Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

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"Call her sister now, but have other plans later? Oh, Hugo Bennet. I see I got a rival in a few years."

The veins in Hugo's forehead protruded at the malicious remarks this guy had uttered. "You do have a death wish -

"What's going on in here?"

Suddenly, Hugo and Ray froze at the elderly voice that reached their ears. When they turned, they saw one of the senior teachers standing several feet away.

"Ahh." Ray smiled happily and said, "Nothing, teacher. Hugo is just helping me fix my collar."

The teacher frowned. "Ray, do you think I don't see what's happening here?"

"I'm warning you! Hugo peeled his eyes from the teacher to Ray. "Stir more trouble, and you'd regret it."

After saying his piece, he released him and walked away.

"Hugo Bennet!" the teacher called, but Hugo didn't stop. "Tsk. Hugo."

"Teacher, it's alright. It was my fault anyway, so Hugo is a little pissed," Ray appeared in front of the teacher amicably. "Don't worry. Everything's settled now."

The teacher's frown remained despite Ray's explanation. "Ray, I heard what happened. Stop causing trouble to other students."

"Yes, yes-"

The teacher scolded Ray for a good two minutes, lecturing him about the importance of being a part of the star student section. He eventually forgot about Hugo because Hugo was a good kid, and for him to react like that, he knew Ray poked the bear.

felt exhausted and simply wanted to take a nap. But still,

Knock Knock

the gap in case a book would come flying to him. But much to his surprise, the headmaster was

knew inside was the

in would put him in a tricky

still knocked louder

the class hadn't started yet.

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called quietly, making Penny turn to her. She looked around first and rose from her seat, hurrying to Penny's desk.

tilted her head. "Hear,

"Who the culprit is."

Penny, she instinctively glanced at Nina's desk. It was empty. "That was

just stared at her without any trace of surprise. "Penny, did you hear what I said?" she frowned. "It was Nina.

pursed her lips. "I thought they'd deal with

got angry when they found out who it

bratty voice reached their ears. "Who would have thought that

in the room made Patricia's voice louder than it should have. Everyone turned

know you're the class president, but Nina is our classmate. It's not okay to gossip about your classmates when she's being framed for something

kicked out and are being salty about it. Besides, they ganged up on Penny. How can you believe those types of people over someone who had been a good student from the beginning?" Patricia

can you please be quiet?" one of the

is not okay! I thought we were classmates, and as classmates, we should be each other's allies. They're framing Nina for something they did! Worse, they manipulated the member's number and used Nina's since she's a freshman." "There were also freshmen who were part of the Ray's fan club. Someone in the room argued, but didn't dare

easiest target. Patricia clicked her tongue, glaring daggers at