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As Hedy looked at Ms. Lee standing in her way, her eyes narrowed, and she said, “Go away.”
Ms. Lee was taken aback and immediately eximed in anger, “How dare you speak to a teacher like
that!”
She couldn’t afford to provoke trustee Jones, and now Hedy was acting this way?
Did she think that having the Johnson Family backing her meant she wasn’t just a country bumpkin
anymore?
“I don’t think someone who immediately demands an apology from a student deserves to be called a
teacher,” Hedy said coldly.
“You…” Ms. Lee was at a loss for words.
Oliver, standing beside her, had a stern expression and said angrily, “That’s enough, Hedy.”
Hedy turned to look at Oliver, and her eyes were filled with coldness. “With what identity are you
commanding me?”
She had thought that Oliver, who was renowned throughout the school, would stand up for her against
Lisa. But when Lisa brought up business matters, he became as submissive as a dog, as if he wanted
to offer her head to Lisa as an apology.
In the end, he was just a well–groomed appearance with a weak and inept interior.
“As your fiancé!” Oliver couldn’t help but rise his voice, and his eyes
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showed disgust.
If it weren’t for his grandfather’s words, stating that the decision regarding his marriage with Hedy could
only be made by Hedy, he would have ended this ridiculous arranged marriage long ago.
“Not anymore!” Hedy’s voice grew louder, and her presence became more dominant and powerful.
“From now on, the engagement between the Ellis Family and the Johnson Family is canceled, and you,
go away!”
As her words fell, a terrifying silence enveloped the surroundings.
What happened to Hedy?
Beating up Lisa and her son and having a disrespectful attitude toward her teacher was one thing, but
why did she cancel the engagement?
‘Didn’t she like Oliver
very much?
Moreover, even a ten–year–old would understand that the Johnson Family was Hedy’s capital to
establish herself at Lowell High School.
Without the Johnson Family, how would she be able topete against Lisa and her son?
Oliver’s expression turned unpleasant.
In his mind, even if this marriage was canceled, Hedy should have exited with a lower–ss attitude of
“blessing and resignation.”
Instead, she looked at him with a face full of disgust and contempt, as if he wasn’t worthy of her!
“I was thinking about helping you out considering the past friendship between our families, but now that
you choose to cancel the
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engagement, well then, go handle it on your own. I’m not begging you to ask me for help!”
Oliver dered, stepping back and looking aloof.
He wanted to see how capable Hedy could be without the assistance of the Johnson Family.
“Hedy, you’re not going to tell me that you think you can handle everything by yourself, are you?” Lisa
didn’t understand what Hedy was nning.
She had thought Hedy would tightly grasp onto the Johnson Family and use them to protect herself.
But now, not only did Hedy not hold onto the Johnson Family, she even kicked them away!
“Dealing with a small potato like you, I don’t need a team to do it. One person is enough,” Hedy said
casually, ncing at her out of the corner of her eye.
The implications in her words sent shivers down everyone’s spine.
Lisa was one of the top socialites in San Francisco!
She was one of those people who would be least considered the small potatoes in Lowell High School
and San Francisco.
Hedy must have lost her mind!
“I’m a small potato? Heh!” Lisa turned her head and casually said to the vice principal, “I believe the
funds for the next semester haven’t been secured yet, right?”
The vice principal understood her intentions and grabbed the microphone, speaking with a righteous
tone, “Hedy has disregarded school regtions,mitted acts of violence, and verbally abused a
trustee and fellow students. She will be expelled as a disciplinary
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action. I hope all students take this as a lesson!”
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Whoa.
These words caused quite a stir in the audience.
She’s being expelled just like that?
Lisa and Jack weren’t seriously injured. ording to the school rules, Hedy should have received a
severe punishment, but not immediate expulsion.
While everyone was puzzled, Hedy calmly spoke up, “Vice Principal, maybe you should change the
words on the sculpture at the entrance of Lowell High School.”
“What do you mean?” The vice–principal looked slightly annoyed.
The words on the sculpture were: Strive for education for life.
It was the oath made when Lowell High School was established, representing the school’s dignity.
Changing those words would be like pping themselves in the face.
“Since the moment I started fighting, some of you asked who sent me, some told me to stop, and some
simply expelled me. But no one asked me why I wanted to hit Lisa and Jack.
Isn’t it ridiculous for something like this to happen in a ce that is supposed to educate students?”
Hedy’s eyes burned like fire as she stared directly at the vice principal.
The principal’s expression stiffened.
Indeed, after this incident, no one asked Hedy why she had hit Lisa
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and Jack.
To save face, the vice principal retorted, “You think it’s justified to hit someone? Then tell me, why did
you hit Lisa and Jack?”
Lisa and Jack exchanged a nce beside them, realizing that things were not looking good.
“Today was seat–changing day, and I hit Jack because he called me over to be his desk mate, but
when I went there, he insulted me, calling me a stupid pig who doesn’t deserve to sit like a human
being.
I hit Lisa because she first reached out and pped me, using me of hitting her son without any
reason.
From the very beginning, it was them provoking and picking fights, and I got expelled just because I
resisted them.
Regr students can’t insult others,
But it’s fine for trustee Jones‘ son to do so.
Regr students can’t hit others.
But it’s fine for trustee Jones to do so.
If that’s the case, what’s the point of ‘striving for education for life‘?
It should be changed to ‘serve the rich for life,‘ wouldn’t that be more fitting?”
Hedy’s icy voice, like a sniper bullet, struck straight into everyone’s hearts!
For a while, no one dared to refute her.
They knew who Hedy was. She came from a humble background with
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no money, but she followed the rules and never made mistakes.
They also knew who Jack and Lisa were. They came from a wealthy family with significant influence,
especially Jack, who often used his mother’s position as a trustee to bully others at school.
Today, it was clear, just as Hedy said, that Jack and Lisa wanted to bully Hedy but ended up being
unexpectedly beaten up by Hedy.
If the school expelled Hedy, wouldn’t it be serving the “rich“?
Was there any point in staying at a school like that?
Not everyone was as wealthy as Lisa and her son.
The vice principal’s face suddenly changed.
“You… you’re lying!” Jack, sensing the tension, immediately stepped forward to defend himself. “You
said I insulted you, where’s the evidence? Who saw it? Who can testify?”
He walked to the front of the stage, looking at the students of ss 12-2. “Can any of you testify?”
Lisa’s eyes lit up, and she also walked to the front, asking. “Hedy said that I hit her and insulted her.
Did any of you see it?”
The students of ss 12-2 nced at each other.
On one side, there was the long–established wealthy family in San Francisco and a trustee. On the
other side, there was a country girl who no longer had any connection to the Johnson Family.
Who should they support? Did they even need to think about it?
They eagerly spoke up:
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“We didn’t see Lisa and Jack hitting or insulting Hedy.”
“Hedy was lying.”
“Poor areas always breed troublemakers. Don’t let Hedy fool you!”
“Rural folksck manners!”
That was the price Hedy had to pay for canceling the engagement with the Johnson Family!