Chapter 156
Chapter 156
Tyler could not accept it. “Why didn’t you like me? Was it because I was fierce to you just now?”
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Laura frowned and nodded solemnly. “Yes. You lied to me that Zayn was suffering and forced me to work for you. I don’t like people like you. You are so
vicious.”
Furthermore, his eyes looked extremely scary at that time.
He looked at her intensely, like a possessed lunatic.
Suddenly, Joshua’s gloating smile disappeared. “Uncle Tyler, what have you done to my niece? Did you threaten her?”
Soon, the atmosphere grew tense.
The adults who did not initially understand Laura now comprehended the situation and reprimanded him, “You’ve gone too far, haven’t you, Mr.
Larson?”
“Yeah, how could you do that to a four-year-old kiddo?”
“It’s no wonder she isn’t close to you.”
Tyler was rendered speechless. He shrugged, “I’m just being strict with her because I wanted to test her. She wouldn’t have achieved this if I hadn’t pushed her. Look how excellent she is now!”
Zayn said coldly, “Congratulations, your test worked, but we aren’t interested.”
Tyler was rebuffed by Zayn once more. Angered, he bellowed, “So what if you’re not interested? I’m not willing to teach you anymore! You act like I’ll die without a disciple.”
After saying that, he turned around with a flushed face.
Laura was very happy. “Then stop pestering us. We’re going to bed.”
Stunned, Tyler turned around and looked at her. “Are they really going to ignore me just because I said I don’t need them anymore?”
Laura grabbed Zayn and walked out happily. She did not even spare a glance at Tyler. “Let’s go!”
Nodding, Zayn’s gaze fell on Tyler. “He deserved it.”
Tyler’s mouth twitched as he watched them leave.
Joshua narrowed his eyes, crossed his arms over his chest, and sarcastically teased Tyler, “Mr. Larson, did you just shoot yourself in the foot? I recall you’re quite keen on recruiting disciples. Will you be able to sleep tonight?”
Tyler choked on Joshua’s comment and swiped at his sleeves, clearly annoyed. “Not at all. I’ll sleep just fine tonight!”
Then, he returned to his bedroom, feeling quite upset with Laura and Zayn.
He felt as if what he desired most was within reach yet still distant.
Tyler was tossing and turning in his bed. Eventually, he grabbed his phone and searched for (How to make a four year old girl happy!
However, the related search result that appeared on his phone was [How to improve the relationship between a grandfather and his granddaughter).
He rolled his eyes and cursed, “What the hell!”
Tyler’s rough fingertip slid over the screen. ite hesitated for a moment before deciding to click on the link and read it carefully.
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Meanwhile, Laura was lying on the bed while Zayn read.
He held the book with his long fingers. Though it seemed like he was reading, he was actually lost in thought.
Laura cupped her cheek and stared at him. “What are you thinking?”
Her question brought Zayn back to his senses. As his gaze met hers, he answered, “Nothing.”
She saw through him and said, “I can tell you’re preoccupied because I asked for ‘Cinderella,’ but you grabbed ‘Bedtime Horror Stories’ instead.”
Zayn was taken aback and quickly put the book aside as if it were a hot potato.
Laura’s dark eyes stared at him. “Can you share it with me?”
Zayn paused slightly and said in a guilty tone, “I just feel that I’ve been dragging you down today. I’m too stupid.”
Back then, he was referred to as the King of Kids at the orphanage home. Nobody dared to disobey his commands.
He was able to protect Laura well.
More and more people were surrounding him now. Everything was becoming unfamiliar to him. He felt out of control, and a sense of inadequacy lingered within him.
Laura looked at him in utter astonishment. “Zayn, you didn’t drag me down. You’re very smart. How could you think so lowly of yourself?”
Zayn tossed the storybook aside and said, “I got into trouble twice today, and both times you were the one who saved me.”
“So what?” Laura crossed her legs and explained, “There are bound to be setbacks as we grow up together. Who’s to say I won’t face more challenges than you in the future? Besides, you’ve helped me countless times. Why are you letting these two instances bother you?”
Zayn looked serious. “But will we really be together for the rest of our lives?”
Laura was as important to him as his late mother, but no matter how hard he tried, his mother had left him.
He was scared.
He was so scared that he could not keep Laura by his side.
Laura’s eyes glistened like black pearls under the setting sun. She asked him, “Why not?”
Zayn was flabbergasted. As he looked into her eyes, his worries seemed to vanish into thin air. He murmured, “Oh yes, why not?”
The sad expression on his face disappeared. He picked up the storybook and pondered for a moment before saying, “This won’t happen again, Lala.”
Laura looked up and met his confident gaze. “Next time, I will come to you like a knight in shining armor,” he declared.
She could not help but flash him a gentle smile and replied, “Okay.”
Shortly after, Joshua pushed the door open and entered the room. He wanted to see how Laura was doing.
The sight that greeted him was Laura sprawled on the bed, sleeping soundly, while Zayn held a storybook and dozed off against the wall.
Immediately, Joshua took out his phone. “Let’s take a video and send it to Dexter.”
As soon as he sent the video to Dexter, the latter bombarded him with several voice messages like a madman.
“Are you fucking crazy? How dare you take my son to Daprein? I am going to throw poop at your house and beat you to a pulp until you reach the limit of your medical insurance!”
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“Also, if my son loses a single strand of hair, I’ll skin you alive and turn your skin into a marten! Then I’ll go to the coldest district, carve your tombstone from ice personally, and send it to the hottest district to dry it under the sun!”
“Send my son back! Damn you, lunatic!”
Joshua was rendered speechless.
Then, he sent the video to Winnie.
Soon, Winnie replied to him with a 60-second voice message.
Notifications from Instagram direct messages kept swishing in.
There were ten incoming messages within the blink of an eye.
Joshua did not dare to listen to them. He put his phone away but felt the constant vibrations from it.
All of the messages came from Dexter and Winnie.
While 60 seconds was the limit for regular voice messages, it was not the limit for those two parents.
He succumbed to his cowardice. “I’ll send him back tomorrow.”
With that, both parents started bombarding him with more messages, and the constant vibrations of the phone made his hands numb!
The next morning, Laura woke up and found herself on a private plane.
Joshua sat next to her, wearing a hopeless expression on his face. “Good morning, Laura.”
Shocked to the core, Laura got up from the couch instantly. “Uncle Joshua, what’s going on?”
Joshua’s eyes were dull. “Nothing. I had just been scolded by your Mommy Winnie, for one whole night.”
Zayn sat elegantly next to her, holding a glass of milk in one hand and a book in the other. “My father berated him too.”
Joshua said indifferently, “Yes. Your dad didn’t just scold me. He also found my car in Hestrya and coated it with blue cheese. It smells so awful that it got towed by the traffic police. They accused me of releasing toxic fumes to tarnish the city’s reputation.”
Upon saying so, he picked Laura up and wept like a child. “I’m so sorry, my darling Angela. It’s all my fault.”
Laura was not sure what to say.
“Can I laugh?”
She pressed her lips together into the shape of a duck’s beak, struggling to hold back her laughter. Suddenly, a ticket to an amusement park appeared in front of her,
She froze for a second and looked at Tyler.
Tyler gazed at her awkwardly, “I got extra tickets to the amusement park, so you and Zayn can join me. These tickets are premium ones. These will let you enter each venue directly and skip the lines for all the rides. Do you want to go?”
Intrigued, she glanced at Zayn.
A hint of doubt flashed across Zayn’s eyes.
Tyler shrugged and said indifferently, “Anyway, you two aren’t my disciples. I’m giving them to you merely because I ended up with two extra tickets. I don’t really care if you want them or not.)
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Laura tilted her head and thought for a moment before accepting the tickets. “I want to go.”
She had not been to the amusement park yet.
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Instantly, Tyler’s expression softened. A moment later, he thought of something else and said with a straight face, “Sure. Let’s start anew, get to know each other again, and have a pleasant time starting from the amusement park.”
Subsequently, he turned around and clenched his fists victoriously.
“Yes! I knew the amusement park idea would work!”
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