Chapter 517: Chapter 517: Competing in Your Place
Under Victor Hawthorne’s suspicious gaze, July Quinn administered two more acupuncture needles to Leo.
This time, Leo not only stopped twitching but also opened his eyes.
"Leo is awake! Oh my god, Leo really woke up."
"Holy crap, who exactly is July Quinn? Not only does she excel in academics, but her medical acupuncture skills are also at her fingertips."
"And she’s so beautiful, she’s practically the ultimate hack in life!"
Amidst the crowd’s exclamations, Joy Quinn, who had been lurking among them intending to call the police the moment something went wrong with July’s acupuncture, gripped her phone tightly enough to make her hand turn pale.
Earlier, July had given Joy a whitening recipe that was highly effective, leading Joy to publish a paper on it and gain attention in the medical field.
Yet despite all this, Joy still refused to believe that July was genuinely skilled in medicine and acupuncture.
After all, these skills typically take years to master and are usually associated with older folks.
So, when July started, Joy hid among the crowd, waiting for the chance to call the police, hoping to seize the opportunity to eliminate July.
However, contrary to her expectations, July once again became the center of attention...
After the Keaton Group’s biology laboratory assessment last time, some people posted July’s scores and photos on the school forum, compared her to Joy Quinn in various aspects, and suggested replacing Joy with July as the school’s beauty queen.
This post even garnered quite a bit of support.
If today, July’s acupuncture work on Leo, saving his life, was exposed on the forum again, countless more would probably side with July.
Just the thought of losing her hard-earned title of school beauty in less than a week due to July’s emergence made Joy Quinn furious.
But what good is fury?
With so many people around her, if she spoke against July now, she might end up, as she did during the last assessment, attracting unwanted criticism.
So after much deliberation, Joy decided to hold back for now and wait for the right moment to act against July.
Soon, Joy’s figure disappeared quietly amid the crowd.
Meanwhile, an ambulance arrived.
But Leo refused to get on the ambulance: "Boss Hawthorne, I have to go to the competition! We agreed that this trophy would be your gift, given to..."
Given to Joy Quinn.
But considering the number of people around, Leo did not finish his thought.
"You’re so ill now, why go to the competition? Be sensible, get on the ambulance."
"No, I won’t go."
Joy Quinn and Victor Hawthorne were also Leo’s unresolved emotions.
Thus, feeling he would let Victor down if he didn’t win the trophy to declare his feelings for Joy, he felt guilty.
"You’ll die if you continue like this."
Victor Hawthorne pushed Leo persistently.
Yet Leo shouted, "Even if it means dying, I will participate in the competition to win you that trophy."
As the standoff continued, a pleasant female voice interjected: "Isn’t it just a competition? I’ll replace you and participate."
As Victor Hawthorne and Leo simultaneously turned, they saw July Quinn coldly gazing at them.
"You?" Victor was skeptical.
He had no intention of belittling girls, but, generally speaking, girls aren’t as good at gaming as boys.
Especially when it’s directly joining the competition; July hadn’t undergone any training or teamwork with them. Could she manage?
"July, although you saved me, but..."
Leo obviously disagreed with July stepping in for him in the competition.
Yet before he finished speaking, July gave him a shove, pressing him onto the ambulance stretcher: "I said it’s okay, so it’s okay. Isn’t it just a trophy? I’ll get it for you."