Chapter 9

Chapter 9 Chapter 9 “Whether she is all looks or not, we’ll find out soon enough, Justin said with a Elysia stood on the stage, looking calm and collected.

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Lorenzo pointed to the empty seat at the back of the classroom. “Elysia, that’s the only seat available. I know it’s a bit far back, but it shouldn’t affect your learning too much. How about you give it a shot? We can rearrange the seats after midterms.”

The class was shocked. What the hell of this kind of tone? Lorenzo, the head of the STEM track, is known for being distant. How could he greet a young girl like that and go out of his way to make her feel welcome “Could it be that she has some sort of connection? Someone powerful enough to make Lorenzo bend his own rules? If that’s true, then everything starts to make sense.

“Rumor has it she barely graduated from elementary school and struggles with reading. She’s supposed to be in Grade 7 Class 6, but here she is in Grade 12, Class 1. It would be impossible without some kind of support.

After some thought, the class reached a surprising, unanimous conclusion–Elysia must know someone important. Believing they had uncovered her secret, they now looked at her with a hint of disdain.

Milton School might be prestigious, but it strictly enforced discipline and placed a high value on academic achievement. From middle school to high school, each grade had only six classes, numbered 1 to 6, with academic performance generally decreasing as the class number increased.

As top performers from the entrance exams, they carried an air of superiority. From their perspective, the lower–ranked classes were beneath them, especially Class 6, which was filled with underachievers.

After all, they worked incredibly hard to earn their spot in Class But now, Elysia seemed to just waltze in without any effort, and they were not happy about it.

But they didn’t have the guts to voice their discontent openly, so they could only express their anger and disdain through sideways glances.

Elysia noticed their stares but didn’t care at all. She walked straight to her seat. Once she sat down, Walden collected himself and got back to the lesson.

Looking at the textbook in front of her, Elysia felt a twinge of regret about coming to school–it was so boring. If she had known, she wouldn’t have gone just to spite Emma.

Emma’s heart was filled with joy. ‘Ever since Elysia came back, Ive been pushed around. But today, I finally scored a big win Oh Elysia, so what if you’re pretty? So what if Dad spoils you? A Milton School, what really counts is your grades. You’re in Grade 7 Class 8 now, and trust me, people are only going to look down on you more.

Who’s even going to remember that you’re a Rosewood And if they do, it’ll likely be with a touch of contt mpt.

When the bell rang. Emma and Natalie planned to sneak over the middle school section to see Elysin, hot to check on her, burto–kickher while she was down.

Aluspas they reached the door Cindy Unded in ir path Erith, pure a lar 14:02 Tue, Jan 28 Chapter 9 Emma was confused. She looked at Cindy, forcing a gentle smile. “What did I lie about?”

“You said your sister doesn’t care about her studies, didn’t finish elementary school, and only got into Grade 7, Class 6. because of family connections, right?” Cindy said.

“Yeah, she didn’t finish elementary school, and she definitely got in through family connections. If she had taken the entrance exam, she probably wouldn’t have gotten into our school,” Emma replied, raising her voice as if worried the others wouldn’t hear her.

Cindy pushed further. “Then why is she in Grade 12, Class 1 now Emma’s smile froze. “What did you say?” she asked, barely believing it.

“I said, why is she in Grade 12, Class 1?”

“Are you sure the person you saw is my sister?”

“Your sister’s name is Elysia, right?”

Emma nodded.

“Then it’s true. Everyone’s talking about a new transfer student in Class I who was personally brought in by Lorenzo, and her name is Elysia. I just went to see her, and she’s... Cindy looked Emma up and down before finishing, “prettier than you.”

Instantly, Ernma was speechless–that was a hard hit.

Natalie fumed and snapped, “And how attractive are you, Cindy What gives you the right to talk about our Emma? Honestly, you’re not even worthy of carrying her shoes.”

“I’m not, but I guess you are,” Cindy rolled her eyes and pushed past Natalie.

Natalie was about to say more, but then Emma’s soft voice interrupted. “Just let it go, Natalie. Don’t waste your time on her.”

“You’re too nice, Emma. She talked down about you, and you just let it slide. If I were in your shoes, I couldn’t handle that Natalie said with a hint of frustration.

WHE Emma wore faint smile, but it quickly faded, replaced by worry “I want to go to Class 1 and check on Elysia. She didn’t tell us she transferred to senior year. Can she handle the pressure? Besides, how can she just transfer to senior year like that?”

Emma’s words were smooth, as if she was saying everything and nothing at once. That last line, in particular, left a lot of room for interpretation.

Elysia’s transfer to senior year could only happen in two ways: by taking an exam or pulling some strings. The exam option was unlikely, because it was impossible that someone who barely finished elementary school could pass the exams needed to jump to senior year and get into Class 1.

So that only left one option–connections. But getting those atton School wasn’teaty, Willonarme kind of status or influence, how could anyone transfer so easily to Grade 12, Clay Even the Rosewood family couldn’t pull that of, That led to only one reasonable conclusion Elysia must have me some shady deals. As Emma and Natale contemplate this, their expressions became quite entertaining it looked like ome juicy drama was about n unfold If Blynajjad my idea what they were thinking, she’d probably in thigh and he, with imarin Bonn be your 14.02 Tue, Jan 28 Chapter 9 When Emma and Natalie arrived at Class 1, they peeked inside, found Elysia sitting in the back row, and waved enthusiastically.

Elysia glanced over but couldn’t be bothered to respond.

Natalie was fuming. “What’s with her attitude? She totally ignores us. Emma, you care about her this much. Does she even know how to act like a sister? Maybe we should just forget about ber.”

Emma shook her head, putting on a fake hurt expression. “Natalie, please don’t be upset. No matter what, she’s still my sister. I can’t just stand by and watch her make more bad choices.

Natalie got more resentful toward Elysia. Just as she was about to comfort Emma, a cold male voice came from behind them.

“Emma, what are you doing here?”

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