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“Hello?” When the call went through, a person on the other end greeted Solomon in French, so he
responded in kind. “Hello. Do you mind telling me who called me just now?”
“I’m sorry. This is a school, and students always make phone calls here, so I’m afraid I have no idea
which one of them called you.”
Solomon was surprised to find out that he got a call from a school. Why would someone in a school
overseas call me?
When the man was still pondering, a name suddenly popped into his mind. “Could it be Vivian Wand?”
“One moment, please. Let me look it up.” The person then proceeded to check for the name.
It only took around two minutes before the person got back to Solomon and confirmed that there was
indeed a student there named Vivian Wand.
That probably means Vivi did call me, but why? Did something happen? But why call me instead of her
parents?
Solomon started to get anxious, so he requested the person to find Vivian for him.
To Solomon, Vivian was like his own child. After her mother brought her and her brother to Clear,
Solomon practically helped raise the two children.
However, things got terribly complicated between him and the Hayeses afterward. Solomon even got to
the point where he could not see eye-to-eye with the children’s parents.
Still and all, the way he felt about the children never changed.
Around ten minutes later, Solomon’s phone finally rang again, so he hurriedly picked it up. “Vivi?”
“You have to help me, Uncle Solomon! I’m going to be expelled. What should I do?” cried Vivian the
moment her uncle answered her call.
The girl sounded so pitiful that Solomon’s heart ached for her.
Expelled? It can’t be that serious, can it?
Solomon immediately tried his best to calm Vivian down. “It’s okay, Vivi. Don’t cry. Why don’t you start
by telling me what happened? Didn’t you just get there two months ago? Why would they expel you?”
“Because we just had our first test. They told us that if any one of us failed, they would have to expel
us. But my work was beautiful. I don’t know why I only got 3 points for it. It’s not fair!” With that, the girl
started crying again.
After listening to Vivian, Solomon finally figured out what was going on. Even though Vivi can be a little
slow sometimes, she’s determined like her mother. Vivi is not the kind of girl who would give up easily,
especially not on her passion.
Vivian only went to Solomon because she did not want to disappoint her parents. On top of that, she
was worried that they would ask her to come home.
“Don’t worry, Vivi. We’ll figure something out together, okay? Let me just talk to the school first and see
what’s going on. I’ll call you back soon, okay? Trust me, Vivi. I’ll do my best to help you.”
“Okay.” Only then did Vivian stop crying and hang up as she was told.
“What’s wrong, Darling. Did something happen?” inquired Ichika when Solomon went up the stairs with
his phone in hand.
The woman just walked out of the bedroom and saw her husband. Her body was aching all over while
her face blushed the moment she saw him.
After briefly explaining the situation to his wife, Solomon went into the study and turned on his
computer.
Since he knew that phone calls would not be enough to deal with a school run by the royal family,
Solomon decided to instruct a few men to go to the institute to learn about Vivian’s situation.
“So did you find out what’s going on, Darling?” asked Ichika when she entered the room with a glass of
milk for her husband.
“Yes. It turns out that students had to sit for a test two months after attending school. Whoever fails the
test will be expelled,” replied Solomon as he frowned at the screen.
“What? But Vivi has always been such a talented young girl. How could she have failed? I just don’t
see that happening.” Ichika, too, furrowed her brows like a worried parent.
Like her husband, the woman refused to believe Vivian would do so terribly in school.
Solomon nodded in agreement with his wife. “Right. That’s why I have my men take photos of Vivi’s
work. Does this look like something she would make?” questioned Solomon after showing Ichika
several photos, which left the woman completely stunned.
“You have got to be kidding me! There’s no way this thing is Vivi’s handiwork. I mean, just look at that
terrible craftsmanship! Vivi could make a pearl pendant when she was only eight years old, and it’s still
in good shape even now. This is definitely not Vivi’s work!”
Immediately after going through the photos, Ichika could tell how rough the handiwork was. This looks
nothing like what Vivi would ever make.
In the end, Solomon decided to visit the school himself. Naturally, he did it without Sasha’s or her
husband’s knowledge.
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