Sean hesitantly took the USB stick and looked at Daniel.
"Okay, I'll check it out."
With that, Sean left.
"Be careful and drive safe," Gloria said with concern.
"Got it."
"What's the McCarthy Corporation information in the USB stick all about?" Daniel asked after Sean left.
"Nothing special. Just a usual background check."
Nicole could not explain it too clearly.
"Don't do anything illegal." Daniel reminded her.
"Don't worry, Dad."
"By the way, Mom, your birthday is coming up in just a few days, right?"
Nicole suddenly remembered that Gloria's birthday fell this month.
Daniel came to his senses and said, "Oh yeah.If it weren't for Nicole, I would have forgotten."
Daniel immediately flipped through the calendar.
"My memory failed me.It turns out that this Saturday is your mom's birthday.How would you like to
spend your birthday this year, Gloria?"
"As in previous years, our family will spend two days together."
Gloria did not have any special plan.Her greatest happiness was to see everyone in the family safe and
happy together.
Daniel nodded in agreement.
"Will you be busy at school on Saturday?" Gloria looked at Nicole.
Nicole shook her head.
"Not busy.I can't guarantee that I will be the first to come home, but I will not be the last.""T'll go
upstairs first as I have something to do."
Back in her room, she could finally relax and take a break.She crashed out on the bed.
Nicole returned to school after breakfast the next day.
In the hallway, Lulu and June saw a familiar figure in front of them and immediately chased after it.
"Nicole, it's really you." Lulu cried out in surprise.
"Where have you been for the past few days? We missed you so much."
"Yeah, Nicole, we haven't seen you since that afternoon.We thought you had transferred to another
school."
"How is our class?" asked Nicole "Alas."
Lulu and June sighed in unison.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Nicole saw the downcast faces of the two.
"Since you left, our class has become a mess.Vivian stirred up troubles instead of helping manage the
class.""
Lulu grumbled.
"What about sports day? How's it going?"
Nicole was not worried about Vivian at all.
Instead, she was more concerned about the sports day.
"The other classes have entered their final training, but our class is only less than halfway through,"
June spoke with a decadent look on her face as if she could see no hope any longer.
"I think our class could barely win any game on this year's sports day," Lulu complained.
"It's okay.I'm back, and I will take care of it."
"It's good to have you, Nicole."
Lulu and June instantly felt more assured with a sense of belonging.
"But we have less than two weeks.We are not going to make it."
The two were instantly discouraged again, thinking of the sports day coming in just two weeks.
"It doesn't matter.We will make the most out of the remaining time.There is still a chance."
"Nicole, have you thought of any solution?" Lulu looked at her in bafflement.
"Let's go to class first."
Nicole glanced at the time.
Before they got to the door of the classroom, they had already heard the noise inside.
Nicole pushed open the door, and everyone jumped at the sound of the door being pushed open and
turned to look at the doorway.
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