“Evelyn, stop… How could you hit them?
They’re still just children…”
Claire finally rushed over, gasping for breath.
Seeing the scene before her, she felt a massive headache coming on.
The parents of these children were no pushovers, especially Zuba’s family.
Their father was a notorious local hoodlum who was light-fingered and addicted to gambling, while Zuba’s mother was a shrew who was famous throughout the neighborhood.
Whenever Zuba’s mother got into a street argument with someone, she would grab a battered washbasin and bang on it loudly, her cursing even louder.
She could rant from dawn until dusk, berating someone’s ancestors for eighty generations until they couldn’t even keep their coffin lids shut.
Furthermore, the Zuba family’s home was constantly frequented by local troublemakers, causing the neighbors to keep their distance.
Nobody dared provoke that household.
Now that Zuba and his sister had been beaten so miserably by Evelyn, Claire feared Zuba’s mother would come looking for trouble at any moment.
Just thinking about that woman’s shrewish behavior made Claire’s head ache.
Once, another family had accidentally offended the Zuba family and was cursed by Zuba’s mother for three straight days.
They didn’t dare step outside their home.
Their front door and walls were even splashed with feces.
Although they knew the Zuba family had done it, they hadn’t caught anyone in the act, and the authorities could do nothing about such a household of rogues.
In the end, that family had no choice but to pay the Zuba family one thousand dollars in compensation for emotional distress before they could finally live in peace.
Since then, nobody dared provoke the Zuba family.
“Just because they’re children, they can bully Ethan?”
Evelyn’s eyes were cold.
“Claire, you better keep your brother in check from now on.
If he bullies Ethan again, I’ll kill him!”
William, who was sprawled on the ground, couldn’t help but shudder.
Every part of his body ached, and for the first time, he truly believed Evelyn might actually kill him.
When Evelyn had beaten him earlier, she hadn’t been pretending.
She had genuinely wanted to beat him to death!
“Evelyn, isn’t William your brother too?”
Claire forced a smile.
“Is your heart acting up, or is your brain not working properly?”
Evelyn stared at her coldly.
“You and William are both burdens brought here by your mother.
You have absolutely nothing to do with me or Ethan.
I only let you stay in my house for Dad’s sake.”
“But you’re only guests, while Ethan and I are the owners.
Guests should have the self-awareness of guests.”
Her eyes narrowed.
“If I’m unhappy, you can get out whenever I say so!”
Evelyn showed no mercy.
Claire’s face alternated between green and white, completely humiliated.
“Evelyn, we’re good sisters, aren’t we?”
Claire suppressed her rage and embarrassment, forcing a smile as she tried to appease her.
“William was disobedient, but I’ll definitely teach him a lesson.
Please don’t be angry!”
Deep inside, however, Claire was alarmed.
No.
She had to contact Damien immediately.
She had to pull Evelyn back under control.
Otherwise, if things continued like this every day, she would be driven mad!
“Who the hell is ‘good sisters’ with a sickly weakling like you?”
Evelyn sneered.
“I was only playing along with you before.
Did you actually take it seriously?”
She lifted her chin.
“Just look at you.
The brother-and-sister duo—you two are nothing but riffraff.
You’re not even fit to carry shoes for me and Ethan!”
Evelyn was 168 centimeters tall, while Claire was barely 160 centimeters, making Claire appear even more pathetic standing in front of her.
Claire’s face flushed with shame.
Evelyn’s words were like sharp knives, every single one piercing deeply into her heart.
“Evelyn, you’re worked up right now, so I won’t argue with you.
Let’s talk again once you’ve calmed down.”
Claire desperately searched for a way to retreat.
Evelyn merely snorted coldly.
She was too lazy to waste another word on her.
“From now on…”
Evelyn’s gaze swept coldly over the children lying on the ground.
“Whoever dares to bully Ethan again, I will kill them!”
She paused.
“If you don’t believe me, just try it!”
The children trembled beneath her gaze.
The other children in the neighborhood had been warned by their parents not to play with Ethan, but at least they didn’t bully him.
It was only these few children—children who had parents but lacked proper upbringing—who repeatedly targeted her brother.
Today, Evelyn was going to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys!
“We won’t dare to do it again…”
The children scrambled to beg for mercy.
Most kids like them bullied the weak and feared the strong; they didn’t dare provoke anyone fiercer than themselves and only dared to pick on defenseless, mentally disabled children like Ethan Vale.
Now that Evelyn Vale had stepped in and acted so viciously, how could they possibly dare to continue?
They only wanted to hurry home.
Even if William Vale tried to lure them with chocolate in the future, they wouldn’t dare provoke Ethan again!
“Get lost!”
Evelyn let out a cold snort.
The children, as if granted amnesty, scrambled up and ran away with their tails between their legs, including Zuba and his sister.
Only William remained, groaning.
“Ouch… Big Sister… it hurts…” William groaned, clutching his stomach.
Evelyn glared at him coldly, and William hurriedly shut his mouth, not daring to let out another sound.
“Wretches!”
Even if she used the most vicious language in the world to curse this pair of siblings, it wouldn’t be enough to vent her anger.
In her past life, William had been the most loyal lackey to Claire Vale and Damien.
During her three years in prison, she had suffered endless humiliation, and some of the people who had put her there had been brought in by William.
Once, she had even nearly died at the hands of those very people.
But she had been saved, though the person who saved her did not survive.
Thinking of the girl who died in her arms, Evelyn felt deep sorrow.
The girl’s name was Mercy, a girl even more pitiful than her, and the same age.
She was also in the same school, though not in the same class.
When school started, she would go find Mercy.
In this life, she would not only change her own fate and Alexander Blackwood’s, but also Mercy’s, helping her escape her nightmare!
“Ethan, come home with Sister.”
Evelyn took Ethan’s hand, not even glancing at the grim-faced Claire and her brother.
“Ethan, from now on, no matter who bullies you, you must tell Sister.
Sister will beat them to death!” Evelyn instructed her younger brother.
She couldn’t accompany Ethan twenty-four hours a day; there would always be times when she couldn’t see him.
But this wasn’t a long-term solution.
The best way was for Ethan to become strong himself.
But Ethan only had the intelligence of a five-year-old; what could he learn?
“So stupid, teach him to box!”
Pipi’s voice rang out.
It was becoming increasingly satisfied with Evelyn.
Just now, when she was disciplining those little bastards, that ruthlessness—tsk, tsk, tsk—made it want to have a few drinks!
This was exactly the kind of ruthlessness needed; only then could the Vale Family Medical Arts be carried forward!
Only then could the space obtain a continuous stream of energy to operate.
Otherwise, in a few decades, the space would dissipate, and since it coexisted with the space, it naturally wouldn’t survive either!
“Ethan has a bad memory and won’t be able to learn.”
In her past life, she had sent Ethan to a martial arts school to learn boxing, but not only did he fail to learn, he was bullied terribly by the people there.
In a fit of anger, she stopped letting Ethan learn.
“If you master medical arts, you can save people.
Once you save people, the space will reward you with boxing manuals and internal cultivation techniques.
You can teach your brother!” Pipi explained.
Evelyn was overjoyed and became even more determined to study medicine.
If she knew kung fu, she could better protect Ethan!
Behind them, Claire helped William up.
Seeing the bruises all over his body, she felt a bit of heartache, and her hatred for Evelyn deepened.
“Ouch… what kind of madness has the Second Sister gone crazy with?
It hurts like hell!” William felt as if his leg was broken; every step he took made his vision go black from the pain.
“In the future, stop provoking her!” Claire panted incessantly.
William was fat and sturdy, and with half his body leaning on her, she couldn’t support him.
William retorted angrily, “Wasn’t it you who told me to go teach that Fool a lesson?
You have the nerve to blame me!”
Damn it, he was truly wronged to death!
He had taken a beating for nothing, and Mom and Dad definitely wouldn’t stand up for him.