The boy who was speaking liked to play with cars. He usually drove a Mustang and boasted about the cost and trouble of modifying the car to show that he was very knowledgeable.
That's why he is more popular among girls.
But strictly speaking, he is a bit like the kind of technical otaku that Brook mentioned.
Just now, Brooke said something without thinking, which slapped his "professionalism" and style in the face in front of so many classmates.
If he doesn't sort things out clearly on the spot, he'll never be able to pick up girls with the reputation of being a otaku.
The semi-tech geek didn't give up. It was hard for girls to like a low-key guy on campus.
He continued to criticize Brooke: "Do you think that you are rich and powerful just because you have perfume, bags, and buy some British gang CDs? You are just a brainless stupid bitch! Do you know that the boys in the back dormitory like to find someone to modify their cars? If they see this Kit, they will hug Luke's legs and call him daddy, understand? No, you don't understand. You are a stupid bitch, and you only have Simon Dick in your mind. You have nothing else to do except wanting to bite people every day!"
There was silence for a moment, and then many people burst into laughter.
There were quite a few people on the cheerleading team who didn't get along with Brooke, and most of the boys had nothing to do with them either.
It’s just that Brooke has a lot of connections among the school’s athletes, and people generally don’t bother to mess with such an annoying guy.
Now it was not them who were arguing with her, and no one wanted to hold back when seeing her make a fool of herself, so everyone laughed.
Many girls who have grudges against Brook laughed especially happily: I told you to pretend to be cool, but you pretended to be an idiot!
This is partly due to the technical boy's reputation in the school. Everyone knows that he is very good at modifying cars.
On the other hand, everyone has seen Luke's car. The pure black body has a sharp and unique shape, and the interior has a sci-fi feel. It is obviously not a cheap product.
The most important thing is - look at the face.
Just by looking at Luke's face, his sunny and confident smile, and the "wealth" implied by the car, everyone would think that Brooke was the one without taste.
Originally, the boy should hate people like Luke who are too competitive, but Brooke just classified people who like cars as otakus, so there are few people here who don't like cars.
For a moment, no one wanted to speak for her.
Not to mention that Brooke was slapped in the face by the tech geek, Luke took his "cousin" and Nikki to have lunch.
We chose a rather unique Mexican restaurant for lunch. The price was not very high, but the environment and the dishes were unique.
There were not many people coming to eat at noon, and everyone was young, so there was no rule of not talking while eating. We had a lot of fun chatting while eating.
Mindy's mood also improved significantly.
She was almost tricked by Brooke and the others, which was a huge blow to her as she had just entered the campus.
But the arrival of Luke, her new "cousin", and her acquaintance with two new friends, Nikki and Monica, made her happier.
From the conversation, Luke and Mindy learned that Nikki and Monica were actually fighting enthusiasts.
They opened the women's self-defense club on the side. Most of the girls who joined just learned some basic safety knowledge, and they were not encouraged to take risks.
In Monica's words, the best self-defense for ordinary girls is stun guns and pepper spray.
Mastering the proper timing to use these two items is far more effective than learning any self-defense techniques.
Including Nikki and the other two girls, the Women’s Self-Defense Club only has five or six core members who are true fighting enthusiasts.
Nikki and Monica are both outgoing and cheerful, and with their shared interest in martial arts, Mindy feels that this is the perfect group for her.
You can't live alone.
In American campuses, loners are generally considered geeks and nerds, and are easily bullied without anyone to help them or speak up.
Mindy is not afraid of anyone fighting with her, but she has no experience in dealing with verbal and cold violence attacks, and she can easily become autistic, but of course she won't do that now.
While they were happily chatting, Mindy suddenly tricked Luke.
She inadvertently mentioned that his fighting skills were very strong, and any professional player was just a piece of cake.
Well, this kid was also inspired to talk by Nikki and the others, and his speech was a little ethereal.
Even though this was true, Luke felt a little embarrassed.
Because Nikki and Monica's eyes immediately turned over.
It is no longer the simple affection of the past, but also the joy of meeting a soulmate.
Monica seemed to be aware of what he might say, and immediately spoke up, saying that they might as well go and have a discussion together, as a small activity to invite Mindy to join the group.
Having just asked these two for help today, Luke couldn't just throw them away after using them, so he could only agree with a smile.
As for the so-called competition between the two girls, he could only cooperate a little and give them a one-hour teaching lesson.
After checking out, Luke called Damon to report his itinerary, and then the four of them drove to the address Nikki gave them.
When he arrived at the address on the Upper West Side, he discovered that it was not a gym or a fighting training ground, but Nikki's home.
Her family is not poor, but not wealthy either.
But her parents are good to her and she has her own gym.
Seeing the fitness and training equipment in the gym made him even more certain of this.
He couldn't help but make a joke: "Should I address you as Miss from now on, Nikki?"
After having lunch together, Nikki, who had taken on the task of helping to take care of her "cousin", was no longer so nervous around him.
Hearing this, she rolled her eyes at him: "Should I be the one calling you Young Master? Kit, you can do it, so stop pretending to be low-key, it's too fake."
Luke shrugged. "I usually drive an SUV. I was just worried that Mindy would be laughed at for being old-fashioned today!"
"Ah?" Mindy looked at him blankly: It seemed like I was the one being laughed at for being old-fashioned by Brooke!
She immediately understood.
She had seen Luke several times, and the car he drove was either an SUV or an ordinary family car.
The Kit was driven out today just to give her face.
In the United States, a money-based society, even middle school students know the role of money.
But Luke's choice was very careful. He did not simply get a car that looked expensive just by looking at the brand, but a modified car.
The third generation of Pontiac itself is not that expensive, what is expensive is the modification.
But how much the modification cost is a very personal question, and everyone can only guess a number.
In addition, this car is the prototype of Kit in the popular TV series "Knight Rider" more than ten years ago, and it also has some commemorative meaning. It is not simply a show of wealth, but a display of style and variety.
This kind of thing is more likely to be recognized by students and will not turn into hatred against the rich.
Just like what the tech geek boy said, Brook's little tricks of showing off his wealth can't be compared with Luke's invisible show-off.