Book 3 She Becomes Glamorous After Her Engagement Annulment Short Story

Chapter 4 pt.2

Chapter 1024: Our New Member is Cheryl Smith

“What’s going on?”

The director of the admissions office was right next to him. When the other teacher was talking to Cheryl just now, he desperately wanted to grab the phone and talk to her personally, but Cheryl hadn’t given him a chance to do so at all, hanging up right away instead.

Upon hearing one of the teachers speak up, he immediately became anxious.

The teacher, who happened to open up the university’s f*******: page, showed the post to the director.

The director was stunned when he read it. “But we didn’t say anything wrong in our f*******: post, so why would she be angry? Is she a fan of Club HS? But isn’t Cheryl Smith a shooting athlete? Does she follow gaming news?”

The teacher didn’t understand what was going on, either. He replied, “But she was obviously referring to this statement. Maybe she is a fan of Zac Stannard? Stannard is not only a Harvard student but also good-looking. He’s very popular in the gaming circle.”

“Youngsters are just so impulsive. How can she reject our school just because of this? She didn’t even bother listening to our offer!”exclaimed the director.

After grousing, the director looked at him and instructed, “Contact the people managing the school’s official f*******: page immediately and tell them to delete the post!”

“Got it!” The teacher replied.

When the people managing the school’s f*******: page received the news, they were also stunned.

The school hadn’t said anything wrong. After all, a small-time professional player boasting that they were hesitating between the two schools… was indeed disrespectful to them.

The university’s f*******: page was managed by students, who had made the post in a moment of pique.

There were countless students who woke up early and stayed up late to study just so they could be admitted to the university. Moreover, most of the students in the university were the top students from all over the world. Even if they weren’t the top scorers in their cities, they were at least the top scorers in their schools. Why should the university that they were so proud of be relegated to a mere choice in someone else’s eyes?

As a result, one of the students, who had been stewing over this for a long while, couldn’t hold himself back from making such a post earlier in the day.

Yet they were saying that he had made a mistake?

The student was furious and outraged.

He said to his classmate, “For their mediocre grades, those professional players sure are divas! They have actually attracted the attention of the school leaders! Do they make as great a contribution to society as we do when all they do is play games? All of us will be elites in society after graduation, so how are we any inferior to them?! Every single one of them acts as if they are celebrities… What kind of world is this?! Not only do celebrities make more money than scientists, but they are also more respected than scientists…”

Despite the indignant student’s complaints, he nevertheless deleted the post from the school’s official f*******: page.

However, after he deleted it, the more he thought about it, the more indignant he felt.

In the end, he simply couldn’t help but post about it on his private f*******: account.

—

“They deleted the post.”

In the dim corridor, Zac’s low voice rang out as he stared intently at Cheryl.

“Okie-Dokie.”

Cheryl replied adorably. She turned around to return to the training room, but she had only taken two steps when Zac suddenly grabbed her arm. “Hey kid, don’t you have anything to tell me?”

Cheryl: “?”

Stunned, she blinked a couple of times, not quite understanding what he meant. “Like what?”

“Like how many points you really scored in the exam?”

Cheryl let out a sigh, which was followed by another sigh. This made Zac suspect that she had botched the exams. Perhaps the girl usually had stellar grades but had been off-form on the college entrance examination this time?

For example, maybe she was usually one of the top five scorers but had only achieved 50th place in the college entrance examination this time?

While his imagination was running wild, Cheryl replied softly, “1598 points.”

Zac: “??”

He was utterly dumbfounded!

There were hardly such high college entrance examination scores in recent years!

He didn’t wonder why Cheryl knew her score—after all, she had chatted with the Harvard University staff for so long. They might have told her the score in a show of their sincerity.

Rather, what he didn’t understand was…

“Then why are you so unhappy?”

Cheryl pouted. “Because I wanted a perfect score!”

“…”

Zac’s lip corners spasmed, and he felt like he truly couldn’t understand how geniuses think.

He ruffled Cheryl’s hair and said, “Uh… It’s near-impossible to achieve a perfect score. With your score of 1598, you must already be the top scorer this year, so don’t ask for too much.”

Since the implementation of the college entrance examination system, his cohort was the only one that had produced a candidate with a perfect score. On top of that, the candidate had even been a ten-year-old child. This had shocked the whole country.

Surely this kid didn’t think that she was that smart or that big of a mutant, right?

After all, people like that candidate must be incredibly intelligent.

But how would he possibly know that Cheryl’s IQ was even higher than her brother’s?! The only reason why Cheryl hadn’t scored full marks was due to her having grown up abroad. Compared to Peter, she was indeed not as used to local expectations as he was.

Given how Cheryl couldn’t even get her history facts right when she was a child, scoring that high in the exams was already a miracle in itself.

God knows how tiring it had been for Peter when he tutored Cheryl all these years…

Cheryl, who soon came to terms with it, grinned and said, “You’re right!”

No way in hell was she going to compare herself to her brother!

Wasn’t that purely just asking for trouble?

She turned and happily skipped into the training room.

As soon as she and Zac entered, they heard the head coach say, “They deleted it! They deleted it! MIT has deleted the post!”

But right after he spoke, a distressed staff member next to him broke into a frown in distress. “But an MIT student has posted an exposé…”

The public relations staff member was close to tears.

It had only been half an hour since the results were released. Why was wave after wave of trouble taking place on the Internet?

The head coach looked over to see that a student who claimed to be from MIT had made a f*******: post as follows:

Sonny: ‘Hi everyone, I’m a student at MIT. Regarding the f*******: post that was just taken down, one must thank the power of celebrities for that. When did America’s scientists and the best higher institution of learning become a tool for celebrities to hype themselves? How smug do you feel to trample upon us? Yet our school can’t even respond because if we do, we’ll be criticized for not being magnanimous… I am really worried about the future of this country. Will there come a day when university admissions no longer look at college entrance examination results as admission criteria but the number of fans one has? The future of the scientific community is truly deplorable!’

The post was pretty much short of just outright saying that the club’s star power had forced the school into deleting the post!

MIT’s deletion of the f*******: post had initially confused Club JQ fans, but when they saw this post, they immediately went on a mad rampage. In just the span of five minutes, the post had garnered thousands of likes and reposts!

Everyone was questioning what had happened.

‘What gives the new member of Club HS the power to force MIT into deleting their post?!’

The head coach, who initially thought that it was their boss who had paid his way out of the situation, was so freaked out that he was going around in circles. “How can you go head-to-head with those two schools?! Boss has really done it this time!”

The public relations department was also awfully troubled. “How are we supposed to settle this diplomatically now?!”

Club HS fans were also a little outraged.

‘What on earth is HS doing? How can you be so stupid? Can money control schools?! This is terrible!’

‘Although I like both celebrities and HS players, I have more respect for the two universities. This behavior is indeed ludicrous…’

Seeing that both sides were now questioning the behavior of Club HS, the head coach knew that their reputation was truly finished this time.

Just as he was at a loss and in a panic…

Zac suddenly logged onto his f*******: account.

He merely made a one-liner post:

Zac: ‘Introducing our newest member. Her name is Cheryl Smith. @MIT @Sonny’

This post was simply bewildering.

Fans on both sides were stunned.

Was the introduction just a name?

‘Ha, what does this even mean? Is he telling everyone to attack the new member and hinting that this matter has nothing to do with HS?’

‘There isn’t any relation between the two in the first place. From the start, the new member was the only one stirring trouble. I highly recommend that Club HS fire her. After all, she did stir up a lot of trouble…’

‘What is Captain Zac doing? Is he pushing the blame? Didn’t they say that he is the most protective of his own? LOL’

Everyone went into full-on mocking mode again. However, a huge furor went through the f*******: sphere after that.

Chapter 1025: Harvard University’s Response

Zac had a great number of fans. He had nearly 4 million followers, a number that was comparable to first-rate celebrities’ follower counts.

His f*******: page was even more popular than the official Club HS one.

Since the incident took place, many people had visited Zac’s f*******: page to ask about the situation. However, he was usually focused on training and rarely posted on social media, so he had never logged in during this period.

The post he had just made puzzled everyone.

Even Sonny, the MIT student, was perplexed.

What was the big deal about Cheryl Smith?

Was he trying to tell everybody to refer to Cheryl by her name instead of “the new Club HS member” when they were blasting her?!

While he was sneering at the post, his cell phone suddenly rang.

To his surprise, MIT’s admissions office was calling him.

Given that the admissions office was calling him again after making him delete his f*******: post just now, Sonny suddenly felt a little sheepish. When he answered the call, the director of the admissions office roared, “What the hell are you saying on the Internet?!”

However, Sonny, who didn’t think he was in the wrong at all, retorted, “I can’t say what I want on the university’s official page, so I’ve deleted the post. But why can’t I say what I want on my own account? Don’t I have any freedom of speech?”

The director was so mad that he could hardly speak. He yelled, “Do you have any idea who Cheryl Smith is?!”

“Heh, who is she? Or is this related to who her father is? Sir, you taught us that we should not feel sorry for ourselves. We may be penniless students, but we have ideals and ambition! There are so many students applying every year, but how many of them qualify to enroll in our school? I was also the top scorer back in my hometown! What makes her think she can look down on MIT?”

The director was so speechless that he actually calmed down. After staying quiet for a moment, he asked, “What was your score in the college entrance examination back then?”

At the mention, Sonny immediately replied arrogantly, “1442! It was the highest score in my hometown! Both Harvard and MIT called me back then, but I chose MIT in the end. But even so, I have never looked down on Harvard University.”

“Which part of Cheryl Smith’s post looks down on Harvard University? It’s only because of your own low self-esteem that you would find her arrogant! Even you have admitted that you were deliberating between Harvard and MIT back then, so why can’t she?!” said the director.

After being taken back for a moment, Sonny immediately became indignant. He said, “Sir, are you really comparing me to her? I have been studying so hard for more than ten years, whereas she is a gamer. How can she compare to me?!”

The director kept quiet for a while and then slowly said, “She scored 1598 points on the college entrance examination this year. Be it Harvard or MIT, both are trying to contact her in hopes of recruiting her into the school. When a student like her says that she is considering enrolling in our school, she is actually giving us a chance. But now, I don’t think she will be considering us as an option anymore.”

Sonny: “???”

He was stunned. “What? How many points did she score again? 1598 points? That’s impossible! How can anyone even achieve such a high score?!”

However, the director didn’t respond. He hung up on Sonny, leaving him utterly dumbfounded.

Only then did he truly feel like he had made a mistake.

—

Though Sonny had learned about Cheryl’s score, everyone else on the Internet hadn’t.

While everyone was still attacking Cheryl, the Club JQ professional players, who were mostly night owls, gathered around Jimy in the training room and chatted with one another.

“Haha! This is terrible! To think Zac actually threw the little missy under the bus. He has no conscience whatsoever.”

“To think they actually recruited a female member too. But how can she possibly compare to our Jimy? Jimy graduated from a prestigious university, you know! Their member even boasted that she could choose freely between the two universities or something, right? Haha, does she really think she’s a star student? Or does she think that Club HS would take her side? She’s so naive!”

“Exactly. Jimy is undoubtedly the top female player in the league! With the exception of Zac, few have better academic qualifications than you…”

But while the group was gloating about Cheryl’s misfortune, an uproar suddenly broke out on the Internet.

Harvard University had made a post on their official f*******: page.

Harvard University: ‘We sincerely and wholeheartedly invite Cheryl Smith to be a part of our school! Thanks for giving her up, MIT. @MIT @Club HS’

Harvard had posted this at night, and as soon as it was posted, the entire Internet exploded!

Fans were stunned.

What was going on?

Fans of Club JQ flocked to Harvard University’s f*******: post.

‘LOL, what’s going on? Has Harvard also decided to join the fray and back her up?’

‘Why should she be admitted into Harvard? Is it just because she is a member of Club HS? Or did the owner of Club HS donate a library in her name or something?’

‘Exactly. Even gamers can enroll into the top two universities these days?’

‘This is so unfair!!’

‘How much did Club HS pay you to put up this pretense?!’

The fans of Club HS didn’t dare to speak up anymore, either. Although it seemed like their club had won, it looked like they hadn’t employed very respectable means?

Only the director of the MIT students admissions office was furious when he saw the post.

Harvard University was totally refusing to admit that they had benefited from the situation! Yet it was too late for them to do anything now!

What could they do when they were the ones who had made a dumb move first and offended the girl? It was no exaggeration to say that they had offered up a student with immense potential on a silver platter to their nemesis!

Given what they had posted on their official f*******: page at that time, it would be a cold day in hell before Cheryl would pick them!

The furious director of the admissions office immediately called up one of the school leaders. “Wherever did you recruit such a stupid administrator for the school’s f*******: page?! Fire him right away!!”

At Club JQ.

Everyone frowned.

“What the f*ck?! Why?”

“What’s up with Harvard University? Are they really recruiting her? Special admissions? Is gaming her specialty? If so, then doesn’t that mean we can all go to Harvard University now?”

“They are too much!”

Jimy’s brows drew together as she balled up her fists. Having high academic qualifications had given her grounds to be arrogant in this industry. What gave the other girl the right to be admitted into Harvard University?

Nevertheless, she didn’t voice her thoughts. Instead, she comforted her teammates and said, “Alright, alright. We all know the owner of Club HS is rich anyway. To be honest, is there even anything money can’t buy these days? After all, it would be great promotional material if their newly recruited club member was a Harvard student, right? Come on, don’t be mad anymore. I’m fine.”

But her words only served to make her teammates even angrier.

One of them even logged in to their f*******: account and left a comment on Harvard University’s post.

‘In that case, can I also be admitted via special admissions? I play better than Cheryl Smith. :)’

The smiley at the end couldn’t get any more sarcastic!

On top of that, as he had many fans, his comment quickly garnered tens of thousands of likes and became the top comment on Harvard University’s post.

His comment was simply oozing sarcasm!

In fact, it even made headlines on social media.

As a result, everyone started to ridicule Cheryl even more.

However, it was at this moment that Harvard University suddenly replied to the Club JQ member’s comment.

Chapter 1026: Moving Out

Harvard University: ‘Well, did you take the college entrance examination this year? And did you get a score of 1598? :)’

They had also added a smiley face at the end.

Their reply was overflowing with counter-mockery!

As soon as they replied, all of Club JQ went into an uproar!

The member who had mocked Cheryl in his comment widened his eyes, somewhat confused. “What is Harvard Harvard University talking about? Why would I take the college entrance examinations this year? A score of 1598? Are they trying to be funny or what?”

But as soon as he spoke, he saw the looks in his teammates’ eyes change.

After the momentary surprise, the guy finally understood something. “N-no way? You must be kidding, right?”

Likewise, all the netizens also went into an uproar.

Everyone pressed Harvard University for more details.

‘A score of 1598? You mean to say that Cheryl Smith achieved a score of 1598 in the college entrance examinations?’

‘What the actual f*ck? Am I dreaming? On top of the guy who got a perfect score five years ago, a new mutant has emerged now?’

‘No wonder she said that she’s trying to decide between the two schools! With those results, she must be the top scorer this year. It’s obvious that she can decide freely between the two schools! She can even take her pick from among all the majors available!’

The news didn’t just excite the netizens. The fans of Club HS, who hadn’t dared to say anything just now, instantly became elated.

One by one, they swarmed into Club JQ’s f*******: page and attacked them furiously.

‘Hmm,didn’t someone just say that they wanted Harvard University to recruit them via special admissions?How shameless.Did he become full of himself just because he is a professional e-sports player?Or does he think the whole world has to pander to him or what?’

‘Wanna hear a joke? Jimy has the highest academic qualifications among the female professional e-sports players.’

‘Oh my,I’m sorry but the two players with the highest academic qualifications are both in our favorite,Club HS now.As for who they are,I’m sure that nobody needs further elaboration about Zac, while the other is the cutie Cheryl!’

Upon seeing the sarcastic comments,an awful look came over Jimy’s countenance.

She bit her lip.

Her teammates were also incensed. “What’s the big deal about having better grades? What are they being so cocky for?”

However,someone said sheepishly, “Weren’t we the ones who started this…?”

Everyone: “?”

Was this fellow unable to read the room or what?!

However!They weren’t going to take it lying down just like that.

Jimy thought for a while and then smiled and said, “Aren’t we e-sports professionals? Is that star student here to just fool around or something?”

The rest instantly understood what she meant.

“Exactly.We’re e-sports professionals.What’s the use of having good grades?The competition is about our gaming abilities… Who exactly is Cheryl Smith?Club HS’ recruitment of her is rather surprising.What class is a girl like her going to be?Support class?”

“She’s a support class for sure.Have you forgotten that the person currently playing as support in their team was initially a gunner? It’s not like girls can be gunners anyway,right?”

“Well,she won’t be a threat if she’s just a support class,then! Jimy is the top support class player in the local server!There’s no way she can outclass Jimy when it comes to being a support!”

While they were dissing Cheryl,the member whom Harvard University had mocked just now couldn’t stop himself from posting a new comment: ‘Whoops,sorry about that, it was just a joke.I didn’t expect Ms. Smith’s score to be so good.But since she has spent all her time studying,I wonder how good she is at gaming?’

With just one sentence, he had mocked Cheryl again.

Even Jimy couldn’t resist joining in and posting a comment this time.

Jimy: ‘Nice to meet you. You must also be a support class like me, right?See you in-game. @Cherry HS

Immediately after she posted the comment, Club JQ fans seemingly found a direction to go in again,and they tried to reverse online public opinion by saying things like how e-sports were ultimately still all about games and so on…

In Club HS.

“Don’t bother looking at it anymore.They are just a whole bunch of keyboard warriors who can’t stop flaming others the moment they find even the most trifling thing to nitpick about.Our fans are no pushovers,though. They have already begun to fight back.”

Zac said in a bid to comfort Cheryl.As the girl nodded,the corners of her lips curled into a smile and she said, “They think I’m playing as support.”

“Yeah.”

Zac was not surprised, though.

They were not trying to look down on women in e-sports.However, biological differences were such that men’s reflexes were indeed sharper than women’s. This was no different from how most men were physically stronger and taller than women.

This was an undeniable fact.

However,there were also cases where women would outclass men.

If anything,after partnering with Cheryl for the past half a month,Zac had already become fully convinced of her capabilities and didn’t dare doubt her prowess anymore. He smiled and said, “Let them say whatever they want for now.When it’s time for the actual competition,you will be a real eye-opener for them,as well as a big surprise for our fans.”

Though the fans of Club HS supported the club’s decision,they were ultimately still apprehensive about having a female player on the team.

Everyone was worried that Cheryl would have trouble keeping up…

Cheryl nodded. “Yeah. I’m not bothered about their comments.We’ll see who has the last laugh once the competition starts.”

After speaking,she popped into her mouth a lollipop that she had removed the wrapper of at some point and then blinked at him.

The way she looked so sweet and cute made Zac’s heart flutter.

But immediately after, he couldn’t help but be horrified at himself.She was only 15 years old! She was still a kid!

He coughed and turned around,whereupon he saw his teammates utterly stunned.

The head coach was also bewildered.

Everyone in the PR department stared blankly at the battle of words on f*******:.

How did they win the public opinion battle when they hadn’t even done anything yet?

Among them,Lionel was the first to break the silence. He said, “Um,hey,Cheryl.What does Harvard University mean by this? I know you took part in the college entrance examinations this year, but what does this part about having a score of 1598 mean?What am I failing to understand here?”

“…”

Zac couldn’t make himself look on.

Here he was thinking that Lionel had finally smartened up for once, but as it turned out,he was just utterly bewildered!

The corners of his lips spasmed and he said, “Cheryl scored 1598 points in the college entrance examinations.”

While the others hadn’t recovered from the shock,Zac said to Cheryl, “You can head upstairs and rest first.”

“Okay.”

With the lollipop in her mouth,Cheryl went upstairs.Along the way, text message notifications from a group chat popped up on her cell phone.

Alexander: ‘I bet you had candy,right?Don’t forget to brush your teeth before you go to bed.’

Peter: ‘Peace has returned to the Internet. I’ll be there when your competition starts.’

Cheryl smiled at the messages, but right after she did,she saw a message from Justin that surprised her.

Justin: ‘Move out tomorrow,you hear?’

Cheryl: “!”

The corners of her lips spasmed.

However,even she understood that her presence was inconveniencing all the occupants of the villa.

For example,the morning after she moved into the villa, when she exited her room in her pajamas after she woke up,she had bumped into a shirtless Lionel having breakfast in his floral-patterned boxers.

Lionel had been caught completely off guard at that time.Then,he let out a piercing shriek and ran into his room.

As for herself,she also realized that it wasn’t appropriate for her to be walking around in her pajamas, either,so she had returned to her room and changed into another set of clothes…

Besides,the villa she was supposed to move into was right beside this one,so it wasn’t like it was inconvenient for her to report for duty, either!

Cheryl wanted to head back down to inform her teammates that she was moving out,but the moment she turned around,she heard her teammates’ exclamations.

“Oh my god,God C scored 1598 in the college entrance examinations?”

“Is she really human?!”

“What the f*ck?How can someone be so good in their studies, yet also be crazy good at games?!”

“…”

After a moment’s thought,Cheryl decided that she would tell them about it the next morning instead.

—

The following morning.

“Pfft!” Lionel choked and spat out his mouthful of bread when Cheryl mentioned that she was moving out. “God C,are you going back to heaven?”

Cheryl: “?”

What on earth was he talking about?!

The corners of her lips spasmed and she replied, “I’m just moving out.My dad said that he’s worried about me because it’s not appropriate for me to stay here with you guys. Plus,he has a house nearby, so…”

Only then did Lionel breathe a sigh of relief.

Everyone tried to reassure her that everything was fine and that they didn’t feel inconvenienced.

Zac was the only one whose eyes dimmed a little.

He thought of how the girl had exited her room with a blank look on her face in the morning,and how adorable she had looked half-asleep.But the next moment,he thought of how Lionel and the rest often made dirty jokes…

He coughed and said, “You can move out if you want,but is the house good enough?”

Lionel immediately nodded. “Yeah.Look at all the fabulous benefits you get when you live here.Your room here is also a spacious one. Your dad’s property is probably an apartment, right?Or a two-bedroom house? In any case,it won’t be any better than this big villa, so why bother moving out.”

Just as Cheryl was about to explain,Zac smacked Lionel on the head and said, “Shut up and eat.Why are you talking so much?”

Lionel curled his lips disdainfully.A short pause later,though,he said, “Fine,I suppose. We’ll help you with the move later,God C.”

Then, he sent a message to the team group chat.

‘When we help God C move out,no one is allowed to mock her for having a small house, you hear?We must be considerate toward her self-esteem!!’

After he sent the message,all the other teammates responded affirmatively.

After breakfast,Cheryl headed upstairs to pack her luggage.

Lionel hurriedly took the suitcase from her and then lugged it out the door.Then,he asked, “Where are you moving to,God C?How long will it take to drive there?”