When the news finally reached Raeleigh’s ears, it had already spread all over campus. Many people hated her for it.


    Wherever she walked,rocks would be thrown at her.


    As Raeleigh walked, someone threw a rock towards her from behind. The stone hit Raeleigh’s back. Raeleigh spun around to look at the culprit, but there was no one around.


    Scarlette was left speechless by the whole affair. “Raeleigh, if this continues, we will soon cause a riot on campus,” she said worriedly.


    Raeleigh nced at Scarlette and replied, “What does this have to do with me? It’s not my fault. Are you putting the me on me?”


    Scarlette was the only person left in Raeleigh’s world, soRaeleighcould only vent her frustrations on her.


    Scarlette appeared aggrieved. She shrugged and muttered, “Go ahead and rage at me as you wish.”


    Raeleigh gave Scarlette an apologetic look. “I’m sorry. I have a bad temper. I shouldn’t vent my anger on you.”


    Scarletteraised her eyebrows and met Raeleigh’s gaze. Then, she gave Raeleigh a hug and saidfortingly,“What’s mine is yours and vice versa. You don’t have to be so formal with me.”


    “I know, I know. You’re amazing.” Raeleigh forces a smile on her face, feeling lucky to have a friend like Scarlette.


    In the afternoon, Raeleigh andScarlettemade their way back to their dorm room to do some revision. However,as soon as they arrived at the room, they were shocked by the scene in front of them.


    The door was open and the room had been turned upside down. Their belongings were strewn about everywhereand the floor was covered with water. The quilts on the bed were also soaked, dripping water onto the floor.


    “Who…Who did this?” As soon asScarletteentered the room and took one look at the mess, she was all riled up and ready to settle the score with whoever did this.She couldn’t suppress her zing temper.


    Raeleigh grabbed Scarlette’s arm and said,“Forget it. Why are you so worked up over this?”


    “Raeleigh, you’re simply too nice. How can we stay in a room like this?” As Scarlette thought about all the water damage, she ran inside to check on herptop, only to realize that there was no way herptop could still be working. Water had been sshed everywhere. There was also a bucket of water in the middle of the room with boththeir twoptops in it as well asthe phones Deanna had bought them.Theptop was still emitting bubbles from where the water had gotten inside.


    Scarlettefelt like she was about to lose her mind. She spun around, stormed outside, and pulled Raeleigh into the room.


    “Forget it. It’s useless for you to fight them. They’ll still bully us next time anyway. Let’s get theptops out quickly andsee if they’re still usable.” Raeleigh reached over to fish theptops out; however,Scarlette remained rooted to the spot. Theptops were soaked through, how could they still be usable?


    Scarlette took out her phone and sent a text message to Jepherson. Jepherson was in the midst of a meeting when the phone he used to contact Scarlette buzzed.Jepherson took the phone out and nced at it. Raising his hand to signal for the meeting to stop, he got up and went over to the window to read the text.


    Jepherson lowered the phone and held it behind his back, tapping his finger on it as he pondered for a moment.Then, he held it in front of him once again, lowering his head to reply to the text.


    When Scarlette received his text message, her eyes widened and sheughed.


    Putting her phone away,Scarlettewalked over to Raeleigh and pulled her aside. Raeleigh stood to one side and said, “Let’s take them out and see if they can be fixed.”


    “Leave it to me. I’ll ask a good friend to do it. First, get a bag and put theptops in it,” said Scarlette. Raeleigh immediately went searching for a bag.Scarlette ced thetwoptops and two phones into the bag that Raeleigh found. Then, she looked around at the other items in the room. They were all worthless now,all except for Jepherson’s books.She heard that they were rather valuable.


    Thoseidiots who were behind this definitely had no idea that those books were worth a lot; otherwise, they would have destroyed them. They still appeared to be in good condition at the moment.


    When she saw the books, Raeleigh looked for a box to put them in. After wiping the books, she ced them inside the box and held it tightly. “Where did these bookse from? Could you return them? I’ve finished all of them. Don’t bring them here anymore. It’s a good thing that nothing happened to them.”


    “I don’t have anywhere to store them now. Why don’t you bring them home first? I don’t think the bullies will go all the way to your house.” Scarlettehanded theptops to Raeleigh and took the box. Raeleigh didn’t have much strength, so it was better forScarlette to handle the heavy items.


    Raeleigh wanted to protest and say that she was perfectly fine carrying the box, butScarlette had already walked out, so she didn’t say anything. She hurried out and tugged on Scarlette’s arm.“Don’t go, wait for me. I’ll tidy up the clothes inside.”


    Raeleigh put down theptops in her hands and walked back to pack up the clothes.Scarletteput down the box, went back inside, and dragged Raeleigh out the door again.“Let’s go. Don’t waste your effort. Those clothes can’t be worn anymore.”


    Scarlette finally managed to get Raeleigh out of the room. Raeleigh stood helplessly at the door, looking at the mess. Whoever did this had gone too far. What was once a nice and proper dormitory had nowbeen ruined.


    Scarlette gaveRaeleigh the bag with theptops, then she bent down and took up the box of books. They left the dorm together.


    Many students came out to gloat over their Raeleigh’s and Scarlette’s misfortune without any inkling ofwhat was about to befall them.


    Raeleigh and Scarlette made a beeline for the campus gate whereRaeleigh hailed a taxi. Raeleigh’s emotions were all over the ce. She hadn’t anticipated that there were so many in the school who hated her.It was just as Scarlette said, she had aroused the anger of the public.


    Raeleigh only snapped back to reality when the taxi arrived at their destination. Scarlette hade with her to her house.


    Raeleigh nced atScarlette. Since Scarlette was finally back in Tambend, she should go home.


    Carrying the bag with theptops, Raeleigh went in to see Novalie.


    Novalie was sitting on the bed when she heard the door open. She opened her eyes and got out of bed. The only person who could open that door right away was Raeleigh. Others had to knock before they could be let into the house.


    When she spotted Raeleigh, Novalie immediately walked over to peer at her hand.From N?velDrama.Org.


    “Grandma, I’m all right. It’s all good. I was supposed toe and see you earlier. but we’ve been unpacking and tidying up the dorm room for two days, that’s why we didn’te back immediately.” When Raeleigh mentioned this, she was once again dumbfounded by what had just transpired. They had just cleaned the dorm room onlyfor it to end up in that state.


    Novalie chatted with Scarlette for a while before she turned to talk to Raeleigh.


    “Don’t worry about me. It doesn’t matter when youe back. How’s your hand?” Novalie had examined it several times, but she was still worried and nced at it ever so often.


    Raeleigh held Novalie’s hand. “It’s all right now. Look.”


    Raeleigh showed her hand to Novalie again.Novalie felt reassured that it was healed.


    “What happened?” Novalie began questioning Raeleigh about the matter.


    Raeleigh didn’t tell the truth. “I identally fell down and a ssmate who was passing by stepped on me, hurting my hand. What a coincidence, right? That ssmate was scared to the point of tears.”


    “Raeleigh, don’t lie to me.”Novaliewasn’t having it. She has gone through many experiences in life, so she can tell when something’s off.


    “I’m not. You always doubt me, Grandma. You’ve gone to the university to ask so many times and there was not once where I wasn’t perfectly fine.” Raeleigh brought up the past to pressure Novalie, whothen replied, “Fine, as long as you’re not lying to me. Are you two staying over tonight? It’s already thiste.”


    “We still have something to do, so we’ll be going back to the university in the evening. We won’t be staying here tonight.By the way, Novalie, we lost a book.” When it came to lying, Scarlette was far more convincing. She was a better actress than Raeleigh,


    Novalie looked at Scarlette,pondering for a moment.“Lost a book?”


    “Yes,here are the books I borrowed from a friend.Isn’t it frustrating? That thief could have stolen anything, but he went and stole one of those books.It isn’t about the cost of the book or anything like that, but as I said, I borrowed the book from a friend. She hasn’te back yet, so I can’t return her book to her. I’m scared that the thief wille back and steal more books, so I thought of keeping them here first. I’ll return the books to her when she’s back. Is that okay, Novalie?”


    Scarlette made a good point. After all, Novalie lived alone. Even though it wasn’t a big house, there was still space for a few books.


    “You can put them in Raeleigh’s room ande back for themter.Don’t get them mixed up with Raeleigh’s books.Raeleigh likes reading, but we couldn’t get her many books due to our limited resources, so she only has a few. If you’re not going to return them soon, you can lend them to Raeleigh.” As usual, Novalie always thinks of Raeleigh first.


    “Grandma, I’ve finished reading all those books. When Scarlette’s friend is back, we’ll return them to her,” Raeleigh replied.Novalieagreed.


    “All right, set the box down. You should get going if you still have something to do. Don’t dawdle here.”Novaliewas afraid that she would be taking up their time.


    Raeleigh got up and slipped a little money intoNovalie’s hands. “I earned this money from gaming, please take it. I can make a little money now.”


    “Don’t let your designing talent go to waste because of those games, especially not for such short-term benefits. Got it?”Novalie trusted that Raeleigh would focus on her studies, but she was worried for Scarlette.Scarlette didn’t look like a studious person.


    Raeleigh nodded. “I know. I’ll only y for one hour a day. I look for items people no longer want, then I sell them to earn a little money.”


    “You still want to do that?”Novaliewas shocked. She didn’t want Raeleigh to do the same thing as her.


    “It’s not what you think. I meant that I find precious items in the game and sell them. Besides, other yers don’t know me.”


    Novalierxed a little when she heard this.After that, Raeleigh left with Scarlette, taking theptops with her, and followed Scarlette to theputer repair shop.


    Scarlette ced theptops on the shop’s counter. She had already made prior arrangements. The owner had never seen such badly-damagedptops since starting his business, but against his conscience, he lied, “It’s fine. There’s no huge problem, they can be fixed. But I still think it’s time to upgrade, otherwise you’ll fall behind, especially when ites to gaming.It’ll affect your earning potential.”


    The man had never told such a t-out lie. Even if he tossed these twoptops onto the street, no one would want them.When he said that he could fix them,nothing could be further from the truth.


    Scarlettegrinned and asked, “How much can these twoptops sell for?”


    “Not a lot.3, 000 dors for both.” The man said through clenched teeth.


    Scarlettelooked at Raeleigh, who had dragged her outside the store. Raeleigh said,“I think we should sell them. You can buy a newptop and two mobile phones for 3, 000 dors. I’ll buy a used one. Bubbles were stilling out from thoseptops and they might not even be usable anymore. Even after the repairs, they probably won’t function well.”


    Scarlette’s heart ached. Raeleigh was too naive! Scarlette thought to herself.


    “Why don’tI ask if the phones can be sold for 2, 000 dors?”Scarletteturned around and walked back into the store. Pointing at the phones, she said, “We haven’t turned these phones on yet. They were bought abroad and were going for over 20, 000 dors. How much can you give me for them?”


    “3, 000 dors.” The man forced the words out of his mouth.


    Raeleigh froze for a moment and nced atScarlette. That was good.


    “I’ll let them go for 4, 000 dors. Together with theptops, that will be a total of 7, 000 dors. If you can ept that price, I’ll sell for cash,”Scarlette dered with a pompous wave of her hand.


    After thinking it over, the man said, “I’ll give you 6, 800 dors, nothing more. If you can’t ept that, you can go.”


    “6, 900 dors.”


    “6, 850 dors.”


    “Deal.”


    …


    Raeleigh stood aside. It felt like she was dreaming.She had envisioned several different oues, but none like this.


    After exiting theputer repair shop, they put the money away, hailed a taxi, and headed straight forAeon Computer Center.


    AfterScarletteand Raeleigh left, Hadrian came out from behind the shop. The man turned around to look at him and immediately walked over, saying, “It’s done.”


    “This is yours.” Hadrian handed 20, 000 dors to the man, took theptops and mobile phones away,and left to report back.


    After Hadrian left, the owner of theputer repair shop held the 20, 000 dors in his hands and counted them carefully. It was not a small amount. He smiled. His pain had not been in vain.