On the other side, Diana walked stealthily behind the unmanned rockery holding her phone and called John.
John's familiar voice came from the other end of the phone quickly, "What's up?"
"Well, you sent me flowers today..."
As soon as she heard John's voice, Diana's tone softened instantly, and her face showed a hint of flattery.
"Um."
John was in his office, sitting behind his desk and looking at Jackson standing in front of him with a nervous expression. He turned his gaze and whispered, "Do you like them?"
"Well, I had your man take them back..."
At these words, John's expression stiffened and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes.
Seeing John's face wasn't right, Jackson's feet instantly went weak.
This was it!
He was going to retire in Siberia!
"But I really like the flowers!" Diana quickly explained, "It's just that it was too big of a bouquet for me to carry. I have an exam this afternoon!"
Hearing this, John's face slightly improved.
His slender fingers lightly tapped the desk, "Then...I'll pick you up this afternoon."
"Huh?"
"Don't you want me to?"
"No...it's okay. I'll finish my exam around 5 pm."
Diana stayed behind the rockery, silently drawing circles on the ground.
Every time she talked to this man, she inexplicably felt suppressed.
It was so infuriating.
"Okay, then."
John responded calmly before hanging up the phone.
He slowly put down his phone, raised his phoenix eyes, and looked at Jackson with a complex expression.
"Pack your things and go to Siberia."
Jackson's head buzzed, and two lines of bitter tears flowed down his heart.
It had to happen eventually!
Goodbye, Cloud City.
But...he really couldn't bear to leave his boss!
He treated his boss like his first love, despite being abused countless times.
"It'll take you a week to come back."
John added another sentence.
What?
Jackson came back to his senses and instantly felt alive again.
He knew it. His boss still couldn't bear to let him go!
Jackson covered his chest, bowed to John with excitement on his face, "Yes, boss, I'll complete the mission!"
After speaking, he happily went down.
Watching him leave with a happy face, John furrowed his beautiful eyebrows.
Why? Did he really like going to Siberia that much?
Should he let him stay longer?
After Diana hung up the phone, she was about to stand up when she heard a commotion. She poked her head out and saw several girls pulling and pushing someone to the ground.
Diana took a closer look and saw that the person on the ground was an old acquaintance, Aria. Several girls surrounded her, looking as if they wanted to kill her.
"Martin, what do you want to do? I didn't take your stuff! Don't wrongly accuse an innocent person!" Aria sat on the ground, her face showing a hint of fear.
Diana knew these girls; they were Aria's roommates. The ringleader, Ella Martin, came from a well-off family but didn't study much and was in the same class as Aria in class F. Aria had often cried to Diana about Martin bullying her.
Diana had even fought Martin over it.
"You're innocent?" Martin sneered. Then he reached out and grabbed Aria's hair. "Do you think I'm stupid? Other roommates rarely come back, but you, a poor bastard, always stay here. My money isn't yours. You're the only one who could have taken it!"
"I'm telling the truth, you need evidence!" Aria protested.
"The wallet was found in your closet. You're still denying it!" Martin's temper was short, and he glared at Aria before slapping her hard across the face.
With a loud smack, Aria's face immediately swelled up.
Wow.
That was a beautiful slap!
Diana was crouching nearby and couldn't help but burst out laughing upon witnessing the scene before her.
"Who the hell is that?!"
Upon hearing the voice, Martin instinctively turned around and looked in Diana's direction.
Diana had no intention of hiding and was about to stand up when suddenly Martin exclaimed loudly, "Who's being so disgusting, farting over there?!"
"What is she saying? Screw her! She's insulting me, right?" Diana stood up with a serious look on her face.
"…Diana Thompson?!"
Upon seeing her, Martin was taken aback and instinctively released Aria's collar. Diana had stood up for Aria several times before, and Martin had been beaten up by her several times, so she was a little scared at that moment.
She took a step back and said, "Thompson, what are you trying to do?!"
Aria on the ground caught sight of Diana and a complicated expression flashed across her face.
Diana had just had a fight with her that morning, and now that something had happened, she probably wouldn't help her even if she asked.
"This has nothing to do with you, Thompson. You'd better not get involved!" Martin said somewhat sullenly.
She had originally thought that Diana would ask her to leave, but she didn't expect Diana to wave her hand and say, "I didn't plan on getting involved anyway. You guys go ahead, I won't disturb you."
Martin: ???
Had Diana changed her ways?!
"Wait a minute! Diana, you can't leave!" Aria saw that Diana seemed to be really going to ignore the situation and immediately became anxious. "They're bullying me on campus. How can you just stand by and watch? Don't you have a conscience?!"
"Conscience?" Diana seemed to hear something funny. "Say it again, and I'll join them to beat you! Aria, you deserve what you get today!"
She had heard Martin's words loud and clear earlier. Stealing money and still having the nerve to argue back, people like her deserved to be beaten up!
After speaking, Diana turned around and said to the stunned Martin, "Were you not well-fed at lunch, that your punches were so weak?"
Martin snapped out of it immediately.
Looking at Diana's back, her face showed a very puzzled expression.
What was going on here?
The girl next to her approached and said, "Ella, has Diana Thompson gone crazy?"
"I don't care. Since she's not covering for Aria anymore, we don't have to be afraid of anything!"
Martin turned around and revealed a cold smile.
She was not someone who was afraid of a fight. Immediately, she grabbed Aria's hair and used her other hand to slap her on both sides of the face, clean and fast.
Aria's head buzzed, and her cheeks stung painfully.
She bit her lip, the person she hated most wasn't Martin and her friends. It was Diana!
It was all her fault!
If it weren't for Diana not helping her, how could she have been beaten up like this?
She would definitely take revenge on Diana later!
In the afternoon, the first exam arrived, which was the comprehensive subject of liberal arts.
To everyone's surprise, Diana, who was always absent, was sitting obediently in her seat and even took out a pen and paper from her bag, seemingly prepared to take the test seriously.
People looked at her as if they had seen a ghost.
"Is Diana really going to take the exam seriously?"
"What can she do? Probably only write her own name!"
"She's famous for being last in class, she's obviously just fooling around!"
...
Diana didn't care about their looks.
After the test paper was handed out, she quickly glanced at it and immediately started writing with her pen.
This behavior seemed even more ridiculous in the eyes of others.
What could she possibly write?
The proctor also shook his head.
But for a student like Diana, being able to come to the exam was already a great progress.
Half an hour before the deadline to turn in the exam, Diana started collecting her things.
She took the test paper and walked quickly to the front of the classroom.
"You... are you finished?"
The proctor was surprised and then felt that his question was quite stupid.
Diana was probably not done, she just wanted to turn in her test paper in a hurry.
Poor girl, she must have been holding it in for so long, and who knows what she was able to come up with.
"Well, proctor, I'm leaving now."
Diana nodded, took her bag, smiled slightly, and walked out.
As soon as Diana stepped out, she rushed towards the back door of the university. John had promised to pick her up, but she wasn't sure if he had arrived yet.
Expecting to wait a while, she was pleasantly surprised to see a black Bentley parked by the roadside not far away. It was John! Diana's heart leapt with joy, and she hurried towards the car. Ethan had already gotten out of the driver's seat and opened the back door for her.
"It's you today, why didn't Jackson come?" Diana asked casually.
"…He's on a business trip to Siberia," Ethan replied.
"Siberia? Your company's business is quite extensive. Last time it was Africa, and this time it's Siberia. You've been working hard," Diana said.
"…It's okay," Ethan's expression was a bit complicated.
Diana bent down and got into the back seat, where John was also sitting. He was still wearing his black work suit, but looked a little tired. He took off his tie and put it aside, unbuttoning the collar to reveal a small section of sturdy skin.
Diana licked her lips and looked away.
"How come you're out so early?" John checked the time. It wasn't even five o'clock yet. Had she finished the exam early?
"The questions were a bit difficult. Otherwise, I could have finished earlier," Diana stretched lazily.
She spoke the truth. If the questions had been easier, she could have finished ten minutes earlier.
Ethan, who was driving, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth when he heard this. Diana was too full of herself, wasn't she? She was lucky she could understand the questions,since she was such a big fool.