All Chapters of I Let Them Drink the Dumb Juice: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

Less than ten minutes later, the students came pouring back into the classroom with plastic bottles in hand.Some twisted open their bottles and took a sip. They smacked their lips and said, "It's a little sweet." Others stuffed theirs into their bags, saving them for the SAT.Sasha Jepsen went even further. She carried an armful of the drinks, leaving a bottle on every empty desk.When she reached my desk, she put on a perfectly convincing look of regret and spoke in a sickly sweet voice."Oh, Willow. I think I gave yours to someone else." She bit her lip, wearing an expression that said she was very sorry. "It's all my fault. I was in such a hurry that I didn't count them properly."Then she continued, "When we came back up, the stall looked like they were about to pack up. If you hurry downstairs and ask them now, maybe they'll still have a bottle for you!"I shot a glance at her.She could barely hide her smile, and the gloating in her eyes was almost impossible to miss.Th

Chapter 2

I couldn't help but scoff. In my previous life, I tried to stop them out of concern, but they accused me of being unable to stand seeing other people do well.This time, I chose to stay out of it. Yet they were determined to force this mystery drink down my throat.Just as they were about to touch me, I slapped my pen down and looked straight at Sasha."Sasha, what I drink is none of your business," I said. "Is this some kind of magic potion? If I drink it, can I pick any top college I want?"If it works that well, I'll report it to the school office right away. We can ask the principal to get a case for every student and teacher. How does that sound?"Sasha's face instantly turned bright red. She knew better than anyone that if the teachers got involved, she would be the one in trouble. After all, I had always been at the top of my grade, so the teachers had favored me.If things were blown out of proportion, the homeroom teacher would see right through her shady schemes to form

Chapter 3

Three hours later, I realized something that sent a chill down my spine.My memory had started to go blank for short periods.I had just memorized a poem and gone over it several times, but once I closed the book, my mind went blank. I couldn't remember the lines at all.Another hour passed, and the feeling slowly faded. My memory came back.I stared at the bottle of energy drink and finally understood.This wasn't a supplementary drink that sharpened your mind. It was a short-term memory blocker.By the time the SAT was over, the memories would come back.One would just think, "I know I studied this. So why can't I remember it?"There would be no way to prove what happened.That was the worst part.In my previous life, I tried to stop them, and they blamed me for meddling.This time, I decided not to stop them.They chose this path themselves. They could see it through.…The night before the SAT, I sat at my desk and checked everything I needed for the next day.I had

Chapter 4

I didn't spare Sasha another look. Instead, I turned and ran into the test center.When I found the proctor, Teresa Shaw, my hands were shaking."Ms. Shaw, I think someone tampered with my drink. Could you hold onto it for me?" I asked. "I won't drink anything during the test. I'll deal with it afterward."Teresa was a woman in her 40s. She looked at me, took the thermal flask, and nodded. "Sure. Leave it with me. Just focus on your test."I added, "Ms. Shaw, is there any bottled water here? I'd like to buy one."She took an unopened bottle of water from under the desk and handed it to me. "No need to buy. This is a spare, so just take it."I thanked her and went to my seat.…When the final bell rang across the test center, I rubbed my aching wrist as I left the building.As soon as I reached the flower bed, I ran into Sasha and her group. They were rubbing their eyes, looking confused. One of them muttered, "What the hell? I memorized the formula for the last physics problem

Chapter 5

The camera swept across the crowd. The students' faces were blurred, but I instantly recognized the young woman in the center who was crying the hardest.Her unmistakable stance and the way she kept playing with her bangs gave her away. It was Sasha.They still had no idea what had really happened. They naively thought there was a problem with the grading system and kept demanding that their scores be reviewed.The story went viral on the internet.The education authorities stepped in at once and checked the test center footage and the belongings of all the students.The security footage showed that none of the students who had drunk the energy drink had fallen asleep. They were wide awake, yet they sat there staring blankly at their tests and scratching their heads. Some suddenly stopped writing, looking terrified. A few even broke down in tears.They weren't sleepy; they simply couldn't answer the questions.The police quickly opened an investigation and followed the lead fr

Chapter 6

Unfortunately for Sasha, she had completely miscalculated.The morning after the scores were released, a huge banner hung above the high school's main entrance. It read, "Congratulations to Willow Lawson, the second-highest SAT scorer in the city!"A few of Sasha's friends, who had also failed to get into college, dragged her to the school gate. When she read the gold lettering on the banner, her face twitched uncontrollably. She turned deathly pale and couldn't get a word out."Something's definitely wrong here. Willow drank the spiked coffee. How could she possibly have scored this well?"She frantically pulled out her phone and called my number over and over, only to realize I had blocked her.Driven half-mad by it, she started borrowing phones from passing students and stubbornly kept trying to call me. The moment I recognized her voice, I hung up.She tried more than a dozen different numbers, but every call ended the same way.With nowhere else to turn, she started bomba

Chapter 7

Under Sasha's post, I typed just one line."If you want the truth, I'll give it to you."Then I dropped the evidence I had been saving.My first piece of evidence was high-definition footage from the convenience store outside the test center on the first day of the SAT.The footage showed Sasha taking advantage of the moment when I turned to check the test-center map. She secretly opened my backpack and poured an unknown liquid into my thermal flask. The second piece of evidence was a lab report from an accredited testing facility, along with an expert's explanation.In the video, a lab technician in a white coat pointed to the lab report. He said firmly, "The sample contains a high concentration of a memory-blocking drug. It is a strictly controlled substance, and misuse can cause irreversible damage to the central nervous system."After posting the evidence, I tagged the city's police department, the education department, and the high school's official accounts.Less than an

Chapter 8

If it had been the naive me from my previous life, I might have felt some sympathy for Sasha's tears. But after getting a second chance at life, I had long since given up on her."Cut to the chase. What do you want?" I said coldly.Sasha seemed to sense an opening and quickly revealed what she wanted."Willow, I know I have no right to ask you for anything. But my parents have already put all our houses up for sale to cover the damages. And I might really go to prison."I'm not asking you to clear my name. I just… We're classmates, after all. Can you please tell the school or the police that we planned the whole thing together?"Tell them I wasn't the only one behind it. If you help me, I might get a lighter sentence. I know I hurt you and the whole class, but I really don't want to go to prison. I'm only 18 years old, Willow!"Hearing her shameless request, I couldn't help but laugh."Sasha, you went after me at every turn, and now you want me to take the blame for you? Are you

Chapter 9

In the end, Sasha was sentenced to five years in prison for drugging our classmates and sabotaging the SAT.Her usually arrogant parents had to sell their two luxury apartments downtown. The money went toward settling the civil lawsuits brought by more than 30 students who had failed the SAT. They lost everything and became social pariahs.As for the classmates who had joined in attacking and ostracizing me, they regretted it bitterly once they learned the truth.They finally understood that it wasn't me, their "cold-hearted class president", who ruined their lives. It was their own greed, blind obedience, and spite.They were left with ruined college prospects. They had no choice but to enroll in low-ranked schools and spend another year retaking the SAT. They spent that year drowning in regret.…In early September, I boarded a train north with an acceptance letter from a top university.Mom and Dad waved to me from the platform with tears in their eyes, their faces bright w

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