Chapter 309: Chapter 309

After that day, Conrad Sterling returned to Aethelgard.

Anna Thornton was right, Conrad was a man who valued his dignity. He never let anyone see his true thoughts, nor was he someone who would grovel for love.

He understood how to assess the situation and knew that staying to say anything or try to salvage things now was futile.

Pop and Lola were both going back to Aethelgard for school.

Of course, following that, Anna Thornton’s new drama was about to start shooting.

During the costume fitting, the stylist snipped off Anna Thornton’s long hair that reached her waist. Mary couldn’t bear to watch, clutching her chest and turning her head away.

When she turned back, she was surprised by how good it looked.

Anna Thornton’s look matched perfectly with the female lead character she was portraying. The book described the character as so beautiful that her gender was ambiguous, mysterious and aloof to the extreme, both a top student and an esports genius player, and formidable even in disguise. This kind of slightly melodramatic strong female character novel had been popular among students recently, but no one dared film it because they couldn’t find a suitable actress.

Due to Anna Thornton’s recent movie success, the director noticed her and realized the absolute beauty of female leads in strong women novels had found a face.

"Anna, you actually look really good with short hair..."

"Good how?" Anna Thornton flirtatiously tossed her bangs, raising Mary’s chin with a finger, "Good and handsome, right!"

"Mm, so handsome and charming!" Especially when facing her at close range, Anna Thornton gave a wicked smile, and Mary’s eyes turned into heart shapes.

Seizing the moment, Anna Thornton hugged Mary, puffing her chest out, "Little sister, forget all the lousy guys in this world, I’ll steal a motorbike and take care of you from now on!"

Mary was susceptible to flirting, having been single for a long time, she actually found her female artist full of masculine charm.

Just that Anna Thornton’s soft chest was a bit of a reality check for her, making her feel slightly insecure.

"What should we do about this?" Mary went to discuss with the stylist.

"Usually when we dress female artists in men’s clothes, we just need to make the clothes a bit loose. But Anna’s figure is too good, we might need to bind it a bit."

"No problem, bind it up then."

The main female artists on Anna Thornton’s side were all made up, but Wyatt Jagger’s side hadn’t finished yet.

It was rumored to be because Wyatt was two hours late, and his makeup artist was just starting now, which meant a long wait.

All the other artists could go take photos after getting their makeup done, but Anna Thornton couldn’t.

Her styling needed to pair with the male lead, which she couldn’t do alone.

The director even specially sent drinks to Anna Thornton’s makeup room, fearing she would lose patience and get angry from the wait.

Actually, Anna Thornton had already taken advantage of some free time to sneak out with Mary.

They found a nearby university, and Anna Thornton negotiated with the staff at a milk tea shop across the university to cover for him for two hours.

Having not gone to school for four years, suddenly having to act in a campus idol drama, Anna needed to observe life more.

Anyway, the role Anna was playing this time, besides disguising as a male to join a boys’ school due to a dream and then being accidentally recruited into the school’s esports elite team, also had a part-time identity as a temporary staff at the tea shop.

One could say it incorporated all the popular elements of the past two years.

Mary ordered a milk tea, finding a spot facing Anna Thornton to observe the situation.

According to Mary’s observation, in the two hours span, two-thirds of the girls buying milk tea tried asking for Anna Thornton’s WeChat ID, and one-third either had boyfriends or were too shy.

Anna was just too good at flirting; she added more pearls in each girl’s pearl milk tea and provided a handwritten note.

But later, as the line for milk tea grew longer, there wasn’t enough time for handwritten notes, so each girl received a sunny and handsome smile after a three-second eye contact.

Which girl could resist that?

Even Mary’s spot became the best view to watch handsome guys, with wave after wave of young girls coming up to offer her snacks, asking if they could trade places.

"When did our school’s milk tea shop get such a handsome guy?"

"Never seen him before, he just started today, right?"

"Looks like I need to get a membership card here!"

"Where’s the handsome guy? Let me see! Make way!"

"Hey, don’t push! If you want to see, go line up at the back, we’ve been in line for quite a while!" The source of this content ɪs novel✦fire.net

"Tch, what’s the big deal! He’s just working at a milk tea shop, no future! I tell you, I’ve seen the world’s most handsome man already, average handsome guys don’t catch my eye! Do you know Conrad Sterling? Now that’s handsome, rich too! You guys are only at a level where you find partners at milk tea shops, you’ll never get to meet President Sterling!"

Angela Thornton stood on the side of the line, talking to herself, with no one paying her any mind.

Her words were always sharp, making her unpopular at school, owning a small clique of her own.

When her clique showed up, two golden-haired girls with nose rings backing her, the three became more brazen to cut in line.

They picked out a slender girl, directly pulling her out of the line: "Hey, Faye Duval, get to the back."

"Why? I’ve been waiting in line forever to get here."

The slender girl wasn’t willing to let go, trying to squeeze back into the line, but facing three opponents when she was alone, outnumbered, she ended up being shoved by Angela Thornton and fell to the ground.

Anna Thornton heard the commotion, looking towards the source of the noise, the first person she spotted was Angela Thornton.

She furrowed her brows lightly and sent Mary a text message.

Mary immediately got up from her spot and walked towards Angela Thornton, "Hey, I found a black wallet at the door, is it yours?"

"Huh? Wallet? Yes, yes, it’s mine!"

"Could you come out with me to count the money?"

Angela Thornton hadn’t taken out a wallet before nor after entering, but who wouldn’t take free advantages?

Once she followed Mary outside happily, a slender hand reached out to the girl still on the ground.

Faye Duval looked up, seeing a face beautiful as a painting. The sunlight outlined part of the profile, passing through the stylish bangs, and landing in the caring and tender eyes of the person.

"Thank you!" Faye Duval took the offered hand and stood up, shyly looking down and discovering her skirt was ripped.

Her family wasn’t well-off, working hard to study in a bigger city. She only had two sets of clothes to wear interchangeably. They had become thinner from repeated washing, easily torn.

She was just running an errand to buy milk tea for classmates, which was why she insisted against line cutting.

Classmates behind were ridiculing her shabbiness, making her embarrassed, lowering her head almost burrowing into her collar.

But the next second, from her viewpoint, she saw a men’s jacket suddenly drape over her.

Anna Thornton handed over her jacket to her, "Try tying the jacket around your waist, it should cover it!"

"I couldn’t possibly take it."

"I should be the one embarrassed, letting a girl get bullied while at the shop I’m working at!"

What a classic Mary Sue warm guy script line!

Yet the girls present all exclaimed ’wow’ in unison, casting envious glances at Faye Duval.

True enough, tricks aren’t about novelty, they’re about looks.

"Then I’ll clean it and return it to you?"

"No need, keep it. Next time you’re at the shop, I’ll treat you to ice cream!" Anna Thornton naturally made a hollow promise.

Flirting as a guy essence lies in verbal generosity, who cares if she’s leaving after two hours?

"What about us?" The two girls with nose rings weren’t satisfied, "Handsome, it’s unreasonable to treat a shabby four-eyed girl and not us."

"Will you still cut in line next time?"

"If you can find me next time, I’ll treat you to ice cream."