Beth folded her arms after she finished speaking, glancing toward Yule with a slight smile on her face.
Yule did not know whether to laugh or cry. She shrugged her shoulders. "I never thought that you would think the same as I did, Beth," she said.
She paused here and looked at Fane before continuing, "I had no choice. This punk is m y older brother, unfortunately. It'll be embarrassing if he were to lose terribly and becomes the butt of everyone's joke. Besides, my mother told me to take care of him. I have to think of some ways to prevent him from losing the first round. We'd never live it down otherwise!"
Fane did not know whether to laugh or cry
when he heard the conversation between them. Still, warmth tinged his insides;
these two young ladies were trying to look out for him.
Bang bang bang!
In a split second, over 30 people had been shoved off the stage.
"Strange. Why aren't those two liftings a finger?”
Someone realized that something was off. He could not help but mutter after he managed to get rid of an opponent.
"Nash Woods!"
In the viewing gallery, Lily's expression had darkened. "You actually told those two t o protect Fane? Heh. I never thought that you would resort to such dirty tactics for the sake of your son."
Nash had been watching everything unfold on the fighting stage as well. "Heh. I didn’t arrange for this. I never thought that they would help Fane either," he said, a bitter smile on his face. "Or perhaps they wanted to help him because they thought that he was a pretty good man!"
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