No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric)

Noelle ran off right after.

Cedric stepped out of the elevator and saw her slamming the door behind her. He rubbed his temples, still a bit dizzy from drinking so much. It had been a while since he had drunk this much. He returned to the nearby apartment, where Alfred sat on the couch playing on his phone. He looked up and asked, "You're back. How did it go?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Don't play dumb. You mentioned having a girlfriend during dinner, and Noelle's reaction was pretty strong. Don't pretend you didn't notice." Cedric poured himself a glass of water and leaned against the table.

His eyes were dark, slowly swirling the glass. "Once she goes to college, she'll forget about today."

She would grow once she saw the wider world. The only thing he could do was watch her go.

Alfred glanced at Cedric. "Let's hope so."

But he still felt something was off with Cedric. He cared too much about Noelle.

Maybe Cedric didn't even realize it, but this concern might have slowly transformed into something else without him noticing.

In the following days, Noelle felt awkward around Cedric. After all, she did like him a little. But now, he was involved with someone else.

At this point, she was almost certain that her online boyfriend from her past life was not Cedric.

Though their in-game names were the same, it couldn't have been the same person. Noelle thought about how her online crush from her past life would soon appear in the game in less than half a month.

She thought she might just bump into him. So, every afternoon and evening, she made sure to log in on time to grind dungeons because that's how she had met him in her previous life.

However, after several days, she hadn't encountered that name. While streaming one evening, Noelle noticed her fans were asking about the finals.

"Queen Nelly, will you participate in the finals?"

"With the lineup for Team Luminark, if you're not in, they'll probably be knocked out in the first round."

"Since the Liddell family is so biased, why don't they let the bitch go to the finals? Queen Nelly isn't someone who can just be summoned and dismissed!" Noelle glanced at the time and realized the finals were tomorrow. She hadn't planned on participating, so she hadn't kept track of the dates.

She noticed Frank and Lucas'

names on the fan leaderboard. They were both online, meaning they were watching the stream. Perhaps the questions from the fans had been deliberately arranged.

She responded calmly, "I don't plan on participating in this competition, but I'll definitely join the next one."

It was better to clear things up now

than deal with trouble later. Aftcas

she said that, she noticed that

had left the stream. Hopefully, he would realize his place.

Meanwhile, Lucas angrily exited the stream, feeling a complex mixture of emotions. At that moment, he finally realized Noelle wouldn't participate in the competition.

He had always held onto a certain expectation, thinking she wouldn't abandon the Liddell family's honor. After all, it had always been so important to her.

Didn't she return to participate

during the revival match last time?

He had always believed she wouldn't miss the finals, thinking it was just her throwing a tantrum. But this time, he had miscalculated

Lucas helplessly looked at Frank. "Frank, what should I do?"

"Lucas, I've told you before that your apology lacked sincerity, and you've been bullying and insulting her. If it were me, I wouldn't forgive you either."

"But I've always talked to Noelle like that since we were kids, and she never got mad. Why did she suddenly change?"

Lucas couldn't understand. "When we argued before, I did not want to lose my dignity as her brother. She's my little sister; how could I really hurt her?" When someone hit Noelle at the branch office that day, didn't he rush to help immediately?

He just didn't say anything, so why couldn't she understand?

"Lucas, what are you planning to do about the competition?"noveldrama

"I'll ask Donovan. He must have a way to get Noelle to participate in the competition."