Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl (Pearl and Richard) novel Chapter 690

"We had the same exam papers, but he scored one point more than I did. However, I had to face discipline when we got home, and I wasn't allowed to have dinner, all because I didn't get first place," Hugo recounted, his emotions shifting noticeably.

Pearl felt her breathing becoming difficult. She had never known that the Waldorf children were disciplined in such a severe manner.

"There was one time when I stole his answer sheet and burned it," he continued, speaking about it without any hint of hesitation or guilt, as if it were a minor issue.

Pearl couldn't help but ask, "What are your intentions now? Do you plan to continue framing him like you did in the past?"

Hugo responded with a cryptic smile, "Why do you assume I was trying to frame him?"

"You said it yourself," Pearl retorted, finding his behavior rather erratic.

Hugo seemed to sense her thoughts and appeared defeated as he said, "I'm just defending my dignity."

Pearl couldn't help but think that Hugo had lost his way. She could see the ambition within him, but she also recognized that nothing she said could change his mindset at the moment, because he firmly believed in one principle: don't judge someone until you've walked in their shoes.

Despite that, it pained her to witness him sinking deeper into this madness. She couldn't deny that, despite his past wrongdoings, he had been very kind to her family.

"Hugo," she called his name, and his eyes met hers, filled with both anticipation and questions.

"I think the food you cook is really delicious," she continued, steering the conversation away from their previous topic and offering a compliment that was unrelated.