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    When the Book Traveling Girl Meets the Reborn Girl

    Chapter 564 Where Did It All Go Wrong?

    The moment she said that, the ts of the Ginger family visibly rxed. They didn’t care what For O

    organization Jean had joined or what she had done–as long as she hadn’t been mistreated or bmade /bbto /bsuffer, that was all that mattered.

    Watching their expressions, Jean added, “I just figured it’d be easier to avoid unnecessary trouble. bI /bbmean/bb, /bsomething like this would sound outrageous to most people. It’s really hard to exin.”

    She was telling the truth. Back then, it was exactly because it was hard to exin–and likely to cause suspicion that she had chosen to keep it hidden.

    But the Ginger family didn’t see it that way. In their eyes, Jean wasn’t exactly an ordinary person to begin seir eyes, Jean wasn’t exactly an ordinary person to begin with. This wasn’t outrageous at all.

    Sarah stared wide–eyed in disbelief. She couldn’t believe that the massive piece of dirt she had finally dug up on Jean had been brushed off so easily!

    She bit her lip, unwilling to ept that oue, and spoke again. “But she pushed me just nowi…/ii” /i

    At that, everyone’s attention turned sharply to Sarah once more.

    Jean cast a cool nce around the room. “I didn’t push her, Believe it or don’t–it’s up to you.”

    She spread her hands,pletely unfazed, but internally, she couldn’t help roasting heri. /iSo low. Just so low. Sarahi, /iifor /iisomeone /iiwho’s /iisupposed /iito /iibe /iia /iinoble/ii, /iileading /iidy /iitype/i, why iare /iiyou /iipulling /iicheap /iistunts /ilike this? Framing iand /iiying /iithe /iivictim/i. iHopeless/i.

    The Ginger family already leaned toward believing Jean–and now, hearing her inner thoughts only confirmed their instincts, Jean was innocent.

    The expressions on their faces turned cold as ice. Though they shared blood with Sarah, they had no emotional bond with her. And their impression of her had never been great to begin with. Now that they saw she was trying to frame Jean?

    Each of them looked at Sarah with frost in their eyes. The air in the room suddenly dropped to freezing.

    Even Sienna’s expression turned serious.

    “Sarah,” she said, looking at the daughter she had only just recovered, “You’ve juste back. Maybe you’re feeling unsure, maybe you’re guarded… If you’re struggling with anything,e to me. I’ll help you work through it.”

    Her voice remained calm and gentle, but her eyes carried unmistakable weight. “Just don’t do things that hurt rtionships or cause unnecessary trouble for others. Okay?”

    Sarah froze, instinctively stepping back a little.

    It was clear Sienna was warning her–gently, but unmistakably. Sarah pressed her lips together, at ba /bbloss /bbfor /bwhat to say. iThis /iiwasn’t /ihow it iwas /iisupposed /iito /iigo/i. iWhy has /iiso /iimuch /iigone /iioff /iitrack/ii, /iiso /iidifferently /iifrom /imy past bilife/i/bbi? /i/b

    In her previous life, Jean had been useless, only able to get into Sterford Academy because of the bGinger /bfamily’s influence; her grades were a joke.

    But in this life, Jean was a bona fide academic prodigy–she’d gotten into Sterford bAcademy /bbas /bbthe /bbtop/bb. /b

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    Chapter 564 Where Did It All Go Wrong?

    In bher /bpast life, Jean had been arrogant and domineering, always bullying others with bher /bbfamily /bpower

    But in this life, she was quiet, well–behaved, and managed all her rtionships bskillfully/b. bShe /bbwas /beven popr at school.

    In her past life, Jean’s rtionship with the Ginger family had been lukewarm at best. They’d beven /bfelt ashamed of her. The whole family had been emotionally distant.

    But in this life, she could feel the Ginger family’s obvious favoritism–their affection and bindulgence /bbtoward /bJean. Where did it all go wrong? iWas /iiit /iimy /irebirth ithat /icaused all these butterfly effectsi? /i

    Sarah’s face turned pale, her gaze vacant. Sienna noticed herplexion but didn’t soften in the slightest.

    “I’m doing this for your own good,” she said calmly. “No matter what, the first thing you need to learn bis /bbhow /bto be a decent person.”