"Lennon's a meanie!"
Ronald hadn't expected the usually doting Lennon to be so firm with him. He huffed and stomped over to a corner to sit, ignoring Lennon completely.
Lennon was a little speechless.
Just then, his assistant called, so he had to take it.
When Naomi, having composed herself, returned to the room with snacks, she saw Ronald sulking by himself instead of clinging to Lennon.
Naomi walked over with the bag and crouched in front of Ronald. "What's wrong, Ron?"
Ronald initially wanted to ignore Naomi, but he sniffled, and tears suddenly started streaming down his face. "Lennon is a meanie..."
"Huh?"
Naomi instinctively glanced at Lennon and saw him on the phone with a frown on his face.
Worried that Ronald might disturb Lennon, she picked him up and carried him out of the room.
"What happened? Can you tell me?"
At first, Ronald was hesitant to talk, but after a little coaxing from Naomi, the little boy opened up.
"So you're saying the other kids tease you because your parents don't take you to your classes?"
"What kind of classes?"
Naomi unwrapped a cheese stick and handed it to Ronald, asking curiously.
A five-year-old isn't old enough for regular school yet, right?
"It's a martial arts class."
"And a French class."
Naomi was impressed.
Just as expected of a Spencer. So many responsibilities at such a young age.
"How much trouble could it be to pick up their child?"
From what Ron said, the other parents all picked up their kids, while he always had to take a car service, which made him feel very left out.
And the other kids teased him, saying he didn't have a mom and dad.
Lennon glanced at Naomi.
"The Spencers are very busy every day."
The older generation of the Spencer family lived in a very exclusive, traditional compound, while the younger generation had moved out.
The family was constantly striving, hoping to one day be able to move back in.
"Ron is the youngest in the family. They want to cultivate him to be exceptional as soon as possible, to use him as a bargaining chip to get back in."
In other words, they want to use their son to gain the approval of his grandparents.
"That's horrible, isn't it? Why be so cruel to a child?"

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