Snatcher,Coolest Girl in Town
Samantha and Riley glanced at each other, then looked at Elise in disbelief. “Don’t tell me you haven’t
checked your results yet.” “What result?” Elise asked. Riley whipped her phone out and showed it to
Elise. “Log into your account right now and check your Math Olympiad result.
The results for the nationals were already released last night. We thought you already checked it.”
When Elise realized the results were already out, she took her phone out and was about to check, but
before that, she asked, “You guys already know my results, don’t you?” Samantha and Riley smiled at
each other and urged, “We’ll tell you after you see for yourself.”
The girls watched Elise as she logged into her account. A moment later, her results popped up on the
screen, and it was a perfect hundred. Elise never thought she’d get a hundred in the Math Olympiad.
But her friends knew all about it before her, so they went straight to congratulating Elise.
“Congrats on the full marks, Elise. You’re the only candidate who scored a hundred.” “Honestly, I have
no idea how you did it,” Riley praised her. All their classmates knew about Elise’s result as well, but
they couldn’t believe it. They thought she would flunk the exam because she was a bumpkin. However,
the ‘country bumpkin’ proved them wrong. Their math teacher came in just as they were talking. He
looked at Elise the moment he came in, looking pleased.
“Now settle down, class,” he said. Unbeknownst to him, his voice was trembling. Everyone looked at
him, and he took a deep breath. “I’m sure all of you know that the Math Olympiad results have been
released. Three of your classmates took part in it. Two of them are Samantha and Riley, our new
transfers. Their results are good, so I’m sure they’ll get the prize. However, the star of our show today
is Elise.
She aced the contest without a doubt, and she’s the only candidate who managed to score full marks
so far. What a dark horse. I never saw that one coming.” Every student in the nation knew how tough
the Math Olympiad was, especially the nationals. The questions were prepared by the top math
professors in the nation, making it one of the, if not the toughest, math papers around. Even so, Elise
managed to score full marks, and it was a testament to her talent.
The whole class knew about her results beforehand, but still, they were envious of her after they heard
their teacher speak. “You’re awesome, Elise,” Samantha whispered. Elise, on the other hand, looked
calm and collected, as if she didn’t care about it. After class was over, everyone huddled around Elise’s
desk, asking for some pointers. Elise generously told them everything she knew despite their previous
mocking, and that made her popularity skyrocket.
When afternoon break swung around, Elise told her homeroom teacher she would be taking the rest of
the day off. She then went to the nearest mall to buy a present for Alexander. I wonder what kind of
present he’d like. She walked around the place and finally stopped before a Hermes shop, intrigued by
one of its neckties.
Just when she was about to take it, someone else snatched it before her. When Elise turned around,
she was greeted by none other than Ashlyn. “Not bad. I bet Alex will like it if I give it to him on his
birthday.” She smiled while looking at the necktie. Then, she turned to Elise, and her smile turned into a
sneer. “Well, well, well. Fancy seeing you here, Elise. Oh, do you want this necktie as well?” Elise was
about to ignore her, but she was annoyed by Ashlyn’s sarcasm.
“Didn’t think you had a hobby of taking stuff that doesn’t belong to you, Ashlyn.” Ashlyn chuckled. “I’m
not taking stuff that doesn’t belong to me. I saw this first, and have you ever seen this brand before,
you bumpkin? I bet you don’t, and I bet you don’t even have the money to buy it.” Ashlyn wasn’t exactly
quiet, so she attracted everyone’s attention, including the retail assistant’s. She knew who Ashlyn was,
since Ashlyn was their regular.
But Elise wasn’t. All the retail assistants could see that Elise couldn’t afford the tie, so they went to
welcome Ashlyn instead of Elise. “Hello, Miss Lawson. Good to see you today. Do you need anything?”
Ashlyn enjoyed the feeling of being worshipped, and she mocked Elise condescendingly, “See, Elise?
Everyone knows you can’t afford this. A friendly advice: don’t shoot for someone way out of your
league. It’ll just be a waste of your time.”
Elise ignored Ashlyn’s taunt, thinking of it as nothing but a childish rant. “Do you have similar neckties
here?” she asked the retail assistant. The retail assistant looked at Elise. “Yes, but are you going to buy
it, miss?” she asked sarcastically. Elise arched her eyebrow. “How many do you have?” That caught
the retail assistant by surprise. She answered honestly, “It’s a limited edition, so there are only ten of
them worldwide. We got lucky and managed to snag two.”
Elise replied nonchalantly, “Then I’ll take both.” Ashlyn laughed in toxic delight. “Well, someone’s trying
to be a hotshot around here. Do you have any idea how much this tie costs? A bumpkin like you can’t
possibly have the money to pay for it. Just get out of here.” But Elise still ignored her. “Wrap them up in
a present box. It’s a gift,” she told the retail assistant. The retail assistants were delighted that Elise
wanted to buy both neckties.
They quickly went to do as Elise told them to, which was completely different to how they treated Elise
earlier. Ashlyn crossed her arms, scoffing. “You’re really good at putting on an act, huh? I’ll see if you
are actually able to pay later.” Just then, the retail assistant came over to her. “Miss Lawson, this
customer has purchased this necktie.
Please give it to me.” Ashlyn’s face was red with embarrassment, but she handed it over in the end.
Then, the retail assistant took it and kept it in the present box. “Miss, are you paying with cash, card, or
your e-wallet?” “E-wallet.” Elise took her phone out and showed the retail assistant her QR code. A
moment later, the transaction was successfully executed, and the retail assistant handed Elise her
receipt happily. “Here’s your receipt, miss.”
Elise nodded and put her receipt in her pocket before leaving the shop with two bags in hand. Of
course, Ashlyn was ignored. Ashlyn was angered, annoyed, and shocked by what she saw. She never
thought Elise could afford the necktie.
And I called her a bumpkin? She stared at Elise in disbelief. But she’s really a bumpkin. Where did she
get the money? And those are men’s ties. I bet she bought it for Alex. That b*tch must be trying to
seduce him. I cannot let her get away with it.
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