Hearing that, Will was taken aback. “Huuuh?” he said.
“Surprising, right? And what an amazing coincidence.”
After he said that, Xian recognized from the alphabetized order that his name was going to be called by the professor soon. He took this opportunity to stop their conversation and pay attention for when he had to respond to the roll call.
Meanwhile, inside Will’s head, alarm bells were starting to ring. ‘Oh, no, no, no, no,’ he thought, trying to keep the strange sense of panic from showing in his expression. ‘That CAN’T just be a coincidence, are you kidding me?’
“Hey,” Will whispered, distracting Xian. “Did he say for what role?”
“Nope,” Xian replied calmly. He cast a sideways glance at Will that oddly seemed loaded with meaning as he continued, “I WAS going to ask earlier, bu
