Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 240 None of Them Are Simple

Not mentioning this matter was fine, but once it was brought up, Hattie was furious beyond measure.

Violeta was the biggest beneficiary of the college competition. If it wasn't her doing, Hattie couldn't imagine who else it could be.

"D*mmit! This despicable woman! She's infuriating me."

Hattie had hoped to make a name for herself through the college competition, but now everything was ruined.

She angrily said to Liang Shibo, "It's not that I want to cause trouble for Violeta, it's just that she doesn't want me to have an easy life. I must make her drop out of school!"

Benson frowned, just about to speak up.

Hattie kept going, "Remember how we got bullied in Harbor City? Being too nice doesn't cut it with these folks-they only mess with the weak and back down from the tough ones. Anyway, Violeta and I have issues now, she's my enemy. If she tries to get into showbiz later, she's gonna be my competitor for sure.

"Instead of letting her compete with me in the entertainment industry later on, it's better to deal with her now and eliminate any future troubles!"

Zelena lowered her eyelashes, hiding the hint of malice and calculation in her eyes.

Perfect, let the rivalry brew.

The bigger the beef between Hattie and Violeta, the better.

Violeta went with Kaylee to investigate the surveillance footage outside the changing room corridor.

After watching it once, everything seemed totally normal.

It was just a bunch of guys walking down the hallway together.

pretty normal, huh, Vio? Do you spot anything weird? Could it really be that Zelena's just incredibly lucky, with

screen showing several guys walking past, and she zoomed in on one of the

Benson among

looked, the

replayed the surveillance footage and finally

Benson's

"Huh?"

the smoking area at first, and hadn't even finished it, but when he turned around,

eyes wide as she had

did

the hallway to search for

found a cigarette butt in the second-floor emergency exit. Everything clicked into place right

playing over and over in

lit a cigarette facing away from the camera. Then, while he turned to the side, he flicked the cigarette butt up onto the ceiling sprinkler trigger. The smoke set off the sprinkler, and then

"Oh my!"

"D*mn! So, does that mean Benson is helping

"He's not helping Zelena, he's helping

a hand

That's right.

to be in on

the keys to

no way Zelena could've pulled

thing Violeta didn't anticipate was that she hadn't

with using a cigarette butt to trigger the sprinkler in such a

puzzled. "But can such a small cigarette butt really set

wouldn't trigger the sprinkler, but the cigarette was so close it touched the sensor, setting off the automatic

were super sensitive, which was important in case of