Bobby flicked the lighter a couple times and said, "Uncle, come closer. I'll light a cigarette for you!"
"You brat, don't play any tricks. Or else I'll kill you!" the man threatened Bobby.
Bobby smiled, "I’m just a child. What could I possibly be doing? Do you think I'm playing some sort of trick on you?"
Bobby then looked at the crowd.
"That's right. He is just a kid. What tricks could he possibly be playing?"
"Little boy, light a cigarette for him!" someone shouted.
The man approached him with a cigarette in his mouth.
Bobby approached him slowly and said, "Uncle, you have to come closer to me so that you can light it!"
The man narrowed his eyes and said, "Okay."
Bobby was about to light the cigarette but it seemed this man was trying to play a joke of his own. Every time Bobby went to light the cigarette, the man lifted his head so Bobby couldn't reach.
"Humph! How can you make fun of a child?"
"Yeah, the kid is so cute. Stop being difficult!"
The crowd were getting quite aggrieved.
The man sharply raised his head again, only this time Bobby did manage to light something. He lit the man's beard!
A burning smell instantly filled the air!
"Hey, you brat! How dare you?" the man roared.
In a hurry, Nancy held Bobby in her arms and growled at the man, "You're the one who was bullying a child. You're a grown man and you're trying to make it difficult for the boy. Don't you feel ashamed?"
"He lit my beard. I've been growing it for ages! He has to pay for that!" the man said forcefully, reaching his arms out.
"Help! Someone call the police!" Nancy was already protecting Nadia and now she also had to protect Bobby.
She was too petrified to look for her phone so she shouted for help.
"If anyone even thinks about calling the police, I will kill them!" The man glared at the crowd and left shivers running down their spines.
Nancy wasn't expecting this to go so far. She didn't care what happened to her but she was so worried about her kids.
Whatever happened, she had to protect her kids.
"How about I apologize to you, okay? He is just a kid and it was all just an accident. I'm sure you're a reasonable adult..."
"I'm the furthest thing from it. I don't give a damn about what I do to you!" The man roared, "You'll pay for what you did boy. Today is the day you die!"
the man blared out and stretched out his hand to hit Bobby.
"You terrible man, I burned your beard on purpose. It was so ugly that I had to," Bobby spat at the man.
'Bobby has always been so smart. Why is he acting so recklessly?' Nancy thought.
"Bobby, stop it. Apologize to him!" Nancy scolded.
"No, he's such an awful person. I don't want to apologize to him!" Bobby said stubbornly.
"You brat! How can you be so disrespectful to me? I'll kill you right now!" The man was furious. He reached out to grab Bobby, and was about to throw him to the ground.
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