Chapter 55: We Won’t Be Fooled, Will We?
Chapter 55: We Won’t Be Fooled, Will We?
The Celebrity Lecture was about to begin, but Joshua had not arrived yet. The people waiting in the auditorium were restless and chattering about whether or not he would show up.
“We won’t be fooled, will we?”
“Yeah, Joshua said he would not pester Hazel anymore. How could he possibly accept her invitation?”
“It seems to me that Hazel was dumped and wanted to seize the chance to gain back some popularity!”
“Very likely it was because Joshua was embarrassed by Hazel that he would say so to the reporters. In fact, it’s Hazel who’s been pestering Joshua.”
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Their voices grew louder and louder as their remarks became more and more unkind.
Hazel, hiding in her dormitory, kept sneezing one after another.
She had foreseen that she would be badly reprimanded tonight, so she had been hiding in the dormitory since earlier in the day, refusing to leave.
Nonetheless, she couldn’t help opening her phone and logging onto the school forum.
After reading the first comments that were cruel to her, her heart was unmoved.
Celebrity Lecture would start at eight p.m., and it was almost eight p.m. now. Hazel suddenly felt relieved.
What was she expecting?
She smiled bitterly. How could Joshua be here?
She was about to turn off her phone, but she caught something out of the corner of her eye when she glanced at the screen. Her jaw dropped in shock.
Joshua Denmark... came?
The noisy crowd in the auditorium became silent.
Those who had been expecting Joshua to come were too excited to speak. Those who had been waiting to see Hazel embarrassed were boiling mad, it was as if they had been slapped across the face.
Even though they hoped Joshua would show up, it never occurred to anyone he might actually come.
He showed up exactly at eight o’clock. He walked up to the lectern with a serene look, followed by the president of Quantum University, who excitedly introduced Joshua.
The audience came to their senses and excitedly raised their hands. Thunderous applause broke out.
Joshua raised his hand slightly, and the applause from the audience gradually trailed off.
Eyes shining with expectation, everyone looked at him worshipfully.
“Classmate Crowe contacted me voluntarily hoping that I could invite Joshua Denmark, President of Denmark Group, as the special guest to the Celebrity Lecture,” the president laughed as he said, “I thought it was a good idea, so I did my best to promote the event. However, I hope that next time the members of the Student Council will come to me and discuss something like this. I had expected them to this time, but I didn’t see any Student Council members come to me and talk about it. That is not good.”
The audience was stunned, including the President of the Student Council sitting in the back row who turned pale.
Although the President wasn’t direct, he was, in fact, telling everyone that the Student Council had duped Hazel.
Otherwise, why didn’t they contact the president and meditate between them?
It was the job of the Student Council, but all were left for Hazel to do, which clearly made her the scapegoat.
Fortunately, Hazel figured out a better way. If she didn’t invite Joshua Denmark this time, she would have very likely been treated terribly by her classmates.
Everyone turned their heads around and looked at the President of the Student Council with an unkind look, and it was thoroughly discussed on the school’s forum.
A member of the Student Council posted that Hazel didn’t agree to help that day, but the next day, the President of the Student Council suddenly told everyone that they had asked Hazel to help again, and she agreed to help and wanted to make it public.
However, when they wanted to help, the President of the Student Council found various reasons to stop them. Now come to think of it, it was not normal at all. Presumably, the President of the Student Council didn’t want to bear the responsibility, so he blamed it on Hazel.
The people who replied to the post below it immediately scolded the President of the Student Council in all sorts of ways.
The school forum was very lively, and in the auditorium, the Celebrity Lecture went smoothly.
Joshua explained humorously in profound and simple terms, and there were bursts of applause and laughter throughout the auditorium from time to time.
Many students heard the news and rushed to the auditorium. Even if they could not find seats, they crowded outside the door.
At ten o’clock, the Celebrity Lecture was over. Joshua was escorted by bodyguards, walking through the crowd to get out of the auditorium.
After getting into the car, Jaxson asked, “President, do you need to go to the girls’ dormitory?”
Joshua’s eyes dimmed, and he shook his head. “No, let’s go.”
Hazel may not want to see him. Besides, it was so late.
Jaxson had no choice but to drive him away from Quantum University.
As they drove, Joshua took a moment to read the company’s papers.
Suddenly, he looked up out of the window. The car was slowly moving around the outside of Quantum University, not much faster than walking.
“Jaxson,” Joshua said weakly.
Jaxson was a little embarrassed. He originally thought they might run into Hazel, but it was discovered by Joshua first.
He was trying to speed up and act surprised. “President! Is Miss Crowe ahead?”
Cocking his brows slightly, Joshua lifted his head to see Hazel walking aimlessly along the sidewalk.
“Follow her,” he said in a deep tone.
The car followed Hazel, who turned her head around, saw them, and continued to walk.
“President.” Jaxson looked at Joshua with astonishment.
“Pull over.” Joshua’s eyes grew deep.
The car stopped, and he got out of the car to stand in front of Hazel.
He frowned. “What are you doing out there at this hour?”
Looking at him, a pang dispute suddenly surged up in her heart. “I’m hungry.”
Joshua was in a daze. His expression softened. “Then you are going to get food?”
“No money,” she said in a fit of annoyance.
He spoke quietly, “I’ll lend you…”
“I don’t want it!” she interrupted.
“Don’t want my money. How about borrowing it from Jaxson?” His eyes dimmed.
“No!” she yelled, annoyed.
He looked at her in wonder.
He had thought Hazel just disliked him, but she didn’t want to even borrow money from Jaxson.
She had a tantrum like... a child now.
Suddenly his eyes twinkled.
“Then how about I buy it for you?” His mouth tilted upwards slightly at the corners.
She bit her lip gently. The next moment, she twisted around and walked forward.
He smiled faintly. This stubborn little girl! Clearly, she wanted him to accompany her, but she actually didn’t cut to the chase!
She took him to a snack street near the school.
Many of the shops were closed for the night, and there were few people on the street.
“There aren’t many people here,” he said in surprise.
“There are usually a lot of people, but they all went back to school to see you.” She is lowering her eyes.
