"You..." Jenny looked at her, frowning. "Becky, why do you seem like..."
"Rebecca!" Darren called out to her from a distance.
"Coming!" the young Rebecca replied with a smile and ran over.
She waved at Jenny. "Jenny, I'm going back to the classroom to solve some problems. Let's go back to the dorm together after the evening study hall."
Jenny stood in place, staring at the young Rebecca's retreating figure in a daze. Vance had appeared beside her at some point and stood shoulder to shoulder with her, his gaze fixed on the young Rebecca's wrist in the distance.
"What's going on with you two?" Jenny asked, still puzzled as she watched the young Rebecca leave.
Without saying a word, Vance walked away.
Rebecca was in a spectator state, her viewpoint fixed on Vance. She seemed unable to control her perspective and could only follow him.
Jethro came over to meet up with Vance. "It's all set. Tomorrow afternoon, we're going to Ridgewood High. Aiden and the others will be waiting at the school."
Rebecca was shocked. "Why are they hanging out with Aiden and the others again? Hasn't he promised me he wouldn't?"
"Okay," Vance agreed.
Rebecca wanted to scream, "Vance, you lying bastard! You promised you wouldn't play with them anymore!"
However, she couldn't make a sound. Not a single word came out.
Then, she was jolted awake by her alarm clock. She opened her eyes and found herself in her Paris home. Her phone alarm was ringing.
In fact, her phone always had an alarm set. If she had truly fallen into a deep sleep and returned to another time and space, the alarm probably wouldn't have been able to wake her.
She lay back down, hoping to fall asleep again so she could stop Vance. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't fall back asleep.
She felt frustrated. Before, when she couldn't wake up, she had only wished to wake up quickly, to stop taking exams and studying, and return to normal life.
Vance was on the court, along with Jethro and Darren. Aiden and Lucas from Ridgewood High were also there. Among the spectators, she saw Jenny, the young Rebecca, and... Catherine.
Catherine was wearing Ridgewood High's school uniform. She had been transferred to Ridgewood High again.
As the final whistle blew, the game ended, and cheers erupted. Players from both teams walked to the center of the court to shake hands.
Vance walked toward Aiden, but the young Rebecca did nothing to stop him, just standing there holding a bottle of water.
Rebecca panicked, rushing desperately toward Vance. But she was only in the spectator's view. Her line of sight simply zoomed in, and her body didn't appear at all.
Vance walked straight through her and continued forward.
"Vance!" she shouted. "What did you promise me?"
She circled to stand in front of him again.

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