A Life Beyond Limits novel Chapter 481

"So what if you're smart, Joanne? Your parents are fruit vendors. You'll be selling fruit after you graduate too." Melanie Pabst couldn't help but sneer out of jealousy.

Melanie was the same woman who had taunted Joanne while sitting in a BMW.

Despite her poor academic performance, she harbored a deep resentment toward Joanne. She couldn't understand why Joanne, with her impoverished background, acted so superior.

No matter how good her grades were, she'd still end up inheriting her family's fruit-selling business.

Joanne's face turned pale instantly, and her eyes welled up with tears. She had endured similar insults before, but never like this.

This was the first time she had been humiliated in front of Jack. She didn't want him to see that she carried such a heavy burden beyond her studies.

Jack gave a cold laugh. "Oh, so you come from a wealthy family? Acting like a little princess now, are we?"

Melanie puffed out her chest proudly. "My dad is a top official of the district's urban management bureau. He's in charge of people like your parents. If I ever see them setting up their stall, I'll have my dad's men shut them down."

"Melanie, why bother arguing with people like them?" A man in a jacket with a beer belly sneered, shooting Joanne and Jack a look of disgust.

Another man, Paul Humphrey, smiled and chimed in. "There's nothing wrong with kids being honest," he said. "Good grades don't always mean a successful future. They might not even find a stable job."

These people's children all had poor grades and felt nothing but hostility toward Joanne.

Earlier, they had shown up in luxury cars worth hundreds of thousands. Yet, because someone like Jack—who simply rode an electric bike—had reported them, they ended up with fines or had to park miles away.

No wonder they disliked Joanne.

The parent-teacher meeting had just ended, and Jack was about to leave with Joanne.

Suddenly, a young woman rushed in, panicked, and shouted, "Joanne, this is bad! I just saw Cain and a bunch of guys at the school gate—they're waiting to corner you!"