"Mr. Coleman?"

Philip promptly stood up to welcome Harvey.

Harvey was also somewhat surprised to see Philip there.

"I heard that the Henderson family is having a birthday party here, so I decided to swing by. You're a member of the Henderson family as well?"

After leaving the jewelry store, Harvey was worried Yolanda would change her mind before she entered First Academy.

After all, an advanced hacker had far too many options for making money. If Yolanda didn't want to study, his offers wouldn't be enticing for her in the least.

She wouldn't be bothered if she didn't get recommended for admission to Creybia University. However, her admission would grant First Academy another spot in Creybia University's most renowned computer science department.

That was why, after much deliberation, Harvey asked his friend for the Henderson family's address. When his friend gave him the address, 

Yvonne thought Yolanda was no match for her.

She was a student of First Academy. Moreover, she was one of the best in her year.

Meanwhile, Yolanda was a criminal who had stayed in a juvenile detention center for three years. She was a pitiful creature whom her parents did not love.

Furthermore, soon Yolanda would be a worker at the bottom rung who couldn't even go to school.

To Yvonne, Yolanda wasn't even qualified to compete with her.

Regardless, as a wide smile was about to settle on Yvonne's face, Harvey's voice sounded.

"What are you talking about? I'm here because I hope Yolanda's parents will promise to let her attend First Academy."

Boom!

Harvey's words rip through the people around him like a thunderstrike.

They could hardly believe their ears.

They'd assumed Harvey was there to hold Yolanda responsible for stealing an acceptance letter. Yet, he was there to invite her 

Scott's voice was very loud. Everyone in the private room could hear what he said. The people who held grudges against Diana were snickering. Especially Alice. She was obviously gloating.

"You don't have a say in whether or not I'm worthy."

Then, Yolanda pulled out the acceptance letter Harvey gave her from her jacket's pocket and slammed it on the table.

"What's that?"

The relatives around them were bewildered.

"An acceptance letter?"

Scott immediately recognized that what Yolanda took out was First Academy's acceptance letter. 

Upon hearing that, Diana and Yvonne looked at Yolanda, stunned. How could this be? How could Yolanda get First Academy's acceptance letter?

"This is impossible! How can you get First Academy's acceptance letter? This acceptance letter must be fake!" Scott shouted.

Although he couldn't find any fault with the acceptance letter, he refused to believe that it was genuine. So, there was only one possibility — It was a fake!

Upon hearing that, everyone returned to their senses. That was right! The acceptance letter must be fake. 

Because Yolanda didn't want to be embarrassed, she forged an acceptance letter to regain her dignity during the birthday party.

"You're so dumb." Scott laughed and took the acceptance letter as he presented it to everyone. 

"If you forged an ordinary high school's acceptance letter, we might believe you. But you forged the acceptance letter of First Academy. Who would believe that a piece of trash like you could be accepted into First Academy?"

After Scott said that, the sound of laughter surrounded Yolanda. At that, Diana's face turned pale. Upon facing the ridicule of the other relatives, she had the urge to dig a hole and bury herself.

Meanwhile, Yvonne was smiling. Initially, she thought that Yolanda had improved and was going to find an opportunity to warn her again. 

But based on the current situation, it seemed that she didn't need to do anything. Yolanda, who had gotten out of the juvenile detention center, was as dumb as before she went into the center.

"Philip, take a look at this acceptance letter. It's fake, isn't it?"

Scott deliberately handed over the acceptance letter to Philip. As Philip was a teacher at First Academy, he could distinguish its authenticity.

"Of course, it's fake!"

Since Philip looked down on Yolanda, before he looked at the acceptance letter, he identified Yolanda's acceptance letter as fake.

However, to show his authority in front of everyone, he took the acceptance letter and wanted to search for its flaws.

"Look at this seal…"

For a forged acceptance letter, the easiest way to expose that it was forged was to check the seal. Nonetheless, after examining the seal, Philip was so stunned that he was speechless.

The seal was genuine! There was a seal exclusive to Harvey next to it as well. Outsiders might not know what the seal represented, but Philip knew it very well.

An ordinary acceptance letter would only have the academy's seal, but if Harvey pressed his stamp on it as well, it meant that the student was valued by the academy and the academy's main priority for cultivation.

At the same time, once the student entered the academy, he would get into the best class directly. 

For the high school entrance exam in Riverdale City, the students who were in the top ten and chose to study at First Academy would have Harvey's seal on their acceptance letters.

"So, is the seal fake?"

Scott didn't notice Philip's change in expression and continued to ask another question.

"The seal is real…" Philip responded awkwardly.

In an instant, Scott felt as though he was slapped by an invisible hand. The other relatives froze on the spot in shock as well.

How could it be? How could a problematic student who didn't graduate from junior high school and even entered the juvenile detention center get First Academy's acceptance letter?

"Philip, check it again. Maybe you saw it wrong," said Scott after a while as he held onto a slim hope.

Philip's answer undoubtedly put Scott in an awkward position. After all, he was the first person who said that Yolanda had forged the acceptance letter. What should he do now?

"I don't know what's going on, but this acceptance letter is real." Philip felt embarrassed as well. 

After all, he criticized Yolanda for being bad at studying a while ago. Who knew that he would be slapped in the face immediately by the acceptance letter of First Academy?

"Yolanda, did you steal another student's acceptance letter and change it to your name?" Suddenly, Yvonne's obedient and worried voice sounded. 

Before everyone could react, she pursed her lips and walked over to Yolanda. 

With a gentle voice, she advised, "Yolanda, do you know that it's illegal to do this? First Academy can send you back to the juvenile detention center!

"It's fine even if you can't get into First Academy. Mom and I believe that you can turn over a new leaf. But you can't steal the acceptance letter. You seriously messed this up!

"Yolanda, our relatives are right here. If you apologize to them, they will all forgive you. But you have to remember not to do such a thing again in the future."

Yvonne's words made everyone present realize that the acceptance letter was stolen. It wasn't fake. If so, everything made sense.

The seal on the acceptance letter couldn't be forged, but First Academy's acceptance letter was a hardcover. The paper was extremely thick.

In the name section, if one bought a stationery that could erase the words, one could forge it. Upon hearing that, Scott snorted and said, "It turned out that you stole another student's acceptance letter. You're so shameless! 

"There's a saying that goes 'a leopard can't change its spots,' but I didn't expect you to have the same bad habits when you were young even though you have grown up. I think you should have stayed in the juvenile detention center until you died!"

Upon seeing that, the distant relatives of the Henderson family began to criticize Yolanda as well.

"You're so young, yet you stole an acceptance letter. Won't you end up robbing the bank when you grow up?"

"If I were her mother, I would rather not have her as my daughter…"

"Right? She's such an embarrassment!"

…

"Yolanda, did you really steal the acceptance letter?" Diana's expression was dark as she walked toward Yolanda. 

Even though she was asking a question, her expression showed that she already had an answer.

"I didn't steal the acceptance letter. Besides, there are no traces of changes in the name section. If you look closely, you will notice it," responded Yolanda.

When Diana heard that, she took the acceptance letter from Scott's hands. In the name section where it read Yolanda Henderson, there weren't any obvious traces of changes.

"Diana, don't be fooled by her. A bottle of cheat tool bought online can erase all traces. Besides, do you think Yolanda can get First Academy's acceptance letter? 

"If you really believed that she could, you wouldn't have brought a gift to ask Philip for help."

The people around them agreed with every word Scott said, and Diana was furious. She raised her hand and wanted to slap Yolanda.

However, the door to the private room was pushed open at this moment. When Diana saw who entered the private room, her arm froze mid-air.

"Is the Henderson family holding a birthday party here?" A middle-aged man entered the private room.

"Mr. Coleman? What brings you here?"

"Mr. Coleman?"

Philip promptly stood up to welcome Harvey.

Harvey was also somewhat surprised to see Philip there.

"I heard that the Henderson family is having a birthday party here, so I decided to swing by. You're a member of the Henderson family as well?"

After leaving the jewelry store, Harvey was worried Yolanda would change her mind before she entered First Academy.

After all, an advanced hacker had far too many options for making money. If Yolanda didn't want to study, his offers wouldn't be enticing for her in the least.

She wouldn't be bothered if she didn't get recommended for admission to Creybia University. However, her admission would grant First Academy another spot in Creybia University's most renowned computer science department.

That was why, after much deliberation, Harvey asked his friend for the Henderson family's address. When his friend gave him the address, they told him the Hendersons were celebrating Vivian's birthday.

"Mrs. Henderson Senior, happy birt

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