Chapter 54: Brat

Jiali said such words.

It seemed very cowardly, even stupid, but in fact, this was also kindness.

Louis saw it clearly from the side.

She clearly didn't want to make things difficult for Emma, which was why she said that.

However, this kind of kindness and approach...

Louis still felt that the components of stupidity and cowardice were more significant, and it was truly not advisable.

But he was too lazy to argue with Emma again; it was a small matter anyway.

"Alright, come in first."

He drank a mouthful of iced cola and turned back into the house.

Emma glanced at Jiali, making the other party terrified, and then the two followed into the house one after the other.

"Jiali, how have you been lately?"

"Quite good."

"Yulunka hasn't been bullying you, has she?"

"No, no, Big Sister Boss has helped me a lot."

"……"

The two of them spoke one sentence after another, all of which were Louis finding topics. Jiali also wanted to converse with Louis freely, but as someone with no friends and social interaction, she clearly couldn't do that.

After a while, Jiali chose to say goodbye on her own.

Before leaving, she stole a few glances at Louis.

The courtyard gate closed. Jiali took out the cola bottle that had already been finished, stood blankly for a moment, and then walked home with joy.

With this, she would be happy for the whole day today.

After Jiali left, Emma looked at Louis, and seeing Louis look over, she said quickly, "I've already apologized."

"I know; I'm not talking about that. Didn't David say there would be a trip during the summer vacation? You'd better think about how to deal with Yulunka by then. I'll state it in advance: I don't want to see you two going at each other."

Louis was like a referee, setting the rules for them in advance.

Emma breathed a sigh of relief. "That? No problem."

"Now, get me a fried chicken leg."

Emma walked obediently towards the kitchen, and vaguely, one could hear her low cursing.

"Ordering me around again... sooner or later... damn it..."

"……"

Louis smiled, not caring at all.

This was Emma.

If she were like a well-behaved child, not even cursing behind people's backs, then that would be a ghost story—oh no, that would only mean she was harboring even bigger evil.

Stretching, Louis watched various late-night shows and supernatural programs on TV while writing character commands on his hand. Unfortunately, there were more wasted ones.

Before long, a stack of waste paper had piled up beside him.

And just as Louis was practicing.

David, who was at the factory, received a call, and before long, David was all smiles.

Luck was good; the previous business had succeeded.

A batch of machines from Mao Xiong was taken down by him at an extremely cheap price. It had to be said that Mao Xiong's industrial strength was indeed good; any model of machine shipped over was a boutique. How could they be short of food and clothing?

David thought about it slightly and then threw it to the back of his mind. This had nothing to do with him. With these, his production capacity could be expanded. Although the tax collected by those animals at the IRS was very high, under the circumstances of expanding production, he still earned much more than before.

By then, there would be money to support Emma and Yulunka to go to big cities to attend university—hmm, if possible, let them go to MIT too.

That little girl Mary was doing very well studying over there.

As for Louis, although he also wanted to support Louis to go to MIT in the future, Louis's future was not something he could interfere with.

To this day, he still hadn't been able to make Louis call him Dad.

Thinking of this, David felt a bit depressed and drank a cup of coffee.

Ring, ring.

The phone rang again.

This time, the caller was his younger sister, Angela. David remembered that she and Olivier had gone to some... Eden Lake... for a trip.

"Hello, Angela, why are you calling me so soon? I don't want to disturb you two."

His sister and brother-in-law had been married for a few years, and this trip was probably also meant to have another child; he couldn't disturb them.

"Oh my, Olivier and I haven't gone yet; we're preparing to go over in two days. I'm telling you, do you want to bring Emma and the others over? We checked the map; Eden Lake is actually not far from here."

"The scenery there should be quite good, and they are going to renovate the community recently, so it won't be easy to go in and play by then."

David was startled, thought about it, and chose to refuse.

He knew how long his brother-in-law Olivier had wanted a second child, and his family was going out for a trip during the summer vacation anyway; he could just go over and take a look then, there was no need to go over and disturb his brother-in-law.

"Alright then. By the way, Emma..."

After David chatted with his sister for two more sentences, he hung up.

Then he quickly called Olivier and successfully received the other party's praise and a promise of a drink.

……

A few days passed.

In the direction of Orlando, the Eden Lake area.

A young couple arrived here. They bypassed the iron wire gate and took a small path to the lakeside.

It had to be said that Eden Lake was indeed very beautiful; the lake water rippled, sparkling, and the breeze brushed their faces, extremely refreshing. For the young couple to be here could also be considered a kind of romance.

What would happen next seemed imaginable.

Unfortunately, the noise of a group of teenagers and a high-decibel player broke all of this.

Boom, boom, boom... boom, boom, boom...

Woof, woof, woof!!!

Noise, dog barking, music...

The man, Steve, couldn't take it anymore and went over to turn off the player. "Hey, boys, control your dogs and music."

"Did it disturb your lovemaking? Is this your house? Outsider!" a girl said disdainfully, and the other few teenagers also stood there as if they hadn't heard.

Seeing that the other side had many people and was powerful, and the player wasn't turned on again, the man endured it, cursed, and went back to continue playing with the woman, Jenny.

The teenagers left laughing and joking, and when they left, they even made a teddy-bear-humping action, full of sexual insult in their actions.

Fortunately, at this time, a rustling sound came from the woods, interrupting them.

Angela and Olivier walked in carrying things, saw Jenny and Steve in a lakeside camping posture, and even greeted them.

"Hey, are you here for camping too?"

"Buddy, I..."

After some conversation, Olivier also set up a tent beside them.

The sky gradually darkened, and darkness shrouded everything.

Beautiful sounds that made people jealous and heart-pounding came from both tents.

And outside, a few sneaky figures secretly opened their backpacks and began to steal.

After they finished stealing, they didn't leave, but hid in the woods, secretly watching, whispering and laughing.

There was even a bold teenager who sneaked outside Angela's tent to peek, causing Olivier to throw something at him, almost chasing him out to teach him a lesson.

The next day.

When the two pairs of people came out of the tents, they looked at each other, their faces a bit flushed, smiled embarrassedly, quickly recovered, and turned to start packing things up.

It was also at this time that both sides discovered that their things were missing!

Under Steve's narration, the four people quickly locked their target on that group of ill-bred brats.

……

At the same time, Louis was sitting in David's car, heading towards the north of Orlando.

David was going to pick up Yulunka, and he was going over there to buy some cinnabar and ink, and by the way, stroll around; it was quite boring to always be holed up at home.

Sitting in the car, Louis played with a slender dagger, performing various fancy tricks with it in his hand; it looked cold and sharp, dazzling.

Ring, ring!

The phone rang.

Click.

"Brother, help... call the police..."

It seemed the signal was bad, and the phone cut off abruptly.

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