I had a bestie who was good at acting.

She stole the bank card and spent lavishly with her boyfriend who rode a modified motorcycle, but said she signed up for the SAT cram class for me.

She stole the Grand Deeds from home to take out a loan, but claimed it was to lend me money for appearances.

After a year of tutoring, she still cheated on the SAT. When she was caught, she said it was my idea.

That night, she stole the scratch-off lottery ticket that I won first prize with and eloped with her boyfriend.

They were intercepted by the police halfway.

But she accused me of being greedy for money and knocked her out, then dragged her onto a driverless vehicle.

In the end, I was sent to prison by her family and died at the hands of a female gangster known by her boyfriend.

When I opened my eyes again, I went back to the day when the SAT ended.

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After taking a shower, I wiped my hair and reached out to swipe open my phone. There were dozens of missed calls from my best friend Ella Williams on the blacklist.

When I was reborn at the moment of leaving the examination room, to protect the winning scratch card, I immediately blocked her number.

Ella couldn't reach me, obviously she was anxious.

But this didn't delay her elopement plan. Without any surprises, the two of them should have already set off by now.

I turned off my phone and leisurely crossed my legs to watch TV series.

After I finished watching two episodes, Ella's mother's call came to my phone on time.

I glanced at the caller ID and pressed the answer button with a sneer.

An angry questioning instantly came.

"Grace Taylor, where is Ella? How long has it been since the SAT ended and she still hasn't come home? Where did you take her to fool around? Do you think the SAT is the end? The SAT is just the first exam in your life!'

My gaze cooled down in her righteous scolding.

Impatiently, I tossed my phone onto the sofa and pressed the speaker button:

"Ella is going to be a graduate student and she will have a bright future. Why do you always hang out with her? I've tolerated you for three whole years since you were classmates. Now that we are not in the same university, you better keep away from her as soon as possible!"

"Let Ella come home immediately now, otherwise I will call the police!

From what she said, she still didn't know that her dear daughter cheated on the SAT.

I couldn't help but curl my lips into a cold smile.

She endured me for three years.

I had also endured Ella for three years.

Just because my parents worked in another city, every time I went to her house, she treated me as if I were an orphan.

Her dad was working hard outside to do business, while my parents worked to earn tuition for me, which was embarrassing and shameful.

My family was just not so wealthy, but it was not like we were committing murder or arson!

In the past life, when Ella was repeating a grade, she stole her family's bank card, and the next day she begged me to come to her house for a meal, asking me to thank her mom in person.

Originally, I was wondering why there was such a grand celebration for two review books.

When I sat at the dining table and saw her mother Regina Pratt's gloomy face and heard her sarcastic tone, I finally understood.

I became the scapegoat again.

I ate a delicious meal, but I couldn't taste it. I sat at the dining table with a sense of unease.

After finishing the meal, Ella was called to the kitchen, under the pretext of helping.

Actually, it was a reminder for her to stay away from me.

Ella's mom said that I got close to Ella just to take advantage of her family's educational resources.

They thought I was a nerd who couldn't understand, but I'm not a fool!

After that day, I gradually distanced myself from Ella.

But I still couldn't prevent the final disaster.

This time, if I didn't let her daughter have a "bright" future. I was sorry for my rebirth luck!

Seeing that I didn't say anything for a long time, Regina lost patience.

She directly gave me an ultimatum like the queen.

"I'll give you one hour to take Ella home, otherwise, wait for the police to come to your house to pick her up!"

Hearing this, I picked up my phone again and held it as far away as possible.

I pretended not to hear clearly and shouted, "Hello? Auntie, what did you say? What Peppa is picking someone up?"

"Auntie, my family is too poor and there is no signal. I can't hear you. I'll hang up first!"

After saying that, I hung up the phone directly and went to the bathroom to blow dry my hair.

After applying essential oil to my hair, I received five missed calls on my phone.

All of them were from Regina.

Since the calls were not answered, she switched to sending text messages.

[What happened to Ella's SAT? Why did the police come to my house?]

[Is Ella with you? What did you say to my daughter? Are you trying to harm her?]

[I warn you, I only have one daughter. If anything happens to her, I won't let you off!]

I hummed a song and pressed the delete key, and also added her number to the blacklist.

At this moment, the sound of a police siren came from downstairs.

Just as I pressed play on an episode of a TV series, someone outside started banging on my door.

Looking through the peephole, I saw it was the homeroom teacher. I thought she came to talk to me about Ella cheating on the SAT.

Regina rushed out from the side as soon as the door opened.

A Hermes bag worth over 2,000 USD hit me hard on the head.

I was caught off guard and got hit directly. My glasses fell to the ground and shattered.

In my line of sight, her well-maintained face was now distorted with anger, and her finger pointing at me was trembling slightly.

"Ms. Lee, it's this bitch who has corrupted my daughter! My daughter hasn't dared to come home since finishing the exam!"

"You must help me! She has been dragging my daughter down for three years! My daughter could have been admitted to MIT!"

The homeroom teacher was startled and quickly reached out to hold her back.

I covered my dizzy head from the blow and gritted my teeth, "Your daughter is an adult who has repeated a year! She's almost twenty! How can a poor guy like me control her?"

Who knew that as soon as I finished defending myself, she immediately slapped her thigh and started crying?

"You don't know! This bitch has caused so much trouble for us and Ella in the past three years! She stole credit cards and Grand Deeds. My house has almost been emptied by her!"

She said, and tears fell down, so vivid.

The homeroom teacher supported her and asked in confusion, "Really? I have never seen her spend money recklessly. Is there any misunderstanding? Or do you have any evidence to prove it? Like instigating crimes, which can lead to imprisonment. If she is also the one who instigated cheating this time, then the situation is serious!"

Regina didn't care about what others said.

"Do you still need evidence? My almost empty house is the evidence! My daughter used to be so well-behaved. Since she met her in high school, she never comes home after school. Several times I went to the classroom to find her, and all the classmates said that my daughter was taken away by her!"

Her voice became louder and louder, and the sound insulation of my house was not good.

Several neighbors couldn't help but open their doors to remind us.

Seeing someone stepping forward, she became even more confident instantly.

"Don't blame me for disturbing the peace. There is a habitual thief living in this building, and today I am also acting on behalf of justice!"

She put one hand on her waist and almost poked me in the face with the other hand.

"If you don't tell me where you took my daughter today, I will have the police arrest you! And you will also be sentenced for the previous cases!"

Several neighbor aunties who have watched me grow up couldn't stay still when they heard that they would have the police arrest me. They rushed out of their homes and stood in front of me.

"Grace is not the kind of child you described. Why would you call the police? Her parents are not at home either. Sit down and let's talk."

Hearing this, Regina Pratt angrily rebuked, "Not at home? They pretend not to know when their own daughter instigated cheating in the SAT. Why are they still working? They should just let their daughter go out and steal money every day!'

"You call her parents now! I don't believe there are such shameless parents in the world! I want to ask them how they raised such a malicious daughter!

"If I can't find my daughter tonight, all of you will be accomplices! Wait to explain to the police! I will have the police arrest all of you traffickers!'

Seeing that the several neighbor aunties were not moved, she completely lost her patience and her anger erupted on the spot.

"Fine, fine, none of you want to contact them, right? I'll do it myself!"

She quickly scanned around, didn't see my phone, but noticed the tablet I had just been watching dramas on.

Then she quickly walked over and grabbed the tablet in her hand, and sternly questioned me.

"What is this? You have a hard time even buying meat and vegetables with the living expenses they give you. Why are you so extravagant? Life is good, huh? You're sucking the blood out of my daughter! I don't even deserve to be a mother if I won't make you spit out everything you stole today!

As soon as she finished speaking, she raised the tablet high and smashed it forcefully onto the ground.

Without waiting for me to explain, the tablet had already turned into fragments in front of me.

The neighbor aunties didn't expect her to take action, and they changed their previously neutral attitude instantly and turned against me.

"Grace, she doesn't seem to be lying. What exactly happened? Cooperate and tell us everything you know, otherwise we won't be able to rest tonight..."

Seeing this, Regina immediately snorted coldly.

I tightly clenched my fist, suppressing my anger, and stared at her spiteful face, gritting my teeth:

"You just want to find Ella, right? I'll take you to her favorite place! Let's go now!"

"You bitch! I knew it was you who took my daughter and didn't let her come home!"

She grabbed the teacher's arm and, with a disheveled look in her eyes, pointed at me.

"Did you see it? Did you all see it? She admitted to taking away my daughter! This is the so-called model student in your mouth! What scholarship? Bah! Since she can steal bank cards, she can steal exam papers too! Who knows how she got her grades? If your school doesn't give me an explanation, I won't let it go! Call her parents immediately and ask them to come back and handle it right away!"

After listening, I rolled my eyes and walked out, taking her to the black internet cafe at the entrance of the school.

Before, Ella had several times of fooling around with her boyfriend, and she asked me to come here to deliver food for her.

Regina covered her nose as soon as she entered the cafe with her eyebrows tightly furrowed as if she could kill a fly.

I had just taken a step forward when she fiercely pinched the soft flesh on the inside of my arm, it was so painful that my facial features wrinkled.

"How dare you play tricks on me, you despicable person? How could my daughter possibly come to a place like this?!"

The homeroom teacher who followed behind saw her make a move and hurriedly rushed up to stop her in the middle of us.

Her action was too fast, and the next second Regina's slap directly hit the homeroom teacher's face.

The crisp sound was drowned out by the continuous sound of the game.

Immediately after, a group of police rushed in and searched everywhere.

As a result, Ella's figure was not seen, but many minors were found.

The internet cafe was sealed on the spot, and many students were arrested.

The sound of begging for mercy resounded everywhere, and the boss's knees went weak and he knelt directly in front of the police.

"I really don't know, they used fake IDs, let me go this time, how much fine do you want, give me a number..."

Regina heard that Ella was not found here and was so angry that she cursed a few times.

She pointed her finger at my face in front of them.

Panting angrily, she said, "If you want to blame someone, blame that bitch! If it wasn't for her kidnapping my daughter, I wouldn't have come to this disgusting place! I've been here for just a minute and I already stink all over!"

In an instant, the faces of those young boys were filled with irrational hatred, intending to rush up and tear me apart on the spot.

I stood straight, and spoke coldly, "I didn't lie to you. This is the place where your daughter spends the most time around the school!"

You're still fooling me! All my money has been fed to the dog's belly! I, I, I…

Regina's chest was heaving violently, and her eyes were scanning around.

Her gaze fell on the computer screen next to the cash register.

The next second, she lifted the monitor directly and smashed it on me with all her strength.

The space was too narrow for me to dodge and I got hit directly.

I couldn't help but hum in frustration.

The police hurriedly grabbed her and calmed her down.

They said they would do their best to help her find her daughter.

A group of people came out of the underground internet cafe and returned to the street.

The passers-by had never seen such a big scene before, and they stopped and stared.

The more onlookers there were, the more space Regina had to act.

Just as she I about to get into the police car, she suddenly rushed up and grabbed my arm, crying and shouting, telling all the encounters of me stealing her property.

After she finished speaking, the people around had already chosen sides, and in an instant, all I could hear were angry curses.