In the past, Rose often got up late and went to school without breakfast. She would cover her belly and complain to her classmates. They would always share their snacks with her.
Rose didn't notice it before. She thought that it didn't matter if friends shared some snacks together.
However, she treated them as fools and felt that they would definitely share something with her.
Were they a relief station?
That was ridiculous!
After what happened yesterday, according to Arya's plan, Elisa called the police and said that the five of them had been kidnapped by the Quains after Kara left. They witnessed the barbarity and brutality of the Quain family.
The Quains were completely different from what Rose had talked about. Thus, the five of them felt more disgusted with Rose.
Rose knitted her eyebrows. Thinking of yesterday's farce, she blinked and her eyes turned moist.
"I know that my aunt made you angry yesterday, but you guys went too far. How could you call the police? I was scolded by my aunt for a whole night. Today, you still treat me like this. What have I ever done?"
Elisa thought of all the things that happened in the past when seeing that Rose was going to cry. She just liked to cry all the time.
Kara's health was much poorer than hers, but she didn't see Kara crying and complaining!
"Rose, it's a pity that you're not going to be an actress."
"I only helped Kara once and she then carved my name in the cookies she gave me. But I've helped you with your homework so many times. When you had snacks, you never shared with me. And you even told others that my legs were fat. I can't stand it!"
They were high school students, and they weren't that sophisticated, but they were a bit extreme. Once they hated someone, they would find that everything he or she did was wrong.
Just like how Rose had spoken ill of Kara in private before. From then on, they hated Kara, so they would use their imagination to say those about Kara.
"I'm just not as rich as you. Do you know the bag you're carrying means my years of living expenses? Why should I share snacks with you?" Rose was extremely wronged.
Ridiculous!
Elisa was so angry that she even laughed. So in Rose's eyes, Elisa was a tycoon who could be exploited by Rose!
"Rose, you deserve to be poor. Why did I treat you as a friend? I feel so shameful!"
It was not a shameful thing to be poor. However, a poor person couldn't ask others to treat him well as a matter of course, or they had to share what they had with him just because he was poor.
This would be moral coercion, which was extremely ridiculous!
Elisa moved her desk away from Rose's.
Poverty was the most intolerable thing for Rose, which meant humiliation for her.
Being scolded by Elisa, Rose looked up in embarrassment. Looking at Kara who was standing beside her, she almost burnt with anger.
"Kara, you must have said something to them. What right do you have to blame me? The Quains wanted to celebrate your birthday, but you had to go visit your dead parents. Idiot!"
Suddenly being called out, Kara was at a loss. But hearing Rose's curse, she trembled with anger.
"Rose, shut up!"
No matter how angry she was, good breeding prevented Kara from swearing.
Moreover, she was quite vulnerable and was not good at communicating, let alone quarreling with others. Facing such a thing, she didn't know what do to.
The other five girls standing aside couldn't bear to watch this. It was clearly Rose's fault. How could she blame Kara?
Elisa splashed milk on Rose's face. "Rose, aren't you hungry? I'm treating you to milk!"
Seeing Elisa do this, the other girls all had the guts to scold Rose.
"Rose, you are really the so-called 'bitch'. We treat you as our friends, but you actually act so many times in front of us."
"You're the one being kept as a mistress, aren't you? How can you afford such an expensive bag if you are poor as you've said? Furthermore, you've been spending so much money these past few days. You actually do this at the age of eighteen. When you are admitted to college, I suppose you'll go to a nightclub to..."
"You just had a small scratch that didn't even need a band-aid, but you asked for a leave and rested at home for a week. Rose, you must have gone to the hospital for that, right?"
"Since you are so experienced, you must have done it more than once. If I continue, I'm afraid that I will vomit. I have to eat some of the cookies Kara made for me."
Kara was shocked.
Kara blinked in horror when she heard these girls cursing Rose without stopping.
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