Zuba immediately put on a flattering smile.
Although he was already thirteen, he was small and thin, and Evelyn had been holding him like a chick.
Evelyn released him and stared at him coldly.
Zuba didn’t dare hesitate.
He rushed over and lightly punched William, constantly winking at him, silently signaling that they should cooperate and fool this tigress, Evelyn, for now.
“Ah… it hurts so much… go easy…”
William immediately understood and began howling dramatically.
Evelyn’s expression remained cold.
“Do you want me to do it myself?”
A chill ran down Zuba’s back.
He gritted his teeth and increased the strength of his punches.
Today, either he or William was going to suffer.
He had no choice but to protect himself!
“Ah!
It hurts!
Zuba, you son of a bitch!
You’re actually hitting me for real!”
William screamed furiously and immediately started wrestling with Zuba.
He was both furious and in pain.
He really wanted to beat Evelyn, but he didn’t dare.
If he laid even a finger on her, Richard would surely beat him half to death, and Margaret wouldn’t help him either.
It wasn’t as if he hadn’t tried before.
Richard had beaten him so badly once that he had been bedridden for three days.
“All of you…”
Evelyn’s gaze swept over the remaining children.
“Go over there and beat William.
Anyone who dares to slack off…”
Her eyes flashed with a terrifying coldness.
“I’ll kill you.”
Having spent three years in prison and personally killed two people, Evelyn carried a murderous aura that was completely out of place on her beautiful young face.
The children’s legs went weak.
None of them dared resist.
One by one, they obediently rushed over and joined the beating.
“Ouch!
Stop hitting me!
It hurts!
Ouch!”
William’s screams continued to echo through the alley.
Evelyn simply watched coldly.
This was only the beginning.
She turned toward Ethan and gently touched the fingerprint mark on his face.
“Ethan, does it still hurt?”
Ethan shook his head.
His large, watery eyes looked like those of a frightened little deer.
He reached out with his chubby hand and touched Evelyn’s face.
His smile was clean and innocent, filled with complete trust and attachment toward his sister.
Evelyn’s heart softened.
“Who hit your face?”
She suppressed the anger rising inside her.
“Older brother…”
Evelyn nearly ground her teeth together.
If she didn’t personally teach that bastard William a lesson, she would never be able to calm the rage burning inside her.
“From now on, you’re not allowed to call him ‘older brother.'”
Evelyn looked seriously at Ethan.
“Call him William.
And don’t call Claire ‘older sister’ either.
You only have me as your older sister.
Do you understand?”
Ethan blinked in confusion.
The sentence was too long, and he clearly couldn’t remember all of it.
Seeing his adorable expression, Evelyn couldn’t help smiling.
She reached out and gently pinched his chubby nose.
Understand?”
“Mm!
I understand, Sister.”
Ethan nodded vigorously.
“Good boy.”
Evelyn smiled.
“Sister will help you get your revenge.
Just watch.”
She took Ethan to the side before turning around and striding toward the group.
She pulled the few children away.
William was lying on the ground in a sorry state, his clothes covered in dust, though he hadn’t suffered many injuries.
The moment he looked up and saw Evelyn’s cold expression, his heart immediately sank.
“Second Sister…”
“You’re nothing but a burden.
What right do you have to call me ‘Second Sister’?”
Evelyn grabbed him with one hand.
“I already warned you.
If you bully Ethan again, get out of the house and sleep on the street!”
Smack!
She slapped him.
Then another.
And another.
Every word was accompanied by a fierce slap.
William’s head rocked from side to side until Evelyn lost count of how many times she had hit him.
“Second Sister!
I won’t dare do it again!
Second Sister, please spare me!”
“Still calling me ‘Second Sister’?”
Evelyn’s hand had already gone numb from the beating.
She raised her foot and kicked William hard in the stomach.
Who knew how many times this bastard had bullied Ethan when she wasn’t around?
The thought alone made Evelyn’s blood boil.
Even if she beat William half to death, it still wouldn’t be enough to extinguish the hatred burning inside her.
“Then what should I call you?” William was on the verge of tears.
“Don’t call me anything.
I have absolutely nothing to do with you!”
Evelyn kicked him hard once more.
William rolled across the ground, his face twisting in pain as he clutched his stomach, feeling as though his intestines were about to snap.
Upstairs, Claire, who had been watching everything from the second-floor window, was completely stunned.
After suffering humiliation at the Blackwood residence, Claire had returned home filled with resentment.
She had deliberately encouraged her younger brother, William, to bully Ethan, while she watched the spectacle from upstairs.
Seeing Ethan pinned to the ground and treated like a dog by William, Zuba, and the others had filled Claire with indescribable satisfaction.
Hmph.
Evelyn couldn’t possibly watch Ethan every second of the day.
Besides, Ethan couldn’t even speak properly.
Whenever someone bullied him, all he knew how to do was cry.
And Richard didn’t care about Ethan either.
He practically despised the boy.
But now…
Why had Evelyn suddenly started caring about Ethan?
Claire frowned.
She hesitated over whether she should go downstairs and save William.
What confused her even more was Evelyn’s sudden transformation.
She had only taken a nap.
How could her personality have changed so drastically?
The Evelyn standing downstairs seemed like an entirely different person.
For the first time, Claire found her sister completely unfathomable.
She would call Damien later.
Perhaps Evelyn was simply throwing a tantrum because Damien hadn’t called her at noon.
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The engagement with Alexander had to be broken.
And Evelyn’s assets had to be obtained.
The money…
Damien…
They would all belong to her, Claire!
Even Evelyn’s heart!
A cold smile curled across Claire’s lips.
Seeing that William had been beaten so badly he could barely move, Claire finally decided to go downstairs.
William was their father’s pride and joy.
If anything happened to him, Richard would certainly be furious.
Although Claire secretly hoped Richard would teach Evelyn a lesson, now wasn’t the right time.
Her grand plan wasn’t complete yet.
She still needed to calm Evelyn down and keep her under control.
Unfortunately, Claire was too slow.
By the time she finally arrived, William had already been beaten until he couldn’t even moan.
His face was swollen like a pig’s head, and he lay on the ground clutching his stomach, whimpering miserably.
The other children were completely terrified by Evelyn’s ferocity.
They stood frozen in place, too frightened to move.
Evelyn gave William one final kick.
She wasn’t remotely worried about accidentally killing the bastard.
The Vale family’s food was far too good.
William had been raised like a spoiled little pig, sturdy and thick-skinned.
A few blows wouldn’t kill him.
Evelyn turned around and stared coldly at the remaining children.
“Who else hit Ethan?”
“No… We didn’t hit him…”
Nobody dared admit anything.
They were terrified that Evelyn would beat them next.
Evelyn’s eyes narrowed.
“If you don’t admit it…”
She raised her foot.
“…then everyone gets a share!”
Bang!
She kicked Zuba hard.
He immediately collapsed beside William, keeping his unfortunate accomplice company.
Evelyn then grabbed a girl who looked to be around ten years old.
This was Zuba’s younger sister, Zuba’s sister.
She had often bullied Ethan and was particularly vicious.
While the other children merely insulted or pinched him, she liked throwing stones.
In Evelyn’s previous life, Ethan’s head had once been struck open by a stone and required seven or eight stitches.
The person who threw it had been Zuba’s younger sister.
She hadn’t injured Ethan that badly yet in this life.
But that didn’t erase what she had done before—or the bullying she had already inflicted on him.
It was time to settle both old and new debts.
Slap!
Evelyn grabbed the girl’s collar with one hand and slapped her repeatedly.
Left.
Right.
Left.
Right.
Until the corner of the girl’s mouth began bleeding.
“Sister Evelyn… I won’t do it again!
Please spare me!”
The girl burst into tears.
She had never been slapped so brutally in her life.
Evelyn gave her several more slaps before finally throwing her to the ground.
She didn’t spare any of the remaining children.
One by one, she delivered several hard kicks to each of them.
Within moments, all five or six children were sprawled across the ground, groaning in pain.
Evelyn stood among them, breathing steadily.
Her gaze swept over the entire group.
No one who had hurt Ethan would escape.