Ryder glanced at her.
Those dark circles were really scary. Even if Aria didn't sleep all night, her dark circles had never been this heavy.
"Wake up." Ryder lowered his eyes, his gaze slowly falling on the rain curtain outside, and he laughed meaningfully.
He sighed.
"I could have fallen asleep..."
Aria: "Are you saying that I disturbed you?"
Ryder: "I didn't say that."
Aria was stunned and opened her mouth. But then the man changed the topic, "But if you think so and feel guilty towards me, you can think of a way to compensate me."
Aria: "?"
Ryder sighed softly, "I got up too early and haven't had breakfast yet."
Somehow, Aria strangely heard a hint of grievance in these words.
Aria observed Ryder's expression intently and found that his expression didn't change much when he said this sentence. He still made it hard to tell his emotions.
So, did he mean that he wanted her to invite him to a meal?
That's what he meant, right??
But it was just a little past nine o'clock, not even ten o'clock yet. The cafeteria should no longer have breakfast, and lunch time hadn't arrived yet.
Although the cafeteria of Harvard University has good food, it has one very strict rule, that is, there is no food available at any time other than breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
And at this time, ordinary restaurants are not open either.
Aria thought for a while, then lowered her head to rummage through her bag and asked him, "Are you hungry? I have some snacks here. Do you want to eat?"
"Eh?" Ryder showed some interest, "Let me have a look."
Aria took them all out and piled them on the table.
Ryder lowered his eyes. There were quite a lot.
There were scattered snacks on the table, such as spicy strips, peanut beans, potato chips, Bugles, lollipops, chocolate pies, etc.
Almost none of the packages were repeated, and they were rich in variety.
"Pick by yourself. Eat whatever you want."
Ryder lowered his eyes and looked for a while, then picked up two fingers and delicately picked out the chocolate pie.
Aria's mouth twitched slightly.
She had quite a lot of snacks in her dorm. Some were packed by the aunt at home, and some she bought herself at the supermarket. The habit of putting snacks in her schoolbag was formed in high school.
Just because Ryder was always hungry at that time.
Boys get hungry easily, especially after playing basketball after school.
In the second semester of Senior, the PE class of Aria's class happened to coincide with that of the experimental class, and after the PE class was the holiday. It was about 800 meters from the school to the station.
She was with Maya Brooks, Finn Alvarez, and Ryder.
The road from the school to the station was next to the roadside, and there were no small grocery stores selling snacks. And it would take about another hour to wait for and take the bus to go back.
He had shouted that he was hungry several times.
Boys consume energy quickly. Once, Aria happened to have some bread and loose bean curd snacks that she bought at school and didn't finish in her schoolbag, so she shared them with them.
Later, after many times, Aria deliberately brought some.
With the presence of Finn Alvarez, it didn't seem so abrupt. Plus Maya Brooks, the few of them shared the snacks and walked while eating.
She really had very few words to say to Ryder.
Secretly feeding him like this made her particularly happy.
So much so that they more or less got the impression of Aria as a glutton. There were always various snacks in her bag. m.gΟиЪ.ōΓＧ
Ryder was biting the chocolate pie and also remembered these things. He said casually with a smile, "You still haven't changed this habit."
Aria smiled, "Military training is too tiring and easy to consume energy."
Actually, she didn't eat much herself.
She just thought that Ryder came yesterday, and maybe he would come later. If he was hungry, she could just use this as an excuse to give him something to eat.
Even though she knew the possibility of this happening was extremely small.
He was bored staying there alone. If he stayed for a long time, he would get bored easily. She was just afraid that he wouldn't want to come later.
"That's true." He looked her up and down and sneered, "With your small arms and legs, it's not easy for you to persevere."
Aria pouted and didn't want to talk.
She reached out and took a pack of Bugles, tore it open, and started crunching. Ryder cast a glance at her and then retracted it.
It was tomato - flavored.
Aria secretly laughed.
She knew that Ryder hated tomatoes.
By noon, all the snacks on the table were gone, leaving only the empty packaging bags. Except for the pack of Bugles that Aria ate, everything else went into the chairman's stomach.
The light rain that had been falling all morning showed no sign of stopping.
Harvard University has a lot of rain. Aria has really experienced it. She looked at the fine rain curtain worriedly, tilted her head, and asked, "Are you still hungry?"
Ryder was biting a lollipop, his voice muffled, "Hungry."
"..."
She had guessed it.
Such a little thing was not enough to fill his stomach at all.
Aria sighed. She didn't check the weather forecast when she came, so naturally she didn't bring an umbrella. "But it's still raining outside. Should we go to the cafeteria in the rain now?"
Ryder didn't express his opinion.
He stood up, put all the garbage into a plastic bag, and stuffed it into the desk hole. There were also two Skittles lollipops, which he also took as his own and threw into the desk hole.
He picked up the black baseball cap on the table and put it on Aria's head without asking, saying lazily, "Let's go."
"I'll treat you to a meal."
After saying that, he didn't wait for her.
Aria didn't have time to say anything else. She quickly got up and caught up. She jumped off the steps. The damp rain mist had already wet his hair.
She quickly took off the hat and tried to put it on Ryder's head.
But he was too tall and took big steps. When he didn't deliberately slow down to wait for her, she had to take two steps for his one step to catch up. She had to stand on tiptoe and chase after him, and the movement was very difficult.
He seemed to notice and deliberately didn't stop.
Soon, Aria was out of breath. She reached out and grabbed the clothes on his arm, complaining, "Hey!"
"Wait for me!"
The girl was a bit annoyed, and her soft voice was raised slightly, but it wasn't fierce enough. Instead, it made his ears itch.
It itched so much that it was uncomfortable.
Ryder raised his hand and pressed his ear, slowed down, and looked down at the little girl who was standing on tiptoe trying to put the hat on him.
After a while, he chuckled.
His broad and warm palm rubbed away the water mist on the little girl's head, easily took the hat, and put it back on her.
The baseball cap was a bit big on the girl's head. The brim pressed down, covering her eyes that were full of disbelief and anger.
She was stunned for a few seconds, then she was about to take it off again.
Ryder leisurely slapped her hand back down.
Aria raised her face, revealing her eyes to look at him, and protested, "It's your hat. You should wear it yourself. Why put it on me!"
Ryder pressed her head, raised his eyebrows, "Are you going to rebel?"
"..."
Aria shrank her neck.
She instantly lost her temper.
Ryder patted her and said casually, "Be obedient and wear it properly."
Aria moved her lips, wanting to say something.
Ryder seemed to have run out of patience. His hand moved down from her head, and his thumb and index finger pinched her chin, lifting it up.
Aria was forced to look up at him.
His eyes were dark, and he was seemingly annoyed and amused. He said impatiently, "I'm a man. How could I catch a cold from getting a little rain?"
Aria pouted.
How couldn't he catch a cold?
She clearly remembered that once during PE class, this guy played basketball in the rain and then had a fever. He didn't even come to class on Saturday.