Both the brothers could bear the pain but they reacted very differently. Van wouldn't cry out, but only frowned dejectedly.
Don wasn't as composed. Since he was in pain, he had no problem complaining, "Van, my ankle is burning. It hurts so much."
He bent down to check. Only one of his ankles had been scalded, while both his brother's ankles were hurt.
Don was furious. He pulled his brother behind him to protect him, with one hand on his waist and the other pointing at Linda.
"Your water scalded our ankles. Apologize!"
Linda was scolding the assistant, who kept her head down and apologized. Her tears fell into the brown sugar water on the floor.
Hearing the child's loud reproach and seeing him pointing, Linda stopped her verbal barrage. She yanked the glasses off her livid face and slapped the back of Don's hand.
His white and tender hand suddenly turned red.
"Hasn't your mother told you not to point at people? You are so rude." Linda smiled arrogantly. "Do you know who I am? How dare you ask me to apologize? Ask her. She was the one that caused this mess."
"Ding!" The elevator reached the 12th floor.
The doors opened and Linda proudly marched out, as her high heels clomped on the floor.
The assistant quickly squatted down to check on the children. "I'm sorry, kids. I'll take you to the hospital right away."
"I don't need your help." Van held his brother's hand and rushed to stop Linda. He furiously barked, "Apologize to my brother and me, and take us to the hospital."
"Yeah, apologize and take us to the hospital," Don angrily chirped in as well. Although Linda was much taller than them, they weren't scared at all.
She wasn't anywhere near as beautiful as their mother.
Don was disgusted by this vile woman.
"I'll drive you there. I'm sorry, kids. Let me take you." The assistant caught them up and pulled them to her side, fearing that Linda would slap the children just as she did to her.
"Miss Mi, I'll take them to the hospital. I'm sorry that you'll have to see Mr. Shi alone." She then lowered her head timidly.
Linda glared at her with ferocity filling her eyes. "You're really causing far too many issues for me. You're fired. Get as far away from me as possible and don't even think about asking to get paid this month."
"Yes." She was left crying, but Van noticed something strange. She was smiling as if she was crying tears of joy.
Don wasn't going to let Linda go that easily. He shook his brother's hand loose and rushed over to this awful woman, swinging his leg and kicking the back of her knee.
With a thump, she fell to her knees.
Her creamy white summer dress started turning a little red with the blood seeping out of her knees.
Her screams of distress fell on deaf ears. The assistant widened her eyes and covered her mouth. She hesitated before even thinking about doing anything.
She didn't help her get up immediately, since she had just been fired after all. She kept Van at her side and pulled Don back a few steps.
Linda lay on the floor with her face completely pale. "Ouch! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"
After struggling to hold back her sobs, she turned and shouted with tears in her eyes, "What are you looking at? Call an ambulance!"
"Oh, okay." The assistant still stood in a daze. She took out her phone and was about to do as she was ordered. Van held her arm. She asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Van pointed at her white dress with the slightest blood stain on it and said, "There's no need for an ambulance. Just apply some medicine and she'll be fine."
She looked over and realized that it wasn't as urgent as Linda made it out to be, but she still wasn't sure if her bone was hurt.
"What happened? What's going on?" Someone heard all the commotion and came out to check on them.
Linda knew the man who was walking towards her was James' assistant, Justin Wei.
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