised to compensate her as much as possible. On the day they signed the divorce agreement, he gave her a check for 200,000 yuan at the law firm.

Helen took the check.

When she returned, she gave the check to Hayley. "This is your tuition, rent, and living expenses for the next three years. It should be enough."

"It's enough."

"If there's anything you can't solve at school, tell Alexander. He'll help you solve it."

Hayley wanted to laugh. "Okay, I will." Her mother was really interesting.

"Will you marry Alexander?"

Helen waved her hand. "No, I don't want to get married anymore. It's so troublesome."

"Isn't Alexander going to divorce his wife?

What's her name? "

"I don't know. I don't care. It has nothing to do with me," Helen said coldly. "I didn't ask him to divorce."

"He'll probably want to marry you to ensure that you won't leave him."

"Yes, all men are like that."

Helen shrugged nonchalantly. "You have to know that I married Isaac because I wanted to get you registered. Of course, I can find a better person to marry, but they won't be as obedient as Isaac.

If I marry a controlling man, he won't divorce me just like that, and he won't let me continue to do whatever I want.

Isaac isn't good. It can even be said that he's terrible in some ways, but he's very good to me. "She frowned unhappily." He's a little stupid. "

Hayley understood. "Alexander is the kind of man who is very strong and controlling." She didn't want to marry him, but she could still be his lover.

"Look at David. He's his son and heir. He's always been firmly controlled by him.

Baby, I'm relieved that you don't like David. "

*

She had dinner with Aleksandr Bashrov again. Alexander was quite concerned about her. He kept asking her how she was living in Berkeley and didn't mention David.

He was very attentive to Helen, and Helen enjoyed his attentiveness.

In terms of money, although Helen didn't mention it, she was even more generous than before. She bought things for her daughter in a sweeping manner. She also bought a bunch of new clothes for the season and some fashionable jewelry with strong design.

When Hayley wasn't dating, she went shopping with Savannah. They went shopping and ate.

Savannah used to take new clothes from Hayley that she didn't know how to wear. She was taking advantage of her, but Hayley didn't care. She thought that it was good to let Savannah wear beautiful clothes when she went shopping every day.

Savannah's family was not poor. It was just that she had too many children. She was relatively poor, but she was still a middle-class family. It was just that she didn't have spare money to let Savannah often buy new dresses that cost hundreds or thousands of yuan.

After taking Hayley's new clothes, Savannah paid for the snacks and drinks they bought when they went shopping. It didn't cost much as her pocket money was more than enough to cover all the expenses.

Hayley was generous, and Savannah was tactful, so they had a good relationship. They didn't drift apart even when they went to college.

Savannah had a boyfriend. He was a senior in high school.

But their relationship was just that. They didn't get together during the spring break. The boy went back home in San Diego.

"You have to know that if you don't have a fixed boyfriend in college, you may be hit on by those guys."

This time, it was Savannah's turn to impart advanced experience to Hayley. "So you have to have a boyfriend. You have to choose carefully. He can't be too ugly, too stupid, or too annoying.

But boys nowadays, as long as you let them play video games, there's nothing they can't get rid of. "

Hayley laughed.

"What about Bob?"

"Why? Why are you asking about him?"

"Don't you think there's a generation gap between the two of you?" Savannah was very disdainful. "How much older is he than you?"

"Eight years old. He's not that old."

Savannah's face said, "You're probably kidding me." "What's wrong with Juven?

He's only three years older than you. He's beautiful, cute, and knows how to make you laugh.

Why are you looking for an uncle? "

Hayley was about to faint from laughing. "Bob will be sad to hear you say that.

He's still very young. "

"But you're only 18 years old!

We're only 18 years old! "Savannah shook her." Wake up! "

Hayley yelled, "I spilled my soda!"

*

Little Robert bought a new cell phone for Hayley.

After the spring break, he sent her back to Berkeley.

There were still two months of classes left. Hayley had to prepare for her exams, so he told her not to come over on the weekends. She had to spend time in the library to read.

This request was very reasonable. Little Robert couldn't say, "I'm more important than my studies."

Time always passed quickly when one was busy studying. One week, another week, soon, March had passed, and so had April. From the end of April to the beginning of May, there were exams, compulsory and elective courses. Reading too much would make one dizzy, and the exams would make one burn on the outside but tender on the inside.

She finally finished the last paper and felt relaxed.

When she returned to the apartment, Derek, who was opposite her, had just returned.

"Are you done with your exams?" he asked with a smile.

"Yes."

"When are you going back to Los Angeles?"

"Tomorrow.

What about you? "

"We have to hold our graduation ceremony at the end of the month.

I wanted to invite you to my graduation ceremony. "

"Huh?" Hayley didn't understand. "Aren't only family members allowed to attend graduation ceremonies?"

"It's not absolute."

He smiled warmly. "I wanted to introduce you to my mother, but the timing isn't right. You have to leave."

What a strange way to put it.

Before Hayley could figure it out, he said, "I've found a job in Los Angeles. Will I have a chance to see you again?"

"Are you going on a date with me?"

"Of course.

Will I have a chance? "

"Maybe not." Hayley opened the door. "I don't think I'll see you again, so —"

Hayley had seen a lot of such attempts at flirting and testing. She simply rejected them.

She entered the apartment, closed the door, carefully locked the two locks, hung the door chain, and put in the copper wire for the anti-break-in alarm.

This was a simple device that a student from her school had created. After locking the door, he put a copper wire at the crack of the door. If someone broke in and broke the copper wire, the alarm would ring at 80 decibels. It would be loud enough to wake up all the residents on the entire floor.

Hayley felt that this small device was very practical, so she bought one. She tested it and found that it was indeed very noisy. The alarm could also scare people, so it should be useful.

Girls living alone had to be careful. No matter how safe a place was, it wasn't absolutely safe. If they weren't careful enough, the data about campus sexual assault would teach them a lesson. No one wanted to be one of the victims.

The school also had a special brochure to talk about this issue. Every year, the freshman season and graduation season were the time when there was a high incidence of sexual assault. The school would increase the patrol area and number of times, but it was impossible to completely avoid it.