Shocked, Elise quickly stepped backward. However, the woman stopped all of a sudden too. Her eyes
widened as she stared at Elise, who was standing in front of her. Thereafter, she became very agitated
and pulled Elise’s arm with force. “Yoyo… My dear Yoyo, you’re such a big girl now. Come here and let
Mommy take a closer look at you…” Elise was dumbfounded by the woman’s reaction, so she quickly
pushed her away. “What are you doing?
Please don’t come near me. I’m not Yoyo.” However, the woman grabbed her even tighter. “No, you’re
Yoyo, You’re my Yoyo. Yoyo, Mommy missed you so much…” The woman started tearing up as she
said that. For some reason, Elise felt sorry for the woman when she saw her weep.
As such, she stopped pushing her away and allowed the woman to tug at her without resisting. But the
next second, the woman directly reached out her arms to hug Elise. “I’m sorry, Yoyo. Mommy has let
you down…” Elise instinctively patted the woman’s back, and the woman gradually calmed down under
Elise’s appeasement.
Just then, a servant ran over in a fluster. “Madam, why are you here?” With that, the servant was about
to pull the woman away, but the latter shoved her to the side. “Don’t touch me! I just want to be with my
Yoyo. Stay away, all of you!” “This is not Miss Yoyo, Madam. You’ve made a mistake.” “No, I did not! It’s
her! She’s my Yoyo…” While saying that, the woman tightened her grasp on Elise. The servant was in
a quandary as she said to Elise apologetically, “I’m so sorry for the trouble Madam had caused, Miss
Sinclair.”
“It’s okay,” Elise said as she glanced toward the woman. At this moment, Faye walked over with a
gloomy face, but she still kept her shirt on and said to the woman, “Please let go of her, Mom. She’s not
Yoyo. She’s a guest of mine…” Nevertheless, the woman would not listen at all as she continued
holding onto Elise. Perceiving that the soft approach would not work, Faye ordered the servants behind
her, “Why are you all still standing there?
Quickly go and pull my mother away.” The servants went forward to pull the woman, but the woman
mustered all of her strength at this moment to hold onto Elise stubbornly and did not allow the others to
come near. “Go away, all of you! Don’t harm my Yoyo. Don’t come near…” Faye’s eyes darkened as
she could not be bothered about the others anymore and directly went up to seize the woman’s wrist.
“Come to your senses! Yoona is already dead and won’t be back anymore no matter how you make a
fuss!” However, Faye’s words only served to provoke the woman further.
With an ear-piercing scream, the woman let go of Elise and crouched on the ground in agony. “No…
no…” Seeing that, Faye gave a look to the servant behind her, who then quickly went forward and
brought the woman away. It was only after the woman had left did Faye say to Elise, “My apologies for
causing you trouble, Miss Sinclair.” Nonetheless, Elise was not curious about other people’s private
matters but she just felt sorry for that woman for some reason.
“No worries. Since our matter is already settled, I shall take my leave first,” she said. “Please walk Miss
Sinclair out, Ms. Johnson.” “This way please, Miss Sinclair.” Rowena led Elise out of the bungalow and
specially arranged a chauffeur to send her back to the university. After getting out of the car, Elise
walked back to the hostel alone. The moment she opened the door, she saw a few large luggages
placed in the middle of the room.
The light in the bathroom was on, and the sound of running tap could be heard. Elise put down her bag
and sat down on the chair to unpack some of her own luggage. Just then, the bathroom door opened
and a tall girl walked out. Seeing Elise, she asked directly, “Are you my roommate?” Elise hummed in
response. “Yeah.” The girl was curious to see Elise wearing a mask, so she walked toward her and
asked, “Are you sick?
Why are you wearing a mask?” Elise explained, “It’s nothing. It’s just more convenient to have a mask
on.” Hearing that, Addison Whitlock did not continue asking as she introduced herself. “I’m Addison
Whitlock. What about you?” “Elise Sinclair.” Addison was astonished upon hearing this name. With her
eyes wide open, she asked agitatedly, “Are you Elise Sinclair, the top scholar this year? The prodigy
who scored full marks for a few papers in the exam?” Elise nodded. “Oh my gosh! It’s such a surprise
to have you as my roommate!” Addison wiped her wet hair and went to take her phone from the table.
“Do you know how impressive your result is? I have a friend who practically worships you like a god.”
While saying that, Addison sent a voice message. “Hey, sis. Quickly come to my room. I want to
introduce a new friend to you.” Soon after the message was sent out, a knock on the door came forth.
Following that, a girl with short hair pushed the door open and walked in, “Hey, Addy! Who’s the new
friend?” As soon as she asked that, the girl saw Elise, who was standing in front of her, so she greeted
courteously, “Hello!” The next second, Addison pulled Elise over and wore a proud look. “Do you know
who she is?” The girl responded with a puzzled look. Seeing that, Addison quickly said, “She’s your
idol!” “What?” “Elise Sinclair! The top scholar!” At once, the girl looked toward Elise with a shocked
expression. Blinking her eyes, she inhaled deeply.
“You’re Elise Sinclair?” Elise was amused by the two girls’ reactions. Since when did I become so
famous that they have to be so stirred up upon hearing my name? “I’ve heard that you enrolled in
Tissote University, but I didn’t think that we would be in the same faculty. Hi, I’m Ricky Williams, Addy’s
childhood friend. We grew up in the same neighborhood.” Ricky’s name was just as gender-neutral as
her appearance.
“Nice to meet y’all!” Elise said courteously. Ricky was a straightforward person. She had long heard
that although this Elise Sinclair from Athesea was very good in her studies, she had an awful
appearance. Now that she saw Elise wearing a mask, she reckoned that the rumor was most probably
true. “Nice to meet you! We’ll be studying at the same university from now on. I’m from the Linguistic
Faculty. Since we’re all from the same university, let’s get along well in the future.” After saying that,
Addison glanced at her luggage which was placed on the floor and quickly explained to Elise, “I brought
these along but didn’t have time to unpack them yet. Hope you don’t mind it.” “Not at all!”
“Don’t worry. I’ll keep them away by tomorrow so our room won’t be as messy as it is now.” Then,
Addison quickly asked Ricky to give her a hand. “By the way, Elise, tomorrow will be the opening
ceremony and the military training will begin the day after. Did you prepare some sunscreen?” Elise
frequently put on makeup in the past, so sunscreen was a necessity. However, she had rarely used
cosmetic products ever since she regained her original look, so she did not bring along the sunscreen.
“I forgot to bring it, but I can go get a new one tomorrow.” As soon as she said that, Addison quickly
said, “That’s not necessary. My family just launched a new sunscreen, and it’s very effective. I’ll give
you one.” With that, Addison went to take a new sunscreen from her dressing table and passed it to
Elise.
“You can give it a try. It’s very effective in shielding the sunlight, and you don’t have to be worried about
getting a sunburn even during military training.” “Addy, are you here to be a promoter? You’re even
promoting the new product developed by your brother’s company at this moment!” “That’s not true! I
just feel that this sunscreen is pretty good. I just wanted to share the good things with you girls.” Elise
received it and said, “Thanks!” Hearing that, Addison smiled brightly.
“You’re welcome. We’ll be roommates from now on, so let’s help each other out when there’s a need.”
Before this, Elise was still worried that she would not be able to adapt to the new environment.
Nevertheless, with a roommate like Addison, she reckoned her days in the university would not be as
boring as expected.
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