[Comprehensive British and American] Safe Neighborhood

After one class ended, Sally stood up from her seat, with a look of lovelessness on her face, packed her books, and was about to go back to the dormitory. At this moment, a tall figure blocked her.

"Hey..." A white boy in a gray T-shirt stood in front of her with his yellow hair glossy, "Remember me?"

Sally looked at his foreigner's overly angular facial features, thought for a long time, but couldn't remember.

...After coming to this world, she became face-blind, just like a foreigner looks like a Chinese face. Girls are okay, she can at least tell the difference by voice, hair and clothing, but boys ...well...they really do look alike.

"We met at the opening ceremony..." Seeing Sally's blank face, he raised his hand while speaking, curled his index finger and middle finger, gestured for his eyes and then waved them twice in front of Sally. Frivolous "...eyes met at the time, huh? Remember?"

Seeing his smile with a bit of malice, Sally finally remembered that he was the "wretched" man who sat obliquely in front and stared at her that day at the opening ceremony.

...Why do you call him a wretched man?

It really came from the heart, a woman's keen sixth sense made her feel that he was not a good person, and his facial features were somewhat similar to those of Rich and Jeremy in the original movie. There was an obvious smell of scum... and a bit of sex.

...In other words, Ashley seems to be particularly liked by this type of scumbag, with a typical scumbag physique.

Sally looked at the wretched man, and basically made a judgment on him in her heart.

"I didn't expect that we would be in the same class..." The wretched man twitched the corner of his mouth, his tone indescribably frivolous, "Get to know me, I'm Toby Barrett."

"...Ashley." She didn't even bother to say her last name, and after politely answering, she put her bag on her shoulders and was about to leave.

"...Don't leave in such a hurry." Seeing that she was about to leave, Toby raised his arm to stop her again, and took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket, "How about we exchange contact information, anyway, we are in the same class."

"..."

In order to prevent him from pestering her further, Sally casually gave him her Facebook account and left.

Along the way, her body seemed to be hollowed out, and Sally returned to the dormitory like a walking dead, only to find that Flynn hadn't come back, and the dormitory was empty.

She fell headfirst on the bed without even taking off her shoes, feeling exhausted and exhausted.

Squinting her eyes slightly, Sally looked at the white wall and fell into deep thought.

...I don't want to study, she doesn't want to learn English in her life...

...or?

Suddenly, a bold idea flashed in her mind.

...or if she doesn't study at this university, she simply goes to work and saves enough money to go directly to China?

But then, she thought of the disappointed faces of the Naleys and Ashley who had disappeared in her sleep.

never mind...

...get a job in his place.

She can no longer occupy Ashley's body to do things that others can't understand, and she can no longer break the hearts of the Naleys who have cared for her.

...Ugh.

...But she really doesn't want to learn English.

...Forget it, let's take a break.

...take a break, she's trying to figure it out.

Thinking of this, Sally closed her eyes and fell asleep until seven o'clock in the evening when she was woken up by a urge to urinate.

Holding her bladder that was about to burst, she got up from the bed and stumbled towards the toilet.

After solving her physical needs, Sally stood in front of the mirror, saw her haggard and listless face in the mirror, sighed dejectedly, and turned on the tap to wash her face twice.

The icy cold water was slapped on her skin, which made her sober up instantly.

Gollum-

Her stomach growled again, and Sally remembered that she had barely eaten anything today.

After changing into some light clothes, she put the hood on her head, and put on her canvas shoes, she walked slowly to the cafeteria, planning to have dinner first.

After arriving at the cafeteria, she used her meal card to pay for a hamburger set meal. She sat on a chair and ate with her cheeks full of food while replying to the message she received today.

The first is the daily love greetings from Berkeley and Occam, and the second is the daily report from Lucas... Ah, there is one more friend request today.

When she opened the friend application, she saw a sentence on the verification information.

【Hi, I'm the Toby Barrett who fell in love with you at first sight,】

"..." Well, Sally frowned in disgust.

I didn't want to pass at first, but I remembered that she and I are classmates in the same department... Forget it, let's pass.

After passing, Sally clicked on Lucas' message.

During the past few months, she and Lucas chatted online every day, and Lucas would report to her every day what happened to him that day, using her account as a diary.

Fortunately, she doesn't have to worry too much about dealing with the bears. She just needs to say something encouraging and post some cute emoticons, and Lucas is happy to accept it.

It's just that she has been busy with the affairs of the department in the past two days, she was too busy, and she only came to read some messages in time, but did not reply.

9/58: 02 [I'm starting school... and my mother will force me to practice the piano on weekends. (frustrated)]

[How are you feeling recently?Are you familiar with your new school? (smile)]

9/622:55 [...have you been busy lately? 】

9/83: 15【I have been waiting for your reply.】

Looking at the date, she didn't return to Xiongzi for three days.

After taking a sip of Coke, Sally licked her lips and began to type on the screen keyboard.

【I'm really busy recently. Participating in the opening ceremony and tidying up the dormitory almost made me dizzy. I forgot to reply to your message. I'm sorry. (Wronged)】

She typed the complete sentence and hit send.

But not long after she sent it, she received a reply from Lucas.

Lucas: [It's okay, it's so late, what are you doing? 】

Sally looked at the time in the upper right corner of the screen and found that it was almost nine o'clock in the evening.

So he replied to Lucas.

Sally: [Just woke up, starved to death, came to the school cafeteria for supper. 】

Lucas:【Is the food in the cafeteria delicious? 】

Sally: 【Well... it's okay, it's almost the same as the outside. 】

Lucas: 【Well...I really want to visit your university too. 】

Sally: 【Yes, I will show you around when I have time. 】

Lucas: [Really? 】

Sally: 【Of course! 】

Well...Anyway, Lucas is closely watched by Diandra. It's impossible for a kid under 15 to come here by himself across several states.

But first agree to it, lest the bear bear a grudge.

thought Sally.

After eating all the set meals she ordered, Sally leaned back on her chair after eating and drinking, thinking about ending this topic quickly.

Sally: 【Lucas, it's getting late, I'm going back to the dormitory too, you should go to bed too? 】

Lucas: 【...Okay then. 】

Sally: [(good night emoji;)]

Lucas: 【Good night...】

...I don't know why, but I feel like the bear child doesn't want to end.

Sally put her phone in her pocket, and went to order a hamburger to take away, planning to eat it tomorrow morning.

Claremont, Pittsburgh.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the night came, a crescent moon hung high, the surrounding dense clouds overlapped, and tiny stars twinkled. Although it was a dark night, it was indeed a clear night.

The autumn wind is blowing slowly with some warmth, and the thin gauze curtains hanging on the window are slightly fluttering. The lights in the bedroom have long been turned off, and it is surprisingly quiet. The brown-haired boy is lying on the bed, holding a mobile phone in one hand, Eyes focused on the slightly dazzling screen.

The white light from the mobile phone screen hit his face, making his already fair skin even paler. With the change of the brightness of the mobile phone screen, his green eyes shone coldly in the dark.

After waiting for several days, he finally saw her open the chat software through the screen monitor. He saw that she first checked the message sent back by the Nalai couple, then passed a friend request, and finally opened his message.

【I'm really busy recently. Participating in the opening ceremony and tidying up the dormitory almost made me dizzy. I forgot to reply to your message. I'm sorry. (Wronged)】

His other mobile phone rang to remind her of the message. After seeing her typing a few more words, but deleting them without sending them, he replied in seconds.

[It's okay, it's so late, what are you doing? 】

The other party didn't seem to expect him to be so fast. It took a while before the screen showed that she had started to press the key.

She replied to him: [I just woke up, I was starving to death, and I came to the school cafeteria for supper. 】

[Is the food in the cafeteria delicious? 】

【Well... it's okay, it's about the same as the outside. 】

【Hmm... I really want to visit your university too. 】

[Yes, I have time to show you around. 】

【Really? 】

【certainly! 】

The two chatted for a while, and then she didn't seem to want to talk anymore and wanted to end the topic.

【Lucas, it's very late, I'm going back to the dormitory too, you should go to bed too? 】

【...Oh well. 】

【(Good night emoji;)】

【Good night...】

She turned off the phone, and the screen on his side instantly went black.

Lucas waited for a while, and found that she did not lie to him, so he also turned off the phone and lay down on his back.

But he couldn't fall asleep anyway.

Staring wide-eyed at the ceiling, he thought of the blond girl's face and what she had said that night.

...and as she lay in the hospital, seeing his terrified eyes.

...she doesn't have amnesia at all.

Although she committed suicide suddenly in the early morning and pretended to have lost her memory after a car accident in an attempt to hide the truth, none of these escaped his eyes.

...she's not the original Ashley either.

From the time she said those words to him that Christmas Eve, he was sure of it.

...Ashley has another soul living in her body.

While this sounds crazy and weird, it actually happened.

He didn't know where the original Ashley had gone, and he didn't care at all. He was willing to help this person keep the secret, as long as she... could always be by his side.

Thinking of this, Lucas gradually relaxed his body and gently closed his eyes.

...but not for too long.

Otherwise, he was really afraid that the fish kept in the pond would swim to the sea through the sewer pipe.