Chapter 13
Chapter 13
No words could describe the pain on Este’s hand and the grievance surging from within her after the
fall. She massaged her little hand instinctively, almost breaking into tears.
After a while, she sniffled and got up to her feet. Then, she took out a notebook from the desk and
started writing something in it.
All the other kids were not surprised by that. Since Este was mute, she usuallymunicated with
them by writing in her notebook. However, it seldom appeared as there was scarcely anyone to y with
her.
A whileter, she flipped her notebook toward Tammy after she finished writing.
cing her hands on her hips, thetter snorted at the word “apologize” in it and questioned
sardonically, “How could you have the cheek to request me to apologize to you? Este, you’re asking
for it!”
With that, she advanced toward Este with her nose in the air and stretched out her hand, thinking of
giving the poor girl another shove.
It never urred to Este that Tammy would strike at her again. Standing rooted on the spot, she was
unable to react.
In the meantime, Archie and Benny had been keeping their eyes on them.
Nobody was aware when Tammy suddenly gave Este a hefty shove a while ago. The realization only
dawned on Archie and Benny when Este fell to the floor.
Now that Tammy was going to shove Este again, they could not hold back any longer.
“Enough of that! How could you bully her!” Archie stood in her way swiftly, glowering at her with a look of
sheer grimness.
Tammy was stunned at his sudden emergence in front of Este.
Archie stated sternly, “Didn’t your mother teach you to apologize after making a mistake? Since you’d
shoved her just now, you must apologize to her!”
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Irked by Tammy’s domineeringness, the young boy exuded an imposing aura surprisingly.
An intimidated Tammy looked around apprehensively, hoping the other kids would back her up.
Momentster, when nobody stepped forward to do so, she could only retort guiltily, “I-I…”
Nevertheless, she was at a loss for words to speak up for herself.
At the sight of Tammy blushing crimson, Benny advanced toward her resignedly. “You shouldn’t hurt
anyone as you like. It’s bad behavior! We’re not supposed to fight among ourselves. Apologize to her,
okay?”
Benny’s voice was not as authoritative as Archie’s, but there was still an unmissable hint of sternness in
his tone.
On the verge of tears, Tammy shed him a nce timidly.
Seeing that, Benny blinked a few times and relented. “Don’t cry. You’ll look ugly if you cry. Bad kids tend
to look ugly, too. Not to mention, only bad kids hurt others. If you don’t wish to be one of them, apologize
to her sincerely. You’ll automatically be a good kid again after she forgives you!”
Tammy sniffled hard, restraining herself from bursting into tears. No way! I don’t want to be an ugly girl!
But bad kids tend to look ugly…
After much hesitation, she snuffled and apologized to Este, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have pushed you just
now. Could you please forgive me?”
Este looked at Tammy for quite a while before nodding.
Benny grinned blissfully. “That’s right! We’re all ssmates and should get along well with each other!”
Tammy nodded awkwardly at Este’s willingness to forgive her.
The other kids shared the same sentiments as Benny and echoed his words. Meanwhile, Archie turned
to look at Este. “Are you all right? Did you get hurt just now?”
Hiding her injured hand behind her back, Este put up a front and shook her head.
The next moment, Benny leaned closer and stared at her suspiciously. “I saw you knock onto the desk
just now. How’s it possible that you’re not hurt at all? Let me have a look!”
Without any waste of time, he grabbed hold of Este’s injured hand. Thetter shrunk away, trying to
pull her hand out.
Nevertheless, the tiny red patch on the back of her hand was utterly visible against her fair skin.
When the unsightly redness came into view, Archie questioned her again, “Do you really not feel any
pain?”
Wearing a look of earnestness, Este shook her head. Even so, her eyes were red-rimmed.
Archie and Benny furrowed their brows in unison. The part of her skin has turned rtively red! How’s it
possible that it’s not painful? It has even started to swell. There might be a bruiseter!
“We’ll bring you to see our teacher now and let the school nurse attend to it.” Archie sounded
determined.
Este wanted to withdraw her hand, but Benny gripped it. He dragged her and went after Archie,
heading straight for the staffroom.
At the sight of the wound on Este’s hand, their teacher asked about the event that had transpired
earlier before leading them to the school nurse’s room in a hurry.
Este’s injury was not severe, but the school nurse did not dare to dawdle. After spraying some
medicine onto her wound, she massaged it for a while gently.
When it was done, she looked at the two boys waiting aside. Impressed by their good looks, she asked
their teacher, “Are these two boys your new students? I’ve never seen them before. Look at how
adorable they are! I bet girls will fall head over heels for them when they grow up! Look, this little girl
resembles them too. Could they be siblings?”
Hearing that, Archie and Benny exchanged gazes intuitively and turned to look at Este alongside them
simultaneously.
The duo was not surprised. After all, Este was their paternal sister. It was nothing unusual for paternal
siblings to look alike. Furthermore, people tended toment that their eyes did not resemble their
mother’s.
Este also gazed at the two boys and could not help wondering, Do we look alike?
After the school nurse attended to Este’s injury, their teacher left together with them.
Back in the ssroom, Este followed behind Archie and Benny closely like a small tail attached to their
backs.
Soon, they walked back to their seats and sat down.
Initially, Archie and Benny thought that their mission was aplished. It never came to them that
Este would tag along with them wherever they went during ss activities. My goodness! We can’t
seem to shrug her off! She even keeps stealing nces at us during ss!
After a few times, Archie could not take it any longer. Furrowing his brows, he looked intently into
Este’s eyes. “Why are you following us so closely?”
His tone was not harsh, but he sounded emotionless and aloof.
Intimidated by his abrupt query, Este looked away hastily. Even so, she cast a look in his direction
again secondster.
Archie’s forehead creased into a frown.
Undeniably, he had a soft spot for the adorable Este. How nice would it be if she’s not rted to
Daddy! If so, Benny and I would treat her like a little princess and protect her well. However, this Little
Mute is Daddy’s daughter with another woman. If we treat her well, we’ll be betraying Mommy!
He wanted to get a grip of himself to pay no heed to the girl, but he was speechless when he saw the
latter staring at them pitifully.
Just when he was about to ask Este to stay away from them, he noticed that thetter started writing
something in her notebook again. This round, she wrote: I want to be friends with both of you.
Shortly after, she lifted her notebook, covering the lower half of her face and only revealing her bright
eyes.