7. Walefare program - 5

Lian's POV

We quickly sat down at the dining table, which was wooden. There wasn’t really a proper dining table for us, but even this was better than nothing.

As we were eating, that same girl who had messed with us earlier came there. When she arrived, I thought she was here to eat.

But she passed from behind me. I hadn’t noticed her at first, but from the corner of my left eye, I realized she was standing right behind me.

I glanced back, and indeed she was there, standing with her arms folded near her chest. I really didn’t understand what this foolish girl wanted from me now.

“What?” I asked her.

When I asked, her eyes stayed on me, and she remained in the same position. I was about to say more, but before I could, Eva stood up from her chair and moved beside the girl.

“What exactly is your problem? Are you, by any chance, jealous of us? Is that why you’re always looking for an opportunity to fight with us? I’ve endured enough of your bullshit, but neither I nor Lian are going to tolerate anything anymore,” Eva said bluntly.

“What? Who is jealous of dogs like you? You both aren’t even going to pass the exam anyway,” that girl said.

Her words really made me want to hit her right now. How the hell was she trying to curse us like that? Please, God, don’t listen to her.

“Eva, don’t pay attention to this leech. She just wants our attention. Come and have lunch first,” I said.

Eva smiled when she heard me. She sat down, but not before looking that girl up and down from head to toe.

Once we continued eating, that girl left. I really didn’t understand why she even bothered to come in the first place if she was just going to leave like that.

Eva and I exchanged a glance as the girl walked away. Just then, other students came in to eat as well. After sitting down, they smiled at us. It was strange,Eva and I were both really shocked.

“What’s happening? Why are they smiling at us? Did the sun rise from the north today?” I whispered into Eva’s ear.

She nodded. We both finished our lunch and went back to the second floor, then lay down on our beds. We were both tired, but I wanted to switch off the lights because I like to sleep in the dark. Otherwise, the light hurts my eyes.

I glanced around. After lunch, almost everyone was on their beds, and some of them had already lain down. Eva and I were the same. Just then, a guy stood up and switched off the lights.

Thank God he did. I was happy. I quickly tucked myself into the blanket and closed my eyes.

I woke up directly in the evening after that. I knew I was tired for no real reason, but sleeping in the afternoon was the best thing.

Even if I sleep for hours in the afternoon, I still get sleepy at night. Some people can’t sleep early at night if they’ve slept a lot in the afternoon.

But it’s different for me. I can sleep in the afternoon and still sleep just as well at night.

After that, we just lurked around, had dinner, and then fell asleep again.

That day passed in the blink of an eye. The next day, I was standing in front of our quarter while Eva was still getting ready.

It was good that the quarters provided some clothes, so I wore them all the time, they even included some innerwear.

But I would need money soon. As I was thinking, Eva came out, and we both went to check our results.

When we reached the academy billboard, we saw the results for the welfare program students already posted on the board.

I was nervous to look, but Eva had already started scanning the list of names.

“Eva, check my results too. I’m so nervous, I can’t look,” I said.

She nodded. Other students were also checking the results. Meanwhile, I stood there, waiting. After a few minutes, Eva came to me, her face down. It made me worry.

“Eva, what happened?” I asked.

“I passed the exam,” she said. I was really happy and pulled her into a hug. “Congratulations, my girl! What about me?” I asked.

She broke the hug and looked at me hesitantly, then finally said, “I checked the whole list. Your name is not on it. Those who didn’t pass the exam have their names here with ‘Failed’ written ahead of their name,but your name isn’t on the list.”

I was shocked, my whole body felt frozen. I didn’t know what to say. My name wasn’t on the list. Did that mean they hadn’t qualified me for passing or failing? Were they just directly telling me to leave?

I was overthinking when Eva shook me.

“Dude, what are you thinking? Let’s go to Sir Grey. We need to ask him,” she said.

I nodded, and we both went inside the teacher’s office.

Sir Grey was busy with something on his laptop when we reached him.

“Sir, why isn’t Lian’s name on the list of exam results?” Eva asked directly.

Sir Grey glanced at me, then looked around before speaking.

“Actually, Lian, you were put on the waiting list by Sir Jack. So you’ll have to ask him what happened, why your name was transferred to the waiting list.”

Wait, Sir Jack did this? Did he check our papers too? I had a bad feeling right now, like something very bad was going to happen.

“But sir, whether Lian passed or failed, shouldn’t he have the right to know that before being put on the waiting list? And I’ve never heard of anyone’s name being put on a waiting list before. Why now?” Eva asked.

“Eva, it wasn’t me. The papers were split between the teachers, and Lian’s paper went to Sir Jack. He decided to put Lian’s name on the waiting list. We don’t know anything beyond that, and he hasn’t come to the office yet.”

Hearing this, my head started to ache. What? I had been put on the waiting list by that Jack. I hadn’t felt comfortable around him since yesterday, and indeed, he was a suspicious person.