Laura’s mind was in confusion.


    “I stink?” she wondered nkly.


    The other children burst into peals ofughter.


    “Ooh! She stinks. The air will not be fresh anymore if shees here!”


    Julia pinched her nose. “I was wondering earlier. I didn’t know where the smell wasing from. Maybe it is because there are too many rude, bad people in someone’s family, and the smell rubbed off on them.”


    Stunned, Laura stared at Julia.


    Despite feeling guilty, Julia raised her chin. “What? Why are you staring at me like this? Do you <i>know </i>who I am?”


    Laura pursed her lips and said nothing. Then, she strode over and offered the other girl her sleeve. “Do <i>you </i>think I


    smell?”


    Julia was bbergasted.


    The smell of strawberries did not actually reek.


    Yet, she still pinched her nose and proimed, “You stink! It stinks!”


    Laura red at her. “No, you’re lying! I could tell! I don’t smell at all! You’re a lying child. All of you are!”


    She looked at the little fatty again. “Especially you! You’re a liar!”


    The little fatty trembled with fear.


    The teacher widened her eyes in surprise.


    Julia instantly turned red. She mmed the table and rose to her feet. “I didn’t lie. You’re the one who stinks!”


    Other kids close to Julia joined in with a yful chorus, “Yep, it’s totally you being all stinky!!”


    Laura pursed her lips and said nothing.


    She knew that she smelled before as she had not washed her hair or bathed.


    That morning, however, she had specially washed her hair and taken a shower. “Dora even curled my hair!” she recalled inwardly.


    She hade to school looking her best.


    Jasper had told Laura that she was representing the Smith family and the Yale family.


    She could not allow herself to be picked on.


    Thus, she lifted her Little Genius smart watch coldly. “Then, I’ll ask my brother toe smell me!”


    Julia stood up in astonishment. “How could you summon your brother here? How old is he?”


    With an air of pride, Laura tilted her chin and said, “I have three elder brothers. I don’t know which one you are referring to! Two of them are middle schoolers, and the other is in elementary school! Anyway, my brother told me to call him if someone bullies me. I’m not going to tell you were bullying me. I’m just going to ask him if I smell bad.”


    Julia’s expression shifted greatly. “You can’t!” she said, panicking. “Don’t call your brother. I must have been imagining things. You don’t stink!”


    “Her brother is older than me and my sister!” she thought warily. “I couldn’t bully the bigger children!”


    “She has two brothers in middle school?” the other children whispered.


    “I have siblings, too. What’s so special about yours? I have two older sisters.”


    “But what if his brother is formidable? If we do this, won’t we be picking on somebody very formidable?”


    Laura was satisfied. She set her watch down. “Apologize to me.”


    Julia frowned, unwilling to speak.


    Then, she held up her Little Genius smart watch.


    “All right. I’m sorry. Happy?” Julia grumbled.


    Laura then turned to the little fatty. “You! Apologize to me, too!”


    The little fatty was stunned by her bluff. He scowled. “I’m sorry.”


    Then, he stole a peek at her.


    “She is so cute. And fierce, too. How attractive,” he thought to himself.


    Then, he took the initiative to scooch over and light up his figurine of Superman. “Would you like to share my


    desk?”


    Lau


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