However, Gerald was obviously receiving preferential treatment.
He was sitting at the spot that was directly at the front of the classroom.
“Teacher, that seat does not belong to him! It belongs to Fabian. Why do you have to give him Fabian’s seat?!”
At this time, a girl suddenly stood up and asked disgruntledly as she pointed at Gerald.
“Isabelle, Gerald has just transferred here. How can you speak in that manner? Gerald can just sit here first. I will arrange another seat for Fabian when he comes back from his competition.”
The teacher replied helplessly with a wry smile on her face.
“Why?!”
Isabelle continued asking anxiously as she stared at Gerald with anger and disgust.
“Isabelle, you are the class representative. So, why are you speaking in that manner? Alright then, it is already decided!”
After the teacher was done speaking, she smiled at Gerald before walking out of the classroom.
After that, the class was filled with the classmates’ whispering amongst themselves.
Most of them were talking about the fact that it seemed as though Gerald would not have a good time here and so forth, since he had already offended the class representative.
After all, people generally tend to bully strangers.
This was true no matter whether it was in school or at the workplace.
So, everyone instinctively displayed an inexplicably hostile attitude towards Gerald, who was the new transfer student, as though they were afraid that Gerald would try and snatch things from them after coming here.
“Cough. Cough. Well, how should I put this? If I were to say that she is snobbish and would stand up for what is right, that would not be right. However, it would also not be right to say that she is selfless and treats everyone equally. She would only stand up for just one person, and she would only treat one person very well! However, she does not attach any importance to anyone else at all. Take me for instance. She has never paid any attention to me or any of the other boys in our class!” Marven replied.
“Oh? Don’t tell me that the only person that she cares about in her heart is that guy called Fabian?”
Gerald replied with a smile on his face as he shook his head helplessly.
After all, Gerald could see that he had incurred Isabelle’s hatred and dissatisfaction because it seemed as though he had taken the seat of this person called Fabian. That was the reason why Isabelle had begun targeting him.
“That’s right. It’s none other than Fabian. Oh my. I don’t know what is wrong with Isabelle. She has been completely smitten by Fabian and she is absolutely in love with him just because Fabian’s family is a little rich and likes showing off. Hence, Isabelle has already been interested in Fabian ever since her freshman year and she had been pursuing him until her senior year! All that she cares about is Fabian. Not to mention you, there was one time when Isabelle slapped one of her good friends who had grown up together with her, just because she said that Fabian was not a good person. This greatly stunned her friend! So, you can just imagine how obsessed Isabelle is over Fabian then. This is the only reason why she is treating you like this now!”
“Well, it seems as though I should avoid her in future then!” Gerald replied with a wry smile on his face.
After all, Gerald was here to look for someone and he did not want to cause any trouble while he was here.
As he was still talking to Marven, Isabelle and her friends returned to the classroom…
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