No Substitutes for the Bigshots' Dream Girl Anymore!-Chapter 1911: Hayes Edwards Extra (68)

Just try to drag the handle of the garbage bin outwards. Thankfully, there’s not much trash today, so it isn’t likely to fall out.

By the time you walk from the fifth floor to the fourth, the school building is basically empty, only a few classrooms still have their lights on, and the school broadcast is nearing its end.

When we reach the first floor, the streetlights in the school are already on, and in the distance, there’s only a bit of faint twilight left, the deep navy blue is pressing down.

Grace Winter is exhausted and drenched in sweat, and can only sit on the stairs to rest.

Hayes Edwards and a few others just returned from the basketball court.

From a distance, they see a small figure trying hard to drag a white plastic garbage bin.

The chubby kid rubs his eyes, thinking he must be seeing things, "Am I hallucinating? Someone’s still taking out the trash at this hour? They said there’s something... huh!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Joy Hoffman pushes him to the side, "You actually believed that stuff meant to trick kids! Brother Edwards, doesn’t that person look like Grace?"

Only when mentioned does Hayes turn to look.

The sky is dark, and the warm yellow streetlights make it hard to see clearly.

Once he sees clearly, Hayes curses under his breath, throws the basketball to the chubby kid, and runs over.

Grace Winter didn’t expect Hayes Edwards to suddenly appear, giving her a fright.

Hayes’ face doesn’t look good, and his tone is cold, "What are you doing here."

Grace is a bit dazed, "Taking... taking out the trash."

Hayes furrows his brows even tighter, "Where are the others?" 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Grace answers softly, "They’ve all gone back."

Hayes stands with a blank face; he doesn’t even need to ask the reasons behind everything. Clearly, people see her as an "easy target" and dump all the chores on her.

It’s been like this since kindergarten. Now she’s in sixth grade and still gets bullied.

"I’ll take out the trash. You go back to the classroom and pack your bag first."

Hayes rolls up his sleeves, easily picks up the white plastic garbage bin with both hands.

Grace still follows him.

He turns his head, "You’re not going back to pack your things?"

Grace bites her lip, looks up at him, and softly says, "The classroom is on the sixth floor. I’m scared to go up alone."

At this time, the school building is long deserted. A bit later, even the security guard would come to lock the doors.

Hayes calls the chubby kid and the others over, leaves two people to guard the first floor so the guard wouldn’t lock the door, then he goes with Grace to take out the trash.

By the time they place the garbage bin back and wash their hands, it’s completely dark.

The security guard is urging students on the playground to leave with a large bunch of keys in hand.

As they walk to the unit building’s entrance, waiting for the elevator, Hayes still wears a sullen expression, seemingly angry.

Grace carefully tugs at his clothes and calls his name, "Hayes Edwards, are you angry?"

Hayes doesn’t even look at her, simply saying, "No."

The tone is quite unpleasant.

"Alright." Grace nods, then stands obediently by his side with her hands behind her back.

Coincidentally, a resident from the same unit returns, proactively greeting Grace Winter, "Grace and Hayes, back from school?"

Grace greets warmly with a sweet smile, "Hello, Auntie Li."

Auntie Li nods with a smile, "Hurry home, I’m going for a walk."

"Walk slowly, Auntie." Grace escorts her to the unit door before running back.

Hayes is already standing in the elevator, hand on the buttons to keep the door from closing, waiting for Grace to get in before pressing the floor button.

In the elevator, he suddenly speaks.