Chapter 3

Estelle spaced out for a moment.

The man spoke in a cold tone, “What are you following me for? Are you a student at the University of J City?”

He had noticed the girl following him all the way, stopping whenever he stopped and even followed him to the elevator

Estelle’s face flushed, but quickly returned to a calm expression, “Is this the way to your home? It’s a public place, why do you think I am following you?”

A hint of coldness flashed in the man’s eyes. He leaned back a step to make way for Estelle to get on the elevator.

Estelle scoffed, “Never mind, I don’t want any misunderstandings.”

She then turned and headed for the stairs.

The elevator doors closed behind her, blocking out the sight of the man’s narrowing eyes.

Afraid of bumping into Jonathan again, Estelle decided to take the stairs up to the ninth floor.

When she arrived at the conference room, her advisor and the dean of the economics department were

discussing something. They gave her a look, signaling her to wait a bit.

A few other students were also there to hand in their documents, among which a pair of gloomy eyes stared at Estelle maliciously.

Pretending not to see, Estelle took out her phone and played Sudoku for a while.

In less than five minutes, she solved a round and heard footsteps approaching.

“You’ve been back for a while, huh? It’s about time you came back!”

With the principal’s voice, two people entered the conference room, one was Mr. Ingram, and the other….

Estelle couldn’t help but frown. What are the odds?

also saw Estelle, his gaze sweeping over her without

the principal and introduced Mr. Lamont, the former student and current president of the

more respectful after shaking hands with Jonathan. He mentioned that today was the deadline for students to submit their scholarship applications, and all the

time looking at Estelle, then smiled faintly. “The University of J City

side profile of the man, her eyes rolling, wondering whether the real

front of

Estelle just now suddenly stepped forward and chimed in, “Since Mr. Lamont, the sponsor of the scholarship, is here, I have

what Brooke Hester was up

Ingram gently said, “If you have

at the University of J City. I think that

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good moral character, right?”

course!” Mr.

phone and showed

few days ago, someone saw Estelle getting into a luxurious car after school Estelle’s family is pretty average, so they probably can’t afford a car like that I think we can all guess what

Jonathan, everyone’s face changed. The advisor whispered, “Brooke, why are you saying

what kind of people his scholarships are supporting Isn’t

look at the phone, there was only some blurry

how do you explain this?” Brooke

delicate face was expressionless, her usually gentle eyes now icy cold,

in his signature sarcastic tone, “What era are we in that students of such a prestigious

are photos, Mr. Lamont, how can you say it’s

you see in those photos? If I speak up for her now, do

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

which allowed him to speak up for her so

added, “This is how prestigious

which was

was silenced by

facial expressions slightly changed, Brooke was embarrassed, and the rest were also uncomfortable.

her defense.

a deep voice, “Mr. Lamont is right. A few blurry photos shouldn’t be used to judge someone, and it shouldn’t be on

have someone

wanted to say something more, but the

and said with an elegant smile, “Since the principal, Mr. Fletcher, is using the conference

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