"Mentioning family matters seemed to make Professor Scarlett quite unhappy, but why did she want me to go to her home?" Andrew murmured, while thinking what he should do?
After thinking for some time, he didn't get the answer, so he headed to Ethan and the others' "Idiot Club."
As soon as he entered, he heard them still teasing Dicky.
"Andy's appearance today was perfectly timed. He totally slapped that Dog bastard in the face and shut down his showing off."
"So satisfying! Let that Dog bastard show off. Being a so-called senior, he only knows how to trick those vain girls."
"Stop bragging, guys. Have you bought your tickets yet? If you don't buy them now, we'll just have to stay in the dorms."
Steve reminded them, which finally quieted the dorm. Everyone then started scrambling to grab their respective tickets.
Ethan had just clicked on the ticketing app when he let out a wail, "Damn it! Why are there only Business Class seats left for the trip back to Brooklyn City?"
"Huh? Really?"
Andrew quickly checked and found that the tickets that had just gone on sale were snatched up in less than a second, leaving only the extremely expensive Business Class seats available.
"Andy, what should we two do?"
"How should I know? Ask your parents. If they miss you, they can pay extra for Business Class. If they think it's not worth it, then don't come back."
"Fine."
Seeing this, Andrew also called his own mother.
"Mom, all the train tickets are sold out. If I want to go home, I can only buy a plane ticket."
Andrew mentioned a price point, intending to use the plane ticket money to take the high-speed rail, leaving the rest for himself.
Ethan, standing nearby, immediately thought this strategy was brilliant and quickly copied him, "Dad, the train tickets are gone, and the plane tickets are only First Class. I can't afford it. Quick, send me some gold coins."
Andrew gave him a thumbs-up upon hearing this.
The guy actually had the nerve to say that. Why didn't he just say the plane tickets were gone and he had to take a rocket home?
However, what Andrew never expected was that when he walked out onto the balcony, his mother, Alexa, directly refused him over the phone.
"If the tickets are sold out, then don't come back. It's tiring to travel home anyway. You just eat, drink, and sleep when you're home. Besides, your sister is preparing for the postgraduate entrance exams and isn't coming home, so I can have a relaxing holiday."
"Mom, am I really just a phone bill top-up gift? You're being too heartless!"
"How could that be! Of course, I gave birth to you. If you were a phone bill top-up gift, I wouldn't want you anymore."
"..."
Andrew was speechless for a moment.
On the other end of the line, after stopping Andrew from coming home, Alexa seemed to say consolingly, "This way you can spend more time with your Professor Scarlett. Isn't it lonely for her to live alone in a rental during the holidays?"
"Professor Scarlett is going home too, so I'll be alone."
"Letty is going home?" Alexa's voice held a hint of surprise, as if hearing something unexpected.
"Then go back with Professor Scarlett. You can visit the capital city for fun."
Hearing this, Andrew couldn't stay calm: "Wait, Mom! Are you sure? Me going home with Professor Scarlett? Isn't that a bit too outrageous?"
"What's outrageous about it? Is there a problem with a teacher taking a student home?"
"You can't put it like that!"
Andrew felt numb. He was just thinking whether he should go with her or not, but his mom directly sent him, he started having some doubts about his mom?
"There's no problem. You two have fun. I have things to do, I'm hanging up now."
"Hey, hey! Wait a minute!"
"Beep beep beep—"
Alexa hung up before Andrew could finish speaking.
Andrew looked at his phone and pouted, "She hung up way too fast."
At this moment, Andrew received a message from his mother.
"Little Drew, Professor Scarlett's family situation is a bit complicated. Spend more time going out with her. As for other things, see how it goes. If you run into any trouble, just call your dad and me. We have colleagues we know in Yanjing too."
"Oh."
Andrew looked at the message and said no more.
Spending the holiday accompanying Scarlett actually sounded pretty good, and since she has already asked him, he can stay and go with her.
But he was still doubting why his mom is sending him with Scarlett. It was one thing Scarlett asked him, since she is his girlfriend.
But his mom, she didn't know about it, while he also started thinking, that his mom is trying to set up him with Scarlett.
While he also thinks, his mom had been a professor at Blackthorn University for many years, so it was normal for her to know people. How did his idle father know people in the capital city?
Wasn't he just a minor civil servant?
Andrew wasn't very clear about his father's job, only knowing he was a civil servant and seemed quite idle. Whenever he asked, his father always said he was just earning a living.
Forget it, why worry so much? He should go wait for Scarlett in the car first.
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Inside the apartment in Brooklyn City, Alexa put down her phone.
John, who was wearing an apron and cleaning nearby, stopped mopping when he saw this. Leaning on the mop handle, he asked his wife,
"Isn't it a bit too casual of us to just leave Andrew with Scarlett?"
Alexa glanced at him irritably after hearing this, "Then what do you suggest we do? If we don't do this, how will these two children get close and develop feelings?"
"I don't know."
"Then stop talking nonsense."
John was an old fox who often feigned ignorance. He knew exactly what his wife was thinking in doing this. Otherwise, with the network of connections he and Alexa had, getting Andrew a dorm spot at Blackthorn University would be effortless. They were intentionally making Andrew and Scarlett live together.
"The two kids got along well for a month. Why not take advantage of this holiday and let them go out together?"
John agreed with Alexa's words, but he had a point of concern, "It's just that Letty is going home this time. I'm afraid she might run into unhappy things again."
Hearing this, Alexa couldn't help but sigh as well.
When she was Scarlett's advisor, she knew about Scarlett's family situation and often comforted and took care of her. However, as an elder, it wasn't appropriate for her to always stay by her side.
"That's up to Andrew now. I trust Little Drew can handle it."
"That's true. This little brat did inherit my slickness," John said, smiling proudly.
Alexa rolled her eyes at him, "Get back to mopping honestly! Also, if I secretly find you hoarding money to buy cigarettes again, you'll be sleeping in the garage from now on!"
"Yes, my esteemed wife."