The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 686

"So, to verify the claims, I spoke to the nearby residents. After asking around, I realized it was all true. Not a single detail was exaggerated or fabricated."

Henry sighed and continued, "Now she is a true legend a peak we could strive for our entire lives and never reach. And yet, she wasn't satisfied with just that. She even compiled her success strategies and handed them over to the teachers at her school.

"She kept an eye on the two batches of students following her year as well. As a result, for three consecutive years, the school she attended dominated the city rankings and received top honors."

Steven chuckled. "I always thought Zane liked a stay-at-home wife. Who knew he liked such an impressive woman?"

To be honest, he was impressed that Zane's first love had such drive and character.

him, "It's not just her perseverance or ability—it's

graduated, she placed first in the entire city. Reporters even interviewed her back then, asking

previous school didn't hold back and immediately smeared

She calmly stood in front of the cameras and said that she was

the reporters heard her response, they were stunned. Did the top student in the city transfer because of bullying? What kind of school would

to find that everyone backed her

ones who bullied her

the city's top student, she had no choice but

reputation plummeted. High-achieving students started avoiding it, afraid they'd suffer the same treatment

sighed. "That was a ruthless

of her bully. In fact, she had been