First Affiliated High School, Class 2-3, Grade 11.
The senior year courses ended last sester, and this sester started with review mode. The math teacher was talking about the test paper, while Oliver Scott, who scored full marks, was slacking off at his desk.
According to the study plan, he should have completed half of the science test paper by now.
Resting his arm on the table, Oliver Scott leaned his chin on his elbow, clutching a pen, with his mind full of the ssages from Lisa.
Lisa:
[Master, just now the master and madam had a fight, the master wants to send the madam back to the Ferreira Family and divorce her.]
[Miss is a bit emotionally unstable.]
[Can you co ho tonight?]
Oliver Scott was extrely smart.
At this critical mont, Ernesto Scott and Alma Ferreira fighting, what could the reason be?
Ernesto Scott, being a doting father, usually doesn’t care about family matters unless they are related to Nora Scott, only then could it affect him so much.
That is to say, the rumors about Nora Scott being an illegitimate daughter had been spread with Alma Ferreira fanning the flas behind the scenes.
Ernesto Scott’s Weibo had spread around the class just now, classmates were shocked by his "brotherly relationship" with Marcus Shaw, and he only just learned that the stories Alma Ferreira had hinted at about "Nora Scott being an illegitimate daughter" were fundantally untrue.
In that case, many things make sense—
Ernesto Scott’s usual indifference to Alma Ferreira wasn’t due to broken feelings as he thought when he was young; it might be that there was no emotion at all;
Alma Ferreira painstakingly raising their two children, there is an explanation in her attempts to attract Ernesto Scott’s attention;
Why Ernesto Scott spoils Nora Scott so much, wanting to give her everything;
...
All these things are just because the person in Ernesto Scott’s heart is not Alma Ferreira, but Nora Scott’s mother.
Alma Ferreira is just cautiously maintaining a long-dead marriage.
No, maybe from the start, this marriage was only a fignt of Alma Ferreira’s imagination.
Oliver Scott didn’t have the right to inquire, nor did he want to question exactly how the previous generation’s marriage was.
But right now—
Ernesto Scott divorcing Alma Ferreira;
Alma Ferreira seeing Nora Scott as a thorn in her side;
Sophie Scott and Nora Scott certainly unable to reconcile because of the "plagiarism incident";
...
A pile of vexing problems made Oliver Scott’s head feel like it was going to explode.
Sohow, Oliver Scott lifted his eyelids and his gaze suddenly stayed on Marcus Shaw in the front seat.
For a mont, he was distracted.
Even though it’s quite impolite, sotis he couldn’t help but admit that Marcus Shaw’s simple family relations occasionally were quite enviable to him...
At least there aren’t so many issues.
But, what is he doing?
Oliver Scott’s eyes shifted past Marcus Shaw’s shoulder to the front, and there he was playing on his phone again.
*
Marcus Shaw was replying to a ssage.
Earlier he took a job from the "Biel Hall" app and t soone nad "Boss Alex." This person contacted him just now, saying there’s a technical issue with another software that needs handling, and asked if he had ti.
The offered pay wasn’t low.
After clearing his debts, Marcus Shaw only needed to worry about his living expenses, with no urgent need for money. Plus, his wealthy sister occasionally sent him money for als, so his living expenditures were easily covered.
He didn’t necessarily have to take the job.
However, Boss Alex was a nice person, and his recent reviews had been smooth.
[Marcus Shaw]: Mm.
[Boss Alex]: [Address]
[Boss Alex]: Then I’ll trouble you to take a trip, travel expenses reimbursed.
Marcus Shaw put away his phone.
"The next problem—"
"Screech—" With a sound, the chair was pulled out, and the whole class’s attention was forcibly shifted to Marcus Shaw who was standing up.
"Marcus Shaw, what’s the matter?"
The math teacher’s gaze passed over with slight curiosity.
Since the beginning of this sester, Marcus Shaw had beco a key focus for all subject teachers.
As usual, during small tests, Marcus Shaw’s grades hovered around the pass mark.
However, with the experience from last sester’s finals, teachers would carefully check the questions he answered. Unsurprisingly, he left simple questions blank, but if he had done them, he probably would have gotten them all right. In fact, in this small test, he perford pretty well, with only two points deducted from the last question of the ones he answered.
If it weren’t for his scores being unimpressive, the math teacher would really want to praise him properly.
Now, any movent from him naturally caught the math teacher’s attention.
Marcus Shaw lazily lifted his eyes and said, "Stomachache, taking a leave."
Math teacher the whole class: "..."
This young man looks energetic, glowing, without a hint of sickness. Isn’t the "stomachache" excuse a bit too fabricated?
"Go on then."
The math teacher maintained a stern expression, nodding slightly, indicating agreent.
Previously Marcus Shaw would just not show up for class without notifying, now—
Showing improvent in attitude is still worthy of recognition.
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