Perhaps considering it wouldn't look good to fight in public, the four girls followed Mike to the small tent after hearing his proposal.
Because it was a temporary dressing room, the "tent" was not large, and it seemed a bit crowded with five people squeezed inside.
In the small space, the four girls stood on either side of Mike as the center. On one side was Mia, the royal princess. After the initial breakdown, she seemed to have calmed down and was staring at Mike, waiting for his explanation.
On the other side were the three girls of The Plastics. Regina was also staring at Mike with interest. The other two girls, Karen and Gretchen, had playful expressions as if watching a show.
A bit like a combination of Paige and Lena.
"Mia, there's something I need to confess to you." Mike organized his words and said, "Actually, besides you, I am also dating other girls. But I can guarantee that I am absolutely sincere to all of you..."
"So what are we? Am I the third party?" Feeling played, Mia found the situation ridiculous.
As mentioned before, the girl was previously confused by Mike's halo and hadn't truly understood him.
Now she felt disillusioned.
"Third party?? No, no, no... Didn't Mike mention his relationship with us to you?" Regina, like a victorious peacock, counted on her fingers and added fuel to the fire: "Counting in order, you can at most rank fifth."
The three from The Plastics plus Lena, in order of arrival, wouldn't Mia be the "Little Five" among Mike's confidantes?
"Fifth???" Mia felt things were getting more and more absurd, and her worldview was impacted.
Then, she still looked at Mike unwillingly and verified: "Besides the three of them, who else are you with? Lena???"
Seeing Mike nod slightly, the girl's emotions were on the verge of collapse.
She might not have paid attention to this before, but thinking back now, Mike and Lena seemed overly intimate at certain moments in their daily interactions.
"You make me sick!" Mia, who figured out the strangeness, felt the anger of being "deceived" and "betrayed."
After glaring fiercely at Mike, the girl walked out of the tent angrily.
She didn't want to see Mike for a second now.
"Aren't you going to chase your little lover?" Without "outsiders," Regina immediately clung to Mike.
"I think she wants to see me least right now, and this kind of thing requires mutual willingness..." Although doing so was shameless, Mike didn't plan to give up the whole forest for a single tree.
Even if the other party was a princess.
"You are really a Bad Man~" Regina commented with a smile.
This also illustrates from the side that if a man isn't bad, women won't love him.
Especially since this man is excellent enough.
Just as the atmosphere in the small tent was gradually heating up, commotion came from outside.
It sounded like Mia was in trouble.
"Excuse me, are you really the Princess of Genovia?"
"Princess Mia, what is your relationship with 'Wonder Boy'? Are you really dating?"
"Princess Mia, can you tell us what happened in the tent just now?"
...
A group of reporters carrying long guns and short cannons (cameras) seemed to have received inside information confirming that Mia was a princess.
And the romance between a foreign princess and a "country boy" would definitely be eye-catching. What's more, this princess was suspected of "snatching" a man from other girls.
This was simply big news that any reporter dreamed of.
Yes, this group of reporters seeking news heat smelled gossip when Mike took the four girls into the tent.
To get big news, they had been keeping watch not far outside the tent before.
It can be said that hard work pays off!
Mia's expression when she came out just now gave this group of reporters a lot of room for imagination.
Foreign Princess's Heart tied to Sports Boy!
Love History of Genovia Princess!
Princess of Genovia VS The Plastics! ...
Just thinking about such titles was exciting.
But at this moment, Princess Mia, surrounded by reporters, had more panic and bewilderment on her face.
This girl who grew up as an ordinary person in a small town was not enough to cope with the current situation.
"Make way~" Mike, who rushed over upon hearing the noise, separated the reporters to the middle, then shielded Mia behind him and whispered to confirm: "Are you okay?"
Unlike the girl, Mike saw more.
First, the work badges hanging on these reporters indicated that they were not local Texas reporters.
And judging from their behavior of accurately finding Mia, they should have known the girl's identity long ago, and their purpose this time was obviously for big news.
At this moment, the scene of Mike protecting Mia while surrounded by the three girls of The Plastics was also captured by this group of reporters.
"You have to leave here..." Mike guessed the reporters' plan after a little thought. After giving the three girls of The Plastics a look for help, he pulled Mia, who was still in a daze, and squeezed out of the campus.
Fortunately, the tent was located at the edge of the playground. Mike only needed to dodge the reporters in front of him to take the girl away from the school.
The three girls of The Plastics behind understood Mike's meaning. They "sensibly" helped Mike and Mia block most of the reporters present.
The three girls of The Plastics, who had debuted for more than three months, were much more adept at dealing with reporters.
Moreover, this group of reporters was also an opportunity for The Plastics.
An opportunity to give their group more exposure.
Princess, sports superstar, The Plastics. Any of these three terms alone had the value to be on the newspaper.
Now that these three elements were gathered together and entangled with gossip, just thinking about it made it super big news.
As long as Miracle Company operated properly, The Plastics could definitely bask in the light of Mike and Princess Mia this time.
However, this kind of news heat was not a good thing for Mia, the future princess.
At the school gate, Mia, temporarily free from reporters' harassment, shook off Mike's arm and said with a complicated expression: "Let's stop here, I don't want to have anything to do with you anymore."
This "ordinary" girl also had her own self-esteem and knew it wasn't good to keep entangled with Mike.
But Mike's heroic "saving" performance just now made the girl feel secure again. She was afraid that if she stayed with him a little longer, she wouldn't be able to hold her heart.
Therefore, the girl urgently needed to put on a gesture of keeping people a thousand miles away to build a high wall for her heart.
"Now is not the time to throw a tantrum, I have to send you to Queen Renaldi quickly." Mike said, looking at the reporters who were about to chase over from behind.
"What does this have to do with my grandmother?" Too many things happened today, making Mia lose the ability to think calmly.
"Haven't you thought about it? If your identity is leaked, Queen Renaldi's itinerary definitely can't be hidden. Leaked secret itinerary means big trouble for the Queen." Mike explained simply.
After all, Queen Renaldi is the highest leader of a country. This time, to quietly cultivate her granddaughter into a qualified royal princess to amaze everyone in the Genovia royal family, she acted very low-key, not even bringing a bodyguard team.
In this case, the exposed itinerary meant danger.
After Mike's reminder, Mia also realized the seriousness of the matter.
With no time to think more, she immediately got into Mike's car and rushed to the villa where Queen Renaldi was.
More than half an hour later, Mike relied on his superb driving skills to get rid of the reporter convoy sticking like dog skin plaster behind him and went to the Queen's luxury villa in the suburbs.
"Mia and Mike, why are you here? Is something wrong?" Queen Renaldi, wearing pajamas and ready to rest, looked surprised when she saw Mike and Mia in the living room.
The incident happened suddenly, and Mike didn't care about rudeness. He quickly explained the exposure of Mia's identity.
"Alright, I know the situation." Queen Renaldi's emotions didn't show much change.
Then, she still had the leisure to thank Mike specifically before asking the butler to send him out of the villa.
"Mia, you stay here with me for a few days. I'll have someone bring your mother over later." In the luxury villa, Queen Renaldi arranged her granddaughter into a guest room.
Obviously, concerning the safety of her family, Her Majesty was not as calm as she appeared.
Then, when Mr. Butler returned after sending Mike off, Queen Renaldi continued: "Joe, go summon my guard team. From now on, security around the villa needs to be strengthened..."
Receiving instructions, Mr. Butler gradually shed his gentle temperament, and his eyes became cold.
Next, Mr. Joe first called the Royal Guard Captain lurking in Medford town to summon him, then went to the room to prepare some defensive weapons.
Before long, the fully armed Mr. Joe met the reporters who rushed over after hearing the news outside the villa.
Then, with the momentum of one man guarding the pass against ten thousand, he blocked the group of reporters on the spot.