"What do you mean?" Sydney instinctively sat up straight.
'His talk with Mr. McDaniel was unpleasant?
'How could it be?'
It was known to all that Julien was the student Mr. McDaniel was most proud of, and Julien always respected his teacher.
She couldn't imagine an unpleasant talk between them.
But Luke's words gave her a clue.
"Was it because of me?" Sydney asked, looking at him.
Julien remained silent.
"I see." Sydney curled her lips, her mood unknown.
Her reaction was quite indifferent.
After all, Mr. McDaniel was not her teacher or family.
So, whether he liked her or not, she didn't care.
"What did you guys say?" Although Sydney didn't care about what Mr. McDaniel thought of her, she wanted to know what caused their dispute.
Julien frowned slightly, unwilling to talk about it.
Luke rolled his eyes. "Come on, man. What's the big deal? It's related to Syd, and she deserves to know. How did she offend your teacher?"
Sydney remained noncommittal.
Seeing Sydney's curiosity, Julien finally recounted the conversation he had with Mr. McDaniel that morning.
He didn't provide all the details, and he even softened some of the wording, fearing that it might make her upset.
Mr. McDaniel's description of her was indeed unfriendly.
Although Julien had good intentions, the sudden changes in the phrasing and words sound somewhat awkward.
Sydney immediately figured that he had concealed a lot of things.
As for what he hid, she could tell it from the guilty expression on his face. It should be some unpleasant words said by Mr. McDaniel.
Sydney's lips curved into a mocking smile, "It's really hard for someone like Mr. McDaniel, such a prominent figure, to pay attention to a small potato like me. Not only did he pay attention, but he also took the trouble to understand me, knowing that I am not worthy of you. He must have done a lot of investigations."
Listening to her self-deprecating words, Julien became unhappy. He reached out and held her face, making her look at him. "Don't say that. Between you and me, there has never been a question of worthiness. In my heart, we are equals. I made it clear to my teacher as well, so you don't have to care about what he said, because I will never take it seriously."
"Heh, who knows if what you're saying is true or false?" Luke sneered.
Julien looked at him with icy eyes, giving him a sense of imminent danger, as if he would kill him if he said another word.
Luke sensed the killing intent from Julien's eyes and realized that his words had angered the man. He immediately cowered and fell silent.
Only then did Julien look away from him.
In consideration of Sydney and Luke's parents, Julien could tolerate his repeated provocations.
But he couldn't tolerate Luke's attempts to sow discord between him and Sydney.
Therefore, Luke should consider himself lucky that he had told a joke with no ill intentions.
Otherwise, he would definitely be taught a lesson.
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