Chapter 2 Help me Sign the document

I should be able to report to the international class tomorrow."

Maureen had a very strong ability to take action, she immediately went to her desk, turned on her computer, slightly modified the already filled out information, changed the gold class to the international class, and sent it to the Headmaster's email.

After finishing this task, she opened her suitcase and spread it out on the floor, starting to pack her clothes one by one.

From outside the door, urgent knocks sounded, it was Chris's lowered voice saying,

"Maureen, Bianca was discharged from the hospital and just got home.

What are you doing hiding in your room?

While the whole family is downstairs, you should apologize to Bianca.

Let's forget about the allergy incident!"

A few days ago, there was a huge commotion in the house.

Bianca had an allergic reaction to peanut butter in one of Josephine's chain stores.

Josephine was Maureen's friend, so the family thought Maureen was responsible.

Maureen was so angry that she went to Josephine's store and started to look at the surveillance tapes one by one, but it wasn't that simple.

Despite being red-eyed from exhaustion, she was unable to prove her innocence. Maureen found it stupid.

How do you even prove that you didn't do something?

In her previous life, did she care so much about what her family thought of her?

Was she really that desperately worried about them disliking her?

In the end, this all was like tying herself up.

Maureen zipped up her suitcase and opened the door.

Chris almost fell inside, he was about to persuade her again, but his face immediately turned sour when he saw Maureen's suitcase:

" Maureen, are you going to play this trick again?

Are you running away from home or going to live in school?

Won't you obediently come back in a few days? Is all this fuss worth it over such a trivial matter?"

"Is this a trivial matter?"

Maureen's face turned icy cold, and the wheels of her suitcase almost rolled over Chris's foot.

"Move aside!" Chris promptly stepped back, looking at Maureen's expression, he blanked out for a moment.

Whether the members of the household either disliked Maureen or were distant toward her.

When Maureen first came to the house, he was only fourteen years old, hence his relationship with Maureen was arguably the best.

After two years of living together, he had never seen Maureen treat him with a cold, knife-like attitude, demonstrating a desire to sever ties - Maureen had always been slightly ingratiating toward him and the other members of the household.

Chris didn't really think too much about it for a moment. He, too, was becoming agitated. "Isn't this a minor matter?

Even if Bianca's allergy has nothing to do with you - I believe you, isn't that good enough?

But Bianca just came out of the hospital, would it kill you to say something comforting?

You are always so stubborn, which is why no one in our family gets along with you!"

"If you can't get along, then don't bother."

Chris froze in place, he watched Maureen's retreating figure in disbelief.

Maureen's words were devoid of any emotion, merely a straightforward statement.

Moreover, her eyes did not redden, nor did she spare him another glance, surprisingly it did not seem like a spat out of anger as it used to be.

Chris had an inexplicable feeling of dread welling up in his heart for some reason. He continued to follow her.

Seeing Maureen dragging her suitcases downstairs, the faces of the family who had just picked up Bianca from the hospital dropped.

Mr. Smith and Oliver and Mike, were still at the company.

Mrs. Smith, supporting the just-discharged Bianca, took a seat on the sofa and annoyed, glanced at Maureen,

"What are you up to again?

Can't you just stay put for a few days?"

Other than Maureen and Bianca, there are eight people in the Smith family.

Mr. Smith is completely focused on his career, seldom paying attention to domestic affairs. Mike was a minor actor in the entertainment circle with 18 lines to his name.

He's always been critical of Maureen, either mocking her or outright ignoring her.

Fortunately, he is on the road most of the time, barely spending any days at home within a year.

The ones who spend most of their time at home, apart from youngest brother Chris and their mother, and it is Oliver, who runs a company.

Despite being the lead male, his outstanding abstinence personality strikes a gentle character.

But, when Maureen learned from the system that he would develop a romantic line with Bianca, Maureen could no longer face him comfortably.

Their mother has never been particularly fond of Maureen, and Maureen couldn't care less.

She walked directly towards Oliver, pulled out two pieces of paper, and handed them to him, saying,

"Help me sign these." Oliver, was somewhat troubled,

"Maureen, don't be unreasonable.

This time-" Maureen interrupted him, "

Just sign them.

I'm going to board at school."

Her eyes were clearly black and white, calm and indifferent, unlike her usual fussiness.

Oliver keenly noticed that something was off with Maureen today, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Just sign it!"

Their mother snarled furiously, "She creates a ruckus daily, let her go to the boarding school.

We've compensated for everything we could have, what more does she want?"

Oliver was a tolerant person and he'd never blamed Maureen.

He thought Maureen was just a child who refused to grow up, her rebellions were just her desperate attempts to snatch attention from Bianca.

However, humans are emotional beings and they all have had a seventeen-year emotional bond with Bianca, a connection that no one can take away.

Perhaps it's time for Maureen to experience some hardships at boarding school.

After a while, she might come to her senses and obediently come back.

If she stopped competing with Bianca, Oliver would be able to treat her as his dear younger sister.

Oliver absent-mindedly signed the papers. One was for an application for boarding school, and the other was a request for a class transfer.

He had long heard from Bianca that Maureen was always following around that Richard family boy at school, as if she wanted to transfer to his class.

After waiting for him to sign, Maureen promptly snatched the document away, turned around with her luggage, and walked out of the Smith family's front door.

The September air was a little chilly, but what she saw was a world of golden warmth.

Maureen took a gentle breath, put on a mask reflecting it was a time for her to change her destiny.

She would no longer waste her time pleasing this family.

Everything could still be changed in time. Mrs. Smith glanced at her and felt a headache coming from her audacity, "

Just you wait, that ungrateful girl will come crying back in a few days."

Oliver capped his pen, feeling something odd and asked Bianca,

"Didn't you mention Maureen intended to apply for the elite class?"

"Yes, big brother," Bianca, who had been quiet all along, propped her head up from her mother's hug.

"Maureen has always been following Richard.

Rumors at school aren't flattering... Richard hasn't visited us recently, presumably wanting some peace."

"But why did she write that she wanted to transfer to the international class on her application?"

Both Bianca and Chris were taken aback and said incredulously,

"That's impossible."