Chapter 164

Then, Felicia whispered something in her mother's ear, and her mother immediately smiled and nodded at me. "Hello, hello." The woman next to us sized me up and then suddenly asked, "Are you Felicia's friend? What does your family do?" "My... My family sells fruit." It was a half-truth. "Oh, you sell fruit? Do you drive a cart to the market?" I shook my head. "No." "Ah, so you sell on the street? Selling on the street has no future. You'll never make it big." The woman let out a disdainful hum and then turned to her two flashy friends, signaling us to move forward. We all got into a rundown SUV parked by the roadside. With so many people in one car, it was obviously cramped. The car smelled indescribably bad, and the combination of body odor and bad breath nearly made me pass out. Finally, when we reached the school entrance, I waited for Felicia and Laura to alight from the car before I followed suit. As soon as I stepped out, I took a deep inhale. When Felicia saw my reacti