Chapter 195
Chapter 195 Will Not Know Without Trying
Eileen answered the phone, engaging in casual conversation about daily activities and meal choices. It
seemed that Jasper had impable timing, as he was usually the one initiaung the calls. Eileen didn’t
use her phone often, but when she remembered, she would send a text message.
After seven or eight minutes, Eileen served the cooked pasta.
“Apologies, Mr. Smith, for the party ending sote. May I have the pleasure of joining you for a drink?”
A gentle and pleasant voice echoed from Eileen’s mobile phone, belonging to an elegant and wealthy
woman.
Lost in thought while preparing the pasta, Eileen ended up burning her hand, which was quite
unbelievable.
Elizabeth had just stepped out of the meeting room when she noticed a figure on the balcony. She
approached and saw him slightly turning his body to make a phone call, so she immediately fell silent.
Jasper cast an icy, displeased nce at Elizabeth, startling her.
He was about to exin, but Eileen said, “If you’re busy, I won’t bother you. Go back to i hotel and rest
early.”
The call was promptly disconnected. Eileen didn’t ask for any exnations. Even though she had
heard everything, she remained magnanimous, refraining from prying or questioning.
For a moment, Jasper was overwhelmed with a myriad of emotions, feeling a subtle sense of loss
quietly sweeping across his heart.
Jasper slipped his phone into his suit pocket. At that moment, his entire body, from the tips
past Elizabeth of his fingers to the tattoos on the back of his hand, felt icy cold. He walked with
indifference.
Elizabeth suddenly spoke up. I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you were on the phone.”
Jasper slowly halted his steps. “Is that so? Well, you better be careful in the future. With your status,
you’re not even qualified to speak to me.”
Fabian had just returned from outside, holding a pink gift box in his hand. “Mr. Smith, I’ve bought the
gift Ms. Eileen requested. Ms. Eileen didn’t specify any particr vor, so I bought one of each kind
Jasper pressed the elevator button to go downstairs. “Well done.”
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Since that phone call, the two hadn’t spoken for two day’s,
However, she received the cotton candy that Jasper had someone bring back for her from Seatown.
Hulbury also had its own offerings. After trying many ces, Eileen still found the taste of the cotton
candy from the old spot in Seatown to be the best.
That day happened to be the day of the enrichment program exam. Without a doubt, Eileen would be
the only one with the special qualifications to enter the Olympiad Math ss.
Eileen stepped forward to hand in her paper, cing it directly on top of the pile. Gilbert said to her.
“Work hard. Don’t let Jacob down. He and I both think highly of you.”
Eileen replied, “I will, Mr. Campbell.”
Once the exam was over, Natalie was already waiting for Eileen at the ssroom door. She seemed
even more nervous than Eileen. Clutching her backpack strap, Natalie immediately approached Eileen
when she saw here out. “Eileen, was it very difficult? You’re so talented, you must have
confidence in yourself. I believe you can definitelye in first.”
Eileen felt a buzzing in her ears. She had never met anyone who loved to talk as much as Natalie.
Natalie was like a mosquito, ceaselessly buzzing around her ear.
Eileen asked, “Isn’t it time for lunch? Aren’t you going to eat?”
“I’m waiting for you! I want to grab a bite with you after your exam. There are a few questions. I don’t
quite understand. I was hoping to ask you about them,” replied Natalie.
Eileen gazed into Natalie’s innocent, harmless eyes. Quickly, she averted her gaze. Let’s do it together
then.”
“Well…
Natalie had been hanging around Eileen for quite some time. Ever since Eileen helped. Natalie out of a
tight spotst time, that seemingly naive girl would always buy things for Eileen. Natalie would go to the
snack shop, buy snacks, and then sneak them into Eileen’s desk when ss was over. Among the pile
of snacks, there was always a milk candy.
Eileen couldn’t eat it as it was too sweet.
In the past, whenever she ate something sweet, she would always get a toothache.
Eileen had once returned Natalie’s snacks, but the pitiful look on Natalie’s face made it seem as if
Eileen was the one who had done something wrong
Eileen had never been so scared of someone crying before.
Rather thanughing herself, Eileen preferred to watch Natalieugh..
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If Eileen’s existence to Jasper was redemption, then Natalie and her smile were something
simr to Eileen.
Natalie’s smile was soothing to Eileen.
Eileen had seen Natalie’s grades. They were the worst in ss Two, and even in ss Six, her grades
could be the lowest.
She originally thought that Elm was the one at the bottom.
During thest final exam, Natalie didn’t take the test because she was sick and absent.
As a result, Natalie’s grades weren’t on the bulletin board.
With her grades, she should have been in ss Six, but she was in ss Two instead.
Eileen didn’t ask much about the reasons behind such matters.
After they finished lunch, Eileen took Natalie to the library.
Eileen used to tutor Elm every day, but she had switched to tutoring him every Tuesday, Thursday, and
Friday. In reality, his grades were already good enough to get into Hulbury University. He had improved
very quickly. After thest quiz, he was already ranked in the top ten of his ss.
During those past few days at the library, Elm had been apanied by his girlfriend.
As a result, Eileen felt like a third wheel.
That time, Eileen arrived at the library first. Seeing that Elm hadn’t arrived yet, she began teaching
Natalie.
There, she realized that Natalie couldn’t even solve the mostmon questions.
Squeezing her pen, Natalie dared not lift her head. “Eileen, am I really stupid? Why can’t I learn no
matter how much I’m taught?”
Tve switched several sses, and they allugh at me, calling me an idiot. I wasn’t like this before. I
used to be smart. However, when I was young, my family was poor, and we lived in a small mountain
vige. I fell ill, had a high fever, and didn’t get to take medicine on time. That damaged my brain,
causing my poor memory Eileen, rest assured, I will definitely work as hard as you I can solve the
questions you taught mest time now.”
Eileen asked. “Why don’t you change sses?
Natalie lowered her head so much that her face was almost touching the table. In a voice as soft as a
whisper, she slowly said, “They despised me for being unintelligent and I was
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constantly bullied. That’s why I had to switch sses multiple times. It was only when I was in ss
Two that I faced less bullying. The teacher warned that if I changed sses again, I would be expelled.”
So, that’s the situation? Eileen reassured, “Don’t worry, no one will ever bully you again.”
“Eileen, which university are you nning to attend? Can I join you there?”
“Hulbury University.”
Natalie deted like a balloon. “This is so difficult…”
“How will you know if you don’t give it a try?”
“I… will do my best.” Natalie was very beautiful, like a delicate doll, yet she also resembled at nk
canvas, possessing qualities that many othersck.
One of those qualities was kindness.
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Her kindness was evident. No matter how much others bullied her, as long as they apologized, she
would always respond with a smile, saying, “It’s okay.”
That was something Eileen could never do.
Natalie didn’t have any true friends. Even if there were any, they were the kind with insir intentions,
pretending to care.
Thest time Eileen saw Natalie, she was helping the girls in her ss by fetching hot wat carrying one
cup after another. When Natalie identally fell, no one cared if she had been burned. Instead, they all
med her for carelessly breaking expensive cups.