Chapter 865:
Watching her normally tense and diligent brother revel in the moment, Rylie couldn’t help but let a smile spread across her lips.
As they were about to leave and meet the two ladies, a sudden noise drew their attention.
A group of boys, no older than ten and dressed in expensive sportswear, had surrounded a smaller boy wearing a worn coat. The leader, a chubby boy holding a gleaming robot toy, sneered, “As if a country kid like you could ever buy something like this! It’s a limited edition, you know. Think you can even afford to touch it?”
The smaller boy bit his lip, tears glistening in his eyes. “I didn’t touch yours,” he whispered. “I caught it with the claw myself.” He clutched a few tokens tightly, his fingers trembling.
“You caught it? With your tokens? Don’t make me laugh! Your mom’s salary couldn’t even buy you a few tokens! You stole mine, you little thief!” the chubby boy sneered, his friends bursting into cruel laughter.
Ignoring their jeers, the smaller boy reached to take back his toy, only to be shoved roughly aside. “Get lost!”
The boy stumbled, crashing into a nearby machine with a sharp thud. Curious eyes turned toward them, some filled with judgment, others with indifference. Tears welled up in the smaller boy’s eyes as he shouted, trembling, “I’m not a thief!”
“Yes, you are!” the chubby boy barked, raising his hand to strike.
“Stop right there!”
A modestly dressed woman hurried over, throwing her arms around the frightened boy. Her voice shook with anger as she glared at the group. “How dare you hit someone?”
“Mom! He stole my toy and called me a thief!” the smaller boy wailed, tears streaming as he spotted his mother.
“Who stole your toy?” the chubby boy snapped back, voice trembling with indignation. “It’s mine!”
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When she saw the red mark on her son’s arm and the fear in his tearful eyes, the woman’s heart clenched in pain. She instinctively stepped forward, pushing the chubby boy aside. “How can you be so cruel? This isn’t the first time you’ve bullied him!”
Her hand had barely brushed the boy’s arm when he cried out loudly, “Mom, she hit me!”
A sharp, furious voice rang out from behind them. “What’s going on here? Who dares to touch my son?”
A woman adorned in designer clothes and glittering jewelry rushed over, pulling the chubby boy protectively into her arms. Her eyes swept over the plainly dressed mother and son, quickly judging them as beneath her. “Where did you come from, daring to touch my son?” she snapped. “Do you even know how important he is to me? Could you possibly afford the consequences if he were hurt?”
“It was your son who took my son’s toy and pushed him first!” the woman said firmly, her voice trembling with anger. Her cheeks were flushed, and her hands gripped her son’s shoulder tightly as she glared at the wealthy woman.
The chubby boy immediately countered, puffing up his chest. “I got the toy with game tokens! Your son stole it from me!”
Not only was he lying through his teeth, but he also gave a subtle signal to his group of friends, who instantly nodded and supported his story.
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