Roxanne heaved a sigh of relief.
She could see that although Estella was a bit out of place, the other children approached her enthusiastically and played with her.
Yet before she could feel totally at ease, she saw Estella letting out a yelp.
The children who were skipping around also halted their actions one by one.
Feeling her heart tighten, Roxanne instinctively looked in Pamela's direction.
Something was obviously wrong with Estella, and Pamela could probably see that from where she was standing.
However, there was a child who wouldn't stop crying next to Pamela. Although she did notice a small commotion over here, she was occupied with coaxing the child beside her.
Left with no choice, Roxanne turned back to Estella and observed her worriedly.
The girl hung her head low as she massaged her hand on her lap.
Roxanne could only see Estella's actions vaguely from her spot, but she could guess that the latter was hurt.
Upon realizing that, Roxanne felt a little distressed. Nevertheless, she did not overthink it and assumed the other kids had just hurt Estella accidentally.
Sadly, the actual situation in the classroom was different from her assumption.
An aggrieved Estella rubbed her injured hand with pursed lips, looking evidently upset.
Because of her behavior on the first day of school, her classmates deemed her a weirdo.
Estella couldn't be bothered to play with them as well, so she barely spoke in the past two days.
As a result, her classmates started calling her a mute and a weirdo. They tried all sorts of antics in an attempt to make her speak and regarded her as a joke.
The more they did that, the more resistant Estella felt toward them.
She did not expect them to treat her even worse on this day.
Right after class ended, a group of children surrounded Estella and began singing a rhyme they made up while moving around her in circles.
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