"Ah, lan! Welcome back! You're just in time for lunch! Go wash your hands and have a seat!” Susangreeted him with a surprised smile when she came out of the kitchen with the food.

Huh? Is she not mad at me?

lan thought to himself in confusion while staring long and hard at her.

Not only was she not angry at him in the slightest, but she also had her usual warm and caring lookon her face.

Feeling a little relieved, lan replied with a nod, “Okay.”

He then put his bag down and went to wash his hands in the bathroom.

The atmosphere in the house returned to normal that day, and the three of them headed outtogether when the rain stopped later that afternoon. Because Timothy was in a hurry to attend acompetition, Susan drove lan to university using her moped instead.

“lan, did your father say anything about the project you're in charge of? Is he satisfied with yourperformance?” she asked along the way.

Having gotten used to riding around on mopeds, lan was casually reading through an electronicbook while seated behind her.

“He didn't ask.”

“What? He didn't ask? Why not? Was he unsatisfied with your performance?”

Susan grew anxious when she heard that. She even slowed down a little just so she could hear himclearly.

lan looked up at her when he noticed the sudden decrease in speed.

“The fact that he didn't ask me about it could also indicate something else.”

“What would that be?”

“That he doesn't need to worry about it at all!” lan replied confidently.

Oh, wow... Okay... You know what? Screw it, I'm not going to ask any further!

Susan thought to himself as she continued the journey to the university in silence.

“Susan, lan, nice to see you two back on campus again! I heard you guys took the day off and wenthome yesterday. What happened? Is everything all right?” Zaylynn exclaimed in surprise themoment she saw them

Susan simply flashed her a smile and brought the moped to a halt so lan could get off.

“You head on over to your classroom, lan. I'll be in the Faculty of Business Administration. Give me acall if Timothy isn't able to pick you up when your class is over, and I'll come right over.”

"Okay." lan nodded obediently.

Zaylynn, on the other hand, started yapping the moment Susan left.

"Why does it have to be her that picks you up, lan? I have a car, so I can send you home too! It'sway more comfortable than a moped! lan? Hey, lan! Wait, don't go!”

Zaylynn stomped her feet in anger when she saw lan carry on walking like she didn't exist.

She then followed closely behind him until they arrived at the Faculty of Finance. Suddenly, the twoof them happened to bump into Yasmin and Jacques.

“Ah, lan! You're back!” Jacques called out to him worriedly upon seeing him.

Not wanting to be rude to him, lan stopped in his tracks and said, “Yeah.”

“Is everything all right at home? You left in such a hurry that Yasmin had to take care of your leaveapplication!” Jacques shot Yasmin a glance as he asked.

A faint blush could be seen on Yasmin's pretty, fair face when she heard that.

“Oh, it's nothing worth mentioning! I—"

"Anything else I need to know? If not, I'll be on my way to class now,” lan cut her off coldly, much toYasmin and Jacques’ surprise.

Neither of them was expecting for lan to be so cold toward them

Even Zaylynn was so shocked that she only snapped out of her daze when lan entered theclassroom

“Hey, lan! Wait for me! lan!” she shouted while running after him.

Yasmin's face was red with anger and embarrassment, and her knuckles turned white from howtightly she clutched her books.

"Um, Yasmin... Please don't take it personally. I heard lan is just cold and aloof like that. He's notgood at socializing with people, so we need to be more patient with him,” Jacques advised herwhen he noticed her response, but she didn't seem to hear him at all.

Moments later, she just turned around and walked off without saying a word.

D*mn, that's way scarier than her lashing out angrily!

Jacques thought to himself as he watched her leave.

lan found the class to be quite all right, but it would be so much better if Zaylynn didn't pester himincessantly.

“lan, look! I've made the notes for the classes that you missed! It's all here!” she said while handinghim the notes that she had prepared throughout the past two days.

It was her first time ever doing such a thing.

Being quite the lazy student, the fact that she even prepared her own notes was a miracle in itself.q

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