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Ow. That hurt.Â
She hit me again!!Â
Toby was furious.Â
He reached out, ready to teach Maya a lesson, but Alfred, like a shadow, immediately stepped in to break them up, calmly saying something like, “You two should stop fighting.”Â
Toby stared at his brother standing in the middle in that protective stance and laughed in anger.Â
“Why is it every time you wait until she’s done hitting me, and only when I’m about to hit back do you show up to ‘break it up?Â
“Alfred, you biased idiot. The two of you are obviously in this together. Just get out of here!”Â
Faced with his brother’s accusations, Alfred only heard the words “get out of here” and immediately grabbed Maya and left.Â
Nope, not listening. Toby’s just rantingÂ
At Harmony International School, the first thing students learned was how to read the situation.Â
Who you could mess with, and who you couldn’t.Â
They didn’t dare push Jenny too far.Â
But when it came to Maya and Alfred, they had no such restraint.Â
Alfred was actually quite satisfied with the school.Â
No one bothered trying to befriend them. Here, it was just him and Maya.Â
Still, there were always some blind idiots who insisted on bothering them.Â
After dealing with who knows how many troublemakers, Alfred’s patience finally ran out.Â
To solve things once and for all, after class, he reluctantly decided to go ask his brother for help.Â
After asking around for Toby’s location, Alfred made his way to the rooftop. The view there was great, and Toby had claimed it as his territory, so no one else dared come up.Â
Just as Alfred was about to get straight to the point, he had the worst luck and walked in on his brother on aÂ
date.Â
Alfred stared at his brother with those dark eyes for two seconds, then naturally ignored the girl beside him.Â
He couldn’t help complaining to Toby, “The people at school are really annoying.Â
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“I’ve already taught them plenty of lessons, but they still don’t learn.Â
“Am I not being cruel enough?” There was genuine confusion in his voice.Â
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He had already dealt with so many people. Were they really too stupid to get the message?Â
Toby thought about the chaos Alfred had caused recently and let out a mocking laugh. “Just because she got shoved a little, that kid almost died the next day. Don’t you think your protective instinct is a bit excessive?”Â
“Because he’ll do it again,” Alfred argued. “If it doesn’t work once, there’ll be a second time. Only when he’s truly afraid will he stop.”Â
“And you’re planning to make everyone afraid?” Toby said coolly. “Alfred, you’re not a normal kid. You’re not happy here, are you?”Â
“Doesn’t matter,” Alfred replied.Â
As long as Maya was here, he could stay.Â
“I came to ask for your help.”Â
Alfred did want to make everyone afraid of them so they would stop causing trouble.Â
But he didn’t want Maya to know.Â
If she found out, she might be scared of him. She might even avoid him.Â
“That’s not the attitude you should have when you’re begging your big brother, Alfred.Â
“You clearly can handle this yourself, yet you came to me. Let me guess why.” Toby leaned against the railing, turning slightly with a smile. “When you were five, you had a teacher you really liked in preschool. You thought she was like Mom.Â
“You didn’t allow anyone else near her.Â
“So you tricked her favorite student and locked him in an empty room.Â
“That kid ended up with claustrophobia.Â
“The teacher lost her job for negligence, and you even had the nerve to invite her to our house to be your private tutor.Â
“She said you weren’t normal, that you were psychologically twisted, and suggested Mom take you to the hospital to check if you had antisocial tendencies.”Â
Each sentence made Alfred’s lips press tighter and paler.Â
“You don’t want Maya to be afraid of you, so you want me to play the villain. Am I right?”Â
Alfred’s hand tightened instinctively.Â
He’d been completely exposed.Â
That was why he hated Toby so much.Â
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“I’m not helping you,” Toby said. “A mature guy should learn to handle things himself. That’s what Moin taught us, right?”Â
Alfred didn’t say another word.Â
He turned and left.Â
The girl beside Toby’s eyes flickered. “You two have a really weird relationship.Â
“Do you really think Maya would be afraid of your brother?” She didn’t quite believe it. None of the Clarks seemed normal anyway.Â
“I was just messing with him,” Toby said. “Those two are glued together all day. It’s disgusting.”Â
The girl smiled. “You’re jealous, aren’t you?”Â
Toby let out a short laugh. “Why would I be jealous of Maya?”Â
The girl chuckled softly. “I didn’t say who you were jealous of. Why are you so quick to assume?”Â
The insults and threats at school didn’t work on Maya at all.Â
So someone took it further and stepped right onto her desk, showing off arrogantly.Â
It was right after class.Â
Alfred had gone off somewhere, and Maya just stared at the boy standing on her desk like he’d lost his mind, completely speechless.Â
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