“Speak with mom, and I’ll get back to you later.” Ryan Campbell exited the room.
“Don’t take anything in the papers seriously, Irene. I also explained Ryan’s involvement with that woman. Later, your father will teach him a lesson.”
I learned it was Ryan Campbell and Kathy Clark’s gossip, but I didn’t expect his family to take it so seriously and have to teach him a lesson.
Mrs. Campbell’s expression was tense, and she finally said, ” I’ll go check it out in the study.”
“May I accompany you?”
Mrs. Campbell paused before nodding. “Mom will speak with Ryan privately about this, Irene, and you will assist persuade him afterwards.”
I had no idea how bad it was in my heart. Ryan Campbell is an adult, and it’s not too big case for him to have an affair. Isn’t this common for a celebrity like him?
In the study, however, Ryan Campbell knelt on the ground; even in this position, his back was straight, with no sign of weakness.
Mr. Campbell clutched the ruler in one hand while throwing the newspaper with the other. “You are not ashamed to make such a thing for me after marriage?” he questioned sternly to Ryan Campbell on his knees.
Ryan Campbell simply looks ahead.
“Your mother and I started teaching you at a young age. The older you get, the less reasonable you get. Your wife is expecting your child. You don’t accompany her well, you go out and have affair with this woman, and you’re now headlines. Are you still a man?!”
“Do you know your mistakes?!” When Ryan Campbell asks sharply, the ruler falls on his back at the same time.
Ryan Campbell didn’t even raise an eyebrow or say, “I’m wrong.”
Mr. Campbell was about to drop his whip to get him up when Mrs. Campbell and I appeared at the door.
He quickly raised his ruler which fell down again. His strength was plainly less than it was. Mr. Campbell purposefully stated, “Are you sorry for your wife if you do this?! I should teach you to learn a valuable lesson! If something like this happens again, I will beat you to death!”
When I realized the ruler was ready to fall again, I was filled with dread. “Uncle, don’t beat him, he explained it to me,” I said as I came forward to block Ryan Campbell and begged for compassion.
“Look, Irene has called me uncle now!” Mr. Campbell continued to abuse Ryan Campbell.
I was astonished and hastily called “Dad,” for fear that the ruler would fall down.
Ryan Campbell only managed to elicit a small smile at the corner of his mouth from an angle I couldn’t see. He didn’t anticipate me to shield him .
Mr. Campbell swears once more and walks away with a ruler and his hands behind his back. Mrs. Campbell rushes after him to let him calm down, and I quickly hold Ryan Campbell from the ground and ask, “Is it okay?”
“No.” “Go upstairs and help me with the medications,” he ordered harshly.
I didn’t hesitate to follow him upstairs, and according to his instructions, I discovered the medicine to be used later in the medical cabinet.
I grimaced profoundly as I watched him remove his coat and multiple gory wounds on his back, and my gaze did not leave his wounds. “You lie prone.”
Ryan Campbell grinned instead, reclining on the bed and letting her awkwardly clean the wound, despite her troubled expression.
“Is it painful?”
“It hurts.”
“In that case, I’ll be gentle.”
“Hmm.”
“Why did your father use such force?”
“I may not be his son,” Ryan Campbell joked.
“Nonsense.”
After taking the medication, he sat up in bed, went to the closet, and put on a clean shirt. He grinned and looked down at the medicine cabinet before saying, “Women are so deceitful? You were almost blocking the whip for me just now. You may be crying right now if my father hadn’t retrieved it in time.”
“I’m not that sensitive!”
“You should have taste the pain I had.”
“Pervert!”
“Swearing once more? Have you forgotten what I said?”
Of course, I remember. kissing when I was scolded, and I instantly shut up.
It was time for dinner after packing. The enormous circular table held an estimated fifty individuals, which was not the total number. There were still a lot of men who hadn’t returned.
Ryan Campbell is the senior member of the younger generation. Everyone refers to him as elder Brother, and I automatically take on the role of elder Sister-in-law. However, I am almost the same age as my younger sister.
Ryan Campbell used to make his family concerned about his marriage, and everyone urged him to find a lady worthy of him.
As a result, my appearance has become the topic of everyone’s conversation today. Although other aunts remained silent, it is clear that they are unsatisfied with my social status.
However, Ryan Campbell’s parents remained silent. They simply flattered, “The girl is good.”
Shawn Campbell and Sean Campbell, two of Ryan Campbell’s contemporaries, are the sons of third uncle in the family. Shawn Campbell, now 23, is a senior who has been ill since childhood.
Sean Campbell, twenty-two, is so obstinate that he resembles a gangster.
I can also tell that his family doesn’t particularly like him; only his mother spoiled him,. When he first welcomed me, he flirted with me and reminded me of Philip Matthews.
The age gap between the two brothers is one year, and their personalities could not be more different. Shawn Campbell speaks very little and values words more than Ryan Campbell when he is serious; Sean Campbell is a chatterbox. He made two young sisters cry on his own this night. When his elders taught him a lesson, he dismissed it. He turned around and began to be mischievous once more, acting exactly like a youngster who never grew up.
I learnt more about the Campbell family and Ryan Campbell one night.
I am slightly envious of his large family.
Because I now have no relatives or even friends in this world, and my heart is infected with such a lively atmosphere that I am not as awkward as I was when I first arrived.