Chapter 981

Molly took another bite of her apple and asked, "So, what sparked the fight?"

Nancy replied, "I had to stand up for a friend."

Molly paused for a moment, then asked, "So what does that make the three of us then? Friends? Enemies?"

When trouble hits, it's all about who can bolt the fastest;

When it comes to punishment, it's about who can pin the blame on someone else;

Blame isn't just tossed around-it's thrown with the whole pot;

If you can take two down with you, don't spare the one who's just watching;

It's not about surviving together, but going down together.

And if we don't go down, at least we're dragging you with us...

Mia and Molly exchanged looks, both at a loss for words. Their relationship, it seemed, couldn't really be labeled as "friendship."

"Could it be, family?" Mia wondered.

Molly nodded, munching on her apple, "I think so. Why else would we trick our dad without flinching?"

They both silently agreed it must be a family thing. "Five million isn't much for you, so why the long face?" Jade, also munching on an apple, asked. Mia handed her a "family rule" document.

Jade snapped a picture and shared it in the family group chat.

Leo: ???

Cooper: ???

"Why though?"

"What's the reason?"

Molly: "Maybe my Andre doesn't see you three as people."

Henry, still as naive as ever, waited at the door every day for dad to come home, running out the moment he heard the car.

Everyone felt the truth was too harsh and didn't have the heart to tell him his place in his father's heart.

As exams loomed, Anya became the most anxious.

the usually cool Chef Nancy stopped cooking fish and got into Stephanie's mystical

lucky color

she secretly checked out temples and churches, taking taxis on the

trying to curry favor with deities

On the exam day.

Cedillo family split into

up bright and early at Leo's exam center to back him

are we?" Leo jokingly

"You got all your

him to the door, patting his shoulder, "Go on,

on the other

exam hall, no more kisses, buddy." Mia's head was hugged by her

one lucky kiss, but he

to separate him from his

an all-nighter and flown in, working on a paper during the flight. Exhausted, but he promised to see his sister to the exam center. Seeing his dedication, Mia scolded him to catch some sleep. Watching Henry

becoming even cuter

his wife into the exam hall, while Cooper lay down in the van with

wronged, let his

looked towards the exam area as

and

hall, and Anya was

shoulders, giving her a quick peck on the

looked away, pretending

scoop up her son for a kiss. "If I guessed any questions wrong, I'll give you

being kissed by his mom, heard this and his

smiling, but the adults laughed heartily, pointing at Henry, "Henry, our little genius,

the grad exams

over, and many out-of-towners started

feel a pang of reluctance, "Denny, how do you think you did on

folding his clothes, didn't look up,

"Is Havenbrook University

Denny put his clothes

and study materials, "Where

University. I didn't have a target before, but now I think any school

his

to look at

are easier to

and her family's in Havenbrook, it suits her to

"an

a more

she spoke slowly, "I know I'm not as gifted, you and Mia are the smart ones, but I still want to come to Havenbrook. We've only been together a few months, but I really enjoyed studying with

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