No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric)

Noelle found the whole twist of events utterly amusing. She said with a mocking glint in her eyes, "You're just making excuses because you're not good enough. Maybe you should go back and practice!"

"Noelle, you definitely cheated! I've never even seen you play games at school, and you don't even have a computer! How could you possibly be that good?

Jessica's confidence surged as if she'd found a crack in the armor. "Since you used cheats, the previous match doesn't count!"

Samuel immediately picked up on this. "Right! It doesn't count! Let's rematch!"

How could someone like Noelle, a newcomer, possibly defeat him? There must have been something wrong.

Noelle sneered. "No need for all this trouble. Whether I used cheats or not, the assessment for the team will prove everything."

"Noelle, you used cheats and still want to participate in the assessment?"

"But do you have any proof? I don't have time to waste with you." Noelle's voice was flat, and her gaze was dismissive.

Samuel shot back coldly, "Fine, we'll wait for the weekend's assessment. If you lose, you'll kneel and apologize publicly!"

"And if you lose, you'll do the same, too!" Noelle's lazy lift of her eyelids oozed arrogance.

Samuel agreed without hesitation. "Fine, but don't regret it!"

By then, even if Noelle had decent skill, there was no way she could beat an entire team. He was already looking forward to watching her lose and kneel in apology.

Noelle turned and left the team base. She wouldn't have stayed in this chaotic team if it weren't for the national team tryouts.

"Wait, Noelle!"

She turned around to see two girls running after her. "What's up?"

"Thank you for speaking up for us earlier. We all support you!"

Noelle guessed that Samuel was probably not a first-time offender and had likely treated other girls the same way before. She smiled. "It was nothing."

If she ran into someone like him, she definitely wouldn't let them off easily. With someone like Samuel as the captain, who knew how many other girls he had harmed?

After eating, she returned to the dorm and saw Jessica sitting in front of the computer practicing. Grace was also online and was clearly much better than Jessica, the newcomer.

After Jessica's character died, she immediately started complaining. "Grace, it's your fault. Why didn't you come to save me?"

Grace adjusted her glasses. "Sorry about that."

Noelle sneered, and Jessica immediately stood up. "What's your problem, Noelle? You're mocking me, aren't you?"

"If you think so, then yes," Noelle responded nonchalantly.

"Don't think you're all that just because you used cheats. You're probably not even as good as me. Samuel is a professional, and he's really good.

"I can't wait to see you get arrogant for a few more days. The assessment is onnoveldrama

Saturday night, and by then, you'll be apologizing on the floor!"

Jessica was certain Noelle must have used cheats to be that good.

Noelle's tone remained calm as she responded, "Samuel is no good."

"Noelle, you're just jealous that he cares about me more, right? You tried to hook up with him, but he rejected you, so now you're accusing him of harassment.

"I've seen girls like you before. A country bumpkin will always just be a country bumpkin!"

Upon seeing that Jessica was so stubborn, Noelle stopped trying to argue. It was useless to reason with someone who was so determined to stay ignorant.

After finishing her personal care routine, Noelle lay in bed and searched for updates on Samantha's bullying incident. The trending topic had long since disappeared, and it had even become a prohibited term!

It seemed the Merlock family spent a lot of money to cover this up. However, the family of the deceased continued to call for justice online, saying that the police had claimed that the photos and videos exposed on the internet had been photoshopped and couldn't be used as evidence.

After reading this, Noelle hacked into Samantha's phone again and reposted the exact same content on Instagram. "Hah! The lower-class rubbish thinks they can sue me!"

She also set up several virtual IP addresses overseas to post the videos and photos.

"The truth should not be hidden."

"Samantha should be imprisoned for bullying a classmate to death!"

The Samantha bullying incident quickly became a trending topic again. After

posting the messages, Noelle knew her IP address would soon be traced, so she had already taken precautions for this situation.