Chapter 60
Growing up, life hadn’t been easy, but my adoptive parents had never once raised a hand against me.
Who did Samuel think he was to dare hit me?”
After regaining my balance, I didn’t say a word. I clenched my teeth, kept a cold expression and returned the slap with full force. “Which of your eyes saw me cheat? Didn’t the police warn you? Spreading false accusations can land you in jail!”
Samuel hadn’t expected me to fight back. His eyes burned with rage.
“Layla, did a dog eat your manners? You actually dared to hit me!“}
“If you didn’t cheat, are you saying Grace made a false report?”
“I think you’re just shameless. You won’t cry until you see the coffin!“}
I let out a cold laugh, pulled out my phone and called the police.
“Hello, officer? Someone is falsely accusing me of cheating and trying to stop me from taking the college entrance exam.“}]
“I request a fingerprint scan on the cheating device to prove my innocence.”
As soon as I said that, I caught a flicker of panic flash across Grace’s face, though she quickly tried to hide it.
The police soon took the eraser and extracted fingerprints from it.
After comparison, the prints didn’t match mine. Even the handwriting on the hidden cheat sheet wasn’t mine.
With no evidence against me, I was quickly cleared of any suspicion of cheating.
Grace stood nearby, guilt written all over her face. I knew without a doubt that she was the one behind it.”
If I had asked them to check her fingerprints on the spot, she would have been caught red–handed.
But that kind of punishment felt far too light.
So, I chose to let it go, for now. I would finish the exam first, then settle the score.
The college entrance exam ended smoothly and I finally breathed a sigh of relief.}
In fact, my former homeroom teacher had once told me that, even though I was raised in a small mountain village, my grades had always ranked among the top in the city.
If I performed as usual, even if I couldn’t get into Blackwell University or Merrick University, I’d still be accepted into a 985–tier school. Before the exam, she had reminded me again and again. The college entrance exam was the best way for ordinary people to change their destiny.
Even though I had been reunited with my biological parents, after so many years apart, there was still a distance between us.”
Getting into a good university was the real foundation for standing on my own.”
But who would’ve thought, in my past life, I had stepped into the exam hall full of confidence, only to be disqualified before finishing the first paper because of Grace’s scheme and ultimately banned from exams for life.}
Even when the Department of Education issued a notice saying I had cheated, my homeroom teacher never believed it.”
With my grades, I had no reason to cheat.
Even someone unrelated to me trusted me without hesitation.
Yet my biological brother, Samuel, never once listened to my explanation or tried to clear my name.}
Sometimes, I even questioned whether he was truly my brother.
Otherwise, how could a grown man be so blindly biased toward an adopted sister like Grace?}
Thinking back to how, in my past life, after being falsely accused of cheating, I was sent by Samuel to teach in a remote mountain village.
How I was eventually assaulted by more than a dozen old bachelors… my whole body trembled.”
But luckily, in this life, I had finally defused the crisis and successfully completed the college entrance exam.
Even now, though, I still couldn’t figure out why I was the only one who could hear Grace’s thoughts.”
I hadn’t even worn the bracelet./
Could it have all been a trap from the start, set by Grace just to drive me, the real daughter, out of the Rodriguez family so I wouldn’t take away the love and attention she had?!
But I had never once shown her hostility. Why would she go that far??
Whatever the reason was, if others would not harm me, I would not harm them.
