Chapter 14 - Awkward Kiddo

Ashley stared at the dish in front of her, with only a few shredded carrots and vegetable leaves, so pitiful. She shifted her gaze, fixedly looking at the beef in Jacob's bowl.

A breath was stuck in her heart and couldn't come out.

"..."

She didn't want to say anything.

‘You really like eating beef! Ha?’

Ashley pursed her lips and picked up her chopsticks unhappily.

Knowing that no one present would help her, she did not waste her energy to complain about anything, but put up with a bowl of noodles that she had picked out.

At this table, the person who talked the most was Mike, especially after drinking wine. He spent most of the night talking and having almost everything on the table.

Ashley listened to their conversation with boredom.

Except for the games, there was no mention of girls, nor a word of learning.

Ashley ate the noodles with her head down, her cheeks bulging.

After a while, Mike, who had a very poor drinking capacity, suddenly went crazy. This time he finally began to talk about his love life, with great despair and sadness, "How come I don't have a girlfriend in my junior year? I'm a junior now."

Ashley wanted to reach for another dish. She was startled by the sudden roar and immediately withdrew her hand.

She glanced quietly.

Liam tugged at the corners of his mouth, "Stop yelling, it's not too late to cry after you graduate."

"No! I've had enough! "

Mike pointed to Liam with his finger. "The girl who came to me either asked me for your phone number..." and pointed to Jacob, "or asked me for yours!"

"..."

Mike began to cry, "No one has ever come to ask for my number, my own!"

Watching a big man cry like this, Liam conscientiously suggested, "Otherwise, next time you may say your name is Liam. "

Jacob did not lift his eyelids, pulled a paper towel, took a string of chicken wings and put them into Ashley's bowl, and casually echoed, "It's okay to say your name is Jacob."

"..."

‘Isn't this making things worse?’

Hearing this, Mike immediately stopped crying and stared at the two of them.

The scene froze for a moment.

Ashley did not dare to see the play and she felt that the atmosphere was going to explode at the next moment.

After a while, Mike cried again, as if he had been blessed by the emperor, tearfully and gratefully said, "Good brothers! Whoa, whoa, man! "

Ashley, "..."

Seeing that they had had enough to eat, Liam went to check out first and drove the car out on the way.

Jacob stood up with Mike and looked down at Ashley, "Kiddo, go in front."

“Oh,” Ashley said.

Hearing Ashley's voice, Mike looked at her painstakingly and suddenly remembered something, "Oh, little sister, brother is going to grab a doll for you. Wait, which one do you want? Brother is good at it. "

Looking at his unstable walk, Ashley hesitated and said, "I’m good..."

"No! I'm a man of my word, and I never lie! "

Mike took a piece of 5 dollars out of his pocket and said, "Let's go and grab the doll."

Out of the barbecue, there was a vacant seat next door with six doll catchers.

Mike changed all the money into coins and gave Ashley ten of them. He looked arrogant and said, "Which one do you want? Tell me, and brother will catch it for you."

Ashley casually pointed to one.

Mike then wobbled off to the catcher.

Ashley looked around, went to a doll machine containing Doraemon, and stuffed three coins directly into it.

She was not very good at it, moved slowly, either missed or grabbed, and fell.

After a while, Jacob came over and stood next to her.

Ashley looked up at him.

When she saw him, she thought of what had just happened, and she felt humiliated.

Also because of the beef, she felt a little unhappy.

She was silent and dropped another coin in.

She still hasn't caught one this time.

Ashley looked aside and found that Mike also didn’t get one, and she felt quite relaxed.

She struggled with whether to keep catching or not to waste the money.

The next second, Jacob spoke out lazily, "Kiddo, give brother a coin?"

"..."

Ashley turned around and said reluctantly, "Why do you want it from me?"

Jacob smiled, "Brother has no money."

After a long stalemate, Ashley gave him a coin.

Jacob stood in front of the doll machine and asked her, "Which one do you want?"

Ashley pointed to the doll wearing a red hat and said, "I've been tried for six times, but I can't get it."

Jacob, "Well, brother will get it for you."

Ashley stood by and watched.

He aimed at the doll and gently patted the button. The claw came down, grabbed the doll, rose a few centimeters, and fell again.

"..."

Ashley moved her eyes to Jacob's face.

He was not embarrassed, but looked up at her and said, "Give brother another one?"

"..."

For the next time, Ashley stood by speechless, enduring Jacob constantly and brazenly asking her for money.

It was not until the last chance that he managed to grab the doll out.

Jacob squatted down and took out the doll from the machine, "It's not easy."

Ashley, "You might as well go out and buy one."

"I haven't played before." Jacob looked up and gave her the doll.

Ashley moved her fingertips but didn't take it.

Jacob kept the movement motionless.

After a few seconds, Ashley lowered her eyes and took it over, "Thank you, brother."

Jacob chuckled, "Awkward kiddo."

"..."

"I caught the doll for you." Jacob stood up and rubbed her head. "Don’t cry again."

This seemed to be corresponding to what Liam just told Mike.

But she knew it wasn't for that reason. As if he completely forgot about it, as if he didn't know anything about it, in order to take care of her feelings.

There was hot air rising from her neck to the root of the ears. Ashley gradually tightened her strength as she held the doll and nodded silently with a slight smile.

Because Mike was very drunk, Liam first drove him home and helped him up with Jacob.

Then he drove to the gate of South Star University.

Jacob got out of the car, waved with them, and went into the school.

The night was rich, the main entrance of South Star University was spacious and bright, and the street lights inside were obviously a little dim. The man's figure was thin and tall, gradually integrated with the gloom, until he disappeared.

Ashley withdrew her sight and asked, "Liam, does Brother Jacob live at school?"

Liam, "Yeap."

"Why didn't he go home?"

"He is not local."

"Isn't it a holiday now?"

"I don't know." Liam obviously didn't want to talk to her. "Why do you talk so much?"

Ashley was silent for a while, but still, put her head forward and asked, "Is it true that Brother Mike said someone asked him for your phone number?"

Liam, "Of course."

Ashley, "Is there any follow-up?"

Liam, "I didn’t agree."

"Oh." Ashley thought for a moment, "It's a good thing you didn't give it."

Liam turned the steering wheel and said nothing.

The next second, Ashley said, "I think maybe they came to Brother Mike for your contact information and then asked if you could give them brother Jacob's contact information."

"..."

"Liam, watch yourself."

"Shut up."

"Don't let them humiliate you."

"..."

"Although you are indeed the ugliest one in our family," Ashley paused, as if weighing her words, " you are still ugly out there."

"...."