Raise Love-74-Am I used to you?

The military training, which lasted for two weeks, ultimately came down to this performance. Then, the school leaders, who had been absent for two weeks, finally showed up to summarize the military training journey.

Aria performed well and even won the title of "Model Trainee". However, she suspected that Ryan Bennett might have given her a break because of Ryder. She really couldn't find any outstanding aspects of her own performance.

She was like this, never standing out in anything. She was actually a bit afraid of being noticed by many people, so most of the time, she preferred to be more mediocre. Just like a person with social anxiety, she was so low - key that she even wanted to hide.

The day after the performance was the thorough inspection of the dormitory interior, checking the dormitory hygiene. The day before the penultimate day of the military training performance, they had an afternoon dedicated to learning about dormitory arrangements and having a gun - battle drill.

That was the first time Aria had seen a real long - range gun in real life. It was a sniper rifle, really imposing.

Several classes sat in a large circle. The instructors held the guns, crawling forward with standard postures, which was really cool.

Aria couldn't help but imagine Ryder holding a gun. He must be incredibly handsome. Then she shook her head with a smile. A movement like crawling forward, he probably wouldn't do it. He was almost overly clean.

That afternoon was unusually relaxing. But they didn't know until the next day that the talk about the dormitory inspection was just that - talk.

Because Aria and her roommates got up early, spent more than half an hour clumsily folding the square - shaped quilts, and then cleaned the dormitory, worried that something might not meet the standards. They sat on the beds, eagerly waiting all day, but no one came to check.

Then a notice came down that the following week would be medical skills and etiquette training, with three days for each. There was one day of rest in the middle. The good thing was that they didn't have to get up at five in the morning. They just needed to gather at the designated place at eight every day.

The college distributed two brochures to each person, one for etiquette and the other for medicine. gōΠb.ōγg

When starting to learn, for a moment, Aria even suspected that the school was trying to cultivate multi - skilled talents.

The medical part was okay. It taught things like wound dressing, stretcher - carrying, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and gauze wrapping for broken bones, hands, or arms, which were actually quite practical in daily life.

But the etiquette part was rather strange. It included walking, smiling, and sitting postures, all of which were the special etiquette for flight attendants. However, Harvard University didn't even have an aviation major.

Fortunately, this week passed quickly. The three - week military training came to an end, and a ten - day holiday arrived. This year was special as National Day coincided with the Mid - Autumn Festival.

The night before going home, after Aria finished packing her luggage, she received a message from Ryder, who hadn't shown up for a long time.

...

Early the next morning.

When Aria woke up, there was no one in the dormitory. Besides Olivia, who went back yesterday afternoon, Sophie and Oli took the early - morning train. Only Aria was left.

Without being disturbed in the morning, Aria slept until she woke up naturally. When the alarm clock rang, she was still in a dream.

She had a rather bad dream. She was awakened by the harsh alarm sound, sat up straight, and covered her face, taking a deep breath.

Aria covered her face, taking time to calm her chaotic emotions. After a while, her mood recovered. "Huh..."

It was all fake.

Since her mother passed away, she rarely dreamed of her. But every time she did, the dreams were not good. Her mother in the dreams was always in a bad state. She didn't know how to make her better, couldn't even think of a way to keep her, and always couldn't find her even in the dreams. Sometimes, her father would also suddenly disappear. She was left alone in the whole world.

Every time she had such a dream, she would be in a low mood for a long time. This time, she didn't know if it was because she was going home, but she had such a dream again.

Sitting on the bed, hugging her knees, she stared blankly for a while. Aria looked at the time on her phone. It was already past nine.

The dormitory was overly quiet.

She played a song on her phone, slowly got out of bed to wash up, then changed her clothes and went to buy breakfast.

With National Day and the Mid - Autumn Festival holidays combined, all the universities were on vacation. There were not many train trips back to Yicheng. As soon as the tickets were released, they were all gone. Aria didn't manage to get one.

Helplessly, she chose to be on the waiting list. But by 9 p.m. last night, there was still no news of a ticket being available.

Coincidentally, Ryder messaged her last night, asking if she wanted to go back together. So Aria refunded the waiting - list ticket.

She had never left Yibei since she was born, let alone taken a train. She didn't know if she could find her way home by herself. It was good to have a companion. Aria also felt relieved.

At this time at Harvard University, the cafeteria was almost closed. When Aria went to buy breakfast, only simple scallion pancakes and rice porridge were left. She wasn't picky. After buying them, she carried them back to the dormitory.

Back in the dormitory, Maya Brooks sent a message asking if she had bought motion - sickness medicine and reminding her not to forget it, or she would feel uncomfortable on the way.

Aria smiled and replied while having breakfast, "Bought it. Don't worry."

She got motion - sick, very badly.

「Maya Brooks」: Okay, I'll wait for you at the school gate in the afternoon. Muah ＾3＾

At 1 p.m., Aria didn't pull a suitcase. She just carried a black backpack and briskly went downstairs to the school gate.

Eager to go home, most of the people in the school had already left by this time.

As soon as she walked out of the school gate, countless people came up to her, which startled Aria. She was stunned and didn't react for a moment.

"Little girl, where are you going? Do you want a ride?"

"Miss, it's thirty yuan to the station. We can leave right now. Do you want to take it?"

"To the station. Are you going?"

Aria was surrounded, and her expression became a bit flustered.

At this time, a lean and powerful arm came over, hooking Aria's neck from behind and pulling her into an embrace without hesitation.

"Sorry, we don't need it."

The tall boy expressionlessly pressed the girl into his arms. His eyes were pitch - black, and the men who came to solicit customers stepped back awkwardly.

Aria smelled the bitter orange fragrance that rubbed against her nose.

Her struggling motion stopped, and she subconsciously let out a sigh of relief, calling out in a muffled voice, "Ryder."

"Hmm?"

She leaned back slightly, looked around, and asked him, "Why are you the only one waiting here? Where are the others? Haven't they come yet?"

"Who knows." Ryder let go of the arm that was hooking the little girl's neck. Aria took a few steps back, patted her chest, and heard him say casually, "They're so slow."

Aria touched her nose.

Ryder raised his eyebrow ridge slightly and sneered, "Can't you say no to people?"

"I just didn't react in time." Aria shrank her neck and smiled awkwardly. She really wasn't very good at saying no to people. She was just startled by so many people all at once.

"Yeah," he laughed, his voice teasing, as if playing around, "You're quite bold when it comes to contradicting me. Am I the one who spoils you like this?"

Aria: "..."

She bit the soft flesh on the left side of her cheek and didn't say anything.

"Let's go, this way." Ryder snorted with a smile, picked up the backpack behind her, and turned her around like lifting a kitten. "Go wait in the car. It's hot outside."

Aria let out an "ouch" and struggled, making a fuss.

Until she was stuffed into the back seat of the SUV. She frowned, deeply feeling that in Ryder's eyes, she was just like a little cub.