Chapter 1

Chapter 1

I used to be the infamous bootlicker of the entire school, but now I’ve been reborn.

In my previous life, glected my studies in pursuit of Sarah Gates’ affection and failed my admission

to college. I even jeopardized my health by excessive dieting after she said, “I don’t like people who are

overweight.”

As I looked at the disappointment in my father’s eyes and my mother’s tears, I harbored bitterness until

my death. A wise person doesn’t plunge into love.

As I have been given a second chance at life, I vow to live for myself this time! Little did I expect the

school belle to panic when she loses a loyal bootlicker like me.

“Carlisle, read this love letter aloud to the class passionately!” Lucy Turner, the homeroom teacher of

Class 3A shouted as she angrily threw a love letter in Carlisle Zahn’s face.

“My dearest… What is this!” She pounded the podium continuously while shouting with frustration.

His classmates burst into laughter. All eyes turned to Carlisle.

Class 3A? Carlisle wondered if he had time-traveled back to 2004.

He then slowly surveyed his surroundings. He saw the quote written on the heavy blackboard.

“There are no secrets to success. Success comes from the result of preparation, hard work, and

learning from failure.” This was their class slogan before the SATS.

An old fan hummed on the wall. The students around him wore according to the dress code, while

there were eyes filled with mockery or disdain.

Carlisle lowered his head and looked at the love letter he had written to Sarah a month before SATS.

Little did he expect Sarah Gates to hand this letter to the teacher, which turned him into a joke in the

class.

In his previous life, he didn’t know what spell had been cast upon him to become obsessed with Sarah,

He had been her bootlicker from high school to college and till her graduation.

Finally, he truly gave up when he watched her marry into a wealthy family.

He looked up at Sarah, who was sitting in the first row. Sarah smiled, her eyes filled with a hint of

disdain.

Carlisle opened the love letter and looked at his own naive and sincere handwriting.

“My dearest Sarah, may I know which college you have applied to? I want to apply to the same college

to study together with you, and be with you forever…”

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“Stop reading it,” Sean Woodsen, his deskmate, whispered. He then poked Carlisle’s thigh with a

ballpoint

pen.

Sean felt embarrassed even listening to him. Yet Carlisle could still recite it, which meant he had really

thick skin.

Carlisle chuckled. He never expected that he could write such cheesy stuff when he was young.

“You still have the nerve to laugh? Go stand outside in the corridor!” Lucy’s eyes widened as she

shouted while pointing at his nose.

“Alright.” Carlisle pursed his lips to refrain from laughing as he walked straight out of the classroom.

Lucy watched him leave and sighed. She had given up on Carlisle completely. The college entrance

exam was approaching, yet all he could think about was romance.

Could a student like him have any future? He really dragged down the class’ college admission rate.

Carlisle stood in the corridor with his hands in his pockets. He began to reminisce about his past life.

His family wasn’t wealthy because his parents were both working-class. Yet they had spent a lot of

money to send him to a prestigious high school. In fact, they signed him up for tuition throughout high

school.

However, a scumbag like him had stopped attending extra tuition classes in his second year of high

school. Instead, he had swindled the tutoring fees given by his parents to spend the money on gifts for

Sarah.

But he ended up not having her and failed his college admission.

His parents couldn’t even hold their heads up in front of relatives. In the end, they begged his

grandparents to arrange a job for him. However, he had limited options as he only had a high school

diploma.

He ended up relying on connections to get into a company with a toxic work culture. He had to work

from dawn to dusk. Yet almost all of his monthly salary went to gifts for Sarah.

Because Sarah didn’t like overweight people, Carlisle even started dieting when he weighed 200

pounds. Yet, Sarah didn’t even come to visit him till his death, which was quite pitiful to think about.

But Carlisle didn’t harbor too much hatred towards Sarah. After all, she was a girl he had once liked.

But after he died in his past life, he had grown indifferent to many things. Even his obsession with

Sarah had dissipated.

His only regret was not being able to get into college. He didn’t want to see his father’s disappointed

eyes and his mother’s tearful eyes again.

Carlisle stretched lazily and smiled in relief. He had sacrificed enough for Sarah in his past life. Now, he

would live for himself.

The school bell chimed during recess, and students started to walk out. They couldn’t help but mock

Carlisle when they passed by.

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“Carl, you can even write love letters?”

“Hahaha, too bad the school belle didn’t fancy you.”

The monotony of senior high school life was enough to keep the students interested in mocking him for

at month. Carlisle shrugged as he remained indifferent to their remarks.

Just as he was about to return to the classroom, Sarah stopped him and said, “Carlisle.”

“What’s up?” Carlisle asked while looking up.

Sarah had her bangs neatly combed and in a ponytail. She was fair, and her big, r o n d y s were paired

with lustrous eyelashes. She looked youthful because she hadn’t learned to put on makeup yet. It

made

her look pure and innocent.

With her hands behind her back, Sarah played with the hem of her clothes. She lowered her head and

said, “Carlisle, I’m sorry about today. I accidentally left the love letter in the exam paper and forgot to

take

it out.”

“Oh…” Carlisle nodded. How could she forget such a thing? But whether it was true or false didn’t

matter

anymore. He didn’t care.

“Carlisle, I’ve applied to Riverland University, Study hard, and I’ll wait for you there,” Sarah said shyly

as she tiptoed to whisper. After finishing, she blushed and ran back to the classroom.

Carlisle took a sharp breath. In that moment earlier, he almost fell for it again. Sarah was too good at

this.

He shook his head repeatedly and quickly recited to clear his mind, “A wise person doesn’t plunge into

love…”

Sarah’s words reminded him that the SATS were just a month away. In his past life, he didn’t get into

college.

Although Lucy was strict, she had a point when she said, “The knowledge you acquire is yours. No one

can steal it from you.” Carlisle resonated deeply with this statement upon entering society.

With his second chance at life, Carlisle resolved to buckle down and study hard. Not only for the sake

of his parents but for himself too.

As Sarah returned to the classroom, her friend, Sienna Thorn, couldn’t help but ask, “What if Carlisle

gets ticked off that you handed his love letter to the teacher? Aren’t we relying on him for our summer

trip

funds?”

“Don’t worry, I only told him which college I intend to attend. Bet he’s back to studying in a moment,”

Sarah replied while confidently flipping her hair.

Handing Carlisle’s love letter to the homeroom teacher was mainly to inform other boys that she was

still single. She won’t miss a whole forest just because of one crooked tree.

At that moment, Carlisle rushed back to the classroom. Then, he became deeply engrossed in reading

model essays.

Sienna gave Sarah an approving nod and complimented, “You’re quite something.

Just then, Sean returned from the restroom and said to Carlisle, “Let’s go to the internet café. It’s on

me.” Sean wanted to treat him and help him unwind a bit since Carlisle had embarrassed himself today.

“What are we going there for? The SATs are coming up soon. We have to study hard,” Carlisle said

seriously.

“What the heck, have you lost your mind? Just because Sarah rejected you? Is it worth getting worked

up over?” Sean asked in frustration.

Then, he continued, “Even if you end up in the same school as Sarah, she won’t agree to date you.”

“I’m not studying for Sarah; I’m studying for myself,” Carlisle stated.

He then showed Sean the essay. “Write an essay on the topic of “Variety is the spice of life’. This hasn’t

been out for the past two years, so it’ll surely come out this year. Take a good look at how it’s done.”

“Stop your nonsense! How would you know that it’ll definitely be on the exam?” Sean asked.

“How about we bet on a toaster?” Carlisle proposed with a sharp and serious gaze.

Sear

felt a chill from his gaze. “I’m not betting with you.”

Something about Carlisle’s demeanor today felt off to Sean, but he couldn’t tell why. As Carlisle didn’t

want to join him at the café, he could only flip through the model essays in boredom.

“Hey

Carlisle, Sienna and I are going out for a bit. Can you bring us lunch at noon? Thanks a bunch,

Carlisle,” Sarah commanded before walking out of the classroom with Sienna.

Carlisle didn’t even lift his head and continued to read earnestly, It was only then that he remembered

he hadn’t eaten lunch yet.

Just as he was about to get up, Sean stopped him. “Where are you going?”

“I’m heading to the cafeteria to grab some food,” Carlisle replied.

“Are you an idiot? Are you really planning to bring her lunch? Did she pay you?”

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