Chapter 231: Chapter 231

What does it mean to love every strand beyond control?

When she sees the hair on Julian, she just wants to pluck it all out, okay?

Julian glanced at her, "You posted it."

"Julian! Stop pretending, I never posted it!"

Julian replied, "But everyone thinks you did, and now everyone knows you’re madly in love with me. If you become violent with me, it wouldn’t be good for your reputation."

Paige Sterling, "..."

She was speechless in the face of Julian’s blatant shamelessness. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝓷𝓮𝓽

"Why would you post something like that?"

Julian said, "As your husband, I have the right to announce my status."

Paige twitched her lips, "Couldn’t you use your own post? Why use mine?"

"To give you a chance to show you love me."

Paige, "..." How did Mr. Hawthorne manage to cultivate such thick skin in such a short time?

Now the entire internet knew about Paige Sterling and Julian, and the number of heartbroken people suddenly surged, overwhelming the servers with their complaints.

Paige didn’t even dare to go online and look.

She gave Julian a glare, "Mr. Hawthorne, you’re now the target of all the resentment online. Some people even say they want to hire a hitman to take you out. What’s your take on that?"

Julian smirked and leaned over to quickly kiss Paige, "Only you can take me out."

Paige, "..." Even the sweet-talk is getting smoother.

Has Mr. Hawthorne been brainwashed by some romance quotes book?

Actually, there had been online speculation about Paige Sterling and Julian getting together for some time, but it had never been confirmed.

Now that it’s finally confirmed, although fans online shouted about wanting to get rid of Julian, deep down, they were silently sending their blessings.

Even though they thought no one could be a match for God Sterling, Julian was among the rare few who could possibly match her.

If she didn’t get together with Julian, God Sterling might never get married.

So, once this wave of resentment was over, the internet was once again flooded with blessings.

Paige finally dared to go out in public without fear.

The first thing she did when stepping out was to attend Burt Chambers’ parent-teacher meeting.

Now the Chambers Family had completely left Burt in her charge, telling him that if Paige wouldn’t discipline him, no one would.

So naturally, only Paige could attend Burt’s parent-teacher meeting.

Originally, Uncle Chambers hadn’t planned to leave Burt with Paige; he just wanted Burt to stay with her for a few days to instill fear, so they could threaten him in the future with sending him to his cousin if he misbehaved.

But he didn’t expect such a big change in Burt after staying with Paige.

Thus, Uncle Chambers decided to let Burt continue staying with Paige.

Paige Sterling, "..., so in Uncle’s mind, I’m some sort of scare-the-rebel-kid banshee, huh?"

When Paige arrived at the school, the school girls swarmed over, tossing little trinkets into her hands like they were hurling grenades at invaders, leaving her nearly buried in gifts in the classroom.

This parent-teacher meeting was quite overwhelming.

As soon as Paige sat down in the classroom, another girl mustered up the courage to come over, "Paige, God Sterling..."

God Sterling raised an eyebrow, "What’s up?"

The girl said, "I-I-I like you..."

Paige, without a hint of modesty, replied, "Thanks, I quite like myself too."

Burt never imagined that having Paige attend a parent-teacher meeting would become such an event with both students and parents all being her fans, all circling around her.

If Paige hadn’t graciously persuaded everyone to hold the parent-teacher meeting first, it would have turned into Paige’s personal fan event.

Before, everyone knew Paige was his cousin but didn’t show any special admiration for him,

but now seeing Paige attending the meeting for him, the looks of envy were almost overwhelming.

He suddenly felt like he was living in a feel-good novel.

Except this time, he was the female lead’s little brother in a chick-lit novel.

While the parents were in the meeting, Burt and a few fair-weather friends sat in the stairwell chatting.

"Brother Burt, Paige is actually here for your parent-teacher meeting. My gosh, what kind of good karma did you accumulate in your past life to have such a sister in this one..."

"Exactly, Brother Burt, you don’t know how good you’ve got it. If she were my sister, I’d be willing to do anything, even die."

Burt sat with a numb expression, "You all can’t even envy me, humph."

Hearing his tone, everyone chuckled. "Brother Burt, do you not dislike Paige anymore?"

Dislike? Of course, he did; why did she have to be so dazzling? Made him feel he had no choice but to excel.

But upon further thought, perhaps not so much anymore.

So Burt didn’t reply.

Those conflicted expressions were noted by everyone.

"Brother Burt, I actually get it. Having such an outstanding sister like Paige must be stressful, but I believe that if you work hard..."

Burt was ready for some motivational speech, but the guy said, "You’ll be outshone by Paige your whole life."

Then what am I striving for?

The guy quickly added, "But at least you can find some solace, you know, tell yourself that it’s not for lack of trying, it’s just that Paige is truly something else. You can’t compare to her; that’s on God, not you. Thinking this way, don’t you feel better?"

Burt, "..." Real funny, now he feels even more pressure.

Shortly after the parent-teacher meeting, the interview program featuring Paige aired.

Unexpectedly, Paige demonstrated her self-researched first-generation combat mecha on the program, more advanced and formal than what she normally showcases, stunning the entire internet.

The coolness factor was on par with watching special effects from a tokusatsu movie.

Burt was baffled. He recalled going to the program with Paige but how did he miss this part?

And during the self-study session that night, the teacher even played this interview for the class, hoping to motivate the students with Paige’s achievements.

The class was fired up, especially Burt with his exaggerated enthusiasm.

"Ah! That’s my sister, my sister! Isn’t she cool? Isn’t she awesome?"

A bunch of guys gave Burt odd looks as he grew overly animated and effeminate.

Come on, you weren’t before. Didn’t you say you’d resent Paige forever? Have you smacked yourself so hard now, does it hurt?

When this interview went international, it stirred quite the commotion abroad as well.

A foreign research institute claimed they had already developed a mecha surpassing Penson’s technology years ago, saying that they’ve had Paige’s kind of mecha for eight years but just hadn’t disclosed it yet.

Basically showing off their superiority, they tried telling the world there’s nothing impressive about Penson’s mecha.

Even acknowledging that foreign tech is decades ahead, downplaying someone else’s achievements while boasting about their own tech is just excessive.

As a result, the institute’s comments provoked widespread anger domestically, leading to internet users clashing with arrogant foreign netizens.

This cross-national insult war lasted for half a month, eventually leading the institute’s representatives to finally step forward again, asserting that they’re willing to prove their claims were genuine.

The proposed proof method — a challenge against Penson Technologies’ mecha.