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Not This Time

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Counter Attack

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When my family was at its poorest, a wealthy family found me and claimed that I was their real daughter. The school heartthrob I crushed on? He was my fiancé all along! Still reeling from all these surprises, a mysterious message suddenly popped up in front of me. "This is where everything changes. The cannon fodder is taken home by the female lead's parents, forced to drop out of school, and then gets pregnant by her fiancé. In the end, everyone thinks she's a harbringer of misfortune, and she's beaten to death." My hand froze as I held the paternity test results. My mom's eyes filled with tears as she took the report from me. "My poor child, you've suffered enough all these years! Don't worry. Just come home with us and rest. You're our daughter now. The family business is enough for you to live comfortably forever. You don't even need to take the SAT if you don't want to." The school heartthrob lowered his head and whispered sensually into my ear, "Listen to me, Lucia. Studying is hard. I'll take care of you from now on."

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10 Chapters
Chapter 1
"This is so hilarious! The female lead's whole family is putting on such a show just so they can trick the female side character into thinking that she's a rich girl and give up on herself, all so their real princess can shine.""When you think about it, the side character's life is so tragic. She grew up in a family that only valued sons, got beaten, and even starved. When she finally got into a top high school with grades good enough for MIT or Harvard University and change her fate, these scammers had to ruin everything!""She deserved it! This is all because she kept ranking top of the grade. Because of her, our beautiful, proud female lead can only ever be a runner-up. The male lead and the female lead's family just love the female lead more, that's all!""Exactly! She's just a side character meant to be a stepping stone. How dare she try to steal our female lead's spotlight? She's just getting what she deserves!"Lines of comments flashed by in my eyes.I looked at my hands.
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Chapter 2
Scott suddenly froze. His dark eyes were fixed on me, and then he smiled. "Sure."From the comments scrolling across the screen, I realized I was living inside a novel.I was what they called the "cannon fodder." Scott was the "male lead," and the real daughter of the Walker family, Tessa Walker, was the "female lead."I curled my lips into a smile and tried asking, "Since the real heiress is back, shouldn't the fake one, Tessa, go home to her real parents? She probably misses her real parents too, right?"As soon as I said this, Jane's face froze, and Scott's expression changed.The comments immediately exploded."If the female lead goes back to that hellish family, she'll be tortured! Just thinking about it breaks my heart!""The female side character really thinks she matters. She just got back! Even if she's the Walkers' real daughter, she'll never get as close as the girl they raised themselves. Besides, they're just playing with her!""She must really hate the female le
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Chapter 3
Hence, I never dared to slack off. If I wanted to keep my scholarship, I had to be at the top every year. That was how Tessa ended up stuck as the eternal runner-up.It was also because the little heiress had such a strong sense of pride that I got a chance to step into the world of the rich.However, I was nothing like her. Someone like me, who had to dig myself out of the gutter, would never waste any opportunity.I dragged my luggage into the room and closed the door behind me. I lay down on the bed, savoring a rare moment of peace.Then, the comments popped up again, mocking me as I enjoyed the tranquility."What an idiot! No wonder she's just cannon fodder. She's so quick to believe whatever people say!""Do you think she really believes she's an heiress now? Don't tell me she'll just hand in a blank paper for the SAT later!""That would be perfect! Then the female lead can grab her university offer letter and kick her out. Just imagining that scene cracks me up. It's l
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Chapter 4
It wasn't just Scott. Jane was the same as well.Whenever I tried to study at home, Jane would start looking worried. That was when I would make my demands."Mom, can we take a set of mother-daughter photos together?""Mom, will you read me a bedtime story tonight?""Mom, can we bake a cake for my eighteenth birthday? Will you wish me a happy birthday?"During this time, everything I had missed out on before was slowly made up for.I started acting like a lazy little heiress. I stopped reading and studying. I threw myself into romance and love as well, soaking up all the family affection I could get.As a result, my ranking dropped lower and lower every time I took a test.The comments section was full of scorn."This is hilarious! So what if she's smart? She's completely fallen for the kid. She's hopeless!""Just say a few nice words, and the side character gives up on her future. No wonder she'll end up pregnant and kicked out, and then sold off by her own parents to a fift
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Chapter 5
Scott's expression changed, and he said impatiently, "I'm doing all this for you! If it weren't for me, would you have ever gotten first place?"Tessa's eyes were red as she shouted back, "But did I ever ask you to sacrifice yourself?" Scott fell silent, then let out a long sigh. "Can you stop? There's only one week left. This whole farce is almost over."As for me, I didn't feel hurt at all. After all, Scott and I were just using each other.Pretending to be a bad student got me months of close, romantic interaction with the school's heartthrob. It was totally worth it!The mock exams came as scheduled. In both rounds, I kept my scores steady at three or four hundred. It wasn't enough even for a normal university, let alone MIT or Harvard.On the day of the SAT, we were all assigned to different exam halls. Before going in, Scott tried to comfort me. "It's okay. Even if you do badly, you still have me."I smiled and nodded, then turned and walked into the exam room—a place t
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Chapter 6
Tessa kept refreshing my results page, muttering to herself the whole time. "No way. This must be a system glitch!"The principal and a few reporters came over, staring straight at my score screen.My score was blank. Below it was a line in bold:"Total score: You are ranked in the top 50. Please check back on the 27th for more details."Everyone in the room was stunned.Even the comments section froze for several seconds before it exploded again."Holy… This is crazy! Did I read that right? The side character's score is hidden, and she's in the top 50? Didn't the novel say she only scored 300 or something and couldn't even get into a community college? What is the author doing?!""No way she's the top scorer, right?""Get real! At best, she's in the top 50. The top scorer of all geniuses? No way the underdog would ever get that lucky. The odds are impossible…"But in the very next second, my homeroom teacher's phone buzzed with a text alert. "Hello, is this Lucia's homero
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Chapter 7
Tessa, uncaring of the consequences, immediately started a livestream.On camera, she showed my recent exam scores, focusing on my two mock exams. Neither one even broke 400, and I had been at the bottom of the class.As she waved her ID for the camera, she accused me with righteous indignation. "Lucia cheated! With mock exam scores like this, how could she suddenly become the top scorer?"Online discussions exploded.People started tagging me, demanding an explanation. I just laughed, opened up my private YouTube account, and revealed it to the public. There, I had 99 private study vlogs posted. Every video showed me studying until the early hours, notebooks covered in dense notes, even memorizing notes while I was showering or using the bathroom…I smiled at Tessa. "Actually, I should thank you. If I hadn't spent the past months as an heiress, I never would've had such a great environment to study. And with a handsome guy around to have fun with whenever I got tired of s
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Chapter 8
Everyone began to sympathize with what I had been through. They even cheered for me for being able to pull myself up by using my own bootstraps!Meanwhile, Scott spent days desperately trying to reach me.But honestly, I didn't have time to care.After all, as the top scorer, I was busy with endless media interviews. I had even taken on some tutoring jobs.A publishing house reached out, hoping I could organize my study notes and learning methods into a set of "Top Scorer Notes" for publication. I had to seize every opportunity. I knew I'd need money for many things in the future. My study notes sold out both online and offline.Countless parents left raving reviews online, saying that after their children read my materials, their grades improved dramatically. Their children even found better study methods and identified the weaknesses in their studies.With all the recommendations, the sales for my notes kept increasing.In the end, I earned nearly two hundred thousand doll
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Chapter 9
"You hear that, Tessa? This is the man you always claimed is loyal to you," I said coldly.Scott froze on the spot, confused why I suddenly brought up Tessa. He didn't understand what was going on until a girl burst out from behind a tree and slapped him hard across the face. "Scott! You actually fell for her? I'm telling you now—she has known everything all along! She knows you got close to her with an agenda! She flirted with you, slept with you, and got close to you just to piss me off!"To her, you're like a cheap host. She played with you when she felt like it. Now that she's done with you, you're even thinking of betraying our families? The Walker and Flores families have worked together for years! Do you really think your family will get anything out of this?!"Tessa turned and glared at me, every word laced with hate and venom. "Lucia, you're just a worthless nobody from the gutter. So what if you got top marks or made it into MIT? My family has money. There are a milli
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Chapter 10
"By the way, I wasn't the one who called the police. You should be thanking everyone in the livestream."The medal pinned to my chest was actually a hidden camera. From the moment I agreed to meet Scott on the sports field, the livestream had already started rolling.Tessa's eyes went wide in disbelief.The police rushed in, arresting everyone involved. I was taken away by ambulance to the hospital.Lying in the white hospital bed, Scott stood at my bedside, apologizing weakly. "I'm sorry… I have no idea that you've gone through so much."I nodded curtly. "It doesn't matter."His eyes suddenly lit up, full of hope. "So… Does that mean you'll forgive me? Do we still have a chance…?""You're so disgusting," I spat, my face etched with repulsion. I didn't let him dream, not even for a second."You and Tessa are the same. You share the same values. You're only apologizing because you're interested in me. When you were helping her hurt me, you never thought that you were in the wr
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