However, Lina seemed a little different.


    She dyed her brown hair ck and twisted it into a bun. A backless silk dress clung to her figure and exposed her supple skin while diamond earrings dangled from her ears. Lina seemed to be glowing.


    Unlike her usual look that made her appear cheap and inauthentic, she seemed like the heiress of a filthy rich family that day.


    However, what hadn''t changed was her pitiful expression and the careless pride glimmering in her eyes as she looked down on Felicia and me.


    "You two are shameless for daring to appear in public after stealing money from the school. You''re pretending to be rich to scam your way into events."


    After mocking us, Lina turned to Felicia.


    No matter how hard she tried to hide it, the jealousy in her eyes was still noticeable.


    "Felicia, even though you used to do suggestive live streams, at least you were making your own money. Ever since you started dating William, you''ve let your morals go. Don''t you feel ashamed of yourself for renting expensive evening gowns and jewelry to maintain your reputation?"


    It was clear that Felicia felt extremely awkward. She said, "Lina, these are not rented. William gifted them to me."


    Lina scoffed before saying, "Don''t you know where his moneyes from? It''s not just any money. It''s money belonging to the underprivileged students in school. Using this money to put on an act of wealthiness will bring you bad karma."


    Ryan sipped at his champagne and said to Lina, "They''ve got a few tricks up their sleeves. After all, they managed to sneak in here. I spent 30 thousand dors to procure an invitation."


    I immediately understood the situation. They weren''t invited, so they had bought an invitation.


    I found it hrious. "You didn''t even receive an invitation. Yet, you''re still adamant abouting to this event. What, are you so desperate to get to know the special guest who was supposed to be introduced today?"


    "What the hell do you know?" Ryan red at me disdainfully.


    "Building connections with anyone in this room, especially the special guest, will be endlessly beneficial to me. Of course, peasants like you are an exception! People like you can only sneak in and hide at a table in the corner to get some food."


    I chuckled at his ignorance. "Ryan, aren''t you at my table too? Why don''t you sit with them if you''re so amazing?"


    "You!"


    My words shut him up. Lina butted in, "We arrivedte and couldn''t get a seat. Did you think that this was all we could manage?"


    Ryan immediately added, "Yeah. We were justte. It''s not that we had nowhere else to sit. Stop thinking of yourself as a big deal. If I''d known that the two of you were here, I wouldn''t havee no matter what!"


    Then, he said to the strangers around our table, "Listen up. These two people are thieves at our school. They stole the schrship money that should''ve gone to the underprivileged students. It amounted to one million dors. Then, they used this money to show off! Don''t give them any time of the day. They''re public enemies of the school now!"


    The others at the table widened their eyes and stared at us as though we were terrifying monsters.


    Felicia was so angry that her face turned red. She couldn''t help but say, "Can you guys stop spewing that nonsense? We didn''t steal the money at all!"


    "Still trying to deny it?" Lina chuckled coldly.


    "Felicia, between you and William, your respective families are either waste collectors or fruit merchants. If you hadn''t stolen, how could you buy clothes worth tens of thousands of dors and donate just as much? Exin yourselves."


    Everyone was stunned. "Are their clothes that expensive? Hell, I can''t even afford such an expensive piece."


    "How shameless. I thought that woman was a rich heir. Turns out, it was bought with stolen money. Not only does she have no morals, but she''s vain as well. How disgusting."


    "Why hasn''t your school reported this to the police and gotten them arrested?"