"I hope so. I won''t stay here after going back to work tomorrow," La said.


    Ivy nodded. "Will youe home on the weekends?"


    "Of course. I haven''te to a consensus with Dad yet, but that doesn''t mean that I can just ignore all the love he has showered me with over the years." La took a deep breath and continued, "Don''t worry about me, Ivy. Like you''ve said, maybe I''ll get better in time."


    "La, let''s go for a walk! It''s not hot outside." Ivy nced out the window and realized that it was a good time for a leisurely stroll.


    "Sure. Give me a few more pieces of candy. They taste pretty nice."


    La reached out for some candy, and Ivy gave her all the candy she had bought. "I bought them for you, anyways."


    The two walked out of the house and strolled around the area.


    "La, a guy came asking for my number after ss today," Ivy said, hoping to distract La by discussing another topic.


    La raised an eyebrow. "Is he good-looking? What''s your impression of him?"


    "I don''t even want to befriend any guys, but he followed me all the way to the university entrance. Brian was waiting for me outside the gates and I needed to get rid of that guy, so I ended up giving him my number."


    "Aren''t you worried that he will keep bothering you? You need to stand firm if you are not interested. If he follows you again, tell him to get lost.


    Ivy grew up with her grandmother constantly telling her not to anger others, and she had not thought to do what La had said.


    "I''ll tell him to go away the next time he follows me," Ivy said.


    "Yeah. Don''t worry about a thing. We will all be your shield, so no one will bully you." La wanted Ivy to be stronger so that she would not be taken advantage of.


    Ivy hummed in response, before noticing that she had received a friend request on her social media from the boy.


    La nced at the screen on her phone.


    "Maybe I''ll just ignore him," Ivy said.


    "If you ignore him, he might start calling you. Just make him give up now," La said before snatching Ivy''s phone and epting the request.


    The boy immediately sent a message. [Hi, Ivy! I heard that you don''t stay on campus. I thought that it waspulsory to stay in the dorms. How did you manage to escape that?]


    La replied expressionlessly. [If you are that good at digging into other people''s backgrounds, can''t you find out why as well?]


    [I heard that from our ssmates,


    and what they know is limited. Are


    you rted to the dean orRêAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only


    something? I can afford an


    apartment away from campus


    but the university won''t allow me to stay there. So, I have to stay at the dorms.]


    [You sure seem to know a lot about me. Are you trying to look into my family background, too? Should I bring you my birth certificate or something?]


    [Don''t be upset. I''m just curious. You


    are from here, and I assume that youe from a rather wealthy


    family, too, right? I really like you et


    and if we do end up together, I will bring you home to meet my parents. They are kind of dead set on finding


    me a wife of equal standinding


    though.]


    [What does your family do?]


    [We produce canned goods.]


    [What''s the name of the factory?]


    The boy sent over the name of his family factory and La immediately looked into it.


    "La, maybe I should do the talking! He seems a little clueless." Ivy took her phone back.


    "I''m holding back because I don''t want him to target you at school." Had La said what she wanted to say, she would havepletely shattered the boy''s pride.


    "I have an idea that will get him to


    give up," Ivy said with a smile before replying to the boy''s message. [Ie from a really poor family, and we are deep in debt. If you insist on getting together with me, my


    parents are definitely going to make you pay off our debt. Also, have two older brothers who haven''t even gotten married yet..."