Chapter 342 Always Watching Her, Why?
Theodosia left the lab building with a dark expression on her face.
She called Orville. "The person who called you before - was it a woman? Pretty good-looking, about the same height as Kennedy..."
After describing Isabella's appearance, she got a positive answer from Orville, and Theodosia's brow furrowed.
So it really was that girl who called Orville!
She never expected that a useless person like Kennedy would have such a skilled ancient martial arts professional by her side.
Between ancient martial arts professionals, you can tell the difference in skill level with just a little testing.
When Isabella grabbed her wrist earlier, the pressure she felt was enormous. The other person's strength was definitely way better than hers.
A vicious look immediately appeared in Theodosia's eyes.
She shouldn't have given Kennedy the chance to study at the noble academy in the first place. Not only was it inconvenient to make a move, but it also gave Kennedy the opportunity to meet other nobles.
If Kennedy latched onto someone important, turning things around wasn't impossible, which would be a huge threat to her...
No, Theodosia shook her head again.
That's impossible. With Kennedy's current pathetic status, absolutely no one among the thirty-six noble families would want to be close friends with her!
Kennedy could never turn things around.
But to eliminate future troubles, she still needed to get rid of Kennedy as soon as possible.
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"How could Theodosia lose to that bitch Isabella?"
At Villa 111, Jasmine was eating snacks and spoke with some disbelief.
As far as they knew, Theodosia's ranking in the Northern Ice Empire arena was quite high among people her age.
At least among the three of them, only Jasmine ranked higher than Theodosia.
But Theodosia had just been thrown to the ground by Isabella.
"Yeah, we really underestimated that bitch." Selene also frowned.
Who would have thought that someone like Isabella, who wasn't even a noble, would actually be pretty skilled?
"No wonder she's so cocky." Hestia pulled at the corner of her mouth.
She knew Isabella's attitude toward Jasmine was too unusual.
Among this batch of new students, who didn't try to butter up Jasmine when they saw her? Even someone as arrogant as Theodosia would tone it down a bit around Jasmine.
Only Isabella acted like she wasn't afraid of offending anyone.
Turns out she had some real skills to back it up.
"Whatever, let's stop talking about her and go look at the experiment data." Jasmine put away her snacks and stood up.
Today they had chosen a two-point experiment, and Cecilia had shamelessly joined in too.
Although Cecilia wasn't very interested in physics, at the graduation ceremony three years later, representatives from the seven great clans and thirty-six noble families would all come to witness it. If she couldn't graduate successfully, it wouldn't just be embarrassing for herself, but for her family too.
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All day long, Isabella and Kennedy stayed in the villa looking through their respective experiment materials.
When Isabella didn't understand something, she would ask Kennedy.
Kennedy was always very patient in answering Isabella's questions.
Isabella had helped her twice now, and Kennedy already considered Isabella a friend in her heart.
In the evening, they each went back to their own rooms to sleep.
The next day, Isabella went to the lab building to meet with the other four people from Experiment Group 134. They applied for a lab room and started working on Experiment 134.
Everyone had clear roles and everything was organized.
Everyone's mind was on the experiment, mostly fully focused, occasionally chatting, and the atmosphere was pretty pleasant.
However, Isabella always felt like someone was watching her.
Every time she looked in that direction, she would meet Delmar's gaze.
But each time, Delmar would quickly look away.
Isabella frowned, feeling something was off.
Why did Delmar keep looking at her?
For three days straight, Isabella practically lived in the lab.
Thursday at noon, Isabella wanted to finish the experimental data she was responsible for first, so she didn't go back to eat.
Kennedy called her. "Isabella, why haven't you come back to eat yet?"
"I only have two more data points left today. I'll come back to eat after I finish."
"Okay, I'll have Sloane save you some food."
Isabella hung up and continued focusing on her experiment.
She stared at the equipment, adjusting it repeatedly.
Suddenly, a voice came from the lab door - it was Delmar.
"Isabella, you haven't eaten yet, right? I brought you some food."
Delmar walked over with a smile and placed a packed lunch box on the lab bench in front of Isabella.
"Thanks for bringing me food." Isabella didn't think much of it. After all, classmates bringing each other food was pretty normal, especially since they were in the same group.
She temporarily put down what she was doing and started eating the lunch box.
"You still have two data points left, right? While you eat, I'll help you do them."
Delmar walked around the lab bench and sat down next to Isabella.
Isabella looked at him curiously. "Are you done with your part? Won't helping me waste your time?"
Delmar smiled gently. "I've already finished my part. I just need to organize the data I did today and input it into the computer later."
Hearing him say this, Isabella didn't stop him.
"Thanks for the help."
"No problem."
Isabella continued eating with her head down.
Suddenly, she felt a hand land on top of her head.
Isabella froze.
The owner of that hand was actually Delmar.
Isabella turned her head and met Delmar's affectionate eyes.
Isabella: "?"
Delmar: "Isabella, I like you."
Isabella looked at Delmar in shock. She hadn't even swallowed the food in her mouth yet when suddenly she heard a noise from the doorway.
Saskia was standing at the door. She saw Delmar confessing to Isabella, and the toolbox in her hands fell to the ground.
Saskia hurriedly picked up the things on the ground and ran off.
Isabella stood up and pushed Delmar away.
Because the movement was too forceful, Isabella pushed Delmar right to the ground.
Delmar fell on the ground, looking at Isabella with some confusion. "Isabella, what's wrong?"
Isabella had no appetite to finish the rest of her food. She looked at Delmar and said seriously, "Delmar, I don't like you. I'm going to pretend I never heard what you just said."
After speaking, Isabella threw the lunch box in the trash and ignored Delmar, going back to her experiment.
Delmar's face also looked a bit awkward.
He didn't expect Isabella to reject him so forcefully.
After all, he was good-looking and his family was wealthy, and his ranking among the thirty-six noble families was pretty good too.
He had liked Isabella a bit from the first time he saw her.
And Isabella was indeed very beautiful, even compared to Magnolia and Natalia.
The atmosphere in the entire lab became somewhat awkward. Delmar didn't know what to say for a moment and could only go back to his own lab bench to keep busy.
On the other side.
When Isolde was going upstairs, she ran into a flustered Saskia at the corner.
"Saskia? What's wrong with you?"
Isolde looked at her in confusion. "Why are you in such a rush? Did something happen?"
"No... nothing..." Saskia's face was a bit pale.
Her mind had been completely blank just now, and she had only just managed to regain some clarity.
Saskia looked at Isolde somewhat at a loss. "Isolde, Delmar... he's fallen for Isabella."