My dad canceled the card, but Henry didn't know. He even gathered all the classmates' info and started booking flights in front of them using a mobile app.

The classmates were beyond excited. It was their first time traveling abroad, and someone was booking the tickets for them. They were practically treating him like a hero, showering him with endless praise.

"I've never been abroad before. Thank you, Henry, for giving me this opportunity."

"It's such a blessing to be in the same class as Henry. I want to be his classmate in my next life too."

"Yeah, Henry's great. He's rich, generous, and kind. I'm sticking with him from now on."

Henry held his head high, basking in the compliments and admiration. He couldn't hide the smug smile on his face.

"No problem. Stick with me, and you'll be living the good life."

Everyone erupted in excitement, all pledging their loyalty.

I was doing my homework. When I saw Henry looking so smug, I couldn't help but chuckle. I wondered how he would handle the situation when he realized he couldn't pay in front of everyone.

One classmate noticed me and mocked sarcastically, "What are you laughing at? Are you jealous that Henry is nice to us and ignores you?"

"Exactly, you're just the housekeeper's daughter, yet you shamelessly ride Henry's luxury car every day. If it were up to me, I'd have kicked you out long ago."

"Don't book her ticket. She might get jealous of Leah and ruin everyone's mood."

"Yeah, people like her who don't know gratitude and overstep their boundaries shouldn't go. She deserves to stay clueless forever."

Henry waved his hand generously, not at all worried that I might expose him.

"It's fine, one extra ticket won't break the bank."

"Huh, I've been to the Maldives so often that I'm bored. Some people are so hyped. I wonder who's the one who's never seen the world."

Twirling my pen, I smiled. "Yeah, Henry's family is so rich. How could they be short on a little cash?

"Go ahead and pay then. Just don't end up biting off more than you can chew."

Henry didn't get a chance to speak before the other classmates jumped to his defense.

"What a joke! Henry's so rich. The Rolls-Royce he drives to school must cost millions.

"And that Rolex on his wrist? It's worth at least six or seven hundred thousand. There's no way he can't afford these plane tickets.

"I bet she confessed to Henry and got rejected. Now she's just talking nonsense, haha."

Everyone burst into laughter.

"Henry, go ahead and pay in front of her. Show her the real difference between a wealthy heir and a housekeeper's daughter."

Others joined in, "Yeah, make her so ashamed she wants to disappear."

Henry was basking in all the attention.

But what he didn't know was the higher he climbed, the harder the fall.

To humiliate me, Henry even projected his phone screen onto the wall. He smugly waved his black card, entered the account number, and said, "Watch closely. I'm about to pay."

The classmates all craned their necks, holding their breath. Their eyes were fixed on the screen, ready to watch him play and prove me wrong.

I just smiled, calm and composed.

The classroom became eerily quiet, you could hear a pin drop.

Henry entered the password in front of everyone and hit the pay button.

The payment page kept loading, then it returned to the current page and showed a payment failed message.

Everyone, including Henry, was stunned.

He refused to believe it and clicked several more times, but the result was the same.

"Why can't it go through? Could it be that there's no money?" The classmates gave him strange looks.

Henry panicked. He suddenly realized I must have interfered. With everyone watching, he couldn't confront me directly. He tried to stay calm and explained, "I forgot that I maxed out this card yesterday when I bought a motorcycle. I'll use a new card tomorrow to book it."

As soon as they heard he bought a new motorcycle, everyone's eyes lit up with envy. They believed him without hesitation.

"Oh, so that's it. I knew Henry wouldn't be out of money."

"But I thought black cards have no limit?" I said. That one sentence shattered Henry's calm. His face went pale, and he started trembling.

"Yeah, that's true. Henry should know that, right? Could this black card be fake?" The whole room erupted in whispers.

"No way! I just ordered swimsuits online for our Maldives trip, and they've already shipped. I can't get a refund!"

"Yeah, me too! I've already bragged to my friends that I'm going to the Maldives this weekend. I can't be embarrassed now!"

The classmates turned on Henry, pressing him hard.

"Henry, you better give us an explanation today, or we're not friends anymore."

"Yeah."

Dozens of eyes stared at him intensely. Henry's face turned pale. He bit his lower lip. Beads of sweat the size of peas rolled down his forehead. His usual arrogance was nowhere to be seen.

"I, I..." he stammered, trying to explain. But aside from "I," no other words came out.

Suddenly, his attempts to explain stopped. He closed his eyes and fainted on the spot.

I dropped the pen in my hand, pouting with boredom. "This is no fun at all."

Henry was faking being unconscious. He jumped up when he was taken to the nurse's office and hid in the washroom to call me.

"Elena, you've gone too far. Why did you cancel my black card and embarrass me in front of everyone?

"Don't forget, my mom saved your mom's life. You owe me.

"Restore my black card immediately, or I'll tell everyone at school that your family is ungrateful and mistreats the person who saved your mom's life."

Listening to his angry rant, I calmly hung up the phone and blocked him.

After school, Leah blocked me at the classroom door.

She gritted her teeth and yanked my hair, saying, "Elena, you jerk! Henry is my boyfriend, and you're still obsessing over him.

"Yesterday, he rejected your confession, so you took revenge. You switched the black card while cleaning and made him look bad in front of everyone.

"Henry was kind enough not to expose your dirty trick on the spot, but I won't let you keep bullying him."

The classmates who were about to leave stopped and stared at me, whispering among themselves.

"So it was her messing things up. I knew it. How could Henry be out of money?"

I felt pain in my scalp. I pulled out pepper spray and sprayed it on Leah's face.

She screamed and let go.

I sneered and said, "That card was originally..."

Before I could finish, Henry showed up.

He shielded Leah and said earnestly, "I don't blame you for the black card incident. Don't take it out on Leah."

With that one statement, he confirmed the story that I had swapped the black card. The classmates started angrily criticizing me.

"From now on, no one should talk to her."

"Yeah, let's not be friends with someone so petty and jealous. She doesn't deserve to be our friend."

No one would believe the truth from me.

I was always focused on studying, unlike Henry, who flaunted my black card around.

He treated the whole class to meals, bought them coffee, and took them to amusement parks and concerts, winning them over and gathering many followers.

That's how he earned his reputation as the school's kingpin.

He spent my money and secretly instructed others to bully me.