Chapter 84
“Bang! Bang! Bang!” Suddenly, the door to the mom burst open violently.
Ahambome boy wearing black–rimmed glasses with sharp and delicate features stored in. When he saw the young man lounging lazily in his chair his fier darkened matantly.
He strode over and roared. “Charlie Tyler, how dare you sa in my chair and use my computer? Do you not realize you’re invading my privacy! What if you lose my study materials? How are you planning to compensie ind? You’re such a useless piece of trash. You can’t even get into college yourself, and now you’re dragging me down toul Are you seriously so selfish you can’t stand to see me succeed
“What’s going on here!” A sharp female voir suddenly cut in. It belonged to a woman who bore a slight resemblance to the two boys. It was likely their mother
Seeing the woman coming over, the boy immediately rattled, “Mom, look at this worthless lover! He doesn’t study or go to college himself, so powe be’s making trouble for me! If he messes up the study materials on my camputer and I cant get into college, will he take responsibility!”
“What?” The woman’s expression shifted instantly. The thought of her beloved son possibly being unable to get into college enraged her.
She turned to the young man who was No. 3 and went by the alias Charlie Tyler.
Despae the
their accusations, Charlie stayed slouched in the chair with one leg propping larily on the armrest
Watching the mother and son grand their teeth in anger at him, he let out a densave chuckle and said. “Why are you blaming me for everything I losing a little study material is enough to ruin your future, then maybe you’re the useless one. Besides, I didn’t see any study materials on your computer, but I did come across a lot of porn…”
Before he could finish, the boy nearly jumped out of his skin,
He shouted furiously. “Charlie, you used my computer to watch porn! Don’t you know that’s how you get viruses! Damn it! Why am I stuck with such a douchebag for a brother? And now you’re trying to pin it on me! What the hell is wrong with you! Are you hearties?”
The woman refused to believe that her precious son would watch such things on his computer.
Glancing at her other son, with his dyed yellow hair and delinquent appearance, she sat only a street thug in the making. It seemed perfectly logical to her that someone like him would sneak into his younger brother’s room and watch such shameful content
Without hesitation, she spoiled, “Charlie! First, you sneak into your brother’s room to do God–knows–what, and now you’re trying to frame him You’re nothing but a disgrace! Get out of here now! When your father gets home, he’ll deal with your
A grim light glinted in the hespectacled boy’s eyes as he suggested. “Mom, this good–for–nothing just doesn’t know his place. We have a rolling pin in the kitchen, don’t we? Let Dad use that to teach him a lesson. Maybe next time he’ll think twice before messing around”
“The rolling pin” The woman hesitated. “That thing is solid wood. One good whack could cause serious harm. Isn’t that going a bit too far?”
The boy sneered in Charlie’s direction and said, “Mom, as the saying goes, ‘Spare the rod, spoil the child: If we let him go on like this, do you really think he’ll take care of you and Dad in your old age? We have to beat some respect into him so he knows who’s in charge here!”
The woman nodded, seemingly convinced. She turned back to Charlie with a stern expression and said. “You brought this on yourself. Don’t blame us for being harsh: You’ve been acting like some street thug. Your brother and 1 are doing this for your own good. One day, you’ll shank us for this?”
Charlie let out a cold laugh indifferently. Tilting his head, he looked at the two people who shared his blood. His lips curled into a mocking grin as he uttered just one word, “Whatever
When Richard got home and heard from his wife and son about the “mistakes Charlie had made, he flew into a rage. Grabbing the rolling pin, he struck Charlie with all his strength.
Each blow left a well as thick as three fingers on Charlie’s skin. Yet, he felt nothing. Like Nina, his nerve endings were long dead, and his skin could no longer register pain. While it didn’t hurt, the damage was still visible.
Richard who was used to heavy labor and easily riled up, betame more enraged when Charlie refused to yield or admit fault, brading him to strike
even harder.
Charlie’s body was covered in injuries and his white T–shirt was soaked red with blood.
But even so, not a single person in the family showed an ounce of pity or stepped in to stop the beating.
Richard was panting heavily and too exhausted to lift his arms anymore. Eventually, he relented.
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“Done?” Charlie asked, standing up and looking down at Richard, who was slumped on the floor in exhaustion.
Seeing Charlie’s body covered in blood yet still standing tall, the entire Tyler family was dumbfounded. “How are you still standing?”
Even Richard, a laborer with impressive strength, had worn himself out, yet Charlie who was thin and not particularly muscular stood there as if nothing had happened, despite being severely beaten.
Charlie’s brother thought in disbelief, Freak. That’s what he is a total freak‘
Charlie said. “Guess that’s it. I’m heading out Ignoring the horrified stares of the family, he turned and walked out the door without a second thought.
But he hadn’t gone far when a metallic taste rose in his throat and he coughed up a mouthful of blood
“Damn it. That old man really didn’t hold back,” Charlie muttered, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.
Although war machines didn’t feel pain, their bodies still reacted to injuries in normal ways. If not for his extraordinary physical resilience, the kind of beating Richard had just delivered would have been enough to kill an ordinary person.
Leaning against the wall of the shabby apartment complex, Charlie steadied his breath and fished a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. He pulled one out and lit it, but just as he was about to take a drag, something crossed his mind. With a sigh, he extinguished the cigarette.
Ruling his hair in frustration, he squatted down and grumbled, “Damn it! No.7 isn’t even around. How would she know if I smoked or not?”
Still, he muttered to himself, “Since No.7 doesn’t like me smoking. I’d better hold off. No point in giving her something to nag me about later. Ugh. No.7 is with No.9 right now. I really want to go to find them.”
