Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Thinking of this, the manager’s face turned pale, and he immediately said to the waiter beside him,
“Call the security guard over.”
“Yes!” The waiter hurriedly ran off, and Vanessa’s face flashed with surprise before turning into a smug expression. The manager must be planning to kick Veronica and that pretty boy out of the restaurant.
People like Veronica dining here only lower the restaurant’s standards!
As for the pretty boy, if he apologizes properly, Vanessa wouldn’t mind spending some time with him.
After all, his face is quite to her liking.
However, what Vanessa didn’t expect was that when several security guards arrived, the manager pointed directly at her and said, “Kick her and her companions out of the restaurant.”
“What?!” Vanessa and her friends were shocked. “Manager, what are you saying? You want us to leave?”
“Yes, this restaurant doesn’t welcome you, and you will be permanently blacklisted.” The manager scolded the security guards and urged them to take action.
The security guards then said to Vanessa and her friends, “Ladies, please come with us.”
“I’m not leaving. What can you do? Your restaurant has no right to refuse customers. And I will go to the Consumer Council to sue you. If you don’t give me an explanation today, you won’t even be able to keep your restaurant open!” Vanessa said.
“Then you can try!” The manager said stubbornly, urging the security guards.
After all, the longer they stayed, the more they would anger
Mason.
This time, the security guards were not as polite as before. They directly grabbed Vanessa and her friends’ hands and dragged them out of the restaurant.
“Stop it! Who do you think you are to drag me? Do you know who I am? You and your restaurant will pay for this…” Vanessa kept cursing and struggling, but it was useless. In just a moment, she was dragged out of the restaurant.
As for her group of friends, they naturally left obediently when they saw this scene. However, before leaving, one of them said to Veronica, “Veronica, don’t be too happy. You’ll have a hard time at school later!”
Mason’s face darkened as he heard the threat from the girl to Veronica. He stared at her with his cold eyes.
The girl trembled and quickly avoided Mason’s gaze before leaving.
After they left, the manager hurriedly approached Mason and apologized for the disturbance.
“It’s fine. It’s not your fault,” Mason said calmly.
“Thank you, Mason. Let me comp your meal today,” the manager tried to please him.
“No need,” Mason declined.
The manager then left and the restaurant returned to its quiet state.
“Do you want me to take care of those girls for you?” Mason asked. The things they said disgusted him.
“No need,” Veronica replied. “The truth will come out eventually. If we try to fight every rumor, we’ll never catch up.”
“How do you know we won’t catch up?” Mason asked.
Veronica was taken aback. Well, with the Reed family’s power, they could definitely catch up. But…
“Those girls you saw earlier, Vanessa, my classmate, clearly thinks her family’s money gives her the right to bully others. I know you could bully her back, but I don’t want you to become someone who uses money to bully others. Besides, they already got what they deserved,” Veronica explained.
“Do unto others as they do unto you. Isn’t that a good thing?” Mason asked.
“It’s not that it’s not good. Sometimes, society works that way. And sometimes, it’s the most effective way. But I’m afraid that if we use this method, we’ll lose ourselves,” Veronica said.
“So, you don’t like this method?” he asked.
“It’s not that I don’t like it. It’s just that I’m afraid we’ll lose ourselves while punishing others.” Veronica replied.
“Just like carlier, the manager clearly kicked Vanessa and her friends out without hesitation because of your status,” she added.
Veronica understood all of this.
If it was to deal with bad people or for self-defense, she wouldn’t mind, but she didn’t want him to use this kind of method on innocent people.
Just like Daniel back then… he was actually innocent! Although in the end, it was Daniel’s choice, if
Mason hadn’t made Daniel choose between money and love, maybe her breakup with Daniel wouldn’t have been so unbearable.
“Anyway, if I’m really targeted at school and can’t solve it, I’ll let you know.” Veronica looked at Mason.
“And… thank you for caring about me.”
His gaze met hers, and his expression suddenly seemed off as he lowered his head. His heart beat more violently than usual, and a feeling that he was once familiar with surged up.
Although Mason didn’t have the driver pick her up from school much in the next two days, the rumors at school became more and more severe. Someone even posted a photo of the driver picking her up on the school forum and started a petition.
“Veronica, why don’t you have your friend come to school and explain that it was just the driver picking you up? Some people at school are speaking too harshly.” Shirley advised.
After all, this kind of rumor is more harmful to women.
“I’ll explain it to the forum administrator and have them delete the post.” Veronica said.
After all, her and Mason’s relationship was only in the ambiguous stage, and they weren’t officially dating. If he came to school to explain anything, it might actually drag him down, and it could have a negative impact on his reputation.
In that case, would he feel that being with her is more trouble than it’s worth?
During class in the afternoon, Veronica ran into Vanessa’s group again. Vanessa, surrounded by her friends, walked up to Veronica and glared at her fiercely. “Don’t get too cocky. Do you think I’m just going to let that incident go? Let me tell you, you won’t graduate properly. Soon, you’ll be expelled!”
“What are you talking about! Veronica is fine. Why should she be expelled!” Shirley spoke up for her friend.
“Why? Because she’s being kept by someone! She’s ruining the school’s reputation. Why shouldn’t she be expelled!” Vanessa said.
“That’s right! You should have dropped out a long time ago!”
“Veronica, you look so innocent, how could you do something so shameless?”
Her group of girlfriends chimed in agreement.
“Shameless? From my perspective, what you’re doing now is shameless!” Veronica retorted.
“What are we doing? You’re the one doing shameless things!” Vanessa said fiercely.
“What you’re doing now is bullying and being unrealistic in your words and actions,” Veronica stood her ground.
“Fine, say what you want. Your abilities are limited, I’m waiting to see you get expelled!” Vanessa and her group left.
Shirley looked at Veronica with concern, “Veronica, this seems like it’s going to get worse. Why do they suddenly hate you so much?”
Veronica knew the reason why Vanessa and her group hated her, but it wasn’t convenient to tell
Shirley.
“They probably just don’t like me,” Veronica said.
She never really thought about dropping out…
But the next day, she was called into the school office by the school leaders. Besides her homeroom teacher, there was also the grade director and department head.
“Veronica, we called you here today to ask about this. What’s going on?” The homeroom teacher handed her the printed copies of the photos posted on the school forum.
“Many students in the school are saying that you did something bad outside of school. Can you explain your relationship with the man who picked you up from school?” the homeroom teacher asked.
“This is my friend’s driver. My friend asked him to come pick me up,” Veronica answered truthfully.
“Your friend’s driver? What kind of person is your friend?” the teacher asked.
“Teacher, my friendships are my private matter,” Veronica said, not wanting to reveal Mason’s situation.
“But now, your private matter has affected the school, so I hope you can explain clearly. Otherwise, the school will have to handle it according to the school rules,” the teacher said displeased.
“He’s a friend I grew up with. His family is quite wealthy, so he has this car and a driver,” Veronica said.
“Oh? Is your friend a boy or a girl? How old is he? Why did he send a car to pick you up?” The teacher fired one question after
Veronica had to say, “He’s a boy, 18 years old. As for why he sent a car to pick me up, it’s because I’m going to meet him, and he thinks it’s better to control the time by sending a car to pick me up.”
After all, Mason is a person who values time very much.
“Can you ask your friend to come to the school and explain it?” the teacher said. “After all, these rumors are not good for the school’s reputation.”
“Teachers, I don’t think I’ve done anything immoral. I’ve explained the photos clearly. It’s strange that people assume I’ve done something immoral just because an expensive car came to pick me up.
Those people need to provide evidence to prove that I’ve really done something immoral, instead of asking me to prove that I haven’t!” Veronica spoke frankly.
The teacher frowned. “Veronica, how can you speak like that?!”
“I’m just stating the facts! Even if you want someone to confess, you need a complete chain of evidence, not just a few photos to determine everything,” Veronica said. “Moreover, I will collect evidence to sue those who spread these rumors!”
“You…” The teacher’s face looked unpleasant. “The school just hopes that you can bring your friend to the school and explain it clearly. If you refuse, then the school will handle it according to the school rules. For students who damage the school’s reputation, the most serious punishment is expulsion!”
Expulsion?! Veronica was stunned. She didn’t expect it to be true, just like what Vanessa said.
Could it be that when she was called to meet with the school leaders today, Vanessa also intervened?
Even the posts on the school forum could have been made by Vanessa! After all, the post was anonymously sent to the school forum on the same night that she and Vanessa had a conflict in the cafeteria.
“If the school really wants to punish me, I will use legal means to defend my rights!” Veronica said without hesitation.
“Are you saying that if the school punishes you, you will sue the school?” the homeroom teacher asked angrily.
“Shouldn’t I defend my own reputation?” Veronica replied.
“You…”
Just then, the department head’s phone suddenly rang. Immediately, the department head’s face changed and he hurriedly said, “That’s enough, Veronica, you can leave now.”
“Leave?” The homeroom teacher looked at the department head in disbelief.
“Yes, she can leave. This matter doesn’t need to be discussed anymore. Like Veronica said, she didn’t do anything that violated morals or school rules,” the department head said.
The homeroom teacher wanted to say something else, but under the department head’s cold gaze, he immediately shut his mouth.
“There’s nothing to worry about. The driver who came to pick up Veronica’s friend is Mason from the