Chapter 500: Chapter 500: Let You Take Advantage
After the message was sent, Evelyn Vaughn waited for Warren Prescott to reply.
Warren Prescott, such a rare catch of tall, rich, and handsome, certainly wouldn’t lie about being Ashley Shaw’s fiancé, so it must be true.
But Ashley Shaw refusing to acknowledge Warren Prescott would surely make him uncomfortable, right?
Or perhaps, he might think that Ashley Shaw still wants to hook up with someone richer and thus despise her.
You never know.
However, this time after the message was sent, it was as if it disappeared into the sea, without even a splash.
Evelyn Vaughn held her phone for a long time, waiting until dinnertime at night, but Warren Prescott still didn’t send any message back.
Did they have an argument already?
She couldn’t help but sneak over next door for a look, the door of the next dorm was half open, and Ashley Shaw was happily chatting with Ariana Grant about some variety show, without any sign of sadness.
Strange, did she not see the message I sent?
Unable to resist, Evelyn Vaughn finally sent over a question mark.
But after sending the question mark, a warning mark immediately followed in the chat box, notifying her that she was no longer friends with the other party.
In other words, she’d been blocked by Warren Prescott.
In an instant, Evelyn Vaughn was dumbstruck.
Meanwhile, in the dorm next door, Ashley Shaw’s phone vibrated.
It was a message from Warren Prescott.
She opened the chat box, and Warren Prescott had sent her a screenshot.
Curiously opening it, she immediately saw the few stirring words that Evelyn Vaughn had sent to Warren Prescott.
Furrowing her brow, just as she was about to type, Warren Prescott sent another message.
"This person called Evelyn Vaughn was a friend added when I came to school to visit you before. She said she was your friend, so I added her."
Ashley Shaw’s expression turned even colder.
She replied, "I get it."
Warren Prescott understood that Ashley Shaw caught on to the meaning of his words—stay away from such instigating people, so he replied with an "OK" emoji.
Seeing this emoji, Ashley Shaw recalled how in her past life, she suspected Warren Prescott of cheating because his style of chatting suddenly changed and he started liking cute emojis.
But in this life, with the misunderstanding cleared, Warren Prescott indeed didn’t cheat, so what was the deal with these emojis?
With this question in mind, Ashley Shaw couldn’t help asking him, "Why do you like to send these kinds of emojis lately?"
Warren Prescott replied, "It’s Archie who taught me... Archie from the past life."
"?" Ashley Shaw sent over a question mark.
"Just a few days before your incident, Archie came back from abroad. He often used emojis when chatting with me, so I asked him why he suddenly became this way."
"..."
"He said he had a friend studying psychology, who said that text is cold, so adding an emoji makes the text lively and warm."
"...So?"
"So I thought, considering various concerns, I couldn’t be gentler with you directly, so I used this subtle way to make you feel I’m not that hard to talk to..."
Ashley Shaw closed her eyes, her feelings mixed.
It was truly a blessing that the car accident was caused by a person, otherwise, she might have died from her own stupidity.
Warren Prescott then sent another message asking her, "Do you not like it? If you don’t, I won’t send them anymore."
Ashley Shaw sighed and replied, "There’s nothing about like or dislike, it’s up to you."
Warren Prescott immediately sent a bunny-heart emoji.
Ashley Shaw: "...You better not send them."
Warren Prescott said: "Oh, okay."
The chat ended there, and Ashley Shaw put down her phone, only to find Ariana Grant looking at her with a gossipy stare.
It sent a chill down her back.
"...What’s up?"
Ariana Grant squinted her eyes and asked, "Who were you chatting with? Sometimes frowning, sometimes sighing, sometimes relieved, sometimes full of disdain. Your face changes eight hundred expressions a minute."
"Am I that exaggerated?"
"Yes."
"Alright." Ashley Shaw couldn’t tell the past life story, so she could only tell Ariana Grant about Evelyn Vaughn.
Ariana Grant’s brow immediately furrowed upon hearing it.
"What’s the deal with this person? Like a haunting ghost. Even scheming against the deceased’s daughter. Does she not know how awful it is to provoke the deceased’s daughter?"
Ashley Shaw shrugged, "Nasty and dumb, that’s her."
"So how do you plan to fight back?"
Ashley Shaw’s approach was simple, she directly sent Warren Prescott’s screenshot to Evelyn Vaughn’s WeChat.
Along with a line: "My patience is limited, if there’s another time, I’ll post the screenshot in the class group."
Evelyn Vaughn’s WeChat name quickly changed to "The other party is typing," but then it switched back to the WeChat name, then changed again to "The other party is typing."
It seemed she typed something then deleted it, repeatedly.
Ashley Shaw wasn’t interested in what Evelyn Vaughn had to say, placed her phone into her pocket, and said to Ariana Grant, "Let’s go! We’re going for some exercise."
The two had just agreed to go running on the track field.
Tomorrow they’re meeting Leon Zeller, though it feels like starting to feed the pig on Chinese New Year’s Eve, but trying is better than doing nothing.
Besides, Ashley Shaw decided that instead of staying in the dorm feeling anxious and nervous, she might as well go for a run to sweat it out.
Getting tired from running and lying down will help you sleep, making time pass quicker.
Ariana Grant agreed, changed into pants suitable for jogging, and the two headed out together.
The track field was well-lit in the evening, with people playing soccer in the middle, and some strolling or jogging around the track.
As soon as Ashley Shaw joined, she attracted countless stares.
"Is that the new campus belle?"
"Yeah, she’s even prettier than in the photos."
Some even egged each other on to ask for her WeChat.
Finally, someone with courage ran up to the two of them, asking Ashley Shaw for her WeChat.
Ashley Shaw calmly said, "Sorry, I have a fiancé."
Since Warren Prescott said so, she might as well use him as a shield, after all, he didn’t know in person either.
But when she finished running and went back, she saw Warren Prescott had sent, "I heard you said to others that you’re my fiancée?"
Ashley Shaw blushed and then frowned, replied, "Are you following me?"
Warren Prescott immediately sent a kowtowing emoji.
"Falsely accused. It just so happened a high school friend is at your school and overheard."
The resentment in Ashley Shaw’s heart faded, she replied, "Didn’t you say the same thing to Evelyn Vaughn? We both used each other as shields, so it’s even."
Warren Prescott’s reply came two seconds later, "Actually, I don’t mind if you take some advantage."
Implying that she could continue to use him as a shield going forward.
It took Ashley Shaw two seconds to react, her face felt hot as if steamy air rushed over her, finding it funny and somewhat aggravating.
Indeed, it’s true that thick-skinned people get thicker with age, huh?
Having come back from the past life, he’s even thicker-skinned compared to before.
Ashley Shaw let out a snorted laugh, turned her phone face down on the desk, and pulled out the assignments Jasper Quill left for her, starting to read seriously.
