"Why didn't you..." Lena frowned. "Just knock instead of turning the handle?"

Alexander was taken aback.

"That's something you need to learn," Lena said seriously. "No matter where you go, whether it's to the teacher's office or your classmates' dorm, you must knock on the door first instead of opening it right away. It's a matter of courtesy. Do you understand?"

His lips moved, but in the end, he chose to hold back what he was going to say.

It wasn't him who had done that just now.

More than ten minutes ago, he had accidentally found himself in this quiet corridor while trying to escape the noise of the banquet for some fresh air. He had no idea what the room was for, only seeing someone trying to enter it in the dark.

He hadn't seen the person's face, and that person had been on high alert, fleeing after failing to open the door.

He had approached because he became concerned when he heard Lena's voice asking, "Who is it?" from inside. That's why he knocked.

asked with

He nodded.

"You—"

before Lena could

filled with chaos. Memories of that little boy, with snot dripping from his nose,

three years old when she escaped from the village. Despite being Drake's son, the child she had longed

Whenever he lost money in a bet or got drunk, he would

young Leo being hit, so she would always shield him. The tools

couldn't endure such a life any longer. After planning for a long time, she finally took the

a moment. It was only after she crossed the mountain that she finally sat by

moment, she found candies in her

two candies glistened

candies the day before, and he hadn't eaten them. Lena hadn't

that she wouldn't take him with

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