Won

"What did that man do? He expelled you? Does he not understand you won't be able to remain in this country then?" Li Fa Ying almost flipped the table after hearing what had happened.

"The mysterious girl who has been occupying the news for past two days has now been expelled by her university," the news announced on the TV.

"Damn gurl, you are famous!" Li Fa Ying mocked Chen Waan once again. Chen Waan rolled her eyes.

"What is the problem with these news channels? They really don't have anything to report? All those hungry kids are dying, and those wars happening all around the world? No? All they have is a puny girl. Tsk tsk, cannot trust these media houses anymore," the granny switched off the TV for she could not really look at those bastards. She then put the hot bread down on the table for everyone to munch on.

"What are you going to do? Now your student's visa gets cancelled, where will you go?" Li Fa Ying finally asked the question that she and granny both had been most concerned about

"Don't worry you two, I already know where I am going next," Chen Waan took some bread and stuffed it in her mouth. She was working on her laptop, her nimble fingers clicking the keys fast. "I will keep sending you money too. Just save some to get the house repaired, okay?"

"You don't need to worry about this house. It has seen worst of winters, this is nothing," the granny patted her back.

The old woman could still remember the day vividly when Chen Waan had come to their place some four years ago. The orphan girl had lived here and there after she had left the orphanage. Then, she made friends with this girl Li Fa Ying in the city library. Fa Ying's parents resided in this foreign country for work and had left their daughter to her grandmother, back in Thailand.

Chen Waan did not get any formal education and she read voraciously. She spent all her time in the city library, and at nights, she slept outside library itself, in a hidden corner. The librarian was very empathetic towards her situation, which was why, the kind lady told her about all the hidden places where she could rest.

In the mornings, she would use library's facilities to freshen up. She used to go to public bathhouse that the librarian had introduced her to, twice or thrice a week, depending upon the money she had. And then, she would spend rest of her day lost in books and languages. She used to help some library patrons sometimes as well.

One of them happened to be Li Fa Ying and a beautiful friendship formed right there. They were of the same age, so they got along very well. Li Fa Ying's parents were well off for their time, but they got into an accident when Fa Ying was thirteen years old. The mother passed away and the dad was hospitalized. The granny and the girl flew to the country to help the dad out.

One year later, Chen Waan also went to the country on scholarship and got admitted to the same school as Li Fa Ying at fourteen years of age. Then she fast tracked and got into this prestigious university just at the age of fifteen. This university was actually famous for its language courses around the world.

Now that Chen Waan was about to graduate but was expelled, the granny's heart ached for this super intelligent girl. But she always had plans. From the time she left the orphanage, to here, she always had taken calculated decisions.

This incident did look absurd but the granny knew there was something Chen Waan had in mind.

"Oh, yeah!" Chen Waan hollered the next instant, her hands up in the air.

"What, what?" the other two ladies were startled. There was an obvious glow of happiness and victory on the girl's face. Was she not just expelled from her university? Did she just not lose her home? How could she be celebrating?

The girl's eyes gleamed as if she had just won the universe. Her smile could not be contained.

"I had taken a few language exams a while ago. It seems I got first place in one of them. Do you know what the first prize is?" she was dancing out of joy now.

"What?" the two asked curiously.

"I get to go to the country on their expense and stay there for a month. Not only sightseeing is covered, but they will also assist me in looking for a job as well, if I want. Just because I, a foreign national, worked so hard and learned their country's language," she showed a super proud expression.

Of course, things had to fall in place. This incident was too opportune. This was going to be the best. Chen Waan rubbed her hands when she thought about how that Wang guy would feel when he would see her face.

"Which country are you going to then?" the granny asked.

"China!"