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Alexander didn’t even notice how his frown faded. He could hardly contain his exhilaration.
Taking one bite after another, he finished the beef stew in a flash, leaving his mouth with an unfulfilled sensation. All of a sudden, the corners of his lips turned upward as the resistance that was once in his head vanished. You and your unique taste buds, Elise!
The following day, Elise woke up to a familiar scent of disinfectant. When she opened her eyes, she was dazed to find Alexander seated on the chair beside her bed. He was sitting in a rather slothful posture with his legs crossed. Yet, there was a hint of dashingness on him, which left Elise staring at him for a few seconds before she hastily blurted, “Why are you here?”
He lifted his gaze and looked into her eyes. “You’re finally awake. Good. Pack your things and let’s head back.”
Hearing that, Elise grew joyous and even forgot to question Alexander regarding his presence. She delightfully
stated, “I can go back to school already? That’s wonderful!”
Only God knew how long she had stayed in the hospital. She would’ve died from boredom if not for the
discharge.
Alexander didn’t speak much despite her glee. Tactfully, he stood up and glanced at the lunchbox placed on the
table beside him. “Tidy up and eat. I’ll handle your discharge at the reception.”
It wasn’t until he finished his sentence that she noticed the lunchbox beside her. But why does it look so familiar?
Is… Is this the beef stew from last night?
“You..” Before she could say another word, Alexander had already exited the room.
She then took another look at the lunchbox before feeling the warmth on its surface with her palms. With a doubtful frown, she started wondering and realized that he must have only done that because of Jonah.
After packing her things up, Elise started munching on her favorite beef stew. Later, when Alexander came back
from settling her discharge procedure, she followed him out of the hospital.
In the rather cramped car, Elise sat in the back seat. Not long after the car started moving, her phone rang in her
pocket. She pulled it out and saw it was a call from Cynthia.
She merrily answered the phone. “Morning, Aunt Cynthia!”
“Oh? Sounds like someone’s in a good mood,” Cynthia exclaimed in a mischievous tone.
“What are you talking about? When was I ever in a bad mood? Every day is a happy day!”
“That’s my Ellie! There’s something I forgot to tell you yesterday, so I figured I should remind you now. Through
my observation, among those five Griffith men, Alexander’s the only one that’s husband material. It’s now or
never, Ellie. Better seize the opportunity and win a nephew-in-law for me, you know!”
Hearing that, she guiltily glimpsed toward Alexander and revealed a helpless expression. She deliberately suppressed her voice. “Gosh, Aunt Cynthia! We… It’s not what you think.”
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Cynthia cheerfully cackled. “Oh, Ellie! Maybe not now, but who knows how the future will unfold? Anyhow, I,
Cynthia Sinclair, like that boy, so he deserves to be with my Ellie!”
“Aunt Cynthia!”
“Okay, okay. I know you’re still young and you get shy talking about this. I do understand. However, the opportunity is right before your eyes. Make sure you hold tight to it. As I said, Alexander’s pretty good, but I’ve yet to see his mannerisms and whether he’s capable of satisfying my Ellie. Other than that, I can only be your
advisor, so you’re ultimately the shot caller. No matter what your choice will be, know that I’ll always have your
back.”
Regardless, Elise couldn’t grasp Cynthia’s motives. “Got it, Aunt Cynthia. Don’t worry about it.”
“Good. I’ll be busy the next couple days, so I won’t be seeing you. Give me a call if you need anything, alright?”
After hanging up, Elise put her phone back into her pocket. Meanwhile, Alexander peeked at her in the rear mirror and revealed a knowing look as the infatuation he had for her instantly dispersed. Although he didn’t listen to the
entire conversation, he could still hear mentions of his name from Cynthia’s loud voice. Since every person was
rather sensitive to their own names, he undoubtedly acknowledged Elise and Cynthia’s conversation was
pertaining to him.
Nonetheless, Elise’s expression seemed as if she was unwilling to talk about him. Then, he withdrew his gaze
and silently gripped the steering wheel as he hit the gas and sped away.
After sending Elise to school, Alexander drove away without even bidding her farewell.
Watching as the car faded away, she thought, Ah, that’s the Alexander I know. Without reading too much into it,
she walked into the building. Due to the incident during the fan meeting, she was considered to be infamous
now.
Everyone in school who was a fan of Jack instantly gnarled their teeth at the sight of her. If it weren’t for his
tweet urging everyone not to harass her, she would’ve never survived a day in school. Nevertheless, although
they couldn’t do anything to her, they definitely had cards up their sleeves.
For instance, the students would rank Elise the “Queen” on the newly published “Ugly Bee Chart” on the school
forum.
Elise, oblivious to such a happening, cluelessly minded her own business on her seat. Nothing was out of the
ordinary except some turbulence every now and then outside the classroom and some judging eyes.
“Say, E-Ugly Elise, you’re quite the calm one, aren’t you? Or have you developed some sort of immunity to losing
confidence on your face?” Danny bluntly scorned in a somewhat indecent posture.
With a still face, Elise answered, “Every strand of hair and cell on my body is a gift from my parents. There’s no shame in that. A pretty vessel or a purposeful soul? I think I prefer the latter.”
Immediately, Danny blatantly burst into laughter. She must be out of her mind! A lowlife like her dares to claim
herself a purposeful soul! Out of all the jokes in the world!
Regardless, Elise disregarded him as she took out a book of Math Olympiad exercises and started solving the
questions.
After getting first place in the previous Math Olympiad, her math teacher had come to her a few times in private
and suggested she participate in the City Mathematics Olympiad Competition, which she had rejected initially.
However, after countless measures of goading from her teacher, she eventually gave in and agreed to take the
challenge.
On the other hand, seeing how his insults were going nowhere given how Elise didn’t respond the way he wished, Danny was discontented.
Seeing as Elise was concentrating on the math questions, he couldn’t hold himself back from voicing more teases. “Look at you, can’t succeed in beauty so you’re turning into a total nerd, hoping to go somewhere. Know
that it’s only luck that you managed to get first place. You actually think you’re something, huh?”
She subtly glowered at him and coldly blurted, “Clown much?”
When she said that, the flame within Danny’s heart surged and stormed into his head. He was infuriated,
especially when he looked at her tremendously hideous face. Losing his temper, he snatched the exercise book from Elise’s hands. “Cut the act, Ugly Elise! You must find pretending to be a scholar fun, don’t you? I heard you’re going for the City Mathematics Olympiad Competition. With your sh*tty standards? I should warn you: better wake up from your dream before you humiliate yourself out there. Of course, you wouldn’t know anyone better
than you ’cause you’re always living in that pathetic, little fantasy of yours!”
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Elise found him to be childishly funny. Why does he even care whether I participate in the Math Olympiad, or if I
humiliate myself? It’s not like he’s the one to be humiliated!
“Give me my book back!” She was angered.
However, the foolhardy Danny couldn’t care less about her. He then countered with a provoking face, “Nope.
What are you gonna do?”
Somehow, she was amused as the vexation in her diminished. If that’s how you wanna do it, I’ll play along with
you.
“How are you so sure I’d be shaming myself? What if I got first place again?” Upon those words, Danny couldn’t
contain himself and instantly chortled aloud.
Despite his stupidity, he was well aware of the standards of the City Mathematics Olympiad Competitions’
participants.
The participants viewed studying as life, and had never rested from training themselves, which allowed them to
achieve such a level. You, Elise Sinclair, on the other hand, are just a country bumpkin who merely got first place in
the Math Olympiad out of sheer luck. Know your place, bumpkin!If she were to go head to head with those life-long
learners, she’d die from embarrassment!
“Don’t worry about getting first place, Elise. If you could even get a consolation prize, pigs would start to fly.”
After all, the City Mathematics Olympiad Competition isn’t meant for amateurs. And with Elise’s level, all she can do
is be a filler.
Danny was pretty confident about that.
Elise proposed, “Oh, is that so? Why don’t we make a bet, then?”
Upon the suggestion, Danny started hesitating. In spite of his words, he felt somewhat timid. If she somehow managed to harvest all the luck in the universe and got herself a participation prize, he would be in grave loss.
Hence, he added, “Let’s make this clear. Participation prize doesn’t count. Your choices are the winner, first runner-up, or second runner-up.”
Elise lifted the edges of her lips and grinned, as if she had seen through his hesitation.
“Fine by me. So are we doing this or not? Not gonna chicken out, are you?”
Hearing that, Danny was visibly tilted. “What for? It’s on, then. What do you wanna bet on?”
Elise, seeing how her provoking was effective, raised her brows. “If I win the competition, you’ll have to stay out of my way from now on. Oh, and greet me as ‘Boss’ too while you’re at it.”
The nerves she has to make such demands! Danny was still hesitating for a moment earlier, but he instantly grew
resolute. “Very well. It’s on now. But I shall warn you now: if you lose, leave the Griffiths alone and get the hell back to your countryside.”
“Deal.”
And so, the two reached an agreement. Danny seemed to have noticed nothing odd, confident that she would
lose. When she eventually bid farewell to the Griffiths, he would never have to face such an unglorified mug any
longer. How refreshing!
With that in mind, he couldn’t hold back the joyous look on his face. Then, he returned the exercise book to Elise
and stopped bothering her.
Of course, he had to spread the news.
Danny: ‘Valorous news, mine own brethrens! Elise the ugly monster is about to packeth her bags! Praise to the
Lord!
Jack: ‘For real?’
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Danny: ‘Trusteth in me, for the day shall cometh very lief! And brethrens, thou shan’t forget a mead fest for me!’
Jack: ‘Hast the hero perhaps slain the monster?’
Danny: ‘Yo, what are you talking about? Am I that messed up to you? I’m only making her retreat with the power
of justice!
Jack: ‘The power of justice? Care to explain?’
Danny was so boastful that he laid out every detail about the gamble he had with Elise.
Danny: ‘Anyway, broskis, just get the celebration ready as I bring home the flag of victory!’
Meanwhile, Alexander, who heard the nonstop dinging from his phone, put down the documents in his hands and unlocked his phone. When he saw the message mentioning a flag of victory, he hastily pressed on the message
before swiping to read the conversation. His index finger ultimately stopped.
A bet?
Even an ordinary man could see the result of the gamble. Yet, for some reason, Alexander was rather reluctant to
see Elise lose.
And that was where the bet started to get interesting.
In the evening after school, it was Jack who came to get Elise.
As a celebrity and an idol, he disguised himself well.
On the way home, he couldn’t help controlling his urge and quizzed, “Are you really having a bet with Danny?”
Elise wasn’t surprised by the fact that Jack was informed about the bet. She simply blurted a “yes” in response.
Seeing her calm composure, he felt compelled to remind her, “You know, everyone who participates in the City
Mathematics Olympiad Competition is a beast. Every one of them is extraordinary. Alexander barely managed to
get first place even with his standards.”
And Alexander, in the eyes of his brothers, was virtually a deity.
Thus, it was only natural for him to win the competition.
Meanwhile, Elise and Alexander were of different levels, so it was obvious who would prevail.
Therefore, Jack assumed that she was bound to lose the bet to Danny.
Elise acknowledged his point and replied, “Are you saying that Alexander had also competed in Math Olympiad
competitions?”
Seeing her so fascinated in Alexander’s matters, Jack suggestively stated, “Don’t even think about making a
move on him. He’s not into girls like you.”
What
Her face was filled with confusion. She didn’t even mention anything remotely related to adoring Alexander. It
was solely an instinctive question.
“Alexander’s the best. Back when he was still active in the Math Olympiad, he was the city’s number one. Even
now, his record is yet to be broken.”
As he proudly voiced, he could hardly contain his admiration toward Alexander.
“Oh,” Elise lightly answered. Still, it was a surprise for her to know that Alexander was once top of his batch.
However, the information didn’t mean much to her.
Ever since having agreed on the bet with Danny, Elise had been working seriously on her exercises.
To others, she was merely putting up a facade to make an impression. Nobody believed that she had the
capability to even win something in the City Mathematics Olympiad Competition.
‘What’s been up, Boss?’ While she was doing her exercises, she received a text from Jamie, to which she replied,
‘Exercises
Jamie then sent a string of sad-faced emoticons. ‘Even an elite like you are so hardworking. I’m truly an insult to trash! Anyway, I probably should get back to studying. By the way, Boss, there’s something I forgot to tell you.
Somebody’s seeking you out for a car race, and he’s offering a generous amount. Are you up for it, Boss?’
Without hesitation, Elise rejected the offer. ‘Tell them we have seen what happened the last time I raced.
Seeing her reply, Jamie immediately acknowledged her. ‘Got it, Boss. I’ll pass it on!
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Elise took a moment to appreciate Jamie’s tactfulness before putting her phone away and continuing to
immerse herself in the exercises. Slowly, she found solving difficult questions highly fascinating as she lost
herself in the depth of knowledge.
In the meantime, Alexander was in an utterly foul mood as a result of rejection.
His assistant carefully reported, “They rejected our invitation, Young Master Alex.”
He immediately stopped whatever he was doing as his frown gave him a unibrow. His mind was constantly drifting to the scene during the car race back then. The woman’s slender figure and her stunning posture just wouldn’t leave his mind.
All this time, he had been looking for that woman.
However, that woman just vaporized, leaving no traces as she left. Regardless of the substantial amount of money he was willing to offer the woman to join him in a friendly race, she seemed to be uninterested about it,
which led Alexander to be even more invested in finding her.
“Raise it to fifty million. Get her to me no matter what it takes.”
“Yes, Young Master Alex.” The assistant wiped the sweat off his forehead before silently leaving the room.
Alexander was all alone in the spacious office then. He turned his head toward the window and started
contemplating. After a short while, he pulled open his drawer and grabbed a CD before inserting the disc into his
computer.
With that, a clip of a car race popped up in his monitor. Three years ago in the French Grand Prix, a participant
from Cittadel named Sue won the first prize and shocked the world.
That time, Sue left a great impression on him. Since then, he had been trying to look for Sue, personally desiring to receive lessons on how to perform a three sixty drift.
Nonetheless, for some reason, after the international competition, Sue never appeared in the public eyes again.
Despite having countless connections, he couldn’t find any trace of hers. It wasn’t until a week ago when the woman appeared at the car race that Alexander saw hints of Sue on her.
Could she be Sue?
A dash of profound sensation flashed across his eyes as they were fixated on the computer screen that was
replaying Sue’s flawless three sixty drift and her steady brake.
Shortly after, the car door was opened and she alighted the vehicle with a subtle smile on her face, her smile
lethal to many’s eyes, including his.
A simple glance at her face was enough to leave him astounded for years.
From the depth of his heart, he decided to search for her no matter the price. I will find you no matter what!
Meanwhile, Jamie, having assumed that the other party would stop pursuing after getting rejected, dropped his jaw when he saw them upping their offer to fifty million.
“You’re sure? Fifty million?” Jamie questioned to clarify things up, and was stupefied when he received confirmation from the opposite party.
Nonetheless, when he recalled his boss’ words, he eventually refuted.
“I’m sorry. Maybe next time. Boss said she’s busy, so she’ll not have the time.”
“Don’t worry, Mr. Keller. We are open to discussions if it’s about the money. As long as you are willing to come to an agreement, any figure is negotiable.”
Hearing that, Jamie could no longer contain himself. They’re actually willing to pay anything just for a friendly race
with Boss?
As his fingers rhythmically tapped on his desk, he thought it was best that he didn’t lock on a definite answer. Instead, he decided to discuss it with Elise. After all, the offer was inhumanely alluring.
“Very well. I shall discuss with my boss and give you an answer later.”
At Jamie’s consideration, the other party heaved a sigh of relief. “Great. We shall await your good news.”
When the call ended, he had already come up with plans to persuade Elise into it. However, since she had
committed herself to the City Mathematics Olympiad Competition, the friendly race could only wait.
Elise wasn’t expecting the level of persistence the other party had. In that instance, all her concentration was placed on her Math Olympiad questions, which she had been working on every day, including during Chinese class, and that piqued her teacher.
“Translate this sentence, Elise.”
When the teacher mentioned her name, she instinctively raised her head, only to see her classmates gazing at her. At that moment, Jasmine Anders, class representative of the Chinese class, couldn’t help taking a jab at Elise. “She’s from the countryside, Miss. They must not offer Chinese classes there. Maybe you should just speak English with her.”
Upon those words, the classroom was filled with laughter while the teacher angrily stared at Elise. “Pay attention
to the class if you know you’re bad! Your monthly test is near. I don’t want the entire class to fall behind because of you alone.”
Elise revealed a scowl as she casually scanned across the content on the blackboard. She then stood up and answered, “It means that if corruption becomes the norm in the world, innocence itself will be a crime.”
Her calm yet clear enunciation traveled into every ear in the room, including the teacher’s. Everyone in the room
was left dumbfounded, especially the teacher as she got the phrase from sources that were completely out of the school syllabus. Her intention of presenting the phrase was to keep the students’ confidence in check and remind them of their places.
Little did she expect, the bland-looking Elise actually managed to translate the sentence correctly.
“Did I get it right, Miss?” Elise inquired with a straight face, to which the teacher cleared her throat to cover up
her embarrassment. “Yes, please be seated.”
The teacher’s attitude was obviously different than before.
Having seen that, the other students revealed an amazed expression. The country girl actually speaks Chinese?
And that included Danny who was right beside her. “Hah! Your guessing skills are getting better and better, Elise.
You actually got it right.”
Elise apathetically rolled her eyes at him. A couple of right guesses might have been luck, but every time? Do you hear yourself?
Of course, Danny wouldn’t have thought about that. He only felt that Elise was really good at guessing, which
suddenly made him worried about the bet he had with her.
On second thought, screw my worries. No one’s that lucky to get everything right.Besides, it’s the City Mathematics Olympiad Competition, not some entry-level test. There’s no way a lowlife country girl like Elise can win. I must be imagining things!
On the other hand, Elise wouldn’t have expected to draw so much disconcertment from just correctly translating
a sentence. Among the people that disdained her, the one that hated her most was the Chinese class
representative, Jasmine.
Before this, Jasmine was the only student that could answer even the most difficult translation questions given
by the teacher. Thus, she had always been the spotlight during Chinese classes, and that gave her a tremendous sense of pride.
Unfortunately for her, Elise snatched her limelight today. Jasmine wouldn’t have minded or felt any shame if it
was anyone else.
But it just had to be Elise, that urban b*tch! That’s damn insulting! How am I supposed to live with this? .
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Jasmine’s eyes darkened as she felt her heart drop. During the morning reading session the next day, Jasmine led the class’ Chinese reading lesson as she was the class monitor. Halfway through the reading, she
deliberately took a Chinese passage and put it in front of Elise.
“Please read this for us later.”
Without even looking back at Jasmine, Elise rejected directly. “Sorry, I don’t want to.”
Jasmine knew that Elise would definitely not dare to do so, so she was even more determined to make Elise read Chinese. After all, Chinese was not their mother tongue. So, many students were often able to score in their
examinations but were unable to speak the language fluently. For some, their pronunciation might not be
accurate while others might even face difficulties conversing in the language.
Jasmine reckoned that Elise must be terrible in Chinese oral and didn’t dare to read the passage in front of the class lest she was embarrassed. However, that was exactly what Jasmine wanted-to embarrass her.
“You have no choice but to read it, otherwise I’ll give you a demerit point.” Students would be given demerit
points if they acted inappropriately. The majority of the students were afraid of getting demerit points, but Elise
was an exception. Not only was she not intimidated at all, but she actually had no intention to be bothered about
Jasmine.
“Go ahead and give me a demerit point then.”
Annoyed, Jasmine further threatened Elise with her authority’. “What are you trying to do, Elise? The whole class listens to me but you. You think you’re so special, huh?”
Jasmine’s words had drawn the attention of the rest of the class to Elise as the students stopped reading and
looked toward Elise.
At first, Elise did not understand why Jasmine would insist on her to read the Chinese passage. However, after
seeing her relentless determination, she knew that it was because Jasmine was caught in the comparison trap.
In fact, Elise had long comprehended how girls tend to compare with one another inwardly, and she thought that
was very meaningless. Thus, she had no intention to be bothered with Jasmine, but Jasmine actually started
provoking her first
“Since the other classmates would listen to you, go ask them to read instead. Why do you have to ask me?”
Jasmine snorted. “You‘re a newcomer and you have not read in front of the class before, so I need to understand
your situation.”
Although it was a rather awkward reason, it sounded somewhat reasonable.
Jasmine then added, “You just have to read once today and I won’t ask you to read anymore in the future.”
“Great!” Elise hummed in response. In order to save the trouble in the future, Elise stopped refusing. She took up the Chinese textbook and started reading the passage seriously under Jasmine’s anticipation.
However, as soon as she started reading, the entire class went silent when they heard Elise’s reading because
she was so fluent it was enjoyable to listen to.
On the other hand, Jasmine’s expression changed at once. With her face turning pale, she clenched her fists
tight. Elise was reading so fluently that it was as if she was raised abroad. Her fluency was much better than
Jasmine’s, and she didn’t seem to be a country bumpkin at all!
No way. This is impossible! Jasmine refused to believe it as she stared at Elise in disbelief.
After reading the passage, Elise lifted her head to glance at Jasmine and asked, “Are you happy now?”
Jasmine still wanted to say something, but she was at a loss for words. Meanwhile, because of this episode, the
other students had a completely different impression of Elise.
It turned out that although the new joiner had a rather average look, she wasn’t that incapable after all. Not only was she good at Math Olympiad, but her Chinese oral was perfect. They even thought that Elise’s fluency in Chinese had way surpassed Jasmine’s, who was the Chinese class representative.
At the same time, little did Elise expect that this small episode would cause the others to have a different
impression of her. Thereafter, she sat down again and continued practicing math questions. The competition
was approaching, so she was determined to practice as much as possible.
On the other hand, Danny was used to being late, and today was no different. Since he was late to class, he didn’t
know about the incident that had happened in the morning. Nevertheless, during recess, he realized that unlike
normal days where everyone would ignore Elise, there were actually some classmates who initiated
conversations with her today. Besides, Elise actually got along well with them and didn’t seem to be distant,
This made Danny perplexed. Since when did Elise become this popular?
“Hi Elise, can I be your friend?” While Elise was solving the practice questions, a shy female voice emerged in
lifted her eyes to see a small-sized girl, who was staring at her with her large, alluring eyes. The girl’s face was even filled with excitement. As Elise would gladly receive a classmate who was friendly, she replied, “Of course!”
The girl smiled brightly upon hearing Elise’s response. “Hi Elise, I’m Mikayla Jameson. Nice to meet you.”
Looking at Mikayla’s hand which was stretched toward her, Elise was startled. Given that her looks weren’t as attractive as others, it was a luxury for her to make friends. After pausing for a while, Elise shook hands with Mikayla and said, “Nice to meet you too, Mikayla.”
Mikayla was glad at Elise’s response. To be frank, she wanted to learn Chinese from Elise. Her Chinese examination results were far from satisfactory, and her oral was even rustier. Hence, she wished to learn Chinese from Elise after seeing her fluent reading in the morning. “Elise, you’re so fluent in Chinese. Can you teach me the
language?”
Initially, Elise thought Mikayla was going to ask her for a huge favor, but it turned out to be a small matter, so Elise was more than willing to help out a friend.
was “Sure. Bring your Chinese textbook. I’ll teach you”
As such, Mikayla quickly brought her textbook and started learning from Elise seriously. Before this, her oral was
bad, so Elise taught her ways to correct her pronunciation. Not only that, Elise even recommended some
methods to learn Chinese, which benefited Mikayla a lot.
In the afternoon when school was over, it was the first time that Elise did not walk out of the school alone.
Instead, she was with Mikayla, and the two girls chatted happily all the way to the school gate. Soon, Elise spotted the familiar car of the Griffith Family, so she bid Mikayla goodbye and walked toward the car. It was
Alexander who had come to fetch her today.
After Elise got into the car, Alexander started the car engine slowly and departed. Elise did not take a break
either while on the way as she took out the practice questions and started grinding on them again. Sitting in the driver’s seat, Alexander observed Elise through the rearview mirror. He had to admit that although Elise had a rather average appearance, for some reason, she gave off an unworldly aura, which didn’t seem to match her looks at all.
Alexander retracted his gaze and decided to initiate a conversation with Elise, which rarely occurred. “Are you
going to participate in the City Mathematics Olympiad Competition?”
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Elise was chewing on her pen when she heard the question. In response, she quickly lifted her head to glance at Alexander and hummed.
“When’s the competition?” Alexander asked again.
“Next Friday at Athesea High.” As she recalled Jack had once mentioned that Alexander had taken part in a Mathematics Olympiad competition before too, she added, “I heard you participated in a Mathematics Olympiad competition before and had even won the first prize. Do you have any tips for me?”
Alexander lifted his brows slightly. “That was a long time ago, so I can’t be of much help now.”
Elise hummed in response and said nothing else. As such, the atmosphere in the car went silent once again. Fortunately, they arrived at the Griffith Residence in no time.
After the car stopped, Elise opened the door and got out of the car. Then, she walked into the living room after changing her shoes on the porch and saw Jonah having tea leisurely while sitting on the couch. “Ellie, you’re home!”
“Hi, Grandpa,” Elise addressed Jonah courteously.
Joy spread across Jonah’s face when he saw Elise. “How are things at school, Ellie? Just tell me if you’re
unhappy with anything, or you can complain to those few rascals too. Don’t let yourself suffer.”
“Alright, Grandpa! You don’t have to worry about me.”
“You’re such a polite child. Jonah said with a bright smile. Then, he saw Alexander who just entered the house. “Alex, please help me to look after Ellie if she needs anything. She’s a girl, so we should give her more care.”
Alexander did not refute Jonah’s words but answered indifferently, “Alright, Grandpa.”
Jonah couldn’t be bothered about Alexander’s apathetic response. So, he diverted his attention back to Elise and
said, “Ellie, I heard that you’re going to participate in a Mathematics Olympiad competition. Alex is pretty good at Math Olympiad. He can tutor you.”
Hearing that, Elise quickly rejected it. “It’s okay, Grandpa. I’d rather not trouble him.”
“Not at all. Alex, you’ll be Ellie’s Math Olympiad tutor from tonight onward. Do teach her whatever you know so
that she will excel in the competition.” Jonah was so determined that there was no opportunity for Elise and Alexander to reject the proposal. Elise actually wanted to say something but could only bite her tongue toward the end.
On the other hand, Alexander always honored Jonah’s word and would never go against him, so neither did he reject the order. As such, Alexander became Elise’s Math Olympiad tutor.
During dinner, Jack was driven up the wall when he knew Alexander was going to give Elise tuition because Elise would most likely win the competition with Alexander’s help. If that happened, he would lose the bet.
Freaked out, Jack secretly pulled Alexander to the side after dinner. “Alex, I’m begging you-can you please don’t
give Elise tuition?”
Alexander wore a calm look and replied nonchalantly, “That’s Grandpa’s order.” What he meant was he couldn’t defy Jonah’s order.
Jack became even more anxious. “C’mon, Alex. You can tell Grandpa that given Elise’s capability, she doesn’t need a tutor at all–or, you can just palter with Elise, as long as she doesn’t win the competition.”
Alexander nodded upon understanding Jack’s intention and gave an ambiguous answer. “I’ll try to…”
Jack immediately placed his hands on his lap and feigned a pitiful look. “Please help me out, Alex…”
Just then, Jack met Elise’s eyes as she walked toward them. At once, he put on a normal look and pretended as if nothing had happened. “Go ahead, Alex. I shall excuse myself first as I still have some matters to attend to,” he
said in a serious manner and quickly slipped away thereupon.
On the other hand, Elise wasn’t bothered about it at all and went upstairs directly while Alexander followed right
after.
Upon entering her room, Elise was about to close the door when a big hand stopped her from doing so before
pushing the door open. Thereafter, Alexander walked in straight.
“What’re you doing here?” Elise asked. Alexander ignored her and directly walked toward her study table and
answered in a serious manner, “Grandpa asked me to tutor you.”
Elise quickly rejected it. “It’s okay, there’s no need. You may leave now.”
However, Alexander had no intention to leave at all so he immediately sat down on the chair. “I never defy
Grandpa’s orders. You know that. So, please bear with me.”
Elise was rendered speechless. She wanted to say that she really didn’t need a tutor, but thinking about Jonah’s kind intention, she decided to stop rejecting it.
Alexander took up Elise’s practice questions and flipped through them. Besides her nice handwriting, her workings were very clear too, which made it pleasant for one to read.
“Your workings are quite clear, but you made a mistake here.” Alexander said while pointing out Elise’s mistake. Elise walked over and took a look at her practice book. “Which question?” she asked.
Alexander pointed at the second question. “Your method and formula are correct, but in the second step, you’ve
misread the cube root as a square root, so your following calculations are all wrong.”
Elise looked at the question. He’s right.
“I’ve attempted this question a few times and it still felt wrong. Oh, so this is the mistake.” With that, Elise
immediately sat down on a stool beside him and started correcting her calculation. She was so concentrated on
amending her workings that she had completely not realized that the two of them were getting closer to each
other.
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After Elise amended her answer, Alexander pointed at another question and said, “You did not solve the second part of this question because you forgot to draw a graph. If you add a graph here, you’ll be able to solve this
question using the Pythagoras Theorem.”
Elise attempted the question again according to Alexander’s instruction, and sure enough, she soon solved the
question. “You’re really awesome!” Elise couldn’t help but praise Alexander. Then, she flipped to the last question which was the one she had a hard time solving. “Please help me take a look at this one too!”
Alexander hummed in response and started reading the question. For some reason, he was distracted by the
scent of a fragrance that only young women would possess. At once, he quickly regained his composure and
shifted his focus. However, he still unintentionally caught sight of Elise’s side profile and was attracted by her
expression and behavior.
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Elise was so concentrated on solving the problems that she did not notice Alexander’s exploring gaze. After she
completed one question, the scrap paper was already full of workings. Elise stretched while a deep voice
emerged from beside. “Good job. You‘ve used the correct method and formula. Continue with the next question. This question is less challenging than the previous one.”
Elise hummed in response and continued solving the questions with high spirits. As time passed, Elise became
so tired that she dozed off on the study table.
The dim light shone on her ugly face, but at this moment, Alexander thought Elise didn’t look that bad at all. He even thought she looked rather gentle.
Standing up, he then carried Elise and laid her gently on the bed. Upon being put on the bed, Elise flipped over
and slept like a log after adjusting to a comfortable posture.
The next morning, Elise woke up to see sunlight shining through the window. She flipped over and sat up from the bed. It was only then did she realize she was still wearing the school uniform from yesterday. After being in a daze for a while, she recalled that she dozed off at the study table last night.
How did I get to the bed? She thought of a possibility but quickly patted her head ruefully and got out of her bed swiftly to dress up in the changing room.
Fortunately, her makeup still looked fine and her wig did not come off. Elise checked her appearance in the mirror again and only went downstairs with her school bag after ensuring that everything looked fine.
The car was already awaiting her at the gate. Elise quickly opened the door and got into the car. It was only then
did she realize the driver was actually Alexander. At once, Elise’s mind ran wild as she thought of last night’s
scene. Feeling embarrassed, she pretended to be unaffected and sat quietly at the backseat.
Alexander started the car engine and drove out slowly. On the way, no one spoke a word. Elise had never felt so awkward before as she could even sense the suppressed atmosphere. Inwardly, Elise kept praying that she
would arrive at the school as soon as possible.
When they arrived at the school, Elise couldn’t wait to open the car door before the car even stopped properly.
However, the door was locked from the inside.
“Please unlock the door, Elise said. However, at this moment, Alexander passed her a book. “What is this?” Elise wore a perplexed look.
Alexander explained, “It’s Math Olympiad past-year questions. You might find it helpful.”
“Oh, I don’t need this.” Without thinking, Elise rejected immediately. However, Alexander didn’t even give her the chance to reject as he insisted, “I never take back things that I’ve given out. If you don’t need it, you can throw.it
away.”
As much as Alexander’s tone was indifferent, Elise still perceived his displeasure. Oh well, anyone would be
displeased upon being rejected.
Elise did not want to provoke Alexander again, so she took the book from him and said, “Alright then. Thank you!”
Alexander’s expression became less tense after Elise received the practice book. After humming in response, he unlocked the door and Elise got out of the car.
“Thank you. Drive safe.” Elise waved at Alexander.
This time around, Alexander did not leave immediately but watched Elise enter the campus and waited until she
disappeared from his sight. It was only then did he retract his gaze and drive away.
Elise walked through the corridor toward her classroom. Holding the practice book from Alexander, she couldn’t
understand what his intention was. Eventually, she decided to stop thinking about it.
Since Alexander gave her the book out of kindness, she decided to keep it. Besides, she had almost finished the practice questions that she had. So, now that Alexander had given her some new material, she could save the
trouble of buying new practice books.
At that thought, Elise stopped questioning Alexander’s intention. After entering the classroom and putting down
her bag, she started reading the practice questions,
“Hey, Elise. Good morning!” Mikayla greeted Elise the moment she arrived at the classroom. Then, she took out
her favorite lollipop and passed it to Elise. “This is for you.”
Elise lifted her head to glance at Mikayla, and her eyes were filled with excitement at once. “How did you know that I like this flavor of lollipops?!”
Mikayla was surprised too as she did not expect them to have the same preference. “Haha! Great minds think
alike, huh?”
Elise received the lollipop and started sucking on it after unwrapping it. At once, a familiar taste spread across
her mouth. During this period, she had always disguised herself and abstained from her favorite food. She even
forced herself to quit having lollipops, which she had been eating for many years. Now that she had a taste of
the familiar flavor, she felt elated.
“I still have many lollipops of different flavors at home. I’ll bring them for you next time.” Mikayla blinked at Elise
cheerfully, and the two girls broke into laughter in spite of themselves.
Meanwhile, Jasmine’s eyes darkened when she saw the intimacy between Mikayla and Elise. Initially, Elise, the ugly girl, was not well received among her classmates, and Jasmine had always looked down upon her. However, it turned out that Elise was very capable to the extent that even Jasmine was defeated.
In just a few days’ time, everyone in the class had changed their attitude toward Elise. Furthermore, Elise’s Chinese oral was so good that even Jasmine couldn’t hold a candle to her. As Jasmine was the representative for Chinese class, she felt humiliated. Ever since young, Chinese was Jasmine’s forte, and she had never met an
opponent before. Snorting, Jasmine clenched her fists and decided she had to think of a way to surpass Elise.
“Hey, Jasmine, let’s go to the library together later;” Jasmine’s deskmate patted her shoulder and said.
Feeling vexed, Jasmine rejected her deskmate directly, “I’m not going. You can go ahead.”
Before this, Jasmine had heard from her parents that Beter planned to head back to the country. Beter was a
well-known Chinese teacher who was very experienced. Besides that, to become one of Beter’s students had
always been her dream. This time, she was determined to buck up in practicing so that she could become
Beter’s student as soon as possible and stop being surpassed by Elise.
Elise was not aware of Jasmine’s intention at all and was only focusing on her Math Olympiad practice
questions. By the time she finished attempting the practice questions that Alexander gave to her, the day of the
examination had arrived.
Danny sent Elise to the examination hall personally. Although he had seen Elise practicing every day during this
period, he never thought that Elise was actually talented. After all, Math Olympiad was not like any other subjects where one could score by merely putting in more effort-in this case, one needed to be talented in order to
master it.
Before leaving, Danny said, “You can take a nap on the table if you really can’t solve the question. We won’t laugh at you even if you only score a few marks. As for the bet, just acknowledge it if you lose.”
Elise lifted her brows slightly and asked, “Are you so certain that I’ll lose?”
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At this moment, Danny simply showed a disdainful expression.
Meanwhile, Elise didn’t say much more. She simply ended the conversion with a succinct sentence. “Remember. Don’t be a sore loser.” After that, she entered the exam venue without looking back.
The Math Olympiad exam was two hours. After entering the exam venue, she found her designated seat based on her exam pass and started answering the questions once the paper was handed down.
As time passed, she managed to complete the paper in less than an hour. After double-checking her answer sheet, she submitted it early as she deemed it satisfactory.
Upon exiting the exam hall, she heard the sound of a car’s honk. At this moment, a lowkey Audi A8 came to a stop in front of Elise. The car window was then rolled down, revealing Jamie’s cheeky face. He gave Elise a welcoming look as he said, “Boss, get in the car.”
Frankly, Elise didn’t see this coming. Nevertheless, she pulled the door open and got into the car. After that, the
car was driven off.
“Boss, how was the exam?”
“Not bad!” Despite the simple answer, Jamie knew what she truly meant. “Boss, you can at least try to be a little bit more humble.”
“Sure! To what do I owe the pleasure?”
With a grin, Jamie answered her question with a question. “Can’t I just buy you a meal?”
However, Elise knew him too well as she figured Jamie must have a reason to come to her in person. “We can
grab a bite,” she said.
“Sure thing! Just sit tight!” As Jamie announced that, he stepped on the gas and the car started to speed up on the road like an arrow shooting off a bow.
He brought Elise to a high-end restaurant only accessible by members, and they chose a private room that was
more secluded. It was then that Elise said straightforwardly, “Tell me, why are you here to see me?”
Hearing that, Jamie cheekily poured Elise a cup of tea before giving it to her. “You know me the best, Boss. There’s something I have to ask of you.”
“Don’t beat around the bush. Shoot.”
“It’s actually nothing big. It’s about the previous issue. The opponent has offered a price of 50 million. It seems that this isn’t even the peak price yet.”
That made Elise freeze for a moment. Her brows furrowed as she asked, “Do you know who’s the opponent?”
Nodding his head, Jamie answered, “Alexander Griffith.”
Hearing that, Elise felt her taste buds lose the sense of taste. She immediately put down the teacup. “How is it
him?”
“Boss, he seems to be interested in you. Why don’t you go meet him? After all, we can’t be rejecting money, can
we?”
Though she wanted to refute, she recalled how there were two questions from the notes he prepared for her that
came out in the Math Olympiad exam. It made her feel as if she owed him one. Moreover, the orphanage at the northwest needed to be renovated. Thus, a huge amount of funds was required. The 50 million could definitely
come in handy.
“I can go, but on one condition.”
Seeing that she finally gave in, Jamie was over the moon. He would’ve agreed even if ten conditions were given,
not to mention just one. “Boss, just tell me your condition.”
Closing her eyes for a brief moment, she put on a serious look before saying, “I’ll only race with him and him
only. I do not wish for a third person to be around watching.”
At once, Jamie understood. “Sure, Boss. I’ll let the opponent know your proposal. It’d be great if he accepts it. If
he doesn’t accept it, then so be it.”
Hearing that, Elise hummed in agreement.
Jamie and Elise then happily enjoyed their meal. As they were leaving after the meal, they coincidentally bumped
into Alexander. Immediately, Jamie and Elise kept a distance between them as one of them walked ahead of the
other.
Looking at him, Elise forced herself to greet him. “How coincidental! You’re here to eat too!”
Alexander was here to discuss a contract with a business partner. As his partner fancied the food served in this
restaurant, he made a reservation here. Obviously, he didn’t expect to see her here.
“You’re here to eat alone?”
Nodding her head, she said, “I’ve finished eating, and I’m just about to leave.”
As he didn’t say anything, she left. After that, he looked toward the private room that she walked out from. He could clearly see two sets of utensils on the table. At once, the light in his eyes dimmed. Obviously, she had lied. However, why did it concern him?
As he was amidst his thoughts, his phone in his pocket suddenly rang. He picked it up and learned that it was a
call from his assistant. “Mr. Griffith, the opponent has agreed to race with you, but she has a condition.”
At once, his eyes lit up like it was Christmas. At this moment, he didn’t bother to care about anything else. “Try to satisfy their request no matter what it is and set a date and time.”
“Alright, Mr. Griffith.”
After the meal, Elise headed back to school. Upon arrival, she was summoned by her Mathematics teacher to the office in a secretive manner. “Elise, how was the exam? Were the questions tough? Are you confident?”
Pursing her lips, she answered truthfully, “It’s alright.”
When Mr. Winfrey heard that, his last sliver of hope shattered into pieces. He then sighed as he gave her shoulder a pat as consolation. “It’s alright. You tried your best. Go along and prepare for class.”
Initially, she wanted to say something, but she swallowed back her words after seeing the disappointed look on his face. “Alright, sir. I’ll get going then.”
After she left, he shook his head helplessly before heaving a sigh. To be frank, he had high hopes for her as he saw her potential. That was why he recommended her to join the City Mathematics Olympiad Competition. However, it seemed that his hopes were all for nothing now.
Another teacher in the same office consoled him. “Mr. Winfrey, don’t sigh. It’s not every day you meet a Mathematics Olympiad genius like Mr. Griffith. Don’t let it get to you.”
Mr. Winfrey sounded a little disappointed as he said, “Perhaps that’s true. Nevertheless, I think that Elise is a great candidate. I’ve seen her way of thinking when she solves questions. It was rather special. However, it seems that she will not pass with flying colors this time. I suppose it’s the mentality. She has to gain more
experience and practice more to excel!”
Shaking his head, he fell silent as he headed to his next class with a water bottle.
After the Math Olympiad exam, the results would only be released two weeks later. Elise simply gave herself a
rough estimation of the marks she’d get. After completing the exam, she neither kept the thought in mind nor did
she worry about the results. On the contrary, someone else was rather concerned about her results.
Danny had pulled quite some strings to find out the difficulty level of the questions on the Math Olympiad exam
this time.
“Can I trust you? Have you gotten the news yet?”
“Don‘t worry, Young Master Griffith. I did a lot of research on Reddit. The difficulty is quite hard this time. You need not worry about it.”
Nevertheless, Danny asked dubiously, “Really?”
“You have my word. Don’t worry.”
Hearing that, Danny finally felt relieved.
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Almost all of those in the city who excelled in Mathematics would participate in the Math Olympiad competition, but only very few of them would win a prize. For someone at Elise’s level, there was a slim chance to win. Hence,
it was almost certain that Danny would win.
Although the outcome was predicted, he couldn’t help but feel proud. He was finally getting rid of the ugly
monster. Therefore, he had his chin up for the coming few days as triumph was written all over his face. It was
especially evident whenever he picked her up.
“Ugly Elise, it’s another day less of seeing you.”
Hearing that, she snorted. “Childish.” She didn’t feel affected by his insults at all as she was completely invested
in her race with Alexander.
Jamie had already set a date and time with the other party.
‘Boss, this Sunday at 8 o’clock. Black Dragon Tunnel! Looking at the message Jamie had sent her, Elise replied
with an emoticon of an OK hand gesture.
That day after school, Elise used the excuse of hanging with her classmates with the Griffiths.
“Grandpa Griffith, I’ll be going to my friend’s place to hang out at night, so I won’t be coming back. Don’t worry
about me.”
“Okay. Be careful outside.” Jonah acknowledged before he hung up the phone.
Putting the phone back into her pocket, Elise waited for Jamie to pick her up. She then removed her makeup and changed her clothes, revealing her fair, flawless face. Usually, she wore a wig and had makeup on to disguise herself. She did it so often that she almost forgot how she actually looked.
Now that she was looking into the mirror without her disguise, she saw a youthful young girl. With that, she couldn’t help but smile. To avoid getting recognized by Alexander, not only did she have a change of clothes and
makeup, she even put on a fox mask.
Jamie had brought Elise to the garage leading to the Supercar C-001. Seated in the driver’s seat, Elise skillfully
stepped on the gas pedal to the max, bringing the car to great speed in the next second.
Soon, the night came. Fortunately, nights in the summer were not too dark. With just the right amount of wind
blowing, it felt relaxing.
At 8 o’clock sharp, she arrived at Black Dragon Tunnel punctually. She then took the initiative to greet Alexander. “I didn’t expect that you’d be so punctual.”
Elise had a very different image today as if she was another person, so he didn’t notice anything off at all.
“You can decide on the rules.”
At once, a smirk crept up her lips. “Two laps around the tunnel road. Whoever gets to the finish line first wins.”
“Sure, no problem.” Both of them seemed to have come to a mutual understanding. Not long after, they stepped
on the gas pedal in sync before their cars sped through the spiral road ahead.
Since young, she was very into car racing because she liked the feeling of speed. She dug the adrenaline that pumped in her veins as she sped through the road. However, her family had always thought that it was too
dangerous, so they never approved of it.
Every time, she had to secretly practice driving. She would even take part in some racing competitions from time to time. Things had just come to a slower pace these recent years. Now that she was back behind the wheels, excitement and passion filled her eyes. With her foot fully stepped down on the gas, she was overwhelmed with
the joy of speed.
As she skillfully handled the wheel, it didn’t take long before he was behind her. From the rear mirror, she took a
glance at the car that was chasing her end before a smile was formed on her lips. At this moment, she pulled a
beautiful 360-degree drift that’d make one feel overwhelmed. It was such a dangerously beautiful car racing
technique that was executed flawlessly.
Meanwhile, Alexander, whose vehicle was still behind hers, had witnessed that. At once, his eyes were filled with
excitement. It’s her! It really is her! He had finally found her!
Happiness was plastered on his face, Immediately, he stepped on the gas pedal to catch up with her.
On the Black Dragon road, two speeding cars were in an intense race. In no time, the cars were side-by-side. At
this moment, Alexander couldn’t hide his excitement anymore and asked, “What’s your name?”
Nonetheless, she could only feel the wind in her ears, and not a word that he said. “What did you say?”
He then said louder, “Are you Sue? The champion of the international competition three years ago?”
The car was still going at a high speed, and she couldn’t hear a thing of what he said. Giving him a confused look, she decided to speed up and listen to him at the finish line.
As they came to a turn, she didn’t plan on reducing her speed. She simply passed through with another beautifully executed drifting technique. Meanwhile, he tried to surpass her at the turn to talk to her clearly.
Unexpectedly, the brake system of his vehicle had malfunctioned at the turn, and a loud bang could be heard.
Alexander’s car had run into the divider at the turn.
Upon hearing that, she was alarmed. At once, she stepped on the brake and stopped her car by the side before getting out of it. She then ran toward his vehicle. As she ran, she dialed Jamie’s phone. “Come over quickly.
Alexander got into an accident.”
Her tone was obviously very urgent. Before the phone call ended, she had already reached his vehicle. From the window, she could see that he had already lost consciousness. At the same time, she noted a thick gasoline
smell in the air.
Realizing that something bad was about to happen, she didn’t think twice before she threw her fist and broke the
car’s window open. Despite the numbing pain on her knuckles, she disregarded it.
“Alexander, hang in there just a little longer.” As she said that, she pulled the car door open before unbuckling the
seatbelt for him. She then forcefully pulled him out of the car.
With the weight of a 1.8 meter tall man solely supported on her, she could only grit her teeth as she pulled him
away from his car. When she had gotten them to an approximate distance of several meters away, a loud
explosion sound rang in her ears. Out of instinct, she leaned down to protect him as the two of them lay on the
ground with their fronts facing downward.
When Jamie had arrived, he couldn’t consider too many factors. He quickly rushed to them before asking in
concern, “Boss, how are you? Are you alright? I’ll send you to the hospital immediately.”
Facing Alexander, Elise said, “Don’t bother about me. Go see how he is doing.”
It was only then that Jamie noticed Alexander, who had already passed out. He then carried him into his car
without much hesitation. “Boss, how are you?”
“I’m fine. Send him to the hospital first.”
Nevertheless, he still felt a little unsettled. After getting reassurance that she was alright, he finally left to send
Alexander to the hospital.
It was only then that she dusted her clothes down as she looked at the raging fire behind her. At this moment, she finally noticed that her right hand had a wound from punching the glass window open. At that point, the blood had already clotted, and she didn’t really feel much pain. Her eyes were dark as they were filled with
sadness.
Her grandpa used to tell her that racing was very dangerous. He had even told her not to get involved in it, but she could not refrain from it. Now that it had led to an accident as such, she couldn’t help but feel guilty. She could only pray that he’d be fine.
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The news that Alexander had gotten into an accident had alarmed a lot of people. In the hospital, the Griffiths
were all present, including Jonah.
“How’s Alexander? Is his life in danger?” Danny asked the doctor in a very anxious tone. The doctor then
answered truthfully, “Aside from outer injuries, there isn’t much trauma on his body. However, we will only be sure
after a thorough examination. Please be patient.”
“Thank you, doctor,” Jonah said with sincerity. Knowing that the Griffiths are of noble backgrounds, the doctor reassured them, “Don’t worry, we’ll try our best.”
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When Elise arrived at the hospital, she had changed back to her usual look. She had even bandaged the wound
on her right hand.
“Grandpa Griffith, is Alexander okay?”
He then gave a few pats on the back of her hand, unsure of whether they were to assure her or himself. “Don’t worry. He’ll be fine.”
She then acknowledged him before looking up to see the door of the operation room that was closed. Inevitably, she felt heavy in her heart.
Meanwhile, Danny was full of complaints. He pulled Alexander’s assistant, Cameron, over, before questioning him. “What happened? Why did he suddenly go racing again? He even got into such a big accident.”
“Young Master Griffith, I’ve already assigned some people to investigate this matter. I believe that there will be news soon. Please don’t get enraged. The most important thing right now is Mr. Griffith’s health.”
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“I’m telling you, if something bad happens to Alexander, I will not let you off” Danny said with anger. At this moment, he was nothing less of an enraged lion.
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Just then, the door of the operation room opened. Following, a doctor and several nurses came out. At once, the Griffiths swarmed forward. “How did it go, doctor? Is my grandson alright?”
The doctor then pulled off his surgical mask before reporting the condition of the patient. “Aside from some
minor injury to the basic cartilage, there isn’t anything major, but the collision has caused a cerebral concussion. Thus, he has to be monitored in the hospital.”
“When will he wake up then?”
“When the anesthesia wears off, he should wake up.”
The doctor’s words had made everyone feel less worried. Then, Jonah turned to look at Matthew, who had been quiet throughout the incident, before saying, “Alright, since he’s okay, a few of you can head back first.”
Nonetheless, Matthew hesitated. “Grandpa, why don’t I stay here today? You all can head back.”
Usually, Jonah wouldn’t say anything, but he simply rejected Matthew’s proposal today. “There isn’t much use for you to stay here. Just let Danny stay behind. All of us can go home.”
Hearing what he said, Elise, who initially wanted to find an excuse to stay behind, remained silent. She then went
with Jonah and the others back home with Matthew following suit.
En route back home, Jonah noticed the bandage on her hand. He then asked out of concern, “Ellie, what
happened to your hand? How did you get hurt?”
Out of instinct, she quickly tucked her hand into her pocket before explaining, “I accidentally tripped this
afternoon. It’s not a big deal.”
“Silly girl. You’re always so careless. Are you alright?”
Shaking her head, she said, “I’m fine, Grandpa. It’s just a minor injury. Please pay it no heed.”
Despite what she said, he still felt concerned. Hence, he told Matthew to send some medication to her once they
reached home.
As Matthew reached Elise’s doorstep, he knocked on the door. After she opened the door, he passed a good
bottle of wound recovery to her. “Grandpa told me to pass this to you.”
“Huh? My hand is alright, so don’t worry about it. Relay my thanks to Grandpa for me.”
Nonetheless, he disregarded what she said as he pulled her wrist over. Despite it being roughly bandaged
already, there were still traces of the wound splitting open. Even the gauze was tainted with some blood that seeped out.
“Obviously your wound isn’t dealt with properly. I’ll do it for you.”
“There’s no need…” She quickly rejected him out of instinct, but he didn’t give her the chance to do so. Immediately, he undressed the gauze and applied the medication on the wound with a cotton bud.
When he took off the dressing, he could see that the wound was obviously not caused by a trip. The wound was irregular as if it was caused by something sharp–no, it looked like a wound that was cut by thin glass shards.
Though his eyes darkened, his expression didn’t change at all. He simply asked in a casual tone, “How did you
get hurt so badly?”
Pulling her hand back instinctively, she did not want to interact with him unnecessarily. “I’ll do it myself.”
“Do all girls like to act tough? Why are you still keeping up a tough front when you‘re already hurt? If you don’t wish to talk, I won’t ask.”
“No, I–” Before she could finish, she felt a painful chill run down the back of her hand. She then sucked in a
deep breath before saying, “Please be more gentle.”
Hearing that, he smiled. “So you do feel pain. I’ll use less pressure then.”
Matthew was fully focused on treating her wound properly, and he had done a good job with its dressing. Although she didn’t want to admit it, she still said sincerely, “Thank you.”
“Don’t sweat it. We live under the same roof. We’re more or less friends.” His tone sounded friendly enough to
break her previous impression of him. In her mind, she guessed that he must be trying to befriend her after
seeing her true face last time.
Little did she know, everything she was seeing now was fake. Matthew had an ulterior motive.
At 3 in the morning, Alexander, who was lying in the hospital bed, slowly opened his eyes. A dim light shone into
his eyes as he stared at the ceiling above him. At once, the smell of disinfectant invaded his nostrils as he
registered that he was in the hospital.
Moving his arm, he was just about to get up when the ward door was pushed open. Just then, Cameron walked
i “Mr. Griffith, you’re awake?”Humming in response, he asked, “What’s going on?”
At once, Cameron reported what he had found out thus far. “After our men’s investigation, the car that was
burned had its brake damaged on purpose. It wasn’t a simple accident–someone sabotaged you.”
When Alexander heard that, his eyes darkened as they filled up with a dangerous aura. “Look into it. I want
answers.”
“Don’t worry, Mr. Griffith. Our men will investigate it thoroughly. We will surely find the mastermind behind this.
As Alexander hummed in acknowledgment, he couldn’t help but recall what he had witnessed prior to the crash.
He then repeated, “I want his information. No matter the price. I must find this person.”
Obviously, Cameron knew what he was referring to. Having worked for Alexander for so many years, naturally, he
would know about the one thing Alexander had been persistent to find for the past years–it was to find the
astounding racer from Cittadel, Sue, who performed excellently in the international Grand Prix. It seemed that Alexander was very confident this time.
“Noted, Mr. Griffith. I’ll pass on your orders.”
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“Wait! This matter shouldn’t be known by anyone else. I would be more at ease if you investigate it personally.”
Cameron had no objections to that. “Understood, Young Master Alex. I will definitely try my best to find an
answer to this.”
After he left, the huge room fell into silence. Though it was dark outside, Alexander was still quite alert. He looked out of the window as he recalled everything that happened during that day. The more he thought about it, the stronger his heart palpitated. After all, he had finally found the person he had been stubbornly looking for all this while and he believed that not long after this, they would be able to see each other again.
When Elise knew that Alexander had woken up, she finally felt relieved. For the past few days, the siblings of the
Griffith Family took turns to send her to school. On top of that, they also had to take turns to take care of
Alexander at the hospital. Meanwhile, she had never visited him once.
Just as the results of the Mathematics Olympiad was about to be released, something unimaginable happened
in school. First, the headmaster suddenly received a call from one of the most well-known universities for their
math degree in the city.
“I heard that your school has a top student in mathematics. Do mentally prepare her to consider the University of
Zechria. We are quite a promising university and I’m sure it would help her future a lot if she enrolls into our
university.”
The headmaster was confused upon hearing this. “May I know which student you are referring to?”
However, the person on the other end of the line merely chuckled in response. “Don’t worry. You will know in two days. Also, do know that if the result of this student’s trial exam for finals is enough to enroll in the top
universities, our university is willing to accept her even if she chose not to attend the exam.”
The headmaster was surprised to hear this, as this meant that the student would have a confirmed place at the university. He had been working at this school for many years. Apart from the sons of the Griffith Family having similar treatment a few years back, no one else had caught the attention of a professor in the University of
Zechria.
Unless…
At that point, the headmaster suddenly recalled something. Unless someone from our school has gotten high
marks for the City Mathematics Olympiad! More than a dozen students participated in that competition, though.
Who would it be?
“Excuse me, but may I know which student you are referring to? Are you sure that he or she is from my school?
Can you please reveal their identity?”
“Goodness, are you still beating around the bush? Don’t you know the top student in your school? I have to say
that this student is really impressive. Even an old man like me, who has seen his fair share of bright students, can’t help but sing her praises. She has an innate talent in mathematics.”
“Come on, now; you keep arousing my interest. Perhaps you can reveal some information to me?”
However, no matter how much the headmaster asked, the person on the other end of the line refused to say
anything. The former voiced out a few top students based on his assumptions but in the end, he did not find out
about anything.
Over the next few days, the headmaster received a few other phone calls from various different departments,
the Education Ministry, the deans of some universities, and even some headmasters of other high schools. However, the headmaster still did not know who the student was. Hence, he always tried to beat around the bush
whenever he received such calls.
Having no other choice, he called a meeting with all the mathematics teachers in his school. “Among the
students who participated in the Math Olympiad this time, is there anyone who is exceptionally brilliant?”
The few mathematics teachers exchanged glances, but they only saw blankness reflected in each other’s eyes.
At that point, Mr. Winfrey, one of the teachers, could not help saying, “I know how my students fared in the competition. It’s already considered quite good if they can win something, but I don’t see anyone exceptionally
talented. However, there’s a student who has quite a strong foundation and scored first place in the last internal
exam, which is why I encouraged her to take part in the Mathematics Olympiad. But girls aren’t usually as
talented in mathematics compared to boys, so I think it’s already quite impressive if she wins a prize.”
After hearing his words, the headmaster did not associate this particular female student with the mysterious
student.
“What about the rest? Think carefully-do you have any outstanding students?”
The other mathematics teachers shook their heads respectively, leaving the headmaster slightly confused. Logically speaking, the people who called him definitely would have heard of some news. If only a few called
him, there was a possibility that this might be a mistake. However, he received many calls over the past few
days, so he was sure that it was not as simple as a mistake. Even though he had a meeting with all the
mathematics teachers, he did not get any clues at all.
“Sir, might it be that the reason you gathered us here and asked us these questions is that our school has a new
breakthrough?”
The headmaster pressed his lips tightly together, a worried look appearing on his face. “I don’t know either. But I
have a hunch that we might be doing pretty well in this competition. How many more days until the results of the
Mathematics Olympiad are out?”
“I think another two to three days.”
“In that case, let’s just wait for the results to come out. Then, everything will clear up. I hope it’s good news that will cheer everyone up.”
Everyone exchanged smiles as they did not take the headmaster’s words seriously. After all, they knew their own
students well, so they did not pay much attention to this.
It was only when the results of the Mathematics Olympiad was released that the entire school was in shock.
“Do you know that someone in our school scored full marks in the Mathematics Olympiad?”
“What? Full marks? Who is the genius? I have to have a look for myself! I remember one of our seniors also
scored full marks. What was his name again?”
“You must be referring to Alexander Griffith. He was incredible. Not only was he good at math, he was great at
other subjects too. He was practically like a male celebrity in our school.”
“That’s amazing! By the way, who is the person who scored full marks in our school?”
In his office, the headmaster looked at the results of the Mathematics Olympiad rather incredulously. At that
moment, he was unable to even fully express his joy. “I can’t believe that she got full marks! This is a rare talent! Mr. Winfrey, it is a great achievement on your part.”
Mr. Winfrey, on the other hand, had not recovered from his state of shock. He could tell that Elise had a good foundation in math, which was why he encouraged her to join the Mathematics Olympiad. However, he did not expect she would be this talented to achieve first place in a city-level competition.
“Sir, this girl is quite good! We can focus on honing her skills.”
“Have a nice chat with her once you get back. Oh-and when you register the scholarship for her, you can directly give her a first class scholarship” the headmaster announced happily.
Upon hearing such words from him, Mr. Winfrey swelled with pride. His chin lifted slightly and his chest was
puffed out as he walked back to the classroom leisurely.
As soon as he entered the classroom, he immediately saw Elise, who was sitting in the last few rows. Clearing
his throat, Mr. Winfrey announced, “Before we begin our lesson today, I have something to tell everyone-the
results of the City Mathematics Olympiad Competition are out!”
With that, those who participated in the Mathematics Olympiad became nervous as they looked expectantly at
Mr. Winfrey.
However, Danny was the only exception. He looked at Elise vindictively, as if to say, “Elise Sinclair, you are doomed! I’m sure you’ve lost!”