Chapter 18: If My Aunt Wants It, I’ll Give It to Her
Pei Zhen stood under the banyan tree, his smile deepened slightly.
His aunt had never been this angry, at least not in front of him; she always presented her gentlest side.
He was very grateful to his aunt for standing up for him. A sense of security began to spread through him.
"Auntie."
He reached out and held Xu Si’s slender wrist. "Don’t worry, no one is bullying me now. They’ve apologized to me, and we get along very well. He’s the one who really likes soda, so he always thinks of bringing me a bottle too."
Xu Si stopped and turned her head. "Really? They aren’t ganging up on you because they have more people?"
This group of delinquents was accustomed to threatening people, and Pei Zhen, at this moment, seemed as gentle as a lamb awaiting slaughter.
"No." He had promised not to let himself be bullied, and he wouldn’t go back on his word.
Xu Si paused, slightly stunned.
Noticing his expression showed no sign of falsehood, and having seen no new injuries on him in the past few days, the worried frown on her brow finally relaxed.
Worried he was being overly polite and formal, she knew some things still needed to be said.