Take Me Away

The next day, Spencer returned to the university as the drillmaster. Needless to say, he attracted many of the girls' attention once more. After several days, the girls realized something. All the drillmasters were strict. Thus, they preferred to have a good-looking one since they were all going to be strict either way.

Meanwhile, Fiona kept fidgeting in her place. As she watched Spencer speak and act grimly, she felt as if he was going to lash out at her any minute.

The horns rung throughout the playground.

After an entire day of military training, Fiona let out a long sigh. Nothing had happened!

"Let's go, Fiona!" Sophia stepped forward and grabbed her arm. "Come on, Ryan's inviting us to dinner tonight!"

Fiona glanced at Spencer, watching him walk towards the gathering area of the drillmasters. She thought, 'Did he hear that?'

"Hurry up!" Without giving her a chance to say anything, Sophia pulled Fiona's hand as they left.

Fiona was a little embarrassed. "Sophia, I don't think it's such a good idea since Ryan's been treating us out to dinner these past few days. You can go by yourself. I'm not going."

"No way! Ryan's only treating us to dinner for your sake. If you don't go, then he won't treat me," Sophia protested. "You should go. This is normal. It's how a boy pursues a girl he likes. Ryan's very rich after all."

Fiona was speechless for a while. Just as she was about to say something, she caught a glimpse of Ryan standing not far away. He smiled when he saw Fiona.

How could anyone refuse such a smile? Fiona sighed and smiled back. She seemed to be have been reminded of the fun times they spent the previous day.

"Spencer, look! Isn't that Fiona?" Meanwhile, Eric and Spencer had left together. When Eric saw Fiona, he poked Spencer on the waist. "Look! She's with someone handsome guy."

Raising his head, Spencer replied flatly, "I see."

"Is that it?" Eric prompted. "Are you sure you saw them? What if that guy likes Fiona? Fiona is your..."

With a cold smile, Spencer interrupted, "Did you see the look on Fiona's face? She's giggling like a maniac. She's practically throwing herself at him!" He remembered the post he had seen on the forum yesterday.

"What?" Upon hearing this, Eric was at a loss for words. He stuck his tongue out. 'Is he jealous?'

"Mr. Cheng!" A girl suddenly approached them. She raised her head and stole a glance at Spencer, her face turning red.

"You are...?" Eric asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm from the publicity department of the student union," the girl said as she took out two invitations from her bag. "We're inviting you to come to the newcomers welcoming party."

"When is the party? Are all the students coming to the party?" Eric asked.

"It's at six o'clock tomorrow night at the auditorium," the girl replied. "The freshmen are required to come while the rest are free to come."

"So, are we going or not?" Eric looked at Spencer.

Glancing at the invitation, he replied flatly, "Okay."

"Great!" The girl smiled at him and nodded. It seemed as if she was reluctant to leave.

"Are you sure?" Eric asked, holding the invitation. "Are you going to the party because of Fiona? You haven't been looking well these past few days. Are you and Fiona fighting? Will she perform at the party? She can play the piano, right?"

With the invitation in his hand, Spencer tapped Eric's head and said, "Cut the crap!" He looked around and found that Fiona had already left. He then headed towards the canteen.

"You haven't answered my questions yet!" When Eric caught up with Spencer, Spencer didn't even react. He merely shrugged his shoulders and said, "Forget it. We'll see her tomorrow anyway."

As Spencer continued to walk, he thought to himself, 'I heard she isn't part of the show. If she were asked though, would she choose to play the piano? The solders had been attracted by her at the base. Is she going to seduce the boys here too? If she dares to perform at the party, I'll pull her off the stage.'

The next evening, posters of the party were hung up around the campus of D University. Just outside the auditorium, students were buzzing in excitement. Meanwhile, all the departments were hard at work for the final preparations.

"Everyone, please gather here for the opening dance performance!"

"Who hasn't put on makeup yet? Hurry up! We're running out of time!"

"Adjust the light again!"

"Pull this curtain to the left."

After training, Fiona came to the auditorium with Sophia. When they saw the mess inside, Fiona asked, "Where's Ryan? He's probably very busy. Should we just leave and come back later?"

"No, no. We came here to help!" Pulling Fiona's hand, Sophia walked into the auditorium. She pointed to a spot just in front of the stage and said, "Look! Isn't that Ryan? Hey, Ryan!"

Ryan looked towards the entrance of the auditorium where Fiona and Sophia were and immediately waved to them.

"Don't wave your hands, Ryan!" a boy said anxiously. "Check your program first!"

"What's wrong?" Sophia and Fiona were just approaching Ryan. Sophia asked, "Ryan, what's wrong with your program?"

"Nothing." Ryan said with a faint smile on his face. "It's no big deal. I have a lot of things to do anyway."

"Why aren't you going to be on the show?" Sophia was shocked. "I was waiting for your show!"

"Me too!" Several other girls echoed.

"What's wrong?" Fiona asked gently.

"Teresa was setting up the hall and her hand was injured. She's at the infirmary now. She probably can't play the piano tonight which means Ryan can't perform either," someone explained.

"We need to find a replacement pianist!" Sophia suggested. "Or maybe Ryan can play alone!"

"The piece is instrumental ensemble so I can't play by myself." Ryan looked at Fiona with a smile. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind.

"We need to find another pianist!" They then started to discuss among themselves.

"We only have half an hour left before the opening. Where could we possibly find another pianist? Looks like you're from art school. Would you like to go to the department of music and see if they have a pianist?"

"But we can't just choose a random person. We need to find someone who's a suitable match for Ryan too. Otherwise, we'll compromise the quality of the program."

Amidst the chaos, Ryan suddenly asked, "Fiona, do you know how to play the piano?"

Everyone turned to look at Fiona. Startled, she slowly nodded her head and quickly added, "But I'm not that good. I can only play a little." "What's your piano level?"

"Level

ten," Ryan abruptly said before Fiona could finish her sentence.

"Level ten?!" Sophia immediately pushed her forward. "You should play with Ryan, Fiona."

"What a godsend! Fiona, it really depends on you now! Level ten isn't something just anyone can reach!"☐☐☐