After Emily rubbed the soft body of the puppy, she washed her hands and slowly got into the car.
Emily’s phone rang. It was from Sydnee. Emily answered the call.
“Don’t tell him that you sent him a message because I reminded you,” Sydnee whispered, “I don’t know whether he saw me just now, because I was hiding behind the curtain. I saw him staring at his phone screen for a long time.”
Emily smiled, “I think he has already known it.”
Sydnee was lost for words.
She sighed, “You know what? Today’s Elsie’s birthday. He went to see her with a cake. However, Elsie suddenly went crazy and threw the cake on the ground.”
Of course, Emily remembered this day.
“He still cares a lot about his family,” Sydnee continued.
“Yes.”
After Emily hung up the phone, she stared at the phone, thinking about something.
“What’s wrong?” Vincent rubbed her head and asked.
“Eliot used to treat me very well,” Emily looked out of the window. A moment later, she said softly, “It’s the same now.”
“Why didn’t you tell him you’re in school?” Vincent carried her hand with his fingers.
“He promised that he would take me into the school,” Emily smiled and added, “I don’t want to make him sad. He might feel sorry because he didn’t keep his promise.”
She looked out the window and said in a soft voice, “I didn’t expect that he would be sad even if I didn’t tell him.”
“Don’t think too much about it. Could you understand what teachers taught for the past few days?” Vincent hugged her.
“I couldn’t. I couldn’t understand all these subjects except Chinese,” Emily immediately forgot her sadness and complained.
“Just take them down. I can help you tonight,” Vincent said as he stroked her hair.
“Alright.” Emily kissed his chin and said, “Just put me off on the roadside instead of the school gate.”
Vincent pinched her chin and kissed her, “It’s up to you.”
There were different kinds of people in Class F in Second High School. Emily tried to keep a low profile by wearing a mask and oversized uniform. Vincent told him not to take off the mask, which was his only requirement for her.
With her long hair covering her cheeks, Emily was wearing a mask and uniform. She had much in common with the students. No one knew that Emily was three or four years older.
Every day she would sit in the front of the classroom and take notes in each class. She would look up to the dictionary whenever she came across new words. Although she was poor in academic performance, her writing was beautiful. However, teachers would not pay much attention to their students. They would leave as soon as they finished the lecture.
Class S and Class A were different from Emily’s class. All the teachers would take advantage of the break time. They would finish their lectures seven minutes behind schedule, leaving only three minutes break for students. However, the next class would begin one minute ahead of schedule. Thus, some students couldn’t even go to the toilets.
At first, Emily’s deskmate showed much interest in her and asked, “Why are you wearing a mask? Are you allergic? Why didn’t you speak? Where do you live? What’s your name?”
Rex had already arranged it well before Emily came for classes. To keep a low profile, Emily sat down for classes without even making a self-introduction.
Emily’s deskmate had asked her several questions in a row, but Emily didn’t answer them in detail. Probably her deskmate thought Emily was indifferent, so she didn’t speak to her anymore. The deskmate even drew a line between them and wouldn’t allow Emily to cross the line.
Emily was speechless.
Fortunately, Emily had also got help from someone kind. The girl was sitting behind Emily. Every time Emily was busy taking notes, she would say to Emily, “Those knowledge points are not for texts.”
“Why?” Emily turned around and asked.
“They’re too simple.” The girl pointed to her own book with red marks on it and said, “These are for the texts.”
“How do you know?” Emily asked.
“This is a book I bought from a senior sister. Didn’t you find that the book is old? It will be easier to learn and prepare for the exams by focusing on the notes,” The girl thought for a while and said, ” I can lend it to you. You can mark down the important learning points before returning the book to me.”
“Thank you,” Emily took the book for that girl.
The girl stared at Emily’s ring finger.
Emily was lost for words.
She retracted her hand and said awkwardly, “I, I…”
“I know. Was it a gift given by a boy? Don’t worry. As long as you’re careful, our teachers will not discover it,” the girl said casually.
Emily didn’t say anything.
She immediately removed the ring and stuffed it into her pocket. She would make it as a necklace to wear after returning home.
The deskmate looked at her ring and mocked, “It is just a two-yuan cheap ring.”
“No, it’s very expensive,” Emily smiled faintly.
The deskmate seemed to be a little interested in it and said, “Three yuan?”
Emily was speechless.
She held back her words and kept quiet. Emily hadn’t known before that Trevor designed the ring given by Vincent. She thought the ring was as priceless as a piece of treasure.
“How are your relations with your classmates?” Vincent asked when they were having dinner, “Is there anything different from what you imagined?”
Emily thought about her deskmate, “Not bad.”
“Teachers will rearrange the seats after having a text. You can separate with her if you don’t like your deskmate,” Rex interrupted,” And you will transfer to a new class after an important examination so that you can transfer to classes at a higher level. There is no need to maintain good relationships with your current classmates.”
“Yes.”
“You can try to get along with your classmates,” Vincent said as he patted Emily on the head.
Emily nodded, “Alright.”
“Where’s the ring?” Vincent asked as he stared at her hand.
“Here,” Emily took out a necklace with the ring on it.
Vincent asked, “Did someone ask you about the ring?”
“Yes, she even said that my ring cost only two yuan.” Emily thought of something, and she curled up her lip corners, “I didn’t wear my school uniform on the first day. She also asked me how much my clothes were. Before I could answer her, she said that they definitely cost less than 20 yuan.”
“Why are you so happy when she said so?” Rex looked at Emily puzzledly.
“Don’t you think that it’s funny?” Emily laughed, “I even asked her where she could buy clothes that cost no more than twenty yuan. She was so angry that her face turned red.”
Rex, “Mrs. Britt, I think that you will soon be isolated by your classmates.”
“What? What do you mean?” Emily asked.
Rex was lost for words.
Vincent took out a notebook with many notes on it from Emily’s bag and asked, “What is this? Your notebook?”
“Yes. Didn’t you ask me to take them down?” Emily was a little embarrassed, “I don’t understand all these.”
Vincent didn’t say anything, just flipping through pages. There were indeed many notes on it.
“Mrs. Britt, was this your third day in school?” Rex was stunned and asked.
“Yes,” Emily took out another notebook from her bag, “And I still have another one.”
Rex was lost for words.
What Emily wished most was to graduate from high school.. She dared not dream of being enrolled in elite universities like Peking University or Tsinghua University.
