"To be honest, that's the stupidest thing I've ever seen you do. Pen %Fun %www.biquge.info "A familiar voice said behind Peter.

He turned his head to see that it was Mary. She had a look of crying and laughing on her face, and there was a hint of worry in it. "Thompson is so embarrassed this time, he won't forget it easily."

"I think it's about the same." Peter grinned. "Aren't you going to train as a cheerleader?"

"Canceled." Mary straightened her hair. "Susan and Anriya are on sick leave and can't train. How about walking home together? ”

"Uh... Okay, no problem. Peter hesitated slightly, unable to find any reason to refuse.

"What, are they bothering you about my business?"

"Well, not really." Peter touched his nose and Mary smiled.

"Forget it, your ability to lie has always been so bad. I'm sorry for implicating you. "Mary was a little helpless." Thompson's guy, though not inherently so bad. But his actions did go too far. ”

"It's okay." Peter said casually. "No trouble is anything for you."

Peter's face flushed when he suddenly realized what he had said, and Mary did not respond to it, making him breathe a sigh of relief and a little disappointed. However, on the side that he did not notice, Mary's face suddenly changed from surprise at first to blushing later.

The two sides walked on without saying a word for a few minutes before Mary took the initiative to break the silence

"That's right!" It was as if she had suddenly remembered something that excited her, and the light in her eyes seemed to light up. "Are you free on the 17th of next month? After dinner, around eight to nine o'clock. If I'm not mistaken, it should be Saturday. ”

"I'm not very clear. It's still now... A month and a half. What's the matter? ”

"Hey, hey!" Mary's turquoise eyes were full of cunning and triumph. "My cousin's band finally agreed to join me, and number 17 was my first time on stage!"

"Well, I just got a job, maybe it's a bit of a time conflict..."Peter was a little embarrassed, he really didn't mean to make excuses this time.

"I don't care!" Mary pursed her lips, slightly upset. "This is my first time performing on stage, so you have to come even if you ask for leave! You know, it's always been my dream to be in a band. ”

"Okay, okay, okay." Peter's hands raised. "I'm trying to get it. Seriously, though, my boss isn't a very good talker, I can't guarantee it. ”

But Mary's face lit up again, and Peter breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't like going to any concerts, it wasn't a big deal to go and see them. I don't know if it's his delusion, but Mary seems to have a much better attitude towards him today. Usually, when the two of them meet, they only have to chat for a few words at most.

But even so, the conversation between them quickly reached an impasse again on the rest of the journey home. There are simply too few common topics between them. Having Peter discuss rock and makeup, and Mary discussing science fiction would be torture for both. The journey home was only fifteen minutes, and Peter felt that it had been nearly a century.

Finally, on the last street corner, Uncle Ben and Aunt May's house was a few steps away, and Mary's house was before that. Before they could get closer, Peter and Mary heard a commotion coming from inside the house. After a while, the voice suddenly disappeared again.

Two big men walked out of the door, and Mary's father walked out behind them with a smile on his face, with a dark circle on his face. Peter visibly felt Mary's body stiffen and her face turn white.

"Two big brothers, you must rest assured, I will definitely hand over the remaining balance next month." Mary's father had a smile on his face, and the dark circles under his eyes were a little more funny. But those two men clearly didn't buy his account.

"It's not about money." The big man said angrily. "You've been hiding from us for a week and then trying to trick our trust with that low-level lie. If this is the case next month, it won't be a one-punch affair. ”

Mary's father nodded yes, while Peter and Mary hid in the shadow of the trees in the streets, and did not dare to approach until the two men were gone. And when Mary's father saw Mary, his sad smile turned into an eerie anger as in the play.

"Get out of the house, now!" After saying this, he spat on the ground. Mary's body trembled slightly, and she walked towards the gate with her head bowed.

Peter whispered goodbye, but he wasn't sure if Mary heard it, because she didn't even look back. Mary's father glanced at him with disdain in his eyes. He grabbed Mary by the shoulder and walked quickly into the house. It wasn't long before the sound of an argument came from inside the door again.

As the door closed, Peter's happy mood of chasing away the bully suddenly deteriorated, and when he reached the door, his mood worsened.

"Oh my God!" As soon as Aunt May opened the door, she pounced and dragged Peter into the door with her arms in her arms. "Which bastard hit this? I have to go to his house and show their parents what kind of people their children are. ”

"No, Aunt Mei." Peter lied feebly, the excuse he had come up with had almost forgotten. "It's just that I had a little accident in gym class."

Aunt Mei was suddenly unhappy. "Young man, I don't remember teaching you this bad habit of lying when I brought you up!"

While Aunt May was angry, there was no one in the house who was her opponent, and within a few minutes Peter told everything about this afternoon. Of course, he naturally didn't reveal his strange feelings at all. It's so weird that the fewer people know about it before he figures it out himself, the better.

In a few moments, all the bruises on Peter's body, large and small, were wiped with the potion, and his range of motion was limited to his bed. His dinner was brought by Aunt May.

"Don't make too much movement before you go to the hospital for a check-up." Aunt May still looked serious when she came up to collect the meals, completely ignoring Peter's various protests. "If you mess around and hurt something, it's really troublesome."

He could barely see anything in bed, but Peter didn't really care. For him, all he needs is a book or a TV. He was worried about his body now, but since the fight was over, the strange feeling hadn't been there. But Peter still had a faint sense of its presence in his body, but he didn't know how to channel it out.

The other thing he worries about is Mary's father. Ever since Mary's father divorced her mother, he had been living with a severe amount of alcohol, and was said to have developed something even worse. And looking at the appearance of those two people just now, he may still owe a lot of money to the gangster.

Peter sighed, he might be the only one in the school who knew that this was the case in the school girl's family. In front of outsiders, Mary is always glamorous, as if she has had a perfect life from birth.

But to be honest, the situation of Mary's family is not something he should take care of or worry about.

The door downstairs was opened again, and it should be time for Uncle Ben to come back from work. After a while Peter heard footsteps coming upstairs, and soon the door of his room was opened, and Uncle Ben, who looked rather tired, walked in, but there was a glint in his eyes.

"I heard you got into a fight at school today?"

"Well, there was a fight."

Uncle Ben pulled up the chair at the head of the bed and sat down with a serious face.

"You're fighting with three people alone?"

"That's right." Peter lowered his head a little, Uncle Ben, although usually very kind, could be said to be the most stubborn person Peter knew when he became serious. He didn't want to touch his head at this time.

"Yes, I thought I would never see this day in my life." Uncle Ben's face bloomed with the happiest smile Peter had ever seen.

"Huh!?" Peter was a little confused, and Uncle Ben slapped him twice on the shoulder, pulling him back to reality. "I'm sure you didn't start this fight first, right?"

Peter shook his head, and Uncle Ben's smile widened.

"Peter, you are very clever and more sensible than your peers. But I've always been worried about your personality, and I'm afraid that you will be too cowardly to protect yourself or other people you value in the future. Uncle Ben laughed twice. It seems that I don't have to worry about one of your two shortcomings. ”

"Uh... Uncle Ben, is this really good...? Peter said weakly, Aunt May's two eyebrows at the door had already wrinkled, and her anger was about to flare up at any moment.

Uncle Ben sat down beside Peter, looking pleased. "What's wrong? I'm telling you, you're going to resist those bullies! Only by resisting will they give you the most basic respect, otherwise those bastards will keep stepping on it! ”

Aunt Mei, who couldn't help it, rushed into the room, grabbed Uncle Ben's ears directly, and dragged him out of the door, complaining constantly.

"What did you teach Peter? Violent! Why do you praise him for this kind of bad thing? ”

"That kid has grown up, he should learn how to protect himself."

"You're encouraging him to fight, what if something happens? He's so thin..."

"He just beat three boys of the same age who were a lap older than him to the point that his nose and eyes were swollen, and I want him to play his strengths!"

"Are you sure you believe him? Maybe it was just the poor kid who made it up. I'm going to go to school tomorrow to have a look. ”

"Hey, who's not trusting him now? Did Peter lie to you about big things when you were a kid? ”

The sound of Aunt May and Uncle Ben's quarrel kept coming from outside the door. Peter put the book aside and closed his eyes. Even though it wasn't even nine o'clock in the evening, he still felt a constant wave of tiredness coming over him, and there seemed to be a warm current in his body constantly rushing around. The parts of the body it passed through seemed to feel a lot less pain.

In this way, Peter gradually fell asleep.

The next morning, when Peter got up to take a shower, he was surprised to find that the wounds on his left and right sides were gone.