Chapter 225: Chapter 225

Julian Hawthorne, "Say it again, get out."

Burt Chambers got out of the car, and Julian Hawthorne, sitting inside, said, "As your brother-in-law, I need to teach you how to respect your sister."

Burt Chambers, "...?"

He quickly understood what Julian Hawthorne’s lesson meant—Julian left him there and drove off by himself.

Once Julian was gone, Burt realized he had no idea which desolate place this was.

His phone had run out of battery at the police station last night, so he couldn’t even make a call.

He tried to flag down cars on the road, but after an hour, not a single vehicle passed by.

In the end, Burt walked back on his own two feet.

Along the way, he even went in the wrong direction, and by the time he reached the city center, he felt like he was on the brink of death.

Burt couldn’t hold back his grief and shouted at the sky, "Ahhhh!"

How did his life suddenly become so tragic?

Meanwhile, passersby looked at Burt with expressions that suggested he was mentally disturbed. Some couldn’t help but secretly call for a mental health check, asking if a patient had escaped from the asylum and urging them to hurry and bring them back.

A little boy passing by pointed directly at Burt, innocently asking his mother, "Mom, what’s that guy doing?"

The boy’s mother pointed to her head and said, "That guy has a problem here. We need to understand them, okay?"

Burt Chambers, "...", utterly despairing.

When Burt returned to Silverstream Bay, Paige Sterling, Julian Hawthorne, and Sonny Chambers were eating.

These two are nothing but trouble.

Even Sonny, this little demon, has been assimilated by them.

Before long, he’ll become like them, which he absolutely refuses!

He wanted to return to the Chambers Family, but his dad and brother would surely not let him. His mom is now thoroughly brainwashed by Paige, always speaking in her favor. He has no footing in the Chambers Family anymore.

So Burt thought it over all night and decided that the only way out of this predicament was... to run away from home.

As long as he’s away from Paige, his good life will start.

Before leaving, Burt wanted to try rescuing his brothers who were brainwashed by Paige. During recess, he called all his former pals to the restroom.

With a somber expression, he said he had something important to discuss, and the group of boys, thinking it was something significant, went to the restroom, enduring the stench while waiting for Burt.

Before long, Burt arrived.

"Brother Burt, why did you call us out here, what’s up?"

Still looking somber, Burt didn’t speak; his gaze swept over his former brothers.

Now his group of brothers was quite the big deal, each striving to be top students, studying diligently every day, with their grades skyrocketing, and even teachers adored them.

Once-feared classmates now got along with them very well.

Seeing Burt not speak, everyone urged him.

"Brother Burt, hurry up, we still have to go back to study."

"Yeah, Brother Burt, just say it quickly, Paige told us not to pay attention to you."

Upon hearing Paige’s name, Burt’s expression turned even more sour.

"Whose brothers are you?"

"Brother Burt, it’s precisely because we consider you a brother that we hope you’ll be inspired like us, don’t waste your life anymore, otherwise you’ll feel a bigger gap when we’re so outstanding later."

"Yeah, Brother Burt, our intentions are really good."

"Now my parents care a lot about me, I didn’t know before that being good at studying could bring so many benefits, if I’d known earlier, I should’ve studied well from the start, Brother Burt, if you study well you’ll understand my feeling now."

Watching his brothers eagerly discuss studying hard, progressing daily, and such motivational chicken soup, Burt’s expression grew worse and worse.

"Actually I know, it’s all Paige threatening you," Burt said, "If you escape her control now and come back to my side, I won’t hold it against you."

"Paige hasn’t controlled us, we all think what she says makes sense. Now we can rely on our parents, but they can’t forever. Even someone like Paige, from such a good background, works hard, not to mention those of us from average families, if we don’t strive, we’ll even lose the chance to marry in the future."

Burt, "My family has money, and I will help you then."

"Your money still belongs to your parents, not you."

One of the brothers rolled his eyes, "And your big brother is so capable, your little brother is much younger, he can still become a top student now, by the time you’re sandwiched as the useless one between your outstanding big brother and little brother, won’t you feel ashamed? If you don’t study well, you won’t even win your share of the family inheritance against your big brother. If he marries a sister-in-law, you’ll have no place to stand, so Brother Burt, you better strive hard yourself."

For a moment, Burt bizarrely felt it made sense and almost believed it.

Damn it, he has to stick to his true self, he absolutely can’t be brainwashed by Paige.

"So you mean we can never go back to the way things were?"

"If Brother Burt you’re willing to study hard, we can still get along well."

"Alright, you’re ruthless."

Burt’s expression was grim, "I’m telling you, you willingly get brainwashed by Paige, but I definitely won’t, I am me, a unique firework, I will stick to my personality, never yield, I’m planning to run away from home now, if you still consider me a brother, support me, let’s not waste our brotherhood!"

Everyone was stunned, "Brother Burt, you really want to run away from home?"

Burt held his chin high, looking determined, "If you all turn back in time, I don’t mind bringing you along."

"No, no, no, running away from home, Brother Burt, don’t count on us, we still have to study."

After thinking for a while, they added, "Brother Burt, don’t be impulsive, you don’t have money, what can you do once you run away from home?"

Burt, "That’s why I’m looking for you."

Burt, "As former brothers, let’s crowdfund my runaway expenses."

A boy sneakily sent a WeChat message to Paige, "Paige, Brother Burt is planning to run away from home, even asking us to crowdfund for him, what should we do?" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦•𝘯𝘦𝘵

Paige replied, "If you have money, contribute money; if you have strength, contribute strength."

"Paige, aren’t you against Brother Burt running away from home?"

Paige, "If he has the guts to run away and never come back, I’ll respect him as a man."

Indeed, although Burt acted like he was tough, they all knew he was a coward at heart.

Running away was easy, but staying outside once you’ve run away, could Burt do it?

At that moment, the boy couldn’t help but imagine how Burt would proudly run away from home only to fall miserably and return to Paige to admit his faults and apologize like a defeated dog.

To witness such a Burt, he would crowdfund the money!

So the boy signaled to the others, and a group chatted excitedly in a messaging group without Burt.

They finally decided to crowdfund the money.

"We’re all doing this for Brother Burt’s sake."

Right, right, they’re all doing it for Brother Burt’s sake, definitely not to make fun of him.