Transmigrated as the Villain Boss's Precious Darling-Chapter 99: Guilt

"Cousin... Sis..." Gentry Chapman caught up, his face woeful.

’He didn’t know how things had gotten so out of hand.’

Patrick Thorne slapped him hard on the shoulder and scolded impatiently, "What’s there to cry about? You’re pathetic."

’If only Gentry Chapman had a little more backbone, his aunt and cousin wouldn’t have had to suffer so much. This cousin of his was just too spineless.’

Gentry Chapman didn’t dare to cry anymore. Through blurry, tear-filled eyes, he watched Patrick Thorne and the others leave, taking his sister with them. Left all alone in the house, Gentry Chapman suddenly felt a hollow emptiness inside as loneliness washed over him.

"Cousin, wait for me!"

Gentry Chapman bolted after them. He didn’t want to stay home alone; it was too terrifying.

"Gentry, come back!" Mrs. Chapman yelled, but Gentry Chapman was already far away, running off with the ’thugs’ she detested most.

Mrs. Chapman was so furious she could have spit blood. Her granddaughter had betrayed her, and now her grandson had deserted her. They were all ungrateful wretches.

The neighbors had all dispersed, not wanting to meddle in family matters. However, the virtuous reputation Mrs. Chapman had painstakingly maintained for over a decade was all but destroyed by today’s scene. Though no one would say it to her face, everyone now knew what kind of person she truly was.

"Does it still hurt, little sis?" Patrick Thorne asked, his heart aching as he looked at the dark bruise on his sister’s arm. It was even darker and bigger than before, covering half her arm.

"It hurts..."

Xiaonan Thorne nodded, shooting a pitiful glance at Adrian Hawthorne, who was standing beside her.

Adrian Hawthorne guiltily turned his head away. ’He felt a pang of regret; he should have used less force. Who knew this chubby girl’s skin was so delicate? It was softer than tofu.’

’Still, Chubby Tang hadn’t actually tattled on him to Patrick Thorne. It seemed she really wasn’t looking to start trouble with him. In that case... he supposed he wouldn’t be so harsh with the little fatty anymore.’

"Let your big brother blow on it, and it won’t hurt anymore."

Patrick Thorne blew on her arm a few times, his eyes filled with a fierce glint. If it weren’t for Phoebe Thorne, he would have already laid hands on that damned old hag.

"It doesn’t hurt anymore."

Xiaonan Thorne didn’t dare say it hurt anymore. ’She was afraid Patrick Thorne would really go and beat up Mrs. Chapman. As hateful as that old woman was, they absolutely couldn’t lay a finger on her. No matter what, she was still Phoebe Thorne’s mother-in-law.’

’Phoebe Thorne and Brian Chapman weren’t going to get a divorce. Neither Byron Thorne nor her own father would approve, and Phoebe herself didn’t want to. That’s why they couldn’t get physical with Mrs. Chapman; they had to leave Phoebe a way to smooth things over later.’

"Cousin, are we going to the hospital to see my mom?" Amanda Chapman asked.

"I want to go to the movie theater!" Xiaonan Thorne declared.

She still remembered the arrangement between Adrian Hawthorne and Emmitt to meet after lunch. Adrian had actually planned on going alone, but since Xiaonan Thorne brought it up, he figured he might as well take her along. He could just buy her some snacks later. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The group went to the movie theater, where Emmitt was already selling movie stills. "Twenty cents a piece, fifty cents for three... Stills from ’Mei Niang’..."

Adrian Hawthorne bought a bag of sunflower seeds, giving it to Amanda Chapman and Xiaonan Thorne to shell and eat. Xiaonan Thorne’s heart sank. ’She didn’t even have her molars yet; how was she supposed to shell these?’

’The future big shot was definitely messing with her on purpose.’

’I’ll endure it!’

"I’ll shell them for you."

Amanda Chapman cracked a seed with her teeth. The tip was coated in a bit of her saliva. When she shelled it and revealed the kernel, it too was glistening with spit. Xiaonan Thorne felt even more dismayed and turned her head away. ’There was no way she was going to eat her cousin’s spit-covered seeds.’

Amanda Chapman, however, ate them with great relish. She hardly ever got to eat sunflower seeds at home; her grandmother would often eat them in secret, leaving Amanda to only smell the aroma, which made her crave them all the more. Today, she could finally satisfy that craving. ’So delicious!’

After selling a batch, Emmitt came over to greet them. "My mom said you can just develop the movie stills yourself; you don’t need to order them as stock. She doesn’t have many postcards on hand either—she needs to go south for a new supply. She’s mostly selling stills these days, hardly any postcards."