Chapter 5

Outside, the Chandlers watched as she stormed out and quickly told Finn, "Get some proper rest. We're going to check up on what Rain is up to."

They quickly left too, but Rain was dashing all the way out of the hospital, tears rolling down her dainty cheeks.

She felt endlessly humiliated—she was among the most beautiful in Longbeach College, but Finn had treated her with such indifference!

-

Meanwhile, Finn stayed in his hospital bed, unconcerned by Rain's departure.

After another series of checkups, Finn found himself in Dorian's office again. "Is there hope, doc?"

Dorian didn't meet his hopeful stare, his brow creased as he stared at the report.

Eventually, he sighed. "Canceration has begun, and I can't guarantee a full recovery. And we need to further test to determine if it will metastasize… Moreover, your health is poor in general, so spend a couple of months to improve your body's condition, as well as take suppressants."

Finn was also frowning after Dorian's report.

Staring at him for a while, Dorian eventually said, "This isn't a fever. Are you sure you're not telling your family?"

"I don't have family," Finn replied as soon as Dorian finished.

Dorian sighed. "Surgery and chemo are going to cost a lot. You should be prepared."

After getting a general diagnosis, Finn took a bag of prescriptions and went to get discharged.

The nurses who saw him leaving the oncology department were at once gossiping.

Seeker was on air recently, and Finn's appearance had been a hot topic.

There was already plenty to talk about with a rich kid having his place stolen for nineteen years, not to mention that Finn had good looks, so many in the hospital immediately recognized him.

"Don't you think the stuff in Seeker was scripted?"

"How could it be? His parents looked so emotional in the show!"

"In that case, why is he alone? And he has cancer too!"

"That's true… That's so cold of them!"

"Heck, my parents would dote on me if I caught a cold. Poor boy…"

Meanwhile, at the entrance, Finn was engrossed in his own thoughts when he felt a sharp pain on his forehead.

Even as he was yanked back to reality, he picked up a familiar scent.

It turned out that he had bumped into a young woman, knocking her to the floor!

Seeing that she dropped a stack of medical reports and medicine, he reached to help her up, but she smacked his hand away.

"Don't touch me! Stay away from me!"

It wasn't until she stood up that Finn recognized her.

She had a dainty face, pronounced chin, and facial features that were almost ridiculously pretty like a doll—a universal beauty in every sense of the term, if not for the prominent ferocity present on that visage.

She was Sue Cavill—Longbeach College's super heiress who was infamous for her pompous, domineering attitude!

Her family virtually ruled their city of Nublar, and it was alleged that even the dean of Longbeach College owed her due respect.

And now, she was snapping at Finn coolly, "Are you a bat? Watch where you're going!"

"I'm sorry…" Finn hung his head in apology, feeling a mix of different feelings.

After all, he was guilty of not watching where he was going.

Come to think of it, he had made her acquaintance in his previous life.

And Sue's mother, Mandy King, was a fellow cancer patient who had taken good care of him.

While Sue was herself sharp-tongued, she came to visit before his death.

And seeing that he was virtually skin and bones, she bought him a ton of stuff—hundreds of boxes of cherries, strawberries, and caviar… basically the most expensive of snacks.

It was nothing to her, but Finn never had been blessed with such luxury.

But now, Sue was standing akimbo as she got up, glaring at Finn haughtily. "What's that look for? Do you have a problem with me snapping at you? Or are you just that fearless?"

Her butler, Alfred Jones, felt a chill run down his spine, as the lady was a real handful!

It was certainly unlucky that Finn ran straight into her crosshairs, especially when Mandy's cancer was just confirmed…

Just the thought left him wondering who deserved more sympathy at that moment, but he was afraid to intervene when Sue had always been so overbearing.

Still, Finn held Sue's gaze for seconds and suddenly flashed a faint smile as he quietly said, "Yes, I'm just that fearless."

Sue was at first stunned, but she soon laughed. "Really? You're young, but you sure talk tough."

She reached down to pick up Finn's medical report, wondering what made him so audacious.

Could it be another terminal illness?

Still, shock showed all over her face when she got a good look.

Cancer…?

There was pain in her eyes just then, and she crumpled the sheet in her hand.

"What a jinx!" she snapped.

Finn, however, didn't linger since she clearly wasn't planning to punish him.

"He has cancer too, Ms. Cavill… Don't you think calling him a jinx is too much?" Alfred asked gingerly just then.

Sue snorted, looking even more upset just then. "You too? Telling me what to do now?"

She then noticed something else on the floor and picked it up to see that it was a student ID.

"Longbeach College, sophomore, mathematics department… Finn Lawson. He studies there too? And that name rings a bell…"

She was a sophomore too, but she couldn't remember the name at all as she was from the international faculty.

-

Finn headed to the finance department first to pay his tuition fees, and the accountants shot him weird looks. "Finn Lawson… from the mathematics department? You've defaulted for a week. Be careful not to default again."

Finn nodded. "Understood."

Still, he felt relieved that he didn't have to be pestered over paying his tuition fees again.

In his last life, his family had never given him money.

He had worked himself to death, but Joe just had to pout, and he would get thousands in pocket money—truly, only a crying child would get candies.

Arriving at the dorms, Finn was about to swipe his card to get in when he paused.

"Wait, where's my student ID?" he muttered as he searched himself. "Did I drop it at the hospital?!"

Oh, well. That was another twenty bucks for a replacement…

Still, even as he felt utterly terrible, he heard laughter nearby.

He turned to see a large group of boys, hovering around one who was wearing designer goods from head to toe.

Despite being of the same age, he looked like he had the wind in his sails, unlike his gloomy presence.

That was when Eli Holt—Joe's right-hand man—pointed at Finn and scoffed in disdain. "Isn't that brat the one who's trying to steal your girl Rain? Just look at how ugly he is! Does he ever look in the mirror?"

Naturally, Joe was their leader, and the gang was well aware that Joe had recently taken an interest in Rain instead of older women.

How would one put it… She was cute, but she wasn't the type Joe usually chased after.

"Heh." Joe snickered, his lips curling as his eyes flashed with resentment. "That loser will never have her, but she's at best just a passing fancy."

Finn felt a little angry right then.

He knew it. There was no way Joe would suddenly fall for Rain—Joe just wanted to screw with him!

Still, he had no right to intervene now…

That was when Joe walked to him, smacking his shoulder hard. "Heard you overworked and passed out. What, trying to win sympathy money out of the family?"

His tone was as hostile as he could as he continued, "As for me, I was out drinking and gaming, having the time of my life, but they were all begging me to come home. You really don't matter to them compared to me! Just wait. I’ll make sure you’re out of this family for good!"