Let's Get Married

The second week that Lorraine has discharged from hospital, she has been urging Eunice to return to school. Eunice agrees with her too. She originally wanted to wait until the time Lorraine is healthier than ever but she is bombarded by her nags every day, giving her no choice but to go back to school.

She first goes to the academic affairs department to resume her student status. After taking time off for a whole year, she couldn’t attend any exams, and this means that she can only restart again from her second year in school. However, it doesn’t affect Eunice in any way. It is still acceptable for her.

In her discussion with her teacher, the teacher listens intently to know about her current situation and proceeds to enlighten her ways to apply for a scholarship and allowance.

Eunice is all ears while jotting down the important points.

After exiting the academic affairs department, Eunice doesn’t immediately head home; instead she loiters around the school compound while immersed in memories. The massive school compound is bustling with new faces as her arrival has coincided with the start of a new semester. New students brush past her in every few seconds, and with that she even feels herself invigorated with their sense of youth.

She has been very hard on herself for too long to the point that she might even appear exhausted. She would even look more mature compared to her peers. Perhaps she should loosen up slightly.

She wanders to the canteen area which is now full of students enjoying their short break. Coincidentally, she bumps into her former roommate, Maureen Hunter.

The both of them stayed in the same dormitory previously, but they weren’t really on good terms all the while. Maureen’s father is the associate professor while her mother is the branch manager of a bank, so it is safe to say that she hails from a well-off family. This is why she always looks down on Eunice who is relatively poor and inferior. She is always condescending and arrogant towards her.

Eunice always endures her mocking gaze, not wanting to stir up unnecessary trouble. This temporary peace only lasted until Maureen had lost her new watch two weeks prior to their semester break. That watch worth a staggering forty thousand yuan and it is a branded watch of Chanel. Even though she had tried to look for it for two days at that time, she couldn’t come up with anything. That was when she decided to suddenly blame Eunice for stealing her watch.

Eunice of course couldn’t take this well at all, since she hated being framed and belittled the most. Eunice had been accused without any evidence at all so she adamantly let Maureen search her bed and cupboards, but there was no sign of the watch even though she had practically upturned everything.

She thought that things had come to an end, but she had underestimated the power of rumours. For some reason, this matter had spread through the whole faculty, and there was a different light in other student’s eyes whenever they looked at Eunice. At first, Eunice had been holding on well by ignoring them, but sooner or later she started to feel the aftereffects of such damaging rumours. She decided that she couldn’t very well just sit there without doing anything.

policemen arrived at her dormitory and were able to prove

her and just pass by her, but she

“Hey, who is this?”

as she watches Maureen walking towards her confidently with arrogance written all over her face, “Isn’t this Eunice, our good

that, she flashes a malicious smile at a

of Maureen as someone childish as she doesn’t register the

you’ve fallen behind for one year. I suppose that you need to start again from year 2, correct? But you did have a miserable fate, and you are probably the only one who applied for suspension of schooling because you couldn’t afford the school fees.” Maureen continues to hurl insults and mockery at her, especially

society for a year, Eunice feels like she has reborn into a new person. If it was the past, Eunice would wallow in self-abasement, but she doesn’t even feel any of that emotion now.

over their body, but this won’t do anything to dismiss the fact that they are rotten inside, despite looking flashy

I am surprised that you are so enthusiastic now. Then again, I don’t think you need to worry about me at all, restarting my year 2 perhaps would allow me to make friends with

for words. She is only able to blurt out something after a while, “It

I didn’t make any progress at all.” Eunice answers with a smile, and the glint in her eyes makes it clear that she is implying Maureen’s lack of improvement in

words initially, but her efforts are trumped by Eunice’s mocking words. She says sarcastically before fuming away, “Then you should wait until you really start

watches them move away from her, and there is

cares about how others perceive her. If she really takes into account everybody’s

Eunice passes by a shop selling affordable and delicious duck. Thinking that she is going to start her semester two days later, she decides to buy a duck

portion of her health, she can start consuming meat again. It is a good time to let

her to a bus stop in the suburbs, the sky is already getting dark. She carries two temporary food packages while walking towards her small residential area. The sound-proofing in this area is not decent as she can hear the

her ears. She feels unspeakable warmth welling