Beauty and Billiards

**With great difficulty, Ethan Brooks finally emerged from the stunning shock, regaining his normal vision and hearing. However, by this time, Sophia had already introduced the beauty to Ethan Brooks, but he hadn't heard her name at all.**

**Just after introducing the beauty, Sophia continued to chat enthusiastically with the girl in black and white, whose movements were as graceful as a dance, intentionally or unintentionally separating the two. Ethan Brooks understood in his heart that this girl was Sophia's target.**

**Although Ethan Brooks had been momentarily dazed just now, he still appeared as calm as usual on the outside. The girl only glanced at Ethan Brooks once and didn't pay any special attention.**

**Ethan Brooks inwardly sighed with a wry smile; he was still not outstanding.**

**At this moment, Leonardo also walked over. Seeing the two beauties playing billiards, his eyes almost popped out. Ethan Brooks could tell that Leonardo really wanted to abandon the little beauty, Fido, and get close to the two bigger beauties with Ethan Brooks and Sophia. However, since he had already invested a lot of emotion in Fido, it would be too obvious to suddenly change his focus. After thinking it over, Leonardo probably realized that he didn't have the ability to attract the two bigger beauties, so he reluctantly gave up the opportunity here, just greeting from a distance and then continuing to chat with Fido.**

**Ethan Brooks smiled faintly, and then suddenly he was startled. When had he become so good at grasping Leonardo's psychology?**

**"Ethan, you've practiced basic meditation, so your mental strength is a bit stronger than that of ordinary people. Of course, you can grasp the psychology of others," a voice that Ethan Brooks hadn't expected suddenly sounded in his mind.**

**Ethan Brooks's expression changed for a moment, and then he returned to his usual demeanor. In fact, he was communicating with the sprite, Tina, in his mind: "Tina? How did you come out by yourself?"**

**"Ethan, you didn't turn off the host yesterday. I slept in the G1 Treasure Book last night and came out. Hehe, Ethan, I just sensed your accelerated heartbeat. Oh? There are two big beauties here. Which one are you attracted to?" The sprite Tina suddenly flew out of the G1 host.**

**Ethan Brooks glanced at Isabella beside him and saw that she was looking at him but didn't notice the sprite Tina. He thought perhaps they couldn't see Tina.**

**"Hehe, Ethan, I've found something interesting," the sprite Tina said to Ethan Brooks in a secretive tone.**

**"Your eyes just focused six times on the girl in beige, and three times on the girl in black and white. When you looked at the girl in beige, your heart rate was 160 beats per minute, and when you looked at the girl in black and white, it was 210 beats per minute. You also glanced at the fat guy in black in between. What does this mean?" The sprite Tina flew in front of Ethan Brooks.**

**"It means you like both girls. And when you looked at the fat guy, your cholesterol rose, your eyes focused, and your hand clenched involuntarily. This means you consider the fat guy a rival!" The sprite Tina said bluntly.**

**"You're so smart," Ethan Brooks said, but he didn't argue. In fact, he did have a good impression of both girls, but it wasn't to the point of infatuation.**

**Ethan Brooks glanced at Isabella again and saw that her look at him was a bit strange.**

**Just now, Isabella had been looking at Ethan Brooks and noticed that he first smiled, then looked at an empty spot, became nervous again, forced himself to relax, stole another glance at her, clenched his fists, and then seemed to let out a breath. His behavior didn't seem normal but rather like someone with mental issues.**

**Of course, the beauty wouldn't think so maliciously, but Isabella did find Ethan Brooks a bit odd and unconsciously deducted some points in her mind.**

**"Haha, you're done for, Ethan. I just analyzed the way this beauty looked at you. She clearly has doubts about you. And the girl in black and white didn't even consider you at all," the sprite Tina said with glee.**

**"Sigh~~" Ethan Brooks sighed. He was naturally not good at showing himself off in front of beauties, no wonder he wasn't noticed.**

**At this moment, Sophia suggested that they play a game of billiards together.**

**The two beauties had no objections, so Sophia called over the billiards hall waiter to rack the balls.**

**Ethan Brooks was somewhat dazed, not knowing what to do.**

**At this moment, he suddenly felt someone handing him something, and he took it without thinking.**

**Upon looking, it turned out to be a cue stick. Sophia was standing in front of him, and the elf - like beauty was looking at him.**

**Ethan Brooks absent - mindedly scratched his head, which again made him lose points in front of the elf - like beauty.**

**The elf - like beauty detested indecisive, spineless, and incompetent guys the most. When Ethan Brooks and Leonardo first came in, their images had already entered the elf - like beauty's mind.**

**Leonardo, although well - dressed, had an extremely disharmonious outfit, and his eyes were extremely restless. The elf - like beauty could feel Leonardo's restless gaze from a distance, even though he had a female companion. She directly crossed him off the list of people worth interacting with.**

**As for Ethan Brooks, although his appearance was acceptable, his casual attire was too disrespectful. The elf - like beauty was not someone who judged people solely by their looks, but she did feel that his attire was too careless. She had spent half an hour getting ready before going out. This was a date, and one should consider the feelings of the girl on the date. If Ethan Brooks were truly poor, there would be no issue, but it was clear that he could have dressed better and chose not to. The girl felt somewhat slighted.**

**It should be known that there were hundreds of people pursuing her. In front of her, if one did not meet a certain standard in appearance and confidence, they would feel ashamed in comparison to other competitors.**

**Sophia gave her a much better impression than Ethan Brooks and Leonardo. At least she was confident.**

**Ethan Brooks's momentary distraction just now, in her eyes, was a sign of indecisiveness and lack of backbone.**

**Over there, Leonardo and Fido had started another table, and it seemed that Leonardo planned to teach the little sister how to play billiards hand - in - hand.**

**"Ethan Brooks, how good are you at billiards?" Sophia asked Ethan Brooks.**

**"Me? Just so - so. At least I won't accidentally pocket the white ball," Ethan Brooks replied.**

**The elf - like beauty inwardly sneered again; this was clearly a sign of lack of confidence.**

**"Alright then, let's play in teams. You and Isabella will be a team, and I'll team up with Guo Meimei. We'll play the national standard. The losers have to buy drinks," Sophia said to Ethan Brooks.**

**The girls had no objections. Ethan Brooks knew that Sophia was good at billiards. Judging from the previous game, Isabella was also of a certain standard, while the girl named Guo Meimei was probably at a similar level to Ethan Brooks.**

**Ethan Brooks nodded non - committally. After a round of paper - drawing, Ethan Brooks got to break first.**

**Ethan Brooks placed the white ball on the table and casually took a shot.**

**"Clatter!" The billiard balls scattered all over the table.**

**Isabella lightly furrowed her brows. Although Ethan Brooks had no problem with his cue - holding technique, he clearly didn't know how to set up the balls, giving Sophia too much of an opportunity for the next shot.**

**Sure enough, when Sophia took her turn, she chose a very easy - to - hit colored ball and pocketed it in one shot.**

**Sophia's skill in billiards was clearly impressive. She continuously used precise positioning and control, advancing and retreating skillfully, and managed to clear all the colored balls from the table in one go.**

**For the final shot, Sophia deliberately executed a high - level precision shot, cleanly pocketing the black ball.**

**"Clap clap~~" Both girls applauded. After all, there weren't many people among students who could clear the table in one turn.**

**Sophia's face remained expressionless, but inside, she was quite pleased.**

**She had accidentally met Fido over there and learned that Isabella and Guo Meimei, the two big beauties, were her roommates. She immediately became spirited. After all, these two beauties were quite famous among the freshmen in the Art Department, and she had a particular fondness for Guo Meimei.**

**After treating them to a meal, Sophia secured Fido's promise to definitely facilitate a mixer between the two dorms.**

**Bringing people from her dorm was also something Sophia had carefully planned.**

**As for the senior from the second year, there's no need to mention him. It doesn't matter whether he comes or not. He's fine with casual flings, but in front of decent girls, he's always quite annoying.**

**Leonardo, in Sophia's eyes, is a person of low caliber. He's already busy with just Fido. As for the two beauties, Isabella and Guo Meimei, he shouldn't even entertain the thought.**

**As for Ethan Brooks, although he has some competitiveness in appearance, Sophia has investigated very clearly. Ethan Brooks is only good at video games. He's terrible at football, basketball, and billiards. He doesn't pose any competition to me. Moreover, he has a flaw. When there are many people, especially women, he becomes very reserved, like a block of wood.**

**So, Ethan Brooks and Leonardo are perfect for highlighting myself.**

**Comparison reveals differences. Only the ordinariness and mediocrity of those two can set off my extraordinariness.**

**His strategy was very successful because he could already sense Guo Meimei's disdain for those two.**

**"Hehe, Sophia, I didn't expect you to be so good at billiards. We lost this round," Isabella said with a smile.**

**"Not bad, I'm just in good form today," Sophia replied, though anyone with a bit of sensitivity could feel the pride in her tone.**

**Ethan Brooks glanced at Sophia and said, "I'll go buy drinks. What would you like?" As he spoke, he reached into his pocket for money.**

**But as he touched his pocket, Ethan Brooks was at a loss.**

**Today, after Leonardo told him to change clothes, he had put on a freshly washed pair of jeans, leaving his wallet in the pants he had worn yesterday.**

**In other words, Ethan Brooks didn't have a single cent on him.**

**Seeing Ethan Brooks' embarrassed expression, Isabella understood a bit.**

**"I'll go buy the drinks. What would you like?" Isabella's gentle voice said, which eased Ethan Brooks' embarrassment, but his face was now so red it seemed to be bleeding.**

**Because Ethan Brooks could almost feel Guo Meimei's contemptuous gaze.**

**In Guo Meimei's eyes, he might as well have been unwilling to spend money on drinks.**

**Seeing Ethan Brooks' flustered state, Sophia was inwardly delighted.**

**But what she said was something else entirely.**

**"No rush. Let's play best of three. We're not thirsty now. We can buy drinks when we get tired," Sophia said.**

**Sophia had already made up her mind that the money for drinks would definitely not come from the beauties; it had to come from her. But since Ethan Brooks had already made a fool of himself, why not be magnanimous and support Ethan Brooks, showing some grace in front of the beauties?**