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"Okay, class. This is your new classmate. I know it's almost at the end of the year, but be nice to her, alright?" the homeroom teacher announced before casting the headmaster a look. When her eyes were on the adorable little girl, she smiled.

"Please introduce yourself."

Penny nodded and stepped in the front. "My name is Penelope. You can call me Penny. Let's get along well."

The class assessed the girl, who seemed to be just ten. She was short, but also very wide. One could tell she spent most of her time in the kitchen. But aside from her appearance and weird match of clothing colors, the students instinctively thought of her family name, Reed, a

Was there a family in the upper echelon named Reed?

"Penny, you may take a seat over there." The homeroom teacher pointed at the vacant chair in the farthest corner before facing the headmaster.

As y marched to her seat, the teacher politely

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walked out to the headmaster.

Eyes remained on Penny's figure even after she sat down. When she glanced at her classmates, the students didn't even look away, as if they wanted Penny to know they were assessing her value.

'Hmp. Kids.' Penny ignored them and placed her purple backpack on the desk.

"That's her?" Patricia smiled in satisfaction. Her initial

worry was that the transferee was pretty. But seeing this chubby girl, she felt at ease. However, suddenly,

she furrowed her brows.

"Why does she look so familiar?" she murmured.

Nina, on the other hand, peeled her gaze from Penny.

'She used the surname Reed. "The corner of her lips. curled up. As long as I ignore her, I-

"Oh, Nina, you're here?"

Nina froze as she felt everyone's eyes fall on her. Her little face slightly twitched as she slowly glanced at

Penny.

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Nina offered a kind mile to Penny but said nothing. She didn't want any interaction with Penny because

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friends would ask how

did you know Nina?" Patricia

eyes veered to the girl next to Nina.

widened,

"The crazy girl!'

open while her pupils dilated. She

that very wide face! Patricia hissed as she crossed her arms.

one who spilled juice on your limited-edition

Penny. But right before she could cont e her anger,

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by their homeroom

back on your

her eyes at Penny and

twitched, and she made a mental note not to associate herself with a troublesome girl like Patricia. "That girl is friends with Nina?' Penny scrunched up her nose

remembered Nina having a friend named Patricia, she couldn't remember her face as a young lady. After all, when Penny got into this school in her first

didn't have so many good memories in her first life, so

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already planned to move up and graduate early. The only

for recess and lunchtime. 'Penny cupped her chubby cheeks and gazed at the window on the side. "That's Slater's building. I wonder what that

best not to garner too much attention throughout the classes. No one also bothered her, although her classmate's eyes would constantly fall on her every

of

the girls laughed. "She's probably

eat."

don't pick on her. Didn't you see

went ciet

running to the cafeteria

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if the headmaster walked her in here.

what that brat did."

eat something first?" Patricia snapped her tongue and looked at

kind, and who

don't want to buy something and see that piglet!" Patricia whistled to

the corner. "Hey, you! Didn't you hear the

up, reluctantly getting away from her desk

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