Chapter 1492: 1492. We’re not at the point of pouring our hearts out yet.
It’s not yet time to open up and pour your heart out.
But since she clearly looks down on her so much, thinking her behavior is problematic, why should she go out of her way to be a good person for nothing?
Just as Elly Campbell had expected, after class that day, she saw Sophia Taylor again, standing on the path she had to take, eyes red.
When Sophia saw her approaching, she quickly wiped her tears, putting on the appearance of someone who didn’t want Elly to notice she’d been crying.
Elly: "..."
You don’t realize that acting like this makes it even more obvious you’ve been crying?
No, of course, she knew.
And it was precisely because she knew that she deliberately put on such a performance in front of her, baiting Elly to ask her about it.
But Elly, being who she was, held grudges and had little patience for the "green tea" and "white lotus" routines. Seeing Sophia like this, she couldn’t help but sneer internally.
Sophia, pretending she had just noticed Elly’s presence, clumsily wiped the tears from her face.
Elly thought to herself, she’s being so direct right in front of me; if I don’t ask, I’ll seem cold and unfeeling.
So, she put on a worried expression and asked:
"Miss Taylor, your eyes are so red. Have you been crying?"
Recalling how she had just wiped her tears, Sophia wasn’t about to admit she’d been crying so easily. Borrowing a cliché line from a TV drama, she replied:
"No, some dirt blew into my eye."
Elly silently glanced around at the area, which was nothing but weeds and trees, and not a grain of sand in sight. Taking her words at face value, she nodded and said:
"Oh, I thought you’d been crying. Well, I’ll be off then."
Sophia: "???"
You’re just going to leave like that?
I said dirt blew into my eye, and you actually believed it?
Shouldn’t you have asked a couple more questions, so I could reluctantly reveal the real situation?
Watching Elly walk away without so much as another glance, Sophia was so frustrated she rolled her eyes.
Just the other day, she’d invited her over to eat with them, and now she wouldn’t even ask one more question out of concern?
Ha. Ha. Ha!
Acting all kind and considerate before—turns out it was just for show, wasn’t it?
After mercilessly mocking Elly in her head, Sophia furrowed her brows again at the thought of what she was about to face.
She had originally come to this impoverished backwater to teach as a way to gain experience, so she could secure better job assignments later on.
Her family were just regular wage earners, while many of her classmates came from families with wealth and connections.
Some of them hadn’t even graduated yet, and their families had already lined up jobs for them.
Knowing she couldn’t compete with them, she figured she’d rely on this rural teaching experience. After enduring a year or two, finding a job would be easier.
This time, she got lucky. Several major national corporations, along with the government, had come to Atlanta Baker Mountain to launch infrastructure projects—building roads, constructing school facilities, and so on.
She recognized this as her chance, especially after Elly Campbell arrived in the mountains. She became even more certain this was her opportunity to climb up the social ladder.
Elly Campbell had shown up on the news and Boston’s Hot Search countless times in the past year, long before Sophia came to Atlanta to teach.
She was naturally familiar with that breathtaking face that drew immediate attention every time it appeared.
Sophia had tried to get close to her, to build a relationship. If Elly could help her, getting a teaching job at Boston’s First Elementary School wouldn’t be a problem.
But she also knew Elly was exceptionally smart and highly vigilant. The white lotus types she had taken down before—Sophia had seen it all with her own eyes.