Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
In just over 8 months, they will be able to see their child!
That will surely be a wonderful day!
Lawrence learned to play the piano by following Jasper, which led to the Abbott family receiving care from the Reed family. The Abbott couple got new jobs with higher income than before, and the Reed family took care of all Lawrence’s tuition.
fees.
The Abbott family is now considered wealthy in the eyes of ordinary people.
Wilona may have had a difficult past where she was constantly looked down upon and oppressed for a long time.
As a result, now that her situation has turned around, she wants everyone to know that she is living a good life.
She changed her attire from before and when she usually goes to pick up her children from school, she always boasts about her son and the Reed family’s little princess being friends. Her son’s piano skills have also been appreciated by the Reed family’s little princess. She even mentions that her son will become a great pianist in the future.
At first, people naturally didn’t believe Wilona’s words, and some even mocked her. However, one time she showed a video of her son and Jasper playing the piano together at the Reed family’s house, and finally, others believed her.
Therefore, people’s perception of Lawrence naturally changed as they looked at him.
There is envy, there is jealousy, and there is mockery.
Lawrence is still the same at school, not like his mother who likes to show off in a flashy way.
However, Wilona always likes to buy branded new clothes for her son and makes him wear that expensive children’s watch to school every day.
Actually, Lawrence doesn’t like wearing this watch because every time he wears it, it reminds him of the gap between himself and Mr. Barlow.
But his mother likes him to wear this watch and always likes to show off how much it costs to others.
After school, Lawrence was surrounded by a group of older boys.
He immediately became nervous. He knew these people – they were the school bullies. Many people were afraid to mess with them. He had also heard from classmates that they had extorted pocket money from them before.
He instinctively wanted to leave, but he couldn’t because the boys had blocked him off.
“What do you want from me?” he asked anxiously.
“Give us the watch on your wrist!” one of the boys demanded, clearly used to taking things from others.
Lawrence shook his head and nervously protected his wristwatch.
Although he didn’t like the watch, he knew it was expensive and a gift from Mr. Barlow. If it was taken away, not only would his parents be angry, but Jasper would also be upset.
Because Jasper and Mr. Barlow were close, anything given by
Mr. Barlow couldn’t be lost!
“Do you give it or not?” the leader of the boys asked impatiently. When Lawrence shook his head, they moved closer.
“I…I can’t give it to you! I can’t!” Lawrence said.
The leader of the boys snatched the watch, and the others joined in to help.
The boys were all older and stronger than Lawrence, and he couldn’t protect the watch. In no time, they had taken it and left him with several injuries.
When Lawrence walked out of school, Wilona was shocked to see her son looking visibly beaten up. She asked, “What happened? How did this happen?”
“Mummy, my watch… my watch was stolen,” Lawrence murmured.
“What? Your watch was stolen?” Wilona immediately grabbed her son’s left hand and sure enough, the watch on his wrist was gone. “How could you let someone steal your watch? Do you know how much that watch cost?!”
Wilona immediately scolded her son. She was about to take him to school to talk to the teacher when suddenly she stopped in her tracks. It seemed like she had just remembered something. She turned around and took her son with her on her electric scooter.
“Okay, go to your piano lesson first, otherwise Jasper will have to wait for too long and that wouldn’t be good!” said Wilona.
“Oh,” Lawrence responded.
While riding her electric scooter, Wilona said to her son, “When you see Jasper later, tell her about the watch being stolen. Make sure she knows what happened.”
Lawrence’s body stiffened, but he didn’t want Jasper to know about the watch being stolen. He was worried that Jasper might get angry or blame him for not protecting the watch.
“Mummy… Can I not go for my piano lesson today? Can I go next time?” Lawrence pleaded.
Wilona refused, saying “No, I have to go!” She was still hoping to make a big fuss about her stolen watch.
Jasper values Lawrence a lot, so he will definitely help him out. When that happens, everyone at school will understand that Lawrence’s family has truly allied with the Reed family. From then on, no one will dare to mess with them!
In Wilona’s mind, she was making plans and thinking that today was an opportunity that her family must seize and make the most of.
After arriving at their destination, Wilona had Lawrence, who had a bruised face and wrinkled clothes with two missing buttons, go straight into the piano classroom to start his lessons.
Jasper quickly ran over when he saw Lawrence in this state and asked with concern, “Lawrence, what’s wrong?”
“I…” Lawrence bit his lip tightly, for a moment unsure of what to say.
Wilona quickly interjected, “Here’s what happened. Mr. Barlow gave Lawrence a watch, which I thought was really nice, so I had him wear it every day. But today, while he was at school, some other students took it from him. They…they just saw Lawrence as an easy target because he’s from our family.”
Wilona spoke with a slightly teary voice, portraying a pitiful and sorrowful appearance.
Jasper looked at the bruises on Lawrence’s face, which were still red around the corners of his mouth.
He raised his finger and couldn’t help but touch them. “Does it hurt a lot?”
“Actually… it’s not that painful,” Lawrence said, lying through his teeth.
Although it hurts, he doesn’t want her to feel sad for him. But when he sees her worried expression, it brings a little bit of joy to his heart.
He can’t even distinguish himself what kind of feeling this is.
Jasper turned to the piano teacher and said, “Teacher, can we skip piano practice today? I want to take
Lawrence to the hospital.”
The piano teacher quickly agreed, “How about I accompany you guys?”
“No need to trouble you, teacher. I’ll just go with them,” said
Wilona.
The piano teacher didn’t say anything more.
On the way to the hospital, Wilona rode in the passenger seat of the Reed family’s car, while the two children sat in the back seat.
While in the car, Jasper noticed for the first time that Lawrence had many red marks on his left wrist, some of which had even broken the skin and were bleeding.
“What caused such a severe injury here?” Jasper asked.
Lawrence whispered, “They wanted to steal my watch, but I refused to give it to them. However, I couldn’t protect it and they forcefully took it away.”
His voice became quieter as it went on. Will she think he’s useless? He can’t even protect a watch.
But then, as her voice reached his ears, he suddenly shook.
What she said was, “Next time you can’t do this. Don’t hurt yourself more just to protect the watch!”
He stared at her blankly and said, “But… that’s the watch Mr.
Barlow gave me. It’s very… very expensive.”
“It’s just a watch!” Jasper said. “My mom always said that if you ever get robbed, the most important thing is not how to prevent the other person from taking your things, but how to protect yourself because people are more important than things!”
After pausing for a moment, she continued very seriously, “So Lawrence, if you ever encounter this kind of situation again, you must first protect yourself!”
“But the watch…”
“You are much more important than a watch!” she said. “I don’t like seeing Lawrence getting hurt.”
At the center of his chest, it suddenly felt like something exploded, leaving him confused but also very happy…very happy…
Is he also important in her eyes?
At the hospital, the doctor examined Lawrence and found that he only had some minor cuts and bruises on his skin, without any bone injuries. He just needs to apply some medicine for a few days and he’ll be fine.
Jasper breathed a sigh of relief and said, “That’s good. The doctor said your injury will heal quickly.
Lawrence, in the future, you must not hurt yourself while trying to protect something. Your own body is the most important thing!”
Lawrence stared at Jasper, feeling a warm sensation in his chest. After a moment, he nodded and said,
“Okay, Jasper, I understand.”
“Why do you keep calling me Jasper? I already told you, you can call me Jasper!” said Jasper.
Lawrence stuttered and called out “Jasper” from his mouth.
Jasper’s face immediately lit up with a bright smile.
Upon seeing this, Wilona felt secretly pleased. Indeed, Jasper was exceptional when it came to his own son. Seizing the opportunity, she directly called out to Jasper using “Jasper”. “Jasper, although Lawrence didn’t suffer any major injuries this time, he’s always being bullied by others at school. This time it was his watch, who knows what it will be next time?
What do you think we should do about it?”
Wilona spoke while making a sad and teary expression.
Jasper is just a 10-year-old child with a simple mind. He couldn’t tell that Wilona was just pretending.
He immediately promised, “I will protect Lawrence and make sure he won’t be bullied at school again!”
Wilona was delighted and said, “That’s great! Thank you, Jasper, on behalf of Auntie Wilona!” She then nudged her son and said, “Lawrence, say thank you quickly.”
Lawrence seems a bit dazed and asks Jasper, “Do you really… want to protect me?”
“Right.” Jasper nodded naturally.
“But…you, as a girl, shouldn’t it be the boys’ responsibility to protect the girls?”
“Where did you get that idea? Girls can also protect boys! My mom always says she wants to protect my dad!” Jasper said, and then suddenly seemed to have thought of something, “Lawrence, don’t you like being protected by girls?”
“I…I don’t have it,” Lawrence said hesitantly.
“So if I protect you, are you happy?” Jasper asked again.