Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Veronica, there’s another guest here. Hurry up and attend to them!” a classmate shouted.
Veronica saw several boys enter the room, laughing and joking around, and among them was Daniel.
Daniel saw Veronica and greeted her with a smile, “Hello, nice to see you again. Is your shoulder injury feeling better?”
“It’s all good now. Here’s the menu. What would you like to eat?” Veronica offered the menu proactively.
A few boys ordered a few bottles of drinks, and Veronica turned around to get the drinks.
One of the boys said, “Hey Daniel, you always used to stare at this classroom before. I wonder what’s so interesting about this place that serves only snacks and drinks for afternoon tea.”
“What’s interesting is not just any afternoon tea, but when our waitress, who happens to be a younger female student, asked Mr.
Cross how his shoulder was as soon as he walked in and we heard it.”
Daniel said, “It was from the last time we played ball when your ball hit her shoulder.”
“Oh, so it was this junior sister!” someone recalled. “Back then, you accompanied this junior sister to the school clinic, didn’t you?”
“Could it be that you’ve developed feelings while keeping them company?” teased the others.
Daniel gave a slight smile, but did not deny it.
After a moment, Veronica brought drinks and placed them on the table. She was about to leave when suddenly one of the guys said, “Hey, underclassman, wait a minute. Mr. Cross has something to say to you.”
Veronica paused, stopped walking, and turned to look at Daniel.
“No, I didn’t…” Daniel was about to say, but his friend interrupted, “Mr. Cross here wants to ask the junior sister when her shift ends so they can hang out together during the school anniversary.”
“Yeah, when we came here earlier, we saw some classes setting up haunted houses. Later, you can go check them out!”
“By the way, Mr. Cross is brave. You don’t have to be afraid to enter the haunted house with him. He will protect you, little sister!”
Daniel’s face turned slightly red, he stood up and said to Veronica, “Don’t listen to them, but… if you’re free later, do you want to go for a walk together?”
“Love?” Mason’s eyes narrowed slightly, and the hostility emanating from him became even more apparent.
“Yeah, we’re interested in your sister, Daniel,” the guy next to Daniel joked, nudging him with his elbow and winking suggestively.
Daniel looked at Mason and said, “Are you Veronica’s brother? Hi, my name is Daniel, and I…”
Daniel hadn’t finished speaking when Mason interrupted angrily, “She won’t date you, so you better give up on her.”
Daniel frowned, while his friend couldn’t help but say, “Hey, little brother, what do you mean by that? As a younger brother, do you still want to hinder your sister from dating…?”
However, a “bang” sound of a punch immediately silenced the voice.
The speaking boy no longer punched Mason to the ground, and there was a sound of exclamation around.
Upon seeing this, Daniel took a quick step forward and said to
Mason, “How could you just hit someone like that?”
Mason simply said with cold eyes, “Because he said something!
didn’t want to hear.”
“So you can’t hit people either!”
“Hit me, so what?”
The boy who was knocked down by Mason is now groaning and holding his stomach, unable to stand up. This shows how powerful Mason’s punch was.
A group of men on Daniel’s side were clearly angered by Mason’s attitude and immediately threw punches at him, causing chaos on the scene.
Daniel initially thought about intervening and trying to stop the fight. He considered that since he had more people on his side and his friends were skilled, he was afraid they might hurt Mason too badly.
However, it was unexpected that Mason alone was able to beat up Daniel’s friends so badly that they couldn’t fight back. In the end, even Daniel himself was knocked down by Mason.
When Mason’s fist landed on him, he realized that he had underestimated this younger student. The way he attacked was at a professional level.
Just as Mason’s fist was about to hit Daniel again, Veronica suddenly rushed over and stood directly in front of Daniel to block the blow.
Mason’s fist abruptly halted just before it was about to collide with
Veronica’s, and his dark eyes remained fixed on her.
Veronica gasped for breath and glared at Mason. “Mason, please stop hitting him!”
Mason pursed his thin lips and asked, “Are you protecting him?”
His tone was calm, but there was an indescribable sense of danger in it.
The surroundings were quiet, except for the cries of the few people lying on the ground. No one dared to speak up.
Veronica said, “You shouldn’t hit people!”
The two of them locked eyes, and there was a tense feeling in the air. Suddenly, Mason lifted his hand and pulled Veronica towards the classroom door.
“Hey, Mason, let go… let go!” Veronica shouted, but Mason didn’t loosen his grip.
Veronica stumbled along with Mason out of the classroom.
It wasn’t until the two of them were far away that someone finally spoke up in the classroom.
“Wow, Mason seemed really angry just now!”
“I’ve never seen Mason get mad at Veronica before!”
“Don’t you think there’s something strange between them? They don’t seem like siblings at all. If you didn’t know, you’d think Mason was her boyfriend!”
“Didn’t they say that Veronica’s family climbed up the ranks thanks to Mason and the Reed family? Who knows what they’re really doing behind the scenes, pretending to be siblings.”
Some hurtful words kept coming out of people’s mouths.
Daniel couldn’t help but furrow his brow.
At that moment, a teacher heard about the fight and rushed over. Upon seeing some people lying on the ground, the teacher immediately approached and asked, “What’s going on? Are you guys okay?”
Daniel gave a bitter smile, “There might be something important.”
“Who did it?” the teacher asked.
“It’s Mason!” a classmate exclaimed.
The teacher was taken aback, and his face immediately turned pale. His gaze towards Daniel and his group was filled with worry.
After all, that is the second son of the Reed family! Getting into a conflict and even fighting with someone, if the Reed family were to retaliate against these students because of this…
It’s easy to imagine the consequences that these students, and even their families, will face.
After seeing the teacher’s expression, Daniel suddenly.
remembered something. Oh right, the boy who fought with them is named Mason.
The surname Reed…
He had heard before that the second son of the Reed family was studying in their school as a sophomore.
The Reed family refers to the first wealthy and influential family in Emerald City.
At that time, when he heard this gossip, he didn’t think much of it.
After all, even if he was a rich young master, he had no connection with him.
After all, he never intended to curry favor with anyone!
He just didn’t expect that the other person turned out to be Veronica’s “little brother“, and they even had a fight today.
When he thought of the Reed family, Daniel’s heart sank.
Veronica was dragged by Jasper to a secluded spot in the school.
“Where are you taking me?” Veronica asked, feeling the pain in her wrist from his grip. “Mason, stop and let’s talk!”
His footsteps finally stopped, and he turned to look at her.
She breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Can you please let go of my hand? You’re hurting me!”
He hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and loosened his grip on her hand. He saw the red marks on her wrist, which he had caused.
“I’m sorry,” he murmured, carefully lifting his hand and gently touching the red marks on her wrist.
Veronica said, “You should be apologizing to the people you hit earlier, not me!”
This statement caused his expression to suddenly change. “Do you think it was my fault?” he asked.
“It was your fault. You can’t just hit people for no reason,” she replied.
“But I didn’t like them talking about you dating that guy,” he said, his voice sounding muffled and clearly unhappy.
“They were just joking around. It doesn’t mean anything,” she said.
“What if they weren’t joking? What if that guy really wants to date you? Would you agree?” he asked.
“Hmm?” Veronica paused for a moment, she hadn’t really thought about this question before.
It seems that from childhood to adulthood, no boy has ever pursued her. During her time in elementary and middle school, he almost completely occupied her time.
Actually, she has thought about what kind of boyfriend she would
After all, she also reads some novels and watches girl anime, and feels curious and excited about the prince charming who will appear in her life in the future.
But her silence made his brows furrow, and he moved closer to her. “So, do you like that guy?”
Veronica instinctively wanted to step back. Although he was two years younger than her, he was already half a head taller. His sudden approach made her feel inexplicably oppressed.
Her footsteps only took a step back, but his hand had already wrapped around her waist, preventing her from moving back.
“Do you like that person?” he continued to ask, his forehead almost touching hers.