Chapter 273

Through the auditorium window, William glanced at the name cards of various parents on the table and the folded survey forms. He couldn’t help but sigh with a face full of sorrow. Then he said to Melanie beside him who was already in panic:

“It’s just as bad as I feared. The world of adults doesn’t value credit; the worth of their promises might be less than your religious studies homework… There’s no way you’re escaping this beating.”

“?!?”

Upon hearing William’s words, Melanie, who was already panicking, became even more flustered. After stomping her foot forcefully, she glared at him irritably.

“What do you mean ‘no escape from this beating’? What you wrote is way worse than mine! If Anna sees it, she’ll definitely hit you harder than me!”

“That’s not certain.”

With pity, William glanced at his foolish younger sister, then with both hands behind his back, he said indifferently: “A six or seven-year-old saying they want to conquer the world will only be found funny by adults, but a six or seven-year-old saying they want to be a parasite will surely get a severe scolding.

I’m not as stupid as you. If I wasn’t sure I wouldn’t get beaten, why would I write down my future plans knowing there’s a chance of betrayal?”

“?!??!”

After listening to William’s response, Melanie was completely stunned, like a little frog struck by lightning, staring wide-eyed with disbelief: “If you knew you’d be betrayed, why didn’t you warn me?”

“Why should I warn you?”

William responded curiously:

“Your dream is to be a parasite, if you succeed, I’d have to support you for the rest of your life. Theoretically, to avoid being burdened by you for life, I should report you to Sister Anna.

The fact that I haven’t reported you to Sister Anna already shows extra favor because we are siblings. Why would I give you special warning?”

“You! Me… I’ll fight you!”

“Are you sure?”

Dodging the charging Melanie, William raised an eyebrow in surprise.

“The content you wrote is practically blasphemous, the assignment that could infuriate the religious studies teacher is still in my hands unsubmitted… Melanie, you don’t want to rewrite it, do you?”

“Me… You…”

“Give up your dream of being a parasite and help me instead!”

Patting Melanie on the shoulder, William said earnestly: “I’ve thought about it. To unify the whole world, I must overthrow the kingdom first. To overthrow the kingdom, I need enough power. And I already have a plan on how to obtain it.”

“Charlotte from Class 2 is the prime minister’s youngest daughter. Once the parent-teacher meeting is over, I’ll buy hairpins and sugar figurines to confess my love to her. If she agrees to marry me, maybe through her father, I can get a position as a legislator or something…”

“You… You actually planned this?”

Hearing this, Melanie couldn’t help but exclaim in shock:

“Vile! So all those times you hung out with Charlotte were because of this?”

“Not exactly.”

William shook his head: “I hang out with Charlotte because she’s the prettiest girl in school and always brings me snacks from home. Being the prime minister’s daughter is just a bonus.”

“Hmm? Didn’t you say yesterday to third-grade Mary that she’s the most beautiful in school…”

“This isn’t important, Melanie. Right now, what’s important is that I need your help!”

“???”

Seeing William’s serious expression, Melanie couldn’t help but pause and instinctively asked: “What kind of help?”

“Lend me your pocket money.”

“?!”

Grabbing Melanie by the shoulders and looking straight into her eyes, William maintained a serious face:

“I certainly won’t… wait! She hasn’t agreed to marry you yet!”

“She will.”

William confidently declared: “Big Brother told me in stories, confession isn’t the signal for a charge but the declaration after victory. Since I dare to do this, I’m sure I have a hundred percent certainty!”

“But…”

“If Charlotte agrees to marry me, I’ll help with your homework next week!”

“So… you better keep your promise and not mess around again…”

“You can trust me!”

…

“Melanie! William!”

Just as Melanie hesitated to reach into her pocket to hand over the money, the homeroom teacher rushed over, drenched in sweat. Seeing the two squatting outside the auditorium door, the teacher let out a long sigh and then exclaimed irritably: “Didn’t we agree to gather at the classroom entrance and come here together? How come you…”

Every single content is on 69shu!

“Teacher, where have you been?”

As the twin responsible for shirking responsibility, Melanie wrinkled her cute little face and pinched the hem of her skirt, sniffing her frozen nose tearfully while blaming: “You said earlier to deal with future matters later and come to the parent-teacher meeting first. We came here, but there was no one. We didn’t dare to run around for fear you couldn’t find us, so we waited here… wu… It’s so cold outside the auditorium, and the wind is strong…”

“…”

I seem… to have said that? But I meant for you to gather at the classroom, not come directly… Hmm… Looks like I wasn’t clear enough, causing these two children to misunderstand.

“Sorry, it’s the teacher’s fault for not explaining clearly.”

After catching his breath, the teacher patted Melanie’s little head, opened the auditorium door, and let them in, then gently reminded: “All the seats near the eastern windows are our class’s seats. The side door near the podium leads to the backstage of the hall. If anything happens, you can knock on the door and ask the adults backstage or in the hall for help…

Melanie, William, the teacher needs to go back once to bring the other students over. Can you wait here?”

“Yes! We’ll stay here and wait for you, teacher.”

“Oh, we understand.”

After the teacher hurriedly left, Melanie, who had been sitting obediently like a good child, immediately jumped down excitedly: “Quick! Where’s your charcoal pencil? Quickly take it out and change our form!”

“Are you an idiot?”

Glancing at his foolish younger sister, William sighed:

“The teacher has already seen it. Besides, we can’t imitate the teacher’s handwriting. Do you want Sister Anna to hit your bottom even harder?”

Can’t change it? Then what should we do? Recalling the image of Sister Anna getting angry, Melanie worried she might get publicly thrashed. She racked her brains trying to figure out a solution.

But solutions aren’t easy to think of. Melanie thought for a long time without coming up with any good ideas, while scattered footsteps could already be heard outside the auditorium. The summoned parents were almost here.

Parents are arriving, it’s too late now! When Sister Anna… Ah! Parents!

When Melanie was anxiously pacing around, she suddenly spotted the sign of Class 2 next door and rushed over. She found the nameplate “Charlotte Montier” and swapped it next to the nameplate “William Lane.”

“?”

“You need to share some of the heat with me!”

Under William’s puzzled gaze, Melanie took out her bulging little pouch, waved it in front of him, and commanded imperiously:

“If I’m the only one in trouble, Sister Anna will definitely double my punishment. We need to divert her attention… William! If you still want me to lend you pocket money, then when you see Charlotte’s parents, ask her right away if she wants to marry you!”

(End of Chapter)