Chapter 7 - Liam's Roomates Don't Have Girlfriends

Liam suddenly turned off the tap, turned, and put the remaining water on Ashley's face, “I'll give you two options. Go back and watch your stupid cartoons, or stay here and let me beat you up. "

"Why are you angry?" Ashley wiped the water off her face and frowned. "I'm the one being scolded, not you."

Liam put the inner tank into the rice cooker without looking up. "There's the door."

Ashley didn't move and said solemnly, "Anyway, don't tell anyone. I look like you."

He turned his head and laughed, "Don’t bother!"

With that, Liam pinched her face, grabbed the bowl of strawberries in her hand, and walked out of the kitchen.

Ashley rubbed her face subconsciously, noticing that her hands were empty, her eyes suddenly widened, and asked in disbelief, "You robbed my strawberry?"

"Why is it yours?" Liam picked up one and bit. "Did you buy it?"

Ashley reached for it and said, "I took it out of the fridge."

Liam raised his hand easily. "Then it’s not yours, it’s fridge's."

She tiptoed painstakingly and jumped, “But it's mine when I took it out."

"Now that I've got it, it's mine."

"…"

The two people were deadlocked for a long time.

Liam was about to eat the fifth strawberry when the cell phone in his pocket rang.

He glanced at Ashley, quietly lowered his hand holding strawberries, and freed his other hand to flip through the phone.

Taking advantage of this gap, Ashley jumped up and snatched the bowl back.

Liam snorted and picked up the phone, “What?"

Didn’t know what the person said over there.

"I’m home. The door lady found out the use of illegal electrical appliances, and our dormitory will be a power outage for a day, so I came home. "

Speaking of which, he paused and said meaningfully, "Not to mention, I regret it now."

Ashley went back to watch cartoons on TV and didn't want to talk to him.

Liam said leisurely, "It's all right, just some bad luck."

With the remote control, Ashley turned up the volume of the TV.

Liam was completely unaffected and spoke lazily to the person on the other end of the phone, “Mike has gone home, too. You may ask Jacob, he won't go back. But he may not be at school. "

Hearing the name that had not been heard for a long time, Ashley subconsciously looked at Liam.

She scratched the remote control with her fingers, worried about being found, and bowed her head quickly.

She then turned down the volume in silence.

There was a strange tension floating in her mind.

She felt a little stuffy in her chest, a little blank in her head, and a little shortness of breath.

Her attention was uncontrollable on Liam.

"How many times have you forgotten your keys?" Liam said, "The door lady will certainly not give it to you, but you can go and wait to be scolded if you want."

There was no mention of Jacob after that.

Thinking of Liam's words just now, Ashley suddenly had a bad association.

‘If he doesn't go home during the holiday, and he may not be at school.

If that's the case, he probably has a girlfriend.

But it is quite common in his age, right?

It's none of her business anyway.

It's not a big deal.’

The more she thought about it, the more she felt blocked and suddenly threw the plastic bowl on the table, making a bang.

Liam, sitting in the dining chair, just hung up the phone.

Noticing that she was inexplicably angry, he looked at her thoughtfully and asked, "How can you be so indignant to watch a cartoon?"

Ashley turned off the TV.

Liam sighed, "Has Tom got Jerry again?"

Ashley finally retorted, "That's not what I'm watching."

Liam, not interested, poured down the last sip of water and reminded, “If you still want to watch, turn down the TV for me. I'm going to get some sleep."

"Liam," Ashley called him suddenly.

"?"

Ashley scratched her head and hesitated to say, "Are you the only one in your dormitory who doesn't have a girlfriend?"

"..." Liam stared at her for two seconds and suddenly smiled. "Kid, why are you so concerned about me lately?"

Ashley felt a little guilty, “Just curious."

"Did Mom and Dad tell you to ask?"

"I’m just caring about you." Ashley muttered, "I heard from my mother that Granny James wanted to make a blind date for her youngest daughter recently. If you don't have a girlfriend, you can go and meet her. "

"…"

Liam paused. "Grandma James' little girl?"

"That's right."

"Isn't she forty?"

Ashley blinked, “What's the matter? Look at yourself, you cannot be so picky."

"…" Liam wanted to swear, but he was afraid the kid would learn the dirty words and use them against him in the future.

"Mind your own business!"

Liam walked fiercely and hit her on the head with an empty bottle. "Do you know why my roommates don't have girlfriends?"

Ashley was silent.

"Because they are all waiting in line to hit on me." Liam said, "So I have to go home to avoid their love, okay?"

Ashley looked at him, did not argue with him this time, and nodded silently.

She watched Liam throw the bottle into the dustbin angrily. Then he got up and walked in the direction of his room, quickly looked back, and added, "Because I am straight."

Ashley nodded again.

But she didn't listen to anything else.

Only clearly heard the five words.

--- my roommates don’t have girlfriends

At dinnertime, Liam was having dinner when he suddenly mentioned something, “Right, Dad. I'm going to move the campus after the exam. I'll move back to the main campus. Can you lend me your car then? "

Tim nodded, “How many things are there? Do you want me to find you a moving company? "

Liam, “No, I just don't bother to squeeze the school bus."

Grace asked, "The main campus? Isn't that just near Ash’s school? "

Liam gave a hum.

Tim, “Then you can pick up your sister from school when you are free."

"..." Liam sniffed at the corner of his mouth. "I have to take care of the kid when I go to college?"

Ashley was also reluctant, “I don't need him to pick me up."

"That would be great."

Liam gave a slight chuckle, then looked at Tim and said, "It should be early next month that you lent me the Toyota one, which is a little bigger. I can get one of my roommate's things together. "

Tim, “Anything is ok if you don’t bully your sister."

Ashley then said, "Don't bully me."

"…"

Liam put up with it. "Got it."

Remembering the word "roommate" in his mouth, Ashley looked forward to it and hesitated to ask, "Brother, which roommate of yours are you going to help move things with?"

Liam did not move his eyelids. "Why?"

Ashley said, "I want to help you."

"…"

Liam stopped eating, thinking that he had misheard her, he began to doubt himself, "Are you going to help me?"

Ashley, “Yeap"

Liam did not know what she was about to do, and reminded her, "You have a class."

"Isn't there a weekend? Besides, I finished school at 4:20. " Ashley said, "I can help you after school. Anyway, you shouldn't be that early."

Liam, “What a coincidence. I must be finished by 04:20."

A blatant refusal.

Ashley looked sideways at him, pursed her lips, and stopped talking.

Tim suddenly said, "What's wrong with your sister trying to help you? It's not a bad thing, and it doesn't affect you. "

Liam said helplessly, “No, those things are so heavy, how can she move them? I still have to prevent her from getting hurt. I'm so busy packing up that I don't have the energy to take care of her. "

Tim, “She can just watch you pack up."

Liam, “…"

He exhaled, looked at Ashley, and said slowly, "OK, whatever."

After getting an affirmative answer, Ashley immediately cheered up. Her eyes bent into a crescent moon with laughter, "OK!"

"…"

In fact, even Ashley herself did not quite understand her series of actions.

She didn't know why she was trying to find out if Jacob had a girlfriend, and she didn't know why she went out to help Liam move.

Many signs pointed to one thing.

But Ashley was reluctant to admit it.

She was simply thinking about someone.

Or, at the age of the beginning of love, in the depths of her heart, an extraordinarily strong emotion that she had never felt before grew uncontrollably.

She wanted to release this emotion.

But she only dared to press it secretly at the bottom of her heart.

Hiding in a place that no one knew.

The day Liam moved to the new dormitory was Wednesday.

As soon as the bell rang after school, Ashley immediately put on her school bag and ran out without even saying goodbye, causing Bella to be confused.

Perhaps because of moving the campus, the flow of people along the way was stronger more than usual.

Ashley knew the location of the main campus of South Star University and often passed by on her way home.

Moreover, because the area of Rising Sun Middle School was too small, their school sports meeting was held on their playground before.

The school also borrowed the venue of South Star University for any art show.

Therefore, Rising Sun Middle School was jokingly called "the Middle School affiliated to South Star University".

Ashley went to the door of South Star University, stopped, and called Liam.

But Liam completely forgot that she was coming to help, and when he got the call, he was stunned, “No, you really want to come?"

Ashley innocently said, "I'm at the door."

"…"

Liam said, "Are you at the front door?"

"Mm-hmm."

"I don't have time to pick you up now. You come in and turn right, then go straight ahead. You can see a staircase. Just come up. Building 9, 525. "

Liam added, "If you are not sure, ask people for directions, ok?”

Ashley said obediently, "Roger that, sir."

Ashley hung up the phone and followed the route Liam said.

There were many local students here.

Today, many students asked their families to come and help, so along the way, Ashley could see a lot of people who no longer seemed to be college students, as well as students like her who were wearing junior high school uniforms.

She walked for more than ten minutes, then she saw a wide staircase.

The space below was open, with several buses parked and a row of cars, leaving a road three meters wide.

She looked around and was about to call Liam when she suddenly noticed that her father's car was parked not far away.

Ashley put down her phone and walked over.

There was no one in the car, but the trunk was open.

There was only a pile of books and an ugly puppet.

Thinking that she needed to go up there, she might as well carry these two up together.

Ashley hesitated to pick up the puppet, wanted to put it at the top of the pile of books, and then carry them up together.

She hasn't finished her movements yet, suddenly a shadow came down behind her as if someone was standing behind, blocking her light.

Ashley turned around subconsciously.

What was reflected in the eyes was a piece of pure black short sleeves.

Looking up.

Across the man's Adam's apple, jaw, lips, and then with his smiling eyes.

Jacob lowered his eyelashes and fixed his eyes on the puppet in Ashley’s hand for a few seconds.

Then he suddenly bent down and looked down with her.

He pulled up the corners of his lips and smiled with a long breath, “Where did the little thief come from?"

They were so close.

Ashley's expression became stiff and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

Then, Jacob pointed to her hand and said, “Why did you only steal my stuff?"

Then he paused for a few seconds and asked slowly, "Are you targeting me?"