“Dean Franklin?” Kenny also stood up and greeted him.
Dean Franklin was surprised to see Kenny there.
“I heard that the Lincoln Family is having a birthday banquet here, so I came over. Are you also part of the Lincoln Family?” he asked.
After leaving the jewelry store, he was worried that Marie might change her mind about entering the First Academy.
As a high-level hacker, she had many ways to make money, and the conditions he offered were not very tempting if she didn’t want to study.
For her, even if she couldn’t get a recommendation to the Imperial University, it didn’t matter.
But for the First Academy, Marie’s admission would definitely secure a spot in the most famous computer science department of the Imperial University this year.
So he thought about it and asked his friend for the Lincoln Family’s address.
When his friend gave him the address, he also mentioned that the Lincoln Family was having a birthday banquet for their old lady.
“Old Madam Lincoln, I wish you all the best, this is a small gift from me,” Dean Lincoln said, walking straight to Old Madam Lincoln with a smile.
After learning of Dean Franklin’s identity, Old Madam Lincoln’s expression became more solemn.
“Dean Franklin, you are too kind! Are you here for something important despite your busy schedule?”
Old Madam Lincoln was not foolish, and she knew very well that Dean Franklin’s visit was not for her birthday wishes.
“Well, the main reason I came this time is to speak to Marie and her parents,” Dean Franklin replied, causing the faces of everyone present to change.
Oh no!
The fact that Marie had stolen someone else’s admission letter had been discovered by the dean of the first academy so quickly!
Instantly, Madam Lincoln’s face was filled with despair.
The principal had come in person.
Her face today was destined to be ruined!
From now on, not only in the high society of the wives of the upper class families, but even in front of the poor relatives of the Lincoln Family, she would not be able to hold her head up.
Beside Madam Lincoln, Marionette’s lips curled slightly when she saw the Dean.
Marie would never have a chance to attend the same high school as her.
It wasn’t just the first academy.
The charge of stealing admission letters was enough for all the schools in Brooklyn City to reject Marie.
This meant that Marie, this waste, was destined to not even be able to attend the most useless school in Brooklyn City!
Marie, on the other hand, could only live in the shadow of her own inadequacy, as an ugly and useless loser for the rest of her life.
If there weren’t so many people around, she would have burst out laughing.
However, across from the dean, Old Madam Lincoln’ face was extremely unpleasant.
She had thought that her granddaughter could turn over a new leaf after her time in the juvenile detention center, but now it seemed that a leopard couldn’t change its spots after all!
Thinking of this, she let out a sigh and then glanced at her grandchildren beside her, quickly turning to the dean and saying, “Dean Franklin, everything that Marie has done wrong is her own fault and has nothing to do with the Lincoln family. You can punish her however you see fit, and we won’t object.”
The dean was taken aback by Old Madam Lincoln’s words.
Punish her?
He hadn’t even had a chance to help his beloved Marie yet, why would he want to punish her?
Madam Lincoln didn’t notice the dean’s expression and looked at the well-behaved Marionette beside her, afraid that Marie’s actions would affect her.
She quickly added, “Marie has always been a troublemaker since she was young. If she has offended you in any way, I will make her kneel down and apologize to you right now!”
Upon hearing Madam Lincoln’s words, Marionette’s lips curled up even deeper.
Did Marie, a useless waste, still want to compete with her?
She was a student of the prestigious First Academy, even ranking at the top of her class.
What was Marie, anyway?
A poor wretch, a reformed convict who had been imprisoned for three years, with a father who didn’t care and a mother who didn’t love her.
She was even soon to become a bottom-rung worker in society who couldn’t even afford to go to school.
What right did anyone have to compare themselves to her?
However, just as Marionette’s smile was about to solidify, Dean Franklin’s voice suddenly echoed in everyone’s ears: “What are you all talking about? I came here this time to ask Marie’s parents to let her attend First Academy.”
Boom!
The Dean’s words were like a muffled thunder, freezing countless people in place.
At this moment, some of them even couldn’t believe their ears.
What did they just hear?
How could that be possible?
What qualifications did this waste, Marie, have to make the dean come here in person?
Thinking back to the words they had just used to belittle Marie, at this moment, everyone felt as if an invisible slap had hit them hard in the face.
Among them, Marie’s face instantly turned a few shades paler.
She widened her eyes, and her eyes were filled with disbelief.
How, how could this be happening?
It was like throwing her from heaven to hell.
She thought that Marie would be a poor girl who couldn’t even go to school, but reality told her that Marie not only got into her proudest first academy, but even the dean personally came to invite her!
The huge gap was like a heavy hammer hitting her heart, making her feel like she wanted to throw up.
“What?”
After three full seconds, Kenny was the first to come back to his senses.
He exclaimed in shock, “Dean Franklin, are you kidding me?”
Dean Franklin’s face suddenly darkened.
“What do you mean?”
“Do you think I’m bored enough to come to your family banquet just to joke around?”
Upon hearing Dean Franklin’s cold questioning, Kenny wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and immediately changed his words.
“I’m sorry, Dean Franklin, I misspoke!”
At the same time, Madam Lincoln looked at the Dean in a daze.
After opening her lips a few times, she finally spoke in disbelief, “Dean Franklin, are you saying that this admission letter is real?”
This surprise was too sudden and too unbelievable for her.
She had always dreamed of using connections to get Marie into Brooklyn City First Academy.
But she never expected that the dean of the academy would personally come to ask her to let Marie attend the school.
“I personally gave it to her, of course it’s real!” Dean Franklin said, noticing Madam Lincoln’s uncertain attitude and furrowing his brow.
“You’re not trying to prevent Hayley from attending our academy, are you?”