“Ernie, let go of me!” Sylvie ignored while starting at Ernie. “Do you want to cause a scene here? Everyone is here. You don’t have to be here if you want to be shameless. There’s no need to use your fist for a showdown. Everyone has a brain. You two can continue after you get back home!”
“Brain?” Ernie snorted. “Alright, that sounds interesting! Fine! Let’s go back and use our brains then!”
He finally let go of Marley.
Marley was still very impulsive. He wanted to rush over as he stood up. Sylvie stopped him, “Marley, why do you want to go along with his way? Can’t you see that he’s doing it on purpose? You’re the president of the Hughes Group. What will happen to our company if you destroy your public image? How could you be triggered by him so easily?
After hearing this, Marley slowly turned his head and looked at Sylvie. His eyes were filled with raging flames. He was very angry, but he did not take it out on anyone. He replied word by word, “He is way too much!”
Marley’s expression was scary but who could bear such a provocation?
“What happened to you two? How did you two start a fight?” Kasper asked.
“Ask him!” Marley pointed at Ernie angrily. But when he saw his parents, he was a little worried that he finally calmed down.
Everyone looked at Ernie. He shrugged his shoulder and wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth. “Oh! I said that I like Sylvie! He couldn’t take it, so we started a fight!”
He literally said it in front of the elders without feeling ashamed.
“Ernie, how can you say such a thing? Sylvie is your brother’s wife!” Miriam was startled in the beginning and looked Ernie then only looked back at her son.
“Auntie, what’s the matter? What’s wrong with the two brothers falling in love with the same woman? Am I right, Uncle?” Ernie asked as he looked at Aiden.
Aiden’s face turned pale as his lips were trembling.
“Brother, don’t be mad. Let’s go back home and talk about it if you have something to say! Don’t make fool of yourself here!” Kasper shouted and stared at his son. “Ernie, are you trying to piss off your father?”
Ernie laughed a little. “Father, I don’t. I still want to be filial to you! How could I piss you off? You still have a long life to live on. You’re such a kind person, there would be no reason if you don’t live a long life! Unlike someone with an evil heart, therefore the person is sick!”
“Ernie!” Kasper shouted.
Ernie realized that his father was truly mad therefore he kept his mouth shut!
Aiden’s face turned pale.
“Let’s go back home, dear. Don’t think so much, don’t you say that you’ve taken it easy?” Miriam tried to calm him down.
Marley walked over when he saw his father was not in the mood. “Father, let’s go home!”
Aiden looked meaningfully at Ernie with some sense of regret and helplessness.
Sylvie caught the scene and felt puzzled about it. There was no sense of fear by the way how Ernie looked at Aiden provocatively, it seemed like he was looking down on him.
Sylvie felt completely puzzled. Perhaps Ernie hated Aiden? But everything Aiden did was for the family. Why would Ernie hate him?
When they arrived at the car, Marley wanted to drive but his eyes were punched by Ernie. It was swollen and Sylvie asked worriedly, “Are you sure you can drive? Maybe I can drive for you?”
“Do you have a license?” Marley asked.
“Yes!”
“Please drive!” Marley was injured and his whole body was painful, he was worried about accidents.
He sat on the passenger seat, both of his parents sat behind. Sylvie drove steadily as if she was not a beginner. As she drove the car into the street, Ernie and Kasper’s car followed behind.
“Ernie is simply outrageous! How could he say such a thing? Is he like a gangster?” Miriam could not help it and said it out loud. She kept her mouth shut immediately when she saw Aiden’s pale looking face. “Dear, don’t be mad anymore!”
“Father, please take care of your body. It’s not like you don’t know about his temper. He just suddenly went crazy!” Marley turned his head and talked to his father.
Aiden suddenly said, “Marley, you shouldn’t have done it today!”
Sylvie looked at her father-in-law through the rear-view mirror. He was in his fifties yet he still looked handsome and extraordinary. Marley’s face looked exactly like his. She guessed Marley would look like his father when he became older!
“Father! It was him who started it!” Marley rarely argued with his father. This time, he could not stand it and expressed his opinion. “He tried provoke me again and again and I couldn’t stand it any longer!”
“Are you that easy to be triggered by him? Was it fun to have a fight? Had the problem been solved? Did Ernie surrender after a fight?” Aiden asked.
Marley was speechless. Yes, a fight would not make someone surrender easily!
“Let him be, just ignore him in the future. He can’t do something out of line either. He was just bluffing around!” Aiden added.
“How can I let him be? Father, he actually...” Marley replied but he stopped again. He looked at the window outside, his eyes were filled with murderous intentions.
“I’m not a man if I can’t protect my woman!”
Sylvie was startled for a while. She felt a little pain when she heard what he said just now. She did not say a single word but focusing on the road in front.
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...