When the Family Ch 4

Chapter 4 If You Don’t Self-Destruct, You Have to Go Insane

“Then I’d rather drive Ms. Jean to school.” The driver’s mouth twitched as he spoke with righteous resolve.

The Jean in front of him was clearly different.

The old Jean was quiet, withdrawn, and refused to engage. The driver had no desire to test her temper either. For as long as he’d known her, the two of them existed in silent disregard of each other.

But now, he hadn’t expected Jean to be the one to break the silence.

Jean tugged at the corner of her mouth and suddenly beamed, radiant. “Mister, you know what? It’s not trendy to use names anymore…”

The driver frowned in confusion. “Then what do people use?”

Jean’s smile widened. “We go with ‘Princess’ now.”

“P-Princess?” The driver’s eyes went wide, but then he thought about it—Ms. Jean was, after all, still just a little girl. It made sense. Every little girl dreams of being a princess.

So that’s what she liked being called.

He caught on immediately. Getting out of the car, he opened the rear door for Jean with exaggerated respect. “Your Highness, your carriage awaits.”

Jean nodded approvingly.

Once she was seated, the driver didn’t forget to remind her, “Princess, please sit tight. We’re departing shortly.”

Jean snapped her fingers with flair. “Let’s go.”

The Rolls-Royce stopped in a quiet alley near the school.

Jean didn’t like flashy entrances, so the driver had never taken her to the main gate.

With her backpack on, Jean hopped out of the car.

The driver escorted her to the school entrance and gave her a parting nod. “Ms… uh… I mean, Your Highness, please proceed…”

Jean laughed at his effort. “Okay, the princess roleplay ends here.”

Waving her finger, she smiled. “The princess has to pretend to be a commoner for a while…”

The driver looked puzzled. So now he wasn’t supposed to call her that?

Jean really was unpredictable…

She glanced up at the school gate, where bold, majestic letters spelled:

Who would’ve thought—after everything—Jean would come back to school like this?

student felt like eight

strolled into the campus

school in Blairford. Children of the elite and young prodigies alike studied here. The

branches for every stage of education—from kindergarten to university—all under one roof. A lifelong

older brothers had gone through all their

seat in the classroom by matching the

She wasn’t early.

already seated here and

moment she walked in, conversations

to look at

could tell

She wasn’t welcome here.

first got pulled into the novel, a flood

than what you’d get from

the host had gotten that

she the

a cold, closed-off personality like the host’s, it was no surprise

she got the

here comes

hear you. She’ll give you that

whispers

wow, she’d guessed

was

lips together, dropped her bag, and

Crack!

She froze.

She’d

classroom exploded

cackling like it was

her all at once, making her

Damn it!

her guard

faced a

Should she stand up?

didn’t, she’d never

from that broken whatever-it-was had already

would tear her

was their

juvenile prank—and she fell right into it because she hadn’t

Don’t get mad.

deep breath, trying to calm herself down before she

stood up

hit a new high,

look at

placed there. It had cracked

need to look to know her pants were

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