Chapter 8 Internship Certificate

Zachary was waiting at the back of the line, ready to hand in his internship certificate.

However, a shout suddenly came from behind, "Zachary, why are you here?"

Zachary turned around and saw a young woman who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, with heavy makeup on her face.

The woman was holding a luxury branded leather bag. She snuggled up to the tall young man next to her as she looked at Zachary in surprise.

Memories of the past flashed across his mind. Zachary felt a sting in his heart and immediately turned gloomy.

The young woman's name was Petty Chi. She was his ex-girlfriend. She had dumped Zachary before he started his internship, and subsequently got into a relationship with the headmaster's son, who was the young man beside her, Vincent Wu.

It was not surprising that a person would look down on the poor and look up to the rich. It was just reality.

However, although Zachary was born into a poor family, he had always been yearning for true love. Therefore, being dumped had been a huge blow to him.

Now that there were two merged souls in his body, it was not worth mentioning anymore.

"I'm here to hand in my internship certificate," Zachary glanced at Petty. He sounded calm, as if nothing had happened between them before.

Seeing that Zachary was so calm, Petty was unhappy over it. She could still remember his expression when she broke up with him. Zachary had looked as if he was about to break down.

Petty enjoyed feeling superior to others. Especially now, she wanted to show off her status as Vincent's girlfriend, because Vincent was the headmaster's son. She wanted to see Zachary being humiliated, gloomy, or even furious.

However, Zachary remained indifferent as if they were strangers. Petty was unhappy when she couldn't get any reaction from him. Her efforts in trying to show off had been in vain.

"Your internship certificate? How could you manage to get an internship certificate? You must be kidding," Petty smirked.

Zachary totally ignored her. Seeing that there were only four or five people left in line, he took out his internship certificate and held it in his hand.

Zachary did not say anything at all. Petty was speechless when she saw the words 'Internship Certificate', along with the bright red seal on the paper.

Her expression darkened. She snorted and said, "Don't think that you can fool us with that piece of paper. You can't pass the requirements to graduate using a fake certificate!"

There were many people from the same college standing around them. After hearing what Petty had said, they couldn't help but feel that it was strange. Although Zachary was born into a poor family, he was one of the best students in college. There would be no problem for him to get an internship certificate at all. Why would he need to fake an internship certificate? Was there something going on?

In order to respond to everyone's doubts, Vincent, who was beside Petty, stepped forward and sneered, "So, you're Zachary. You did your internship at Rutherford Hospital in Lanesville, am I right? I have some connections with Dr. Tse from Rutherford Hospital. So, I asked him to take 'good care' of you!"

At that, Petty smiled brightly. She arrogantly said, "That's right. Vincent asked Dr. Tse to take 'good care' of you. It's impossible for you to get an internship certificate. Stop fooling around with that fake piece of paper."

Her words caused a buzzing discussion among the crowd. It was no wonder that Petty was so prideful. It turned out that she had done some nasty stuff to make Zachary fail his internship. In that case, Zachary would not be able to graduate.

Many people were dissatisfied with Petty's vicious behavior. Some of them were jealous of her for being able to get into a relationship with a tall, handsome, and rich boyfriend like Vincent. No wonder she was so arrogant.

Looking at the people around her, Petty felt even more proud of herself. She took out a piece of paper from her leather bag, and then proceeded to show it off. "Look at this. I got the signature from Dean Wong of Topstate Hospital in Ludington City."

After saying that, she cut the queue and placed her internship certificate on the office desk. Then, she said arrogantly, "Zachary, it's still not too late for you to leave now. Your wrongdoing would be made known to everyone if they found out that your certificate is a fake," After that, Petty looked at Vincent with a charming smile.

Vincent raised his head slightly, and he confidently said, "I think that such a punishment would be too light. It would be more appropriate to kick him out of school."

Obviously, Vincent was threatening Zachary, but no one would doubt his ability to do so. Many people looked at Zachary with sympathy. It would be difficult for Zachary to become a doctor if he offended someone from an influential family like Vincent.

Despite the sympathetic glances, and Vincent and Petty's smug faces, Zachary remained calm. He didn't care about them at all. When it was his turn, he handed over the internship certificate and said with a smile, "Thank you!"

Then, he turned around and was about to leave, completely ignoring Petty's actions.

The corner of her lips twisted in anger when she could not get any reaction from him at all. She shouted to the Student Union member at the counter, Jacob, who was collecting the internship certificates, "Check carefully and see if the internship certificate is a fake."

Jacob couldn't bear to see Zachary being bullied. However, he didn't dare to offend Vincent. He could only check Zachary's internship certificate carefully.

A moment later, he exclaimed in surprise.

"How... How is this possible?"

Everyone instantly looked at Jacob. They were curious about what had happened.

Petty smiled arrogantly and said to Jacob, "The internship certificate is fake, isn't it? You can announce it now."

However, Jacob did not give her any response at all. He was still shocked. He just stood still in a daze, with Zachary's internship certificate in his hands.

"What happened to you? What are you standing around for, just tell everyone about it!" Petty said impatiently.

Jacob returned to his senses and shook his head, saying, "No, it's not a fake."

"Are you sure? Vincent has some connections. It's impossible for Zachary to get an internship certificate from Dr. Tse. How could it not be a fake?"

Jacob had to suppress his anger at Petty's terrible attitude. He looked down at the internship certificate and then looked up, saying, "It's not Dr. Tse's signature. It's someone else's."

"Haha! Zachary, don't tell me you asked someone else to fake the signature for you. Do you think you can cover this up with such a poor trick?" Petty laughed loudly as she mocked Zachary.

Vincent, who was standing by Petty's side, walked over confidently with an arrogant smile on his face. He grabbed the internship certificate and sneered, "Liar! I'd like to see who signed it for you..."