Mamie rolled her eyes with an "I knew it" expression plastered across her face.

Turning around, she caught Scales staring at her. Swallowing hard, she asked, "What are you looking at me for?"

Scales, with a lowered voice, replied, "It's not like you were the one asked for your number. Why the nerves?"

"I'm just worried about Roseanne. It's one thing after another, so annoying... But hey, Caley, with Roseanne being so gorgeous and academically gifted, don't you have even a tiny crush on her?"

Scales looked at her, speechless for a moment, "You're kidding, right?"

"Am I?"

"No."

"Then, my friend, you must be blind."

Scales stared at her, then burst into laughter, "Maybe I am blind."

Mamie was puzzled.

Meanwhile, Roseanne glanced at a boy, "Sorry, I don't go to your school."

"It's okay. Maybe we could exchange numbers?"

"That wouldn't be appropriate."

"Why not?"

"I have a boyfriend."

The boy's cheeks flushed red, "Oh... I see... Sorry to bother you!" He quickly turned and walked away.

Roseanne sighed in relief.

The onlooking students dispersed.

On their way back to the lab, Mamie suddenly asked, "Roseanne, you got a boyfriend?"

"No. Just said that to brush him off."

It was the simplest, most indisputable reason.

"So, you plan to use that excuse for anyone who asks you out?"

"Uh... that many? Isn't that an exaggeration? It's only been this one time..."

"You're too naive! A beauty like you will always attract attention. One today, a dozen tomorrow. Just wait and see." Roseanne didn't take Mamie's words seriously at the time.

However, the next day, when another boy asked for her number, she realized she had underestimated the situation!

For three consecutive days, every time she went to the cafeteria for lunch, she was approached by different boys. "Can I get to know you better?"

"Can we exchange numbers?"

"Or even your gaming account?"

The most outrageous incident

et

occurred when she was leaving the

cafeteria, and two boysched

her simultaneously, both asking for her contact information.

Before Roseanne could politely decline, the boys started arguing and eventually came to blows.

The altercation was halted by a counselor present in the cafeteria, preventing a larger conflict.

The whole ordeal, lasting less than ten

of the entire cafeteria, with

of minutes attracted the entit

staff pausing to watch.

the

"What in the world..."

"All this for a phone number?"

"Ridiculously over the top! You'd think someone stole someone's girlfriend, but no..."

"Talk about drawing a crowd just to get a girl's number, and now a fight breaks out? Epic!" "Who has such charm? What department is she from?!"

"No idea."

"What? After all this commotion, we still don't know who she is? This generation is slacking!"

"She's not from our school, how could we know?"

"An outsider?"

"Not really. She's a grad student from Kingswell University, heard she's here to use the lab facilities."

The scene buzzed with chatter.

After reprimanding the two boys sending them on their way, the

counselor approached Roseanne?

to

inquire about the situation novelbin