Revenge

She got expelled?

“Is it?” Amanda looked Rae Yan with unusual calm.

She was not Mia and she watched the incident and everyone involved as an outsider; Mia would have felt so panic and sad as Rae Yan expected, but not Amanda.

The unusual coolness and indifference of Amanda, sure enough, made Rae Yan feel uneasy; with her eyess evasive and hands firmly clenching at the backpack, she turned to look at Ali.

"Why, aren't you worried? I was so worried that I came out looking for you." It took Rae Yan a while to speak, watching Mia and squeezing out an awkward smile.

Ali rested his hands on the shoulder of Amanda and seemed not to feel comfortable leaving her and Rae to talk alone; but Amanda pushed him away and walked toward Rae Yan against his wishes on purpose. She held Rae Yan’s arm saying: “you have got to accompany to the president tonight, I don’t wanna get myself fired; I hate to leave you guys.”

With that, Amanda looked back at Ali and smiled at him.

Ali responded her with a smile, his eyes curved.

The atmosphere was so harmonious that Rae Yan, surprised at her soft words, said, "Ok, I'll go with you."

One thing Amanda felt good about was the independence and self focus of Rae Yan; she was leading the way in front while she and Ali was following behind. She could use her guide right now.

"Mia, where were you last night?" Still, Rae Yan repeated the same question as if determined to get a result out of her mouth.

Amanda, with her expression unchanged, looked at her and smiled. "Where do you think I've been? You must be so worried?"

should have detected any harm from it, but still the lighthearted rhetorical question was making Rae Yan, who must be at her

Mr. Hu's car and they said you were a mistress of his. Well, Ali was very sad and had been looking for you for the whole night. President called in Madam Gorski last night this morning

was it.

thought for a second, adding, "You're my best friend.

being stung by the flattery, Rae Yan bit her lip and didn't speak; she suddenly stopped

Then she turned around and walked

beneath her large hip-hop dress and smiled with the self-aware irony. As the “best friend”, she had done

“President’s office”! Amanda raised her hand and knocked.

Ever since her death, Amanda had been so sensitive to sound that she was positively certain she had heard it in the hotel hallway last night.

Amanda opened the door

saw her, the middle-aged man sitting behind the desk stiffened his body

and took a couple of steps forward, facing the man behind the large desk: “Didn’t we just meet last night; didn’t you just say how beautiful, young and tender I

pick you up and take you home! We don't need students

with a feigned look of grievance in her eyes, looked at President Liu and cut to the chase: "President Liu, there are three reasons you can't expell me."

president Liu asked "What reasons?"

knows about it. Even if I am seventeen, not exactly a little girl, but I am still a teenager girl; if this were to get out, it would not only ruin your position as the headmaster,

with President Liu? The Art building was one of his construction, right? I am but a thank-you gift from you to Mr. Hu...Thank him for what? I am pretty curious what good did you get out of it? I will try to

and timid teenager girl was now calm, clear-headed and

“Thirdly, Aaron Gu of Gu family seemed to be very content with my company last night; he even drove me to the school this morning after giving me a lot of money. Well, I am pretty sure he would come back for me in not

any longer at the fourth. Yes, last night she was with the Mr. Gu-- the one who did not dare to provoke by any means-- whole night; and that probably explained

seeing him sweating heavily, Amanda strode forwards and handed him the tissue, mocking: “President Liu, wipe away your sweat...This summer is scorching hot and would only get

take over the tissue, Amanda dropped it in front of him

whipping her black ponytail nicely in the air. "President Liu," she said, smiling, "I'm going back to class, if everything is okay.”