As long as Mindy is willing, it’s okay to come and play with the gold nuggets once or twice a week.
The request was met, and the little girl was in a good mood. She even hummed a song.
Luke remembered that she should be in school, so he asked casually, only to find out that she had become a transfer student at Dalton Middle School and was currently in the seventh grade.
Mindy's high school life was clearly off to a good start.
The knowledge level in her head has long surpassed that of seventh graders, and her grades are fine. Because of her outstanding athletic ability, she recently joined the school cheerleading team, and several ninth graders have a good relationship with her.
Luke looked strange when he heard this. "Although I went to high school in the countryside of Texas, there were a lot of tricks in the cheerleading team. Are you sure those girls are okay?"
Mindy was stunned: "What's the problem?"
Luke knew from the look on her face that this little girl wasn't stupid, but had never been to school and didn't know about the mess that happened in the cheerleading team.
Of course, you can know this if you watch more youth TV dramas and movies, but her TV choices are basically cartoons.
So he started to explain, "I had a friend in middle school who was on the school cheerleading team, and her sister was also the cheerleading captain. So it's not necessarily true that there are no good people in the cheerleading team. But they also said that there are a lot of bitches in there, and they like to say one thing in front of you and another behind your back, and gang up on the new members."
Mindy was stunned: "There is such a thing?"
Luke sighed, "This kind of small group will be centered around two to four people. They are relatively well-off, dress fashionably, and usually have one or more boyfriends who are the main players in the school team. They like to show off their clothes, perfumes, jewelry, bags, mobile phones, many boyfriends, and everything else that would discourage ordinary female students in front of others."
Mindy's eyes widened and she stammered, "It seems, it seems like they really did. They even asked me to go to a party this weekend."
Luke shook his head. “Although these people usually just play pranks, at most pulling hair or slapping people to bully them, most girls can’t stand it.”
Mindy was confused: "Why would they do this? If they wanted to tease me, there's no need to be friends with me, right?"
Luke: "Because they like to see others fall into the trap, and then jump out and mock the other person for being a fool. It's a typical bad taste. If you don't fall for it, then they will tear their faces and come directly."
Mindy's face wrinkled into a ball, she was extremely conflicted: "No way? I think they are pretty good... although they are a bit girly."
Luke reached out and rubbed her little head. "I reminded you, won't you check it out? The reputation of this kind of person in school is easy to check. Just ask a relatively weak and honest student. Whether they say it or not, you can be sure."
Mindy was a little hesitant: "Do you really want to check?"
Luke nodded. "Isn't it normal to see how other people feel about their 'good' friends? Can a good friend blame you for something like this?"
Mindy said "oh" and seemed a little uninterested.
Luke rubbed her head again: "Don't think too badly of your classmates, it's just that there are more bad people in the cheerleading team. Girls, you must protect yourself."
In fact, he was less worried about Mindy than about what would happen to the cheerleaders.
Most of these so-called pranks in schools are insulting to people's dignity or even crimes.
If you really piss off the violent loli, those little bitches may not die on the spot, but there is a high possibility that they will be sent to the ICU collectively.
Seeing Mindy's depressed look, he thought for a moment and said, "I think I know two friends at Dalton Middle School. They are also cheerleaders. I'll ask them about their situation. How's it going?"
Mindy hesitated, but nodded.
Luke pulled over, took out his phone and dialed a number: "Monica, this is Luke. Which Luke? The Luke who treated you to Shake Shack twice..."
Mindy, a little girl next to him, looked strange: Although the burgers there are delicious, you dare to call them friends just because you treat them to two meals? This friend seems to be very cheap!
While she was daydreaming, Luke got to the point with a few words: "Here's the thing. I have a sister who just transferred there to study in the seventh grade and joined the cheerleading team. I'm afraid she'll be bullied by a small group, so I came to ask..."
After a moment, he put down the phone. "There is only one small group of ninth graders in the cheerleading team. The leader is called Brooke. She comes from a middle-class family. She likes to dye her hair blonde and usually behaves like a rich lady. She likes to bring two female "followers". One is African-American named Haru and the other is white named Dorchi."
Mindy sighed and said nothing.
Luke patted her head and said, "It seems that I was right. The "good friends" you met are them. Don't be sad. Most people are lucky to make one or two good friends in middle school. That takes several years."
After thinking for a while, he said, "When does the cheerleading team have group activities?"
Mindy: "There is a training session tomorrow morning at nine."
Luke smiled and said, "I'm going to take a day off tomorrow and take you to training."
Mindy turned her head in surprise: "Huh?"
Luke patted Loli's head again: "Just say I'm your cousin. It won't be so easy for them to mess with you after tomorrow."
Mindy looked odd: "Are you sure?"
Luke laughed: "It's just a small matter, why are you so nervous?"
Mindy's eyes were twinkling with stars, and she couldn't help pondering.
Although Luke, her, and her father had a life-and-death friendship, they rarely had any real interactions.
Why was he so nice to her? Did he really treat her like a younger sister? Mindy was a little confused.
Of course Luke wouldn't tell her that he was just trying to improve her favorability.
This little Lolita is one of the few one-star teammates who has passed the system's assessment.
Judging from the previous experience of becoming teammates, you don’t have to work very hard to improve the favorability of this little Loli. Perhaps some small and inadvertent things can greatly increase her favorability.
Pretending to be her cousin, and showing up to help her solve some small problems between classmates, would really save time and effort.
After all, cheerleaders are all women.
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The next morning, Selena took the gold bars and drove the accompanying car to patrol the venue again.
Luke drove a car that had been repaired and had hardly been used from the garage on the first floor and headed for Damon's house on the other side of the river.
When he pulled up to Damon's house and honked, Mindy quickly opened the door and came out.
Damon also came out and prepared to say hello to Luke, but both father and daughter were stunned when they saw the car.
Mindy couldn't help but exclaimed: "cool~"
My originally depressed mood was suddenly thrown to somewhere unknown, and I looked around Luke's car.
Damon was similar, at most he had a little more self-control than Mindy, and his expression was filled with nostalgia: "I wanted to have a car like this back then, but I didn't have the extra money. Did you modify your car... yourself?"