Chapter 335 She Was Originally Very Down and Out
Kennedy looked at Cecilia, her face somewhat cold. "Isabella's background is quite special, but you don't need to say these things in front of people."
"If you want to go find Jasmine or anyone else, Isabella and I won't waste your time. You can go by yourself."
Kennedy felt she was just doing what she should do.
She had promised Gabriella she would look after Isabella, so she would guide her properly. As for Cecilia not wanting to go with them, she wouldn't force her.
Cecilia stared at Kennedy, biting her lip with a mix of grievance and resentment.
She glanced at Isabella again, her expression mocking.
She really couldn't believe Kennedy would treat her so coldly for the sake of a poor person.
Was she out of her mind?
Even if Kennedy and Isabella had a good relationship, Isabella was nothing. What could she possibly bring Kennedy? Could she help Kennedy become the Hope family heir, or speak up for Kennedy if something happened to her?
She couldn't do anything.
Isabella was worthless.
Cecilia stared at them for a few seconds, then left with a cold face.
Watching Cecilia's retreating figure, Kennedy let out a soft sigh.
"Isabella, don't take what she said to heart. That's just how Cecilia is. Her parents put a lot of pressure on her, requiring her to make connections with more powerful families at school, so she's not very willing to befriend people from ordinary backgrounds."
"But don't worry, not everyone is as goal-oriented as Cecilia," Kennedy said softly. "Most people are easy to get along with and won't care about your background."
Isabella understood what Kennedy meant.
She shrugged, completely unbothered. "I'm not taking it to heart."
In a way, this was actually helping her filter people.
Those who were too calculating weren't worth being friends with anyway. Nothing to worry about.
Kennedy was silent for a moment. "Let me show you around some more."
"Okay."
"Isabella, did you also meet Gabriella through a physics competition or research project?" Kennedy asked her.
Isabella shook her head. "No."
Kennedy raised her eyebrows in surprise.
It wasn't?
Gabriella had asked her to look after Isabella, so she assumed Isabella was close to Gabriella. Gabriella valued talent, especially physics geniuses, so she could only think that Isabella had also met Gabriella through physics.
Kennedy didn't have a habit of prying into people's private matters. She didn't continue asking, nor did she ask about the other woman in Gabriella's office today.
But just as Kennedy pressed her lips together to stay silent, she heard the girl beside her ask:
"Your father is the former Hope family head Eldridge, but you can't practice ancient martial arts, right?"
Kennedy froze. She looked up at Isabella in disbelief. "How do you know?"
Isabella smiled faintly. "I heard it from someone."
She heard it from those student council people.
After the memories about hypnosis were unlocked, she found it easier to control her sensory sensitivity. She could amplify her hearing at any time.
So when passing by the student council recruitment point, she had eavesdropped on some conversations.
They said Kennedy couldn't practice ancient martial arts and was useless.
She also heard them say...
After Kennedy's father Eldridge died, ever since Eldridge's older brother Garth Hope became the new family head, Kennedy had been constantly marginalized in the Hope family.
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Meanwhile, Cecilia walked to villa dormitory number 112 and unexpectedly ran into Jasmine.
Two other girls were with Jasmine.
They were all pulling suitcases, heading into villa number 111. It looked like they planned to move into dormitory 111 together.
Cecilia quickly went over to greet them.
"Jasmine."
Hearing someone call her name, Jasmine knew someone else was trying to get close to her.
She tilted her lips, turned around to look at the person, hiding the pride in her eyes and putting on a smiling face. "Who is it?"
"Hello, Jasmine. I'm Cecilia Thorne from dormitory 112 next door."
Hearing that Cecilia lived next door, Jasmine raised her eyebrows and greeted her with a smile. "Cecilia, hello. Please look after me from now on."
Cecilia also smiled. "Yes, yes, let's look after each other."
Although she couldn't live with Jasmine, living next door meant they could see each other often.
She had to work hard to become Jasmine's best friend!
Seeing Jasmine greet Cecilia, Hestia Sharp and Selene Peterson also greeted her.
"Hello, I'm Hestia Sharp."
"Hello, I'm Selene Peterson."
"Hestia, Selene, hello. We'll be classmates from now on."
Selene smiled and glanced at dormitory 112 next door, raising her eyebrows. "What? Is it just you living next door right now?"
"No, I have two other roommates."
"Where are your roommates? Have them come out and say hello," Selene said casually.
Cecilia pressed her lips together and smiled somewhat stiffly. "They went out and haven't come back yet."
"Who are your two roommates? Tell us, let's see if we know them."
"One of them is Kennedy Hope, and the other..." Cecilia found it hard to mention Isabella's name, but had to say it. "The other one got in through a recommendation letter. I just met her too. Her name is Isabella Taylor."
Hearing the name "Kennedy," Selene's lips curved into a meaningful smile.
"So that useless Kennedy lives right next door to us."
The girls exchanged glances. Hestia tilted her lips and sneered, "It's bad enough that Kennedy is useless, but now she's been kicked out of the Hope family. Who knows how pathetic she is now!"
Hearing this, Cecilia pressed her lips together. "Isn't it a bit much to talk about Kennedy like that?"
"What's wrong with it? I'm not wrong." Selene crossed her arms, looking disdainful. "She really is pathetic!"
"Exactly." Hestia also looked mocking. "After Kennedy's dad died, the Hope family now belongs to her uncle Garth! Kennedy used to be the Hope family's young lady, but now she's nothing! I heard the Hope family won't even let her into the castle anymore. She can only live outside with her mother now!"
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"They're not wrong." Kennedy pressed her lips together and lowered her head. "I really can't practice ancient martial arts."
Generally, children from ancient martial arts families inherit the talent for ancient martial arts, but she alone couldn't practice it. She didn't know what went wrong.
And she wasn't a hypnotist either.
She was nothing.
"Don't be discouraged. Even though you can't do ancient martial arts, you're a physics genius." Isabella patted her shoulder comfortingly.
Kennedy was once again shocked as she looked at her. "How do you know I'm good at physics?"
Isabella coughed twice. "I heard that from someone too. I heard you participated in a national research project at fifteen. That's really impressive."