Vireo was stunned. "Abigail, what did you say?"
"I said you are an illegitimate child! A poor ghost! You've had your eyes on our family's properties as soon as you're born! You are deliberately here to snatch away our family's properties!" Abigail roared at Vireo with incomparable viciousness.
"What...family properties?" Vireo asked.
In fact, Abigail also had not much clue. She had often heard her grandparents muttering about it, so she committed it to memory.
"Family properties? Family properties are all the delicious food and drinks in my house! Vireo, listen to me carefully. In the future, all the delicious food and drinks in the house are mine! I am the truly youngest one in the family. Grandpa and Grandma, and also Dad and Mom, had always taught the four of us that the older ones have to let the younger ones have their way. All the good food and drinks and also the fun things had to be given to the youngest child.
"However, you're not the youngest child. You're adopted so you're not counted. I am the youngest in the Payne family and I should be the most pampered one! From now on, you're not allowed to fight me for anything! If you dare to fight with me, I will let you suffer more than you had today.
"How was it, Vireo? It was very fun to be beaten up today, right? I'll tell you something. I had deliberately let myself be bullied by those small boys today. I deliberately wanted to lure you over to fight with them, and then let Dad beat you up again when you get home. Haha."
After saying that, Lucius said to Vireo in a coaxing yet deterring tone. "Vireo, I know I have hit you a little hard, but you are a boy. You're different from your sisters. You'll have to inherit the Payne family's properties in the future. Do you understand? Boys are not allowed to cry like a woman! No more crying! You have been punished this time, so your mom and I will take you to buy some cool clothes and give you a new bag, alright? Hurry up and stop crying!"
The method that his father had used was a combination of both showing grace and power. He was also using that as a disguise for apologizing to Vireo.
Lucius initially thought Vireo would immediately stop crying, and he also would still very sensibly tell his parents, 'Dad and Mom, don't worry. I am fine. I know you're just doing it for my own good. I will not get into trouble again in the future. I will study well.'
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