Chapter 195 - 195: I Learn It For You

Right then, a black car stopped behind Eddie. The door opened, and Albert stepped out of the car. "Just in time," he said with a smile, "I'm going back to Lands City. Sophia, you'd better take my car."

Eddie stared at him and said, "What makes you say that? I'm here first."

"We're neighbors," Albert said.

"You're so shameless. I'm going to buy a house next to Sophia's."

"You wish!"

There was a look of triumph on his face. He had bought the entire community where Sophia lived. No matter how much Eddie offered, he could get nothing.

"I don't believe it."

Looking at the two arguments, Sophia was speechless and felt annoyed. She actually preferred to travel by train, which was more stable and comfortable than a car. If she had not come with her classmates, she would have wanted to take the train.

At this time, a taxi came. Sophia waved, and the taxi stopped in front of her. She opened the door and turned to say, "Well, you keep talking. Excuse me."

Then she got into the taxi and left.

The two men who were arguing froze.

***

Sophia had booked her ticket online. When she arrived at the station, they just started to check the tickets. She took out her ticket and then entered the entrance. She had come with very little luggage, only a small suitcase, which was convenient to carry.

There was no high-speed train from Plain to Lands City, so the ticket Sophia bought was for the regular expression. There were not many people on the train. Sophia got on and found her seat. She lifted her suitcase and tried to put it on the baggage holder. A young man sitting next to her saw it and gave her a hand.

Sophia thanked her politely.

Soon, the train started. The young man looked at Sophia and said, "Are you a student, Miss?"

Sophia didn't really talk to strangers. She nodded and said, "Yes."

The young man kept saying, "Which school are you from? I'm from Mary Medical University. You look young, are you a high school student?"

Sophia smiled but didn't answer him. She didn't want to give away her privacy to strangers, so she did not want to answer it.

The young man was not discouraged. With a beauty seated next to him, he wanted to make some acquaintance of her. Beautiful girls were usually hard to get; he knew it. Since the trip was long, he had plenty of time.

He was about to say something when he felt something strange. As soon as he turned his head, he saw a man standing next to him, looking down at him.

"Pearson? What are you doing here?" Sophia noticed him.

Albert smiled, "I was carsick, so I took the train."

Could he make a worse excuse? Sophia thought.

The seats were not all covered. There was a vacant seat opposite Sophia, Albert sat down.

The young man had to admit that the man was handsome. No wonder the girl ignored him. Any girl who had such a handsome boyfriend would not pay attention to other men.

Albert said to Sophia, "I can cook when we get home, Sophia. Mrs. Green must be tired after a day's work. I've just learned a new dish from a chef. You can have a try." 

Sophia was curious, "What new dish?"

"Sugar Candy Lotus."

"I haven't eaten it. But it sounds delicious."

"Of course. I learned it for you… and Mrs. Green."

The young man felt more and more uncomfortable. He couldn't help standing up and said, "You can sit here, sir."

Albert smiled, "Oh, that's so kind of you."

That was his purpose, the young man thought. He showed his love in front of him to make him feel embarrassed and gave his seat to him. What a shameless person!

***

It was more than three o'clock when they arrived at Lands City. Sophia and Albert got off the train together. Albert had no luggage, so he carried Sophia's suitcase.

As soon as they got out of the station, someone came to pick them up. Sophia was surprised to see that it was Ryan.

She had seen him in Plain. He was driving for Albert then. But she didn't expect him to arrive early and come to pick them up.

"You must be tired, Miss Green." Ryan took the suitcase over and put it back in the car. "Come on, get in the car."

He had prepared some snacks and drinks in the car. The weather was cold, but the drinks were still hot.

Sophia praised him, "Pearson, you're so lucky to have such a thoughtful assistant like Sampson."

Ryan stayed, "Pearson?"

"Yeah, Albert Pearson."

"Why do you call him Pearson?"

"He said he loved me to call him like this"

Ryan stayed and said, "Oh, I see… Pearson."

Ryan drove them home and carried Sophia's suitcase upstairs. Sophia wanted to carry it herself, but Ryan took it first and went downstairs with it.

Albert got upstairs with Sophia. Then he waved to Ryan, "Come to my house. I want to talk to you about something."

Ryan was frightened. Was he going to his house to talk about something?

***

The police did not disclose Nicole's death, but there were many people involved in the investigation, so the news would soon be spread, Sophia thought.

Sure enough, two days later, "Nicole's died!" covered the blog.

Nicole was a popular star. Her TV play was in the air, very welcomed. Her sudden death caused an uproar in the entertainment industry.

Sophia knew that long before and wasn't surprised.

For days, the Internet was abuzz with speculation about Nicole's death. The police had not published the results of their investigation, so various speculations were on the Internet. Some said she committed suicide, and some said it was love killing, and there were other claims. The causes of her death provided by netizens were so many that they could make several suspense novels.

Sophia thought this had nothing to do with her, but soon she saw a lot of critical comments on her microblog.

"Nicole's last tweet was to eat with you.. She's dead. Why don't you say a word?"