The Bodyguard System

Despite the commotion that the fight between Scarlet and Alfie had caused, everything returned to normal a few minutes later, other than the discussions about the fight, and the video of the fight being shared within the school forum.

Even though things might seem to have calmed down for the time being, but that was not true. Storms were already surging, and would burst at any moment.

Jaden and Scarlet did not care about the after effects of the fight. Instead, the two of them began moving around the campus, with Scarlet most of the time looking for her friends. Of course, these friends that he was looking for were not part of the group that she was usually with.

Instead, it was just a small group of girls that possessed the same personality as her. Additionally, it seemed that she was training them, as if she was training her own gang.

Jaden simply accompanied her around, but did not take any action. As for Scarlet, she had already gotten used to this behavior from Jaden. She understood that Jaden could talk, but that depended on the situation that they were experiencing.

When it was almost the time for the lectures to begin, the two of them immediately headed back to the lecture blocks. After getting into the lecture hall, Jaden took the back seat as usual.

Scarlet did the same thing, but this time, she was sitting just a few seats away from Jaden, in the same row. They had arrived a little late as compared to before, and they had found that there were already a few students within the lecture hall.

Most of the students that were already within the lecture hall at this moment were those bookworms that would never miss a single class. Additionally, they were sitting at the very front of the lecture hall, very close to the area where the lecture would stand during the time that he or she would be giving the lecture.

The two of them, Jaden and Scarlet, ignored the rest of the class, as they focused on their own phones. Jaden had found a game that he was playing to pass time. As for Scarlet, Jaden was not sure about what it was that she was doing.

Jaden did not even realize when the class had already been occupied by more than half, and Mason had even arrived, and sat next to him. He was only brought back from the gaming world when Mason spoke to him.

"It seems that you don't like school that much, right?" Mason asked as he took a book from his backpack. He opened it, and began reading, not looking at Jaden at all, as if he did not ask the question.

Jaden put away his phone, and looked at Mason, before focusing on the entire class. He realized that the population of the class today was a little higher as compared to the previous time that he was here.

"Circumstances." Jaden responded simply to Mason's question.

"Is it related to the reason why you deferred?" Mason asked curiously as he looked at Jaden with his brown eyes.

"Yeah." Jaden responded, but he felt a little awkward. After all, the matter of him being a deferred student was a complete lie. He had not even attended the first year, and the worst part of it was the fact that he did not even finish his high school education.

So, Mason would definitely be flabbergasted the moment that he realized something like that. It was not impossible for a person to be able to use connections to get to the university. But of course, those connections usually depended on a person completing a high school first.

As for the score that they would get during the time that they were in high school, that did not really matter much, as compared to the connections that a person would be possessing.

Even Jaden understood that. It was just that he did not know what it was that the Johnsons had used in order to be able to convince the school to accept him, despite not possessing any documents from high school.

But he did not care that much. In any case, it was not as if he was interested in the financial statistics course anyway. Additionally, with the system, he could simply ignore the matter for the time being.

Still, he was planning to have those certificates later on, and that would be something that he would do later on, after stabilizing himself, and dealing with a lot of things that had to be dealt with.

Mason looked at Jaden with a doubtful gaze. Nevertheless, he did not comment on anything about the matter of Jaden not attending any lecture during the previous week. Instead, he changed the topic.

"Have you seen the thing that is trending within the campus forum?" Mason asked, as he shifted his gaze back to the book in his hand.

Jaden looked over, and realized that it was a textbook named 'How to Succeed in Financial Statistics'. Despite being curious about what was recorded within that book, he still responded, "I have not yet entered into the school forum. Could you perhaps tell me what it is?"

Jaden was asking, just to pass time. It was not as if he was concerned about something that was trending within the campus. At the end of the day, it might just be a competition between several young men, in order to acquire a certain campus belle.

Mason raised his brows upon hearing that. He shifted his gaze once again and looked at Jaden scrutinizingly. "Are you sure about that? I'm pretty sure that everybody in campus at least accesses the campus forum once a day. Since it is still early in the morning, you should have already seen something. Are you sure that you are not messing with me?"

Jaden was left speechless upon hearing that. He had not expected that everybody would be accessing the campus forum everyday, at least once. Of course, he believed that this was just a matter of statistics, and there might be some exceptions, who did not even care about the campus forum.

Nonetheless, he did not even know how to access the campus forum. Other than just the basic information like which course he was currently going to study, his classes, and his lecturers, Jaden did not know much about the school.

"Just tell me what is going on. I'm not really that much interested in the stories posted within the campus forum." Jaden responded as he acted nonchalantly.

"Well, you see that lady over there?" Mason responded, as he eyed Scarlet who was seated not far away from them.

Jaden nodded his head in response, while Mason continued, "She was involved in a fight today. And let me tell you, she beat up a certain guy in the ring. If you look at the two of them standing together in the ring, you can see the contrast in the body sizes.

But it is completely unbelievable that she can deal with that guy. He has quite some reputation in the school, as he has defeated several members of the fighting club, during the previous week that you were not in school."

Jaden could not help but raise his brows a little. He was not surprised that this matter was going to be posted on the school forum. Instead, he was a little surprised that it was actually trending.

Jaden simply shrugged his shoulder, indicating that he did not care much about it. In any case, he was there during the action, so, he did not need any direction to know what had happened back then.

Looking at Jaden's nonchalant reaction, Mason could not help but think that perhaps Jaden was not interested in such gossip. Still, it seemed that there was something in his mind.

After a moment of hesitation, he asked in a low voice, while looking around, trying to ensure that nobody would hear what he was saying. "Do you perhaps know Scarlet? Or are the two of you related?"

Jaden was amused by the question. He asked, "Why do you think so?"

"Well, it is like this, when you came, the first day that I saw you, it was the same day that Scarlet came to school. Of course, she usually comes everyday, but she rarely attends lectures.

Then, during the following week, you did not appear within the premises of the school at all. And the same applied to Scarlet. And you know what, when I was watching the video of what happened today in the morning, I just happened to see you very close to the ring.

And today, I spotted the two of you walking around the campus. You are the first person that has been able to go around with Scarlet alone. All the others are usually in the group of the members of the fighting club, and none of them has ever been with her together openly walking around the campus.

So, things are really suspicious here. Don't tell me that you are her fiancé and there is an arranged marriage between the two of you. That is why you are always where she is." Mason stated in one breath.

The more he spoke, the more enthusiastic he got. It was a behavior of an investigator who had found a clue, and was very sure of the suspicions, and possessed enough evidence pointing towards the guilty suspect.

Even at some point in time, he had failed to regulate his voice, and had spoken a little loudly, immediately attracting the attention of two people that were seated next to them.

Jaden: "???"