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.

The police next to me quickly put me in the car and closed the door.

From somewhere in the distance, a brick flew over and smashed the glass in front of me.

Under inertia, fragments embedded in the skin of my forehead, and blood oozed out on the spot.

The shameful curses engulfed me completely.

"Students nowadays are really something. They don't study hard at school. They don't take the right path and instead follow evil ways!"

"Several girls from my hometown were abducted by boys. They said that studying has no future, so the two of them went out to work! When they came back, they were all pregnant, and some even had multiple miscarriages. The boys disappeared as if they never existed!"

"During the student stage, the pressure of exams is immense, and their psychological defense line is the most fragile. These scumbags take advantage of their vulnerable moment. Aren't they trying to kill us parents?"

...

I cried out in pain, covering my head.

My memory went back to the day I was imprisoned in my previous life, with thousands of people cursing at me, my parents' disappointment, and Ella's smugness...

After a while, a familiar and warm voice suddenly came to my ears.

It was my parents!

They came to save me!

The hope in my eyes reignited, but the moment I lifted my face, I received a solid slap.

The glass on my forehead was violently thrown off by the intense movement, leaving a bloody mark.

I turned my face in disbelief, meeting the disappointed and angry gaze of my parents.

"Grace Taylor, look at what you have done!"

"Dad, Mom, I..."

Before I could finish my sentence, my mom interrupted me sternly:

"Shut up! Don't say a word to me except for Ella's whereabouts!"

My dad held her and tried to calm her down.

I thought that compared to my mom, he would at least have a trace of reason to listen to me.

But as soon as I opened my mouth, he turned his head and persuaded me, saying, "If you tell the police about Ella's whereabouts now, you can still get a lighter punishment. You should also confess about the things you took from others before. Where is the money? If you had spent it, your mom and I will have to work harder to pay it back. Even if we have to sell the house, we have to clear this debt! The most important thing is that you must not go down the wrong path from now on!"

I looked at his disappointed eyes and my heart sank.

The passersby around us heard that it was my parents who were just insulted, and the number of people they targeted instantly increased to three.

My parents had never seen such a scene before. They wished they could hide their faces, but there was nowhere to hide.

I turned my head and glared at Regina's smug face.

She actually told my parents right away, and everything that followed was just a play to deceive me!

Looking at the murderous look in my eyes, she spoke in front of my parents and the homeroom teacher, saying, "I heard that you gave the only spot for guaranteed admission to Grace Taylor. Is someone with such character worthy? Cancel it immediately! Otherwise, I will sue your school along with you!"

The homeroom teacher was intimidated by her dominant attitude.

There was silence for a while.

Regina turned her head and shouted angrily at my parents, "You voluntarily gave up the reserved spot, right? You also think that your daughter doesn't deserve this spot, don't you? Speak up!"

Tears welled up in my parents' eyes, but they could only nod helplessly.

The anger that had been building up inside me reached its peak at that moment.

I immediately prepared to get out of the car and personally take her to find the truth, but the police radio suddenly sounded.

"Ella has been found! She is on a mountain road, riding in an unmanned vehicle!"