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On the day the results came out, my score was ideal.
I successfully applied to the college I wanted and became a student of the professor I had long admired.
My life would no longer be affected by someone else. As planned, besides studying, I would have plenty of time to accompany my aunt.
I hadn’t been back to China for a year, but I could always hear news about Jack.
Although I had blocked him, Jack’s parents treated me well.
Every now and then, I would call to check in and ask about them.
“Emily, Auntie is just glad to know you’re doing well now.”
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Mrs. Wilson was happy for me, but couldn’t hide her sadness: “After graduation, Jack started his own business. This year has been neither here nor there. Your Uncle Wilson and I have almost used up all our savings, and that girlfriend of his keeps picking on us.”
She couldn’t help but choke up, “Sophia’s kindness and perfection are all fake. She pretended to be sick to disrupt Jack’s exam, showing no sense of public morality…”
“Auntie… things will get better.”
I didn’t know how to comfort her, and she continued: “I heard that Sophia say Jack still thinks about you? Before, I only knew you liked Jack, but I didn’t know his thoughts, so I didn’t dare to matchmake. It’s not too late now. If you were to become the Wilson family’s daughter–in–law, I would be so happy. And that bracelet, I had intended to give it to you from the start. Can you and Jack still…”
“Auntie,” I interrupted her, “He just likes the feeling of being fought over by others. Besides, I have a better life now,
isn’t that good?”
After a pause, I finally said: “Liking him was the stupidest thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
