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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, he went to

Knock Knock

to his surprise, the

people he knew inside was the fans Ray got kicked

deeply, knowing stepping in would put him in a tricky situation. "Uh... I'm late, huh?" he

reluctance, he still knocked louder once

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

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She looked around first and

tilted her

"Who the culprit is."

these words struck Penny, she instinctively glanced at

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

pursed her lips. "I thought they'd deal with it in the headmaster's

said, but they got angry when they found out

Patricia's bratty voice reached their ears. "Who would have thought that the class

Patricia's voice louder than it should

but Nina is our classmate. It's not okay to gossip about your classmates

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

the students remarked,

to save themselves!" The look she was receiving added more fuel to her heart. "This is not okay! I thought we were classmates, and as classmates, we should be each other's allies. They're framing

is the easiest target. Patricia clicked her tongue,

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