She just let her stand steady, then dropped a comment.
"Clumsy."
This made Serie furious, and only then did she resume her steps.
Only this time, her pace unconsciously slowed down a bit, as if waiting for the "short-legged one" behind her to catch up.
Serie had no idea of Claudia's rich inner monologue, nor could she possibly know that her insult had actually made Claudia feel even more pleased.
She was full of regret now.
Claudia must hate her, otherwise, what was the meaning of bringing her out just to deliberately humiliate her?
Is being tall amazing? Is having long legs amazing?
She'd rather have waited in the classroom for Dr. Lynette!
From now on, she must stay far away from this bad woman, Claudia!
As she was gritting her teeth and cursing in her mind, a clear voice, like the striking of jade, suddenly rang out:
"Serie? Claudia?"
Dr. Lynette!
"Doctor!" Serie's joy was impossible to hide in her voice.
Her dim eyes instantly lit up, as if she had found her backbone, and she subconsciously wanted to release Claudia's arm and lean towards Lynette, but Claudia directly tugged her back.
Lynette nodded slightly, her gaze falling on Serie's small hand, still linked with Claudia's.
Her brow furrowed imperceptibly, and the look in her eyes behind her glasses grew colder as she looked at Claudia:
"Where's Yuki? I remember I explicitly told you to keep your distance from Serie."
Claudia immediately felt more wronged than Dou E: "Hey! Be reasonable! She herself ran off somewhere!"
She pointed at Serie indignantly, "I saw this little thing all alone and unsupervised, so I kindly picked her up! Not thanking me is one thing, but you're interrogating me?"
Little thing?
Serie and Lynette both froze simultaneously.
Lynette's gaze turned to Serie, filled with inquiry.
Serie hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "...Yuki really is gone."
On this point, Claudia hadn't lied.
Although her motives were absolutely impure!
Just at this subtly tense moment of confrontation between the three—
"Excuse me! Excuse me! Doctor! Serie—!!"
A frantic, tearful voice, accompanied by hurried footsteps, approached from afar.
Yuki came rushing over like an out-of-control little cannonball, with the neatly suited Jared following behind her.
"Dr. Lynette! Serie! I, I..." Yuki rushed closer, her twin ponytails disheveled, her face flushed, her round eyes filled with panic and guilt, and she comically held two melting ice cream cones in her hands.
Hearing Yuki's voice, the little bit of frustration in Serie's heart immediately turned into a mix of exasperation and amusement.
You finally remembered that I, a living person, exist?
Wuwu... I'm so touched...
"Yuki, you..." Lynette had just opened her mouth, her voice tinged with reproach.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Yuki blurted out incoherently, tears welling up in her eyes from urgency, "I, I accidentally... left Serie in the classroom!"
As she apologized, she clumsily shoved one of the ice creams directly to Serie's mouth.
Serie was about to say something when the cold cream blocked her mouth.
"This is for you! Wuwuwu... Don't be mad..."
Serie shivered from the cold, instinctively flicked her tongue to quickly lick off the cream from the corner of her lips, then reluctantly took the crooked cone: "...Never mind, just don't forget next time."
At this moment, Jared, who was standing by, found an opportunity to speak: "Doctor, Ms. Elena just contacted me. She hopes to participate in our upcoming operation in Saint Martan."
Wait... who?
Elena?
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