Pursuing Her (Sophie and Tristan)

Chapter 113 Feeling Smug

school life. Is that really too much to ask? Why do these people keep hounding her?“I…” Bailey found himself suddenly at a loss for words. “I’m sorry.”That was the only sentence that he could bring himself to say right then.“I’ve said that you have nothing to do with this. What’s with the injuries on your body?”She reckoned that not many would dare to provoke Bailey at Jipsdale Premier High.“Yeah. Why are you hurt?” Ysabelle chimed in.“Nothing. I just taught a few guys a lesson for not watching their tongue.”Ysabelle felt her hostility toward Bailey melting away as he said that.“You’ve got some guts, Bailey. I really wanted to beat them up when I heard them badmouthing Sophie like that, but I held the urge in the end. You’re the man.”Bailey flashed Ysabelle a bitter smile.“Bailey, I think it’s time for you to stop interfering in this matter. I will deal with the rest.”“Sophie, things have only taken this turn because of me. I will not just sit idly by and shrug it off. I will see that the post is deleted, find out who’s responsible for this, and demand the culprit apologize to you.”Bailey left as soon as he said that.“I’ve always thought he’s quite a dashing man. Now that I’ve seen him defending you like that, he’s even more charming now,” Ysabelle said. “But, Soph, no matter how dashing he is, he’s never going to surpass Uncle Tristan. He really likes you.”Sophie was rendered speechless.“I’m serious. Do you think I should tell Uncle Tristan about this?”“No. It’s just a small fight between classmates. Why bother him with such trivial matters?”“Oh, please, as long as it concerns you, I’m sure it’s no trivial matter to Uncle Tristan.”“I said, do not tell him,” Sophie snapped.“Soph, Uncle Tristan is not like the other shallow-minded people. He believes in you. I’m sure he will believe whatever you say, just like I do. What other people say will never make us doubt you.”Ysabelle thought it was best for her to put in a few good words for her uncle. Otherwise, she thought Sophie might really get snitched by the outstanding men swarming around her.When they were having lunch in the cafeteria, Ysabelle accidentally bumped into Willow. What a small world.Willow’s tray was knocked to the ground.“Are you blind?” the girl beside Willow yelled.“Are you all right, Willa? Were you scalded? They did this on purpose! Did you guys see her? She’s doing this because she couldn’t get Mason!”“How are you so shameless, Sophie?”“How is it possible that he asked you to do something like that at school? How shameless can she be?”“Jipsdale Premier High is a renowned school. How could we have students like her? This is so humiliating.”All girls in the cafeteria gesticulated at Sophie right then as they desperately wished they could throw her out.Ysabelle was stumped, for Sophie had done nothing wrong.In fact, Ysabelle was the one who had bumped into Sophie. However, nobody cared, and they put all the blame on her as they chastised her.“You’d better go see an ophthalmologist at the hospital if your eyesight is so terrible. I could sponsor the fees,” Ysabelle retorted. She could not stand them slandering Sophie. “I was the one who bumped into Willow. Why are you guys hounding her? Why, are you guys not satisfied with being keyboard warriors on the forum? Come to think of it, I really do believe that you guys were the ones who posted those posts on the forum.”“Does it matter who posted them?