Liam wasn't particularly smart, but he was hardworking. He always ranked at the top of his class. He was the city's top scorer in the middle school exams and the provincial top scorer in the college entrance exams. From childhood to adulthood, he had received every award and scholarship available, even winning a Youth Innovation Award.
Julissa, the daughter of Uncle Hickman, was like a porcelain doll in a showcase to him, like a princess in a castle. She had lived a life Liam envied—beautiful, sunny, sometimes mischievous, and a bit rebellious.
Liam admired her free-spirited life because he could never live like that.
He also knew that Julissa liked him. When he tutored her, she would often smile at him foolishly. She was harsh with everyone but always kind to him. He liked this little
