The Charismatic Charlie Wade

Jacob nodded slightly as he thought about their previous class reunion. During that gathering, many of their old classmates had teased Jacob about his previous love triangle with Matilda and Elaine.

At this time, Jacob told Matilda seriously, “Matilda, some of our old classmates will definitely tease us about the incident that happened back then during our class reunion today. I hope that you won’t take it too seriously and you shouldn’t take what they say to heart. They are just a bunch of rude and old people!”

Matilda smiled slightly before she said, “I don’t mind if they joke around, as long as they aren’t distorting the facts. If I was really afraid that they would ridicule me, then I wouldn’t have arranged for this class reunion today! All of our old classmates have not seen me for more than twenty years now! What is the point of teasing me now?”

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When they arrived at the Aurous Hill University, Jacob parked his car at the parking lot near the entrance of the school. After that, Jacob and Matilda walked side by side as they headed towards the university.

campus was very quiet at this

the concrete road of the campus. At this time, Jacob told Matilda, “Our university has already been rebuilt and renovated the campus several times over the years. Therefore, it no longer looks the way it did in the past. To be honest, our campus was actually pretty old

front of the school gate. The other roads were all paved with slag and ash. Sometimes, the school would even ask the local students to bring some burnt briquettes from home to pave the road. The road would always

bring some burnt briquettes from home to school. Do you still remember that we were supposed to hold a sports meeting at school in the past but the track on our school grounds was simply in a very bad condition? At that time, we tried all sorts of ways and means just to get more materials that

she said, “Of course, I remember! At that time, you used your allowance to pay many male students to accompany you on tricycles and go around

group of people to cover almost half of the tracks on the school grounds with the burnt briquettes. I can still remember how happy and grateful the teacher and the school was at that time. They

he felt slightly embarrassed. After that, he said, “Well, the

very much then. I can still recall how there was a really

were even more boys who liked you! I can’t even keep

she said, “It is all in the past now. The number of people who liked us in the past isn’t important anymore. Many people can say that they like you but they’ll