It's December.
The cold wind blowing from the north is even colder. No matter how energetic the young researchers in the Magic Research Institute are usually, in this climate, they have to huddle in the research room and conduct research without asking. I usually rush out to have a fight when I have nothing to do.
Evita's physique is not very good, so she is more afraid of the cold than the average person. At this time, she will naturally close all the doors and windows of the research room tightly to prevent any cold wind from entering through the gaps.
Feeling the warm air blowing from the magic air conditioner, Evita rubbed her hands together habitually, but couldn't help but feel a hint of gratitude to Xu Yi in her heart.
If Xu Yi hadn't developed a heating and cooling magic air conditioner and installed one or even two magic air conditioners in each laboratory of the Magic Research Institute before winter came, I'm afraid Evita would have to endure it now like in previous years. It's cold inside.
Although you can also light a fire in the fireplace to keep warm against the cold, but this will cause the indoor air to be very bad, and Evita has always hated doing this.
Of course, there is a more convenient solution that does not affect the air, and that is to arrange a large flame array.
However, the cost of setting up such an array is at least one hundred gold coins, and the monthly maintenance cost is more than thirty gold coins. No matter how generous Xu Yi is, he probably won't be able to arrange it in every research room. .
But after thinking about it, Evita was a little unsure.
According to his understanding of Xu Yi, he is a president who values his subordinates very much.
When he was in Anvilmar City before, he fully demonstrated this because of Aleri's incident.
If he were the president of another chamber of commerce, he would at most only give Aleri some financial care, which would be fine. However, Xu Yi actually did it by asking Anke Allen to come to Aleri's door in person. Apologize.
At that time, all the researchers at the institute were shocked, because they all knew the identity of Anke Allen and what an arrogant and arrogant person he was.
Xu Yi was able to make him lower his head and apologize in front of so many people. It was really beyond everyone’s expectation.
Because of this incident, Xu Yi's image in the minds of the researchers suddenly became taller.
In the minds of many researchers, he has even become an idol.
However, Evita's view is different from that of many people.
The first thing she thought of was that Xu Yi must have paid a lot for being able to do this.
If she were Aleri, she would definitely ask Xu Yi not to do this for herself, because she didn't want Xu Yi to pay a price that he wasn't willing to pay.
But under the circumstances. Of course she couldn't say these words out loud, so she could only bury them silently in her heart.
However, now feeling the warmth blown by the magic air conditioner, Evita thought of Xu Yihou, but a question arose in her heart.
"Actually...why do I think so?"
Just as Evita's inner thoughts were getting closer to the real answer that she was reluctant to admit, several crisp knocks on the door suddenly sounded.
Evita was stunned for a moment, and then woke up from her distraction. Thinking of all the weird thoughts in her mind just now, she couldn't help but blush slightly. After calming down, she went to open the door that she had locked from the inside.
The door opened, and what appeared outside was a visitor who was somewhat beyond Evita's expectations.
"Steele? Why are you here?" Evita stepped out of the way and invited Steele, who had wrapped herself tightly, into the house.
"I was bored, and I remembered that I haven't reported here for a long time. So I came over to take a look." Steele took the hot tea handed over by Evita, took a careful sip, and let out a sigh of relief. "This weather is so damn cold."
Evita smiled, sat down opposite Steele and said, "You have been fired by me a long time ago. It doesn't matter if you don't come to report."
Steele was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand to pinch Evita's nose, and said with a smile: "Okay. Evita, you are so powerful now that you are the dean, aren't you? How dare you fire me? Believe it or not Should I ask Xu Yi to fire you as the dean?"
Evita snorted softly: "Then you go and tell me and see if he is willing to fire me."
As soon as these words came out, both of them were stunned.
Steele looked at Evita for a while and couldn't help but said: "I found that you were led astray by Akali and Bella. They both like to make jokes about Xu Yi."
Evita's pretty face turned red, and she lowered her head pretending to drink tea. He whispered: "Bella probably won't be able to do it now, but Akali..."
Hearing the regret in Evita's tone, Steele was stunned for a moment, with a somewhat complicated expression on his face. After a moment of silence, he sighed softly: "Actually, I can tell. But... you can't let me give Xu Yi to her, can you?"
Evita quickly raised her head and shook her head: "No, that's not what I meant. Steele, it is a very lucky thing that you and Xu Yi can like each other. You must cherish it and not let it go easily." . Even though... Even though Akali is our good friend, it’s better to be selfish in this kind of thing.”
Steele smiled softly, looked at the gloomy sky outside the window, and suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that even if I don't want to let go, I'm a little worried that I won't be able to hold on..."
Evita was startled and asked in astonishment: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong between you and Xu Yi? Didn't I see that you two were fine some time ago?"
"No, there's nothing wrong yet. It's just..." Steele frowned slightly, looking a little troubled. "It's just that I suddenly felt that he didn't seem to care about me that much..."
Evita frowned and asked: "Why do you think so suddenly? Did something really happen?"
Steele seemed to have lost her usual dazzling brilliance in an instant, and even the confidence she had always been filled with seemed to fade away from her at this time.
Hearing Evita's question, she took a sip of tea and thought for a while, then slowly said: "Evita, there is one thing I have never told you. In fact, this time I went to Anvilmar City, I met Vincent.”
"Huh?" Evita was surprised. "When did you meet him? Where did you meet him? Does Xu Yi know?"
"Well, he was right next to me." Steele nodded.
"Then how did he react? Was he angry?" Evita asked worriedly.
Steele smiled bitterly: "It's just because he wasn't angry that I was worried. After seeing Vincent, not only did he not show any sign of being angry, he even didn't show any concern at all. He clearly knew that I had been I liked Vincent. I thought he would be a little jealous and have some special reaction after seeing Vincent..."
At this point, Steele showed a painful expression, bent down, buried his head in Evita's lap, and whispered: "Evita. I feel like he doesn't care about me at all and doesn't really like me. Otherwise, why wouldn’t he have any reaction after seeing Vincent?”
Evita reached out and touched Steele's bright golden hair, and said with a smile: "How do you think he would react? Based on my understanding of Xu Yi, I think he just didn't let Vincent go at all. It's just in the eyes. Don't you think... Vincent is not on the same level as him? Do you think an elephant can look at an ant with his eyes?"
Steele's head jerked up. She glared at Evita angrily: "Vincent is an ant, so I, who liked him before, am also an ant?"
Evita suddenly laughed and pinched Steele's face gently.
"Even if you are an ant, you are still a beautiful ant."
Steele sighed: "But no matter how beautiful the ants are, they are just ants and will not be cared about by elephants."
Evita couldn't help but shook her head: "It seems that Steele, the most beautiful and most confident in our Lampali Royal Academy, will lose his confidence once he really starts to fall in love."
"Yeah. I really don't have confidence now." Steele nodded honestly. "If he really cares about me, why doesn't he care about Vincent? If he really likes me, why... why hasn't he proposed to me yet?"
Evita couldn't help but roll her eyes at Steele: "Hey, I remember that it was you who told Xu Yi several times that you hadn't thought about it yet, so you didn't plan to get married for the time being? Now you blame him for not marrying him? Are you proposing?"
"I... I just didn't want to agree to him so easily at first. But how could I have imagined that he would simply not mention the proposal at all later? Evita, tell me... is he not planning to marry him at all now? I am married?"
Evita couldn't bear it and hit Steele on the head: "You said everything yourself, but now you have to blame Xu Yi. Believe it or not, if he finds out, he really doesn't want you anymore? Who rules? Do you have to let a man propose to a woman? If you really like him and make up your mind to be with him, why don't you reveal your intentions to him? "
"How do I reveal it?" Steele asked blankly.
Evita shook her head helplessly: "Based on what I know about him, I don't think he doesn't like you, nor does he care about you, but he seems a little slow about this kind of thing. So I think, if you think about something, Just tell him directly that you think he doesn't care about you because he doesn't care about Vincent, or tell him directly that you have figured it out and you can be with him. together forever."
Steele's face turned red: "How can I have the nerve to say this directly?"
Evita said slightly angrily: "It's your luck that you met such a good man like Xu Yi. If you don't want to take advantage of it, just let it go and let me go instead!"
Steele was immediately stunned, and Evita also realized that she had made a mistake as soon as she spoke. She coughed twice awkwardly, forced herself to calm down, and changed the subject and asked: "Tell me, Steele, where have you and him been now? "
Steele was still in a daze: "What step?"
"Of course..." Evita also blushed slightly. "It's that aspect..."
Only then did Steele understand what Evita meant, the blush on his face deepened, and he lowered his head slightly shyly: "We just kissed and didn't do anything else."
"It seems that this is the problem." Evita thought for a while and said. "Steele, you have been dating for more than half a year, right?"
"Um."
"It's been so long, and you just stopped kissing. If I were Xu Yi, maybe I would think that you don't care about him. Since you don't care about him, it's not surprising that he shows this attitude towards you now. Yes." Evita analyzed.
Steele immediately became nervous: "What should we do?"
"It's very simple. Just do what I just said and tell him your thoughts clearly." Evita said seriously. "Believe me, Xu Yi is really very slow in this regard. Otherwise, I'm sure he would be surrounded by countless beautiful girls now, and he wouldn't still be devoted to you."
Steele pondered for a while and nodded slowly.
"Okay, I understand."
"Then do you know what to do?"
"I will think about it."
"Not thinking about it." The expression on Evita's face became very serious. "But you must do it! Otherwise, just let it go."
"Then it's you?" Steele asked mysteriously.
Evita was silent for a moment and replied seriously: "If you are willing, I am also willing."
Steele looked at Evita in astonishment, but Evita seemed unwilling to admit defeat and did not look away.
For a moment, the room became extremely quiet.