The year she wrote a novel manuscript for an entire year and couldn't find it anywhere, shortly after, Lyra Grant published a novel. The school praised her, and numerous news media, including newspapers and magazines, came to interview her. For a while, Lyra Grant became a celebrity in the school.
But when she read Lyra Grant's novel, she discovered that the content of the book was almost exactly what she had written. Apart from the characters' names and a small part of the plot being removed, the rest was all her work—every sentence identical.
"Mabel, you look so pale, what's wrong?" Alice Conley's voice brought Mabel Quinn back to her senses.
"It's nothing, just... a bit tired from shopping outside, I'll go take a shower first," Mabel Quinn said, as the dorm had a private bathroom, making it convenient to freshen up.
"By the way, Mabel, did you shop around the Grand Mall?" Evelyn suddenly asked.
Mabel Quinn's body suddenly stiffened, almost reflexively she replied, "No."
"Yeah, if you were shopping at Grand Mall, you might have come back earlier. Don't know what happened today, but the Grand Mall started evacuation before 7 o'clock," Evelyn said nonchalantly.
"Indeed, it's been a buzz online. Many people's cars were still parked in the underground garage and weren't allowed to retrieve them!" Alice Conley said, "Who knows what really happened, some online say a bomb was found, others say a murder might have occurred. There's even a post online from someone claiming to be a mall staff saying a bigwig was in the mall, so it had to be evacuated. But that doesn't seem believable, what kind of bigwig could make such a big mall evacuate temporarily? Even the mayor doesn't have that kind of authority."
It seemed that the Grand Mall incident was causing a huge stir online. However, Mabel Quinn was not in the mood to pay attention to it. She took a change of clothes from the closet and went directly to the bathroom.
Stop thinking, Mabel Quinn, just treat it as a nightmare! She kept telling herself while the words that lingered in her ears were what he said to her just before he passed out, "Don't leave me..."
"Sorry, the information you provided cannot be registered, we ask for your understanding." The formal polite voice of the website customer service came from the phone again.
Mabel Quinn suddenly felt like she was being blacklisted.
Earlier, Alice Conley and Evelyn tried to help her register an account on a dating site. It turned out they couldn't register successfully, and when she tried herself, she got the same result.
"It's the first time I've seen this situation, both Evelyn and I registered in one go, why can't you succeed?" Alice Conley patted Mabel Quinn's shoulder and immediately comforted, "But even if you can't register, we can still join social events!"
Mabel Quinn was speechless. The following evening, they were supposed to attend a social event, but Mabel Quinn still looked plain, making Evelyn stomp her feet, wishing she could go and do Mabel Quinn's makeup herself.