Chapter 543: I Saw Anna Beating Melannie As Soon As I Came In

"Sister?"

Just when the two siblings were hugging warmly at the door, and in their hearts were promising each other that they would always be each other's harbor, a tiger-headed little head poked out and asked curiously:

"So it was Big Brother who came back! Then are you still beating Melannie today?"

???

Accompanied by this inquiry with quite a lot of information, Leon only felt that the person in his arms stiffened suddenly, and the sound of grinding teeth rang in his ears.

"Beat! Must beat!"

After loosening the arm around Leon's waist, the sickly girl stomped her feet hard, gritted her teeth and said hatefully:

"It's useless even if you come back, Big Brother! Even if Mom and Dad came back today, she wouldn't be able to escape this beating!"

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Ah?! Is it that serious?

Seeing Anna, who almost never mentioned her parents, actually starting to talk nonsense out of anger, fearing that a blood case would be brewed at home, Leon hurriedly hugged the sister who was angry, and bitterly persuaded:

"Don't, don't, don't, don't rush to make a move first, education is the priority, education is the priority!"

"I am educating her by beating her! Brother! Let me go! Let go!"

Under William's reminder, having regained the anger in her heart, Anna, who was just as gentle as water, struggled hard while complaining angrily:

"It's all because you always stop me from beating her. Do you know what they did?"

"Uh... what did they do?"

"They only went to school for the first week, and they teamed up with those noble children to drive away the teacher and started some kind of class parliament!"

"It's the Class Parliament."

After correcting his sister's wrong statement, William explained with a serious face while pulling up his pants:

"We learned the Kingdom's bicameral system. Those whose families are big nobles are put into the Upper House; those whose families are particularly rich, or who study particularly well, or who are particularly good at fighting, join the Lower House.

Usually, the class regulations are drafted by the Upper House, but the regulations they set must be passed by the Lower House vote, and finally promulgated by the class monitor elected by the Lower House, who is also responsible for negotiating with the principal and teachers. The model is very rigorous."

"..."

Good guy, it's a perfect replica. Are children nowadays too fierce? When I was their age, I was still arguing with my deskmate about whether there was a urinal in the girls' bathroom!

"You still have the nerve to say!"

After listening to William's little-adult-like correction, Anna in Leon's arms struggled even more violently, struggling while saying angrily:

"Melannie asked me for two bags of small cookies, saying she wanted to share them with her classmates. As a result, she used the cookies I baked to buy votes, relied on bribery to get the support of that student dormitory, and became the class monitor!

Brother! Do you know? After she became class monitor, the first class order she passed was to unite all the children in the class to drive away the religious studies and home economics teachers!

Those two teachers are almost a hundred years old combined. When I went there, one pointed at my nose and scolded me, and one hugged the scripture and cried bitterly. I didn't even know how to apologize to people!"

"..."

Ah this... that is indeed a bit too much, it should be educated

After frowning with some headache, Li Ang carried his constantly struggling sister into the house. After glancing at the inner room with its door tightly shut, he turned his head to look at William beside him, his expression somewhat serious as he said:

"Other things can be overlooked, but why drive the teachers away? If the reason isn't appropriate, don't blame your big brother for not helping you stop it."

"As for the reason, those two teachers are indeed too terrible."

Little William tilted his head, thought for a moment, and then answered:

"The Home Economics teacher is the head teacher's cousin. Her cooking is really terrible, and she is always especially good to those noble children, while being very fierce to us children who dress plainly.

The chores Melanie and I get in Home Economics class, besides washing potatoes, are just scooping out organs and scraping fish scales, and then we have to eat the dishes those noble children failed to make. It's very, very annoying."

"The Religious Studies teacher is about the same. Every day he only makes us read the scriptures aloud, then gives pop quizzes on memorization. If we can't recite them, he hits our palms and calls us unpious little bastards, saying we'll go to hell after we die, be taken by devils, and so on.

Melanie and I had only transferred there a week ago and weren't as familiar with the scriptures as the others, so we ended up getting our palms hit every time.

Melanie couldn't take it, found some tricky questions in the scriptures to stump him, and then asked him if he wasn't pious for not being able to answer and if he should get his palms hit too. As a result, he kicked her."

"..."

So that's how it was... After listening to William's explanation, the expressions of Li Ang and the other person couldn't help but slightly freeze. A trace of regret appeared in the depths of Anna's eyes, and then she lowered her voice and said:

"Then when I asked you just now, why didn't you tell me?"

Hearing this, William didn't speak, but looked at Li Ang with slight hesitation. After seeing the little guy's expression, Li Ang vaguely guessed the reason they hadn't said anything before.

Knowing that the children at home had suffered grievances, Anna would definitely go directly to confront them, but her body hadn't recovered yet and she still had to take medicine for at least a few more months. And since he hadn't been home for these past few days, they felt that saying anything would probably cause more trouble, so it was better to just take the beating and be done with it.

Besides, if they were ordinary children, they might feel that their "parents" could definitely help them get justice. But these two little ones had known since they were small that their older brother and sister weren't omnipotent. If just taking a beating and writing a self-criticism could solve the matter, they would mostly choose to just take the beating and be done with it.

These two little ones are really... so sensible it makes one's heart ache, and so insensible it gives one a headache...

"Maybe the children have grown up and don't want to tell the family everything."

Worried that telling the truth would make Anna unhappy, Li Ang gave a vague excuse, then spoke to William:

"You guys endure it for a few more days. Big brother has been too busy with work these days to take care of things at home, but after I finish this period, I will go to your school to take a look immediately."

Releasing his sister, who was no longer struggling, and crouching down to touch William's head, Li Ang promised solemnly:

"Big brother guarantees you, if it's really as you said, then these two teachers will definitely be replaced, and they must apologize to you and the other children.

But in the future, if you encounter similar things, you are not allowed to act on your own and conspire with classmates to drive people away. You must tell the family first. As long as you are in the right, big brother will definitely stand up for you!"

"..."

Is it enough as long as we are in the right?

After looking at Li Ang's serious expression, William tilted his head and pondered for a moment, then nodded his little head vigorously.

"Okay! Next time we will definitely make sure we are in the right first!"

"..."

Although the words didn't sound wrong, why... why do I always feel that what you understand is not what I wanted to tell you?

Smiling helplessly, then scratching his younger brother's head, which always had unique ideas, Li Ang stood up again and patted him on the back.

"Alright, call Melanie out and tell her she doesn't have to take this beating."

"Mm!"

Relying on his excellent eloquence to successfully dissolve a family war into nothingness, William ran quickly to the inner room and knocked vigorously on the locked door.

"Come out, it's alright now!"

"Not coming out!"

After hearing the knocking, Melanie's vigilant shout came from the room.

"You must have finished your beating and are coming to trick me into opening the door to get beaten! Give up, I absolutely won't go out before dawn!

If I go out now, I might get beaten for an hour. If I can hide until school tomorrow, Sister Anna will beat me for ten minutes at most so I won't be late!"

"Come out quickly!"

After knocking for a long time without getting it open, William was clearly getting impatient and shouted directly:

"Big brother is back, Sister doesn't have the time to beat you now!"

"Not coming out, you're lying, don't even think about making me take the beating with you!"

"Then don't blame me!"

Seeing that she was actually so disloyal, William couldn't help but narrow his eyes, turned his head, and said to Li Ang and the other person:

"I'm reporting her, Melanie snatched my pocket money and bought roses, intending to mail them to the Home Economics teacher's house so her husband would think she's having an affair!

Yesterday, she also wrote a report letter to the Holy Church, reporting that the Religious Studies teacher was too unfamiliar with the scriptures, and suggested that the Holy Church verify his clerical qualifications to see if he bought them with money!"

(End of chapter)