The raise of Maureen Smith and her Good Luck System-Chapter 33 - Richard and his team

“Richard, did you know about this all along?” Richard just furrowed his brow, showing no shock.

Clearly, he had known beforehand.

Ethan regretted ever having mocked Maureen for being his hanger-on.

If he had known she was that beautiful, he might have pursued her.

After all, she had a great personality, too.

“What’s beautiful?” Elizabeth thought they were talking about her.

Subconsciously, she lowered her head and tugged at her skirt, then she gave a soft laugh.

However, it was only at this moment that Ethan noticed her presence, he glanced at her ballet outfit:

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“Hmm?

You’ve got class nearby?” Before Elizabeth could reply, Ethan’s attention was already back on his phone.

Elizabeth: “What on earth were they looking at?!

Elizabeth took out her phone and opened the popular A forum that they were engrossed in.

There she saw that Maureen, whom she and Ann had voted into in second place, now had over 3,500 votes and was now ranked first.

Elizabeth looked at the new photo of the girl on the screen, clearly taken this morning, in disbelief.

Even if someone were to say it’s a candid photo of a celebrity, she would believe it.

Elizabeth’s mind raced as she realized what had happened.

So this was why Maureen was bold enough to chase after Richard – she was this beautiful.

It seemed as if she had shot herself in the foot.

Elizabeth’s face fell.

She stared at the group of boys for a while and then forced herself to speak lightly,

“I have some news about the inter-school competition.

Do you still want to hear it or not?

If you only want to look at pretty girls then maybe I’ll leave.”

Only then did the boys notice her and lift their heads to ask,

“What news?”

“It’s an insider’s information, I’ll share it with you all, considering Richard’s report,”

Elizabeth purposefully held back, her gaze fixed on Richard.

However, Richard didn’t look her way.

“Spill it,”

Ethan finally threw his phone a glance,

“what kind of insider information is this?

The competition’s getting called off, can’t possibly be that, right?”

Everyone was aware of Elizabeth’s credible connection in the city education department; hence, the validity of her insider news was deemed highly.

Elizabeth stared at Richard, receiving no response in return, she gritted her teeth and spoke,

“It’s related to your school.

That Professor Logan from your school—the one who used to be the class teacher of your honor class, I heard he has applied for an extra competition slot.

Does he see any potential in a student at your school and wants to provide an extra opportunity?

This is top-secret news.

It’s unconfirmed as of now, so don’t spill the beans.”

“How could that be possible?” Ethan shocked,

“Such a big incident, how could there be no rumors about it?”

Another male student piped in,

“What’s the significance of Professor Logan?

All I know is his incredible teaching skills and test setting capabilities.

His name often appears in national journals, even the headmaster respects him.

But why is his name everywhere in various competition organizations?”

Elizabeth rolled her eyes at the male student, disliking his lack of insight,

“Retired national-level competition gold medal coach, what do you think?”

Ethan, who had some understanding about Professor Logan, said,

“But it’s impossible.

Professor Logan has always been incorruptible and has no relatives in our school.

What’s the point of him applying for an extra slot for our school?”

“I don’t know either.”

Elizabeth dragged a chair over and sat beside Richard, ”

Just remember not to talk about it.”

After Elizabeth disclosed this news, the school competition team’s boys all turned their attention to her.

A boy, secretly in love with her, noticed her eyes always on Richard, who was still looking at pictures on his phone.

Seeing her displeasure, he tried to please her,

“In my opinion, looks don’t matter, intelligence does.

What’s the point of being handsome if you don’t even qualify for the Hundred Schools Competition?”

Elizabeth felt a little better and smiled at the boy’s comment.

She hadn’t realized she wasn’t really as cute as Maureen.

But what’s the point of just being good-looking?

If you consider grades, intelligence, and versatility, anyone could see that she was much more impressive.

For instance, she could participate in this competition while Maureen couldn’t even if he tried his hardest.

“Done drinking?

Then shut up and head back to school.”

Richard puts away his phone and stands up with a cold expression.

He walks to the counter, looks up at the menu, and orders a bold cheesy strawberry drink.

“I almost forgot, I haven’t ordered yet.”

Elizabeth looks around and sees everyone has ordered except for her.

She thought he was ordering for her and walked over with a surprised expression,

“Thank you.” Richard glanced at her and said, “It’s not for you, order for yourself.”

Elizabeth: “Elizabeth looked back awkwardly, fortunately, the boys were all discussing the news she had mentioned earlier, they weren’t paying attention to this side.

Ethan guessed Richard’s thoughts to some extent.

He stood next to Richard and whispered,

“Has Maureen not come to find us for almost half a month now?”

Not only did he not come to find us actively, he didn’t even text or call.

Ethan was not sure if Richard had ever actively called Maureen, but considering that Richard had hesitantly gone to the library to find Maureen that day, he probably did.

But Maureen had changed his number – without even telling him.

Someone who would frequently appear in life, suddenly withdrawing totally.

Nevermind Richard’s reaction, even Ethan couldn’t get used to it.

Moreover, was School A really that big?

They were in the same school, in the same building, in the same cafeteria, and even in the adjacent class, yet they hardly ever ran into each other.

He didn’t know if Maureen was purposely trying to avoid Richard now, or there were just so many coincidences, or it was because Maureen used to be nice to Richard.

Richard’s eyebrows and eyes were cold and stern, he didn’t speak a word.

Ethan took another glance at the dominating cheesecake strawberry handed by the waitress to him.

Nursing the idea of comforting him, he lowered his voice and said,

“Richard, you shouldn’t think too much.

I guess she’s just playing hard to get, trying to catch your attention.”

“Look, hasn’t she already caught your attention?

I remember that Maureen likes cheesecake strawberries.

If you buy and bring it back to her, that means you’ve admitted defeat first.”

Richard gave Ethan a glare, but just kept casting a glance at the packaged drink in his hand.

After hesitating for five seconds, he tossed it into the trash can.

He had never lost before.

And this time was no exception.

==========

On this side, as the birthday banquet was getting closer and closer, Oliver began to worry.

If Maureen is still not persuaded and unwilling to come back before Mrs.

Chris’s birthday, then the truth will come out.

Chris was unable to meet Maureen in school for two consecutive days, so after school, he had his two brothers help him carry the carefully prepared gift to the bottom of Maureen’s dormitory building.

Before presenting the gift, Chris wanted to write an apology note.

But with his terrible writing ability, he was unable to articulate anything, and letting his brothers help with the writing was embarrassingly too corny.

He had never apologized like this in his entire life.

So, seemingly fed up, Chris crumpled the paper into a ball and hastily chucked it.

Maureen didn’t come back, and he felt like he had lost two pounds due to hunger.

Although Chris was very uneasy, always feeling as if he was about to lose something, he still felt that Maureen would return before the birthday banquet — after all, it was their mother’s 50th birthday, wouldn’t it be unlikely for her not to come back?

However, the next morning, when he went to the bottom of Maureen’s hostel building to wait for her, he found his gift box which he had entrusted to the hostel manager.

The box wasn’t even unwrapped, and directly found its way to the dirty trash bin.