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Chapter 50

Quinlyn felt the summon from Romilly and looked up, confused.

Mandy was anxiously pulling at her arm. “Romilly is looking for you. Hurry up,” she urged, her voice filled with urgency.

Quinlyn touched her slightly rounded stomach. She figured she could manage to eat a bit more later, so she turned back to Mandy and said. “Please save some food for me.”

She set off toward the table ahead. As she approached, the Anderson couple paused in surprise. In just two weeks, they barely recognized the Quinlyn standing before them.

She had grown quite a bit and she no longer looked so pale from malnutrition. Her cheeks were slightly plump, and her features were becoming more refined.

“Quinlyn?” Maurice murmured, as though trying to convince himself she was real.

Quinlyn met his gaze and nodded slightly. Although they had spent some time together before, being apart made them feel like strangers again.

That sense of distance reminded Maurice of their first encounter in the borderlands, where he had seen a hint of wariness lurking in Quinlyn’s eyes.

This troubled Maurice, prompting him to ask sharply, “I heard you’ve been neglecting your studies lately, and you blamed Harriet for that?”

Quinlyn had never said such a thing, so she shook her head in response. “No, it’s my own issue.”

“Since you acknowledge your fault, you must correct it. Attending a prestigious school like Manldon International School is not just a way to pass the time.”

“Yes, I understand,” Quinlyn replied.

“Harriet is preparing for university. You should act properly in school and not hold her back,” Maurice continued, his tone

stern.

“Alright,” Quinlyn said.

intervene and soften Maurice’s harsh tone.

speaking, he waved his hand dismissively. “That’s enough. You may go.”

Quinlyn nodded and turned to head back

smooth voice called out from the side,

she found Warren’s gentle

Quinlyn while in the hospital. Most of it was negative–stories about a headstrong child who caused her parents grief and bullied her

when Harriet had expressed her desire to participate in the selection process, he thought a change of Harriet might do Quinlyn some good. He believed it could help Quinlyn understand her situation and mend her

had approached earlier, he expected chaos. But the atmosphere was

a level of composure and indifference beyond her years, facing critique and adversity

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but perhaps

Can she truly act as poorly as Harriet has described? Or

and said, “Harriet is your

out of her seat in protest. If it hadn’t been for

child should only

express her concerns, Quinlyn spoke up without hesitation. “I

chair

as she retorted, “Why would I want to

you don’t care about

clearly indicated that he was on Harriet’s side. Quinlyn fell quiet for a moment, glancing at Warren’s head,

have your brain checked at the

could he have misidentified his savior and been fooled by a mere child if his mind was unharmed?‘

that was how Quinlyn saw it; the tactics used by Tina and Harriet didn’t seem particularly clever and had many flaws. But

the table, seething. “Quinlyn, how dare you? Who gave you the right to be

as she didn’t see her comment as wrong, so she stood there in silence. Her

she skillfully dodged his grasp.

as she said, “I just don’t want