Raise Love

She's not very good at socializing.

People who used to play quite well with Aria all said so. She's clearly a very soft and pretty little girl, but when facing strangers, she has no expression, looking serious and cold.

She's extremely indifferent and easily drives people away.

Even Maya Brooks, who has known her for six or seven years, also gave such an evaluation.

Aria also tried to change, but it didn't seem to have much effect. As time passed, she became a bit self-abandoned.

The little girl waved her hands repeatedly when hearing this, relaxed and said with a smile, "I'm Sydney. What about you?"

"Aria." Aria also smiled. She didn't talk much and didn't really know how to start a conversation with someone she just met.

But Sydney talked more after relaxing, and the two of them weren't too embarrassed, chatting casually, but they didn't chat for long before being stopped by the teaching assistant.

The dark clouds thickened and the weather became darker and darker. At this time, it had begun to drizzle sporadically.

"Is it raining?"

"Ah? It's raining and we still have to continue? No way, it's so tough. I think we might as well just disband and go back."

"What a bad start this is..."

It didn't take long for the place to become noisy again, with people talking one after another. Aria sat quietly playing with her phone, listening to Sydney's gossip about Harvard University.

The words of the teaching assistant in front to maintain discipline were of little use. These college students were really hard to manage and didn't listen at all.

Even the sound amplified countless times by the megaphone was drowned out.

Aria chatted with Sydney in a low voice with a faint smile and took a moment to glance forward. Sure enough, Ryan Bennett was standing in front of their class, and the smile on her face unconsciously faded a bit. ωＷω.ＧoＮЬ.οrＧ

Hasn't he come yet?

"Speaking of this military training, last year the instructors were invited from the military academy troops, but this year it's not allowed. Alas!" Sydney sighed. "I still wanted to see the soldier brothers."

Aria had also heard about it long ago.

"I really didn't expect you to be such a fangirl." She teased with a smile. "You still have the mood to look at handsome guys during military training."

"Hey, which girl doesn't like soldier brothers!" Sydney gave her a coquettish look. "Military training is a bit tiring, but it's still necessary to look at handsome guys. It's just the right way to relieve fatigue."

Aria was almost at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

On second thought, it made sense. When she was tired, looking at Ryder made her not tired at all.

During the military training in the first year of high school, for some reason, the coach trained extremely harshly and didn't even give them a break. They had to stand at attention for one and a half hours.

Her feet and knees hurt.

The people in the class who were training looked at those who had asked for leave and didn't need to train under the shade of the trees, and they were so jealous that they almost got red-eyed.

At that time, it had been less than a year since her mother passed away, and Aria's health wasn't very good. Many times she was so dizzy from exhaustion that she almost couldn't hold on.

She was also very strong-willed.

When she was about to burst into tears, she always looked at him like that.

The more she looked at him, the more courage she had.

In fact, the distance between the two classes was very far, and she couldn't even see his face clearly. She could only vaguely see a green figure.

His lazy appearance was too conspicuous and couldn't be changed even during military training, giving people an impression of being careless.

Aria recognized him at a glance.

Her legs were still sore and her feet still hurt, but it seemed that she wasn't so tired when looking at him. Sometimes she was lucky and when the training place changed, rarely she could get very close to his class.

Just a few meters away.

Whenever this happened, Aria could clearly see his face, the way he sat casually on the ground with his knees bent, the way his Adam's apple moved when he raised his head to drink water and the way his sweat dripped.

During the break, she sat on the ground with her knees hugged, carefully looking in his direction in a daze.

He was always very attractive. Both boys and girls.

Aria could only occasionally say a few words to the people in the dormitory when school just started. She didn't know anyone else and was in a daze at other times, but he was different. Boys surrounded him and girls peeked at him secretly, with stars in their eyes.

Aria looked at those girls enviously.

Because she couldn't even have such a close distance.

The experimental class and the ordinary class.

The gap was like a huge chasm in front of her.

Later, no matter how hard she tried and how much effort she put in, it seemed that she couldn't reach that height—

She couldn't get into the experimental class.

Even the word "classmate" in a fair and aboveboard way, she and he didn't count. At most, they were just alumni.

As time passed, she became even more decadent.

She immersed herself in the world of novels and sleep, didn't listen to the class and didn't look around. Only during the break running exercises, after school and when having meals could she occasionally see him.

In fact, it was very rare.

But she was really easy to satisfy.

Just one more look at him could make her happy for the whole morning until the next time that chance encounter happened and she saw him again.

"Aria? Aria?" Sydney's voice pulled Aria's distracted thoughts back. The girl's fair hand waved in front of her eyes. "What were you looking at so intently?"

Aria grabbed her hand and said with a smile, "Nothing. I was just thinking about whether there are many handsome guys in Harvard University."

"Many, of course!" When it came to handsome guys, Sydney immediately forgot about Aria's distraction.

She looked around and then leaned close to Aria's ear and said, "I tell you, especially the president of our school's student union. He came to our class last night during the evening self-study. I've never seen a more handsome person in my life."

Aria almost wanted to sigh.

You really are a teenage assassin, Ryder.

"But his sense of distance is really too strong. I hesitated for a long time yesterday and didn't dare to ask him for Instagram..."

At this time, through the megaphone, a slightly casual and indifferent voice sounded low and deep, "Be quiet."

"Divide into two teams from left to right and sit in order front and back."

This voice had no emotion and wasn't serious. It was like casually saying a sentence, and miraculously, everyone became quiet.

Aria looked up as if sensing something.

The boy was standing in front of their class, beside Ryan Bennett, holding the kind of megaphone that Ryan Bennett almost shouted his throat out but still couldn't quiet people down, the kind with yellow and white colors.

His messy bangs hung on his forehead, his eyelids drooped, and he lazily fiddled with the switch on the megaphone, wearing a black short-sleeved casual pants, standing there with some impatient idleness.

"Are you done chatting?" Seeing that the venue became quiet, he raised his eyelids, his eyes sharp but not stinging, and asked with a joking smile.

No one spoke.

The person that the freshmen of this session heard the most about after coming to Harvard University was Ryder.

But hearing is just hearing.

They hadn't seen him. There were no photos of Ryder on the forum. Even if someone uploaded them, they wouldn't last for more than three minutes.

Including the one of Aria being carried that night.

Now seeing the person in front, almost subconsciously, everyone held their breath and couldn't take their eyes off him.

Boys were okay, especially girls. For example, after hearing the rumors for a long time, that bit of curiosity was finally satisfied.

And then they exclaimed:

Mom, I have a new crush again!