Chapter 582: Sudden Visit


    The second week that Lorraine has discharged from hospital, she has been urging Eunice to return to


    school. Eunice agrees with her too. She originally wanted to wait until the time Lorraine is healthier


    than ever but she is bombarded by her nags every day, giving her no choice but to go back to school.


    She first goes to the academic affairs department to resume her student status. After taking time off for


    a whole year, she couldn’t attend any exams, and this means that she can only restart again from her


    second year in school. However, it doesn’t affect Eunice in any way. It is still eptable for her.


    In her discussion with her teacher, the teacher listens intently to know about her current situation and


    proceeds to enlighten her ways to apply for a schrship and allowance.


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    Eunice is all ears while jotting down the important points.


    After exiting the academic affairs department, Eunice doesn’t immediately head home; instead she


    loiters around the schoolpound while immersed in memories. The massive schoolpound is


    bustling with new faces as her arrival has coincided with the start of a new semester. New students


    brush past her in every few seconds, and with that she even feels herself invigorated with their sense


    of youth.


    She has been very hard on herself for too long to the point that she might even appear exhausted. She


    would even look more maturepared to her peers. Perhaps she should loosen up slightly.


    She wanders to the canteen area which is now full of students enjoying their short break.


    Coincidentally, she bumps into her former roommate, Maureen Hunter.


    The both of them stayed in the same dormitory previously, but they weren’t really on good terms all the


    while. Maureen’s father is the associate professor while her mother is the branch manager of a bank,


    so it is safe to say that she hails from a well-off family. This is why she always looks down on Eunice


    who is rtively poor and inferior. She is always condescending and arrogant towards her.


    Eunice always endures her mocking gaze, not wanting to stir up unnecessary trouble. This temporary


    peace onlysted until Maureen had lost her new watch two weeks prior to their semester break. That


    watch worth a staggering forty thousand yuan and it is a branded watch of Chanel. Even though she


    had tried to look for it for two days at that time, she couldn’te up with anything. That was when she


    decided to suddenly me Eunice for stealing her watch.


    Eunice of course couldn’t take this well at all, since she hated being framed and belittled the most.


    Eunice had been used without any evidence at all so she adamantly let Maureen search her bed


    and cupboards, but there was no sign of the watch even though she had practically upturned


    everything.


    She thought that things hade to an end, but she had underestimated the power of rumours. For


    some reason, this matter had spread through the whole faculty, and there was a different light in other


    student’s eyes whenever they looked at Eunice. At first, Eunice had been holding on well by ignoring


    them, but sooner orter she started to feel the aftereffects of such damaging rumours. She decided


    that she couldn’t very well just sit there without doing anything.


    She had reached out to the counsellor in an attempt to lodge a police report. In the end, policemen


    arrived at her dormitory and were able to prove her innocence under the anxious gaze of Maureen.


    This was that point in time when the both of them had finally nted a seed of grudge.


    At that moment, Eunice intends to pretend not to see her and just pass by her, but she is called out by


    Maureen’s shrilling voice.


    “Hey, who is this?”


    Eunice pauses her steps as she watches Maureen walking towards her confidently with arrogance


    written all over her face, “Isn’t this Eunice, our good friend? Why did you appear at school today?”


    After saying that, she shes a malicious smile at a female student next to her.


    Eunice only thinks of Maureen as someone childish as she doesn’t register the mocking tone in


    Maureen’s voice, “I’m here to resume my student status.”


    “Are you nning to continue schooling? However, you’ve fallen behind for one year. I suppose that


    you need to start again from year 2, correct? But you did have a miserable fate, and you are probably


    the only one who applied for suspension of schooling because you couldn’t afford the school fees.”


    Maureen continues to hurl insults and mockery at her, especially aiming at her only weak spot – being


    poor.


    After experiencing the trials and tribtions in society for a year, Eunice feels like she has reborn into a


    new person. If it was the past, Eunice would wallow in self-abasement, but she doesn’t even feel any of


    that emotion now.


    Her gaze falls on their attire. The two of them are wearing branded clothes and essories all over


    their body, but this won’t do anything to dismiss the fact that they are rotten inside, despite looking


    shy and outstanding.


    “When we were still ssmates, I never saw you being concerned about me, so I am surprised that you


    are so enthusiastic now. Then again, I don’t think you need to worry about me at all, restarting my year


    2 perhaps would allow me to make friends with people who have the right moralpass and


    perspective on life. It would do me only good.”


    “You!” Maureen doesn’t expect that Eunice would rebuke her, so she is temporarily at a loss for words.


    She is only able to blurt out something after a while, “It seems that you didn’t waste your time in the


    society!”


    “After so long a time, I would be a fool if I didn’t make any progress at all.” Eunice answers with a smile,


    and the glint in her eyes makes it clear that she is implying Maureen’sck of improvement in life.


    Maureen has wanted to torment Eunice with words initially, but her efforts are trumped by Eunice’s


    mocking words. She says sarcastically before fuming away, “Then you should wait until you really start


    your sses to see if your new ssmates would look down on you or not, you repeat student!”


    Eunice watches them move away from her, and there is an unspeakable calm in her heart.


    She no longer cares about how others perceive her. If she really takes into ount everybody’s


    opinion, she wouldn’t be able to hold on strong until this day.


    On her way back, Eunice passes by a shop selling affordable and delicious duck. Thinking that she is


    going to start her semester two dayster, she decides to buy a duck back home.


    Now that Lorraine has recovered arge portion of her health, she can start consuming meat again. It


    is a good time to let her have a change of appetite.


    After boarding two buses that send her to a bus stop in the suburbs, the sky is already getting dark.


    She carries two temporary food packages while walking towards her small residential area. The sound-


    proofing in this area is not decent as she can hear the noises and sounds made by other families


    cooking in their houses.


    The random sounds of life are somehow pleasing to her ears. She feels unspeakable warmth welling


    up inside her.


    Eunice is in an upbeat mood while walking all the way back, until she sees a familiar figure downstairs


    of her house. Her smile freezes on her face as she subconsciously slows down her pace. She meets


    that person’s eyes although they are still far apart.


    His depthless gaze resembles that of an ancient well, and his piercing gaze is aimed at her face which


    causes her to feel an immense pressure.


    She slowly inches towards him while calling out, unsure of who she is seeing, “Ryan?”


    After one month has psed, they meet again. The way she addresses him reeks of unfamiliarity.


    Ryan examines her freshly-cut hair and her casual sportswear. He inadvertently feels his pent-up


    frustrations evaporate into thin air at her sight. She is not really tall, and she has to raise her head to


    really face him.


    He steals a nce at her to study her appearance. It seems that during the time they were apart, she


    has been leading a good life. She looks rxed and at ease with everything. Naturally, he is not talking


    about her currently tensed up expression when she is facing him now.


    “I am looking for you.” He retracts his gaze and utters this simple sentence.


    Eunice can’t help but freeze momentarily, “What’s the matter?”


    He nods in the direction of his ck Bentley not far away and invites, “Get in my car first.”


    He then proceeds to head to his car. Eunice’s heart begins to race, and she dashes forward to grab his


    shirt, “Let me go upstairs first. Wait for me.”


    Ryan turns around and stares at her perfect fingers, and by then Eunice only realize that she is not


    being appropriate. She immediately lets go, “I’m sorry…”


    Seeing that she has retracted his hand, Ryan looks away as he continues to walk forward, “Go


    ahead.”