Thirty minutes before the college application deadline, the class valedictorian, Tiffany, led the whole class in changing their top choices from Ivy League schools to random community colleges. Tiffany covered her mouth, giggling with delight: "It's more fun when we all play a prank together! We'll change it back at the last minute and scare the crap out of those uptight teachers!" I kindly reminded them that a storm was coming in half an hour, which could knock out the internet. My boyfriend mocked me: "You're just jealous that Tiffany is so popular and everyone listens to her. Stop pretending!" In my past life, I screamed myself hoarse for twenty minutes, trying to persuade them. Finally, everyone except Tiffany wavered and changed their choices back. But Tiffany, due to network lag, was forced to go to a community college. Later, while everyone else went to prestigious universities, Tiffany couldn't handle the blow and jumped from the twentieth floor of her college dorm. My frenzied classmates tied me to a helicopter and hanged me: "Bitch, if you hadn't interfered, we would have gone to community college with Tiffany, and she wouldn't have killed herself!" "Compared to Tiffany's life, what does my future matter! A bitch like you who only cares about success wouldn't understand!" When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day they changed their applications. This time, I watched coldly as they dug their own graves. Let's see if they still have the same attitude when they're stuck going to community colleges! 1 The mocking voices of my classmates seemed to come from far away: "Buzzkill! Such a nerd, no sense of humor at all!" "You're the only one not joining in! Too good for a prank? No wonder no one wants to hang out with you!" "..." I froze, looking at the surroundings in a daze. This was an internet cafe! Not 30,000 feet in the air! I was reborn! My boyfriend, Lucas, saw my dazed expression and looked even more disgusted: "Asking you one last time, are you willing to join Tiffany in this prank and change your application to a community college?" Staring at the boyfriend in front of me, I clenched my fists. In my past life, after Tiffany jumped, he tricked me into going to the suburbs under the guise of proposing, gouged out my eyes, and hanged me from a helicopter with our classmates! I sneered and shook my head: "No!" Lucas was so angry he said "Fine" three times, then wrapped his arm around Tiffany's waist: "It's okay, Tiffany, we'll change it with you! This dead woman read herself stupid!" Everyone was exceptionally united at this moment: "Yeah, Tiffany, we'll change with you! Why waste your breath on a nerd!" "Come on, everyone change! If you don't change, you're not part of the crew!" In less than five minutes, all of their applications were changed to community colleges. This time, without my interference, they changed it smoothly. To cause a sensation, all forty-nine of them posted a screenshot on their Instagram stories to flood the feed. With the same caption and screenshot: "Ditching the Ivies for community college. Heh, just for fun!" People from other classes were shocked and commented below: "No way, bro! So rebellious, so cool!" "Holy crap! That's hardcore! Respect!" "As expected of the honors class, next level! Fighting the system to the end!" The classmates enjoyed the praise, heads held high like proud roosters. Outside, the storm was getting louder. Less than fifteen minutes until the power and internet went out! 2 I sneered inwardly. Laugh now. You'll be crying just as hard later! Just as I lowered my head to hide my smirk, I heard Tiffany's sickly sweet voice: "Zoe, everyone changed except you. Those who don't fit in get the 'class punishment'~" The so-called "class punishment" was created by the class to please Tiffany. Once, Tiffany was jealous of a pretty girl, so she used the class punishment to incite everyone to bully her until she had to transfer. Hearing "class punishment," everyone glared at me aggressively. Some even rolled up their sleeves, ready to beat me up. I looked up from the computer, smiling brightly: "Sure, I'll change." They stared straight at my screen. Watching me change my top choice from Harvard to a community college, they sneered: "At least you know what's good for you!" "Making Tiffany happy is your only use!" I didn't miss the triumphant glint in Tiffany's eyes. Thinking of the secret I discovered in my past life, my gaze towards my classmates filled with a hint of pity. A bunch of idiots, sold by Tiffany and still counting the money for her! Seeing the storm outside getting worse, a timid student couldn't help but speak up: "What if the power goes out? We should change our choices back quickly, or we might actually end up at a community college." Lucas said slowly: "What are you afraid of! The nerd isn't scared, why are you?" "If the power was gonna go out, Zoe would have jumped to change it back already!" "Besides, youth is about being fearless!" Seeing my calm demeanor, they stopped worrying and even started pretending to be chill: "Exactly! So what if we go to community college!" "Whatever! We have the courage to start over!" "With our abilities, we can shine anywhere. Those parents and teachers are too short-sighted!" I silently rolled my eyes. I changed my application on a fake website I coded for fun, right in front of their faces. Of course I wasn't afraid of a power outage... To show off their youthful spirit, they ran out of the internet cafe into the rain. Calling it "youth." In the corner, a boy was shivering. He grabbed a classmate's sleeve and asked: "Hello... did you also bomb the test and can only go to community college?" I recognized him. He was the top student in the class next door, but because his father committed suicide a month before the SATs, his scores plummeted. I was about to go comfort him when I saw my classmates holding back laughter: "Yeah, our whole class can only go to community college..." "So sad. Going to community college, might as well die!" "We're going to kill ourselves tonight, want to join?" The boy didn't catch their sarcasm. His pupils shrank violently, and he quickly persuaded: "Don't... don't kill yourselves. It hurts... my dad bled so much..." The classmates finally couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing: "Hahahaha idiot, I'm going to Harvard, not playing with you!" "Getting into community college with a loser son like you, no wonder your dad killed himself!" "Scoring so low, if I were you, I'd have jumped off a building already!" They laughed wildly as they looked back at the internet cafe, planning to change their applications back. 3 But they all froze in place. The internet cafe was pitch black. The power was out. There were only ten minutes left until the application deadline. Seeing the power outage, everyone panicked: "Holy crap! Why is the power out! It never went out in the rain before!" "Think of something quick! I don't want to go to a damn community college!" "That's too embarrassing! My future is ruined!" "Tiffany, think of something, what do we do!" Lucas calmly pulled out his phone: "Don't worry everyone, we can change it on our phones!" I was busy comforting the boy from the other class. Hearing Lucas, I smirked slightly. Too naive. Sure enough, the next second, wails erupted again: "Crap! It's over, no signal on my phone!" "Mine too! What do I do! I suffered for three years in high school just to get into a good college..." Tiffany pouted, squeezing out two tears: "I'm sorry everyone, I didn't know this would happen..." "Sorry, I shouldn't have played a prank at this critical moment. Blame me, don't blame Zoe... she definitely didn't mean not to stop you..." Her words successfully drew all the fire to me: "Zoe! You're too much. You check the weather forecast all the time, why didn't you stop us!" "Are you trying to get revenge on us? Didn't know you were so vicious!" "You did it on purpose! Just because your boyfriend likes Tiffany, you wanted revenge, right!" I laughed in anger. In my past life, I begged and pleaded, but no matter how hard I tried, they wouldn't listen. I called teachers, parents, even the principal, going crazy with anxiety. They snatched my phone and beat me half to death. Finally, I had to threaten to call the police before they reluctantly changed their applications. Since they didn't want to change, then in this life, don't change. Tiffany suddenly exclaimed with joy: "I know where the signal is good! My cousin told me before, follow me!" Instantly, everyone was excited: "Tiffany! You're reliable! Unlike someone, full of bad intentions!" My mouth curled up uncontrollably as I followed Tiffany to the place with "good signal." Watching everyone's cheerful expressions, I couldn't help but sneer. Did they really think Tiffany would allow them to change their applications back? Sure enough, someone finally realized something was wrong on the way: "Tiffany, why is the signal getting worse the further we go?" "Just now images wouldn't load, now I can't even get on the internet!" Even Lucas panicked a bit, his voice trembling: "Tiffany... is your cousin reliable?" I looked at my watch. Only one minute left until the deadline. No matter what, it was too late to change the application. Finally, the deadline passed. In that last minute, everyone refreshed the page frantically, but there was no signal. Everyone screamed in despair: "F*ck! It's over! I could have gone to an Ivy!" "Dammit! F*ck! How do I explain this to my mom!" "It was a done deal! Why did we have to be extra!" Tiffany's tears fell plop plop: "Sorry... sorry everyone, it's all my fault..." 4 Lucas couldn't stand seeing Tiffany sad, so he vented all his anger on me: "Zoe! Are you an idiot! Why didn't you stop us!" "Now we all have to go to community college, are you satisfied!" "Bitch! Aren't you afraid of karma for doing something so heartless!" Lucas pinned me down like a madman, raining punches on me. The classmates swarmed up too, punching me one after another, comforting Tiffany while doing so: "It's okay Tiffany! Not your fault, it's all this dead nerd's fault!" "She's always so cautious, how could she not expect a power outage? What is she good for!" "Must be jealous of you, deliberately didn't stop us, trying to sow discord! I won't fall for her tricks!" I struggled until I had no strength left, seeing teachers and parents finally finding us in the rain. The teacher hurriedly pulled me up from the ground, scolding them: "Nonsense! I just checked, only Zoe's application is for Ivy League schools, everyone else put community colleges!" "Is this something to joke about!" The classmates all froze, and the parents' faces darkened. Lucas shouted at me: "Bitch! You tricked us! You didn't change your application!" Some parents even shoved live streams in my face: "Little bitch! You tricked my kid into community college while you go to Harvard, huh!" "God, please bring justice!" The classmates in front of me rolled their eyes, exchanged glances. And said in unison: "Teacher, she tricked us into changing our applications! Please call the police, give us another chance!" "We were tricked! Teacher, can you beg the Education Board again? For the sake of us being deceived, give us another chance..." I scanned the faces of my classmates, tears welling up in my eyes. These were the classmates I desperately tried to help in my past life! So in this life, seeing their aggrieved looks, I felt no pity, only that they deserved it! The camera turned to my smirking face, and the livestream comments cursed even more. I struggled to stand up with the teacher's help, exposing my face completely to the livestream: "I didn't, it was all Tiffany who instigated them! I have a recording of the whole thing!" But just as I was about to take out my phone, all the classmates rushed up. To protect Tiffany, they stomped my phone to pieces! They were determined to protect Tiffany: "Zoe, stop pretending. We have forty-nine witnesses, you tricked us! Now you want to frame Tiffany! Shameless!" "Three years of classmates, didn't know you were this kind of person!" Parents were red-eyed with rage. If not for the teachers protecting me, they would have rushed in to beat me. They questioned me loudly: "Why did you do this!" In the distance, police sirens sounded. My face lit up with joy, glancing at Tiffany sobbing in Lucas's arms. Her good days were about to end! When the classmates learned the truth, it would be the day she went to hell!
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