Raeleigh was in great pain after having fallen to the ground. She only managed to get up with Scarlette's help. Then, Quirina rested on one of her girlfriend's outstretched hands in a rather unbecoming pose. "If you want to leave, then you can crawl out from under my crotch. Then, I'll let go of the fact that you have just insulted me." Raeleigh fixed her eyes on Quirina's posture. Quirina was wearing a royal blue pleated skirt. The way she raised her legs was a very indecent gesture. When Raeleigh was about to stand up from the ground, a guy came up and gave her a push, causing her to fall down again. Raeleigh did not get up after that, but Quirina was waiting for her proudly. "Isn't it lively here?" Zorion came up from behind. His voice was low and elegant. Everyone was shocked when he came over. "Isn't that Mr. Whalen?" Quirina quickly put her foot back down and turned to bat her eyelids coyly at Zorion. "Mr. Whalen?" Zorion didn't even take
"Then, draw another one, write down your name, and hand it in." Raeleigh shook her head. "Forget it. I'm not going to do it." "How can you do that? It's your work. Someone stole it. We have to tell the lecturer." Scarlette was so excited that Raeleigh had to hold her in place and said, "Don't go. Leave this matter to me. I'll go and hand in the drawings with you tomorrow." "Raeleigh, you are too unassertive. This is exactly why they pick on you." "I have no evidence to clarify this matter. No matter who took my blueprints, once a similar one is submitted, then the school will clamp down hard on both for plagiarism." Raeleigh insisted and Scarlette found herself speechless. In the end, the matter amounted to nothing. In the evening, Scarlette said to Raeleigh, "If you're not attending the event, then there is little meaning for me to go, so I'll skip it too." "Go and do your thing," Raeleigh said to Scarlette, who simply shook her head. It was meaning
Hannah was dressed rather plainly. She wore a skirt suit, with plain and inexpensive accessories. Sitting next to Deanna, people couldn't help but to admire her. Many people thought that Hannah was Deanna's older sister, but after she addressed her as mother, everyone understood. Hannah had preserved her looks well. No one could tell her actual age from her face. "Mom, I haven't seen Raeleigh yet. Let me introduce her to you later." It was expected that Deanna's design would be selected. Deanna and Zorion had had been previously trained overseas in car designing. Then, they ended up studying in Elkton University, simply because Deanna liked Jepherson. Otherwise, with Rayan's financial capabilities, it was inconceivable that he would have them graduate from a local university. Hannah patted her daughter's hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense again. If your brother is not happy when he goes back, then he will ignore you." In fact, there was no need for Hannah to at
Jepherson's expression was of total indifference. He turned back to see what was being displayed on the screen without a word. "Scarlette." Raeleigh turned to look at her friend. Scarlet yanked her hand out from under Raeleigh's, stood up, and nudged her to go forward. Everybody noticed this little incident and all eyes turned to look at Scarlette. At that time, Raeleigh could only sit back quietly. No matter what she did then, it would only make people assume that she had a part to play in this whole video incident. So, she could only sit still and do nothing to avoid being further talked about. Raeleigh did not move, but just watched as Scarlette walked onto the stage. Seeing Jepherson, she bowed politely. "I'm sorry for disturbing the last part of the award announcement, but this is the only way. My friend there is too cowardly. She would rather be bullied than to stand up and accuse someone." Jepherson looked at Scarlette and said, "Tell us then what i
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Raeleigh replied in amusement, "I don't know what to say." "You must have something to say." "Don't be so impulsive in the future. You're too unruly." Scarlette fixed her eyes on Raeleigh. "Seriously, that's your reaction?" "What else can I do?" Raeleigh picked up a book next to her hand, opened it and looked at the exercises inside. She was not interested in anything, not even in the exercises. Finally, the day had quietened down. Raeleigh planned to go home to see her grandmother over the weekend, so Raeleigh began to prepare for it on Friday afternoon. "Raeleigh, why do you need to pack up your things?" Scarlette asked. She did not know why, since she had no class on Friday afternoon. So, she went back to her bedroom, intending to sit down for a good gaming session with Raeleigh, only to find her packing up as if she was ready to run away. Raeleigh bowed her head and continued to pack her belongings. "I need
"Grandma, I know that and I will deal with the school affairs accordingly. Don't worry about me." Raeleigh didn't want her Grandma to worry too much, but she still told her about the people who bullied her in class. The old lady was a reasonable woman and she understood the struggles. Her granddaughter was very dignified and beautiful, and was also outstanding in her studies. Not to mention in such an expensive school, even if it was an ordinary school, there would be a lot of bullies who picked on poor people. "But society is like this. There are too many frauds and scammers out there. If you don't learn to protect yourself and get along well with this society, then you can't establish a foothold in this society." The old lady sighed, because she did not have the ability to protect her granddaughter. Raeleigh held her grandmother's arm and smiled without saying anything. The old lady didn't forget Scarlette. She said, "Scarlette doesn't look like an ordin
"Raeleigh, you should keep this extra money and spend it on yourself. You shouldn't spend it all on me. I don't even like these things," the old lady said. In actuality, it was not that she didn't like it, but that she didn't want the money to be wasted on her. To put it bluntly, even if she had the best clothes to wear then or the best things to use, she didn't have it in her youth when she could've really used and enjoyed it. So, what was the point of having it, now that she was already so old. "It was quite cheap, so I bought it. Grandma, we're going back today. Call me if you need anything." Raeleigh reminded her again and again, and so did the old lady. After walking for a while with Scarlette, they saw a cab and was about to hail it to get back to the university. "Let's take a bus," Scarlette said as she pulled Raeleigh towards the bus station instead. Scarlette had spotted a bus card in Raeleigh's bag and inferred that Raeleigh normally couldn't bear to spend e
The car pulled away and a person appeared and stood in front of Raeleigh. She said politely, "Miss Anson, if you please." Raeleigh felt a little strange, but she had gotten out of the car anyway and went outside. When she went into the airport, Raeleigh only saw Scarlette and two other people. She did not see Jepherson. Scarlette rushed to Raeleigh and stood in front of her asking, "What's going on?" "You don't have to worry. We'll be fine." Raeleigh could only say so then. She had no idea what exactly Jepherson planned to do. Soon, someone brought over plane tickets for Raeleigh and Scarlette. They were assigned to sit next to each other. Raeleigh and Scarlette were escorted to the plane, and then the other people left, one after another. Halfway through, someone invited Scarlette to another seat. Shortly after, Jepherson came from the first class cabin and sat beside Raeleigh. Raeleigh was reading the book. She raised her head to have a look.