The raise of Maureen Smith and her Good Luck System-Chapter 42 - Avoiding Bianca

As he tidied up, Oliver increasingly felt his own prior unintentional favoritism.

He didn’t even have a single item of Maureen’s in his room.

On further thought, it seemed like Maureen had never entered his room.

Oliver’s mood grew more somber.

Upon receiving the box from the assistant, Bianca’s feelings of grievance and anger reached a crescendo.

Her chest heaved, and with a ‘bam’, she slammed the door and didn’t come down for dinner when it was time.

The maid knocked on the door twice, but she buried her head in the bed covers and refused to eat.

It was rare for Bianca to behave this way at home, because everyone in the family doted on her, and she had never suffered any real grievances.

But once she got upset to the point of refusing to eat, the family would usually come to coax her in turns.

Today, only Oliver and Chris were home since their mother hasn’t returned yet.

Chris is quite straightforward, never mincing his words with anyone.

He had knocked on the door earlier, saying, “Sister Bianca, are you going to eat or not, it’s fine if you don’t.

Is it because Mrs.

Daniel was fired?

Is it such a big deal for you?

Brother said that Mrs..Daniel has always been harsh on sister Maureen.

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Who’s more important, Mrs.

Daniel or Maureen?”

Chris continued, “Nonsense, let go of a hundred Mrs.Daniel, having sister Maureen return is more important!”

“Bianca felt terribly unhappy.

Oliver should have comforted her, but firstly, he wanted to distance himself from Bianca, and secondly, he couldn’t help but think of the words that Maureen’s former class teacher had said to him the whole night.

His guilt towards Maureen surpassed everything else – in the past when Maureen didn’t eat, he seemed to have never cared.

Why did he have to hold Bianca so dearly?

After a moment’s hesitation, Oliver frowned and said,

“Let her be.” No one came to comfort Bianca even till ten at night.

Bianca’s eyes were swollen like walnuts, gradually, her heart was in panic like ants on a hot pan.

This was completely unexpected.

Why is this happening?

Around eleven, the headlights outside swept past, and their mother who had been busy organizing the birthday banquet returned.

After a while, Bianca’s door was pushed open, their mother walked in, sat by the bed, gently lifted Bianca’s blanket, sighed, and comforted,

“Bianca, why are you tormenting yourself over Mrs.

Daniel?

After all, Mrs.

Daniel was the one who made a mistake, your brother is angry now.”

“If you really can’t let go of her, after Maureen comes back for the birthday banquet, let Mrs.

Daniel apologized to Maureen, admitted her mistake, and then we can call Mrs.Daniel back.”

“Mrs.Smith still cared about her.

Bianca felt a lot more at ease.

She sat up, holding back a sob, “Mm…” But really, was it all because of Mrs.Daniel?

What she cared about was her eldest brother and Chris’s response.

After calming Bianca, Mrs.

Smith glanced at the cold moonlight outside the window, but couldn’t help saying,

“I don’t know how Maureen is doing at school, it’s been a long time since she came back.

I’ve been regretting it a bit since scolding her last time, but there’s no suitable chance to make it up.”

The slightly relaxed expression on Bianca’s face froze.

Her hand under the quilt involuntarily clenched.

“She’ll come back when she has thought it through.”

Bianca could only manage a forced smile and comfort.

Mr.

Smith nodded, “When she comes back after the birthday banquet, we’ll buy her some gifts that she likes.”

Bianca: “…” Mrs.

Smith was a little tired, she didn’t say much to her, and went out.

Bianca had a sleepless night, her heart filled with unease and torment.

She wasn’t sure if it was her illusion, but it seemed like some things in the family were subtly changing because of Maureen’s departure.

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The next day, Bianca’s eyes were a bit swollen.

She covered them with foundation, but couldn’t completely hide them.

As soon as the flag-raising ceremony began, Noella immediately noticed and asked,

“What happened?

Anything happened in your family last night?

I misled you yesterday, it was my mistake.

I had no idea that your eldest brother actually went to find Maureen…””

After some thought, Noella comforted, “I think it’s because Maureen has run away from home, so your family’s attention is entirely focused on her.

“I understand,” Bianca turned her head, her gaze inadvertently fell on Maureen, who was situated in the third row of the international class not too far away.

Like her, many people were also subtly glancing at Maureen.

As Maureen removed her mask, she seemed even more beautiful with each day, standing amidst a hazy fog, with a fair face and dazzling features.

Without doing anything, she simply stood in the crowd, causing others to pale in comparison.

Also, she did not take much clothing when she left home, but for some reason, she wore only elegantly tailored designer clothes recently, making her stand out even more.

Bianca frowned, “But I certainly can’t run away from home.”

“What’s to be afraid of?” Noella whispered,

“The class teacher said that today’s October monthly exam results are coming out soon!

Maureen’s results are certainly poor, while yours are always good.”

“Just bring your results back to show your mom and older brother, their attention will surely shift back to you.”

During the flag-raising ceremony, none of the class teachers were present, they were all busy grading the monthly exam papers.

There was only one disciplinary head in charge.

Each class formed a square formation, and because Maureen was rather tall among the girls, she stood in the middle of the third row.

Her mind was still replaying the monthly exam she had had last weekend and the several problems she asked about at Professor Logan’s yesterday Sunday.

At Professor Logan’s, Maureen once again experienced the long-lost, pure joy of learning.

It was just like when she was living in the northern town before, where she didn’t have to worry about anything or manage anything, and she just needed to study hard.

Just receiving the teacher’s praise at the end of the term and showing her grades to Grandma, Uncle Donald, and Aunt Donald were enough to make her happy.

It’s a shame that she could only visit once a week.

Lost in her thoughts, Maureen was given a jolt when a “tsk tsk—” sound came from behind her.

A girl gingerly pulled at her hand from behind.

As Maureen turned to look, the girl shoved a phone case into her hand.

Confused, Maureen wondered, what is this?

“tsk tsk—” Instinctively, she turned around and saw the tall figure of Liam standing at the last row.

In the morning mist and cold wind, his short red hair stood up like a hedgehog.

His fair face carried a trace of sleepiness, yet an air of satisfaction shone through.

Seeing her turn around, Liam quickly raised his hand, waving around the item he held.

He wanted her to look at his phone?

Upon closer inspection, Maureen realized that the black phone case on his phone was identical to the one the girl had just given her.

The only difference was, his black phone case had a simple white line drawing of a small sun on its back.

While the white phone case she held had a simple, black line drawing of a small face mask on its back.

Maureen: ???

Couple’s phone case?

Maureen nearly jumped out of her skin.

But then she turned again and saw that a dozen or so boys at the back had also pulled out their phones for her to see.

They were all the exact same phone cases, only differing in color, orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, and different designs at the back.

Some had simple cartoon characters, others had simple drawings of a pile of poop.

The boy who ended up with the yellow phone case and the simplistic poop emoji glanced at Maureen with a bitter expression.

” Only then did Maureen’s rapidly beating heart settle down.