No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric)

Noelle got changed before heading downstairs, where Morgan was waiting outside.

"I assume you know why I'm here?" Morgan looked at Noelle.

"It's about the rumors on the campus forum, right?" Noelle said.

"Yes," Morgan nodded. "The program you embedded has locked many students' phones. Some parents can't reach their children because their children's only phone is locked. They were so worried, they almost reported it to the police."

Noelle remained unfazed. "As soon as they apologize for what they've done, their phones will be unlocked." She offered the solution, but they refused to accept it.

"I understand you want to resolve the issue with the campus forum, but isn't your method a little too aggressive? It's also caused some disruption at the school," Morgan said, "So, I'd like you to unlock the phones first before we figure out how to resolve this."

"No can do," Noelle replied coldly. "This could be easily fixed if they just apologized. There's nothing more I can do on my end. Even if I delete the program, it won't unlock their phones. That's just how the program works." "Noelle, are you refusing to cooperate? You need to understand there will be consequences!" Morgan didn't expect Noelle to be such a pain.

Not only did she have issues with the rich students from the business school, but she also went as far as locking everyone's phones.

Initially, the school had no intention of taking this incident seriously-they planned to handle the program themselves. However, after spending the entire afternoon trying, Patrick simply couldn't crack Noelle's code, let alone unlock all the students' phones.

With no other option, they had to approach Noelle, only to find she wasn't willing to cooperate.

Noelle said calmly, "I'm well aware of my actions. All I ask is just a simple apology from the people who slandered me. Is that too much to ask?"

Morgan sighed before speaking, "Noelle, you're an orphan, and your parents have passed away. You were accepted into our school as a top scorer, but your family's financial situation probably isn't great. It's only natural that people would believe the rumors."

"This is hilarious," Noelle smirked mockingly. "The person who started the rumor did so with just one photo. I don't see why I shouldn't fight back. Being an orphan doesn't mean I must be poor and materialistic, does it?"

Her impatience was evident. She wasn't going to remove the program. Those trolls could either apologize or throw their phones away They had to face the

In

consequences of spe

baseless rumors.

Morgan snapped, "Last chance: are you going to unlock the phone or not?"

"No, no, and no!"

"Fine. My job here is done. Tomorrow, the school will announce its decision about this incident. Let's hope you don't regret it."

"I won't," Noelle replied firmly. "But if the school's decision is unfair, I will hire a lawyer to handle this. I will not compromise!"

Noelle knew what was going on. The school was trying to sweep the matter under the rug by forcing her to back down and take the blame for everything, but she wasn't going to play along.

Morgan stormed off in frustration.

When Noelle returned to the dorm, Grace asked carefully, "What did Morgan say?"

"He told me to remove the program and unlock the phones, but I refused," Noelle said coldly.

Jessica, who overheard that, snapped at Noelle's response and angrily kicked the desk. She had been counting on Morgan to pressure Noelle into submission, but Noelle was as stubborn as ever.

Jessica glared at her phone, torn. Without apologizing, she wouldn't be able to use it again. But the idea of apologizing to Noelle felt worse than death!

Noelle remained indifferent. Having already died once, nothing in the world could intimidate her anymore. She stood firm in her belief that the ones spreading baseless rumors should be the ones to apologize, not her the victim.

However, as Noelle recalled Samantha being taken away earlier, a sense of unease crept in. Something about the situation felt off, though she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Still, with Samantha's influential family background, Noelle assumed she would get out of trouble as usual.

Taking out her phone, Noelle

searched for news about

Samantha's bullying incident that allegedly caused a classmate's suicide. Most of the information had been scrubbed from the

internet-clearly, someone, vel?

working behind the scenes to control the narrative. But that

wouldn't pose a problem for her. noveldrama