All Chapters of That One Summer: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The classroom instantly fell silent. Only the principal’s reprimands echoed from the speakers.A few seconds later, an even louder roar of cheers erupted. Matthew Fox suddenly kicked his desk, stood up, and walked over to Jack Greer with a cold face.“Jack, you’ve been simping over Lily for so long, yet you can’t even keep her around? A public confession sure is childish.”However, Jack could clearly see the villainous triumph hidden in Matthew’s eyes. The gloating gossip of their classmates was like sparks, fueling the fire within him. He clenched his fists and was just about to say something when the principal approached with a stern expression and called Matthew away. For the entirety of the next period, neither Matthew nor Lily returned.Jack blanked out. When the bell rang, he was the first to rush out of the classroom. He had to find Lily to get an explanation. However, when he ran to the track field, he saw Lily picking up the cones on the floor as punishment while telling

The breathing on the other end of the line grew heavier.“Is that true? Jack, you have an extraordinary talent in medical research. As long as you enroll, every condition can be negotiated!” After Jack hung up, an admission letter from the Hopkins School of Medicine arrived in his email inbox. A recommendation letter for a private hospital was also attached. Studying medicine had always been his dream. Yet, the first time he was offered a spot at that top-tier medical school, he turned it down so he did not have to be separated from Lily. Now, however, he had decided to leave with his severely ill father. The wounds all over his body were bleeding profusely. In the end, he went to the hospital. Right after the wound on his head had been treated, a hand grabbed the wound on his arm, and the pain turned his vision black. As if unaware of it, Lily dragged him toward the upper floor. “You’re the reason Matthew got hurt. He’s losing a lot of blood right now. He needs a blood tran

The stage lights were so bright that Jack could barely keep his eyes open.“Jack, because of you, I was in the hospital for two days, and I’ve fallen behind on my studies. I’m under a lot of pressure right now with the college entrance exam,” Matthew said as he twirled a pocket knife in a carefree manner, sitting in the front row of the auditorium.“I heard that your sickly father needs a family member’s signature to resuscitate him. How about this? As the funny guy in school, I will let you go if you can make me laugh. What do you say?”“Are you insane? My father’s life is in danger, and you want me to tell you jokes to make you laugh?”Jack was frantic with anxiety. Once his eyes adjusted to the light, he glared at Matthew. At that moment, a figure appeared at the entrance, backlit by the sun. Jack immediately thought that help was here.“Lily, my father is in critical condition and needs a family member’s signature! Please tell Matthew to let me go. My father is running out o

Lily and Jack were scheduled to take their examinations in the same classroom.At that moment, she was standing near the classroom, her gaze calm as she scanned the crowd of examinees being given countless reminders by their parents.A girl from her biology class spotted her, walked over to greet her, and asked, “Lily, I recall Matthew’s in another classroom. Who are you waiting for?”“Jack.”“Huh?” The girl was visibly stunned. “Jack wasn’t at Matthew’s party, and he hasn’t been in school for the past few days. I thought the two of you had broken up because he couldn’t accept that you were with someone else.”Lily raised an eyebrow, remaining unfazed.Jack had indeed been giving her the cold shoulder and even went missing. However, the college entrance exam were, after all, the most important examination in their lives.“Considering that we grew up together, I will graciously give him a way out so that it wouldn’t affect his exams, or he’ll annoy me endlessly.”The girl unders

Lily thought she had misheard.“Attempted murder?”“That’s right. Although the trial hasn’t officially opened and we cannot access the official evidence files yet, I’ve done some investigation privately. It appears to be heavily connected to the security footage contained on this flash drive.”In the quiet coffee shop, the lawyer placed a tiny flash drive onto the wooden table.Lily stared at the flash drive in silence for a long time, her eyes filled with a mix of emotions. She felt as though things were spiraling out of her control. After a long pause, she finally reached out and picked up the flash drive. Stepping out of the coffee shop, she felt an inexplicable sense of unease. However, before she could return home to check out the videos from the lawyer, her phone rang. It was an unfamiliar phone number.“Hello, am I speaking with Miss Lily Smith? I’m calling from the city courthouse regarding–”Two minutes later, the call ended.Lily remained frozen in place, still hol