Chapter 170

The day before the SATs, school was officially out. Many students took the opportunity to move all their belongings from the dorms back home. Scarlett had kept a lot of books in her dorm—enough to fill three large cardboard boxes, along with a pile of loose worksheets, magazines, and newspapers. As Stacy helped her pack, she couldn't help exclaim, "I remember you transferred here during sophomore year, right? It's only been a little over a year. How did you manage to read so many books? You've read more than I have in my entire life!" Scarlett had loved reading since she was young. There were no TVs or phones in the little village where she grew up, so books were the only way she could learn new things and explore the world. After learning the alphabet in elementary school, it only took her two years to finish every book in the school library. Later, seeing her passion for reading, Alton sent her boxes and boxes of books. She also loved hunting for secondhand books in old alley sh