Coolest Girl in Town

For the sake of fairness, both of them wrote the words ‘hard work always pays’. Soon enough, both the old man and the young boy completed their pieces, and they placed their calligraphy writings on the most eye-catching spot in the store. Then, they halved the original price of the item in order to get passersby to purchase it as soon as possible.

A young man walked past them just a few minutes later before purchasing the old man’s piece. Then, the old man beamed as he took the cake away from the young boy. “The cake is all mine now,” the old man said cockily.

The young boy hung his head low in disappointment before wrapping his arms around himself. He wore a grumpy look on his face—it was clear that he was shocked by the results. Elise pressed her lips into a smile before she walked over to ruffle the young boy’s hair. “Hey, old man. Do you think it’s right for someone your age to bully a kid?”

The old man stuck his arms behind him to hide the cake. Then, he responded with a slow smirk. “We both agreed to do this, so why would it be inappropriate? You can always try to win the cake back for him if you feel that I didn’t win it fair and square.” The young boy parted his lips to say something but shut his mouth again after meeting the old man’s gaze.

People nowadays enjoy using their seniority to make themselves appear more impressive, Elise thought. He assumes that he has the right to be demanding and arrogant just because he is older. Elise didn’t wish to play along with his rules. “Sure. Let’s compete against each other again, then.”

“Are you serious?” The old man grew excited upon hearing her words. Then, he stroked his white beard as he spoke eccentrically. “If you lose, you’ll have to buy two more pieces of the same cake for me.”

“I don’t mind buying you an entire cake,” Elise replied. “Let’s do it.”

“Yes, let’s!” The old man put the cake down before lifting his brush. Then, in one swift motion, the man wrote the word ‘perseverance’ on a piece of paper. Elise walked over to take a good look at it before nodding lightly. “That’s a really smooth stroke,” she commented.

The old man held his head high as he ran his fingers through his beard. “It’s your turn.”

up before writing the same word on a different piece of paper. However, her actions were just as swift. Initially, the old man

to circle around her figure as she ran the brush across the paper. “I’m done.” The old man was still mesmerized by the woman’s actions

if he was hypnotized for a moment. He widened his eyes as he stared at her writing. D-Did she write this free-handedly? Her strokes are firm

glared at Elise with a look of disbelief. She’s just a young girl—I can’t believe she’s so good at calligraphy. Even at my age, I’m not at her

pleased with his response, and she teased him with a slight smirk on her face.

his senses after hearing her voice. “Of course. Young lady—I mean, master, I am humbled to meet you.

“Elise Sinclair,” she replied.

while nodding thoughtfully. Unfortunately, he couldn’t seem to recall any local calligraphy artists whose last name was Sinclair. But he didn’t

something, so he quickly turned around to bring the cake over before handing it to the young boy. “Here you go. You can have half of it, and you can’t

“Grandpa?” Elise’s eyebrows shot up immediately. “Grandpa? Is he your Grandpa?” she asked the

a little embarrassed at herself. It seemed like she had been too much of a busybody. “I’m

to his main point. “I was wondering, Miss Sinclair… Would you be interested in joining Tissote’s

higher level than the old man, and he was very clear of all the names that were

members to reevaluate the level you’re at.” Andy immediately pulled his grandchild’s

terrible for rejecting a man who seemed so passionate, so she ended up giving him her contact. However, Alexander could tell that Elise didn’t want to stay