Chapter 43 Two People Actually Got Into Class A
What on earth is going on?
Rachel clicked on the notification and saw that the comments were filled with praises for her. She didn’t have time to look closely and quickly scrolled to the top trending surveillance video.
So this is what Kelly meant by saving someone.
The top comment on the video had just been upvoted.
[Breaking News! The girl in the video has been found! It's said to be Rachel, the daughter of the prestigious Martinez family. Check out @Charlie Little Bun for more.]
This comment had drawn hundreds of thousands of netizens to her account, and they were all flocking to see her.
But the problem was, the girl in the video wasn’t her at all!
Rachel was utterly confused.
With her current face, she hadn’t even stepped out of the house this afternoon, let alone risked her life at some intersection to save someone named Rex whom she didn’t even know.
Rachel looked into why netizens thought it was her – a member of the Martinez family, a beautiful high school girl. Someone had found a Prestige High School senior class A badge at the scene, and the figure in the video looked like her.
But Rachel watched the video several times and didn’t think the figure resembled her. From the body type, hairstyle, and back view, it seemed more like Amelia?
However, Rachel quickly dismissed that idea.
Ridiculous.
Even if Rachel were sleepwalking, it couldn’t be Amelia.
The surveillance showed the time as a little past three in the afternoon, and Amelia was taking an exam in the classroom at that time. How could she be there?
Besides, Amelia wasn’t even a student at Prestige High School, much less in class A.
A student from a rural, underprivileged high school like Amelia, even with six hours of intense studying and a lot of luck, could at best get into class E.
So, it really was just a coincidence.
This girl who saved someone without leaving her name just happened to have the same last name, and the badge could have been dropped by someone else from the class passing by.
Now what?
Should she explain to the netizens that they got it wrong and that she wasn’t the one who saved the person?
Rachel couldn’t help but scroll through the comments under her video.
Although she had always received compliments wherever she went, she had never been praised by so many people online.
With so many comments praising her, Rachel’s chest heaved with excitement, and her face flushed with a thrilled expression.
She hadn’t done anything, yet she had become the object of everyone’s admiration and envy.
She loved this feeling of being adored.
Rachel’s vanity was satisfied like never before, but along with happiness came an inevitable sense of fear.
After all, she wasn’t the one who saved the person. If the real savior was found later, wouldn’t she be embarrassed?
Rachel thought long and hard and came up with the safest solution.
She quickly found a heavily edited selfie from her photo album, posted it as a video, and added a caption.
[Just opened TikTok and got startled by the 99+ likes, follows, and comments. Glad the kid is okay, but the girl who saved him isn’t me, so please stop praising me, I’ll get conceited.]
She worded it perfectly.
From the text, it seemed like she denied being the savior. But when read in context with her tone, it looked like she was humbly accepting the praise.
Not long after posting the video, many netizens liked and commented on it.
As Rachel expected, many responses were consistent, saying things like [Don’t be modest][Not only did you do a good deed without leaving your name, but you also don’t want to admit it after being discovered][How can there be such a beautiful, kind, brave, and excellent girl, truly admirable].
Rachel leaned back with her phone, a satisfied smile on her face.
This way, even if the netizens later discovered she wasn’t the one who saved Rex, no one would blame Rachel.
After all, she posted a video saying it wasn’t her; it was the netizens who didn’t believe her and got it wrong.
Her follower count kept increasing, with every refresh showing 99+.
Rachel even thought that by the next morning, she might hit a million followers, making her a true internet celebrity.
With this excitement, Rachel didn’t fall asleep until after one in the morning.
The next morning, she arrived at the dining room and saw Tobias and Amelia sitting together.
Tobias was peeling walnuts for Amelia, looking at her with a doting expression, ruining Rachel’s good mood instantly.
What kind of magic did Amelia have? Why was Tobias acting like he was under a spell, wanting to be with her all the time in just a few days?
Tobias used to treat Rachel this way!
Rachel gritted her teeth.
Whatever.
Tobias wasn’t very smart anyway. Her other brothers wouldn’t be so easily swayed by a lowly country girl like Amelia.
Especially Chris, who was always cold and had a cleanliness obsession. He would probably look at Amelia with disdain and wouldn’t even want to get close to her.
Besides, Rachel was now the goddess of the internet, she didn’t need Tobias’s affection.
Thinking this way, Rachel calmed down and ignored Amelia during breakfast.
The three of them went to Prestige High School together.
Today, the results of yesterday’s exams for the top students would be announced, so Amelia, like everyone else, headed to the administration office first.
Rachel was waiting to see Amelia score less than 500 points and leave Prestige High School in disgrace with her backpack.
Just thinking about it made Rachel feel embarrassed for her.
As soon as she entered the classroom, Kelly and Grace surrounded her.
“Rachel, you have to tell us what happened yesterday,” Kelly asked eagerly.
“What do you mean?” Rachel pretended not to understand.
“The rescue thing! How did you react so quickly? Weren’t you afraid of getting hit by that truck?” Kelly continued.
Rachel nervously put her backpack in her desk. “I already said it wasn’t me, so there’s nothing to be afraid of.”
“Rachel, stop being modest,” Grace chimed in. “If it wasn’t you, then who was it? And you’re not even wearing your badge today, isn’t that because you lost it there?”
Rachel’s badge wasn’t lost; she had intentionally left it at home.
This only further confirmed that she was the one who saved the person.
Just then, Quentin walked into the classroom, heading straight for Rachel and hugging her proudly. “Honey! You’re amazing, doing such a good deed and not telling me.”
“Yesterday, as soon as I saw the news, I took my phone to show Grandpa and played the video for him. Grandpa, who never liked you before, watched it several times and had to praise your bravery.”
“Now Grandpa has a much better impression of you. Don’t worry, he won’t force us to break up anymore!”
Rachel was taken aback.
She hadn’t expected this mix-up to win over the stubborn and disapproving Vaughn. What a pleasant surprise.
She silently prayed that this misunderstanding would never be discovered and would continue forever.
Just then, someone entered the classroom and announced, “The results of yesterday’s exams for the top students are posted on the bulletin board outside.”
“You won’t believe it, but this year five students were admitted to Prestige High School, and two of them got into class A.”
“Got into class A? Really?” Everyone was shocked. It was unprecedented for top students to get into class A.
“Of course it’s true. To be precise, only one top student, a boy named Leroy, got in,” the person said. “The other girl isn’t even a top student; she got in through connections. Her name is Amelia, I think?”
“What did you say?” Rachel’s eyes widened, and she jumped up from her seat.