8...I hid behind Teresa nervously.Furious, the waiter, his face half swollen, surrounded the booth with five people.The person at the front was the manager. He frowned and looked at Mark, pointing to the notes the waiter was holding."These belonged to you?"Mark still didn't forget to put on airs. "Yes, all drinks of this booth are on me."The waiter threw the notes at Mark in disgust.The manager nodded and signaled to the people around him. "He just admitted it. Teach him a lesson.""What? Wait a minute!"Mark was interrupted by a series of heavy punches.He cried and screamed, covering his face with his hands.It was a wise decision. After all, his face had cost him tens of thousands of dollars.The manager also came over and kicked Mark."Young man, you're being very arrogant. You have always bought drinks on credit. But this time you dared to pay with counterfeit money. Beat him!""Counterfeit money? I have no idea!"Only then did he realize why he was being b
11Will refused because he wanted a sense of ceremony.He was also still suspicious of me, whose motive for using him was to get back at my ex-boyfriend.He had to keep a close eye on me for a while.No matter how hard I tried to tell him that I loved his sexy body, he refused to believe me.Alright. I would respect his decision.But I didn't expect the sense of ceremony to be so great.We ended up becoming a trending topic online and had the blessing of the whole city.It was heartbreaking.Here was the whole story.That day, I was in the middle of my dissertation when Lillian screamed as she looked at her phone."Betty! Is this the policeman you like?"Wait a minute, this is... Oh... my God, this is the gate of our school!"What was going on?I snatched her phone and scrolled through the page. My blood froze.Someone was attacking people with a knife at our school gate!There were several pictures online.In some pictures, a boy was lying on the ground, covered in bl
Author:Xun Yin Zhe Bu Yu 1I had admired Finneas Wallace for seven whole years, starting from the moment I saw him standing on the podium as the top student for our grade in high school.After I graduated from university, I was pregnant and moved into his house with a look of happiness. None of my friends could believe that I actually managed to court him.Finneas was admitted to the Department of Medicine at Pillere University as the top achiever in natural science in the entire state. In the university, he became the favorite student of Professor Jarvis, who was the leading scholar in the field. Most importantly, he was also exceptionally handsome.Initially, I thought I would be able to spend the rest of my life with Finneas plainly yet blissfully. However, when I was in the first trimester of my pregnancy, I chanced upon an obscene situation between him and a young nurse in a treatment room.I dropped the food that I personally made to the ground. The heart teddy bear p
4At around six in the morning every day, I would grab two hard-boiled eggs from the cafeteria and then run to the empty classroom to study.Although I was bottom of the class in my previous life, I had seen the behavior of my hardworking classmates before. Moreover, I wasn't an extremely unintelligent person. After all, I was ranked one of the top few in middle school, which allowed me to meet the quota for qualified students to enter Strasson High School, the best high school in the whole city.Never in my wildest dreams could I have thought I would be crushed repeatedly by natural science subjects that were not my forte, as well as by intelligent classmates after attending Strasson High School. Eventually, it led to a huge gap between Finneas and me. The difference between us was like night and day.What was strange was that Joaquin, who normally preferred to arrive at school just in time, acted weirdly. Like me, he started coming to school very early every morning and even stol
6On the day the result was out, I squeezed into the crowd in front of the bulletin board and looked for my name, starting from the back to the front.I was ranked 46th in liberal arts. Among all, I was ranked in the top 20 for both literature and French, respectively. I even ranked 101st in maths, the subject that had previously dragged me down the most. I scored 116 marks.It was the best rank that I had during high school in this lifetime and my previous life. I managed to suppress my feeling of joy and wanting to scream in front of everyone, and I felt like I was walking on clouds as I walked back to the class."I—""Got it. You've improved so much, but it was expected." He seemed to know it quicker than I did as he sat in his seat, leisurely flipping through a book.Joaquin's annoying face, which usually made people grit their teeth, was particularly cute to me."Remember this." Then, he gently tapped me on the head before adding, "Your success in this exam only meant that
8"How long will it take to get to the top of the mountain?""I guess it's not that far anymore. What's the matter?""Nothing." I grasped my collar tightly. The more I climbed up, the stronger the wind became. My ankle became more and more painful. I could only grit my teeth and endure the pain, as I did not want to show weakness in front of him."There's a corner here that can block the wind. Let's take a break." Finneas took me to sit behind a large mountain rock, took off his coat, and threw it to me. "Here, put it on.""It's all right. Thank you." Stiffly, I waved my hand dismissively and threw it back to him."Oh, whatever." He sat down nonchalantly, but it so happened that he blocked most of the wind for me."I had gone too far with what I said last time. Don't take it to heart."There was silence."Why has your attitude changed suddenly to this?" Finneas did not look at me, and his voice reverberated vaguely in the wind.I turned my head slightly and looked at the moun
10I always suspected that the reason why our high school only ranked first in our city but repeatedly failed to score high marks for the university entrance exam when compared to the high school in the neighboring county over the years was that our school held various strange activities every now and then each year. In turn, it seriously affected the students' learning efficiency.Did the school leaders really think that most students were geniuses who could easily and casually enter top-tier universities?They always organized activities all year round. Thus, ordinary people like us, who had no talent, would not have the time to do practice questions.Of course, Joaquin and Finneas, whose brains were different from ordinary people, would not be included in the discussion.I sighed for the future of the school, and secretly raised my textbook in order to block Adam's view. Then, I lay on the desk and tried hard to answer the maths questions, which were my biggest weakness."Our
12How did the saying go?When there was a will, there would be a way. If one had confidence, one would become successful.Our vice principal would repeat the sayings in a thick accent every week at the grade-level assembly.At the beginning of Grade 12, as I bit the tip of my pen, I wrote the sayings on the cover of my notes for each subject. I even had Joaquin ridicule me unscrupulously."You look so foolish when you try hard." It was apparent from his tone that he was trying hard not to burst out laughing.Was I foolish? However, what did the kid know? Studying hard was the wisdom.In Grade 12 that year, I used all my strength from my current and previous life. In order not to leave any regret, I would keep an eye on the outstanding students in the class. If any of them did not leave their seat, I would be determined not to get any rest.Meanwhile, I kept mumbling around to memorize the terms for politics as I walked between the cafeteria, restroom, and classroom.After the