85. Home (2)
"…." Lex was rendered speechless by the blonde little girl. He really didn't know how to react to this while inside his mind Lex screamed (Aunt Layla!! Why did you still let her watch those dramas!!!???)
While Lex was stunned, the blonde little girl brushed his head toward his chest a few more times before she separated from Lex.
And the next second, the girl pointed her finger toward Maya, who stood behind Lex. "Big Brother! who's that woman!?"
(woman…, seriously, this girl watched too many dramas!) "Ella. Calm down for a bit" Lex blocked the blonde little girl, Ella's finger toward Maya but
"No! Ella can't calm with another woman over there!?" Ella replied as she stepped aside from Lex and pointed Maya from another angle.
The blonde little girl's identity is Ella Bentley, Kate's little sister also Layla and Paul Bentley's second daughter.
"hoo~ you can't calm down?" Lex asked, which was answered by a repeated nod from Ella (so that's how you wanna play, huh?) "Ella~ do you know what happened to a liar?" Lex smiled brightly.
"Aa..." Ella froze in place. Like a computer's screen when it freezes.
"hmm? Do you still remember it, Ella? Or should I help you remember it" Lex takes a step closer to Ella. At the same time, Ella reflexively takes a step back. "Hii!" Ella cried. Lex took another step, and Ella took another step back too.
"Ahem!" Ella quickly let out a fake cough. "big brother Lex!!" Then, she shouted, "Welcome home~~" Ella threw herself at Lex once again. But this time, she gave him a tight hug instead.
"smart~" Lex said exasperatedly, looking at the girl hugging him tightly. Unconsciously Lex had already put his hand on her had gently caressed her head. It has happened so many times that it has already become a habit.
"hmm? What do you mean~~" Ella replied, acting dumb. She pointed her finger at her cheek.
(cute~) Direct hit! Lex's anger pummeled under the ground. "ha~" Lex sighed. "I'm home."
"oi oi Oii!! How dare you ignore us!?" an unscrupulous voice broke the atmosphere around them.
(are you blind!? Can't you see this heartwarming scene!! …. Heartwarming? Um, ahem, forget I said that. A, anyway) Lex turned to the Baldy thug who couldn't read the mood coldly "you still here?"
"you-!" the Baldy thug already had a very red face from anger. It was the same as his thug friend or might be his followers.
"I already helped you. I even let you go for your crime. And you dare to stand still? Are you stupid?" Lex bashed him even more "aa~ you don't need to say anything. It's wasting my time. Call me your superior, boss, big brother, or something, at least someone who can recognize his surroundings."
"do you know who he is!? How dare you?" The other two followers shouted, unable to hold down anymore. It was the same as the Baldy thug "BASTAAAAR-" he yelled.
"shut up!" Lex immediately interrupted him. he didn't need to use Mana against these people. A pure killing intent was enough to pressure them down.
"Ugh" The thugs felt their knees become soft. They felt it like when they accidentally met their boss's boss. Just a glance can make them have a nightmare!
"You had affiliated with some gang, no? call him here! Your boss!" Lex pressured the thugs
(done) Lex then turned to the two girls again. His stern looks disappear at once.
"what are you doing here, Ella?" Lex asked like normal. The air around him turns back like before. As if the interference of those thugs didn't happen.
Maya was a bit overwhelmed by the situation that just happened. (no wonder she's only a normal child but…)
"Un! I heard from father and mother.! That Big Bro will be back today! So I came here to fetch Big bro. At the same time, become the first person to welcome big bro back!! Ehehe!" Ella explained shyly she acted just like Lex. She didn't get bothered by it at all.
(is this because she's already used to it? But something like this should rarely happen in Paul's group. I think Paul and Layal won't let her witness something like that either)
"hehe"
Piercing hit! (well, who cares! Cute is justice!!!)
"right, I had a present for you. What do you think is this?" Lex took out a plastic bag like the one you can get from a nearby convenience store. He took it out from his 'Inventory' before joining the fray.
"??" Ella stared at the plastic back in confusion "what is that?" she tilted her head cutely.
"See It yourself" Lex opened the plastic bag for Ella to see, and the next second.
"Aaah!! Brother, I love you!!!" Ella shouted in happiness. There are dozens of puddings inside the plastic bag, and It was even a high-class one that was pricy.
"Nonono, not all for you. It will be shared among your family, okay, you can't eat that many."
Lex words like a judgment to Ella "Boo! Boo!" she protested, dissatisfied with her treatment.
"I won't give you more."
"no matter what?"
"no matter what."
"Okay, I understand" Ella looked very dejected in front of Lex
(Kuh! I won't give you more. No matter how you ripped apart my heart. It's for your own good!) Lex thought this was another of Ella's ploys to increase her share of puddings.
"Big brother, you changed," Ella suddenly said
"hmm? Of course, it's been almost five years. You've changed too, Ella." Lex still believed it was another of her ploy "you've become cuter more than I expected," he teased
He thought Ella would counterattack again. But instead, she had a severe expression on her face "that's not what I mean. It isn't your outside appearance. It's something like inside you, brother, like how you behave and temperament. It's almost similar to daddy," Ella explained, still keeping a severe expression.
"??" Lex was confused. (Like Paul? Something inside? …. Wait! Could it be because I've killed people? With Paul's line of works killing people won't be that strange. They said there's a vast difference between someone who had killed people and someone who never killed people. Did she feel that?) as he thought, Lex became upset too. He had a complicated face. It wasn't something he liked others to know.
But before Lex can say anything more. Ella continued her words, "which mean… Brother is similar to daddy! Daddy didn't like pudding. So brother, come to dislike pudding too! Which mean!! Brother's share is mine!!!" Ella said excitedly without knowing she had just invited a calamity for herself
*chop
A head chop has descended toward Ella's head, and of course, the preparator is Lex (so it's another of your ploy!! Damn it!!)
"Uuhh!!" Ella holds her head in pain. "Ella object Violence!!" and when she saw Lex prepare his next punishment, "Aaaa~~~ brother I'm sorry~~!!"
"Haa~" Lex let out a heavy sigh. "it's okay, I won't hit you anymore. It won't work anyway, that's why…." Lex let out a brighter smile than ever toward Ella. At the same time, Ella shuddered when she saw his smile. "I'm going to cut down your share."
"AAAAaaaaa~~~!!!!" Ella cried much more hysterically than ever, "Nooo~ brother, I'm sorry!! Anything but that!! Brother, you can do anything to my body!! Anything but that!!"
(Is your body cheaper than pudding!? And Aunt Layla, please!! don't let her watch anything strange again!!!) because of Ella's unexpected remark, Lex's brain malfunctioned for a few seconds. So that Lex didn't immediately reply to her
Ella didn't get his reply. She thought Lex was really going to cut down her share!! She's already on the verge of tears.
"Big bro, Ella... Ella… love you!!" she shouted.
"hmm? Wasn't it normally I hate you on this occasion?"
"even as a joke, Ella doesn't want to say that. Cause Ella always love you, big brother" her face was a bit red. Her eyes were glittering because of the tears that slowly accumulated.
Critical Hit!! Fatality!!!!
(…. Damn! This girl is killing me! She attacked at every chance she gets … I'm sure the last one wasn't on purpose but still…)
"don't cry, don't cry, it's only a joke, okay" Lex quickly calmed her down.
Once she knew it was a joke. Her tears were immediately replaced by a happy smile. "yay! Brother, Ella, Love you!" she hugs him once again. Then, and reflexively, Lex patted her head.
And finally, the comedy-skit? Family-skit? Couple-skit? Not sure which one, but it still ended. Lex is finally able to introduce Maya to Ella. (somehow, the way Maya looks at me is slightly different from before… mm… I must be wrong… please let it be wrong!!)
Then after they finished introducing each other, the boss of those thugs appeared at the right time. (Did he wait for us? … who cares)
Once the boss came, he immediately threw his fist… toward his subordinate toward those three thugs. "are you crazy!!! Do you know who she is!!?" then the boss immediately apologized to Ella and asked his subordinates to do the same.
(another cliché occurred in front of my eyes… it's a miracle) Lex didn't know how to react to this… and after everything ended, the boss dragged the thugs as he left. The encirclement also has long gone.
Seeing the two girls at the same age. Lex tried to give them some space to know each other "I'm going to go there for a bit," he said as he pointed at Ella's guard. He really has something to discuss with them. Maya didn't oppose him. While Ella cheerfully sends him away.
And After Lex was gone. Ella turned her head stared straight at Maya
"Hee~~ let's see how long you can last…." Ella smirked. The warm and fluffy feeling until now with Lex's presence was gone and replaced by cold and heavy air around her. Maya can't help but feel like Ella has become twice her size. She felt like a mouse in front of a cat. A prey in front of its predator.
She was unable to say anything under her pressure…