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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.

wanted to take a nap. But still, he went to

Knock Knock

him. But much to his surprise, the headmaster was seated behind the desk with a grim expression. Opening the door wider, there were

of the people he knew inside was the fans Ray got kicked

him in a tricky situation. "Uh... I'm late, huh?" he frowned deeply,

knocked louder once and

the classroom, the class hadn't started yet. Or rather, the teacher

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

her

"Who the culprit is."

words struck Penny, she instinctively glanced at

moved closer to whisper in Penny's ears. When she drew her head back, she was expecting more reaction from her. But alas, Penny just stared at her without any trace of surprise. "Penny, did you hear what I said?" she frowned. "It was Nina. Those girls came in here earlier

"I thought they'd deal with it in the headmaster's

got angry when

Patricia's bratty voice reached their ears. "Who would have thought that the class president likes to gossip,

louder than it should have. Everyone turned their attention in

president, but Nina is our classmate. It's not okay to gossip about your classmates when she's being

she would never do? Patricia, the evidence is solid." "And the evidence Ray presented last Friday was solid! Those girls are 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 arched a brow and rose from her seat as if she would start a rebellion. "I'm saying this because Nina is my friend. You overreacted when I just talked to Ginnie. But you're blatantly gossiping about Surely, the president has a lot of

the students remarked, only to receive a

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

her tongue,