bChapter /b53

The viewers‘ments weren’t showing up, and the screen showed only one message it was from SpringSlumber.

The viewers read the message and realized the moment they’d been waiting for had arrived: Shermaine was in the live stream for the match

Worried that he’d miss any updates from Shermaine, Trevor had been closely watching thement section. But he didn’t expect her to make unha special and attention–grabbing entrance.

Shermaine sent another message: [I am Shermaine. Invite me.]

There were no otherments beneath it. No one else could push herment up. No one knew how she managed to pull this off.

Trevor thought for a moment but didn’t dwell on it. He quickly exited his chess game against theputer and replied, (What’s your chess ID?)

Shermaine answered, (Same as above.] Her chess ID was also “SpringSlumber,”

Trevor quickly added Shermaine as a friend and invited her to the game. He clicked “Start” right away.

The countdown began: three, two, one. Right after, thements in the live stream started flooding in. Shermaine had lifted the restriction.

[Am Igging?]

[Why aren’t myments going through?]

[I kept hitting thement button, but nothing showed up. I thought YouTube had crashed, butments worked fine in other streams. I just couldn’t sendments in this one.]

[FYI, Shermaine’sment went through just fine. So the only conclusion is–none of bus/b, except her, could postments here just now.b] /b

They couldn’t help but wonder how Shermaine pulled that off and if she was some kind of tech genius, but for bnow/bb, /bno one had any answers.

As soon as the match began, Trevor’s live stream viewership skyrocketed, instantly surpassing ten million and continuing to climb. As a world champion, he enjoyed immense poprity. Plus, he was now challenging an amateur. Naturally, everyone had been eagerly looking forward to the showdownb. /b

Meanwhile, Clyde was bored watching Wendelyn’s stream, which was all about skincare tips. He was practically dozing off and thought that scrolling through his phone back home would have been far more entertaining.

Tonight, he was only here to spread a bit of gossip. He couldn’t wait to see Shermaine put in her ce–and lose that smug attitude–once the school district staff showed up at school tomorrow.

Meanwhile, because of the rare, highly anticipated chess match between Trevor and Shermaine, Wendelyn’s stream’s viewership dropped by two million. She was deeply upset and had no desire to continue. With a forced smile, she announced she was ending the stream and shut it down jmmediately.

Once the stream ended, her face darkened. The frustration she’d been holding in all day finally burst. Without thinking, she the table, sending ck and white pieces scattering everywhere.

ed the chessboard off

Ruth was taken aback, but she soon realized that Wendelyn’s outburst made perfect sense. First, Wendelyn, who had underestimated Shermaine’s chess

skills and expected an easy victory, was defeated in front of everyone.

Then, Trevorb, /bthe world championb, /boffered to challenge Shermaine after witnessing her impressive performance, which had brought much bmore /b

attention to her.

It wasn’t just Wendelyn who couldn’t ept it–Ruth herself was still reeling. She thought, ‘Shermaine’s even better bat /bchess bthan /bWendelyn? bDoes /bbthat /bmean she’s bas /bgood as a professional chess yer?!

She had always dismissed Shermaine as just another pretty face and a useless nobody, so she couldn’t bept /bthe reality that bShermaine /bbwas /bbfar /bbfrom /b

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buseless/bb. /bbShe /bthenforted herself by thinkingb, /b‘Sure, she’s good at chess, but she only got straight A’s because she bcheated/b.

bTurning /bto Wendelyn, Ruth tried tofort her. “Sure, Shermaine’s having her moment now, but it won’tst long. The more famous bshe /bgets, the war the bacsh will be when people find out about her cheating.” That was the price of fame.

Wendelyn knew that, too. After being humiliated by Shermaine in front of so many people today, there was no way she’d let Sharmaine continue basking in the spotlight.

Wendelyn was also furious with Janice, who had treated her unfairly today. She thought, ‘Ever since this old wornan came back, she’s been making things difficult for me. I used to be the spoiled princess of this family, but she and Shermaine are ruining my perfect life. Why bcan’t /bthey just bdisappear /b

Once a wicked thought takes root, it often grows more intense and can eventually affect many aspects of life.

Shermaine couldn’t care less about what Wendelyn was thinking. She was confident that Wendelyn wouldn’t gain the upper hand, no matter what she was plotting.

At that moment, she was engrossed in the chess game. ying chess against the world champion was undeniably stressful, but the greater the pressure, the more excited she became.

The game was getting more intense and seemed to have reached a critical deadlock. The yer who made the first wrong move was likely to lose.

Trevor, who rarely encountered opponents of this caliber, was feeling the heat. ‘She’s bno /bjoke,’ he thought.

[Whoa! Trevor’s been thinking for a whole minute! This is rare and unreal!]

[Trevor’s finally met a worthy opponent. It looks like he’s at a disadvantage.]

Just as Trevor was deep in thought, his phone rang, disrupting his focus. He looked bat /bthe screen–his teacher was calling, so he had no choice but bto /banswer. He slowly pressed the answer button and asked, “Mr. Williamsb, /bwhat’s up?”

Robert’s booming voice came through. “I’m watching your stream. Could you ask Shermaine if she’s interested in bing a professional chess yer?”

Trevor thought in shock, ‘Is he serious? He’s already trained

world champion, and that’s not enough for him?‘

At the same time, Shermaine’s phone buzzed with a notification. Three million dors had just been deposited into her ount.

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