Chapter 6: First Love

How should Amelia Walker be prevented from entering?

Helen Blair sat in a black Mercedes-Benz, earnestly contemplating. The driver was an old family driver, surnamed Wang, who had been serving the Blair family for ten years. At this moment, Wang was driving Helen to her school, a private aristocratic school.

Helen sat in the spacious and comfortable sedan, gazing out at the bustling streetscape through the window while her thoughts raced.

Oppose?

Helen couldn't help but laugh. What use would her opposition be? Would Sebastian Carter not let Amelia Walker and her mother enter because of her opposition? The idea was ridiculous!

The only option was to make Sebastian Carter himself hesitant, not daring to bring the mother-daughter pair into the Blair family.

Previously, Amelia said that Sebastian Carter, for the sake of his reputation, only dared to marry her two years after her mother's death. He was naturally afraid. All he had now came from the Blair family. Although he held so many shares, he was still afraid that the old ministers of the Blair family wouldn't support him. He cautiously maintained his image, fearing that a misstep might cause him to lose everything he had struggled to obtain.

If everyone knew that Amelia Walker was his old lover and that they had a daughter older than Helen, his reputation would certainly be affected, right?

Should she expose this matter?

When Helen thought about the trouble Sebastian Carter would face due to this, she couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement. But then, the excitement vanished.

No, she couldn't do that! Exposing the truth now would only affect his reputation but wouldn't harm his foundation. Even if the old ministers of the Blair family held grudges against him, it wouldn't change the fact that he held a majority of the shares in the Blair Group. If she pushed him too far and he sold his shares to start anew, the foundation that her Grandpa had laid would be destroyed in an instant!

It would also break their façade, making them even more unscrupulous. Wouldn't they be happier?

She couldn't do it!

Helen's brow furrowed, unable to come up with a good solution. At this moment, the car entered Vantage School.

Vantage School was a real aristocratic school, integrating twelve years of primary, junior, and senior high education. For junior high, the tuition alone was no less than 100,000 yuan per year. Therefore, students attending this school generally came from wealthy or prestigious backgrounds.

The school implemented a boarding system, but of course, this applied only to average students. Students like Helen weren't required to follow this rule and no one would question it.

The car stopped in front of the school building, and Wang, the driver, got out to open the door for her. Wearing her school uniform, Helen got out of the car and looked nostalgically at her alma mater after many years.

At this moment, a BMW stopped nearby, and a handsome young man around fifteen or sixteen years old stepped out.

The young man had short hair, delicate and handsome features, and a tall, slender figure. He immediately attracted the attention of all the girls around him.

The girls blushed as they looked at him, and some bold ones approached and greeted, "Good morning, Ethan Howard."

The young man named Ethan Howard also greeted them in a friendly manner.

Helen watched him, a faint smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.

Ethan Howard... it's been a long time...

She unexpectedly got the chance to see him so young and inexperienced...

Ethan Howard turned his head and saw Helen. His handsome face immediately showed a gentle smile, "Helen, you came very early today."

Helen tucked her hair behind her ear, adjusted her Fendi lambskin backpack, and looked at him with a faint smile. "I got up early today, so I came here early." After saying that, she turned her face and walked straight into the teaching building.

Ethan Howard watched her elegant figure with slight surprise. If it were in the past, she would definitely be the first to greet him and then walk over to him, blushing and trying to attract his attention with conversation. When had she ever been so cold?

Perhaps it was precisely this abnormality that piqued his interest. He took his backpack out of the car, took a few strides with his long legs, and caught up with Helen, walking beside her.

Helen turned her head and glanced at him, smiling faintly, catching a whiff of the grass-like scent that boys seemed to have. At fourteen, just being near him would make her blush and her heart race, her eyes sparkle, and she would find ways to stay close to him, talk to him, and catch his attention. Back then, she was just a girl experiencing the awakening of love, and the object of her affection was Ethan Howard – the handsome and popular son of the Evertrue Enterprise family.

Back then, Ethan treated her with a certain distance and ambiguity that left her hanging and made her even more infatuated with him. His mother really liked her and seemed to hope that their childhood friendship would blossom into romance, but fate had other plans...

"Helen, did something happen today? You seem a bit upset," Ethan looked at her and asked.

Helen raised an eyebrow and said nonchalantly, "No, you're just overthinking it."

Ethan looked at her distant face, feeling puzzled, and then offered, "Helen, let's play tennis at my place after school."

In the past, she would have readily agreed to such a suggestion, her face flushed with excitement. But now, Helen replied indifferently, "I don't want to."

Ethan stopped in surprise, but she continued walking forward without looking back. She didn't stop until she entered the school building, hiding in a concealed spot to look back at the forlorn figure of the boy outside.

Helen sneered to herself.

Starting today, the school's heartthrob, Ethan Howard, would have one less admirer!

After all she'd been through, would she still believe in men and be infatuated with them?

How could she trust any man, regardless of whether they were as young as Ethan or as mature as Sebastian Carter, let alone passionate...

Helen's heart felt as if it had been viciously pierced by a needle, her face turning pale.

In this world, the only person she could trust and rely on was herself. Men? Humph...

Besides, where did Ethan qualify as a man? Could she really be infatuated with a half-grown child like him?

Helen turned and left without looking back.

***

Helen was now in eighth grade, while Ethan was a grade ahead of her. They were in different classrooms.

The first class was math.

Helen flipped through her textbook, only to find that at 24, she still couldn't understand the content meant for a 14-year-old.

No wonder, she thought with a self-deprecating smile.

She hadn't been exceptionally intelligent, and she'd never put much effort into her studies growing up.

Regardless of whether it was Isabella or Helen, they both shared the same belief that as children of the Blair family, they didn't need impressive academic achievements. People strived for good grades to secure a well-paying job to support themselves or to inherit a family business, thus requiring knowledge for the future.

But their Grandpa favored boys over girls, always believing that women should stay at home. He never considered letting his only daughter inherit his business or thought she had such capabilities. Hence, Isabella raised her daughter with the same mindset: going to school was merely a pastime, and there was no need to exert oneself academically. A happy, carefree life was all that mattered for a Blair girl, as she didn't need to financially support herself or manage the family business; thus, academics were trivial.

Under her mother's influence, Helen naturally indulged herself, and had only managed to barely pass or fail her classes despite her years of education. She simply muddled through.

No wonder she now found the eighth-grade textbook completely incomprehensible.

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