Chapter 18: Fantasy story

The students walking back and forth in the hallway made Alice nervous. She was as close as possible to the wall, but she occasionally bumped the pedestrian holding the book. Eight? One Chinese? Wen Wang www? Www? ? 8? 1? Z? W ?. ? com
"Sorry!" The other party would only leave such a sentence, and then hurried away. These community college students have caught up with a good opportunity. At the beginning of the new semester, they encountered an opportunity to earn extra credits—helping Parker Elementary School students clean up the library. If they have clear goals, they are not in a mood to stop and recognize The girl who was calling next to him was one of the great people who brought them this opportunity.
Alice can only continue to hold the handset of the public phone to complete her task, "Eve said if you have anything to help, please make clear, otherwise she does not know what to do. Well, just tell Zach In the same way, she will consider it from Rimer ’s point of view, turning this into a human transaction. "
Alice said quite fluently, it must be. Before dialing, she practiced in her heart a lot.
Benjamin in the earpiece was a little impatient, "Then tell her whatever you want, and the letter says, I don't care, I just tell her these things."
"I said that." Alice was also helpless, "she said she would consider it. Yuehua and Baiying are persuading her now, I don't think there will be any questions ..."
"Where are you Alice? Yuehua and Baiying are talking to Eve. Is there no one around you?" Benjamin cared about his sister's situation.
"Um, I am fine. Yuehua and Baiying said to me, um, must learn a person, every and every banshee will go through this process, I have to overcome ... No, do n’t worry, I am not in danger." As soon as he talked about himself, Alice returned to her original form, and it was not good to ask.
"Well, then you take care of yourself." Benjamin in the receiver seemed to be relieved. "If you know that you contacted, I don't have to stay in the office all the time. Well, I let Zac come up."
"Oh! Wait, wait." Alice stopped Benjamin. "Eve also told us not to write to Smith Manor anymore, it may be seen by Smith. If you want to contact, you have to find another way."
"Huh. Then tell her that it won't, erm, let her figure it out. I don't care."
"Oh." Alice nodded and remembered, "That's nothing else, we can only come back in the evening. Lola is going to do a thank you dinner at the community college's welcome party. Thank you all for your help, um, that ..."
"Oh, I'll record" Cook Kitchen "for you."
Alice breathed a sigh of relief and always felt a little embarrassed to say it, "Nah, goodbye."
"Goodbye."
Alice hung up the phone, put away the unused coins, or stood by the wall for a while, waiting for the person holding the book to pass by. After the corridor was a little quieter, he was stuck in no one's space, lowered his head, and left quickly.
She is now going to Lola and telling the library that the sorting is almost complete, to see if she needs help in the classroom. Of course, the more important thing is to give Yuehua Baiying a space to communicate with Eve. She, who is identified as the Alpha Witch, is not suitable for staying by the side.
The habit of walking down the corridor and looking down. Alice needs to change it.
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After Alice lost her balance, she panicked and saw that there was a middle-aged woman who was also out of balance. The same panicked eyes of the two people were in the air, and books and papers were scattered in the middle. Then they fell together and fell to the ground.
"Yes, I'm sorry!" Alice was fortunately a girl. She adjusted her posture upon landing and leaned halfway on the woman who was leaning on the ground and holding her waist, trying to lift the other party. "Me, I didn't look at the way! I'm sorry!"
"No, it's okay ..." The woman's figure was obviously much weaker than the girl's, and an ugly smile was squeezed out of the painful expression. "I, I didn't pay attention ..."
When she lifted the woman, she didn't lift it completely. The two of them were sitting on the ground halfway. Alice started to pick up the scattered books.
"Thank you." The woman rubbed her waist and looked better, picked up the bag crooked on the ground, and began to pack the books on the ground.
This is a community college, so there is no limit on the age of the students. Alice looked at the library classification label (fantasy) attached to the cover of the book, and naturally regarded the woman as a student here. When she handed the book, she was small The prompt, "The books in these categories have been transferred to Building X. Well, you, your direction is reversed."
"Ah?" The woman blinked, as if she didn't know at all. "Has the library moved?"
Alice looked at each other and blinked, "No, no, it's just that the blocks in these categories have changed places, and this will become a children's reading area."
"Children's book?" The woman still blinked, as if she didn't respond. "Why?"
Uh, how can this be explained?
"Oh, sorry!" The woman noticed a troublesome question. "I'm not a student here. I'm in night school. I don't know what will happen here during the day."
"Oh." Alice nodded in response, she naturally knew about the night school, Madison's writing class. But it is also the precedent that this community college has such a versatile venue. Loose management can make it easy for Lola to borrow this time, and it does not require the big people in Lola's family to appear.
"Aren't you a student here?" The woman looked at Alice with a smile. "You look like a high school student."
"Well--" Alice lengthened her voice, high school student, if there is such a division in family education, "Yes, yes." Alice lowered her head, although the other party was a friendly-looking woman, but also There is no need to explain too much, hurry to help the woman pack things away, Alice herself has something to do!
Alice thinking about this returned the last book to the woman, and it was a little troublesome next, because besides books, there were many handwritten papers scattered on the ground. If you do n’t collect them when the corridor is full of people again, these I am afraid that there is no value in recycling.
Ignoring the original order of the manuscripts, Alice and the woman knew what to do, and quickly moved on the floor of the corridor, collecting scattered papers everywhere.
Alice ’s eyes are occasionally unavoidable to scan the words on the paper, ‘future’, ‘time’, ‘reset’, ‘world’, ‘change’ ...
Ignore and hurry up.
Alice grabbed a piece of paper that was a little far away, directly stacked on a small stack of papers in her hand, and handed it to the woman. She left her eyes and confirmed it again. She relaxed, "I think this is all. . Still sorry to trouble you ... "
Apologize to bow your head, right, this is sincerity. So Alice's eyes fell on the paper she handed out. "Dream through time-Sheila West"
"Oh, it's okay." The woman's hand, uh, change this title, Ms. West's hand took the paper from Alice. Ready to withdraw, "Uh, thank you." A little harder, the girl didn't let go, "Well, do you want to return it to me?"
"Ah!" Alice let go, "Sorry! I ..."
"Oh, nothing." Ms. West withdrew the manuscript and looked at the first page that was placed on the top. "I write short stories by myself. Oh, how? Are you interested in fantasy stories?"
Interested in fantasy stories? Oh, does Ms. West know who she is asking, and is asking a mourning banshee who lives in what most people think is a "fantasy world".
No, the point is not this, the point is, this woman, this magical possession that made the article true Ms. West said, ‘Oh, I wrote a fantasy story. "This makes people huh!"
"I ..." Alice's eyes widened. Staring at the woman in front of her.
Probably the eyes made the other person feel uncomfortable. Ms. West frowned, sorted the manuscript slightly, and put it back in her bag, "Uh. Thank you, I'm leaving."
"Wait, wait a minute!" Alice actually grabbed the other person's arm directly.
This shocked Ms. West, making her whole body tense, "You, what are you doing ?!"
"Ms. West, I know, I know you!" Alice hurried.
This is the case. Zach asked Madison to look at this woman and not let her write anything strange, right. Obviously, Madison did not do this job well!
So fate made Alice bump into her here, and saw many words that are now terribly terrifying-"future", "time", "reset", "world", "change", "traverse time" 'Dream' ... Is Alice going to watch West just leave?
Do not!
"Uh ..." Ms. West tried to push Alice away and held her hand, both strange and embarrassing. "I, I don't know you."
"Yes, I'm sorry!" Alice let go and said quickly, "I, I'm Alice Grand! Mai, Madison, mentioned you!"
"Oh!" The negative emotions on West's face disappeared. "Alice! It's you!" A smile appeared on her face, and she looked back at the girl in front of her, "Madison talked to you about me. , You are Grande ’s sister.
Madison ’s description began to coincide with the nervous girl in front of her. Madison is right, this is a shy girl who behaves unnaturally in public.
Alice ’s heart was beating fast, she knew she could n’t let Ms. West leave, but she did n’t know what to do!
"Yes, yes!" Alice's tense shoulders were shaking, her brain was thinking hard about what to say, "I, I listen to Mai, Madison said, you, the story you wrote, very, very good."
"Oh." Ms. West smiled, "Madison is really a sweet guy, thank you for his compliments, hehe, but the story he wrote is also very good, hey, but our teacher does not like it." Ms. West There was a little helplessness on his face, apparently referring to the bitter teacher. But she didn't continue to show that she wanted to leave quickly. Perhaps the Alice Madison described to her made her feel good about Alice and would like to chat with the girl.
Alice's eyes fell on the bag on the side of the other party. She was still thinking about what she should do, but with the girl's so-so bad social means, facing the reality, Alice couldn't think of a reasonable way! do not care! "Ms. West! Me, can I see the story you wrote?"
Ms. West looked at her bag. The manuscript that had just been received was lying in the open zipper. She frowned, no matter what, this request was somewhat, um, abrupt.
But Ms. West seemed to be a very friendly woman. She opened the bag. She looked a little strange and still took out the manuscript. "Well, I did sometimes ask Madison to proofread the article for me. Appeared when the mill assisted in the work), you probably also read some of my writing ... "
No, Madison respects the safety of his friends' articles, and Zac can't see it, let alone Alice.
"But this ..." Ms. West already had the manuscript in her hand. "I haven't finished writing yet, hey, I don't plan to write anymore ..." Back in the bag! "Oh, I still don't fit the story of fantasy. I borrowed that book ..." So the fantasy books scattered just now are for research and reference.
Ms. West's face was embarrassed. "It's still broken. Oh, you still don't need to read it."
Alice opened her mouth, and she could imagine the answer, such as showing her readily, or simply refused! "Write bad"? What does it mean! What's broken! This embarrassing smiling woman doesn't know what she wrote badly, will it really be bad in this world! Oops, she really doesn't know.
"You, you wrote, what did you write?" Alice felt her voice tremble a little.
"Well." Ms. West looked at the girl in front strangely, "So do you really like fantasy stories? Oh, yes, your brother, Mr. Grande, you, Madison are all around. As for the special characters with distinctive roles, I also think that his addiction to fantasy subjects is influenced by life. "
Now it ’s not the reason why Madison is addicted to a certain subject. Alice uses her poor social skills to try to bring the topic back to the point, "Please, please tell me, please tell me! I, I like listening to stories!" of.
The slightly strange look stayed on Alice's face for three or four seconds. Ms. West's eyes bent, showing a happy look, and her eyes had crossed Alice and stopped on the ground at the corner of the corridor.
"Oh! Cookies! You are here! I have been looking for you for a long time!" Ms. West opened her arms, and Alice only had time to turn her head around, and saw a black cat jump into the other's arms, slender 'S tail swept back and forth across West's happy face.
Alice's mind is very messy. Will she tell that farcical reason again?
"Woo, bad cookie! Where did you go!" Ms. West didn't know the fight in Alice's heart, rubbing the black cat in her arms with love, and then thought of glancing at Alice. Silk, "Oh, I'm sorry, I was just looking for it. I didn't look at the road before I hit you." Looking back at the black cat, as a cat lady, the best thing you should do is to ignore the real person and talk to the cat. "Don't be good! I've been running away suddenly these days! Let me worry! Bad cookies! If you go on like this, I'll bring you an anchor chain!"
"I ..." Alice just said a word.
"I should go." Ms. West smiled at Alice, still embarrassed, and put the black cat in her bag. "Don't make a noise, obediently, the library doesn't allow cats ..." She just walked by Alice immediately turned around and walked back, glancing at Alice more embarrassedly, "Where did you say that these categories of books have been transferred?" The footsteps did not stop.
"Floor x." Alice knew she couldn't stop it.
"Thank you." West adjusted the shoulder strap of the bag, giving the cat in the bag slightly under his arm, as much space as possible, leaving Alice only a back view.
Is this about to end?
A cat's head came out of the bag, looked at Alice, grabbed a piece of manuscript paper, and retracted it.
"What did I say, cookies? Be good, don't mess around." West patted his bag, and there was no manuscript paper falling behind him.
Alice shook her body, rushed over and picked it up. (To be continued.)