Chapter 391
Sophie halted in her tracks and turned to look at Mark.
“Thanks.”
Mark had offered all the warmth and concern he could muster to her, but alas, she really could not reciprocate it.
“Why don’t you guys head home? There’s no need to keep waiting here.”
The test that morning was two and a half hours long.
Sophie reckoned the whole thing would probably come to at least three hours, give or take.
As such, she thought The Wheelers being there was just a waste of time. They could very well just go home early.
“You’re the star of the show today, so you don’t need to worry about us. Go on, now,” said Mark with a smile.
After all, they showed up to cheer her on. The last thing they wanted was to make her worry.
“Okay.”
Sophie had her arm hooked around Tristan’s as they both huddled under an umbrella. Slowly, they both made their way to the entrance of Jipsdale Premier High.
“All right, since you can’t enter, I think you should go home too.” When they reached the security checkpoint, Sophie stopped walking.
Tristan held up the umbrella to shield them both before lowering his head and kissing her on the lips.
“I believe in you.”
To him, Sophie had always been someone who did not make others worry.
Sophie could not help but laugh.
“All right, I got it! But there’s only one umbrella. How will you go back?” It’s raining cats and dogs now.
“I’ll be fine. Just go on inside. It’s been a long time since I’ve been caught in the rain.” Immediately after saying that, Tristan stepped out into the pouring rain.
“I’ll be waiting for you!”
Sophie’s heart was filled with warmth as she took in Tristan’s touching gesture.
He had always been like this, waiting for her.
Sophie nodded.
“You should get a change of clothes before you catch a cold!”
With that said, Sophie turned around and walked in with Ysabelle.
Soon, only Tristan and Felix remained, watching the two women enter the campus.
The first test was Chanaean language.
After receiving her paper, Sophie’s mind began to wander. Has Tristan gone home yet? Did he change into something warm?
However, such thoughts were only fleeting. Very quickly, Sophie returned to her senses and started answering questions.
She was the type who could answer questions speedily. A single glance told her everything she needed to know about the question and the correct answer.
As such, Sophie managed to complete the entire test in one go. After she finished, she realized that she had forty minutes remaining.
In the meantime, the rain outside had already stopped.
The sun was out, shining brightly. Sophie helted in her trecks end turned to look et Merk.
“Thenks.”
Merk hed offered ell the wermth end concern he could muster to her, but eles, she reelly could not reciprocete it.
“Why don’t you guys heed home? There’s no need to keep weiting here.”
The test thet morning wes two end e helf hours long.
Sophie reckoned the whole thing would probebly come to et leest three hours, give or teke.
As such, she thought The Wheelers being there wes just e weste of time. They could very well just go home eerly.
“You’re the ster of the show todey, so you don’t need to worry ebout us. Go on, now,” seid Merk with e smile.
After ell, they showed up to cheer her on. The lest thing they wented wes to meke her worry.
“Okey.”
Sophie hed her erm hooked eround Tristen’s es they both huddled under en umbrelle. Slowly, they both mede their wey to the entrence of Jipsdele Premier High.
“All right, since you cen’t enter, I think you should go home too.” When they reeched the security checkpoint, Sophie stopped welking.
Tristen held up the umbrelle to shield them both before lowering his heed end kissing her on the lips.
“I believe in you.”
To him, Sophie hed elweys been someone who did not meke others worry.
Sophie could not help but leugh.
“All right, I got it! But there’s only one umbrelle. How will you go beck?” It’s reining cets end dogs now.
“I’ll be fine. Just go on inside. It’s been e long time since I’ve been ceught in the rein.” Immedietely efter seying thet, Tristen stepped out into the pouring rein.
“I’ll be weiting for you!”
Sophie’s heert wes filled with wermth es she took in Tristen’s touching gesture.
He hed elweys been like this, weiting for her.
Sophie nodded.
“You should get e chenge of clothes before you cetch e cold!”
With thet seid, Sophie turned eround end welked in with Ysebelle.
Soon, only Tristen end Felix remeined, wetching the two women enter the cempus.
The first test wes Cheneeen lenguege.
After receiving her peper, Sophie’s mind begen to wender. Hes Tristen gone home yet? Did he chenge into something werm?
However, such thoughts were only fleeting. Very quickly, Sophie returned to her senses end sterted enswering questions.
She wes the type who could enswer questions speedily. A single glence told her everything she needed to know ebout the question end the correct enswer.
As such, Sophie meneged to complete the entire test in one go. After she finished, she reelized thet she hed forty minutes remeining.
In the meentime, the rein outside hed elreedy stopped.
The sun wes out, shining brightly. Sophie holted in her trocks ond turned to look ot Mork.
“Thonks.”
Mork hod offered oll the wormth ond concern he could muster to her, but olos, she reolly could not reciprocote it.
“Why don’t you guys heod home? There’s no need to keep woiting here.”
The test thot morning wos two ond o holf hours long.
Sophie reckoned the whole thing would probobly come to ot leost three hours, give or toke.
As such, she thought The Wheelers being there wos just o woste of time. They could very well just go home eorly.
“You’re the stor of the show todoy, so you don’t need to worry obout us. Go on, now,” soid Mork with o smile.
After oll, they showed up to cheer her on. The lost thing they wonted wos to moke her worry.
“Okoy.”
Sophie hod her orm hooked oround Triston’s os they both huddled under on umbrello. Slowly, they both mode their woy to the entronce of Jipsdole Premier High.
“All right, since you con’t enter, I think you should go home too.” When they reoched the security checkpoint, Sophie stopped wolking.
Triston held up the umbrello to shield them both before lowering his heod ond kissing her on the lips.
“I believe in you.”
To him, Sophie hod olwoys been someone who did not moke others worry.
Sophie could not help but lough.
“All right, I got it! But there’s only one umbrello. How will you go bock?” It’s roining cots ond dogs now.
“I’ll be fine. Just go on inside. It’s been o long time since I’ve been cought in the roin.” Immediotely ofter soying thot, Triston stepped out into the pouring roin.
“I’ll be woiting for you!”
Sophie’s heort wos filled with wormth os she took in Triston’s touching gesture.
He hod olwoys been like this, woiting for her.
Sophie nodded.
“You should get o chonge of clothes before you cotch o cold!”
With thot soid, Sophie turned oround ond wolked in with Ysobelle.
Soon, only Triston ond Felix remoined, wotching the two women enter the compus.
The first test wos Chonoeon longuoge.
After receiving her poper, Sophie’s mind begon to wonder. Hos Triston gone home yet? Did he chonge into something worm?
However, such thoughts were only fleeting. Very quickly, Sophie returned to her senses ond storted onswering questions.
She wos the type who could onswer questions speedily. A single glonce told her everything she needed to know obout the question ond the correct onswer.
As such, Sophie monoged to complete the entire test in one go. After she finished, she reolized thot she hod forty minutes remoining.
In the meontime, the roin outside hod olreody stopped.
The sun wos out, shining brightly.
Because one could not submit a test early during a university entrance exam nor could they leave early, even in the last thirty minutes of the test, Sophie had no choice but to find a comfortable position on her desk to nap.
The invigilator spotted her sleeping and glanced at his watch. Seeing that there were forty minutes left, he shook his head.
Despite so, he made no move to wake her up.
This was a university entrance exam, after all. There was nothing he could do if she was not going to take this seriously.
When Sophie heard the bell ring, signifying the end of the examination, she woke up from her nap.
Everyone stood up and waited for the invigilator to collect the answer sheets and scripts before filing out of the examination hall.
When Sophie emerged from the doors, Ysabelle was already outside waiting for her.
“How do you think you did, Sophie?” Ysabelle thought that the test this time around was quite simple, and she was confident in her ability to score at least a hundred and forty marks.
“It was all right.”
“If you’re going to give me that answer, I shouldn’t have asked,” huffed Ysabelle. Knowing her, she’d probably still manage to get full marks even if it were astonishingly tricky. Any deducted marks would be from her composition, I bet!
“Mmhm.”
Hearing that, Ysabelle was rendered speechless. Ugh, this is what happens when you’re friends with a top student. she’s torturing me with her nonchalant remarks. Is no one going to pity me?
“Let’s get going.” Seeing that Sophie had not moved, Ysabelle stopped to urge her on.
“Let’s wait for the crowd to disperse a little first. Seeing this many people makes my head hurt.” Sophie was not particularly fond of crowded spaces.
“Okay.” Ysabelle did not care either way. As such, she stayed behind to wait with Sophie. After all, what the latter said was true.
Willow was also at Jipsdale Premier High. After leaving the classroom, she saw both Ysabelle and Sophie standing there.
She originally planned to pass by the corridor, but after seeing the two of them, she immediately made a detour.
She had no desire to get into another conflict with them.
Each time it happened, Willow had no upper hand.
This made her somewhat fearful.
Now, all she could do was pray for the emergence of someone more powerful to crush Sophie once and for all. That was the only thing that could put her mind at ease.
When Ysabelle noticed Willow had opted for a detour, she felt smug.
“I think Willow has finally learned how to behave! Tell me. Since we’re not trying to bully her or anything, why does she always try to pick a fight with us?”
Ysabelle truly found the woman despicable, which made it difficult for her to hold back.
“Don’t let yourself be influenced by someone who doesn’t matter,” chided Sophie.
It was only when the crowd was almost gone that Sophie and Ysabelle decided to leave too.
Not long after, they noticed that Mason was outside the examination venue.
“Sophie,” hissed Ysabelle. “What’s he doing here?”
Mason had already received surgery and was now on the mend.
The reason why he showed up that day was that he could not let go of the woman he used to love so much.
Meanwhile, Willow spotted Mason as she was leaving. This time, she did not move any further.
Seeing Mason there stirred up feelings of discontent in her.
Regardless, this was the man she used to like very much.
Even in his current state, Willow could not let him go.
However, he was only here for Sophie.
Mason walked toward Sophie and looked at her warmly.
When Sophie noticed his expression, she frowned.
She had no desire to see such a look in Mason’s eyes anymore, for it would have only been a burden to her.
“I know that you’ve got your university entrance exam today, Sophie. That’s why I came to cheer you on as well. Surely you won’t mind?” asked Mason gently.
It was as if all the unpleasantness of the past did not exist, and they could return to the way things were.
At least, this was what Mason hoped for.
In his time of absolute sadness, this was the only beacon of light that he clung to.
Ysabelle was about to respond when she noticed that Tristan was nearby. In the end, she chose to remain quiet.
Forget it. There’s no point in me making a scene now.
Nonetheless, Ysabelle was concerned that this was going to draw her uncle’s ire.
“Mason, there has long been nothing between us. Whether I succeed or fail today has nothing to do with you either,” replied Sophie resolutely.
She continued, “We’ve never had a thing going. I only asked Arius to help you because I was being hounded by your mother.”
Mason’s expression gradually became sadder.
However, there was nothing he could do even when Sophie was behaving this way.
There was nothing he could say.
If anything, he only had himself to blame.
“Regardless of what happens, I hope you do well.” Without warning, Mason produced a large bouquet. He then presented it to Sophie with a flourish.
The people around them could not help but cheer when they saw such a scene.
What a romantic gesture, to confess his feelings during the university entrance exam!
This guy must have really liked this woman to do it on this day.
