All Chapters of Guardians From Above: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

“What do you know?! Your brother’s behavior in high school wasn’t enough to get him into a community college at all!“The fact that he managed to do it during the actual entrance examination shows his remarkable improvement!“That phone is my reward for his amazing improvement!”She pointed at my nose and scolded me.“How could you be so selfish? He’s your brother! Must you be so calculative with him over something so trivial?”I looked at her quietly. Her face was all flushed from a guilty conscience.I was suddenly at a loss for words.Hugh was born a mere five minutes after me. Yet in this house, he was the king while I was a slave.I pulled out a chair and quietly sat down to have my meal.At my refusal to respond, my mom gritted her teeth in anger.“How dare you give me that attitude and talk back to your elders! I’ll deduct another 50 marks from you! That leaves only 500 dollars for your phone. Take it or leave it!”She pulled out five notes from her wallet and flung t

The comments went wild before my eyes.[Alarm! Alarm!][Your mom is going to the ministry of education tomorrow afternoon and making use of her contacts to check on your college application records!][Run, quick! Leave tonight!][Any later, and you’ll be out of time! You’ll be doomed if she catches you!]I sat up on the bed.Without any hesitation, I packed two sets of clothes in the bag with my identification document, bank card and letter of acceptance.I tiptoed across the living room to the door and opened it, sneaking out into the night without looking back.Gritting my teeth, I raced to the train station.I bought a ticket for the earliest train to Northland.As I sat on the hard plastic chair, listening to the wheels running along the track, I watched the night sky zoom past me outside the window. The burden on my shoulders finally lifted.Over the entire 12-hour journey, I didn’t dare shut my eyes for even a minute.When I arrived at Northland, the sun was high up i

Mom glared viciously at me.“Sandra Chester, just you wait! This isn’t over yet!”With that, she walked out of the tea shop, grumbling under her breath.I rubbed Ms. Walsh’s back and was about to heave a sigh of relief when a wave of comments flooded my vision once more.[Sandra, watch out!][When your mom left the tea shop, she sneakily snapped a photo of the shop’s business license!][She was telling your brother that she would lodge a complaint with the Industrial and Commercial Bureau against the shop manager for illegally taking in a missing person!]I sneered at the warning and turned to look at my manager.“Ms. Walsh, I’m so sorry for dragging you into this. My mom is a vengeful woman. She just snapped a photo of our business license and is probably going to lodge a complaint against you.”Ms. Walsh rubbed her back and said with a wave of her hands, “There’s nothing to fear. My license to operate is legitimate, and I legally employ university students at or over the age

I opened the door and sat before my computer without even switching the lights on.Over the years, I’ve learned how to keep something back in reserve. I accessed my encrypted cloud storage. It contained all the evidence I had gathered over three years.That included scanned copies of my mom’s conduct record book, filled with her scribbles, the 80,000 dollars I earned from teaching tuition which I was eventually forced to transfer to her account, and a recording of her forcing me to give up my direct admission to a competition and transfer it to Hugh instead.I organized all the files and put them in a folder.Finally, I looked at the comments box.“Thank you, all of you. Tomorrow, she’ll get the evidence she asked for.”The next morning, I woke up with the sunlight in my eyes.I walked to the school gate at Northland with my bag and immediately spotted my mom, sitting on the floor and throwing a tantrum.There was a glaring red banner right behind her that read: [Northland

“I don’t recognize you. All I see are two people trying to break into my apartment.”I had both witnesses and material evidence complete.My mom, Hugh, and that unlucky locksmith were all brought to the police station.As they were suspected of illegally trespassing private property, they were detained for eight whole hours at the station. They were eventually released after receiving a reprimand and a fine, as their attempt did not result in severe consequences.I thought they would finally stop after this.However, I had underestimated their bottom line.Two days later, Ms. Lewis, my high school homeroom teacher, texted me out of the blue. She had sent me a video clip.In it, my mom was seated at the Student Affairs Office in my high school, throwing yet another fit.“She’s the one! Ms. Lewis accepted my daughter’s bribe and helped her change her college application! If it weren’t for her, my daughter would have returned home with me long ago!“If she doesn’t go to Northland