Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

“Lia…”

Chapter 151

Cordera finished answering the question and turned to her friend with a puzzled look, “What’s up?

Merry, struck dumb, handed her phone over. The moment Cordelia caught sight of the poem on the screen, her brow furrowed in concem.

It was only today that Cordelia had ventured into the world of social media, and she was quickly learning how easy it was for people to launch verbal attacks from behind their screens, without fear of legal repercussions,

“Watching the quiz whiz was cool, but Warren’s comment got me thinking. It does seem a bit like showboating. maybe even a bit attention–seeking.”

“As a parent, I really think kids should just focus on their studies. Trying to make money streaming is not really what a senior in high school should be doing.”

These people had no clue about Merry’s real situation, yet there they were, dishing out accusations and judgments under the guise of concern. How ridiculous!

A spark of anger lit within Cordelia, She quickly typed a response on Merry’s phone, posted it, and handed the phone back.

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Merry, still in a daze, watched as Cordelia stood up, packed her papers and pen into her backpack, and said, “Goodbye.”

Merry was confused.

She watched, rather cluelessly, as Cordelia’s cool figure disappeared through the door. Coming back to her senses, Merry saw the live chat exploding with messages.

“Quiz Queen is so cool.”

“I’ve always wanted to put Warren in his place, but I’m not as eloquent. Watching you take him down was so satisfying.”

This girl is a jack of all trades. I’m going to be her follower.”

Confused, Merry asked, “What just happened?”

The chat roared with laughter, urging her to check the tweet Cordelia had just posted.

As she had been live streaming the entire time, though the camera hadn’t been pointed at Cordelia’s face, their interaction was visible to all her viewers. So, when Cordelia took Merry’s phone to tweet, everyone was in on it.

live stream and logged into her social media to see the tweet Cordelia

“WhiteLight @Warren.

and upright stands the pine,

softly, such grace divine,

life

it, one surely

like summer’s glow,

of life’s purpose, of dreams to

brief as kindling

as beams, pillars of

and the previously concerned citizen had come back to translate the poem into something more

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audience

I am again, not involved in the quarrel, just translating”

representing the strength and resilience of a person. Those without such resolve will sooner wither and fail. The lushness of the forest alludes to the profusion of talents. Some trees are cut down and turned into firewood to warm houses, suggesting those who misuse their talents may be reduced to a basic utility. However, some become the beams that uphold buildings, signifying that people with talent and virtue can become the

feel that this

of the verse, fell silent, unable to retort. Cordelia

interference had only boosted Merry’s fame, skyrocketing her follower count to

expletive to express her

sorceress is Lia?.”

audience was in

until ten at night. When she finally signed off and

at the money, her recent despair

without dinner, she found a loaf of bread and ate it with a glass of tap water. After eating, she sat still for a moment, thinking about the harsh words from the

Cordelia’s response, always so confident.

her own. Her

power.”

to the textbooks on her

Leila, she had the basics down, and she wouldn’t have been in the honors class otherwise. But her parents only saw Leila’s success, always overlooking and scolding Merry, which only

been ready to give up on her studies, but

she began to

the wee hours of the

bit on her pen, pondering over a tricky