Chapter 837: 837. On the street, 10 can be bought for 100 dollars Chapter 837: 837. On the street, 10 can be bought for 100 dollars Sophia Green was stopped short by Elly Campbell’s comnt, halting her complaints.
Elly’s attitude was like a punch hitting cotton; even if she wanted to argue, she couldn’t get it started.
She pursed her lips, and after a long ti, she managed to stamr out, “You… you misunderstood my relationship with President Jones…”
“No, I didn’t misunderstand,”
Elly quickly cut her off, her face still showing that indifferent deanor.
Sophia had thought the next thing she would say was that she really did have so entanglent with Adam Jones, which would give Sophia the perfect opportunity to escalate the situation.
However, she heard Elly say:
“First, our President Jones hasn’t given you a second glance, and second, he hasn’t shown you any kindness, so where do you get the confidence to think that I would target you over such groundless accusations?”
Sophia was so stunned by the retort that she turned pale. Any reasonable person, after Adam Jones’s earlier admonishnt, would have known to back down.
After all, if the argunt continued, she would undoubtedly be the one who ended up embarrassed.
But Sophia, stubbornly, insisted on pinning those ludicrous accusations onto Elly’s head.
“Now of course you would say that, otherwise how would you explain your attempt to smash my inkstone?”
The points Elly had made, though sounding sowhat illogical, still created a doubt.
Just because Elly’s necklace was there didn’t prove she had actually been there, and since no one had seen Elly smash the inkstone, it would be impossible to convict Elly based on that alone.
In law, there is still the principle of “innocent until proven guilty,” with the requirent for both witness and evidence.
What’s more, Elly had no motive, no witnesses, and the single piece of evidence could easily be refuted.
Yet, people tend to stick to first impressions, and this necklace, while it couldn’t convict Elly directly, could easily cause her public embarrassnt.
This was all Sophia wanted,
“Enough, enough. Is it worth it? You can buy ten of those knockoffs for 100 dollars at any street-side workshop. They may be cheap, but at least they’re useful. If it’s broken, just buy another one. Why make such a scene on the Old Master’s special day, don’t you think it’s too low?”
Just then, an irritated voice with a hint of disdain broke the tense atmosphere between the two.
Ten for 100 dollars?
Sophia was laughably angered by these words, turning her gaze to the person who had spoken.
It was a very young face, barely in his twenties,
wearing gold-rimd glasses, dressed in a manner
that seed deliberately mature.
He was clad in a dark suit, holding a folding fan in his hand on this cold day, casually fanning himself,
his handso features expressing a touch of arrogance.
Sophia didn’t recognize him, but seeing him dress up so pretentiously at such a young age, she guessed he was just so superficial character, and sneered:
“Ignorance is no sin, but why announce it so loudly, embarrassing yourself in front of so many Professors, don’t you feel ashad?”
As soon as Sophia said this, many around them looked at her with incredulous eyes as if they had heard so absurd joke.
But at that mont, Sophia was so preoccupied with how to sche against Elly, aiming to have her criticized by all, that she completely missed the odd looks in people’s eyes.
Even Cam Green, upon hearing his daughter’s words, couldn’t help but grimace.
The young man who had just spoken, unangered by Sophia’s words, gently waved his folding fan a couple of tis and smiled without responding.
But to anyone who knew him, it was clear he was annoyed.
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