She received the gift of God [Greek mythology]

Question: Surrounded by several strangers who repeatedly try to pull you into the message group, how do you politely refuse and get out?

Pandora had participated in some parties to some extent before, but the scale and participants of the high school gatherings in the small town were fundamentally different from those here.The clock passed ten o'clock late, and all those who just came to show their faces left, leaving behind only social activists who were ready to party all night.Aphrodite didn't know where to go, and 5 minutes after saying goodbye to Fao, Pandora was trapped on the backyard terrace.She's now glad she left her phone upstairs with her bag.

"Sorry, I don't have my phone with me."

"It's okay, I can just search for your username, or just give me a number, and I will pull you into the imessage group, and then we can hang out together."

Pandora didn't answer, and tried to pass sideways: "I'm going to use the bathroom."

The other party blocked her directly, with a strong smell of alcohol rushing towards her face: "Don't be so cold, give me a contact information first?"

"Awaited."

A familiar voice suddenly sounded behind her, and a hand was placed on her shoulder.When she turned her head, Hermes naturally stuffed a glass of ice water into her hand, as if he had just left briefly to get her a drink.Then, he looked at the young people who blocked Pandora, and showed a friendly smile: "What are you talking about?"

"Oh, no big deal."

"Oops, I have to relieve myself."

The few people who were still very tough just now exchanged glances, and immediately dispersed with a haha.

Pandora pressed the cold cup to her cheek: "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Hermes apologized to her instead, "I'm sorry, this kind of thing is easy to happen when there are more people at the party and more drinks. If you encounter this kind of thing again, don't be shy, just refuse and tell them you didn't Interested. I will pay attention to letting someone accompany you later." He looked back and complained in a low voice: "Artemis also disappeared at an inappropriate time."

"she……?"

"As usual, she was crazy enough and fell asleep on the spot. Don't look at her majestic appearance, that guy is actually very weak."

Pandora imagined it, and couldn't help bending her lips.She suddenly sniffed hard: "Have you been drinking too?"

The other party confessed honestly: "Well, I suddenly wanted to drink, so I drank a little." Add one more to the drinking list under the age of 21.However, it is not surprising that the private house party has become like this. If there is no accident or leaking photos, there will be no consequences.Her thoughts were all written on her face, and he winked at her jokingly: "As long as you don't tell it, no one will know."

"What secret are you exchanging?" Apollo suddenly appeared from behind Hermes, with one arm hanging on Hermes' shoulder, with a very casual attitude.

Hermes complained proficiently: "If I tell you, the secret will no longer be a secret."

"Then I have a secret to share with Pandora," Apollo said, taking out a piece of paper folded in half and handing it over, "Here I am."

It looked like a page torn from a notebook.

Pandora glanced at Apollo in surprise, spread out the paper, and read the content on the paper by lighting up the courtyard.

It turned out to be a poem.

"Is this... written to me?"

Apollo grinned: ""Dedicated to Pandora", let's take this as the title?"

She felt that her appreciation of poetry was limited, and she was not sure whether she could understand this short poem after a few cursory glances.But it does seem to be praising her. "Wow...this is the first time I've received poetry. Thank you, Apollo."

"No, no, it's the dance between you and Artemis that inspired me. My feeling is right, you are indeed my muse!" Apollo said as if he wanted to shake hands with her passionately again.

Hermes raised his hand and slapped Apollo's paw away. The blond youth glared at him, but his attention was quickly turned away—in the distance, his bandmates screamed and jumped into the illuminated swimming pool. The repeated "Apollo! Apollo!" calls for him to join.

Apollo raised two fingers on the brow bone as a compliment, and trotted off his shirt, stepped on the pedal with a strange scream, jumped high, and joined the ranks of nighttime water play.

Hermes looked at his half-brother splashing water in a carefree manner, with a soft expression: "I can't believe it, this person is actually older than me."

"You seem to have a good relationship."

Hermes did not deny this evaluation of Pandora: "That's a long story." He suddenly turned the topic back to Apollo's poem: "You can consider carefully keeping this piece of paper. Maybe it can be sold for a good price at the auction later."

"what?"

"Apollo's new band may not be appreciated by everyone, but that's his play. In terms of art, that guy is indeed a genius. If you don't believe me, you can search for the pseudonym hyathus." The last sentence is It's teasing Pandora.

She squinted at him: "I really didn't bring my phone with me."

"He published his first collection of poems when he graduated from high school, and last year he won a very important award for a new generation of poets."

"One or two people in this house are not ordinary people. I must search your names one by one before going to bed tonight."

Hermes chuckled: "Didn't you search for who our father is before you come? Generally speaking, this is something you do before you leave, right?"

"That's not... When I meet someone new, I don't think of searching the Internet."

Searching for the surname Olymboi was something I only remembered when I was shocked by the mansion last night.Then she learned that Zeus Olymboi was actually a member of Congress.

Hermes stared at her speechlessly for a moment.He didn't show any signs of drinking, but maybe because he was standing with his back to the room, his expression was a little gloomy: "Then you haven't searched for who Faol Phoebes is?"

Faol's full name suddenly popped out of Hermes' mouth, and Pandora couldn't help being stunned: "I just met him today. We happened to meet when we visited the campus, and then we went shopping together. I didn't expect it to be so soon." We met again."

"That's a coincidence. His father is also an acquaintance of the Olimpoy family. Phoebes is one of the largest solar cell manufacturers, and it seems to be developing solar cars now."

"I see……"

A moment of silence.

Hermes seemed surprised that she had no other thoughts, and suddenly said, "You seem to be not interested in other people's family backgrounds."

Pandora thought for a while, then nodded and agreed: "Indeed. Maybe because every time I talk about family, I have to talk about the disappearance of my adoptive father, so I will subconsciously avoid that topic."

Hermes had a good attitude: "I mentioned the matter of Prometheus yesterday, if that makes you unhappy—"

"It's okay, I just don't want to be hypocritically sympathized," she shook the glass, and the gradually melting ice cubes were like floating translucent land plates, making a small sound when they collided, "but you didn't mean that. So it's okay. And... I'm just borrowing here."

The bustle of the Olymboi house is the prosperity of another world. She stayed in it for some reason, so she would not feel inferior, but she did not have the ambition to become a member of it by taking the opportunity.

When the night wind blew, Pandora shrank her neck.

Hermes swallowed what he was going to say: "The temperature has cooled, let's go into the house."

Returning to the private leisure area, the furnishings of this place have already given Pandora a sense of familiarity at ease.On one of the beanbag sofas, Artemis was sleeping soundly tilted.Her sleeping appearance is bold and unrestrained, which makes people feel the urge to take sneak shots.Pandora couldn't help exchanging glances with Hermes, and the two of them both revealed expressions of restrained laughter.

When walking past Artemis, Pandora stepped lightly.

"Don't be so careful, you won't wake her up."

"But sleeping here will catch a cold..."

Hermes picked up a blanket from the coffee table and shook it off: "She probably won't sleep here all night." He covered Artemis with the blanket and looked up, just in time to see Pandora looking at him with a smile.

He fiddled with the hair on his forehead, not knowing why: "What's wrong? What strange thing did I do?"

Pandora's gray eyes flashed: "I just suddenly felt that...you know everyone's affairs very well, and you know how to deal with them."

"I take it as a compliment."

"It's indeed a compliment." Pandora stepped back into the living room with her hands behind her back, "And I also found that when I was talking to you, it seemed that most of the time I was talking about other people's affairs."

Hermes dimmed the lights in the corridor and followed with a smile: "May I take this to mean that you are interested in me?"

Pandora rolled her eyes: "It's just an observation."

Because the overhead light was dimmed, the ray of light leaking from the door crack of the audio-visual room was particularly obvious.She looked in surprise.Hermes calmly skipped the unfinished topic just now: "It's Dionysus."

"Oh yes... I was just wondering why I didn't see him tonight, obviously before—" She closed her voice, gestured towards the sofa and coffee table where Dionysus had slept the night before, Hermes I understood immediately.

"He doesn't like most parties, and would rather have an old movie marathon than show up. But from time to time, his fans try to sneak in."

fan?Um?Is Dionysus a popular actor?Pandora nodded thoughtfully, then realized: This guy started talking about other people again.She couldn't help but stare at Hermes.

"Are you interested in making a bet with me?" His new topic started abruptly again.

"?"

"I bet Faol will message you by tomorrow night asking you to go out with him."

"Dating? No way..."

Hermes leaned on the bar: "And according to his personality, he will probably ask you if you are interested in the latest movie."

It's a bit scary to talk about it in such detail... But it won't be it?Getting along with Faol was easy and pleasant, but Pandora didn't feel that the other party had the idea of ​​developing a relationship with the opposite sex.

Hermes smiled and said, "Don't believe me? Then take a gamble with me."

"What's the stake?"

"If I win, no matter whether you agree with Faol or not, you have to find another time to go out with me. If I lose..." He paused, shaking his head and sighing in distress, with joy in his emerald green eyes His smile was shining brightly, "Oh, I can't lose."