Xu Yi and Maria walked together towards the teaching building.
Consequently, the situation took a dive, and those "warm-hearted" junior girls were nowhere to be seen.
Xu Yi could understand the juniors' frustration, for having someone like Maria by his side would make any girl who wanted to strike up a conversation feel inferior and lose the courage to approach.
Interestingly though, Maria never considered herself to be pretty and even felt somewhat inferior, acting with great caution in everything she did.
Xu Yi had once inquired about this with Maria and concluded that she had serious psychological issues, including a lack of self-awareness and a deeply dependent personality.
And all this was inseparably connected to Maria's father, who had instilled in her the belief that she was very ugly since childhood.
Xu Yi boldly speculated that Maria's father was either a fool or suffered from some sort of psychological illness.