Raise Love-76-Do you give me anything I want?

Aria then settled down, resting the side of her head against the window, and focused intently on her phone.

"..."

Ryder, who was lost in thought, cast a sidelong glance at her, and his irritation grew even more.

This girl was something else.

Hmph! She was really getting on his nerves!

The air - conditioning in the black SUV continued to spread cool air.

And Aria, immersed in the world of novels, was blissfully unaware.

After turning eighteen in his senior year, Ryder took and passed the driving test, finally ending his era of unlicensed driving.

After graduating, he had a falling - out with his family because he refused to follow their arrangements. His car and bank cards were confiscated by his father. After starting school, he used his savings to buy a small apartment here.

In the spare time between classes and credit - taking this year, he had written a lot of code and bought himself a car.

This year, with National Day and the Mid - Autumn Festival coinciding, it was a time for family reunions. The three of them, Maya Brooks, Finn Alvarez, and Ryder, rarely got to go back together. This time, Aria was added to the mix.

Four people in the car was just right.

Outside the window, the taxi drivers were vying for passengers, their voices rising and falling. Along the long street on both sides of the East Gate of Harvard University, there were several small stalls selling food like cold noodles, grilled squid, etc.

The sun was at its peak, making people sweat profusely.

The silence continued...

Before long, the gloomy Ryder raised his eyebrow ridge again, his brows slightly arched.

He lazily lifted his eyes, not moving, with a listless expression.

The little girl across from him seemed to be engrossed in something. She hadn't made a sound for a long time, and her breathing was barely audible.

She was really quiet.

She had been quiet a few times when she came to see him before, sitting not far away, looking at her phone without making a sound. But today, for some reason, Ryder just felt dissatisfied.

He licked his teeth, feeling bored and a bit restless. It was too noisy outside to sleep, and those two would still take a while.

The only one in the car who was easy to tease was right here.

Just now, she was almost made to cry out of shyness and anger by him. Now, she didn't want him to bother her and was ignoring him.

He picked up his lighter. The silver lighter was simple and elegant, with only the logo "s.t.dupont" engraved on the side. The top cover opened and closed under the movement of his fingertips, making a "click" sound each time, which was very clear in the quiet environment of the car.

However, the person who should have heard it had white earphone wires hanging from her ears and was not disturbed at all.

Ryder leaned against the car door, looking at her expressionlessly for a few seconds. He was annoyed to find that he couldn't attract Aria's attention.

He tapped his knuckles on the window.

Still no response.

He twitched his lips, simply tossed the lighter aside, and with his eyelids lowered, swept his gaze over her.

He scrutinized her from top to bottom in a picky manner.

The girl has black hair draped over her shoulders, sitting upright with her legs together.

Her white shirt was slightly messy from sitting, at the same time outlining her delicate figure. The silk fabric wrapped her plump little chest, and due to the loose shirt, the shape was not obvious.

Her two snow-white, slender legs were neatly together, straight and beautiful. She was wearing pure - white short socks and delicate little sandals.

On the left side of the sock, at the position of the outer ankle, there was a small pink bow embroidered.

The girl was overly delicate from head to toe, especially her ankles, which were so thin that he could probably wrap one hand around them.

Ryder lowered his eyes to look at his own hand.

His palm with distinct knuckles was spread out, facing upwards. His fingers were long and beautiful, and the knuckles were also nice. He had a cool - white complexion, and since he didn't usually expose himself to the sun much.

But compared to the girl in front of him, the color difference was still obvious.

He tried to control his gaze not to look at the girl's beautiful, slender, and white legs, and instead, he compared his left hand with her ankle with great interest.

She had one hand folded on her knee, and the fingers of the other hand were unconsciously twirling the thin gauze ribbon on the bottom of her shorts for decoration.

Ryder raised his eyelids and casually glanced at the screen of her phone.

There were words all over the screen.

He didn't know what novel she was reading, but her expression changed a lot. Sometimes she furrowed her brows, sometimes a smile hung on her lips, and her long, curled eyelashes also trembled along.

Sometimes she sniffed, as if she was about to cry.

She was not only delicate but also a sentimental little girl.

Ryder watched her with great interest for a while, and finally couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips and let out a soft "tsk."

"Hmm?" Aria finally responded, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

She actually heard the noise he made just now, but since he didn't say anything, she didn't know what he wanted.

He was a bit like a child deliberately trying to get an adult's attention.

Naive and annoying.

It had taken her a lot of effort to calm her heart down. She was afraid that if he got playful again and came closer to tease her, she wouldn't be able to handle it.

So she ignored him.

But since he spoke, and it was clearly with impatience, Aria decided to respond to him. Thinking about how he had been playing with the lighter, she asked in a gentle and soft voice, "Are you craving a cigarette?"

Ryder lifted his eyelids and glanced at her.

"Don't smoke. I'll find you some candy." Aria continued on her own. She had candy in her short - pants pocket.

But after touching it, she stopped, directly picked up her backpack, unzipped it, and pushed it towards him.

"If you don't want candy, there are other snacks in there. You can find what you like." Aria said to him softly, "Smoke less. It's really bad for your health."

After the changes in her family and her mother's passing, her father smoked a lot and coughed severely.

She was very worried.

At her age, she still couldn't quite accept separation. So subconsciously, she was very averse to anything bad or harmful to the body.

But she couldn't control her father, so she could only give suggestions.

However, Ryder wasn't as cooperative as usual. He just casually glanced at her twice and pushed the backpack back. "No."

Aria was taken aback. She looked at him, then felt a bit at a loss.

She was silent for a few seconds.

Only then did she realize that she seemed to have never been rejected before.

"Then... what do you want?"

The girl's suddenly stunned expression was kind of cute, making her look a bit pitiful and arousing Ryder's desire to please.

The dissatisfaction of being ignored was mostly suppressed. He teased, "Oh - - so you'll give me whatever I want?"

Aria let out an "ah" and looked at him uncertainly.

The main thing was, did she have what he wanted?

But Aria wasn't very good at refusing him. After hesitating for a moment, she said hesitantly, "Maybe you can tell me first."

Ryder lifted his chin, saying in a lazy tone, "Put down your phone."

"Oh." Aria obediently put her phone on the empty space next to her, then looked at him, confused.

She wondered if she was seeing things. At this moment, the boy in front of her seemed to have an air of pride and contentment, like a cat that had been stroked.

"Is the phone that interesting?" Ryder asked.

Aria paused. In fact, it wasn't that interesting. She had been in a reading slump for a long time and was just randomly reading novels.

She shook her head.

Ryder twitched his lips into a smile. Whether it was a joke or not, he said, "So you think it's boring to be with me?"

Aria blinked in confusion.