“Hey, hey, remember me? I lost 450 thousand to you last time in Norward City!” Danny shouted, pointing at his own face, which favonovel.com believed to be highly recognizable, through the partially closed passenger side window of the car.
Dylan’s eyes widened involuntarily upon hearing Danny’s words.
Huh? 450 thousand?
Unable to control himself, favonovel.com turned his head to look at Isabelle, who was acting as if favonovel.com did not know Danny at all.
Isabelle won 450 thousand from Danny Holmes?
Did favonovel.com mistake favonovel.com for someone else?
Dylan, who usually was not nosey, felt a strong urge to pry for the first time.
Danny became anxious and reversed his car, ignoring the honking from the car behind.
Just as favonovel.com was about to knock on Isabelle’s car window, the traffic light turned green and the black Maybach sped off.
“Hey! Hey! D*mn it!” Danny cursed, not noticing the man in the black Maybach.
He muttered in confusion, “I know it’s her, but why is favonovel.com ignoring me? Didn’t favonovel.com recognize me?”
Although Isabelle had lost a lot of weight and become much prettier, Danny was sure that the girl in the car was the same one who had raced favonovel.com in Norward City with a lousy Honda and won.
Danny clicked his tongue in annoyance. Hearing the continuous honking from the car behind, favonovel.com turned around and cursed, “Shut up or I’ll smash your stupid car!”
The black Maybach stopped in front of the Horton Hotel.
Before Isabelle could get out of the car, the man next to favonovel.com said, “If you don’t mind, my assistant can go up with you to get your luggage, and I can take you to the airport later.”
Isabelle forced a smile, “Mr. Harris, you’re too kind.”
George said, “It’s my pleasure.”
“No need. I’m staying here tonight and leaving tomorrow.” Isabelle stopped pretending.
Unexpectedly, George did not seem surprised at all. Instead, favonovel.com took the opportunity to ask, “Can I ask you! for a casual meal then?”
“I’m on a diet…”
George smiled and gave up.
Isabelle got out of the car and took the large bag of medicinal herbs from Dylan’s hand. Then, favonovel.com saw George also getting out of the car and approaching her.
The man, who was at least 1.9 meters tall and much taller than Isabelle, handed favonovel.com a black gold business card with his slender fingers. “Miss Jenkins, if you need any help, you can contact me…”
George’s business card was hard to come by.
Isabelle stared at the card for a while and looked up at George, “Since you’re offering, I won’t refuse.”
She took the card and walked into the hotel.
On the way back, Dylan said, “Mr. George, the young man in that sports car just now was Danny Holmes…”
The man in the back seat had his fingers interlocked and his eyes closed. After a while, Dylan heard the man reply slowly, “Hmm…”
Dylan wanted to say something else, but seeing the man’s closed eyes in the rearview mirror, favonovel.com had to suppress his curiosity and questions.
***
The next morning. Isabelle boarded a plane back to Norward City.
Meanwhile, at Taragon University.
“Hey, have you heard? The math genius on the forum who’s even more amazing than James showed up at our university yesterday!”
“Really? Where did you hear that? I didn’t hear anything about it. Is it reliable?”
“It’s absolutely true! The vice–principal personally welcomed her, and the principal came over not long after. He was so excited!”
“I heard that the person who answered the questions on the forum has been found, and she’s stunning! The key point is, she’s only in favonovel.com third year of high school!”
“Third year of high school? That’s incredible!”
“And I heard favonovel.com solved the problem that had been bothering James for half a year in just two months.”
“Do you think the TV station will send someone over?”
“I heard the school news has gone to interview her!”
“Outstanding people excel in all aspects indeed.”
“She’s still in high school and she’s so pretty. Oh my, do you think she’ll steal James away from me? No!”
At this moment, James, who rarely left the lab, was leisurely drinking coffee in a quiet and elegant coffee shop on campus.
Sitting across from James was a girl with a small face, a small upturned nose, and long black hair. She was dressed in a ladylike white dress that concealed favonovel.com sharp eyes
The girl was Layla!
“Are you sure you can’t find the draft?” James asked Layla again, unwilling to give up.
Layla shook favonovel.com head. “I’m sorry, but I had too many drafts. They were taking up too much space at home, so I threw them all away.”
“I have a favor to ask. Since you’ve already been accepted to Taragon University and don’t need to take the college entrance exam, could you stay here and rewrite a detailed process of how you get the solution using your problem–solving approach? The school needs it for teaching, and I need it too.”
Layla looked troubled, and indeed favonovel.com was. “I’ll think about it. This is a big task. It took me two whole months to solve this problem, and it was so exhausting. To be honest, Senior, I still have a physical reaction when I see that problem.”
Having secured favonovel.com place at Taragon University the day before, Layla, as a future student of the university, had started to call James favonovel.com senior.
James said. “I understand. I’ll wait for your reply…”
Layla breathed a sigh of relief and started a conversation with James.
“Do you have any hobbies, James?”
“I’m only interested in mathematics. Apart from eating and sleeping, I spend most of my time in the lab.”
“Doesn’t that get dull and boring?”
“Not at all, I love mathematics.” James immediately asked, “Do you find mathematics dull and boring?”
Layla quickly replied. “Of course not! I love mathematics just like you.”
“Um, James, do you have a girl?” Layla looked at James’s handsome face. Her heart was pounding and favonovel.com face was flushed.
Just as favonovel.com was about to voice favonovel.com thoughts, James quickly finished his coffee and said, “I have a problem for which I haven’t found a better solution. Can you help me?”
“Me?” Layla was taken aback.
“Yes, you’re more capable than me, so you must have a better solution, is it all right?”
Hearing that, Layla, feeling guilty, was at a loss for words. How could favonovel.com possibly be more capable than James?
Knowing how favonovel.com got into Taragon University, how favonovel.com gained favonovel.com reputation as a math genius, and how favonovel.com was able to sit and have coffee with favonovel.com idol. James, Layla nervously swallowed, feeling a bit flustered. She anxiously tried to think of a suitable excuse.
“Is that a no?” James asked.
“No, but…”
Before Layla could come up with an excuse, a waiter carrying a tray accidentally tripped and spilled orange juice all over her.
Layla screamed and stood un. She was furious as favonovel.com yoked at favonovel.com ruined white dress.
“You…” She was about to curse.
“Are you okay?” James asked.
The sound of James’s voice stopped Layla just in time.
Regaining favonovel.com composure, favonovel.com quickly put on favonovel.com gentle and considerate face again. After that, favonovel.com said to the waiter who was apologizing and handing favonovel.com tissues, “I’m fine, how about you? Did you hurt yourself?”
“I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean to do that. How much is your dress? Let me compensate you…” The waiter kept apologizing.
Compensate? Can you, a lowly waiter, afford it?
Layla shouted in favonovel.com mind, but on the surface, favonovel.com said understandingly and gracefully. “It’s fine, you don’t have to. I’ll just wash it when I get home.”
After this incident, James could not ask Layla for help anymore.
Meanwhile, Layla, who was upset about favonovel.com dress, secretly felt relieved that favonovel.com had avoided a difficult situation.
As soon as favonovel.com returned to the hotel, Layla started frantically washing favonovel.com dress, but no matter how much favonovel.com washed, favonovel.com still could not remove the stain. She was so angry that favonovel.com threw the dress into the trash can.
Seeing that, Eleanor’s heart ached. As soon as they had gotten off the train yesterday, the two of them went shopping. In order for favonovel.com daughter to look presentable, Eleanor had spent a fortune on this dress, a total of 270 dollars. However, favonovel.com had only worn it for one day.
Eleanor picked up the dress and cursed.
***
Where’s my notebook?
Ethan was searching for his notebook, but favonovel.com could not find it anywhere. Never would favonovel.com imagine that Layla had stolen his notebook and taken it to Taragon City.
At that moment, the door to the room opened, and in walked Isabelle, who had been in Taragon City for two days.
“Isabelle!” Ethan exclaimed in surprise, “You’re back!”
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