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During Freshman Orientation Week, because I was tall, I stood with the boys.
Jack Zhang, a rich kid in our class, deliberately stood next to me, constantly trying to make conversation.
I didn’t really want to engage with him. Our families had just ended a business partnership because his family’s product quality wasn’t up to par, and my family was looking for new partners.
He was approaching me for his family’s company, but this displeased Lily.
Lily loved having everyone, especially boys, gathered around her.
Jack had taken her out in his sports car yesterday, but today he was being attentive to me, causing her to keep turning her head to glare at us during training.
I originally wasn’t planning to pay attention to Jack, but seeing her so angry piqued my interest, so I started chatting with him.
As soon as the instructor dismissed us, she ran over to bring Jack water, even affectionately patting his head. She was clearly marking her territory in front of me.
*Jack, let’s go out for hot pot later. I’m so hungry, she said coyly.
Jack had always been a player, never dating a girl for more than a month, and often juggling multiple relationships.
Id even heard gossip about him last year when an influencer secretly gave birth to his daughter, but he refused to acknowledge her. In the end
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his father had to step in and accept the child.
Given his family’s current situation, if he had any sense, he’d choose me: “Jack, I’m hungry too. How about taking me for steak?”
He was suddenly caught in a dilemma, torn between the girl he’d just hooked and someone who could benefit him.
Faced with money and beauty, he ultimately chose money: “Lily, you go back first. I’ll take you for hot pot tomorrow.”
Lily looked utterly disbelieving, tears streaming down her face like a faucet, appearing extremely pitiful.
But Jack was unmoved, even calling the steakhouse to make a reservation right in front of her.
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This also angered Lily, who started yelling at me: “You vixen! Have you no shame? How dare you flirt with the man I like? Do you enjoy being a
homewrecker that much?”
She was really jumping to conclusions, especially since they weren’t even dating.
I didn’t say anything, just looked up at Jack.
He immediately understood and looked at Lily impatiently: “Who are you calling names? Look at yourself, acting all coquettish. We’ve only known each other for a few days, and you’re already calling me ‘honey‘ all the time.”
Lily hadn’t expected him to change so quickly and was too angry to speak: “You! You! You…”
I couldn’t help but laugh, and he immediately pressed his advantage: “What ‘you‘? I just took you out a few times and bought you some things. Did you really think you were my girlfriend?”
Lily, who cared so much about face, was humiliated like this and cried uncontrollably.
“I’ll give you… one more chance. Are you taking me… for hot pot… or her for steak?” she said between sobs.
Her psychological resilience was quite strong. Any other girl would have run away in tears by now.
“You’re crazy. Let’s go, Amy,” Jack said.
Jack and I left, leaving her behind.
“You two–timing jerks, I’ll never forgive you!” she shouted angrily at our backs.
I treated it like a dog barking, not bothering to respond.
At the school gate, I made an excuse that my parents had an urgent matter and left.
If it wasn’t to anger Lily, I wouldn’t want to get too close to someone like Jack.
At that moment, the secretary also called me to report on her investigation progress.
I never expected Lily to be the mistress of my best friend’s father, Robert Lee. The secretary even had people take photos of them kissing in a
car.
This really made me feel sick. Robert was already 50, with a mouthful of yellow teeth. How could she stomach kissing him?
But this also gave me hope. My best friend, Olivia Lee, might have a chance to get out of the psychiatric hospital.
She wasn’t really ill at all. She was locked up because she didn’t listen to Robert. After her college entrance exam, she got engaged to the Lu family and ran off abroad, only to be caught and brought back by Robert.
When she tried to escape again, Robert’s men caught her, and a bystander filmed it and posted it online, causing a stir about the Lee family abusing their daughter.
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