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The whole house was quiet, and everyone
stared at the card in a daze.
I grabbed my schoolbag and put it on my
back as if I was going out.
Dad seemed to react suddenly and got up
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quickly. “Where are you going?”
I turned my head. “Back to school.”
“Don’t go back.”
Mom got up anxiously and beckoned to Mary:
“Clean up the upstairs for her, let her stay
here tonight.”
“Don’t move.”
I called out to Mary. “I said I’m going back to
school, it’s useless for you to clean up.”
After saying that, I strode to the door.
Dad hurriedly pulled out the chair. “I’ll take
you back, there’s no bus at this point.”
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I paused and smiled bitterly: “So, Dad, you
know that I usually take the bus, not a special
car to pick me up.”
Henry stopped suddenly.
After a long time, he smiled with difficulty: “I
didn’t think about it in the past, Dad will take
you back tonight, okay?”
“No trouble.”
I smiled. “I don’t need it anymore.”
His eyes seemed to be a little red.
I ignored him, opened the door, and a
Lamborghini was already parked at the door.
Jake opened the car door “Yo you came out
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I frowned. “What are you doing here?”
He put his arm on the roof of the car,
casually and lazily: “It’s my birthday today, I’m
18, coming–of–age ceremony.”
I was confused. “So… happy birthday?”
He raised an eyebrow. “I’ve discussed it with
my parents, and they’re going to hold another
one for you.”
Saying that, he smiled meaningfully: “Just
with me.”
I froze.
Mary came to my side, and when she saw
Jake, she immediately showed joy:
“Is that Jake? What? Are we going to come
over and celebrate your birthday?”
Jake’s smile immediately became polite and
distant:
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Hamilton, my parents only told
me to invite Qingqing alone.”
Jake was too lazy to give the nobles face,
and he didn’t consider whether Mary’s face
would turn black at all when he spoke.
Because he was too lazy to act, he refused to
be in the same school district as Lucas and
Brittany.
Now it seemed that he was indeed too lazy to
act.
Brittany frowned. “Qingqing, no wonder
you’ve been doing well these past two
months. So you really…”
I glanced at her coldly:
“If you think it’s not worth taking this money
to raise the grades of someone who can’t
even get into a vocational school to the point
where they can rush into a 211, then there’s
something wrong with your brain.”
“You!”
Brittany leaned into Mary’s arms
subconsciously, but found that the latter
didn’t seem to be looking at her at all.
This was the first time that Mom and Dad
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didn’t support her.
Even her brother, who had always defended
her, stood in the back with a heavy heart, not
saying a word.
Henry still opened his mouth, but he was
begging me:
“Qingqing, we’ll hold your coming–of–age
ceremony for you, right now, do you think it’s
okay?”
Jake had already opened the passenger door
for me.
I turned around, and Henry’s eyes were full of
hope.
“Thank you,” I said, “I don’t need it.”
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That’s when he woke up from his dream.
Two months ago, when he and Mary threw a
Chanel bag at me, I had said this.
I not only didn’t want the gift anymore.
I also didn’t want them anymore.
Before I got into the car, Mary hurriedly
grabbed my hand:
“Have you forgotten that we are a family?”
Unexpectedly, Jake helped me block her:
“Mrs. Hamilton, you and your husband said in
front of the camera that Qingqing is much
worse than the lady behind you, so don’t be
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hypocritical now, right?”
I almost laughed.
Very good, very good, it seemed that the
emotional blackmail at that time was very
successful.
