Janet’s lips curled, revealing a cruel yet open smile. “Do you see that? Those who dare to bully me will end up like this.”
“Do you see this? Just do this the next time when someone dares to humiliate you. Do not waste your breath to speak to them. Do you get it?”
Abby was stunned into silence. “Yup, I got it.”
Janet giggled softly before releasing Madelaine, who was wailing in pain, and snarled, “Get lost!”
Madelaine scrambled out of the washroom and the hooligans tried to help her to her feet, but she was flushed with anger. Therefore, she shoved their hands away while screaming, “You are all useless!”
Once she left, Janet patted Abby’s head. “They didn’t do anything to you, did they?”
Abby gazed at Janet in admiration while shaking her head. “No, they didn’t.” She continued with her words. “Janet, why did Madelaine act like a mad person by trapping me in the bathroom?”
“Emily,” Janet quietly answered and her eyes turned dull when she said that. That scaredy-cat doesn’t have the courage to act in person, which is why she asked Madelaine to do her bidding.
Just then, Gordon rushed over and came between the two girls. “Are you guys alright?”
He was extremely worried earlier when he saw Madelaine in the classroom with a ghastly expression. Their classmates had mentioned that Abby was being summoned.
Nevertheless, Janet merely arched her brow. “What is it? Let’s quickly return to class.” Those people want nothing more than to hide from me. How could they possibly have the chance to hurt me?
“Yes, let’s listen to Janet and return for class as soon as possible. Otherwise, that old hag of a French teacher would start to scold us again.” Abby’s face was flushed as she eagerly commented.
“Sure, let’s listen to Janet and head back to class.”
Upon returning to the classroom, their classmates noted that Abby seemed fine. Hence, they asked Madelaine while sounding intrigued, “Oh, my. What is the point of bullying an adorable little girl like Abby? Why don’t you cause some trouble with our French teacher, who’s a tigress?”
Madelaine threw herself into Emily’s arms and started to cry—they were both currently shunned and boycotted by their cohort.
At that moment, Emily was disgusted with Madelaine. She claims that she will take revenge for the both of us. In the end, she returns looking in such a sorry state after being bullied instead. She is utterly useless!
“That’s right. You guys are awesome if you are able to kick the French teacher out.”
“It’s the French test next week and we are sure that she’ll be nagging at us again. She’s so annoying!”
Coincidentally, the French teacher walked in on them when the class was in the midst of badmouthing her. She was furious when she heard her students talking about her behind her back. “Can you all please not boast about yourself unnecessarily? Please take your French test and pass it with flying colors before making any comments. You all seem capable, but when it comes to the real test, everybody is actually subpar.”
The students were not satisfied with her comments and started to refute her. “Who says that our results are subpar? Didn’t Janet receive the first place in our year during the last exam? Who gives you the right to make that claim?”
Miss Lilian snorted in disdain and spat unhappily, “Well, in that case, I hope that everybody scores full marks for the college entrance exam. In addition to that, I hope that you will not embarrass Star High School.”
“Well…” Everybody in class started to look at each other since they didn’t dare to promise that.
On the other hand, Janet was sitting in the corner of the classroom and could not be bothered by a small matter like the college entrance exam. Instead, she was already imagining the stone-betting market. It’s been such a long time since I was last involved in stone-gambling. I’m looking forward to it.
After class at about 5:00 PM, Mason picked her up at a location within distance from her school. Henry was also in the car as well.
In fact, he took the initiative to greet her upon seeing her. “Miss Janet.”
She scowled slightly, but she did not respond to him. After that, she took her seat in the car.
Henry, who was seated in the back passenger seat, was surprised while he stared at Janet. “Miss Janet, are you skilled at stone-betting?”
She was using her phone when she casually answered him, “It’s pure luck and when it comes to gambling, Lady Luck usually smiles on me.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, I usually get extra stuff from lucky draws, such as an extra bottle of beverage or an extra packet of sunflower seeds. Do these count?”
“Oh…” Henry, who was sitting in the back passenger seat, initially looked expectant, but his expression changed into one of great disappointment upon listening to her reply.
On the other hand, Mason, who was driving, seemed intrigued. At the very least, ever since she entered the car, he hadn’t been able to stop smiling.
At around 6.00 PM, his car arrived at the largest stone-betting market in Sandfort City.
Besides, since it was getting dark, the market was receiving a lot of foot traffic.
