"It's no trouble at all! I go to Bridgedale all the time anyway," Layla said. "It's quite convenient to travel. I want to see your house and pay Hayden a visit!"
"Oh... Okay! It's a shame that I can't go anywhere until the winter holidays."
"You will have a long holiday during New Year's, right? You can go during that time. Your house should be ready by then."
"It's not that long."
"You can apply for more leave."
Ivy shook her head. "I will pay Hayden a visit during my winter holidays. It's not a long wait from New Year's."
"Sure! I will take videos to show you," Layla said with a smile. "Are you really going to stop Mom and Dad from following you to school tomorrow?"
They had discussed this during dinner, and Ivy had informed her family that she wished to go to school on her own and told the others that she would come home immediately once admission was over.
"What if someone recognizes them?" Ivy smiled sheepishly. "I don't want to be the talk of the school before school actually starts. Everyone in Avonsville knows Dad!"
"Haha! Mom keeps a lower profile, so you can get Mom to go with you!" Layla said. "Maybe you can tell them to wear masks so that others won't recognize them. They really want to go with you."
"Layla, did they go to your university admission as well?"
"Yeah! I didn't live in the dorm at the time, though it would have saved me a lot of trouble... I remember going for the admission and taking a stroll around campus before coming home."
"Don't you need to submit tuition fees, too?" Ivy asked.
Ivy stilled and thought to herself, "A house? Other parents pay their children's tuition fees on the first day of school, and they are buying me a house?"
"Let's walk around campus to familiarize ourselves with the environment." Noticing the dazed look on Ivy's face, Elliot said, "You will be coming here on your own from now on. Remember to tell us if you need anything."
Ivy nodded. "Dad, have you submitted the tuition fees?"
"Yeah, everything is done. We are just here today to look around," he said.
Ivy thought back to what Layla said the night before and realized she had been right.
Upon entering the campus, a man ran toward them.
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