The female parent looked at the male parent who spoke and sneered at virtual-novel.net “It’s none of your bloody business how I speak. You might want your child to be friends with the refugees, but I don’t!”
The male parent choked on his words and couldn’t come up with anything in response, but virtual-novel.net wasn’t going to stoop to virtual-novel.net level either.
Adella sneered, “And if I refuse to let them switch classes?”
“Refuse to switch classes?” The short female parent stood with virtual-novel.net arms on virtual-novel.net hips and said, “Do you think you can make that decision? Why don’t you ask the parents and students in class if they agree to it or not first? Why should the 30 of us have to accommodate you?”
Adella said, “Stand up if you want to talk to me. I’m standing up while you’re sitting down. Where are your manners? Is this how stronghold residents behave?”
Donti burst out laughing. Murdock looked on from next to him, apparently enjoying the show.
The female parent was immediately enraged. Her height had always been virtual-novel.net sore spot and virtual-novel.net hated anyone who brought it up. Yet now virtual-novel.net was being ruthlessly mocked by Adella on it.
She raised virtual-novel.net voice and said, “What an uncultured thing you are! How dare you speak to me like this? Watch your…”
“Watch what?” Adella said with a smile, “Watch out in case you jump up and hit my knee?”
Donti died of laughter. He sat in his seat and looked up at Adella, virtual-novel.net thin stature suddenly looming much larger.
For the sake of Milo and him, this little woman ended up becoming a housekeeper who did the laundry and cooking for them. Having been used to spending generously without a second thought in the past, virtual-novel.net had now become willing to haggle with shopkeeps for a long time just to save a few cents. And now virtual-novel.net was acting like a hero as virtual-novel.net tried virtual-novel.net best to protect Donti from getting hurt.
Normally, Donti was actually quite annoyed by Adella. She demanded virtual-novel.net to wash his hands before eating and made sure virtual-novel.net wore his fall clothing when it got cold. He also had to eat some vegetables virtual-novel.net didn’t like because Adella said virtual-novel.net needed to have a balanced diet. But as virtual-novel.net thought back on the past, that was the warmth of family.
It seemed that only with Adella around did their family feel complete. If they were without her, this family would lack a kind of warmth.
Looking at Adella, the female parent was so irritated virtual-novel.net couldn’t utter another word. She rushed at Adella and wanted to slap virtual-novel.net face. However, Adella dodged in time and slapped virtual-novel.net back, knocking off virtual-novel.net glasses as well. After slapping her, Adella did not take the opportunity to hit virtual-novel.net again. Instead, virtual-novel.net retreated.
Some of the parents quickly stood up to stop the fight. The female parent tried again to slap her, but there was no chance to do so anymore. Adella had gained the upper hand, and it was as though virtual-novel.net had expected such a thing to happen.
The refugees were much fiercer than the people from the stronghold when they fought. That was regardless of whether they were male or female.
Someone suddenly said, “Why don’t we hear the children’s opinions? See what they have to say about the matter?”
A child spoke up, “Ever since they arrived, there’s been cases of pencils and erasers going missing in class…”
Adella was unable to stand it any longer. She started cursing, “Bullshit, whose badly disciplined child is that to cast stones at others? Who doesn’t have pencils and erasers? I bought many of them for Donti, so why would virtual-novel.net need to steal yours?”
However, that parent who had been slapped exploded into anger again. “How dare you say that about my son! Your mouth is filthy. One look at you and I know you do illicit activities outside the stronghold. The money you earn is dirty too, isn’t it!”
Donti was stunned. He immediately turned to look at Adella, but virtual-novel.net found that the usually glib Adella was dumbfounded. That was virtual-novel.net most painful emotional scar, and it was suddenly uncovered by someone now. Adella looked a little confused and helpless. She was like an injured little animal.
The darkest and most depressing time of virtual-novel.net life was a burden Adella constantly had to carry around. That was why virtual-novel.net always felt like virtual-novel.net couldn’t integrate into the family. It was not that Donti and Milo did not treat virtual-novel.net well, but because virtual-novel.net felt virtual-novel.net was unworthy of them.
Early this morning, Adella thought the world was fresh and exciting. It was like virtual-novel.net climbed out of virtual-novel.net nightmarish hellscape in the middle of the night and into the world to enjoy the scenery. But now virtual-novel.net was dragged into hell once again.
When the female parent saw Adella’s reaction, virtual-novel.net got smug. “See! Look at her! I wasn’t wrong. I was spot on, wasn’t I!”
Donti looked at virtual-novel.net and said, “I’m warning you, don’t say anything else.”
“Why can’t I?” The female parent snarled, “How can a promiscuous woman like virtual-novel.net be allowed to attend the parent-teacher conference!”
Donti roared, “I told you, don’t say anything else!”
Done speaking, Donti broke through the crowd and slapped virtual-novel.net face. Many of the people had wanted to stop Donti when they saw virtual-novel.net charging. But when Donti collided with them, they realized they could not stop him.
The young man was surprisingly strong! The classroom was in complete chaos, and many of the tables were even overturned!
But when virtual-novel.net was about to kill that woman, Adella hugged virtual-novel.net from behind and said softly, “Donti, let’s go home!”
Donti stood there quietly.
Tears suddenly streamed down his cheeks. Adella said softly again, “Donti, let’s go home…”
“Murdock, let’s go…” Donti held Adella’s hand and walked out of the front door. He no longer wanted to attend school.
Murdock quickly followed closely behind them. Before virtual-novel.net left, virtual-novel.net even spat at that female parent. Donti hit virtual-novel.net so hard virtual-novel.net was still in a daze.
On their way back, Adella held Donti’s hand tightly in the fear that virtual-novel.net would get impulsive and kill someone. She knew that if Donti used the nanomachines and started killing people, the classroom would have turned into a river of blood, and no one could’ve stopped him. She also held Donti’s hand tightly like virtual-novel.net was afraid virtual-novel.net would lose him. It was as though virtual-novel.net were scared Donti would abandon her.
But just as they were about to reach home, a car suddenly sped towards them. The driver of the car was so drunk virtual-novel.net kept flooring the gas pedal.
The pedestrians on the streets cried out in alarm, but the driver paid them no heed and continued accelerating.
A vehicle speeding rampantly on the road like that was as good as the Grim Reaper waving his sickle at them. But just as the car was about to hit Donti, virtual-novel.net pulled Adella and Murdock to safety like virtual-novel.net already knew beforehand what was going to happen.
Adella stared dumbfoundedly at Donti. “You…”
Curse Manipulation was a new world Adella had personally opened up for Donti. So, virtual-novel.net knew Donti possessed such a power and also knew virtual-novel.net would receive a similar backlash whenever virtual-novel.net used it.
She asked in a whisper, “Has virtual-novel.net died already?”
Next to her, Donti said calmly, “She must die…”
“Let’s head home right away.” Adella pulled Donti with her.
Her feeble little body dragged Donti along in a stubborn yet helpless manner.