Rose dropped her head. The children were clearly the ones who had done something wrong, yet why was she the one getting admonished instead?
"I was wrong, Sir Ares," she replied feebly in a perfunctory manner.
A trace of an inexplicable smile emerged in Jay's long and narrow eyes. He recalled the look on young Angeline's face when she was being admonished. Just like how Rose was acting now, she would hang her head and look as though it was the end of the world. She would listen in fear and trepidation as he reprimanded her.
Jay shifted his gaze to the munchkins and reprimanded sternly. "We’ll go home right now."
Baby Robbie and Jens followed behind Daddy like two walking zombies, sighing dejectedly.
Rose held the hand of the tearful Baby Zetty and followed behind him restlessly.
When they got home, Jay sat loftily on the couch. He crossed his long slender legs as he stared at the three munchkins standing in front of him with a dark countenance.
Rose stood next to them, looking like the strongest wireless signal.
The mother and three children were in sync, dropping their heads and staring at their toes. They were too afraid to look into his eyes.
"Look up," Jay ordered coldly.
Four of them raised their heads in unison. Their pitiable gazes fell into Jay's eyes, and he found it both funny and annoying at the same time.
"Do you go to school to fight and quarrel?" Jay used the reversal method to guide his children.
Jenson and Baby Robbie shook their heads.
"We send you to school because we want you to learn the ability to deal with setbacks. When a classmate provokes you, you pick a fight. When a classmate insults you, you talk back. After all that's said and done, you're just a bunch of wolves who have no definite views of your own and live under other people's control. Do you want to live a life like that?"
Jens and Baby Robbie shook their heads vigorously.
"Tell me then, what will you do if you encounter similar problems in the future?"
"I'll ignore it," Baby Robbie said.
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