Chapter 9: The Strange Person

Will watched as the beautiful girl and that little rascal were exchanging mobile phone numbers, and then she was muttering to herself non-stop...

His heart felt as if it had been shattered into pieces.

He stared at Alex with gritted teeth, racking his brains but couldn't figure out what on earth made

this guy better than himself. All the way, the more he thought about it, the angrier he got.

...

On Lucy's side, she was still entanglement about the name for Alex.

"The name 'Thirty Thousand Acres' has a good meaning, but it always sounds a bit strange when you read it out, and it seems to lack a certain symbolic flavor..."

Alex was completely at a loss. He felt that he might never be able to truly understand what was going on in a girl's mind.

Finally, he helplessly handed his phone to Lucy: "Here, you do it! Whether you want to change it to

Queen, Empress, Goddess or whatever, I don't mind."

Lucy was clearly not happy about it. She thought to herself, "Are our relationship close enough for us to touch each other's phones casually?"

"No! I don't like messing around with other people's phones. Alex, you can't do this. The right to change the remark yourself can only be given to your girlfriend..."

Oh my god, this is really headache-inducing!

Girls' thoughts are so hard to figure out!

Alex was so worried that he was almost desperate. He pleaded, "But I don't have a girlfriend! Please, Lucy, you're such a beautiful girl.

Do me a favor and make something special for my phone so that whenever I think of today in the future, I can't help but curl up the corners of my mouth and smile sweetly... Okay?"

"Pah!"

Lucy snorted softly, her face blushing a little.

What a mess of things is he talking about?

Who wants to do those things with you!

Normally, if anyone dared to talk to her like this, she would definitely turn her back on them right away.

But today, looking at the desperate and helpless look on this young boy's face, Lucy just found it funny and felt a tiny bit of excitement in her heart.

"Well... okay then. Sister will teach you a lesson today!"

The words of refusal that were on the tip of her tongue came out differently.

Lucy picked up Alex's iPhone 6 somewhat reservedly. While changing the name, she was also giving her theory.

"When saving a girl's number, the nickname must be cute and sincere..."

Alex leaned over to see how "Teacher Lucy" was going to show her sincerity. And the result was...

Miss Lucy just added a [Girl] emoji in front of "Thirty Thousand Acres" and a [Heart] emoji at the back.

"That's it?!"

Alex thought to himself that he might never be able to get rid of the "straight guy" label in his life because he really couldn't understand girls' thoughts!

"It's not done yet! What's the rush?"

Lucy gave him a dissatisfied glance, then held up her phone high, lifted her chin slightly, and took a selfie with a click. She set it as the avatar and the background of the chat.

Alex was stunned. The point was to change the name! Isn't it still the same old one?!

He really wanted to complain but then thought better of it... Well, better keep my mouth shut!

He turned around to look at the photo carefully and couldn't help but be moved.

In the photo, Lucy wasn't doing those deliberately cute things like pouting or winking.

She was just smiling shyly and a bit slyly, with her right index finger and thumb making a gesture like shooting a gun, and the fingertip pointing to the left side where Alex was.

Alex didn't appear in the photo. People who didn't know the situation would definitely not think much about it when they saw this photo.

But only Alex and Lucy knew that this gesture wasn't for being cute but for commemorating their acquaintance.

Lucy, this girl, was really interesting.

Alex recalled all the times he didn't understand her before, and now all those feelings turned into deep sighs.

Just this simple photo actually reflected her love for life and her lively and sensitive nature inside.

Alex believed that whenever Lucy called in the future and this photo appeared on the phone screen, he would immediately recall this moment today, and this memory would be engraved in his mind forever and could never be erased.

"You're amazing!"

Alex gave Lucy a thumbs-up and made a heart gesture.

"Humph, it's just okay." Lucy replied with a bit of arrogance, her mood was extremely high, and she was smiling like a blooming flower.

Alex, with a flattering smile, joked with her, "I want to take a photo and change my avatar too!"

"No! You're too ugly."

Lucy refused without hesitation. Then she opened her phone album, searched for a while, and set

Alex's avatar as...

The big face of a husky.

The husky was facing the camera, smiling with a crooked mouth, one eye bigger than the other, and its eyebrows were also one higher than the other. It looked really funny and comical.

Alex peeked at it and thought the expression was so crazy that he unconsciously imitated the husky's expression, crooked his mouth, raised an eyebrow, and gave Lucy a goofy "death stare".

"Pfft..."

"Hahaha..."

Lucy burst out laughing immediately. She lay on the table, shaking with laughter, covering her stomach with one hand and patting the table with the other.

She just couldn't stop laughing and it seemed like she was about to cramp up.

"Are you stupid?"

Alex felt both amused and helpless. He reached out and gently patted Lucy's back. He felt that the place where his hand touched was so soft that each pat was like hitting his own heart.

After a while, Lucy finally had enough of laughing. She wiped her tears and sat up straight. Her chest was still rising and falling slightly because of the big laugh.

"Oh, Alex, you're so funny..."

Alex usually didn't deliberately try to be funny, but after all, he was young and had a lively mindset.

Occasionally doing something like this, he didn't think it was a big deal.

Seeing Lucy laughing so happily, he actually felt a sense of accomplishment.

It is said in the book that if a man can make a woman laugh heartily, then he is not far from winning her heart... I wonder if it's true or not?

Suddenly, a naughty thought flashed through Alex's mind, but his smile on his face remained so innocent.

He was just about to speak when he heard a "huffing and puffing" sound like a steam whistle from behind.

He turned around and saw that Will's eyes were red, panting like a raging bull.

Lucy quietly hid her face behind Alex's shoulder and whispered, "That person looks really strange."

Alex leaned his head closer to Lucy's ear and whispered, "That's because your charm is so amazing that it has driven him crazy like this..."

The warm breath blew on Lucy's earlobe. Lucy was both shy and angry. She pinched Alex's arm gently: "Stinky Alex, the way you call me is getting worse and worse!"

Will's existence was like a catalyst, stimulating some kind of emotion deep in Lucy's heart, making her feelings for Alex soar under this exciting situation.

To be honest, if it weren't for Will's presence here, Lucy would definitely not have developed such a strong liking for Alex.

After all, as the schoolwork gets busier, this kind of acquaintance by chance would easily fade away gradually.

So, all those inappropriate pursuits by those who blindly follow a girl are actually creating opportunities for the guy the goddess really likes.

The pressure and annoyance they bring will eventually be transformed into the driving force for the relationship to heat up in another person.

In fact, Alex didn't understand the complicated relationships here at all. He just muddled through like throwing punches randomly, but unexpectedly won the favor of a beautiful girl.

Even now, he was still a bit confused himself.

However, although he didn't have much experience in dating, he could still see the current situation somewhat clearly - Lucy wasn't really angry but was just being coquettish.

So, he muddled through and flirted again: "Then what should I call you instead? Lucy?"

Lucy had really never had a serious relationship before, and she was at the age of being passionate and full of youth, 19 years old. How could she withstand such flirting?

Fortunately, her pride and reserve as a goddess were still there. She calmly took a step back and snorted softly:

"Just Thirty Thousand Acres! Don't get too familiar with me! I'm older than you, so you should add 'Sister' after it!"

Before Alex could say anything, she immediately and strongly changed the topic.

"Hey, you haven't said where you're going to stay yet?"

Alex also thought that if he continued flirting, he wouldn't have any new tricks either. It was just right to stop here.

He thought for a moment and said casually, "Why don't I just follow your arrangements? Anyway,

it's just for one night. Anywhere is fine. You can decide how it's convenient for you."

Lucy was very satisfied with Alex's thoughtfulness and her eyes narrowed into slits when she smiled.