Chapter 850


    Everyone had to gather at the sports ground, so all the students at Elkton were too busy


    cooperating to remember about the whole Raeleigh affair.


    Before Raeleigh got out of the car, she was still worried. However, when she got out of the car, the


    front gate was deserted, save for the principal of the university, who stood there waiting for


    Jepherson''s arrival. She saw no one else.


    When the principal saw Raeleigh alight the car together with Jepherson, he immediately strode over


    to wee them, going first to Jepherson to greet him. "Young Master Richards."


    Jepherson did not reply to him. The principal looked at Raeleigh and said, "Raeleigh, the university


    had organized a car designingpetition and there''ll be peopleing over shortly to talk about


    it, so why don''t you go in first."


    Raeleigh took a look at Jepherson, nodded to the principal, and then hurried to her dorm.


    She didn''t dare to wear the clothes Jepherson had given her as she was afraid of being put in the


    spotlight. Whenever there was a formal gathering at the university, it was the school''s rules that


    those in attendance must wear the school''s uniform. So, she quickly went to her dorm to change her


    clothes before making her way to the sports grounds.


    Jepherson watched Raeleigh walk towards the dorm instead of the sports grounds. He was not in a


    hurry and took his time following the principal to the sports grounds. Just as she got onto the


    grounds, Jepherson stepped up to the podium on the stage to give his speech.


    As soon as Jepherson''s figure appeared, there was immediately a series of screams on the sports


    grounds beneath the stage. Some of them, with no regard for their own dignity or image, shouted,


    "Jepherson Richards, I love you."


    Jepherson acted as if he hadn''t heard anything. His face was cold as usual. His eagle eyes


    surveyed the ser field below, sweeping every corner. He only ever showed a trace of his warmth


    and gentleness in the presence of the person he wanted very much to meet. Otherwise, his face


    would be stoic and cold.


    "Hello, everyone. I''m Jepherson Richards. Today, on behalf of the Richards Group, I''vee to


    Elkton University to..."


    Raeleigh stood below, staring at the noble Jepherson, as he stood high above on the tform. It


    was only then that she knew who Jepherson really was, his rtionship with the university, and his


    family connections.


    Jepherson ended his speech and left the tform. The school had adopted security measures, so


    that no one coulde into contact with Jepherson. Just like this, Jepherson disappeared from the


    university in the blink of an eye.


    Raeleigh understood that Jepherson had done this for her, to distract the attention away from her.


    Otherwise, this kind of event would''ve been prenned and scheduled in advance.


    Scarlette stood beside Raeleigh on her right. After her speech had ended, she wrapped her arm


    around Raeleigh''s and asked, "Why didn''t youe back that day?"


    "Yesterday?" Raeleigh reminded Scarlette. Not that day, which would imply many days, as it was


    the day before.


    She said disapprovingly, "It makes no difference. Now, tell me, what did you do?"


    "Don''t ask. I can''t exin it clearly." Raeleigh didn''t want to exin. The more she exined, the


    more confused she would be.


    "If you don''t want to tell me, then it''s alright. Just forget about it then." She didn''t pursue the matter


    any further as she knew Raeleigh''s character well.


    Raeleigh and Scarlette went back to ss and on


    the way there, they bumped into Quirina.


    "Raeleigh, you are back?" Quirina asked as soon as they met. Her voice was purposely shrill to


    attract the attention of others.


    Scarlette was angry upon seeing Quirina and she really wanted to go up and give her a big p in


    the face, but Raeleigh held her back, saying, "Just leave it, and let''s go to ss, don''t stoop to her


    level."


    Scarlette rolled her eyes at Raeleigh impatiently. "Alright, I''ll listen to you."


    After saying that, she and Raeleigh had intended to leave, but Quirina blocked their path. Raeleigh


    and Scarlette stopped and looked at Quirina, who stood in front of them.


    Quirinaughed and said, "Raeleigh, when did youe backst night? I had something to ask


    you and waited outside your dormitory for nearly a whole night but you never returned, causing me


    to fall asleep outside."


    "Interesting. When Raeleigh and I got up this morning, we didn''t see you outside our dormitory.


    Were you sleepwalking? Or were you dreaming?" Scarlette was no pushover, so she argued back.


    "Scarlette, this is none of your business." Initially, Quirina had just wanted to prod at Raeleigh to


    instigate her anger, but to her disappointment, Raeleigh had not taken the bait and simply kept


    silent. Instead, Scarlette had jumped forward to defend her, so of course Quirina had to warn her to


    back off.


    "Yesterday, Raeleigh and I went out together. You''re now saying that she did not return to her dorm,


    which means that you are by extension using me of doing so too. So, of course it is my business


    too."


    "I didn''t say that you and Raeleigh didn''t go back to the dormitory. I just said that I waited outside


    your dormitory for a night and I didn''t see you both." Quirina had a reputation to keep and she


    couldn''t allow it to deteriorate any further than it already had. The Moore family had already said


    that if she caused trouble at Elkton again, then she would be cut off entirely and disowned from the


    Moore family.


    Quirina was used to crying and throwing tantrums at home to get her way. Yousif too felt that she


    needed to be properly disciplined whenever she had an episode but she was after all his favourite


    lover''s daughter, and even if she was a brat, she was still his child.


    In the end, it had taken Yousif to promise to take her back officially into the family after Old Master


    Moore had died, which made Quirina settle down.


    For this matter, Quirina too had to wait, and in the meantime, she could not cause too big of a


    scene.


    Initially, Quirina had tried to be patient and wanted to endure it. She had so manyckeys around


    her, some of which were bold, reckless, and unafraid of trouble. These were the people who often


    whispered in her ear of all the gossip making the rounds. It did not help that she really couldn''t


    stand the sight of Raeleigh either, and so she schemed to put Raeleigh in her ce, but without


    doing it too openly so as to attract attention.


    "You didn''t see us because we were in the dormitory. Who knows what was squatting in front of the


    door. It could have been an old rat, grinding its teeth at the door. It''s no wonder I was unable to


    sleep properlyst night. I must''ve felt the ominous presence of said ''rat''." At that point, the


    onlooking crowd had burst intoughter. Even some of Quirina''sckeys, who stood behind her, had


    snickered. It was only when Quirina snapped her head and red at them that they stopped.


    But Raeleigh never smiled from beginning to end. She even reached out her hand to tug at


    Scarlette, so as not to let her continue speaking.


    It was only when Scarlette stopped talking that Quirina turned to Raeleigh and said, "Do you think


    it''s funny?"


    Raeleigh had not even smiled. She looked at


    Quirina and said, "I did notugh and I don''t find it funny either."


    "If you don''t find it funny, then why are you looking at me? You must beughing in your heart."


    Quirina was looking for someone to bully when she was unhappy. Raeleigh was the person to be


    bullied. Quirina spent every waking minute thinking of ways to bully and torture her because she


    simply did not like Raeleigh.


    "Think what you like about it. ss is about to start and I want to be in it." Raeleigh grabbed


    Scarlette''s hand and was about to leave when Quirina shed a signal to herckeys and they


    formed a line to block their path.


    "We are all ssmates, why do you keep picking on me and bullying me like this?" Raeleigh didn''t


    understand. There were so many people in the school, and Quirina was a well-known bully. But she


    wasn''t the type to bully anyone she saw. So, why was she targeting her and acting so distasteful to


    her?


    "When did I bully you? Don''t you nder me. This is such a big university. Howe I haven''t


    bullied anybody and nobody has said anything about me bullying them either? Why didn''t I hear of


    other people''s bullying?" Quirina said arrogantly as Raeleigh struggled to reason with her.


    "Scarlette, let''s go." Raeleigh intended to walk to the other side, but she was stopped by Quirina


    when she had just taken two steps. "Want to go? Have you asked me for permission?"


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    Raeleigh fixed her eyes on Quirina and said, "What do you want?"


    "What do you think? What do you say?"


    "I don''t have anything to say. It''s time for ss."


    "ss? Do you still know your sses? With that pretty face of yours, you can just sleep around


    with men and be settled. Why even bother attending sses?"


    "Don''t go too far. I can sue you for defamation."


    "You want to sue me for defamation?" Quirina sneered and raised her eyebrows. "If you have the


    ability to do so, then try it."


    "Get out of my way." Raeleigh insisted on leaving. Quirina raised her hand and pushed her.


    Raeleigh lost her bnce and fell down after taking two steps back.


    Scarlette was about to fight back when she saw that people from across the street wereing in


    this direction. So, instead, she pretended to slip and fall, but she did not get up.