Debra felt completely defeated and waved her hand helplessly. "That's it. I won't teach you anything tonight. Let's talk again after you buy the orchid."
"What if she forgets all your instructions when she meets Leon?" asked Lydia, who was stretching now.
Debra pondered for a moment and then said, "You're right. Michelle, I'll come with you when you send Leon the flower. I can help you then."
"Good idea!" Lydia praised.
Michelle nodded blankly, seemingly still in a daze. "Okay."
"Okay? Do you understand what we're talking about?" What happened at the restaurant had been a thorn in Debra's heart. She felt guilty towards Michelle, so she tried to make up by taking care of her more. "Don't agree to everything so quickly. If we sell you to someone else, are you okay with that too?"
The question snapped Michelle out of her daze. She sprang up from her seat and said, "I'm not a foul. I won't get sold."
"But I'm really worried you'll get sold by Leon. You do whatever he says." Debra poked Michelle's forehead in exasperation. The force was enough to cause Michelle to stumble backward. Fortunately, there was a table behind her, which prevented her from losing her footing.
The sight of this gave Debra quite the fright. She quickly reached out to stop Michelle from falling, but she found that Michelle soon steadied herself. Upon seeing that Michelle was okay, she smiled and continued to tease her.
"What if Leon wants to sell you? Will you agree?"
Michelle gave her a cunning smile and replied, "After he gets the money from selling me, I'll run away. This way, I'll be safe and he'll get the money."
"Tsk! Tsk!" Debra shook her head.
"Have you noticed that she becomes particularly smart whenever Leon's involved?" Lydia lay on the bed, turned around, and leaned her legs against the wall. "If she really gets cheated by Leon, it must be because she's willing to."
"He won't do that to me. He's not such a person!" Michelle snorted and pouted in protest.
Her sulking appearance caused the other two to burst into laughter.
Michelle put her hands on her lips and glared at them. When they finished laughing, she said, "Debra, you must never tell anyone that I like Leon. Keep it a secret. Well, you can tell Rainy, but don't say anything to Wynn, okay? I know you're friends on WeChat. He and Leon are good friends. If he knows, Leon will definitely know too."
"Don't worry. I'll keep it a secret until you confess your feelings to him," Debra promised.
"Thank you, Debra." Michelle smiled, revealing her teeth, which made her look incredibly cute.
At that moment, Debra's phone suddenly rang. It was a call from her brother. She picked it up and went to the balcony. After more than ten minutes, she walked back into the room, staring at the phone in her hand and mumbling, "How could it be him?"
Once she sat back in her seat, she looked at Michelle. "Michelle, my brother said that the owner of the lotus-petal-shaped orchids is Colby from the business management department who's also from the same year as us. I have his WeChat contact. He once transferred a large sum of money to me to get your WeChat contact."
"Colby?" Lydia, who'd just washed her hair in the sink, walked out of the bathroom. Water was still dripping from the tip of her hair. "If my memory serves me right, he has a good relationship with Austin."
"What?" Debra cast a sideways glance at Lydia. "Since he knows Austin, why did he try to get Michelle's contact through me instead of him?"
Michelle, who was now sitting on the bed with her bed, tilted her head and watched their banter in silence.
"What do you think?" Lydia stopped wiping her hair.
Upon seeing Lydia's meaningful gaze, Debra immediately understood the matter. Austin liked Michelle, so he must be unwilling to share her contact with someone else, even if the other party was a good friend of his.
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