I didn’t expect that they had already regarded me as their enemy. Even my first love, now my fiancée, Celine Barbieri, seemed to be on their side.
I took several deep breaths, stared at them coldly and said, “Let me go now, or you’ll face the consequences!”
“You’ll face the consequences?”
“He’s already hanging here like a sausage and he’s still threatening others?”
“Bertrand, did all that studying make you lose your mind? Can’t you see your situation right now?”
The crowd’s laughter grew louder.
“I’ll give you one chance.”
“Let me go now and I’ll pretend this never happened.”
“Otherwise, everyone here will face the consequences soon!”
My tone was icy, but no one was afraid. William warned my mom, “An important person is coming soon. Wouldn’t it be awkward if they saw this?”
My mom frowned, thinking for a while. Celine stepped beside her, smiling softly.
“Auntie, I heard that the important person who came here is very strict with his family, especially with his children. If he saw you disciplining his rebellious son, he might even think you had the same vision.”
My mom nodded in agreement. “That’s right. I’m taking care of my own children. Who can say anything, no matter how powerful the person is? Besides, my strictness also shows my good character.”
William smiled slightly, but said, “But Agatha, Bertrand is still a child. Even if he peed in my glass, it was just him being naughty. Please don’t be too harsh on him over this.”
“What?”
My mom screamed in surprise when she saw William’s face filled with genuine pity. “He actually peed in your glass?”
My mom raised her voice as she glared at me, shouting, “Bertrand! Is that what I taught you since you were a child? All those years of studying, were they all for nothing? How could you become so cruel?”
I was stunned because I had never peed in a glass. But when I looked at William’s expression, the contempt in his eyes seemed to say he had just made up a lie. My mom would believe it and punish me severely.
“What?”
“Agatha, you didn’t know?”
“Oh dear, it’s all my fault. If I had known you didn’t know, I wouldn’t have said to you. I thought you knew about it.”
William’s face looked so guilty. My mom felt even more sorry for him.
“William, you don’t need to feel guilty. You have to be strict, or you’ll spoil the child!”
“Auntie, Bertrand did something wrong. He needs to be punished.”
Celine’s face looked worried. “Otherwise, if he keeps doing this, what will happen in the future?”
“Right, he absolutely must be punished!”
My mom thought hard, gritting her teeth. “But how should we punish him?”
Celine said lightly, “Punish him the same way he harmed Uncle William. Otherwise, he won’t realize his mistake.”
So they wanted to pee in my glass? But I never did like that.
William suddenly said, “Celine, do you want someone to pee on Bertrand? That’s absolutely not allowed!”
Before Celine could say anything, my mom waved her hand dismissively and beckoned to nearby security guards.
“You eight, teach Bertrand a lesson.”
Her tone was as indifferent as if she were disciplining a dog that had rummaged through trash. Then I saw those eight guards approaching the rooftop’s edge, their faces filled with malicious smiles as they looked at me. What was about to happen would surely be a nightmare.
