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Ruth smirked. “Aren’t rabbits delicious? I remember asking you how it tasted at the time, you said it was delicious. And then? What happened later on? Whenever your rabbits died, you would always choose to eat them. Heh, so is there anything wrong with what I did?”
Xander stared at her.
Indeed, ever since that incident, he would eat his rabbits after they died.
Because… if he didn’t, then the rabbits would be taken away and used as specimens for more research. His friends wouldn’t be able to rest in peace even after their deaths.
If he ate them instead, then the rabbits would be safe.
While Xander was thinking about it, the door to the room was suddenly pushed open. Justin strode in, his deep-set eyes staring straight at Ruth.
There was murderous intent in his eyes.
Ruth was shocked and intimidated by the look in his eyes. But right after that, she asked, “Mr. Hunt, are you here to let me out?” Justin’s gaze became even colder. “Yeah, I’ll send you home.”
Ruth’s eyes lit up. But the next moment, she instead heard Justin add, “After all, one must eventually return to their roots.”
Ruth suddenly understood what he meant. Her eyes widened in fright and she shouted, “Y-you’re thinking of killing me? No, you can’t do this to me! I’m Xander’s mother!”
Xander had promised Trueman that he would not expose her identity. This was the only thing that could protect her now!
Unexpectedly, as soon as she said that, Justin said, “Oh, are you? Are you… Worthy of being his mother?”
Even an ordinary unrelated person wouldn’t have been able to starve a four-year-old for a whole week!
Even he, Justin, had never abused Xander after meeting the child, despite how much he hated Trueman.
Ruth was badly frightened when she heard Justin’s words. She swallowed. “W-what are you saying? I am his mother. If you don’t believe me, then ask Xander!” Xander was standing at the side and looking at Justin in confusion. He didn’t understand why Justin had suddenly come in, or why he was suddenly so angry.
But he still thought of the instructions Trueman had given him before he came to the States.
He had told him to cooperate with Ruth. It would do as long as it didn’t expose her identity.
Therefore, after he came to the States, he had never once called Ruth “Aunt Ruth”. Ruth’s question at this moment was putting him in a spot, though. He didn’t want to speak lies like Ruth was his mother.
The little fellow in an internal struggle said, “She…”
“Shut up!” Justin suddenly barked in a low voice. The man had a very powerful aura around him and he gave off a very oppressive feeling. In this small and dark basement, he was clearly the king of this world, dominating one’s life and death!
Those two words of his frightened Xander.
Then, the man said in a low voice, “Where’s the butler?”
“Here, sir.”
“Take Xander upstairs and put him to bed.”
“Yes, sir.”
Without another word, the butler picked up Xander in his arms and walked out of the basement at once.
For the first time, Xander became scared. Puzzled, he turned his head to the back and looked at Justin’s back. The figure was obviously getting further and further away from him, but in his eyes, it was as if it was instead becoming bigger and bigger… This continued until the butler went out the door with him in his arms and then went upstairs.
When he was sure that Xander had entered his room, Justin finally looked at Ruth.
Then, he turned and shut the door to the basement.
Ruth looked at him, a touch of despair suddenly welling up in her…
She asked in trepidation, “M-Mr. Hunt, what… what are you doing?”
“Sending you home.”
The terrible screams from the basement were all blocked by the soundproofed walls.
In the guest room upstairs, Xander lay on the bed with his eyes closed. However, he pressed his ears hard against the bed and carefully tried to listen to the sounds downstairs, but he simply could not hear anything.
The little fellow couldn’t help but rollover.
Then, he opened his eyes.
Had the tyrant suddenly become angry just now because of him?
Surely not?
The tyrant obviously didn’t like him. Trueman had also said that the tyrant was in love with a woman. He would not like him for the sake of that woman too.
Therefore, the tyrant disliked him very much.
But if that was the case, then why was the tyrant punishing Aunt Ruth?
Xander couldn’t figure it out, so he decided not to think about it anymore.
That night, Xander had another nightmare.
In the nightmare, a big tiger kept chasing him and said that it wanted to eat him and his rabbits. He ran and ran, but he simply couldn’t keep running anymore.
Just when he thought he was going to be eaten, a big and tall figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
He couldn’t see the tall figure’s face because his back was to him, but for some strange reason, in the dream, he found the figure very reliable, and he gave him a strong sense of security.
Early the next morning, Nora brought Pete and Cherry to the Hunts’ manor.
As soon as they entered, Cherry dived into Justin’s arms like a butterfly. In her young and tender voice, she shouted, “Daddy, Daddy! Did you miss me?”
Justin caught the little girl and picked her up. Then, he replied, “Yes, I did.”
Cherry immediately gave him a kiss on the forehead. “I missed you too! I even dreamed of you!”
“Really?”
Justin sounded pleasantly surprised. “What did you dream?”
Cherry started to talk about her dream. Pete followed beside the two of them with a disdainful look, his expression as though he had nothing to live for anymore. At this moment, Justin’s large hand suddenly landed on his head and ruffled his hair.
Pete immediately lowered his head and avoided his hand. He said, “Ty… Daddy, you mustn’t touch a child’s head. Otherwise, they will become stupid.”
But Justin instead replied, “Well, you have a high IQ anyway, so it’s okay even if you become a little stupid.”