It was greasy.
Someone had deliberately applied some kind of lubricant.
Flora kept silent, her cold stare sweeping over the twelve people in the dormitory.
The next morning, while putting on her shoes, Flora seemed to notice something and suddenly paused.
"What's up, Flora? Hurry up and put on your shoes! Let's go have breakfast!"
Eilies and Cynthia had already finished getting ready and were curious when they saw Flora holding her shoes, not moving.
Flora pressed her lips together and said nothing. She loosened the laces and pulled out three gleaming silver needles from beneath the insole.
Eilies and Cynthia both gasped in shock.
"Who the hell put needles in Flora's shoes? That's just cruel!" Cynthia shouted angrily.
Most of the dorm hadn't left yet, and everyone looked over in confusion when they heard the commotion.
A girl sneered, "Some people just piss off too many others. It's no wonder someone wants payback."
"Yeah, she's just too flashy and obnoxious."
"Alright, alright, let's go get breakfast."
A few girls said sarcastically, linking arms as they walked out the dorm door.
Flora was the national top scholar, a title that naturally drew envy. Coupled with all the attention she had been getting recently, it made some people quite unhappy.
Some girls had been looking for an excuse to dislike her for a while.
Cynthia couldn't stand these underhanded tactics, her eyes reddening with anger.
"Flora, we should tell the Dean! It must've been someone from our dorm!"
Today it was needles in the shoes, but who knows what they'll do tomorrow?
Campus bullying is the worst; it has to be stopped early.
"We don't have any evidence. Telling the Dean won't help."
Flora removed the needles and, with a calm expression, put on her shoes, "Let's go, time for breakfast."
"We're just going to let this go?"
Cynthia frowned, remembering how energetically Flora had smashed a bottle that day. Why was she downplaying such a serious matter now?
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