<b>Chapter </b><b>76 </b>


    Mandy, Julia, and Lydia were willing to do anything to curry favor with the Smith brothers in order to get invited to their parties.


    These were things that the girls had to aplish.


    However, they ended up offending Laura, Jasper’s sister, on the first day by locking her inside the restroom, making other children ostracize her, and using her of being smelly in public.


    Julia thought of something and burst into tears. “It’s over! I’m going to be scolded by Mommy! Wah!”


    Quickly, Lydiaforted her sister and scolded Mandy, “Mandy, we’re best friends. How could you trick us? You should have told us about this! Why did you keep quiet?”


    Had Lydia known about this, she would not have allowed her sister to tackle Laura head–on. She could have yed


    dirty.


    A tearful Mandy replied, “I didn’t expect her to be so formidable. I thought she wasn’t a favored child.”


    Of course, she was lying.


    In fact, Mandy would not let her friends know that she was well aware of Laura’s background.


    If her friends knew that she was aware of Laura’s background, she would be done for!


    Still, Lydia and Julia were upset. Frowning angrily, they sat aside to sulk, ignoring Mandy.


    Mandy felt aggrieved and cried as she sat in her seat.


    She was upset, too.


    Meanwhile, Laura was led to an isted room by Jasper.


    Jasper put the tray on the table angrily. “Eat.”


    She walked to the table and sat down, not daring to make a sound.


    Seeing this, the boys next <i>to </i>Jasper raised their eyebrows and said, “Jasper, please be gentle to L. She’s just a little girl anyway. She didn’t want this to happen.”


    Jasper nced at them coldly and left the room without saying a word.


    Only Laura and Jasper’s friends were left in the room.


    The friendly boys shared their food with her. “L, you’re a pretty girl. Eat, and don’t take Jasper’s words to heart. All will be well.”


    Laura felt nervous as she held an empty spoon in her hand. She was not sure whether she should eat her food, so


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    she looked at the boys with a frightened expression. “Did I do something wrong to make Jasper angry?”


    The boysughed and said, “Haha, you sound so sweet when you talk! Don’t worry. It’s not your fault!”


    One of the boys sat opposite her and said cheerily, “Jasper is angry because you can’t make any friends. You know, he’s been surrounded by many people ever since he started preschool. All these years, he was never bullied. Therefore, when he found out that you were bullied, he felt angry for you. Don’t feel bad.”


    A puzzled Laura nodded in response. Then, she picked up her slice of bread and began to munch on it slowly.


    Soon, Jasper brought a new tray to Laura and snatched the slice of bread away from her hand. “From now on, you have to eat nutritious food like vegetables and fruits at noon. No more bread for you.”


    He also brought her a ss of strawberry milk.


    “It’s very popr over here. I heard many girls like it. Give it a try.”


    Laura was touched by Jasper’s actions. She epted the ss of strawberry milk and said, “Jasper, I wasn’t bullied today. They wanted to bully me, but I bullied them back. Don’t worry, Jasper!”


    Jasper froze momentarily. Then, he looked at his friends and asked, “Did you say anything to her?”


    His friends shook their heads hastily. “No!”