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    “Does ine know about this?<b>” </b>


    “She does.”


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    Halbert nodded. “We’re all adults. If you can’t see through something this simple, you’re an idiot. ine definitely knows. But she probably thinks it’s a good idea. Otherwise, why would she marry Nn? You think she’s mentally ill? She knows, and she’s still willing to marry into the Hayes family?”


    Eliza hadn’t expected it. Even knowing her enemy was right in front of her, ine still chose to marry him -she was even willing to die for him.


    Halbert spoke indifferently. “You can’t control how other people think. Maybe some people are happy living in a cage like that. What can you do about it? In the end, it has nothing to do with you.”


    Eliza fell silent at Halbert’s words.


    “Give up on Nn. There’s no future for you two.”


    As he left, Halbert tapped Eliza lightly on the head.


    Eliza thought carefully about what he’d said.


    He had a point.


    The next day.


    Eliza went to school.


    Matteo didn’t show up today. The dean walked into the ssroom, smiling warmly. “We’ve got a new student joining us today.”


    Eliza wasn’t interested in hearing about any new ssmate.


    But the dean went on, “I’m sure you all know her already. ine, say hello to everyone.”


    At the sound of the name ine, Eliza’s brows furrowed.


    Sure enough, she saw ine walk in.


    Today, she looked different from before. Her usually elegant face was pale from illness, giving her a delicate, fragile look–like a willow in the wind.


    “Hi everyone, I’m ine.”


    As ine stood there, the ssmates around her couldn’t hide their surprise.


    Because of her poor health, ine almost never appeared in their social circle.


    That had always made her name feel a bit mysterious.


    No one had expected ine to actually show up at school.


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    Eliza wasn’t surprised that most of the students knew ine:


    There weren’t many big names in this circle to begin with.


    She had asked Halbert to look into it before.


    The Lynn family had been a majorpany back in the day, no ordinary name.


    ine’s background was right there for everyone to see.


    She’d probably gone to an elite school as a kid.


    That’s how she’d ended up knowing so many people in this ss.


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    Soon, someone whispered, “Isn’t that the girl who made a scene and tried to slit her wrists at the school gate a few days ago? What’s she doing here?”


    “Why else? Obviously, she’s here to keep an eye on the mistress.”


    Everyone turned their eyes to Eliza, clearly implying that she was the so–called mistress.


    ine looked at the empty seat beside Eliza, then walked over and asked, “Can I sit here?”


    Eliza immediately ced her backpack on the chair. “Sorry, someone’s already sitting here.”


    Her direct refusal made a trace of awkwardness sh across ine’s face. A nearby ssmate, trying to ease the tension, patted the seat next to her and said, “ine, sit with me. No one’s here, and we can go to ss together from now on.”


    That ssmate clearly wanted to be friends with ine.


    After all, everyone knew ine had no family left, and she was engaged to someone from the Hayes family.


    That kind of connection was worth cultivating.


    ine smiled gratefully. “Thank you.”


    Then she sat down.


    Compared to how she’d looked yesterday, ine now seemed like apletely different person.


    Eliza even started wondering if she’d gotten so sick that it had affected her mind.


    Compared to Eliza, the others naturally felt closer to ine.


    “If you’re new here and need anything, just ask me.”


    Cecile turned to ine. “Eliza usually keeps to herself. Don’t take it personally.”


    “It’s fine. We’re all ssmates. Why would I take offense? I just saw that the seat was empty, that’s all.”


    Then, to everyone’s surprise, ine turned back to Eliza and said, “I’m really sorry. I didn’t know someone was sitting there.”


    Eliza said nothing.


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    Cecile kept talking to ine. “I heard your health wasn’t great and you had to drop out in high school. I can’t believe you made it to ire University! My dad used to do business with your dad–they were friends.”


    Cecile was clearly trying to bring up the past to get closer to ine.


    But ine only gave her a faint smile.


    Her parents had died long ago. She had no real memory of them.


    She’d been raised by the Hayes family from the very beginning.


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