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Kaia cried.Â
Large tears rolled down her cheeks.Â
She didn’t make a sound, just silently cried.Â
Maya was speechless.Â
In an instant, the way people looked at her changed.Â
Several girls in the front row stood up, glaring at Maya. “How could you say something like that!”Â
“Kaia was just trying to be your friend!”Â
“That’s way too much!”Â
Maya said nothing.Â
Honestly, she had lived through scenes like this countless times in her past life.Â
She simply copied Jenny, rolled her eyes, turned her head, and lay down on the desk, pretending not to hear anything.Â
Jenny, not far away, saw her mirror the same reaction and couldn’t help letting out a quiet laugh.Â
Making Kaia cry wasn’t going to blow over that easily.Â
During lunch break, the students had separate lounges for boys and girls. Jenny took the initiative to come find her.Â
Jenny had already been isolated by the whole class, so she could only stick with Maya, who was in the same situation.Â
After lunch break, when they returned to the classroom, many students were already back, chatting noisily. As the two of them walked in, the atmosphere suddenly went quiet for a moment.Â
Maya glanced at her seat. All the newly issued notebooks had been torn up and thrown onto her desk.Â
A boy stood nearby, grinning at her with obvious satisfaction.Â
Jenny went back to her own seat.Â
On her desk, one large word had been scratched in.Â
“Bitch!”Â
Jenny screamed in anger.Â
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“Who did this?”Â
Her eyes turned red, clearly not used to this kind of treatment, and tears spilled out uncontrollably.Â
Seeing her cry, everyone laughed even louder.Â
“Hahaha, she’s crying. Look, Jenny’s crying.”Â
“Serves her right. Who told her to have such a crappy attitude?”Â
“Exactly.”Â
As expected, Alfred had gone through the same thing. His books had all been torn apart, but his expression stayed calm.Â
Or rather, he couldn’t be bothered to get angry.Â
Anger was the most useless emotion.Â
It seemed like from birth until now, he had never really been angry about anything.Â
Looking at the situation, Alfred simply said in mild surprise, “We’re being targeted.”Â
Maya flicked the shredded pages on her desk. “Everything’s ripped this badly. What are we supposed to use in class later?”Â
Jenny was on the verge of breaking down, and when she saw how calm the siblings were, she froze for two seconds, aggrieved. “Y-you’re not mad at all?”Â
Maya shrugged. “Whatever.”Â
Mostly because she was used to bad luck.Â
The moment she lashed out at Kaia, she had already expected something like this to happen.Â
But there was no way she was going to force herself to be friends with her.Â
Maya swept her gaze around.Â
Most of the people nearby were watching with amusement.Â
She looked at the boy still standing beside her desk and said his name without hesitation. “Rufus?”Â
Rufus Harper blinked. “You actually remember my name?”,Â
Normally, on the first day, no one really knew each otherÂ
Of course, kids who had grown up in the same circles recognized each other, but Maya…Â
None of them had seen her before. Behind her back, they’d already assumed she and Alfred weren’t from their circle, so messing with them came with zero pressure.Â
Seeing his smug expression, Maya thought, So getting revenge for Kaia made these little brats pretty happy.Â
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Having protected” the girl he liked, Rufus puffed out his chest proudly.Â
What disappointed him was how calm Maya and Alfred were. He’d expected something like Jenny crying.Â
Maya rolled her eyes.Â
What a psycho.Â
She bent down, picked up the shredded notebook from the desk, and without a word, smacked it hard across his face.Â
Rufus covered his face, eyes wide.Â
After freezing for two seconds, he roared in anger and swung his fist at her.Â
Maya tightened her calf, dropped her center of gravity, and turned sideways. Then she lifted her leg and kicked him down again at a sharp angle.Â
Even Wendy had praised her strength.Â
Rufus’s eyes widened. Just as he tried to get up, she followed up with another kick. Every time he tried to rise, she knocked him back down again.Â
Back and forth, she turned him into a bouncing frog, hopping up and down in a ridiculous way.Â
Jenny, who had been crying just moments ago, covered her mouth and burst out laughing.Â
While Maya was busy kicking the life out of Rufus, Alfred quietly slipped out of the classroom.Â
His gaze calmly swept over a few older boys messing around in the hallway.Â
He walked up to them, tilted his head back slightly, and spoke in a flat tone.Â
“Excuse me.”Â
The boys stopped and looked at him. “What?”Â
“My brother’s name is Toby Clark,” Alfred said, his voice completely even. “Someone tore up my books.”Â
The boys exchanged looks.Â
One of them crouched down and stared at Alfred with a grin, “You’re Toby’s little brother?”Â
The Clarks having multiple sons wasn’t a secret.Â
“Yes.”Â
The older students thought it over. It seemed unlikely a kid would randomly pretend to be from the Clarks for no reason. Worst case, they could just confirm with Toby later.