Revenge is Best Served After Reborn (James)

Sophie extended her hand and grasped the corner of Adler's shirt. "Stop."

Adler turned around, his words muffled, "What?"

"Was that you?"

"What did I do?" Adler paused, slightly stunned.

"The dean." Sophie got straight to the point.

Adler thought for a moment, "Must be Colby."

"Colby would handle this?"

Sophie suddenly remembered the incident a few days ago beneath their apartment complex involving Nichole and two others. It really could be Colby.

However, at that moment, all of Sophie's doubts were replaced by another question, "Are you so broke that you eat here now?"

The budget cafeteria at Eastwood College hardly seemed like a place Adler would frequent.

"Save where you can." Adler responded succinctly.

Colby could dispatch eighty billion in assistance one moment and keep the company's lights burning all night the next, not to mention spend lavishly on real estate and luxury renovations, literally building skyscrapers from the ground up.

Chasing a girl had nearly maxed out his credit cards. What's wrong with saving some money?

Sophie gestured for Adler to join her for a meal.

She asked, "What exactly does Colby want by sending the dean over?"

"There's a saying, 'Kill the body and the heart will follow.""

Sophie seriously said, "Be more specific."

"He didn't specify, just said it's about 'killing the body and the heart will follow.""

Sophie carefully pondered the meaning of these words.

Colby was a cunning fox, his demeanor always hiding a fierce intensity. Perhaps he had another motive for his actions.

Sophie turned to Harold, "So, what happened after that?"

"Nothing much, but Nichole kept throwing dirt on Krystal. It was quite funny to watch."

Sophie suddenly understood. Good old Colby, even more cunning than she had imagined.

Nichole could not expose the bulletin board incident because it was her own flyers plastered there. Colby had the dean deliberately accuse Krystal, knowing that if the dean investigated, it would soon be clear who was behind it all.

Fearing exposure, Nichole would definitely throw Krystal under the bus. This simple strategy easily estranged Nichole from the others, and since it came directly from Nichole, she couldn't deny it.

Now that the two girls had seen Nichole's true colors, the future was sure to be interesting.

Sophie shared this insight with Adler and Harold.

Harold scoffed, "Why not just have the dean investigate directly? If it was Nichole, wouldn't she be in deeper trouble?"

Sophie explained, "Nichole could easily claim it was because she feared I was after her boyfriend, continuing to deceive everyone into believing she's the victim. That would create too many uncertainties, not a stable plan. Plus, those two have been close friends with Nichole for many years. They probably know a lot of juicy details. Now that they've turned against her, who knows what they might reveal?" Adler puzzled, "Wait, Nichole's boyfriend?"