10 Blake’s Extra Story (1) The first time I met Naomi was at a welcome party. I was the host, and when the party was almost over, the girl who had been staring at me all night took out a loudspeaker of nowhere and asked me openly in the auditorium with thousands of people. “Blake Gilbert, can I have your number?” From then on, Naomi was like a shadow, following me to class, canteen, and library. Gradually, I got Books Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay Updated for All Books Updates… used to her presence. At the end of the semester, I accidentally saw Naomi’s transcript and found that she failed several exams. I didn’t expect that she was so love–brained that she didn’t even care about her own grades in order to pursue me. I didn’t like girls who disregard their own future for love, so I started to keep distance from her. Naomi probably realized my distance. So she blocked me at the dorm for several days and asked me why I was avoiding her. I thought about it and told her that I didn’t like students with bad grades. Naomi was stimulated by me. And at the end of the semester, she gave me her transcript. “Blake, I got full marks, can you pay attention to me now?” She must be studying really hard. Compared with the last time I saw her, she was much thinner and had dark circles under her eyes. My heart had softened, so I acquiesced to her existence. The Gilbert Family was so big anyway, I could afford to have a girl. After graduation, I agreed to Naomi’s 78th confession and got together with her. Not long after, Zara returned from abroad. At the first gathering, I brought Naomi. I didn’t know what she said to Zara, but Zara was sent to the emergency room and was diagnosed with some serious illness. Zara saved me when we were in high school, and became this because of my girlfriend. I had the responsibility to protect her. Gradually, I spent more time with Zara than with Naomi. Naomi argued with me many times. I always felt that she was being unreasonable. Zara got sick because of her. How could she be so cold? I felt like I probably fell in love with the wrong person. On our two–year anniversary, Naomi and I had a big fight because of Zara again. I wanted to give up. It was so tired being with Naomi. I avoided Naomi for many days, until one day, she broke into our conference room, and I lost tens of millions of orders. I was about to lose my temper, but Naomi cried and begged me to find an expert to save her mother. It was only then. that I learned that her mom had been diagnosed with cancer a few months ago. I took the responsibility of the loss. But Naomi’s mom had missed the best time for treatment because the expert was found too late. Naomi and I visited her mom several times. Her mom was very elegant. She didn’t show any signs of decadence even she was plagued by illness. The last time I went to see her, she pulled me aside and begged me to take good care of Naomi. That was the first time I saw her begging someone so humbly. I promised her. “Don’t worry, I will take good care of Naomi.