Xander left quickly.

    He happened to walk past Everett’s cooking ss.

    “Why should I learn to cook? It’s so annoying!” said Everett irritably, wearing an apron.

    Then, he looked out of the window inadvertently.

    Xander hurried downstairs.

    Everett frowned.

    When did Xander ever panic so much?

    Suddenly, Henry said to him, “Everett! Look outside! Zayn is eloping with Laura!”

    Everett was stunned and turned to look out of the window.

    Laura and Zayn were walking hand in hand across the rubber track in their tracksuits.

    Every one of the ss screamed, “Oh my God!”

    “Take a picture. Take a picture!”

    The teacher knocked on the tform. “Quiet! What are you doing?”

    The girls pointed out of the window excitedly. “Zayn and Laura are holding hands! What loving childhood sweethearts they are!”

    Hearing this, the teacher suddenly became energetic and adjusted her sses. “Let me see that!”

    But as soon as she reached the window, Everett rushed out quickly.

    The teacher was stunned. “Where are you going, Everett? Who allowed you to leave during ss?”

    Meanwhile, Jasper’s ss was having a self–study course.

    He was bored and span his pen. Suddenly, the girl beside him whispered, “Jasper! Pfft! Jasper!”

    Jasper frowned. “What are you doing? I’m not letting you copy my homework.”

    The girl rolled her eyes and whispered, “Laura and Zayn ran out of the stadium. Everyone is talking about them going away together!”

    Jasper was stunned and confused. “Where did you hear that from?”

    She pointed at her phone and said, “It’s all over the school forum! Laura and Zayn are going away, and Everett and Xander are going to stop them! I heard that the two of them have decided to give up their studies and

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    everything. They are ready to live a fugitive life!”

    Jasper incredulously clicked open the school forum.

    On the forum, some articles were trending.

    [Shocking! Zayn and Laura are going away?]

    [Can the aloof and lovely girl get rid of this destiny?]

    [They run while being chased. Zayn and Laura can’t escape!]

    *****

    Jasper wondered, ‘Does no one in this school pay attention to their studies? How can they spend time on their phones during ss?‘

    Jasper rushed out.

    The girl took a picture of his blurred back–and texted. [I’m at the scene. I share the same table with Laura’s cousin Jasper! He’s out there to stop the two of them! Forward this, fes! Forward this!]

    On the other side, at the top of the noisy teaching building, Favian received a call from Laura’s teacher.

    He narrowed his eyes under the gold–rimmed sses and said in a harsh tone, “Laura locked up a little girl? Is there any evidence?”

    The female teacher looked serious. “Mr. Yale, there is no evidence to prove Laura’s innocence or that she did it. But the girl who was bullied is weak and doesn’t look like a liar.”

    Favian raised his eyebrows with great interest.

    He wondered, ‘When did Laura be so bold to bully others?‘

    I’ll be right there.

    The female teacher nodded and hung up the phone, but she failed to reach out to Winnie.

    She could only call Antonio. “Hello, is it Laura’s father? It’s Laura’s PE teacher speaking.”

    Antonio raised his hand and motioned for the meeting to be suspended. “I am. What’s wrong?”

    The female teacher said, “She is suspected of bullying a child. Can youe to the school?”

    Antonio was stunned, hung up the phone, and said gloomily, “The meeting is canceled.”

    Everyone looked at each other in dismay. After Antonio left, they all talked about it.

    “I didn’t expect Mr. Smith to finally cancel a meeting.”

    “Haha. I told you; Mr. Smith would cancel a meeting one day!”

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    “I really want to know why he did it. Is his daughter in trouble?”

    At the same time, Laura hade to the door of the women’s restroom.

    Xander’s voice came from behind. “Laura!”

    She turned around.

    Xander strode up to her and his eyes were full of worry. “Why did youe to the restroom hand in hand with Zayn? Does your stomach hurt?”

    She was stunned and shook her head. “No.”

    Xander breathed a sigh of relief and frowned, “Then why are you in such a hurry? Can’t you be calm?”

    He looked at Zayn again and wanted to ask what was going on.

    Everett rushed over. “Zayn! You’re skipping ss with my sister, aren’t you?”

    He was still wearing a bear apron and said angrily, “I’ll beat you up!”

    Zayn’s eyes were darkened and he asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

    Everett was stunned.

    Jasper hurriedly showed up. “Laura! How dare you go away with Zayn? Do you have any idea how dangerous. the world is?b” /b

    Laura was baffled, wondering, ‘What’s going on? Why are they all here now?‘

    She asked, “Don’t you have sses?”

    Jasper said, “I want to ask you that.”

    He walked up to her and asked, “I heard that you two are going to leave everything behind and run away from home. Do you have any idea how dangerous the world is out there?”

    Zayn looked nonchnt and said, “I don’t know how dangerous the outside world is. I know you are very dangerous.”

    The three boys‘ faces suddenly darkened. “Is this the reason why you kidnapped our girl?”

    Zayn sneered. “Who said I kidnapped her?”

    Jasper said righteously, “Even if you two love each other, it’s still abduction!”

    Everett said angrily, “That’s right! Do you think the Smith family is easy to bully?”

    When Xander heard what they said, his eyes suddenly turned gloomy. “Exin it to us, Zayn.”

    Laura stood at the bottom and was surrounded in the middle. She looked even more confused. “Who said I

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    was bullied?”

    The three boys looked down at her in unison. “What’s going on with you then?”

    She shrugged her shoulders and said, “I was simply framed. Zayn took me here to find evidence.

    After she said that, everyone was silent, wondering, ‘She was simply framed?‘

    The three boys were rendered speechless and turned to look at Zayn.

    Zayn smiled slightly and looked like he was watching a good show. “Are you that stupid? Are you even top students?”

    Laura was a little unhappy and said, “Guys, I think you’ve gone too far by mistaking Zayn without knowing the truth. Can you apologize?”

    The three boys didn’t know what to say.

    They couldn’t believe that they needed to apologize.

    They then all looked at Zayn.

    Zayn cleared his throat and said, “It doesn’t matter, Laura. They treat me like this in private. I’m used to it.”

    The three boys‘ eyes widened. “What did you say? When did we ever do that?”

    Zayn put his hands in his pockets and raised his eyebrows. “I’m telling the truth. Although I’m here to prove Laura’s innocence, you won’t thank me even if you know it. Instead, you will be angry.”

    Then, he sighed. “You lock me up in the men’s restroom privately. I can’t fall asleep when I think about it at night.”

    Laura felt distressed and grabbed his hand. “Zayn, everything’s fine now. You helped me today. I’ll go to your house with you tonight!”

    Zayn instantly became energetic and said, “Okay. I’ll check the menu for tonight.”

    After saying that, he looked at the three boys and smiled slightly. “I’m smart, so I don’t need to take her away. Get it?”

    Xander, Everett, and Jasper were all stunned.

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