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.

had reached out to the counsellor in an attempt to lodge a police report. In the end, policemen arrived at her dormitory and were able to prove her innocence under the anxious gaze of Maureen. This was that point in time when the both of them had finally

see her and just pass by her, but she is called out by Maureen’s

“Hey, who is this?”

all over her face, “Isn’t this Eunice, our good friend? Why did you appear at school

saying that, she flashes a malicious smile

someone childish as she doesn’t register the mocking tone in Maureen’s voice,

a miserable fate, and you are probably the only one who applied for suspension of schooling because you couldn’t afford the school fees.”

into a new person. If it was the past, Eunice would wallow in self-abasement, but she

over their body, but this won’t do

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

Eunice would rebuke her, so she is temporarily at a loss for words. She is only able

answers with a smile, and the glint

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

watches them move away from her, and there is an unspeakable calm

longer cares about how others perceive her. If she really takes into account everybody’s opinion, she wouldn’t be able to hold on strong

Eunice passes by a shop selling affordable and delicious duck. Thinking that she is going to start her

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

while walking towards her small residential area. The sound-proofing in this area is not decent as she can hear the noises and sounds made

pleasing to her ears.