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As the vines could only grow in certain soil types and had already withered, Vivian was unable to revive
the vines no matter how hard she tried.
All she could do was sit on the stairs at the villa’s door and cry her heart out when the housemaids
threw the vines away.
Feeling useless for not being able to save the vines, Vivian grew increasingly upset and spent the
following days looking depressed while at school.
It got so bad that even Helena being gone wasn’t able to put a smile on her face.
Being her friend, Sonia wanted to try and cheer her up when she saw how depressed she was.
“Hey, Mona, Vivian has been pretty down ever since her birthday. I wonder if it’s because of what Helena
did to her. How about we try doing something to cheer her up?”
“Sure! Let’s all try to come up with something!”
Mona and a few other close friends agreed wholeheartedly with Sonia’s suggestion.
They all felt really bad for Vivian, who had her first birthday party ruined by a vicious girl like Helena.
As such, they wanted to do something to make it up to her.
“How about we go boat rowing?”
“Boat rowing?”
“Yeah! My grandma owns a huge farm that has a lake with lots of fish in it. The farm also has a ton of
fruits and vegetables that we can pick!”
As the students were locals, one of them thought of her grandmother’s farm and suggested it excitedly.
Thinking it would be a really fun experience, the others agreed with it immediately.
Sonia and Mona then went to tell Vivian about it.
They found her sitting in the classroom all by herself. She was simply staring blankly into space, refusing
to go anywhere even after the class was over.
“Hey, Vivi! Class is over, so why are you still sitting here? You should go outside and get some fresh air!”
“I don’t feel like doing anything right now,” Vivian replied wearily with a dull look in her eyes.
It pained her friends to see her like this.
“Don’t be sad, Vivi. Amelia said her grandma will be harvesting the crops in her farm this weekend. I
heard she’ll be needing some help with it. Would you like to join us?”
Having been friends with Vivian for three years, Sonia knew her personality all too well. Judging by her
depressed state, she figured Vivian would probably refuse their invitation if they asked her directly.
That was why she deliberately said they were going to help Amelia’s grandmother instead.
Being the kind-hearted girl that she was, Vivian agreed to join them even though she wasn’t all that
enthusiastic about it.
“Sure, I’ll join you guys.”
“All right, then. We’ll meet up with you and take a bus there.”
They were all really happy when they saw her agree to it.
Vivian flashed them a smile in response, but that smile faded the moment they left, and the dull look
returned to her eyes once again.
Suddenly, a student called out to her from the classroom door, “There’s a call for you, Vivian!”
Vivian turned toward the direction of the voice and saw that it was from the teachers’ room.
The teachers’ room? Could it be from Daddy and Mommy?
With that in mind, Vivian quickly ran over to answer the phone.
“Hey, Vivi! It’s your mommy.”
Sasha’s voice could be heard on the other line when she held the receiver up to her ear.
After taking a moment to regain her composure, Vivian said, “Hi, Mommy! What’s up? Did the school
contact you or something? I… I haven’t been performing well lately…”
As she had no idea why Sasha was calling, she assumed the school had called up to complain about it.
However, that wasn’t the case at all.
“No, why? Are you not feeling well? Did you run into some issues with your studies? Why are you not
performing well?”
Vivian breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that.
Phew… Thank goodness Mommy doesn’t know about it…
With that in mind, Vivian went back to her usual cheerful self as she said, “I’m fine, Mommy. I was just
having some difficulty coming up with a design, and that’s all. Don’t worry. I can handle it myself.”
“All right. That’s good to hear. Anyway, I’m calling to inform you that Kurt graduated from high school. He
made it into Atlantius University!” Sasha said.
Atlantius University? Isn’t that a famous one in Yartran? Is Kurt going to be studying here?
Vivian felt that the depression that had been bugging her for almost a month was gone in an instant
when she heard that. It was as if the warmth of spring had filled the cold void in her heart, and she got so
excited that she couldn’t even speak.
“What’s wrong, Vivi? Are you not happy about this? I’m sorry, but your daddy made this decision on his
own. He said that particular university would suit Kurt’s grades and qualifications better. I didn’t know you
two haven’t made up after your argument…”
Sasha felt really bad for Vivian.
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