“…”
Paige was not angry this time, but completely shocked. There were actually such scoundrels.
She had dealt with so many people, but she had never encountered this type before.
Steve saw his grandmother like this and was also scared to cry, crying very seriously, almost passing out. Seeing this, Sheryl did not care and just hugged him, saying, “Steve, it’s no use blaming your grandmother for being useless and not giving you a good birth, so that you can do whatever you want…”
More and more people were crowding around, and the security guards could barely form a circle.
No one dared to go up and pull the old woman, for if they did, they would be sued.
Sheryl’s son and daughter-in-law couldn’t stand the strange looks from the people around them, so they went up to help the old lady, but instead she gave them two slaps in return, crying, “You two are useless. You usually say you earn a lot of money, but now that your son has been wronged, you don’t dare say anything… You’re afraid of people who are powerful? Then let your son be bullied to death!”
“…”
The son and daughter-in-law were utterly desperate. The daughter-in-law wanted to go up and hug the child, who kept crying. The old lady grabbed Steve and cried uncontrollably,
The old lady hugged Steve and cried uncontrollably, “My poor Steve, I’d rather die with you…”
The constant talk of death is irritating to a child.
Especially when the old lady is behaving like this, without any regard for anything.
Gabriel feels sick to the stomach at the situation in front of him. He clings to Enrico’s leg and squeezes his little hand around his trouser leg.
Enrico glanced down at him, a cold look in his eyes, and bent down to pick him up with one hand.
Gabriel immediately wrapped his arms around his neck, rested his head on his shoulder, frowned, closed his eyes, and refused to watch Sheryl’s performance anymore.
Paige saw Gabriel like this, full of heartache, and she didn’t bother to say anything else. She said to the other end of the phone, “Get me a lawyer, and tell them to come over right away.”
She couldn’t wait a moment longer.
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Enrico in front of her let out a cold laugh. “I, Enrico, really want to bully people. Do you think you have a chance to throw a tantrum here?”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Of course, who is Enrico? If he really wants to do something, this old woman will still be crying here. I’m afraid she won’t even be able to compete, right?
Seeing that everyone around was nodding, Sheryl panicked and hugged her grandson, saying, “So you think you can cheat and try to upset us at the competition because you think our grandson is smart?”
“…”
Paige was speechless, and so were the people around them.
Fryday stood out from the residents of the community and said, unable to bear it, “Sheryl, what kind of person are you? Are you the fairy from the moon? Is Gabriel’s mother trying to upset you?”
“I already told you, she’s just impressed by our Steve’s intelligence! Our Steve is a well-known child prodigy!”
Sheryl pointed at the child in Enrico’s arms, ‘What about his child? Last year, he couldn’t even count up to five, and suddenly this year he’s become smart? Tell me, is this possible? Isn’t this cheating? He must have told the child the answers and had him memorize them! Isn’t this how these rich people like to show off their children’s intelligence?’
“…”
Everyone was silent.
It was true that Enrico had been acting like a spoilt child, but there was some truth in what he had said.
It would be very easy for someone like Enrico or Paige to rig a competition. Everyone looked silently at the extremely attractive family of three.
Enrico’s face had turned as cold as ice, and his eyes were so dark they looked like they could kill.
Sheryl’s son and daughter-in-law stood stooped over, their scalps tingling.
“My child will not accept slander, and there is nothing to be said in court.”
Paige knew that Enrico could not hold out for long, so she took Enrico and left.
“The court is not something that you rich people can manipulate. Is there anyone else who dares to testify against you?”
Sheryl thought that she was feeling guilty and immediately took advantage of the situation, not caring if she cried.
“Don’t go too far!”
Paige suddenly turned around, her black and white eyes as cold as frost, staring straight at Sheryl. ‘I can see that you are old and have been putting up with a lot, but don’t push your luck!’
“…”
Sheryl winced at her attitude, but then she perked up again, “You’re threatening me! You’re threatening an old woman! Look, you all saw it, they’re bullying an old woman, I have a heart condition, I’ve had a stent, I can’t stand the excitement…”
As she spoke, Sheryl pretended to cover her heart.
“The heart is normally on the right side, you’re covering the wrong spot,” Paige said coldly.
Upon hearing this, Sheryl was startled and quickly covered her right side.
Paige laughed, “The heart is usually on the left side. You’ve had a stent, so you don’t even know that?”
“…”
Sheryl then realized that Paige was teasing her, but she couldn’t withdraw her hand now, and her face turned from pale to red.
“Rascal,”
Enrico coldly spat out.
“If you keep hugging your grandson like that, he’s going to throw up.”
A young but calm voice came from the crowd.
The crowd turned around and saw a little girl with two ponytails walking out with her school bag. She was wearing a cute skirt, but her eyes revealed an old-fashioned calmness that was not befitting of her age.
She was the little girl by Monteo’s side.
Paige looked over and sure enough, she saw Monteo following the girl out, standing behind the human wall surrounded by security guards.
Steve was sweating from crying and had eaten a lot of glutinous rice balls earlier, so he was feeling miserable and dejected when he was tightly embraced by Sheryl.
The little girl looked at Sheryl, who was sitting on the ground, with some contempt, and tried to go through the crowd to touch Steve, but Sheryl stopped her with one hand and said, “What do you want?”
“You little girl, what do you know?” Sheryl hugged Steve even tighter.
“…”
The little girl frowned.
Monteo, who was already in his seventies, stood behind them watching the scene. Seeing the little girl depressed, he stepped forward and spoke slowly, “Every child’s enlightenment time is different. Today’s competition is about learning ability, not the early or late time of enlightenment. Since this old lady is so unconvinced, why don’t we have a few more competitions?”
“And who are you?” Sheryl was on guard against everyone now, “You’re another one of their hired stooges, aren’t you?”
“You can appoint someone on the spot to teach the two children something, and then have another competition. That way, there is no possibility of cheating,” Monteo said slowly.
Upon hearing this, the old lady’s eyes lit up, and she then looked at Paige, ‘Of course a competition without cheating is good, but I’m afraid some people won’t dare to.’
“…”
Paige pursed her lips and glanced at Enrico.
She had just thought of this solution as well, to have another competition, otherwise once they walked out of this place, and the matter was spread online, she didn’t know what kind of things would be said.
But seeing Gabriel close his eyes and hug Enrico tightly, she didn’t want him to suffer any more discomfort, so she didn’t mention it.
Up to this moment, she still didn’t want Gabriel to continue to stay in such an atmosphere.
“I want to compete!”
Gabriel suddenly turned his head in Enrico’s arms and opened his eyes. His beautiful eyes were full of unyielding resilience.