Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 243 Solving the Riddles

But her grades had always been pretty bad. Every time this came up, that old lady would nag about it. Many times during meals, she brought up how bad her grades were, basically saying that such poor performance was embarrassing the Ridges.

Luckily, Carl wasn't as strict about what Hattie achieved.

He just expected Hattie's grades not to be at the bottom, and she must pass the final exams.

With the end of the semester approaching, if her grades were too low this time, she'd be caught by that old nag from the family again.

It's really getting more annoying the more I think about it.

If participating in the game in the Old Town this time could earn credits, Hattie would definitely join.

Soon after, everyone showed up.

Violeta gave them the handbooks and told everyone that doing well in the game activities at the Old Town could earn them bonus points.

The student council arranged for a senior to go with them to the Old Town. They'd have half an hour to do their own thing and then gather back at the lodge at noon for lunch.

The leader made sure everyone got the message.

The scenery in the Old Town was delightful.

Kaylee stopped frequently along the way, taking lots of photos with Violeta and posting them on her Instagram.

She even got a free keychain shaped like an ancient pagoda.

Once they scattered, everyone started doing their own thing. Some went to puppetry shows, while others, who had credits deducted at school, headed straight to the game booths to participate. Violeta spotted the riddle guessing game advertised in the pamphlet earlier and was very interested, so she headed to the riddle guessing booth.

When they arrived, there was already a long line in front of the booth.

asked, "Vio, do you want to try guessing

pointed to the sign next to them that

five riddles got a cute

two plates of free

got a small

looked really nice and could be used as a night light

said, "Now that we're here, might as well make the most of it and bring back some free souvenirs. Plus, we get

"Yeah, but these riddles here seem pretty

said, "Just give it

joined the

limited riddles to guess, any incorrect

and were taken to a small pavilion behind it to answer the riddles, so that those waiting in line wouldn't overhear the answers. Violeta and

even get a keychain,

I got lucky-I got a keychain. For those of you counting on this for extra point, forget it. The boss said only the person who

right overall

extra points."

points were that easy, wouldn't everyone on this trip just end up

conversation dampened everyone's enthusiasm, and quite a few people decided to drop out, leaving the

to Violeta, "See?

"The important thing is to

started letting people into the pavilion

Kaylee joined the

in line and headed

stepped forward to register their

departments.

sit aside and wait

line, but after the first group came

lacked one more

while, Kaylee