Chapter 55 - 55: The Confrontation

Seeing that Mitch was in a bad mood, he quickly comforted him, "Don't worry. I have a friend who works on that game site. I'll call him and ask if he can help to make an appointment with her."

He picked up the phone and called his friend.

His friend knew some more information about" Knowing A Person" but firmly refused to disclose any of it. He only revealed one thing.

"There is a sponsor who plays chess with her for a hundred dollars. If you are willing to pay, I can ask her if she's willing to play chess with you through the official website."

Toby translated his friend's words to Mitch. Mitch was shocked.

"What? Just one hundred dollars a game? That's so cheap! I can play a trial game and get two thousand dollars!"

He mused for a moment, "Call your friend back. I want to play chess with her. I will offer one thousand dollars!"

Toby responded, "One thousand dollars is too much. That guy just offered one hundred… How about this? Five hundred dollars?"

He called his friend and asked him to make an appointment with KAP.

Sophia realized that the higher the price must mean the stronger the opponent.

Her opponent was incredibly good and was at the same level as "M378", the player she had met in the finals. Their chess styles were quite alike. She focused on the game. It was a hard-fought battle, but she eventually managed to win.

The organizers of the website immediately sent a message to inform her that the five hundred dollars would be sent to her account the next day.

Although Sophia was tired, she was happy. She had made eight hundred dollars in one day! This was not a small sum of money! She looked at the time on the computer and saw that it was one o'clock in the morning.

Having stayed up so late, Sophia slept through her alarm and had to dash for school.

Director Bull stood at the gate of the school, ready to catch students who were late. When he saw Sophia, he frowned, "Why are you late? You have dark circles under your eyes, did you stay up late last night playing online games?"

Sophia had to admit, "Yes."

Technically, chess was a kind of online game, so she could not contradict him.

"I'm deducting one point from your class!" Director Bull announced.

A point deducted because of her! Sophia felt sorry for Ms. Acheson. She wondered how she could earn the point back.

She took a look at the school's point system. Entering into the top thirty in the exam would earn points. But the exam wasn't until next week. Doing good deeds could earn points, but that wasn't the sort of thing she could count on. Taking part in competitions and getting awards could earn points, but there were no competitions on at the moment. She must hope there was a chance for her to show her kindness and do a good deed!

It was Friday, and there was no class in the evening. Sophia was wheeling her bike out of the school gates when she suddenly noticed that a few boys who were not in school uniform were standing there. They were watching the students coming out of school. Their eyes flickered with something menacing.

Sophia was pleased: maybe this would be her chance to score points.

She looked at the boys and realized that one of them was familiar.

She searched her memory and remembered that he was Linda's son, AdamGreen, her half-brother.

Adam was fifteen. He was two years younger than Kevin but much taller than him, and he looked strong. Had he come here to make problems for Kevin?

Right then, Kevin came out with his bike. Adam made a sign to the boys, and they immediately came forward and circled him.

Sophia stood nearby watching. She wasn't in a hurry to intervene because first, she wanted to hear what Adam was going to say.

"Kevin, you ungrateful bastard! You have no right to steal my sister's property! She was also my sister, and I deserve half of her legacy. Give it to me!"

Kevin frowned, "Now you remember to call her' sister'? If you had come to see her even once when she was alive, I would have happily given you half of the estate, but did you ever come? You are her brother too, but you ignored her, and now you have the gall to ask for money."

Adam stepped forward and raised his fist, "Enough talk! Agree to, give me the money or I'll beat you every day until you give in!"

Sophia could tell things were escalating, and she took a few steps forward to protect Kevin from being hurt.

Kevin frowned, "Don't even think about it. I'm not giving you anything!"

"You want to get a taste of my fist?" Adam was angry now and was squaring up to his older brother.

Sophia was about to come forward when a boy she didn't know ran over and gave Adam a shove.

Adam was caught off guard and immediately fell to the ground.

"Who are you?" Adam said angrily, "You want to get beaten, too?"

"You dare to come to our school to bully someone who is in the protection of our boss. It's you who is going to get beaten!" As he spoke, the boy turned his head and glanced at Sophia. She realized he was doing this to win favor with her. He raised his voice, "Kevin is the boss' brother. You dare to bully him, and you'll pay for it!"

Several other students nearby heard their words, came over and surrounded them.

Adam had just wanted to come to the school gates with his buddies to scare Kevin. Seeing so many people gather, he got worried and began to back away.

Director Bull, having heard the noise, came out to see what was going on. He asked what happened and berated Adam and the boys. They were not students at his school, so there was nothing Bull could really do. He could only give them immediate detention for an hour.

"Well done, everyone. That was the right thing to do. One point for your class, you, you, and you." Director Bull said to the boy who had intervened and a couple of others who were nearby.

Sophia was stunned.

She wanted to earn points too!

The boys were very pleased. They insisted on escorting Kevin back home.. Kevin protested but found himself swept along by them.