Chapter 55: We Won’t Be Fooled, Will We?

The Celebrity Lecture was about to begin, but Joshua had not arrived yet. The people waiting in the auditorium were restless and chattering about whether or not he would show up. “We won’t be fooled, will we?” “Yeah, Joshua said he would not pester Hazel anymore. How could he possibly accept her invitation?” “It seems to me that Hazel was dumped and wanted to seize the chance to gain back some popularity!” “Very likely it was because Joshua was embarrassed by Hazel that he would say so to the reporters. In fact, it’s Hazel who’s been pestering Joshua.” *** Their voices grew louder and louder as their remarks became more and more unkind. Hazel, hiding in her dormitory, kept sneezing one after another. She had foreseen that she would be badly reprimanded tonight, so she had been hiding in the dormitory since earlier in the day, refusing to leave. Nonetheless, she couldn’t help opening her phone and logging onto the school forum. After reading the first comments that were cruel to her, h