The next day the competition against the other universities started. Some of the nation’s best university gathered together at Feng’s University. There was a total of four universities going head to head. It was a furious competition as all the universities wanted to stand out. Every students and teacher stands to be the best of the best.
Bruce won the subjects of mathematics, science, and business as those are the skills that he excel most in. Belle didn’t even bother to enter any of those subjects. As she knew that those were his greatest strengths. She knew that even if she went against him, she wouldn't win. Instead, Belle turned her attention elsewhere in the competition. She entered history and art, which she easily won over those subjects. Winning those subjects was a piece of cake for her. For the subject of computers, both of them were tied and got an even score."Wow! No wonder our university is considered to be one of the best,” said Adam. “Look, we got two of the top students going head to head on winning the title for the best university in the whole country," said Lucy.Belle beamed proudly in front of her two best friends. "You're so smart," said Lucy.Belle smiled and said, “Thanks.” "You're talented, smart, and beautiful," said a man's voice. It was Ethan Long. He was Bruce's rival in their previous life. He was also a smart man and from a very rich and prominent family. Ethan is a tall and handsome man. He had brown hair with blue eyes. "Thanks," said Belle.“My name is Ethan Long.”“Hello, my name is Belle Li.”Ethan shook Belle’s hand. “I have heard about you, the granddaughter of George Li.”“Yes, indeed I am,” said Bella, letting go of Ethan’s hand. “I didn’t know that you were so beautiful either,” said Ethan with eyes gleaming at her. “Thanks for your praise.”“No worries, for it’s the truth.”“You’re awful kind.”“Want to get something to drink?”Belle tilted her head at him. “I will treat.”“Yes, he will treat,” said Lucy.“I won’t say no to that,” said Adam.“If you don’t mind my two best friends tagging along,” said Belle. “Sure,” said Ethan. “Alright, then the pleasures on us.”Ethan took her hand and kissed the back of it. “Pleasures indeed.”Bruce, seeing Belle’s hand being kissed by Ethan, felt something burning in his stomach. He didn’t like that her hand was being kissed by another man. That man is from another school. He is also a good looking man too. He didn’t like how they were flirting in front of him. He looked away from them.Bruce took out his cigarette and lit it. He inhaled sharply. "Wow, Bruce, you and that woman are both very smart," said Wayne, putting his arms over Bruce’s shoulder. "Ha! Who knows she might have bought her way to win those subjects," said Yolanda, walking behind them. "How?" asked Wayne, looking at Yolanda. "I don't know. Pay them. Or, who knows, some women get down on their knees and give them a good blow job,” chuckled Yolanda. Then she said, "For those who are desperate, spread their legs and let them have a quicky and it's good enough."Bruce frowned. "Right. I guess you should start doing that too,” said Wayne. “I’m just stating the fact.”“Ah-huh.”"What wouldn't a rich snobby woman like her not do if money can't buy her education?"Bruce frowns as what Yolanda said could be true. For he have seen a lot of women taking the extra mile to get through to the next step. "Humph," he scoffed.Wayne was trying to make Yolanda stop talking, but Yolanda does not understand the hint continued on with her harsh accusation. “She’s pretty. Cute big blue eyes. Beautiful face. Nice body. She doesn’t have to use a lot of convincing to get anybody to do her bidding for her.”“Yolanda,” said Wayne.“It’s the truth Wayne. All she got to do is take them to a room and that its. Slap. Slap. Then the deed is done.”Bruce was clenching his fist tightly. Memories of his mother came into his mind. Her infidelity. Her flirtation. Her constant cheating with other men. If they’re rich she would go after them like a man woman in heat. She would stay close to men who pay for her services. Thoughts of when he caught his mother with the gardener. How she left with that gardener. Leaving him behind. Leaving him with his abusive father. The betrayal. The abandonment. Painful and sad memories ached through his heart. “Yolanda!” exclaimed Wayne. Bruce, not able to hear anymore, walked away angrily.“You know, sometimes that mouth of yours just got to stop talking,” said Wayne. “Pfft. It’s the truth.”“Not all women are that disgusting,” said Wayne, looking at Yolanda.“And you think she’s the innocent ones.”“Only time will tell,” said Wayne. He stomped away from Yolanda, leaving her by herself.“Hey Bruce,” said Wayne, catching up to him.“What is it?” asked Bruce. “Don’t mind Yolanda. You know sometimes she is careless with her words.”“I’m not.”“Come on, let’s go to the bar. I heard that there will be some other universities babe there too. Who knows some of them might be hot.”“No thanks. I’m not in the mood today.“You sure?”“Yeah, you go ahead.”“Hey more for me. I guess.”“Yeah, more for you.” “Alright, I will see you later,” said Wayne.Bruce nodded and left back to his dorm.MATURE CONTENT!BRUCE'S CHILDHOOD Bruce was not but a little boy. He was sitting on the ground behind a tall tree. He was hiding from his father after his beating. He didn’t want to see that man’s face that he called father. His face was bruised by his slap. His body was covered with whips and marks of his father’s physical abuse. He wished that they didn’t live in a life they are now. His father have become a drunk after they lost their family’s fortune. He uses the excuse of being intoxicated to beat him and his mother up. His father doesn’t even know that his anger was causing the drift among the family. Trying not to think anymore, he closed his eyes and went to sleep,It was late into the evening when he heard his mother sneaking around the garden. He frowned as she was acting suspicious. She was waiting for someone. Then all of a sudden, the gardener came out of the bush. Stephen Qin. He was a tall, blond hair, and blue eyes gentleman. He was in his early twenties. He had worke
WARNING! PHYSICAL ABUSE, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION & FOUL LANGUAGESLAP!“Did you know?” asked Bruce’s father.Bruce didn’t say anything.“Master Wang, the madam have disappeared,” said Butler Stuart, running into the room.“When?”“I don’t know.”“When was the last time anyone seen her?”“One of the maid said that they saw her by the shed.”Bruce’s eyes widened as his mother truly abandoned him. She really didn't want him. She left him to be beatened by his father. She left him with to be with that other man. Escaping the cruel fate of being poor poverty. “Find her!”“Yes.”SLAP! Bruce’s father struck him hard across the face again.“I’m going to ask you again you little brat, did you know your mother was running away?” asked Bruce's father.Bruce looked at his father for the first time in the eye. “Yes.”“What!” gasped his father.“When?”“Two days ago.”“Two days ago?”Bruce nodded.“Why didn’t you say anything?”“What would you want me to say?”“You should have told me you knew your mo
A FEW DAYS PASSBruce, Wayne, and Yolanda were all walking up the stairs towards the library. There Bruce saw Belle. Belle was laughing and smiling with the other university's students."Wow, look at her. She's so popular among men. Even with the other universities students," sneered Yolanda.Bruce's fist clench tightly.As the other university students left, there was only Belle and Ethan left. Bruce continued on walking towards them. Wayne and Yolanda followed. Ethan was moving closer to Belle. Wayne cleared his throat as they came closer to Belle and Ethan.Belle turned her head and saw Bruce. Wayne and Yolanda were right behind him. Belle sighed. "Out of all places, Bruce just so happened to walk in on them," she thought. Belle remembered in their past life that Bruce had a huge misunderstanding with them and accused her of being unfaithful to him. Ever since then he treated her differently. Always acting like she was unfaithful. Acting like she cheated on him. He was pullin
WARNING! THIS CHAPTER TALKS ABOUT EATING DISORDER AND LOW SELF ESTEEMED. BACK TO PRESENT: The next day's competition was performance. It could be anywhere from stage performances to dance performances. Bruce and Yolanda chooses to do ballet dancing. After Bruce and Yolanda's dance, the judges felt that their performance fell short, and they came in third place. Their Feng University was tied neck to neck with Guo University. "Damn it," said Bruce. "If only I landed that last pose," said Yolanda. "It's okay you did your best,” said Bruce, loosening the button on his blazer. Yolanda nodded. "Next performance is Belle Li. She's coming in with a traditional Chinese clothing with the lute," said the announcer. Belle walked in with a white, golden, and red dress. She was beautiful. She held onto the lute as she got on stage. "Wow!" exclaimed the crowd. "No wonder they say she's the school's beauty," said Ethan. “Whoo! You’re beautiful!” exclaimed Lucy. “Go Belle!” Bruce gaspe
Bruce's eyes followed Belle. He saw that she went backstage in the far back. He followed her into the changing room. As Belle walked into the changing room, she felt someone's grab her arm and push her into the room. "Ahh," screamed Belle. Bruce's hand went to cover her mouth. "Shh. It's just me,” he whispers. Belle's eyes widened as it's Bruce. “Why did he follow her?” she thought. She pushed him away from him.Bruce smirked and slowly backed away from her. "What-What are you doing in here?" Belle looked at him in confusion. “He never once tried to follow her nor chase after her in their previous life. So, why is he now?” she questioned herself silently. Bruce grinned at her and chuckled softly as he put his hands in his pocket. "You look beautiful in those ancient Chinese clothes.""This is a woman's changing room.""So?"Bruce walked back closer to her. "What are you doing?"Bruce lips curled and he pinned her to the wall. "I think, I want to kiss you." His hands came around
WARNING! THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS PHYSICAL ABUSE & ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION! The next night the Feng University was hosting a celebration party for the completion of the competition. Bruce, Wayne, and Yolanda went to a bar before the party. Bruce was in a rather sour mood that evening. Wayne noticing Bruce’s change in attitude asked, “What’s wrong?” “Nothing,” answered Bruce, downing his cup of liquor. "Bruce is your grandmother upset?" asked Wayne. Bruce took Wayne’s cup of wine and sipped it. FLASHBACK The door slammed with a thud. "How could you tie with that wench!" shouted Bruce's grandmother. Bruce’s grandmother was a woman in her late sixties. Bruce's grandmother was firm, serious, and stern woman. She was a slim and skinny woman with wrinkles that ages her beyond her years. She had grey hair that was wrapped in a neat bun. "At least we still won the competition," said Bruce. "Humph! Useless. You should have come out on top!" Bruce clenched his fists tightly together. "
"What are you doing here?" asked Belle. "Because I need to study.""Huh?""What? I can't study?”Belle looked at him and said, “Of course you can.”Bruce scoffed and put his bag on the desk. Bella frowned. Since it's only studying it should be fine. She nodded at him. Bruce took the seat next to her. He looked at what she was studying. He saw that she was looking in some pages of finances. She had some red markings on her book. He wonders if she have questions about it or is she marking it as something meaningful. He clears his throat. "What?" asked Belle."Nothing."He then saw her flipped more pages and there were sticky notes on the sides. On it was written, "Clarification.""It means that the stock market isn't doing well as a whole," said Bruce."What?" Bruce leaned into her and pointed to her sticky notes. "Here. It means that you shouldn't believe a stock when it could just be pushed up by hype news, or media.""Oh," said Bella. She took off the sticky note from her book.
Bruce looked at her as he saw her scribbling down some numbers. "Wow," he thought. "this turned out easier than he thought. She is actually writing out her grandfather's secret formula without him even trying to seduce her." When Belle was done, she handed it back to him. "There."Bruce looked at it with a smile on his face. As he looked at it his eyebrows frowned. He started to be angry. Was she trying to make a fool out of him. Did she think he was stupid that he didn't try these all these formula on his own? She wasn't trying to give him the secret formula, she was trying to do the same thing he was. Manipulating the formula. He chuckled with annoyance. He rubbed his forehead with his hand. "What is it?""Your formula doesn't work.""What?" asked Belle.He smashed his binder onto the desk. Belle gasped at his anger. Then Bruce turned to look at her with a curling smile. He was trying hard to hide his anger. He was doing rather well with that handsome look of his. "Good try, but