After contemplating it for a while, the man said reluctantly, "I shouldn't have hit her!""No, you're wrong!" Renee said solemnly. "You're wrong because you're opinionated, overbearing, and unreasonable. You insisted that she liked you. When she didn't repay your favor, you beat her up to take revenge on her. Frankly, you're just a shameless scumbag. I did something good for you by beating you up today. If I let you get away with it, you'll be taught a lesson by cops in the future. And you'll stay in jail instead of the classroom!"Renee had children, too. If Adie grew up and did such bad things, she would get furious. Hence, she behaved like a mother when she taught that man a lesson. She hoped that he could learn from his mistake and rectify it. He had to ensure that he would never make such a mistake again. It was unknown if the man had learned from his mistake or not, but he became frightened of Renee. He cried and begged for Renee's mercy. "Understood! I won't do it again. P
Renee's words hurt that man's sore spot. He rushed toward Renee."I'll beat you up since you're a busybody! I'll make an immoral woman like you pay the price for being shameless!" He gnashed his teeth, about to punch Renee."Ha? You want to beat me up?" Renee snorted and quickly blocked his punch. She forcefully yanked him and threw him over her shoulders smoothly. "Ah!" Everyone present was frightened at first because they assumed that Renee would be bullied. After all, the man was around six feet tall and looked sturdy. He seemed like the type to kick stray dogs on the streets. On the other hand, Renee was slim and petite. She looked quite weak and made others want to protect her. However, the current situation was vastly different from everyone's imagination. "How dare you throw me over!" That man did not expect Renee to be that strong and assumed it was merely coincidental. He could not imagine why a seemingly weak woman would be that good at fighting, so he got up
The man rolled up his sleeves and fiercely walked toward Renee. "Mind your own business! This bitch cheated on me! I have to make her pay a price!" Relief soon washed over Renee when she noticed that the victim was not Joanne. She turned and gripped that man's wrist, scolding him fiercely. "Cut the crap! You guys are students! All you need to do is study and go to college. Did you improve your marks? But all you care about now is your romance. Do you have to beat her up after she gets together with another man? Who gives you such a right?" "So, I can't be mad even if I'm cheated on? It looks like you're not such a good person, either. Are you asking the students to be bitches who cheat on people?" The man clenched his fists tightly and was flushed. It seemed like he was about to lose control and beat up everybody.Speechless, Renee yearned to grip his ear and interrogate him."She's just your classmate. Even if you guys are more than friends, it's nothing big. She's not marri
Renee took a deep breath and smiled helplessly to stop herself from overthinking. It was already the past, and the future was yet to come. She felt that she could not be that pessimistic. Besides, she would not have Adie and Abby if she had not run into Stefan. It was something she could not accept. After dwelling on it, she felt that it was better to run into Stefan.It was like a pearl in a shell. Although she had soldiered through a painful process, the precious pearl made all the pain worthwhile. "Hey, let's go there now. Something happened in the retention class. A girl was beaten up, and she vomited a lot of blood!"The few students who had passed by looked excited. They were eagerly gossiping while running toward the teaching building."Retention class?" Initially, Renee did not take it seriously and felt that the students were too loud. Suddenly, she recalled that Joanne was a student in the retention class, too. She wondered if Joanne was the victim. Although it w
Joanne was happy that day and wanted to study harder. Previously, she would get ready to go home at eight o'clock. But that day, she sat until ten and was still attentive as she kept doing test papers. At first, Renee was excited too, but then she got tired and whispered, "Joanne, it's getting late. Why don't we go home?""I want to finish that Filansier test paper before I go." Joanne kept her head buried, absorbed in completing the test paper. She had no intention to leave."Okay, I'll take a walk. We'll go home when you're done." Renee could not hold on and needed some fresh air."Alright." Joanne wrote on the paper quickly, too busy to bother about Renee. She said casually, "You can go home first. I'll go home later." "No, I promised to stay with you today. I can't leave.""I'm fine. Although I dress like a high school student, I'm an adult. I'm not that weak. I'm fine being alone." Joanne looked up and smiled at Renee. Then, she eagerly started answering the questions agai
A competition of wits began. Both Renee and Andy took up half of the blackboard respectively and started competing on the same question.The International Mathematical Olympiad was indeed difficult. It was updated every year and focused heavily on innovative thinking. While trying to solve the question, Andy stood in front of the blackboard and racked his brain. He was clueless after a long time, but Renee had solved the question and written the entire solution in less than ten minutes."Done." Renee placed the chalk on the podium and dusted her hands, looking carefree and confident. "So, what if you're done? You have to get it right, or it'll be worthless." Andy expressed his disdain toward Renee. He felt that Renee could not solve the question since he had failed to do so, so he assumed that Renee was just messing around and putting on an act.But when he looked at Renee's work carefully, his eyes gradually widened and he gaped in amazement. "Oh, it's amazing! You came u
The students immediately dispersed and returned to their seats. "Mr. Lyons, a genius student came to our class! She's more outstanding than you!" The male student with black-rimmed glasses, who was amazed by Renee's exceptional resolution, excitedly introduced Renee to Andy Lyons, his class teacher."Nonsense! Do you think you're very good at your studies now? Why did you mention a genius? How many times have I told you? There are no geniuses in the world. There are only those who work very hard!" Andy said solemnly and nudged his glasses. He sounded very much like a class teacher.The reserved female student copied Joanne's words and proudly introduced Renee, "Mr. Lyons, Jace didn't exaggerate. This young lady is amazing! If you don't believe me, you can test her. She can answer all kinds of questions. Plus, she graduated from BC University and was a master's student at a renowned foreign college. She had published a lot of academic papers, too."Renee sometimes had the power to
The car drove along the street and finally reached Joanne's current high school, Beach High School, the best high school in Beach City. Joanne was studying in a senior class, which was considered a grade retention. Most students there failed to achieve promising results during their college entrance examinations. Hence, they would repeat the course and sit for the examination again the next year.Hence, Joanne wasn't considered awkward there. Besides, the students were busy studying and would not get involved in a lot of tricks. As a study companion, Renee could smoothly enter the class since Quinton had informed the school in advance. "Wow, here comes another beautiful lady!" When Renee and Joanne arrived at the classroom, the students, who were absorbed in their studies, praised Renee generously. "Joanne, what's her name? What are her results? Is she going to retake the examination like us?"A quiet young woman, who was Joanne's deskmate, was looking at Renee curiously. S
"He came home just to see me, and buy nice food or beautiful clothes for me. I still looked forward to his return, though my biological brother and mother would always snatch away those things. I was too timid to tell him that, because I knew that he had a very hard time. "He wasn't doing any better, so I didn't want him to worry about me. I was worried he might find fault with those people and have a more difficult time. I was the happiest when he came home to see me every month and spend some time with me. I didn't want to ruin that happiness."Joanne hated Quinton very much. But undeniably, he had given her the warmest happiness, though he had also given her the deepest pain. It was the medicine that had helped cure her wound. When she recalled her past, she felt that she might have long given up and killed herself were it not for Quinton's return when she was being bullied."You're so silly! Those wicked girls would only get more outrageous if you wanted to keep the peace. Th