Fortunate to Have You This Lifetime - Chapter 1023

Chapter 1023: Chapter 1023: Defense Speech_1 Chapter 1023: Chapter 1023: Defense Speech_1 Purple Summers was stunned and looked up at Norton Young instinctively.

Norton Young’s face was already deathly pale.

He was clenching the document in his hands tightly, his eyes fixed on the word “Fail,” his lips quivering.

If his homework was wrong, or not well done, Victoria Morrison could have simply given him a low mark, so that he could score higher in the next assignment to maintain his average grade.

But Victoria Morrison had directly given him a Fail!

It meant that his assignment had no grade at all!

It was as if, in calculating the total score for the College Entrance Examination, Norton Young had directly one subject’s score less than everyone else.

Purple Summers felt that Mrs. Morrison had gone too far with this.

However, it indeed matched her consistent harsh style: once caught in a mistake by Mrs. Morrison, one could forget about having an easy time.

“Let’s go ask the teacher after class,” Purple Summers whispered to Norton Young, “Get to the bottom of this; maybe she can give you some points to make up for it.”

As much as she said this, Purple Summers felt that the chances of Victoria Morrison giving extra points were slim; but given that it concerned the final grade, they had to try anyway.

Norton Young stared at his assignment, blankly nodding his head.

When the class was over and the students began to leave the classroom, Mrs. Morrison also began to pack up her things to leave.

Norton Young picked up his assignment, gathered his courage, and asked humbly and cautiously, “Mrs. Morrison… is there something wrong with my assignment?”

Victoria Morrison glanced at him, her peripheral vision catching Purple Summers standing behind Norton Young, before focusing on Norton Young.

“Don’t you have any idea about your own assignment?” Mrs. Morrison said sharply, with a cold expression, “I asked you to draft a criminal defense based on the case I provided. What is all this you’ve written?!”

Norton Young’s face turned even whiter.

Mrs. Morrison was merciless, “You are the only one in the class who failed, Norton. You should go back and reflect on this! The first semester has just started; at this rate, how do you plan to graduate?!”

With that, she glanced at Purple Summers standing behind him and said coldly, “Don’t think that by currying favor with certain people you can rest easy; without connections or money, you should be even more focused on your studies! All your thoughts on climbing the social ladder–later, you will only regret it too late to change!”

Mrs. Morrison’s voice was not low; the remaining students in the classroom couldn’t help but turn to look, curiously observing.

Norton Young’s face went from white to red, standing still as she lectured him, the embarrassment was extreme.

Purple Summers also felt awkward.

She and Norton Young were clearly just classmates, yet in Mrs. Morrison’s mouth, it was turned into social climbing, flattering, and toadying up!

Mrs. Morrison turned and walked away.

“I’m sorry…” Norton Young said, his face flushed, apologizing to Purple Summers, “I’ve dragged you into this… ”
“It’s not your fault,” Purple Summers replied.

She suspected that Mrs. Morrison was deliberately taking her anger out on him, as if her dislike for her spread to Norton because he was associated with her.

For this assignment, the grade Mrs. Morrison gave Purple Summers was quite fair, and Purple Summers had begun to see her in a slightly better light, but now she was seething with anger once more.

“Let me see your assignment,” Purple Summers said to Norton Young.

Norton Young was startled but then handed it to her.

The assignment was simple: the teacher provided a case, and the students had to draft a criminal defense based on the testimonies and evidence in that case.

Drafting written materials was a basic skill for every legal worker, not only to write defenses but also to deal with civil and criminal complaints, verdicts, etc., in the future.

Purple Summers quickly read through the homework, her brow furrowing.

She finally understood why Mrs. Morrison had given Norton Young a failing grade.

The defense, sprawling generously across the pages, was all “words,” but lacking in “defense.”