Deadly Partiality

With her innocent appearance, as soon as Jessica arrived in the classroom, she gained the favor of most of our classmates.

Her innocence made everyone instinctively choose to take care of her.

I paid no attention to that and focused solely on my studies. Only by getting into a prestigious university could I change my destiny.

When the monthly exam results came out, she cried at her desk for the entire afternoon. Many classmates comforted her one after another.

In her previous life, Jessica had no interest in studying, and her grades were terrible. Neither of George and Megan, who were both university professors, could teach her well.

In the evening, when they saw Jessica's swollen red eyes, they felt a deep sense of distress.

"Jessica, is someone in class bullying you?"

Then, her tears fell down, and she was choked with sobs and unable to speak.

George angrily complained to me, "I asked you to take care of Jessica at school, but why is she still being bullied?"

I really wanted to tell him that their beloved daughter was crying because she had scored a single-digit mark in mathematics and felt ashamed.

Fearing that I would expose her shortcomings, Jessica quickly said, "Dad, don't blame Mia. It's my poor grades."

Only then did George and Megan know why Jessica was crying like that. Megan hugged her shoulders and comforted her. "It's okay, Jessica. You can catch up slowly if your grades are not good."

George was irritated by the way I was eating peacefully. "Mia, Jessica is crying like this and you don't care about her. You're only focused on eating, so are you about to starve to death?

"How could I have a daughter as selfish as you? You only care about your own grades and ignore Jessica."

"Mom, dad, I'm going to be a senior in high school soon. I also have to prepare for the exam to the advanced class, so I don't have time to tutor Jessica."

"With your excellent grades, what could be the harm in taking some time each day to tutor Jessica?"

Seeing my firm attitude, George and Megan decided to tutor her themselves. They were both highly educated people, so it was not difficult for them to tutor Jessica in high school knowledge.

A few days later, they looked much more haggard. Jessica was simply not cut out for study.

George and Megan had been good at studying since they were young. Now they were teaching elite graduate students and didn't have to worry about my studies since I was young.

Jessica's learning ability obviously exceeded their expectations. George, who was so angry about tutoring during the past a few days, had high blood pressure and Megan had heartache.

I got up in the middle of the night to drink water and heard them in the room discussing hiring a tutor for Jessica.

I overheard George comforting Megan, saying that Jessica had inherited enough wealth to last her a lifetime, so they could also enjoy a comfortable life without working so hard.

It turned out that they adopted her because her mother left her a large sum of property.

George and Megan had a good income but they ignored my life for a large sum of money. My doubts from the previous life were finally solved, and my heart ached even more when I knew the truth.