<b>Chapter </b><b>184 </b>


    Not long after, there was amotion in the distance, “Ah! Laura is here.”


    “L is so cute.”


    “Oh, she’s even cuter up close than from a distance.”


    “L, where’s Zayn? Aren’t you supposed to be with your Zayn?”


    “Haha. Don’t ask such questions, OK?”


    Leroy lifted his gaze and looked ahead.


    He saw Laura standing at the front of a group of children, with a row of curious girls squatting beside her.


    Her cheeks flushed, and sheughed cutely. “Hello, everyone.”


    The girls squealed, “Oh, hello, sweetie. You’re so cute.”


    “Hurry up. Take a photo of me with Laura,” the girl asked her friend.


    “Me too, me too,” another girl eximed.


    Laura nervously took photos with them, secretly pleased.


    She hadn’t expected the girls to like her so much.


    Even the boys patted her head, “Laura, I watched the episode where you argued with Yvonna. You’re so brave.”


    “You deserve to be our idol,” the boy said.


    “Yeah, our idol,” the other <i>one </i>echoed.


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    Laura’s cheeks were burning, and she smiled even happier. She watched the teacher, Jasmine, pull open the door of the cooking ssroom and motion them <i>to </i>enter.


    The sixth graders each stood at their respective tables in their groups.


    Laura and her ssmates stood on the podium, waiting to be assigned.


    Jasmine held a list and said, “When I call your name, please go to the senior partners who raise their hands. Don’t be nervous, just go straight over.<b>” </b>


    She looked around eagerly, wondering who her senior partner would be.


    Leroy looked at her with a wicked smile.


    Jasmine continued, “Sheryl, Lucas, and Mia, you’re a group.”


    The named children went to their seats.


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    Laura grew even more excited.


    She was thrilled beyond words.


    Then she heard Jasmine call, “Leroy, Everett, and Laura, you’re a group.”


    Laura froze. ‘Everett?


    Isn’t that her brother?‘


    She looked around but couldn’t find Everett anywhere.


    Leroy had already raised his hand, waiting for her.


    Feeling a bit disappointed, she walked slowly over to Leroy and continued searching.


    Jasmine, impatiently flipping through the attendance sheet, said, “Is Everett absent again?”


    The students were already used to it. “Ms. Taylor, he said his stomach hurts.”


    Jasmine retorted, “His stomach hurts? Why doesn’t he say he’s on his period?”


    A boy raised his hand and said, “Everett said that if you think it’s a good excuse, then he’s okay with it.”


    “Haha,” the childrenughed.


    Jasmine rolled her eyes and marked him absent directly.


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    Laura sighed with some regret, nodding to Leroy, “Hello, my name is Laura. Hope we can get along well. I’ll do my best to


    help.”


    Leroy kept his hand behind his back, casting a sidelong nce at her. “Don’t talk to me, you stinky bug.”


    Laura was left dumbfounded.


    After the roll call, Jasmine said, “The strawberries on your tables were all picked by the children on the strawberry farm the other day. So, today’s cooking ss is a coborative effort. You can let your younger partner do some simple tasks, but please be careful not to let them touch any knives or anything hot. It’s a chance to test the results of the strawberry cake you learnedst week. Let’s begin.”


    Laura immediately brought over a special high chair for the children and tentatively nced at Leroy.


    It seemed like her partner disliked her.


    She frowned and looked at the others.


    The ssmates were all being taken care of by


    senior partners.


    Sheryl even took the strawberries her senior partner gave her and instructed her, “You can eat this to pass the time. You don’t need to work.”


    Sheryl said happily, “Thank you.”


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    Little fatty also took the whisk handed to him by his brother. “You just need to beat an egg lightly. Be gentle.”


    Everyone was enjoying themselves, but the atmosphere between them was tense.


    Laura felt greatly disappointed. “Brother, do you hate me? I can switch with another child.”


    Leroy remained silent.


    She pursed her lips and looked at the actions of the other students, reaching out to grab an egg.


    Leroy raised the back of the knife and struck her hand with it.


    She recoiled in pain, shocked at his actions.


    Leroy, with heavy ck–framed sses and a deadpan expression, held the knife in front of her eyes.


    “You, don’t touch anything, and don’t make a sound, do you hear me?”


    Laura instinctively trembled, shrinking into the corner. “Why?”


    Leroy picked up a mini whisk, turned on the switch, and aimed it at her eyes. “Because you caused ine to drop out of school, and I want to avenge her. So, if you dare to call for help, I’ll poke your eyes out. Even if others punish me, you’ll still end up blind. Understand?”


    Laura frowned, hesitantly nced at Jasmine.


    She was in the farthest corner.


    Jasmine, with her back turned to her, was instructing other students.


    She bit her lip and quickly raised her hand, intending to inform Jasmine.


    But Leroy pressed the whisk closer to her eye. “Put it down.”


    Her face turned pale, and she stiffly lowered her hand.


    Leroy pinched her arm fiercely and said, “If you call for help again, I’ll blind you.”


    Laura groaned in pain, lowered her head, and remained silent.


    Meanwhile, inside the art room, Everetty in the ssroom, resting with his eyes closed.


    His best friend Henry held his phone<b>, </b>hesitating as he looked at him. “Everett, are we not going to the cooking ss? I want to eat strawberry cake.”


    Everett closed his eyes and said indifferently, “Then go ahead yourself. What bothers me?”


    His friends sighed helplessly. “But it’s no fun without you. Let’s go together.”


    One of them was puzzled. “By the way, isn’t today’s cooking ss a coborative one? I heard from the girls in my ss that it seems like we’re having ss together with Laura’s ss.”


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    Henry nodded and said, “Yeah, they’re excited about it, saying they want to see the little star.”


    Everett snapped open his eyes. “Why didn’t anyone tell me?”


    Henry chuckled. “What’s the point of telling you? Are you a fan too?”


    “Yeah, do you like Laura?” another friend echoed.


    Everett was stunned and disdainfully shook his head. “How is that possible?”


    Hey back down, took out his phone, and opened the school’s surveince system.


    But what caught his eye was the scene of Leroy pinching Laura.


    Everett’s face changed dramatically. He immediately sat up straight and scrutinized the footage.


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    He saw Leroy continuously touching Laura’s arms, though it was hard to see clearly, it looked like he was pinching her and twisting it.


    And Laura, in pain, was flinching but dared not make a sound.


    Everett quickly rewound the footage and then saw Leroy hitting Laura’s hand with the back of a knife.


    And aiming the whisk at her eye.


    He tossed the phone to his friend and dashed out like a whirlwind. “Damn it, this transfer student is asking for trouble. How dare they bully my family?”


    His friends stared at each other in confusion, then picked up the phone, only to see Leroy bullying Laura.


    Henry pped his thigh in shock. “Damn. Everett is going to help Laura get revenge.”


    The others were bewildered. “But… doesn’t Everett dislike Laura?”


    Henry took them and rushed out. “He’s lying. Everyone knows that Everett secretly watches Laura’s variety show. Let’s go help.”


    “Help who?” one of the boys asked.


    “Help Everett beat up the transfer student,” the other one replied.


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