Chapter 381 He Wanted to Run Away

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He had completely given up on this family; something inside him had shut down. And he’d started holding a grudge against his older brother.

Jean paused in thought for a moment, then started typing.

Jean texted: “So that’s how it was. If that’s the case, I can understand why he is the way he is now–why he thinks the way he does. No wonder things are kind of weird between him and our older brother too… I guess he’s just never been able to move on from that time. But thankfully, things are much better now. I was actually the one who helped bring him home and set up a meeting with our older brother. Their relationship has gotten a lot better since then.”

Dalton asked: “I’m really curious–how did you manage that? It’s hard to imagine him being persuaded…” Jean let out a mischievous laugh before typing again.

Jean texted: “I used special tactics. Took a lot of effort to finally get him to agree…”

Dalton couldn’t help but grow curious.

Dalton asked: “What kind of special tactics?”

Jean curled her lips into a smirk. Of course, she’d just played into Winston’s interests–joined the same game he was obsessed with, got close to him through that, and tricked him into letting his guard down…

But that wasn’t something she could say out loud. She’d have to brush it off.

he’s really changed for the better. Whether it’s with Mom, our older brother, or even with me… things are improving. He used to

Dalton prompted: “But what?”

I mean, you guys became friends way back then. You’ve known each other for years. You even

reply right away. It was like he’d

lip, then

to ask? You don’t have to tell

suddenly

King

texted: “It’s not that you can’t ask… I was just thinking about how

“No rush. Take

fell silent again. About half a minute passed before

amb

really believed his family had abandoned him, and he didn’t have anyone else—so we got super close. I honestly thought it would always be

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hit middle school..

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