Chapter 142: Scum and Trash

Chapter 142: Chapter 142: Scum and Trash

After Cara Preston climbed out, she whimpered, "I can testify to this. It’s true! Sister, you have to be honest. What you’re doing is just too much."

She was absolutely filthy, and as she drew near, Vera Xavier caught the stench of the sewer on her.

Vera Xavier narrowed her eyes. ’Looks like Cara Preston didn’t drink enough sewer water just now. She clearly hasn’t learned her lesson!’

Cara Preston continued, "Even though Archer accidentally pushed me just now, Mom and Dad taught us from a young age to be honest, so I have to tell the truth. It’s an absolute fact that you and Wesley Kane are married!"

"Did you hear that? Did you hear that!" Daisy Archer shrieked. "Vera Xavier’s own sister, Cara Preston, said so herself! This can’t possibly be fake! Vera Xavier, stop going to school and come home with me!"

As she finished speaking, she lunged to grab Vera Xavier’s hand, but Vera dodged aside. "Archer, this is a society governed by law now. Arranged marriages are a thing of the past. You’re taking this way too far!"

"What do you mean, *we’re* taking it too far!" Emboldened by Cara Preston’s support, Daisy Archer’s voice grew even louder. "You’re the one who’s gone too far! You had a wedding banquet with my Wesley, you married him, you’ve slept with him! Don’t tell me you’ve found a better catch and now you want to dump him? Vera Xavier, how can someone so young be so morally bankrupt!"

Hearing Daisy Archer’s words, Vera Xavier finally understood. Their goal today was to completely ruin her reputation.

In this day and age, a ruined reputation meant being scorned by everyone and finding it nearly impossible to get by.

A crowd of students arriving for school had gathered around them. Unaware of the full story, they listened with wide, curious eyes, murmuring amongst themselves:

"Vera Xavier? Isn’t she that dark horse from Class Four? The one who supposedly used to get zeros on every exam?"

"Who else could it be? I figured that since she scored so well this time, she must be a decent person, but I guess she’s not all that."

"She looks so innocent. Why would she do something like that?"

"It’s like they say, you can know a person’s face but not their heart. Besides, her own sister is testifying against her."

Hearing the crowd’s chatter, Daisy Archer grew even more smug. "Even your own sister can’t stand by and watch you do this! Vera Xavier, you are a true disappointment. If you come home with me today, I’ll let what happened before slide. But if you refuse, then I’ll have no choice but to go to your principal and get you expelled!"

Cara Preston sobbed, "Sister, I know you grew up in the countryside and that big family didn’t teach you any better, but you’ve returned to the Preston Family now. You are a daughter of the Preston Family, and a daughter of the Preston Family absolutely cannot do such despicable things."

"How am I being despicable?" Vera Xavier said coldly. "And what’s wrong with growing up in the countryside? Country people know just as much about principles as you so-called city slickers!"

First High had many students from rural areas, and when they heard her words, a few of them actually cheered in support.

Vera Xavier added, "And another thing. You claim to be my sister, but every word you say proves you look down on me. It’s obvious you’ve colluded with these people from the Kane Family to ruin me!"