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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

an

her friends would ask

did you know Nina?" Patricia blurted out, an Nina

girl next to Nina. She blinked and blinked

widened,

"The crazy girl!'

terror. "Why are you..." she trailed off, as her mout fell open while her pupils dilated. She pointed a finge at Penny and gasped. "That's you!" "Huh?" Nina, who was nervous at Penny's answer to Patricia's inquiry, furrowed her brows.

hissed as she crossed her arms. "Nina, she's the one I told

who spilled juice on your

right before she could cont e her anger, she heard the

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followed by

class. Get back on

rolled her eyes at Penny and stormed back

to associate herself with a troublesome girl like Patricia. "That girl is friends with Nina?' Penny scrunched up her nose in dismay. 'Goodness. What a taste in friends. How did that girl enter the top section?

couldn't remember her face as a young lady. After all, when Penny got into this school in her first lifetime, she often kept her head

memories in her first life, so she only focused on the important things and certain

like I plan

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in this class.' She already planned to move up and graduate early. The only

at the window on the side. "That's Slater's building. I wonder what

classes. No one also bothered her, although her classmate's eyes would constantly fall on her every once in a while. When the first

of the classmates. followed

of the girls laughed. "She's probably

eat."

see the headmaster walked her in

ciet and clicked

piglet is running to the cafeteria to

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glutton." Patricia hissed aloud, not caring if the headmaster walked her

that

on Penny, she'll eventually find out about the situation in the Bennet household. "How about we eat something first?" Patricia snapped her tongue and looked at the meek Nina. "Nina, you are always so kind to others. It's not good if

"I'm not that kind, and

don't want to buy something and see that

corner. "Hey, you!

that only reached under her earlobe flinched. She pushed her glasses up, reluctantly getting away from her desk to Nina and Patricia. Patricia crossed her

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even use your head?