"If Ellinor can't play the violin, then hurry up and get off the stage! Just let Yvette do the show!"
"Yeah, come on, get off! We've all been waiting, don't waste our time anymore!"
This time, Yvette finally felt she'd outdone Ellinor, and was pretty chuffed.
However, she didn't forget to show her understanding and sympathy. She gently said to Ellinor: "Ellinor, since it's like this, I won't give you a hard time anymore. You can go down first. Let me take over!"
"Alright." Ellinor nodded, and agreed. Anyway, she didn't want to play anymore!
Just as she put down the violin and got off the stage, she heard Yvette's friends in the front row talking loudly.
"Humph! She can't even play the violin. Ellinor isn't that great!"
"She has such a good family background, is her academic performance really as good as the rumours say? If you're rich, creating an image of an all-rounder genius isn't a big deal!"
"What good family background! When I was assigned to organize the archives, I saw Ellinor's student file! She's just a student from the countryside. Before college, she was poor, relying on grants to study!"
"What? Is she poor? Then how come her family has so much money to donate a building to the school today?"
"Do you really think that's her family? I bet she met some rich bloke in Greenhaven because she's pretty! Some poor girls would always give up their morals for money!"
"That guy? You mean the handsome guy today is Ellinor's sugar daddy?"
"Can such a young man be her biological dad? Hmph! Nothing looks wrong on the surface, but who knows what's going on behind the scenes!"
"By the way! I heard rumors that Ellinor was often called into the principal's office and stayed there for at least an hour! Now I suspect she might have something with the principal! Otherwise, why would he favour her so much, even letting her be the finale at the graduation ceremony!"
"No way? Our principal could be her grandpa!"
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