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?

saw Estelle, his gaze sweeping over

former student and current president of the Lamont Group, as the

today was the deadline for students to submit their scholarship applications,

time looking at Estelle, then smiled faintly. “The University of J City has always been a place where

man, her eyes rolling, wondering whether the

the principal called on a few students to stand up in front of Jonathan, some looking up at

suddenly stepped forward and chimed in, “Since Mr.

advisor frowned, not knowing what Brooke Hester

have something to say, just

scholarship is meant to reward outstanding students at the University of J City. I think that being outstanding should not only include academic performance, but

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good moral character, right?”

Mr. Ingrarn

her phone and showed everyone

they probably can’t

changed. The advisor whispered, “Brooke, why

what kind of people his scholarships

some blurry photos of Estelle getting into a Mercedes S600 with an older man whose face

you explain this?” Brooke looked at

face was expressionless, her usually gentle eyes now icy cold, “Who are

we in that students of such a prestigious university would still use such baseless rumors

teeth and retorted, “There are photos,

“What did you see in those photos? If I speak up for her now, do you also want to say

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

her, which allowed him to speak up for

“This is how prestigious students

was clearly a satire on Brooke’s previous

was silenced by Jonathan’s overwhelming

facial expressions slightly changed, Brooke was embarrassed, and the rest were also uncomfortable. Estelle, however, raised her eyebrows

her defense.

Ingram frowned and spoke in a deep voice, “Mr. Lamont is right. A few blurry photos shouldn’t be used to judge someone, and it shouldn’t be on the University of J City’s forum

immediately responded, “I’ll have someone delete

to say something more, but the advisor stared her

“Since the principal, Mr. Fletcher, is using the conference room, why don’t we go to my office

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