"Professor Lee, then I'll go back to class first," Amelia said.
"Go ahead! Grab something to eat first," Professor Lee waved his hand.
Amelia walked out of the academic affairs office, took a deep breath, feeling a little uncomfortable in her heart, but she had a bright smile on her face as she walked towards her dormitory.
Standing in front of the dormitory, Amelia hesitated. She had learned from Professor Lee that Noah Foster had received a demerit for helping her leave school.
This kind of blemish would exist on his future resume, and for a moment she didn't know how to face Noah Foster.
"Ah! Amelia, you're finally back!" Noah Foster, who had been sitting in the dormitory daydreaming, suddenly jumped up with excitement and ran towards Amelia, "Amelia, is everything okay with your family? Are you okay? You left school suddenly, did the school do anything, do you need my help with anything?"
Looking at Noah Foster's nervous and eager appearance, Amelia was momentarily choked up.
"My family is okay... Professor Lee helped me, and the school didn't punish me..." Amelia's words were not finished yet, but Noah Foster breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the bed, and suddenly became happy, "That's good, that's good. You made me worry for so many days."
Amelia felt increasingly guilty. She felt that all her friendships except for Tyler Davis were calculable and repayable. But faced with Noah Foster, who was so wholeheartedly devoted to her, she really didn't know how to repay him, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault that you got a demerit."
Noah Foster waved his hand, "Who cares about that demerit? We're friends, there's no need to say anything like that. Besides, it doesn't really affect me."
Amelia didn't know what to say. She was already quiet and inarticulate, and her throat was even more choked up.
These days, with Tyler Davis's heart palpitations and the pressure from the academic affairs office, when she saw Noah Foster's wholehearted support, she felt like she was back in her hometown. She took two steps forward and hugged Noah Foster.
Noah Foster was stunned, raising both hands in surrender, staring at Amelia dumbfoundedly.
She knew that Amelia had psychological problems, coupled with physical cleanliness, it was rare for her to shake hands with others, but now she had hugged him.
Noah Foster tentatively patted Amelia's shoulder, and Amelia showed no sign of nervousness or withdrawal. Noah Foster suddenly smiled, his smile was so charming that his heart was in full bloom.
"You're such a big person, why are you so cuddly? Do you think I'm great? Haha, I've said it before, I'll look after you from now on, and big sister keeps her word." Noah Foster said, while comforting Amelia with a hug.
"Mm." Amelia whispered, "Big sister!"
Amelia remembers that she had a twin sister, who was the only other person with the same bloodline as her, but her sister was a normal person. For Amelia, her brother and sister were just like her parents, and it was not a pleasant memory. She had almost forgotten about it.
But now, willingly, she called out "sister" to the woman in front of her, who had no ulterior motives and was only being kind to her. Even a heart of stone could feel it.
When Noah Foster heard Amelia call her "sister," she was surprised and softened unconsciously. Amelia had gained another sister, which was wonderful.
At this moment, the two unrelated people didn't know how they would protect each other for the rest of their lives.
Amelia returned to school and resumed her normal studies, but other students didn't know that she had left without permission and thought she was just on leave. Saint Hua had a lot of academic pressure, and many secretly looked down on her for taking so much time off at the beginning of the school year.
There were also rumors that Amelia would graduate from Saint Hua that year, which became well-known, and more and more people started talking behind her back.
Moreover, Amelia missed the second monthly exam because of her absence. She had been consistently ranked in the bottom five in the previous three monthly exams, which meant she was in danger of being eliminated from Saint Hua.
Everyone was watching and waiting for her to fail, except for Noah Foster and Julia Kim, who had been secretly watching her. After Julia Kim saved Amelia by coincidence last time, Amelia was planning to thank her in person, but she was busy with Tyler Davis's accident and forgot.
So she decided to go to Julia Kim's dormitory and say thank you. When she arrived, she heard a commotion inside, and the students inside accused someone of stealing.
Amelia knocked on the door several times, but no one answered, so she kicked the door open. The lock was damaged, and Amelia sighed.
Everyone in the room was startled and looked towards the door where Amelia stood. One person was even grabbing Julia Kim's hair, causing a chaotic scene.
"I'm looking for Julia Kim," Amelia said calmly.
Only then did the others react. "Are you crazy, Amelia?" they exclaimed.
"You kicked the door in, what do you want?" someone else asked.
Amelia repeated herself calmly, "I'm looking for Julia Kim."
The person who was pulling Julia Kim's hair was startled by Amelia's presence and released her hair. Julia Kim turned her head immediately and looked towards the door with a mysterious gleam in her eyes.
"What do you want with her? She stole something and won't admit it. It doesn't matter who comes today," the other girls in the dormitory spoke in unison.
Julia Kim, who had been silent all this while, looked at Amelia with a faint gaze and involuntarily refuted, "I didn't steal anything."
"What did she steal from you?" Amelia asked.
"She stole my wallet," someone else replied.
"Did you see her steal it?" Amelia continued.
"I left it in the cafeteria and it was gone when I got back to the dormitory. Who else could it be if not her?" the person replied.
Amelia sneered, "Ha, it's really funny. No evidence, no witness, why do you bite her so hard? Why do you beat and scold her? You can't find your wallet, so you pick on someone who's easy to bully, right?" Amelia looked down at Julia Kim on the floor and continued, "You were brave enough to stand up to those big guys before, but now you don't have the courage to resist?"
Hearing this, Julia Kim hesitated for a moment before getting up from the floor and said, "I didn't steal your wallet. Yesterday, you said you spent this month's living expenses on lipstick and only had a few dollars left. I wouldn't steal a wallet from someone who has no money to begin with!"
Perhaps because Amelia was there, Julia Kim's words were smooth and fluent, without any stutters.
Amelia sneered again, "Ha, so it's not catching a thief, it's extortion!"
The scene was tense and full of suspicion.