After Cady left, Gretchen, who had been silent, quietly asked, "Why are you trying to sow discord between Regina and Cady?"
"I'm not, don't talk nonsense." Karen, with her wavy hair, maintained an innocent smile on her face: "I'm just telling the truth. As for what Cady thinks, I can't control her."
Looking at Karen's innocent expression, Gretchen finally just shook her head and said nothing more.
In The Plastics, Gretchen's positioning was very ambiguous; although she possessed beauty no less than Regina and Karen, her presence was very weak.
Her personality was somewhat like Tam's: a bit introverted and slightly insecure.
She joined The Plastics simply to appear more sociable.
By this reckoning, Gretchen was actually the protected one within the group. Therefore, she didn't dislike the strong-willed Regina; instead, she harbored a certain sense of support for her.
On the other side, Regina was a bit pleased with the impact she had created in the restaurant.
She thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention.
Putting herself in his shoes, she thought Mike felt the same way. So, she quietly asked, "How does it feel?"
However, Mike didn't care about others' opinions. He casually praised, "You're a good person—"
"What?" Regina's brain circuit hadn't caught up yet, until she followed his gaze and noticed her own assets.
After that, her smile became even brighter. For a handsome guy like Mike, she didn't mind giving him a little benefit.
On the contrary, after realizing Mike's frankness, she only felt that he was easy to manipulate.
Charm—
The Queen Bee never lacked such things.
And after the previous interaction, Regina's goal had already been achieved: to make the students at school misunderstand that her relationship with Mike was extraordinary.
Next, rumors about the two of them would spread throughout the entire school.
Finally, she just needed to wait for Mike to come to her.
No one can resist the charm of the Queen Bee!!
This was also Regina's initial plan.
As for whether to make him her boyfriend or a supporter after conquering Mike, that would be a matter for later.
Having completed her predetermined task, Regina waved her hand: "Then we'll see each other next time, Mike—"
Dragging out her words, Regina, as she left, even turned back specifically to leave Mike with a beautiful smile that invited imagination.
One had to admit, she was a captivating little enchantress.
However, things were likely to disappoint her, as Mike was someone who only took the sugarcoating and didn't act as a mere pawn.
[Charm Attribute +3], [Acting Experience +66]…
After absorbing the several light clusters in his hand, Mike quickly finished his lunch, picked up his milk, and walked out.
A moment later, Georgie, who had been eating alone, caught up to him.
He excitedly gossiped, "Mike, I thought you were interested in Cady, but I didn't expect you to secretly hook up with Regina. Can you tell me how you did it...?"
In front of a goddess like Regina, a poor wretch like Georgie only had the right to look up from afar.
Now seeing the lofty goddess "taken down" by his good friend, how could he not be excited?
"You're overthinking it, I'm not familiar with Regina..." Mike shook his head, explained briefly, and then said no more.
As someone with experience, how could Mike not see through Regina's little schemes?
It was simply a matter of both sides getting what they wanted. If she gave him enough benefits in the future, Mike wouldn't mind playing along more with her.
Georgie, seeing that Mike didn't want to talk much about his relationship with Regina, changed the subject: "Mike, did you notice that Cady also sat with the others from The Plastics today? Do you know what's going on?"
Previously, at lunchtime, Cady would always stick to Mike.
Sometimes, even after lunch, Cady would ask Mike to take her for a stroll around campus.
In Georgie's opinion, these two should have been a couple.
Connecting this with the various strange behaviors of The Plastics today, even the slow-witted Georgie now smelled a hint of conspiracy.
He had already considered Cady half a friend, so he was naturally a bit worried.
"That, I'm not too sure either." Mike shrugged.
However, in Mike's opinion, it was a good thing that Cady could make friends with the girls from The Plastics. This would allow her to adapt to campus life more quickly.
Just as Georgie was about to chat a bit more with Mike...
By the side door of the library, Karen, with her wavy hair, blocked Mike's path.
"Mike, can we talk?" Karen asked innocently, batting her big eyes.
Her innocent appearance easily evoked others' protective instincts.
'Well, I guess I'll have to go back to the classroom alone today.' Georgie tacitly bid farewell to Mike and walked towards the classroom by himself.
Seeing Mike hooking up with Karen from The Plastics again, Georgie decided he would never again inquire about his romantic problems.
It was too disheartening! Was being handsome such a big deal!!
Inside the library, Sheldon and Tam were still having lunch face-to-face.
Only today, Sheldon looked at the sandwich hot dog in front of him, showing no signs of starting to eat.
He had developed a phobia of solid food because he choked on a little sausage that morning.
Tam didn't know Sheldon's thoughts. He saw that Sheldon seemed to have no appetite. So, he suggested, "Sheldon, do you want to try the curry rice my family made? We can exchange food."
Because they were of Vietnamese descent, Tam's family did not have an easy life in the Texas town.
A sandwich hot dog was a very common food for Sheldon. For Tam, however, it was a "luxury item."
"Thanks, I don't like curry—" Sheldon looked at the half-eaten, gooey yellow curry rice in front of Tam and refused.
The few Vietnamese dishes Mike ordered for Sheldon last time made him completely lose interest in curry.
"That's a shame." Tam then looked enviously at Sheldon's food again.
Tam had visited Sheldon's home before. Although the conversation at the dinner table was somewhat unpleasant, the Cooper family's abundant delicious food left a deep impression on Tam.
As Tam was disappointed about not getting to share Sheldon's food, his peripheral vision just happened to catch the handsome Mike being pulled into the library by a beautiful woman from the side door, after which the two went to a secluded corner.
Tam: Sigh! Another day of envying Mike.
"Karen, is something wrong?" Mike asked, smelling the fragrance in the air.
Their current position was in the gap between the bookshelves.
Due to the narrow space, Karen's assertive presence was almost pressing against Mike's body.
Moreover, the girl, a little over one meter sixty tall, was looking up slightly, placing her at the perfect height for Mike's lips.
"Aren't you curious about Cady's matter?" Karen applied pink, glossy lip balm, which coordinated perfectly with her slightly flushed cheeks at the moment.
"Uh, just talk, can you not be a pervert?" Mike asked back, speechless.
Who would have thought that Karen, with her beautiful, deer-like eyes and innocent expression, had an uncooperative little hand secretly tapping Mike's abs.
"If you feel like you're at a disadvantage, you can return the favor..." Karen had an angelic face, a mischievous smile on her lips, and leaned forward again.
Angel plus devil, the power was indeed extraordinary...