Dream or Not: A Devil or An Angel

Chapter 45: Curve Wrecker

Rose looked at Leo and then averted her eyes to Alina, back to her seat, her eyes sparking with gossip.

With one hand in the pocket and a cool face, Leo handed the bag to Alina and said, "My aunt asked me to give it to you. She said that she wanted to thank you for taking care of Harrison."

Alina took the bag and said, "You're welcome."

After he was done, Leo turned around and left.

Looking at Leo's back, Rose said to Alina unwillingly, "He...he just left?"

"Or what?" asked Alina with a smile.

Rose was slightly disappointed. She grabbed Alina's hand and asked, "Tell me the truth. What happened between you two? Why did he give you something?"

Alina replied indifferently, "First, nothing happened. Second, he didn't give it to me. Someone asked him to give it to me. You can ask Leo if you don't believe me."

"Ah... Nothing happened?" Rose expressed her suspicion.

"No. Why would I lie to you? All I want now is to study hard. I'm in no mood to think about all that mess."

It sounded convincing. After all, Alina's performance had been advancing a lot.

"Well, I believe you! How have you been studying lately and why have your grades suddenly improved so much? Have you got a tutor at home?"

"No. I just listen to the teacher carefully in class. When I have time, I read books and do exercises, so my grades improved."

"That's all?"

"That's all."

Rose said, "Well, I will follow your advice and study hard from now on. I also want to listen to the teacher carefully, read more books and do more exercises, to improve my performance!"

Alina gave her a thumbs up sign and said, "Come on!"

After English came Chinese. When the Chinese teacher called the name of Alina, he specially reported her score, one hundred and three points.

She ranked the second in her class again.

Wow... This time, they chorused.

When Rose looked at Alina's score, she was envious and resentful.

In the next two classes, Alina's scores still shocked everyone.

Someone had added up her scores. She scored first in the class.

Then, everyone's attitude toward Alina changed. She used to be a haughty nobody in the class, but now she was the star of the class.

At lunch time, several girls came over and went to the canteen with her. They scrambled to sit at the same table with her. The students in the front row talked to her and asked her how she studied.

Rose was sitting at another table. She felt angry that she had no chance to talk to Alina. She complained to Emma, "Look at them. When they see that Alaina did well in the exam, they butter up to her."

Emma glanced at the smiling Alina over there. Then she lowered her head and said, "Well, we are not in the same world with Alaina. She is in her circle now."

Upon hearing this, Rose said unhappily, "Emma, what are you talking about! We are not in the same world? Alaina did a good job because she was studying hard. We should be happy for her."

Looking into the clear eyes of her desk mate, Emma felt ashamed of her being narrow-minded. A bright smile gradually appeared at the corners of her mouth. "You are right. We should be happy for Alaina!"