"Ahh!"
Elsa screamed, suddenly sitting up straight on her bed. Gasping for air, she woke up in cold sweat and heard someone expressing deep annoyance.
"Elsa, are you crazy? What is going on with you?" Her roommate, as well as her classmate, Olivia Xu was worried about her. She had been calling Elsa's name to wake her up, but she wasn't responding, until now, when she jumped up, screaming out loud, all of a sudden.
"She is crazy." Anna walked out from the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her wet hair and glimpsed at Elsa. "She's been spending too much time in those games."
Olivia Xu rolled her eyes at Elsa. "Indeed! You need to take a break from that game! If it weren't for that stupid game you and Allen might have still been together. He wouldn't have dumped you for another woman as well."
Although, Olivia Xu's harsh words would have affected anyone else, Elsa had no expression on her face. It seemed as though she was still trapped in her dream.
"Get up now!" Olivia Xu was clearly frustrated. "Do you even know what time it is right now? Are you still going to class? Don't forget, the teacher today is... Brutal Witch!"
While Olivia Xu was speaking, someone suddenly rushed into the room. It was Ann Zhang, their other roommate. Her sudden intrusion finally woke Little Bun from her stupor.
"Ahh... Elsa, how come you are still sleeping?" For some reason, she looked like she had some very important news to impart. "So apparently today Brutal Witch is bringing an assistant teacher with her.
Oh my goodness!" Stomping her feet in excitement, she curbed her enthusiasm, but the glow in her eyes was unfettered. "I can't wait for the class! Her assistant is Charlie! Ahh!"
"What? Charlie?" Without a conscious thought, Elsa looked at Ann Zhang with a look of apparent surprise. "Why is Charlie Long coming to our school?"
The girls were rendered speechless.
Suffice it to say, they weren't on the same page. Perhaps Little Bun hadn't fully recovered from her dream.
"Elsa, I think you've been sleeping too much." Ann Zhang winked at her and giggled. "Which Charlie are you talking about? Because the Charlie I mentioned... He is a year senior from us, Charlie Xia. He is going to be the Brutal Witch's assistant!"
Finally, Elsa came back to reality. Elsa's lips twitched, as she sensed the irritation of her friends. With a puzzled look on her face, she scampered into the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face.
It had been a long time since she dreamed of Charlie Long. 'Why did he come into my dream again?' she wondered. Suddenly, she felt an alarmingly cold breeze brush past her and she immediately stopped brushing to look around. 'Perhaps I haven't recovered from the dream yet, ' she thought.
The Brutal Witch was the professor of Public Relations. She was 38 years old, but still single. Her fashion sense, or lack thereof, was still stuck in the 50s. Plus, her strict teaching style was what actually earned her the nickname from her students.
Although many students hated attending her classes, they would still apply for her lessons. The only reason behind that was Charlie, who had become her teaching assistant since he transferred to A University. Whenever the Brutal Witch would be caught up on other academic duties, her classes would be conducted by Charlie.
Elsa had no interest in the Brutal Witch's lessons at all, but Olivia Xu forced her to take the course so she could accompany her to class.
As a matter of fact, she didn't want to study Public Relations. She knew that she had no talent in managing relations at all, so it would be hard for her to pass the exams.
When she entered the lecture hall, she found that the room was filled with students. Not all of them had selected this course, but when they heard that Charlie was going to be the lecturer for the class today, they all flushed in just to see Charlie.
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