Chapter 3
Luna glanced at Wyatt and stuffed the medal into Mia's hand. "I heard that the public apology was Wyatt's idea. He must have been really worried about you.
"It's just a medal, so surely he wouldn't mind using it to cheer you up. Right, Wyatt?" Luna even smiled at him for once.
To Wyatt, that smile was piercing—Luna was blaming him for making her apologize.
But this whole thing was clearly her fault! How could she be so petty?
What did she mean by just a medal? That was the very first medal of his life. He'd been full of joy when he gave it to her back then. But now, all he felt was regret.
Luna didn't appreciate anything he'd done for her. He'd once treated her like his most cherished junior and had helped her with everything. Now, it all felt like his efforts had been in vain.
"Luna, you really are something!" Wyatt snatched the medal back from her.
But Luna didn't care in the slightest. She feigned surprise. "Oh? Don't you want to use it to cheer Mia up? I thought you'd be happy I did this."
"Seeing a present you gave be re-gifted to someone else? Of course, he wouldn't be happy. How could you not even understand something that basic?" Mia pouted.
"But you're not just anyone. You're the most cherished, youngest member of our team. How could Wyatt not want to give it to you?" Luna blinked innocently.
"Of course I'd want to give it to her." Embarrassment and anger flashed through Wyatt's usually gentle expression. He then shoved the medal into Mia's hands. "Mia, make sure you keep this medal safe. Don't lose it like some people who don't understand basic gift-giving etiquette."
With that, he stormed off.
As soon as Wyatt left, Mia's expression darkened. Though she had wanted that medal for a long time, getting it this way felt ironic and unsettling.
She'd underestimated Luna. The fact that Luna had dared embarrass Wyatt meant that she was testing his limits and risked getting kicked out of the team.
"There, there… Why'd you offend Wyatt again? Are you still going to work on research?" Russell glared at Luna in disappointment.
Luna sighed. "He cares so much about Mia, and I thought he'd be happy. How was I supposed to know he'd be so mad?
"I'm sorry, Mia. I didn't think Wyatt would refuse to give it to you… Oh well, he's agreed now. He must've decided to give it to you." Luna then turned around and walked away without looking back.
Mia wanted to sow discord, so she figured she could do the same.
The team watched as Luna decisively left and exchanged glances. In their minds, the usually quiet and research-focused Luna somehow felt a little different now.
…
The next day, Luna went to the research center. However, instead of obediently storing all the research materials like she did in her past life, she intended to change her major.
Medical school was five years long, and she was in the second semester of her fourth year. It was far too late to switch majors now, but the thought of graduating in this field disgusted her.
There was nothing wrong with this major, and it was the mainstream major at the medical school too. But the problem was that she'd offended the top students in the most competitive field. If she stayed in the team, she'd only suffer.
She didn't want to get reborn just to go through that hell again. Plus, she knew where this research theme was headed, so there was no need to waste her time here.
Besides, only by leaving could she uncover the truth behind Mia's schemes and all the unanswered questions from her past life.
But the question of what major she should switch to placed Luna in a dilemma.
She spent the entire afternoon flipping through almost every book related to every major in the research center. But she couldn't find one that was both easy to pick up and doable to graduate from in a year.
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